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New York Power
By Joseph J. Cunningham The following is an excerpt from Murphy adjunct Prof. Joseph J. Cunningham’s new book New York Power, which tells the story of the development of today’s New York City electric utility system. New York City has long represented one of the most concentrated urban developments in the world. That density has
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Dead Labor on a Dead Planet: The Inconvenient Truth of Workers’ Bladders
This article was originally featured in Monthly Review Zine. By Kafui Attoh “Once labor has been embodied in instruments of production and enters the further process of labor to play its role there, it may be called, following Marx, dead labor [. . .]. The ideal toward which capitalism strives is the domination of dead
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Fall 2014 NY Union Semester Students
Holiday decorations have taken over nearby Bryant Park, the mornings are getting chillier, midterms have come and gone, our mid-semester internship check-ups are complete, and New York Union Semester will be winding down in just a few weeks. Before they move on to other exciting endeavors, meet our students! They each bring something unique to
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Rev. Al Sharpton Talks Protest and Policing at Murphy
Earlier this semester, a full house attended a special forum entitled “From Protest to Policy: Policing in Communities of Color,” kicking off the Fall 2014 Labor Breakfast Forum series at the Murphy Institute. The event was moderated by CUNY Prof. John Mollenkopf and featured the Reverend Al Sharpton, who talked about the controversial policing tactics
