Lisbon We are pushing this year to a close in fine fashion and full fury. The vote count in Kenya is proceeding somewhat calmly in a tight contest, we are watching closely for its impact on organizing. We are shocked by the situation in Pakistan and the assassination of former Prime Minister Bhutto in …
Category: Personal Writings
Bottom Billion
Lisbon Two things came together that might be worth sharing. One was the conclusions argued by Paul Collier in a book called The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can be Done About It? and the other was a piece in the Times by Jason DeParle making a related case …
Book Report: Labor in the New Urban Battlegrounds
Lisbon Part of my holiday reading has included Labor in the New Urban Battlegrounds: Local Solidarity in a Global Economy edited by Lowell Turner and Daniel B. Cornfield and published this year (2007) by ILR/Cornell University Press. The book was already worth my price of admission for introducing me to Sellers essay that included …