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Happy Valley: Cops, Killers, and Working-Class Community
It begins with landscape, the look and feel of industrial West Yorkshire. The smaller towns nestle in valleys between green hills crossed by dry-stone walls and narrow roads. The Calder Valley, where the river once powered the woolen mills … Continue reading
Posted in Class and the Media, Contributors, Issues, Nick Coles
Tagged community policing, Happy Valley, working-class community
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Black Homes Matter: The Fate of Affordable Housing in Pittsburgh
“I live here. I’m from here. My whole family is here. We try to stay close together. This is America. I’m a Marine, I went to war three times. I served my country. It feels crazy not to be able … Continue reading
Steinbeck and the Refugee Crisis
“No home no job no peace no rest” — Bruce Springsteen, “The Ghost of Tom Joad” As a British immigrant to the US, one key difference I notice between me and most Americans is that I did not read The … Continue reading
Posted in Class at the Intersections, Contributors, Issues, Nick Coles, Understanding Class
Tagged Grapes of Wrath, refugee crisis, Steinbeck
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Climate of Change: Students, Naomi Klein, and the People’s Climate March
I was one of the hundreds of thousands filling the streets of New York for the People’s Climate March, September 21, 2014. I was there with a dozen students from my freshman composition course, in which we are reading and … Continue reading
Posted in Class at the Intersections, Contributors, Issues, Nick Coles
Tagged activism, capitalism, climate change, Naomi Klein, People's Climate March
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The Pipeline and the Unions
The controversy over the Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline has sharply divided the labor and climate movements. The KXL would provide a new direct route for the northern leg of the existing Keystone pipeline bringing Alberta tar sands oil to refineries … Continue reading
A Tale of Two Cities and Two Activists
Climate change and increasing class inequities are two of the most pressing issues of our time. How are policies and activism addressing these problems? Two young women working for progressive change in two mid-sized cities offer inspiring models, one from … Continue reading
Posted in Contributors, Labor and Community Activism, Nick Coles
Tagged climate change, inequality, Pittsburgh, Plymouth
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Climate Change and Income Inequality
People committed to struggles for peace and justice always have our work cut out for us. The forces arrayed against us are powerful and determined, and the range of issues and crises demanding action is daunting. Given our limited time … Continue reading
Posted in Contributors, Issues, Nick Coles, The Working Class and the Economy
Tagged activism, climate change, income inequality
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Learning about Labor in London
I have been living in London for a month, as part of my university’s study abroad program. (It’s a tough assignment, but somebody had to do it.) As it happens, I am a Brit and lived here decades ago between … Continue reading
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