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August 1st, 2005 | Category: General Musings, History, Public Space | Comments Off

Al-Qaida, Batman and the New Vanguardism

After a nine-day vacation in the northeast, mostly to Montreal to see my daughter, I’m back in SF in good health and spirits. Thought I might’ve posted while travelling, but it’s still not so convenient to spend time on-line when away from home. Lots to say about friends and places in the east, but this [...]

June 30th, 2005 | Category: Book Reviews, General Musings, History | Comments (1)

Labor History right now

This is a review of a couple of books I just wrote for the ILWU’s The Dispatcher. Low Pay High Profile: The Global Push for Fair Labor by Andrew Ross (2004, The New Press: New York) Forces of Labor: Workers’ Movements and Globalization since 1870 by Beverly J. Silver (2003, Cambridge University Press: UK) Longshore [...]

June 12th, 2005 | Category: Book Reviews, History, Work and The Economy | Comments Off

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