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Archive for January 31, 2009

Global Class Warfare

January 31, 2009 by and tagged , , , , , , , , , , ,

Oh, it’s on! Let put the pieces together, shall we? On the labor side, the picture is quite bleak: BBC NEWS | Business | Global job losses ‘could hit 51m’ via kwout So, what should be done? The ILO Director-General has a few ideas: BBC NEWS | Business | Global job losses ‘could hit 51m’ [...]

Posted in Activism, Collective Behavior, Corporatism, Economy, Global Governance, Globalization, Labor, Precarization, Risk Society, Social Inequalities, Social Movements, Social Privilege, Social Stratification, Transnational Capitalist Class | No Comments »

The OTHER Culture War – Hummers

January 31, 2009 by and tagged ,

Years ago, I was alerted by the website FUH2 (NSFW) that posted photos of people giving the fingers to people driving H2s. It is also great fun to use in class. It is interesting that the Hummer triggered satirical websites as well. What was it about the Hummer that would generate so much hostility? The [...]

Posted in Consumerism, Culture, Sociology | No Comments »