New Orleans My comrades and friends at Working-Class Perspectives allowed me once again the honor of having my say on their platform on Labor Day, and this time I did a shout out to unemployed workers and other workers who are just one paycheck or less away in this current pandemic depression. Hang with me, …
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May Day for Workers and the Vast Army of the Unemployed
Pearl River May Day traditionally has been marked around the world with workers marching under the banners of their unions and labor-friendly political parties. In the USA, Labor Day marks the end of the summer, rather than the advent of spring, which has been celebrated since pagan times and has now been converted into a …
The Poor Need Good Organization and Representation, Not Attorneys
Jackson It was my kind of headline in the Times, “Right to Lawyer Can be Empty Promise to the Poor.” I was ready to agree whether I read the article or not, they “had me from hello.” Inarguably this is not a new problem. In criminal matters even with the Gideon decision ostensibly giving indigents …