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Stockholm Syndrome and the Labor Movement

Stockholm Syndrome describes how hostages sometimes identify with their captors, believing cooperation or small concessions might spare them greater harm. In today’s labor movement, we see echoes of that same instinct. Too often we find ourselves nuzzling up to the very forces that are cutting us down, hoping to soften the blow. But it willContinue reading “Stockholm Syndrome and the Labor Movement”

It’s About Policies – Not Partisanship

For one moment, let’s pretend there are no political parties. Imagine a world without Red and Blue factionalism, only policies that can be evaluated on their benefits for working people. Simple, huh? Well not so much. In the complex arena of American politics, few voices resonate as consistently and powerfully for labor unions and workingContinue reading “It’s About Policies – Not Partisanship”