Wed
Sep 4 2013
08:07 pm
By: EricLykins
It is not hyperbole to say that our future depends on our ability to do what we have so long been told we can no longer do: act collectively. And who better than unions to carry that message...
There are big parts of our economy that are already low-carbon...
And they’re also the sectors we need to expand massively: the care-givers, educators, sanitation workers, and other service sector workers. The very ones that your new union has pledged to organize. The low-carbon workers who are already here, demanding living wages and respect.
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Anyone who has not read
Anyone who has not read Klein's book, Shock Doctrine, needs to correct that omission.
In an interview about her new
(in reply to gonzone)
In an interview about her new book, she has a lot to say about why those on the right get twitchy about “command-and-control” pieces of legislation (see inflammatory headline above) and much more.