Labor Fights Back at Goose Island (Book Review) (tags)
Kari Lydersen has penned an absorbing book, “Revolt on Goose Island.” It chronicles how 250 members of the UE, a progressive union, occupied a factory, “Republic Windows,” located in Chicago, IL, rather then just meekly submit to its closing. It’s labor history at its best. This “direct action” came not long after AFL-CIO labor leader Richard L. Trumka denounced the evils of “globalization,” and the predatory schemes of the Wall Street boy-ohs.
Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan War Veterans Speak Out (tags)
Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan met this weekend at an anti-war conference modeled after a well-known 1971 gathering at which Vietnam veterans spoke out against that conflict. The four-day event called "Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan — Eyewitness Accounts of the Occupations," drew more than 400 veterans of the two conflicts.