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From the Editorial Team
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Labor and International Affairs
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Toeing the Line? Sweeney and US Foreign Policy
By Tim Shorrock
Lacking a comprehensive and independent approach, Sweeney’s AFL-CIO responds to US foreign policy in ad hoc confusion.
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Trading Places: Globalization From the Bottom Up
By Mark Levinson
A strategy for making global trade labor friendly.
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Neocolonialism at Ground Zero: Globalization and Poor Women in India
By Subhashini Ali
By undermining traditional sources of income and important social institutions, globalization is driving poor women in India to despair.
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Out of Step: Labor and the Global Social Justice Movement
By Rachel Neuman
Can labor and global social justice groups find common ground?
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The China Question
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Smuggled Labor: From Fujian Province to Sunset Park
By Matthew Hayes
A tale of smuggled labor and underground work in the global economy.
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Labor in Waiting: The International Trade Union Movement and China
By Anita Chan
The All China Federation of Trade Unions has limited autonomy but can be worked with.
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Tea for Two: U.S. and Chinese Labor
By Gregory Mantsios
A report on the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance delegation’s visit to China.
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Youth and Labor “Union? I don’t get it”: Young Workers vs. Old Unions
By Nathalis Wamba
If most young workers remain clueless about unions, what is the future of the labor movement?
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School Daze: The Dilemmas of a High School Activist
By Max Fraser
High schoolers could be at the core of the antisweatshop movement. A high school activist discusses why they might be and why they are not.
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Freshman Organizers: Can Union Summer Become a Year-Round Vocation?
By Leslie Bunnage
Union Summer was the first effort of its kind, but it needs to seriously address issues of class, gender and ethnicity.
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Books and the Arts
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Who Rules America?
Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There by David Brooks; Nobrow: The Culture of Marketing + The Marketing of Culture by John Seabrook; The Paradox of American Democracy: Elites, Special Interests, and The Betrayal of American Trust by John B. Judis.
A review essay by Wallace Katz
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In Search of the Postmodern Wobbly
Empire by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri
Reviewed by Jefferson Cowie
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The Burg(l)ery of a Nation
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser
Reviewed by Ian Blecher
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Down and Out in America
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich, and Raise the Floor: Wages and Policies that Work for All of Us by Holly Sklar, Laryssa Mykyta, and Susan Wefald
Reviewed by Beth Shulman
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Screening Human Rights in Brazil
The Scavengers directed by Eduardo Coutinho; The Charcoal People directed by Nigel Noble
Reviewed by Peter Lucas
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Poetry
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Letters
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