London The conservatives in the United States may have managed some permanent confusion among workers by labeling their decades long campaign against unions and dues collection, the “right-to-work” laws, but on our side of the line the several decades we have fought “living wage” campaigns was an equally powerful organizing bulwark against ongoing efforts to …
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Where is The Line Between Good Advice and Crass Marketing?
New Orleans Recently, I read that the well-known progressive newspaper based in the United Kingdom, The Guardian, has established a special section on its website called “protest.” Wow, I thought, now we’re talking! And, truth to tell, I’ve started making it a point to regularly check it out every couple of days. I’m not saying …
Banks are Building “Credit Deserts” in Birmingham and Elsewhere
Edinburgh We have real deserts like Sahara, the Gobi, Mohave, or Chihuahuan in the world. We have food “deserts” in many lower income communities with little choice but mom-and-pops, corner stores, kiosks, and bodegas to serve millions. Now there’s increasing evidence that banks have been allowed to build “credit deserts” in many cities, and work …