Category Archives: The War On Workers

Today’s great sentence, from Paul Krugman

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Naomi

Paul Krugman is about the only person who can get me to understand macro-economics. If that’s what it’s called nowadays. You know, gigantic-scale things involving gigantic amounts of money. Today he takes on the new Biden tax proposal and a … Continue reading →

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A peaceful march for human rights

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Naomi

The petition made specific demands: open discussions between the workers and the government, an eight-hour working day, a minimum wage of one ruble a day, more hygienic factories, an income tax, an amnesty for political prisoners, universal suffrage, education and … Continue reading →

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Giving up privilege to end income equality

Posted on June 27, 2020 by Naomi

I read a lot of stuff, both news and opinion. Once in a while, though, I read something that sticks in my head as quite wonderful, quite unusual. And a recent New York Times opinion piece by Darren Walker, “Are … Continue reading →

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