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  1. From the Editorial Team
  2. pp. 4-5
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  1. Under the Radar
  2. Ben Becker
  3. pp. 6-8
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On the Contrary

  1. A New Insurgency Can only Arise Outside the Progressive and Labor Establishment
  2. Stephen Lerner
  3. pp. 9-13
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The Anatomy of Austerity

  1. Marching Backwards: The Consequences of Bipartisan Budget Cutting
  2. Josh Bivens
  3. pp. 14-21
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  1. State and Municipal Alternatives to Austerity
  2. Robert Pollin, Jeff Thompson
  3. pp. 22-30
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  1. The Egyptian Uprising: The Mass Strike in the Time of Neoliberal Globalization
  2. Michael Schwartz
  3. pp. 32-43
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Will Today's Excluded Workers Midwife Labor's Rebirth?

  1. Worker Centers: Entering a New Stage of Growth and Development
  2. Janice Fine
  3. pp. 44-53
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  1. The Excluded Workers Congress: Reimagining the Right to Organize
  2. Harmony Goldberg, Randy Jackson
  3. pp. 54-59
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  1. Mexico Since NAFTA: Elite Delusions and the Reality of Decline
  2. James M. Cypher
  3. pp. 60-69
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  1. Christianity and Class Consciousness: Searching the Pews for Labor’s Allies
  2. Ken Estey
  3. pp. 70-78
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Working-Class Voices of Contemporary America

  1. How the P’urhépechas Came to Southern California’s Coachella Valley
  2. David Bacon
  3. pp. 80-87
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  1. Moving in the Labor LAANE
  2. Peter Dreier
  3. pp. 88-92
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  1. In the Rearview Mirror: A Brief History of Opposition to Public Sector Unionism
  2. Steve Fraser, Joshua B. Freeman
  3. pp. 93-96
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  1. Caught in the Web: Oh, California!
  2. Liza Featherstone
  3. pp. 97-99
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Books and the Arts

  1. The 1970s Revisited: Is the Working Class Dead or Alive?
  2. Steve Early
  3. pp. 100-104
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  1. Servitors of the National Security State?
  2. Paul Garver
  3. pp. 104-107
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  1. Seizing the Moment
  2. Matt Witt
  3. pp. 108-111
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  1. Out of the Mainstream: Books and Films You May Have Missed
  2. Matt Witt
  3. pp. 112-115
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Poetry

  1. Letter to Brooks: Spring Garden
  2. Major Jackson
  3. p. 116
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  1. Early Occult Memory Systems of the Lower Midwest
  2. B. H. Fairchild
  3. p. 117
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About our Contributors

  1. About Our Contributors
  2. pp. 118-119
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