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Collectives: How Working As A Collective is Anti-Capitalist And Why That Will Make The World A Better PlaceIn creating a world where everyone is able to have not only their basic needs met, but where all can live in dignity, we dedicate ourselves to the work for social, economic and political justice. Collectives, groups of people working in community for a s moreBy Corry BantonMay 1, 2010 Militarism and Class“Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came” boldly proclaimed this anti-war bumper sticker from the Vietnam era. Well, poor and working class men came in disproportionate numbers, victims of the draft that young men from higher social classes avoided thro moreBy Maynard SeiderMay 1, 2010 Scapegoating Kids and Their Teachers: Federal Educational Policy Remains the SameThe dramatic firing of the entire teaching and educational staff of a Rhode Island high school symbolizes the extremes of the educational “accountability” movement. If the issue is framed as simply one of poor teaching, broad societal problems like pover moreBy Maynard SeiderApril 1, 2010 Class and TaxesBillionaire super-investor Warren Buffett made an interesting disclosure about his taxes last year. He revealed that he pays a smaller percentage of his income in taxes than his secretary, who earns around $60,000 a year.
How could this be? moreBy Chuck CollinsApril 1, 2010 Greed Layered on Greed, Frosted With RecklessnessIn her useful new book, Gillian Tett of The Financial Times writes that the global financial meltdown, which economists estimate could result in total losses from $2 trillion to $4 trillion, was “self-inflicted.” Unlike many banking crises, she adds, “thi moreBy Michiko KakutaniJune 15, 2009 Too Poor to Make the NewsTHE human side of the recession, in the new media genre that’s been called “recession porn,” is the story of an incremental descent from excess to frugality, from ease to austerity. The super-rich give up their personal jets; the upper middle class cut ba moreBy Barbara EhrenreichJune 14, 2009 Class and GivingWe are all givers. When financial gifts to help out family and friends are added to gifts to charitable causes, almost everyone in the U.S. gives. Yet the media profile of givers, or donors, is much more narrow – a small handful of wealthy individuals or moreBy Dana GilletteJune 10, 2009 Meeting of America's Richest About 'Need,' Attendee SaysUnder a cloak of secrecy, some of the world's wealthiest people gathered in an unprecedented meeting early this month in New York City "to see how they can join together to do more," according to one attendee. moreBy Russell Goldman and Eileen MurphyMay 20, 2009 The poor and people of color get the dirtiest airLast week, researchers at the University of Massachusetts and the University of Southern California released a study that confirms what many people are all too familiar with: toxic pollution falls disproportionately on lower-income neighborhoods and commu moreBy Nina JacintoMay 8, 2009 Once ‘Very Good Rent Payers’ Now Facing EvictionA registered nurse came close to losing her $1,550-a-month apartment on the Upper East Side after being let go from two jobs in three months. A woman found herself dipping into a 401(k) to keep her $3,375 unit in Peter Cooper Village after her husband was moreBy Manny FernandezMay 4, 2009 A Closer Look at the Employee Free Choice ActMacaray spells out the virtues of the legislation that organized labor has pinned its hopes on for this Congressional session. The EFCA would make it much easier for U.S. workers to unionize and to achieve first contracts. Will President Obama and the D moreBy David MacarayMarch 30, 2009 The History of Class and LaborLabor unions have been the one institution that has consistently supported the economic and social aspirations of working-class people. So it should come as no surprise that the enormous increase in inequality in the U.S. since the early 1970s coincides moreBy Maynard SeiderMarch 30, 2009 The Secret War Against American Workers: The Unemployment Story No One NoticesEshelman, an independent journalist, takes us into a Philadelphia job center to meet some of the unemployed who fill such offices. We learn not only of the problems of those who have lost their jobs, but also of the increasing pressures that employed wor moreBy Robert S. EshelmanMarch 19, 2009 The Belief that the Wealthy are Worthy is WaningThe notion that the poor always will be with us has been ingrained in our culture ever since the sermons of Moses were set down by the anonymous author of Deuteronomy.
The financial crisis of the present day raises a rather different issue, however: Wh moreBy Michael HiltzikMarch 19, 2009 Contracts Can’t Be Broken – Unless They Involve Union WorkersThe title says it all, and Connell, on an AFL-CIO blog, traces the history of Congress’ attack on unionized auto workers’ contracts vs. the government’s view of “sacrosanct” AIG agreements. Connell includes excerpts from two columnists as well as pro-uni moreBy Tula ConnellMarch 18, 2009 Global Labor’s Forgotten Plan to Fight the Great DepressionThe authors describe the 1930s struggle of labor unions world-wide to have their countries adopt massive public works projects to solve the problem of unemployment. They then examine the lessons from that time period for today’s “Great Recession,” which moreBy Tim Costello, Jeremy Brecher and Brendan SmithMarch 17, 2009 Labor Union Bill Raises Broader Capitalism IssuesThe Employee Free Choice Act seemed destined to be a relatively narrow clash between unions and employers. But amid the economic downturn, it is turning into a debate over fundamental questions of American capitalism. moreBy Alec MacGillisMarch 15, 2009 A Mother Asks President Obama To Be Honest About HealthcareA community organizer for the California Nurses Association, Smith makes the case for single payer healthcare, a bill introduced by Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich. and co-sponsored by 93 other reps. This bill, also referred to as “Medicare-for-All,” has been moreBy Donna SmithFebruary 27, 2009 A New Take on TithingToo often, individuals make decisions about how much money to donate to charitable causes on an ad hoc basis. As a result, many people give less money than they can actually afford. If the affluent contributed as much to nonprofits as the authors believe moreBy Claude Rosenberg & Tim StoneOctober 1, 2006 More Class in the News... Senator Ted Kennedy – A Class ActBy Class ActionAugust 27, 2009 Race and Class: Taking Action at the IntersectionsBy Rhonda Soto, coordinator of the Race/Class Intersections program at Class ActionSeptember 7, 2008 Wanna Talk Values?African Americans have broken two new barriers, according to the Pew Charitable Trust Economic Mobility Project’s new report. moreBy Rhonda Soto, Class Action Race/Class Intersections Program CoordinatorNovember 27, 2007 More Articles by Class Action... 10 Ideas for Creating and Running a Cross-Class Giving CircleWhat is a giving circle? It is a group of people who pool money and make group decisions around how and where to make charitable gifts.
Why might you want to create a giving circle? Giving circles can be wonderful ways to build relationships between pe moreBy Jennifer Ladd, co-founder of Class ActionJune 9, 2009 Classism: Tackling the last great American tabooBy Steve PfarrerMay 23, 2008 Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College Takes on ClassAnne Galjour of San Francisco has been commissioned by the Hopkins Center to write a play about social and economic class in the Upper Valley. moreBy By Alex Hanson, Valley NewsOctober 17, 2006
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More Class Action in the News... Movie Review: The Blind SideThere was an upset in Hollywood this March when the Academy anointed Sandra Bullock best actress for her role in "The Blind Side." The controversy hinged on the fact that she, an historic B-level comedienne, bested Meryl Streep, a far more Serious Actor moreBy Kristi CeccarossiApril 1, 2010 Migrant Workers Sending Less Money to Latin AmericaFunds sent by overseas workers back to Latin America and the Caribbean are expected to drop steeply in 2009, shrinking a crucial source of cash for many families in the region. moreBy Miriam JordanMarch 17, 2009 Race and Class: Taking Action at the IntersectionsBy Rhonda Soto, coordinator of the Race/Class Intersections program at Class ActionSeptember 7, 2008 More Race and Class... Race and Class: Taking Action at the IntersectionsBy Rhonda Soto, coordinator of the Race/Class Intersections program at Class ActionSeptember 7, 2008 More Higher Education...
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