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Looking Back on Jesse Helms' Life
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:14:00 -0400
Sen. No, as he was often called, "was a real throwback," says Merle Black, a professor of southern politics at Emory University. One of a select group of politicians who helped solidify Republican control in the South, he had a loyal constituency of working-class whites in North Carolina.
Financial Aid Woes Make Community College More Appealing
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:05:00 -0400
Despite efforts by the Bush Administration and Congress to quell turmoil in the student loan market, some students are still struggling to find money for college. We examine the case of two recent high school graduates who have been promised financial aid, but don't know how much they can count on.
When Did Flag Pins Become So Important?
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:00:00 -0400
Sen. Barack Obama Obama was questioned about why he doesn't always wear a flag pin during a Democratic debate in April. His critics say his lack of pin casts doubt on Obama's patriotism, and recently the Democratic candidate has been wearing one.

The Talk of the Town

The Chill
Nick Paumgarten Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
If you had stumbled into Banjo Jim’s, in the East Village, on a recent Wednesday night and encountered a sixty-something guy leading a band through a fervent rendition of “Wild Thing,” for an audience of two dozen or so, you might have concluded, “This is lame,” and slipped back . . .
Oily Speculations
James Surowiecki Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
When bad things happen, it’s always nice to have a scapegoat. So, with Americans furious about soaring oil prices, Congress has gone in search of someone to blame. There are a number of usual suspects to choose from, depending on your politics--OPEC, greedy oil companies, lily-livered environmentalists opposed . . .
Obama’s Iraq Problem
George Packer Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
In February, 2007, when Barack Obama declared that he was running for President, violence in Iraq had reached apocalyptic levels, and he based his candidacy, in part, on a bold promise to begin a rapid withdrawal of American forces upon taking office. At the time, this pledge represented conventional thinking . . .

 

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404 A little page on The Internationale - Everything you wanted to know about the Workers' Anthem including lyrics in a variety of languages and sound files.

American Sociological Association Section on Labor and Labor Movements - Includes information about the section, its mandate, annual meeting, and the general activities and members. Also links to key labor unions, organizations, associations, federations, and online resources.
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Bread and Roses: Poetry and History of the American Labor Movement - Poems celebrating workers struggles and books and articles about the history of the American labor movement from the early 1800s to the 1920s.
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Child Labor Photographs by Lewis W. Hine - 480 photos taken for the National Child Labor Committee in 1908-1912 with their original captions, indices by occupation and state, and historical and biographical information.
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CommieWear - fighting fire with fire - Sells clothing with left-wing themes, images and slogans over the internet.
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Earl Dotter, labor photographer - Award-winning photojournalist Earl Dotter has documented the working lives of Americans for nearly 30 years from the Appalachian coal fields through many industries and regions.
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General Strike - Presents information about past and current general strikes around the world.

500 Kate Mullaney and the Troy Laundry Workers - Historical account of organizing the Collarworkers Union in 1865.

Labor Heritage Foundation - A non-profit organization working to strengthen the labor movement through the use of music, art and culture.
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Labor Poetry and Issues in Prose - Down But Not Out is a collection of poems that deals with unemployment in human terms.
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Left-Wing Films - A list of films with a left-wing political message, on topics ranging from feminism to the environment, race and class.

Mayworks - Information about the festival of working people and the arts in Toronto.

New Deal Network - Online educational guide to the Roosevelt Administration and the Great Depression of the 1930s.
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404 Sheffield Socialist Choir - Tapes, CDs, songbooks and information about the choir organised by the Workers' Education Association in Sheffield, UK.

Songs for the Working Children: Poems from the Campaign to End Child Labor - Poems protesting the abuse of child labor for the sake of machines, industry, commerce, and fashionable clothes, published from 1902-1914.
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Songs of Irish Labour - Songs of the Irish labour movement, including text, photos and sound files
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Songs of Struggle - Lyrics to leftist folk songs in several languages.
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The Internationale - Lyrics to the workers' anthem in 40 languages.
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The Labor Movement - Songs of work and struggle.

The Red Flag: the song, the man, the monument - Website on the song The Red Flag, Jim Connell (1852-1929) who wrote it and the monument erected in Crossakiel County Meath Ireland in 1998. The site includes text, photos and a sound file of all 6 verses of the song.
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Union Songs - Songs that helped build trade unions over the past 200 years. Workers songs, songs of labor, strike songs, picket line songs, songs against unemployment and poverty.
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