Lisbon Here is an unusual tactic uncovered in my holiday reading from Chapter 4 of Hagen Koo’s book, Korean Workers: The Culture and Politics of Class Formation, on pages 80-81. “On the third day, July 25, Dongil workers staged an extremely surprising and dramatic form of resistance, probably unique in world labor history. That …
Category: Personal Writings
More Scrooge, Less Charity
Lisbon At the New York Times tis the season for Stephanie Strom to report regularly on the shortcomings of charities, and the season is really the end of the tax year rather than anything to do with gift giving or the Christmas holidays. The latest report once again introduces the bias that if only …
New Orleans Public Housing Uproar
Lisbon Thanks to the horrors of modern technology even on your vacation you can both get inquiries about what in the world is happening with the near riots at the New Orleans City Council where demonstrators were getting tasered and darned if you can’t read all about it, hour by hour, in your local …