Bruce Bostick
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From Charles Dickens to George W. Bush
November 8, 2002The novels of Charles Dickens portray life during the development of modern capitalism in England. In Nicholas Nickleby (1838), one of the characters describes a venture in which members of parliament join with capitalists to launch...
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Economic issues in the elections
October 24, 2002With control of the House and Senate at stake in the Nov. 5 elections, the Republicans have launched a national campaign of lies and disinformation.
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Latinos and the recession
October 3, 2002George Bush is trying to attract Hispanic voters by speaking Spanish and nominating a reactionary Latino lawyer as a federal judge. But the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda has examined congressional voting records. They have found that...
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Its hurricane season for workers
September 27, 2002In our states and cities, we are caught between a drenching rain and a freezing wind. We are getting soaked by the layoffs, lower wages and vanished pensions brought on by the recession and the burst...
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The disappearing jobs of summer
September 13, 2002This summer in New Haven, Conn., my neighborhood block watch held a meeting in response to a series of car break-ins. The police lieutenant told us he talked with 16 kids who were likely to cause...
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Yale workers battle Ivy league economics
August 30, 2002Job security, classifications, promotions and pensions are at stake when 4,000 Yale workers take a strike authorization vote on Sept. 4, as well as the right of graduate teachers and hospital workers to organize. But for...
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Economic recovery? Not for African Americans
August 8, 2002Although the official unemployment rate for July stood at 5.9 percent, it was 9.9 percent if “hidden” unemployment – those who would work if they could find jobs – were taken into account, and that’s bad.
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The ILWU longshore contract by the numbers
July 19, 2002The longshore workers who load and unload the cargo ships on the West Coast are locked in a struggle for a new contract. Their union, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), is under attack by...
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