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Working for an Employer May Be Dangerous to Your Health, Part Nine

As another year passes with more workers dying while working for an employer, and the platitudes come pouring in about the importance of recogizing April 28 as the Day of Mourning for workers who have died on the job, it is better to continue to analyze critically the issue of what workplace safety means in … Continue reading Working for an Employer May Be Dangerous to Your Health, Part Nine →

The Poverty of Academic Leftism, Part Three: Collective Bargaining and the Interests of the Working Class

This is a continuation of a critique of an academic leftist (aka academic historical materialist), the philosopher Jeff Noonan. Another example of the limitations of Professor Noonan's analysis is the following (from Thinkings 4: Collected Interventions, Readings, Evocations, 2014-2015,page 10): And sometimes it is necessary to struggle to protect or extend our rights as workers to … Continue reading The Poverty of Academic Leftism, Part Three: Collective Bargaining and the Interests of the Working Class →