Donald Trump is about as useless as a tastebud on an anus. Anyone who has paid attention to the verdict in the…
Kim Scipes
Kim Scipes, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Purdue University Northwest in
Westville, Indiana. He is one of the founders of LEPAIO, the Labor Education Project on the AFL-CIO International Operations (https://aflcio-int.education). . A former Sergeant in the USMC, he “turned around” on active duty, and has been a
political and labor activist for over 50 years. He has published four books and over 250 articles in the US
and in 11 different countries. His writings, many with direct links to the original article, can be found on-
line at https://www.pnw.edu/faculty/kim-scipes-ph-d/publications/; his latest book is Building Global
Labor Solidarity: Lessons from the Philippines, South Africa, Northwestern Europe, and the United
States (Lexington Books, 2021, 2022 paperback). Kim can be reached at [email protected].
There is a growing crisis out in the southwestern part of our country that has a message for us all. Politicians and…
The United States of America has been the pre-eminent country on Earth for over 40 years.[i] There are many competing analyses of…
In mid-March 2023, David Swanson published a very interesting article: “Iraq and 15 Lessons We Never Learned.” There were some things in…
Africa has long been looked at by outsiders as a continent that is hopelessly mired in corruption and incapable of social and…
The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), a UN agency with climatologists from over 70 counties included) has just come out with…
One of the encouraging things this long-time labor activist has been watching over the past several years is the emerging development of…
Source: CovertAction Magazine Labor activists from across the country, members of a number of unions, publicly announced the creation of LEPAIO, the…
Apple, Foxconn, and the Lives of China’s Workers
Interview on the role of US labor internationally including the National Endowment For Democracy NED and the AFL-CIO “Solidariity Center”
