Chapter 10 in A New Insurgency, edited by Howard Brick, University of Michigan Press 126 Democracy, Labor, and Globalization: Reflections on Port Huron by Robert J. S. Ross Participatory democracy, the central idea of the Port Huron Statement, is today…
Not Chicago 1968, but Berlin 1932
If left leaning activists are serious about their characterization of Trump as a fascist, then they better get serious about the problem of unity. American Prospect, March 28, 2016:http://prospect.org/article/not-chicago-1968-berlin-1932
Is Labor a Commodity?
A note on Wisconsin judge’s decision overruling that state’s “right-to-Work” legislation. Published at Dissent Magazine April 26, 2016: https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/labor-commodity-wisconsin
On American Retailers and the Bangladesh Disasters
American clothing retailers should put up or shut up The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel May 23, 2013 By Robert J.S. Ross The death of over 1,100 workers in the Bangladesh garment factory collapse now poses a stark challenge to North…
Workers’ Wages in China and Bangladesh
Author’s note: this letter made the NYT website, but not the grown-up newspaper. link » July 23, 2010 Workers’ Wages in China and Bangladesh To the Editor: Re “As Labor Costs Rise in China, Textile Jobs Shift Elsewhere” (front page,…
Bangladesh and the Triangle Fires: Exporting fires from rich to poor
12/15/10 Bangladesh and the Triangle Fires: Exporting fires from rich to poor 100 years after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, a sordid parallel exists across the globe Laws and enforcement needed in trade agreements On March 25 we will observe the…