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New Book by Prof. Dan La Botz on Nicaraguan Revolution
Dan La Botz, an Adjunct Professor at the Murphy Institute, on the publication of his new book, The Nicaraguan Revolution: What Went Wrong: A Marxist Analysis, published by Brill. In this volume, La Botz argues that the FSLN—the Sandinistas—failed to maintain a commitment to democracy, thus undermining the promise of the revolution. Dan La Botz has…
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National Essay Competition on the Next System
The Next System Project is pleased to announce our national essay competition on the next system. With a panel of highly respected activists and scholars as judges—Naomi Klein, Raj Patel, and Dayna Cunningham—we will award three $5,000 first prizes for the best original essays by an undergraduate, a graduate, and a non-student. Three runner-up prizes…
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AFL-CIO Organizing Institute Seeks Union Organizers
YOU WANT A JOB THAT CHANGES PEOPLE’S LIVES? BECOME A UNION ORGANIZER! Now more than ever, the American Dream is becoming more difficult to achieve. CEOs are getting richer while more and more working people slip into poverty and debt. The rich get tax cuts, and everyone else is left paying the bills to run and…
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New Labor Forum Highlights: Nov. 15th, 2016
The New Labor Forum has launched a bi-weekly newsletter on current topics in labor, curated by the some of the most insightful scholars and activists in the labor world today. Check out some highlights from the latest edition below. We send this newsletter just a week after Donald Trump’s electoral victory. That stunning outcome raises more questions than it…
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