Category Archive for:
Work
Search
Search by Category
- Abolitionism (23)
- Announcement (39)
- Art (9)
- Black Lives Matter (20)
- Books (31)
- Border (3)
- Capitalism (44)
- Conspiracy Theories (3)
- COVID-19 (61)
- Crime & Illegality (6)
- Education (11)
- Elections (37)
- Environment (8)
- Everyday Life (128)
- Fascism (17)
- From the Archives (59)
- Gender (3)
- George Floyd Rebellion (23)
- Healthcare (13)
- Immigration (17)
- Indigenous Struggles (2)
- January 6th (2)
- LGBTQIA (5)
- Mass Media (14)
- Mass Shootings (1)
- Movies & TV (24)
- Music (24)
- Organizing (55)
- Palestine (18)
- Poetry (5)
- Police (39)
- Pop Culture (38)
- Prison (32)
- Protest & Resistance (42)
- Race (57)
- Remembrance / Obituary (28)
- Repression (9)
- Reproductive Justice (13)
- Revolution (8)
- South Africa (14)
- Sports (18)
- Trump (47)
- Uncategorized (1)
- US History (45)
- War (16)
- White Supremacy (35)
- Work (51)
- World History (18)
Call Us If You Stop Breathing
I work as a freelance editor. I make sure that the answers on multiple choice tests for commercial drivers license exams are in the right order, things like that. This doesnโt pay a living wage. For ...
CATEGORY:
One Foot in the Present, Another in the Future: Food Coops
The San Francisco Bay Area loves cooperatives, aka coops, which were invented in 1844 when the Rochdale Pioneers in Lancashire, England banded together to help themselves and their community. It was an auspicious beginning. 1844 was ...
CATEGORY:
More from the Vault: Where Dreams Go To Die
|
The following piece appeared in issue #8 of Hard Crackers, which can be purchased here.ย I get to work late and hung over. I rush past the reference desk, past the remaining display of Black History ...
CATEGORY:
An Analysis of the System is Protective: An Interview with Scott Nappalos
Scott Nappalos is a health care worker in California.ย We asked him for an interview because we thought that he would be able to provide some insights into the realities and challenges of health and health ...
CATEGORY:
And the Wrecking Ball Best of All!
My temp assignment as the inmate law librarian of a county jail promised to be an encounter with the unknown. Up until that point Iโd worked in many different kinds of libraries, but this was the ...
I Quit!: On Leaving My Social Work Job During the Pandemic
In previous interviews, we have highlighted the challenges of working during a global pandemic, including the fears and anxieties of ordinary workers. While many have continued to work with little protection, rearranging their lives to accommodate ...
โLike Hell on Earth:โ former steelworker shares reflections, reviews Finally Got the News and Noel Ignatievโs Acceptable Men
My friend Bill retired to Bisbee after working in the Detroit steel mills for decades. When I got my copy of Noel Ignatievโs Acceptable Men: Life in the Largest Steel Mill in the World, I shared ...
Vee & Me Up In Here
DMX is dead. ย Admittedly, when he blew up in late 1990s, he wasnโt my go to for hip hop, although I did appreciate him. ย He was unapologetically rough. ย He was uncompromisingly raw, despite slick production.ย That ...
CATEGORY:
Microform
Back before I was let go from an asbestos law firm, I made copious use of microform records. I say microform because I make the distinction between rolls of microfilm; the small sheets properly called microfiche; ...
CATEGORY:
Mask down, fists up: a day at work in the library
Like most workers, I donโt wake up in the morning thinking Iโm going to get swung at while at my job. Iโm a librarian, not a professional boxer or an MMA fighter. But on a Monday ...
CATEGORY: