Dear In These Times reader,
This week at InTheseTimes.com: David Moberg on why last December's Republic Windows and Doors factory occupation didn't inspire other worker actions. A modest proposal for dealing with the world's disposable diapers. And how teacher unions are trying to take on charter schools.
And: We're now the only U.S. publication publishing Noam Chomsky's monthly column. Read "Making War to Bring ‘Peace’" here.
At Working In These Times, our new blog dedicated to workers' rights and labor issues, a critical look at "green jobs," a strike snapshot, and David Bacon finishes his answer to a persistent question: "Can Labor Get Out of This Mess?"
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NEWS and FEATURES
We’re Public ... No, We’re Private: Charter school corporations take on public school teacher unions.
Not Your Parents’ Labor Movement: Why the Republic sit-in failed to inspire other worker actions.
The Poop on Population: Disposable diapers harm the environment, so here’s a modest proposal.
COMMENTARY
Making War to Bring ‘Peace’: Noam Chomsky on power politics at the United Nations: "Understandably, the powerful prefer to forget history and look forward. For the weak, it is not a wise choice."
Love and Revolution: "These are not normal times," veteran and tireless activist Grace Lee Boggs writes in this guest column. "If we don't speed up transformation, the likelihood is that, armed with AK47s, we will soon be at each other's throats."
Healthcare Tyranny: Healthcare reform's prospects are quickly dimming due to America's undemocratic system and corrupt campaign-finance laws, David Sirota writes in his weekly column.
Jeremy Gantz, Web editor