Michael LaxerApr 1210 minA Class Analysis of the Trump-Biden RerunAmaury Laporte, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons By Richard D. Wolff By “class system” we...
Michael LaxerMar 305 minCorporate Profiteering Destroyed the Baltimore BridgeThe price of corporate compromising on safety is usually paid with taxpayer dollars and immigrant worker lives. Image via screenshot By...
Michael LaxerMar 118 minDebt Forgiveness in the Bronze AgeWhether in the realms of trade or agriculture, the operative principle was that debtors should not lose their economic liberty by being...
Michael LaxerMar 65 minEmpire Decline and Costly DelusionsPresident of Russia Vladimir Putin and General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping, March 2023 -- Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0...
Michael LaxerJan 135 minUnions Are Critical in the Fight Against Israeli ApartheidFrom South Africa to Palestine, global worker solidarity can link worker oppression to the injustices of apartheid. UAW workers march in...
Michael LaxerOct 13, 20235 minHow California’s Fast-Food Workers Won $20 an HourThe fast-food industry threatened to undo a major labor law in California. But even a compromise bill appeasing the industry is a huge...
Michael LaxerSep 16, 20235 minWhy Is Kaiser Permanente Engaging in Corporate Kabuki?Ahead of a potentially historic strike, a major nonprofit health care provider seems to be choosing corporate values over worker...