Labor

MASERU, Lesotho – Living overseas, I sometimes fall out of touch with the latest “buzz” within American culture. Like which Hollywood sleepers are garnering acclaim from the critics.

On September 20, I attended a lecture by former UK Prime Minster Gordon Brown at The New School University. As he paced the stage, Brown outlined the themes of his new book, Beyond the Crash: Overcoming the First Crisis of Globalization.

Quite a title! I am sure we could come up with a globalization crisis that precedes the contemporary one he speaks of, but that's not the point of this post.

Who wants to work anymore really? This quick Economist vid tells us a little bit about which countries you might want to move to or shy away from when it comes to "holidaying" it up or taking some chill time away from the office.

John Nichols, a pioneering political blogger, has written the Beat since 1999 for The Nation magazine as its Washington correspondent. He is a contributing writer for The Progressive and In These Times and the associate editor of the Capital Times, the daily newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin.

Preempting the Left Forum's opening plenary with Cornel West, Barbara Ehrenreich, Laura Flanders, and Paul Mason, JK Fowler and I interviewed Cornel West at the pre-conference cocktail party.

Preempting the opening plenary with Cornel West, Barbara Ehrenreich, Laura Flanders, and Paul Mason, Shaun Randol and I speak with Cornel West at the pre-conference cocktail party. We discuss the international day of action scheduled for tomorrow, 03/19, occurring on the anniversary of the Iraq War and the potential of the Libyan invasion on the horizon, white supremacy and the labor movement, the role of the religious left and Barack Obama's right-leaning economic policies related to the current and ongoing economic crisis. 

Dr. Cornel West's Bio

On Sunday March 13, I sat down with Seth Adler, the coordinator of Left Fourm, an annual gathering in North America of the U.S. and international Left. Continuing a tradition begun in the 1960s, Left Forum brings together intellectuals and organizers to share perspectives, strategies, experience, and vision. Last year, The Mantle provided more coverage of the conference than any other media outlet.

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