Taylorism
Super Title:Body:BEZOS' COLD, MICROMANAGED, time-motion approach to the workplace is a direct descendant (and extreme extension) of a theory of "scientific management" developed in the 1880's by...
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Amazon's ruthless practices are crushing Main Street--and threatening the...
Amazon's ruthless practices are crushing Main Street--and threatening the vitality of our communities Even by the anything-goes ethical code of the corporate jungle, Amazon.com's alpha male, Jeff...
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New trade pacts create secret, pro-corporate tribunals that use their powers...
New trade pacts create secret, pro-corporate tribunals that use their powers to eviscerate our democratic lawsWARNING: Mind-exploding Outrage Ahead. Embedded in various international trade deals are...
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Cupid and his friends at the post office are fighting back against...
Cupid and his friends at the post office are fighting back against flimflamming privatizersThe boneheaded/ goober headed/ Kochheaded muckamucks are using their lofty perches in Congress, atop the USPS...
View ArticleThe postal service has a special place in the heart of Danny Glover
Super Title:Body: Danny Glover: Our Postal Service from A Grand Alliance on Vimeo.The postal service has a special place in the heart of Danny Glover, the beloved actor, activist, and humanitarian:...
View ArticleLowdown Call-Up #1: Save the public post office! Featuring Mark Dimondstein,...
On March 24th, Hightower hosted our first ever Lowdown Call-Up-- a strategy discussion covering the slow-motion mugging of the public post office. His guest was none other than Mark Dimondstein,...
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Infographic: Majoring in exploitation
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For-profit colleges get rich by sinking students into debt--and their scam is...
For-profit colleges get rich by sinking students into debt--and their scam is financed by our tax dollars"A college degree is the key to prosperity for both you and your country, so it's essential,"...
View ArticleBy the numbers: For-profit college math
Super Title:Body:Tuition and fees charged by corporate colleges average $35,000 for a two-year degree and $63,000 for a four-year degree--more than four times the average cost of a community college...
View ArticleLowdown Call-Up #2: Student debt strike! Featuring Latonya Suggs and Ann...
Want to know when the next Lowdown Call-Up will be? Sign up here to find out, and get our weekly action email.Also sign me up for Jim Hightower's weekly email of commentaries and...
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Activists crumble Big Coal, shame Koch-head science, storm to a populist...
Activists crumble Big Coal, shame Koch-head science, storm to a populist internet victory, and more!In this age of instant media and round-the-clock news, many stories seize our attention for a moment...
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A plucky (and smart!) grassroots coalition has pushed the dastardly...
A plucky (and smart!) grassroots coalition has pushed the dastardly Trans-Pacific Partnership to the edgeProgressive forces battling that God-awful gob of global corporate gobbledygook, the...
View ArticleCorporate "talking points" on TPP
Super Title:Body:The campaign for the Trans-Pacific Partnership is being engineered by the US Business Coalition for TPP, a who's who of corporate powers that will directly profit from the deal. To...
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The rebellious spirit of Matthew Maguire's first Labor Day is spreading again...
The rebellious spirit of Matthew Maguire's first Labor Day is spreading again across our country. Join the parade!It's a bit odd that in America's thoroughly corporatized culture we have no national...
View ArticleHow to squeeze low wages lower
Super Title:Body:Harvest Time Seafood, a Louisiana processing corporation, has been a beneficiary of the H-2 visa program, putting female guest workers from Mexico on its canning line. These women did...
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Travel that is fast and efficient—even fun? Let’s get on board with High...
Travel that is fast and efficient—even fun? Let’s get on board with High Speed RailPeople like trains. Whether taking a long trip or making the daily commute, riding the rails, without the hassles of...
View ArticleRiding the Shinkansen
Super Title:Body:The electric bullet trains that run on the Shinkansen route from Tokyo to Osaka are a beaming source of national pride for the people of Japan. They provide superior comfort and...
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Body:Despite attempts by conservative ideologues to kill the notion of a national passenger rail system, trains are only getting more popular. And why wouldn’t they be? Imagine how our lives would be...
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Reinventing business "ethics": How corporate honchos gave themselves cover to...
Reinventing business "ethics": How corporate honchos gave themselves cover to be as rapacious as they wanna beAttention class! Here’s our word of the day: "Hegemony." Can you say heh-jeh-meh-nee, boys...
View ArticleSubsidizing malfeasance (with your taxes!)
Super Title:Body:Headlines periodically blare that this regulator or that has imposed a jaw-dropping assessment on some corporate criminal. “Justice Department Slaps BP with $20.8 Billion Punishment,”...
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