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Tourney d’Hipsterville
In New York City, we play in public spaces and our play proposes a broad range of social meanings. In our first piece of the series we call “Urban Play”, Wayne Chin, an academic skills staff member at JSMI, recounts an experience at a thrilling table tennis tournament in Williamsburg, Brooklyn that is as dizzying,…
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Syriza can show ‘another energy is possible’
by Sean Sweeney During its first days in office, Syriza has taken actions that suggest it is willing to confront the EU’s neoliberal approach to energy and to embark on a new course. New Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has also stated his government will restore collective bargaining agreements and stop 300,000 planned layoffs. The Syriza…
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News Round-up
A quick round-up at the end of a short week. Stay warm out there, folks! Major west coast ports partially shut-down this week thanks to a 9-month contract dispute between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and port ownership, Pacific Maritime Association, over the issue of overtime. If a resolution isn’t reached, we could be…
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Job Openings at RWDSU
RWDSU is currently recruiting for several openings for experienced organizers and campaigners. We are about to begin a national search for a new Executive Director for the Retail Action Project based in NYC, as well as for a new coordinator for our national immigration reform program, to coordinate work with our locals helping our members…
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