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  • Catch the Fire

    Catch the Fire

    This book was initially listed in The New Labor Forum Spring 2014 Issue By Peggy Taylor and Charlie MurphyNew Society Publishers, 2013This exciting guide describes more than a hundred simple, easy-to-lead activities that use arts and crafts, creative writing, theater improvisation, storytelling, music, or dance to break down barriers and build stronger communities for social…

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  • A People’s Art History of the United States

    This book was initially listed in The New Labor Forum Spring 2014 Issue By Nicolas Lampert The New Press, 2013 A fascinating book examines the role visual images have played in activist movements throughout American history. The author was “particularly drawn to the examples . . . where the decisions made by artists were controversial…

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  • Bomb It 2

    [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCjWEWoFtQM&w=560&h=315] This film was initially listed in The New Labor Forum Spring 2014 Issue A seventy-three-minute documentary shows twenty-two public artists who do unauthorized paintings in Singapore, Bangkok, Jakarta, Hong Kong, Tel Aviv, Perth, Melbourne, Copenhagen, Chicago, Austin, and Palestinian refugee camps on the West Bank.

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  • Educators, National Nurses United – Institute for Health and Socio-Economic Policy

    Educator Positions National Nurses United, AFL-CIO (NNU) seeks experienced educators to work in its research arm, the Institute for Health and Socio-Economic Policy. NNU, the nation’s largest nurses’ union and professional association, leads the Registered Nurse movement to transform the market-driven healthcare industry into a health care system driven by patient needs. NNU has negotiated…

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