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The long relationship between America’s colonizing wars and
virulent anticommunism The colonizing wars against Native Americans
created the template for anticommunist repression in the United
States. Tariq D. Khan’s analysis reveals bloodshed and class war
as foundational aspects of capitalist domination and vital elements
of the nation’s long history of internal repression and social
control. Khan shows how the state wielded the tactics, weapons,
myths, and ideology refined in America’s colonizing wars to
repress anarchists, labor unions, and a host of others labeled as
alien, multi-racial, multi-ethnic urban rabble. The ruling classes
considered radicals of all stripes to be anticolonial insurgents.
As Khan charts the decades of red scares that began in the 1840s,
he reveals how capitalists and government used much-practiced
counterinsurgency rhetoric and tactics against the movements they
perceived and vilified as “anarchist.” Original and boldly
argued, The Republic Shall Be Kept Clean offers an enlightening new
history with relevance for our own time.
The author shares lessons that took him over twenty-five years to
learn. As a safety professional he worked from the ground up,
working from government to the private sector. He hopes to shorten
the learning curve for people who are directly responsible for
workplace safety He talks about the future of safety and how it
will continue to impact profitability. He helps leaders develop the
right philosophy that builds profitable teams that are willing to
support a highly regarded safety vision. There are basic safety
programs the author sees as inadequate because they are poorly
managed having little if any positive impact, but, with the mix of
philosophy and leadership skill, these weaknesses can be shored up
to reduce the pain and cost of workplace injuries. There are also
time-tested strategies that will short-cut the learning process to
help anyone achieve greater organizational success Randy Powell
uses 'Safety' and his 20 years of experience as the foundation for
helping organizations become 'Best-In Class' within their
industries. He's a high-energy, motivational speaker, trainer and
consultant who speaks to organizations of all sizes on safety,
leadership and successful attitudes.
The labor movement in the United States is a bulwark of democracy
and a driving force for social and economic equality. Yet its
stories remain largely unknown to Americans. Robert Forrant and
Mary Anne Trasciatti edit a collection of essays focused on
nationwide efforts to propel the history of labor and working
people into mainstream narratives of US history. In Part One, the
contributors concentrate on ways to collect and interpret
worker-oriented history for public consumption. Part Two moves from
National Park sites to murals to examine the writing and visual
representation of labor history. Together, the essayists explore
how place-based labor history initiatives promote understanding of
past struggles, create awareness of present challenges, and support
efforts to build power, expand democracy, and achieve justice for
working people. A wide-ranging blueprint for change, Where Are the
Workers? shows how working-class perspectives can expand our
historical memory and inform and inspire contemporary activism.
Contributors: Jim Beauchesne, Rebekah Bryer, Rebecca Bush, Conor
Casey, Rachel Donaldson, Kathleen Flynn, Elijah Gaddis, Susan
Grabski, Amanda Kay Gustin, Karen Lane, Rob Linne, Erik Loomis, Tom
MacMillan, Lou Martin, Scott McLaughlin, Kristin O'Brassill-Kulfan,
Karen Sieber, and Katrina Windon
Globalisation is one of the most heavily debated present-day
phenomena and has been widely covered by books, papers and journal
articles. Nevertheless, the reader is frequently left with nearly
as many definitions of the subject as there are authors writing
about it. Most analysts now agree that a common denominator is the
increasing inter-connectedness of nations, people, and economies.
After the Second World War, a number of major forces underpinned
the spread of globalisation. These included the rapid development
of information and communication technology (ICT), boosted
relatively recently by the development of the Internet and the
massive growth of trade and foreign direct investment (FDI). These
factors cannot of course be separated from the increasing numbers
and influence of multinational enterprises (MNEs) and the tide of
economic liberalization that has swept through both developed and
developing economies. Neither should we ignore changes in transport
technologies. For many commentators though, FDI has been regarded
as the main -albeit not the sole--mechanism for the international
expansion of MNEs.The Social Effects of Foreign Domestic Investment
on Multinational Companies and Domestic Firms compares and
contrasts wages, working conditions and industrial relations
processes in multinational and domestic companies. Very little
academic study has hitherto been devoted to the differences that
may or may not exist between the wages and conditions that MNEs
routinely offer compared to those of domestic companies with whom
they compete. The analysis covers five sectors of the economy and
13 EU countries. This book is an effort to map the social effects
of FDI in a number of EU member states, in relation to the
prevailing patterns of internationalization. The need to examine
critically the labour market and industrial relations aspects of
recent waves of FDI is both timely and compelling.
From a prize-winning historian, a new portrait of an extraordinary
activist and the turbulent age in which she lived Goddess of
Anarchy recounts the formidable life of the militant writer,
orator, and agitator Lucy Parsons. Born to an enslaved woman in
Virginia in 1851 and raised in Texas-where she met her husband, the
Haymarket "martyr" Albert Parsons-Lucy was a fearless advocate of
First Amendment rights, a champion of the working classes, and one
of the most prominent figures of African descent of her era. And
yet, her life was riddled with contradictions-she advocated
violence without apology, concocted a Hispanic-Indian identity for
herself, and ignored the plight of African Americans. Drawing on a
wealth of new sources, Jacqueline Jones presents not only the
exceptional life of the famous American-born anarchist but also an
authoritative account of her times-from slavery through the Great
Depression.
In this collection of firsthand accounts by those who knew Cesar
Chavez best, a portrait of an uncommonly complex man, both driven
and focused, yet humble, empathic and exceedingly principled,
emerges. The reader gains an understanding of the yoke Chavez chose
to place upon his own shoulders, as well as the ideals he employed
to accomplish for the migrant farmworkers what many predicted would
be impossible. The more than 45 contributors range from the
famous--Edward James Olmos, Henry Cisneros, Martin Sheen, Coretta
Scott King, Jerry Brown and others--to members of the Chavez
family, to UFW staff, to the farmworkers themselves. Illustrated by
the compelling black and white photographs of George Elfie Ballis,
who began photographing the farmworker movement in the 1950s.
Numerous pithy essays on a variety of topics in the fields of
Safety, Health, and Environment (SHE). These essays a perfect
introduction to SHE, interesting, and applicable. Information
contained in the essays can be used to prevent accidents that could
result in injuries, illnesses, and property damage and save
valuable resources.
In April 2005 a factory making sweaters for the European market
collapsed like a pack of cards during the nightshift in Savar near
Dhaka, Bangladesh. The circumstances of this disaster, which caused
the deaths of 64 clothing workers and injured a further 84, proved
to be a final straw for trade unionists and NGO activists who had
long been concerned about the state of factory safety and the
inadequacies of social protection in the Ready Made Garment
industry in the South East Asian country. Last Nightshift in Savar
presents a detailed account of the national and international
campaign efforts to bring the owner and his multinational buyers to
book. It is also an account of the emergence of two quite different
but replicable buyer approaches to the provision of relief for
workers in such calamitous circumstances, which hopefully sheds
light on some of the contradictions of corporate social
responsibility in the globalised economy in which we live today.
Finally, it is the story of the efforts of the international trade
union, and NGO movement and of two men, in particular, to drive
home change in compensation for industrial injury and fatality in
the less developed world.
Written when Engels was 24, and inspired by his time living among
the poor in Manchester, this forceful polemic explores the
staggering human cost of the Industrial Revolution in Victorian
England.
Originally written in 1882, The State in Relation to Labour is a
treatise discussing the rights of workers (specifically blue-collar
or factor workers) and how certain workers or jobs should be
governed, both by factory owners and labor laws. Author W. Stanley
Jevons discusses the principles of factory legislation,
interference in industry by both the government and labor unions,
acts and laws that directly affect laborers, and methods of
cooperation and compromise between laborers and their superiors.
Jevons wrote several books that dealt with issues of the industrial
age, and this would have come at a time when industrial laborers
greatly needed an advocate. Jevons avoids supporting either side,
striving for a neutral conclusion as to how the state and laborers
should interact, resulting in an interesting study of labor
policies for history buffs and political science students. English
economist and logician WILLIAM STANLEY JEVONS (1835-1882) was born
in Liverpool. He studied chemistry and botany at University
College, London, and was later professor of logic and political
economy at Owens College, Manchester. He is also the author of The
Theory of Political Economy (1871) and The State in Relation to
Labour (1882).
The Communist Manifesto was first published on February 21, and it
is one of the world's most influential political tracts.
Commissioned by the Communist League and written by communist
theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, it laid out the League's
purposes and program. The Manifesto suggested a course of action
for a proletarian (working class) revolution to overthrow the
ruling class of bourgeoisie and to eventually bring about a
classless society.Wilder Publications is a green publisher. All of
our books are printed to order. This reduces waste and helps us
keep prices low while greatly reducing our impact on the
environment.
Remarkable An energizing, engaging book that can lead to the end of
homelessness for over 1,000,000 minimum wage workers. This book
takes off where all the other minimum wage, living wage books end.
Michael Stoops, National Civil Rights Organizer for the National
Coalition for the Homeless
..". the only book on the subject that combines in such depth both
personal stories of low wage workers and their families, on the one
hand, and analytic arguments about the costs and benefits of living
wages, on the other. The idea of indexing wages to housing costs
just may be the right way to think about this."
Robert Pollin, author of The Living Wage: Building a Fair Economy
Troxell's accounts of the homeless point to a profound break down
in our culture - a society that grows more rootless and
disconnected with each passing year. After reading this book your
next experience at a highway intersection will be radically
changed. The bedraggled figure holding a cardboard sign will not be
a complete stranger. You won't be looking at a bum; you'll be
seeing another human being and into the brokenness of our culture.
Tom Spencer, CEO Austin Area Interreligious Ministries
Compassion means to suffer (pati) with (com) another. To suffer
with Unfortunately in today's world the idea of compassion is
confused with the liberal notion of charity as opposed to a genuine
call to justice. Richard Troxell has shared and taken on the pain
of others and battled like a great warrior the institutional
mindset that prevents humans from simply doing what is right.
Alan Graham, President Mobile Loaves & Fishes
Finally, someone with some common sense Troxell lays out a plan
that will end homelessness for over 1,000,000 minimum wage workers-
without costing tax payers a dime. Plus, this is a great read - a
compelling activist's tell.
Jim Hightower, radio commentator and editor of The Hightower
Lowdown
... the inspiration and key to Bringing America Home for millions
of people through the Universal Living Wage - by indexing
employment income to housing costs.
Sue Watlov Phillips, M.A., C.S.P., executive director of Elim
Transitional Housing, founder Minnesota and National Coalition for
the Homeless
Troxell's outstanding advocacy and efforts on behalf of the
homeless are legend and truly appreciated by those he helps and
those who admire his selfless work.
Texas State Senator Kirk Watson, District 14
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
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Call centres illustrate the consequences of globalisation for
labour perhaps more clearly than any other form of employment.
Call-centre workers sit at the interface between the global and the
local, having to transcend the limitations of local time zones,
cultures and speech patterns. They are also at the interface
between companies and their customers, having to absorb the impact
of anger, incomprehension, confusion and racist abuse whilst still
meeting exacting productivity targets and staying calm and
friendly. Finally, they take the brunt of the conflict at the
contested interface between production and consumption, having to
deal in their personal lives with the conflicts between the demands
of paid and unpaid work. Drawing, amongst others, on organisational
theory, sociology, communications studies, industrial relations,
economic geography, gender theory and political economy, this
important collection brings together survey evidence from around
the world with case studies and vivid first-hand accounts of life
in call centres from Asia, North and South America, Western and
Eastern Europe. In the process it reveals many similarities but
also demonstrates that national industrial relations traditions and
workers' ability to negotiate can make a significant difference to
the quality of working life in call centres.
William Morris (1834-1896) was an English artist, writer, socialist
and activist. He was one of the principal founders of the British
arts and crafts movement, best known as a designer of wallpaper and
patterned fabrics, a writer of poetry and fiction and a pioneer of
the socialist movement in Britain. Morris and his friends formed an
artistic movement, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. They eschewed
the tawdry industrial manufacture of decorative arts and
architecture and favoured a return to hand-craftsmanship, raising
artisans to the status of artists. He espoused the philosophy that
art should be affordable, hand-made, and that there should be no
hierarchy of artistic mediums. His best-known works are The Defence
of Guinevere, and Other Poems (1858), Hopes and Fears for Art
(1882), Chants for Socialists (1885), A Dream of John Ball: A
King's Lesson (1888), The House of the Wolfings (1889), Child
Christopher and Goldilind the Fair (1895), Old French Romances
(1896), The Well at the World's End (1896), and The Hollow Land
(1897).
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