COVID-19, Editions, Labor, Local, March 2020, Unions, Wisconsin1 Comment

Behind the Front Lines: What Grocery Store Workers Want Shoppers to Know in Light of COVID-19

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Angelica Engel works at Willy Street Co-op’s East location in the deli and the juice bar. She is a member of the UE 1186 bargaining committee, which just negotiated the union’s first contract with Willy Street Co-op Management, ratified earlier this month. Engel is also a member of Madison Area DSA. Continue reading Behind the Front Lines: What Grocery Store Workers Want Shoppers to Know in Light of COVID-19

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The Afghanistan Papers: Another Blip in the History of a Forever War

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By Ben Heili I remember my 14th birthday well. That day, my grandparents’ newspaper told me the USA had started to bomb Afghanistan—Operation Enduring Freedom, they called it. Something in my 14-year-old brain approved of that name at the time, … Continue reading The Afghanistan Papers: Another Blip in the History of a Forever War

February 2020, Healthcare, Medicare for All, Socialism, WisconsinLeave a comment

Wisconsin’s Brutal Cuts to Medicaid Prove Necessity of Medicare for All

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By Karl Locher During the infamous lame duck legislative session in the closing days of 2018, the Wisconsin legislature passed a breathtakingly reactionary agenda. The rapid move to limit the power of the incoming Evers administration was the object of … Continue reading Wisconsin’s Brutal Cuts to Medicaid Prove Necessity of Medicare for All