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DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

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RADICAL AND RELEVANT: THE LIFE OF HARRY BRILL

Written by GARY ZABEL Posted January 17, 2021 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Obituary, Politics

Harry Brill. Photo courtesy of Gary Zabel.

Harry frequently argued that capitalism is barely distinguishable from organized crime. For example, he investigated the connection between insurance companies and automobile manufacturers on the one hand and car thieves on the other.

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Obituary, Politics Tagged With: bay area, Berkeley, Brooklyn College, California, Carol Brill, Democracy, Harry Brill, labor, Obituary, organizer, radical, socialist, sociologist, UCal Berkeley, UMASS-Boston

REFERENDUM ROUNDUP

Written by TADHG LARABEE, POLINA WHITEHOUSE, AND MARIE UNGAR Posted November 6, 2020 Filed Under: Analysis, Election, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Voters hurt prisoners and some workers, helped other workers, and legalized drugs and gambling

Filed Under: Analysis, Election, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: cannabis, drug, gambler, gambling, labor, legalization, Marijuana, prison, prisoner, referendum, voters, voting, worker

TOWARD A SHORTER WORK WEEK

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 8, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

ILGWU Local 62 marches in a Labor Day parade - photo courtesy of the Kheel Center.

Finland may get it soon, Americans need it, too

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, Democracy, Employment, epidemic, Finland, Jason Pramas, jobs, labor, Massachusetts, policy, Politics, Prime Minister Sanna Marin, quarantine, shorter work week, social democrat, Social Democratic Party, socialist, unemployment

CLOSE ALL THE SCHOOLS NOW

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted August 24, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Update

Illustration by Scott Brundage

Act today to prevent a coronavirus explosion

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Update Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, children, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, criticism, Democracy, education, Health, Jason Pramas, labor, mask, Massachusetts, parents, reopen, safety, student, teacher, union

VAMPIRE PROPERTY: CAPITAL AND THE LIVING DEAD 

Written by GARY ZABEL Posted May 25, 2020 Filed Under: Essay, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Bela Lugosi in Dracula (1931)

“The thing that you represent face to face with me has no heart in its breast.”– Marx

“There is no life in this body.” – Dracula 

Filed Under: Essay, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: capital, capitalism, Gary Zabel, Karl Marx, labor, philosophy, profit, socialism, think piece, vampire, worker

OPEN LETTER TO UMASS PRESIDENT MEEHAN FROM UNIVERSITY UNIONS

Written by UMASS UNIONS UNITED Posted May 13, 2020 Filed Under: COVID, Letters, NEWS+OPINIONS

Photo by Joseph Ramsey

Demands job protections, engagement with students, staff, and faculty on reopening campuses

Filed Under: COVID, Letters, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, jobs, labor, letter, Marty Meehan, Massachusetts, opinion, slider, UMass, union

RECLOSE AMERICA: DON’T FOLLOW FASCISTS IN THE SERVICE OF WALL ST TO YOUR GRAVES

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 29, 2020 Filed Under: Analysis, Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS

image with President Trump surrounded by quotes about right-wing protests to end coronavirus stay at home orders

Do back politicians calling for immediate national living wage checks and Medicare for All

Filed Under: Analysis, Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: America, Apparent Horizon, Bernie Sanders, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, Democracy, DigBoston, fascist, hard right, Health, Jason Pramas, Koch, labor, Medicare for All, middle class, nazi, news analysis, pandemic, Paycheck Security Act, Protest, public health, Reopen America, right wing, slider, stay at home, United States, Wall St, white supremacist, worker, working class

HARVARD AND MIT MUST HELP THEIR WORKERS AND AREA HOMELESS NOW

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 22, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS

Institutions with more wealth than many nations have no excuse for inaction during a pandemic

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Cambridge, Column, contractor, coronavirus, COVID-19, criticism, Democracy, economy, employee, endowment, Harvard University, higher education, Homeless, Jason Pramas, L. Rafael Reif, labor, Larry Bacow, layoff, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, news analysis, pandemic, power, public, Shelter, slider, student, wealth, worker

NOTES FROM THE PANDEMIC: 3.11.20 DIGBOSTON UPDATE

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 11, 2020 Filed Under: News to Us

NOTES FROM THE CORONAVIRUS image

We aim to post daily updates, under the banner Notes from the Pandemic, based on tips we receive, then follow up certain leads with more in-depth reportage.

Filed Under: News to Us Tagged With: coronavirus, headlines, Health, labor, news, Notes from the Pandemic, sick days, Team Reporting

THERE IS NOTHING ‘VOLUNTARY’ ABOUT WORKING BAD JOBS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 28, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

A brief defense of AOC’s critique of billionaires

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, AOC, Apparent Horizon, Ben Shapiro, Bernie Sanders, Boston Herald, co-operative, Column, contingent work, criticism, Democracy, DigBoston, Elections, Jason Pramas, jobs, labor, Mondragon, policy, Politics, propaganda, social democracy, socialism, worker

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