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Stanley Aronowitz

Notes on the Occupy Movement

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The Occupy Wall Street movement was long coming but is certainly a sharp departure from the usual protest: instead of a one-day demonstration, a 24/7 encampment; not a list of demands, but a stark statement about wealth concentration. This movement seeks not justice, within the prevailing system, but, albeit implicit, a massive redistribution of wealth. …

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Reversing the Labor Movement’s Free Fall

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Everybody is aware that unions are in free-fall. In 2013 they represent less than 7% of private sector workers. And, while unions are still numerically dense among workers in the public  sector—they represent a third—the recent assaults on collective bargaining at the state and local levels, the o%  four year wage settlements in New York…

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