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		<title>Class Struggle on TV</title>
		<link>http://laborlou.com/2013/05/class-struggle-on-tv/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 18:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Encore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home rule]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irish Catholic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norma Rae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Titanic: Blood and Steel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Most movies about unions miss the boat. Even Norma Rae (made nearly 35 years ago), funneled class struggle through Hollywood’s favorite device: heroic character transformation.  Cinematic storytelling tends to distort the “collective” nature of labor struggle. Titanic: Blood and Steel, an “Encore Original” series released last year during the centennial of the great disaster, would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If the Kochs Buy the Times</title>
		<link>http://laborlou.com/2013/05/if-the-kochs-buy-the-times/</link>
		<comments>http://laborlou.com/2013/05/if-the-kochs-buy-the-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 15:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God and Gays]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[progressive L.A.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Could the Los Angeles Times become a mouthpiece for Tea Party paranoids to crusade against progressive L.A.? If the Koch Brothers buy our local paper and hand over the editorial board to conspiracy-minded conservative extremists, imagine headlines like these: Campaign Launched for Compulsory Unionism Labor Socialists Campaign to Seize Your Paycheck Public Transit Extremists Want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Labor Oppose Obama&#8217;s Commerce Pick?</title>
		<link>http://laborlou.com/2013/05/will-labor-oppose-obamas-commerce-pick/</link>
		<comments>http://laborlou.com/2013/05/will-labor-oppose-obamas-commerce-pick/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 02:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commerce secretary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hyatt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penny Pritzker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unite here]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama’s nomination of Penny Pritzker as Commerce Secretary was a poke in the eye of the American Labor Movement.  The niece of the founder of the Hyatt Hotel chain and current member of the company’s board, Pritzker is a key player in what Unite Here calls “the worst hotel employer in America.” Go to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JFK Assassination: 50 Years Later</title>
		<link>http://laborlou.com/2013/04/jfk-assassination-50-years-later/</link>
		<comments>http://laborlou.com/2013/04/jfk-assassination-50-years-later/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 23:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-war movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dallas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ruby kills Oswald]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the 60s]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Google 1963 50th Anniversary and you might be surprised.  Near the top of the list is Birmingham, Alabama with its civic and business leaders inviting visitors to commemorate “the movement that changed the world.&#8221;  We’re told that travelers can take in the historic attractions of the civil rights era while enjoying the fine hotels, restaurants and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans Won’t Block Obama’s Labor Pick</title>
		<link>http://laborlou.com/2013/04/republicans-wont-block-obamas-labor-pick/</link>
		<comments>http://laborlou.com/2013/04/republicans-wont-block-obamas-labor-pick/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 03:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heritage foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[latino nominee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people with disabilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[secretary of labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thomas perez]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Senate republicans tried but failed to rattle President Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Labor, Thomas Perez, with questions about his tenure as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. But the 51-year-old progressive lawyer and activist deftly deflected charges by GOP Senators on the Labor Committee with his straightforward answers and command of the issues. Unable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can We Trust Obama on North Korea?</title>
		<link>http://laborlou.com/2013/04/can-we-trust-obama-on-north-korea/</link>
		<comments>http://laborlou.com/2013/04/can-we-trust-obama-on-north-korea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[american left]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hegemony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kamala Harris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Jong-un]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Noam Chomsky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smart power]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While Barack Obama took a few hits from progressives last week for signaling to republicans that he’ll negotiate on social security and for his unnecessary remark about Kamala Harris’ looks, the president faced virtually no opposition from the left on his handling of North Korea. I wanted to hear what opponents of American military “hegemony” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vermont: Please Don&#8217;t Leave</title>
		<link>http://laborlou.com/2013/03/vermont-please-dont-leave/</link>
		<comments>http://laborlou.com/2013/03/vermont-please-dont-leave/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 16:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hardcore left]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leahy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sanders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small-scale democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vermont Independence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vermont Secession]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Vermonters: I’ve been hearing talk recently about a move among some residents to secede from the United States.  Normally, I ignore fringe groups with preposterous ideas, but this call for Vermont independence hits close to home. First of all, it’s not led by right wing Texas-types who compare Barack Obama to Mao, but by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Jerry Brown Would Tell Hillary</title>
		<link>http://laborlou.com/2013/03/what-jerry-brown-would-tell-hillary/</link>
		<comments>http://laborlou.com/2013/03/what-jerry-brown-would-tell-hillary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[age and politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Governor Jerry Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Hillary Clinton]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There’s been talk recently about whether Hillary Clinton, now 65, is too old to be president in 2017.  Here in California, we have a chief executive who began his third term (28 years after finishing his second) at age 72.  Just our luck, we happened to overhear this brief phone conversation between the former first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>L.A.&#8217;s Boys&#8217; Club</title>
		<link>http://laborlou.com/2013/03/l-a-s-boys-club/</link>
		<comments>http://laborlou.com/2013/03/l-a-s-boys-club/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 04:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[city council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garcetti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender imbalance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[los angeles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mayor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://laborlou.com/?p=3888</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Can you imagine a future U.S. Supreme Court comprised only of men?  Or the president’s cabinet?  Or even the California Coastal Commission? That would be a throwback to an era long gone, you would think? And yet, it&#8217;s likely to happen to the 15-member Los Angeles City Council after the May runoff election. In fact, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will L.A.’s  “Westsiders” Take the Train?</title>
		<link>http://laborlou.com/2013/03/will-l-a-s-westsiders-take-the-train/</link>
		<comments>http://laborlou.com/2013/03/will-l-a-s-westsiders-take-the-train/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culver City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Expo Line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freeways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LA Map]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[light rail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neighborhoods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[westside]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few years ago, the Los Angeles Times solicited readers input in mapping the region’s neighborhoods.  Defining the so-called “Westside” became very contentious, particularly in determining the eastern border.  Some residents insisted that La Cienega was the dividing line, though the winner, by popular demand, was the “405.” When I moved to Southern California in [...]]]></description>
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