Archive for April, 2011
Right-wing attacks labor studies
We were outraged to learn about the recent attack on our friend and colleague Judy Ancel, by the unscrupulously malignant Andrew Breitbart. The right-wing blogger, best known for creating deceptive videos that undermined the community organizing group ACORN and US Department of Agriculture employee Shirley Sherrod, has found a new target: labor educators. Breitbart and ...Read more.
Dodd-Frank revisited
A headline in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal had me wondering whether their proofreader had missed an extra comma: Wall Street, Banks Press to Shape Dodd-Frank Rules The article reports recently disclosed figures on financial industry lobbying. Since the Dodd-Frank law left so much for regulators to spell out, the numbers are not surprising: Wall Street ...Read more.
Last-Minute Tax-Day Actions
I always do my taxes at the last minute, so it’s characteristic of me to be doing a post on Tax-Day actions at the last minute. I hope this can direct some D&S readers and blog followers to their local left/progressive Tax Day actions. The list below is from the Right to the City folks ...Read more.
AP and USA Today Fall for GE Tax Repayment Hoax
Another hoax perpetrated by the Yes Men is going on right now in real time. Here’s the fake press release announcing that GE would repay its $3.2bn tax refund. Here’s the AP story falling for the hoax. Here’s the USAToday story falling for the hoax. (I’m not sure how long these will stay posted.) And ...Read more.
Friends with Benefits; Unpaid Work; Events; etc.
(1) Friends with Benefits: A nice and timely post from the Focal Point blog at Big Think (which is where the photo above comes from; credit goes to Luminis Kanto): Friends With Benefits: Why Private Sector Workers Should Care About Public Sector Unions Lindsay Beyerstein on March 10, 2011The Republicans are trying to pit private ...Read more.
