http://platypus1917.org/2009/05/01/left-behind-the-working-class-in-the-crisis-public-forum/ What has the Left been, and what can it yet become? Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:38:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://platypus1917.org/2009/05/01/left-behind-the-working-class-in-the-crisis-public-forum/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Left Behind: The Working Class in the Crisis « Build the Committee Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:38:10 +0000 http://platypus1917.org/?p=1836#comment-164 [...] Behind: The Working Class in the Crisis Left Behind: The Working Class in the Crisis (click here for the [...] [...] Behind: The Working Class in the Crisis Left Behind: The Working Class in the Crisis (click here for the [...]

]]> http://platypus1917.org/2009/05/01/left-behind-the-working-class-in-the-crisis-public-forum/comment-page-1/#comment-157 Left behind: the working class in the crisis : Platypus Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:05:58 +0000 http://platypus1917.org/?p=1836#comment-157 [...] On April 23, 2009, a panel discussion titled Left Behind: The Working Class In The Crisis was held at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The panelists were Abraham Mwaura of United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, who has worked as an organizer at the Republic Windows and Doors Factory; Aaron Hughes, representative at the International Labor Conference, Arbil, Iraq, and member of Iraq Veterans Against the War; James Thindwa, Executive Director of Chicago Jobs with Justice; and Chuck Hendricks, an organizer for the labor union UNITE HERE. The following transcript represents only a portion of a more extensive and wide-ranging discussion. The comments edited and published here chiefly address the historical relationship between the labor movement and Left politics as a whole, the relevance of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) in current organizing practices, and the state of inter­national labor today. These were not the only themes the panelists discussed and the Platypus Review encourages interested readers to listen to the complete recording of the event available here. [...] [...] On April 23, 2009, a panel discussion titled Left Behind: The Working Class In The Crisis was held at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The panelists were Abraham Mwaura of United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, who has worked as an organizer at the Republic Windows and Doors Factory; Aaron Hughes, representative at the International Labor Conference, Arbil, Iraq, and member of Iraq Veterans Against the War; James Thindwa, Executive Director of Chicago Jobs with Justice; and Chuck Hendricks, an organizer for the labor union UNITE HERE. The following transcript represents only a portion of a more extensive and wide-ranging discussion. The comments edited and published here chiefly address the historical relationship between the labor movement and Left politics as a whole, the relevance of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) in current organizing practices, and the state of inter­national labor today. These were not the only themes the panelists discussed and the Platypus Review encourages interested readers to listen to the complete recording of the event available here. [...]

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