Pluralistic: Justin C Key's "The World Wasn't Ready For You" (19 Sep 2023)


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Pluralistic: The Tamakis' "Roaming" (11 Sep 2023)


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Pluralistic: Open Circuits (14 August 2023)


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Pluralistic: The long lineage of private equity's looting (02 June 2023)


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Pluralistic: Ian McDonald's "Hopeland" (30 May 2023)


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Pluralistic: Steven Brust's "Tsalmoth" (27 May 2023)


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Pluralistic: Justice Warriors (22 May 2023)


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  • Justice Warriors: Matt Bors', Ben Clarkson's and Felipe Sobriero's scorchingly brilliant, viciously funny, dystopian sf graphic novel.
  • Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
  • This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018
  • Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: Revenge of the Linkdumps (13 May 2023)


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A Collective Bargain

Workplace democracy is a training ground for true national democracy.

The cover of the Harpercollins edition of Jane McAleveyโ€™s โ€œA Collective Bargain.โ€

Now, if you want higher wages let me tell you what to do
You got to talk to the workers in the shop with you
You got to build you a union, got to make it strong
But if you all stick together, boys, it wonโ€™t be long
You get shorter hours, better working conditions
Vacations with pay. Take your kids to the seashore-

-Pete Seeger, Talking Union Blues


For yearsโ€Šโ€”โ€Šdecadesโ€Šโ€”โ€Šunions seemed like a relic, an elegant weapon for a more civilized age. American union participation nosedived in the Reagan years and continued to decline, year after year, with no bottom in sight.

Until 2018.
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