“Only under conditions of revolutionary crises do you have the highest level of self-organization; this is the Soviet type of organization, which is to say, workers' councils, people's councils, call them what you want, popular committees.” PeopleWantSelfLevelsConditionsTypeHighestOrganizationCrisisWorkersWhat You WantRevolutionarySovietCommitteesCouncil Book:Revolutionary Marxism and social reality in the 20th century: collected essays Source: Revolutionary Marxism and social reality in the 20th century: collected essays
“Computerization brings about an essential change in the way the worker can know the world and, with it, a crisis of confidence inthe possibility of certain knowledge.” KnowsWorldWayCertainWorkKnowledgePossibilityEssentialsCrisisWorkersCertain Knowledge Author:Shoshana Zuboff
“Despite all the dire predictions made in 2001, the Afghans have given the international community, its aid workers and soldiers a large window of opportunity to repair the damage done by 25 years of war. That window, which has stayed open for nearly five years, with amazing good will from the Afghans, is threatening to close unless the world wakes up and deals with the crisis.” WorldYearsMadeWarDoneOpportunityGivenCommunityDealsFiveWindowWake UpCrisisWorkersSoldierInternationalAidsDespiteDamageFive YearsPredictionsThreateningGood WillInternational CommunityWindow Of Opportunity Author:Ahmed Rashid
“A pioneer in this genre [ writing about the refugee crisis] : the book A Seventh Man, by the great John Berger, decades ago evoked the lives of migrant workers in Europe.” MenWritingBookEuropeCrisisWorkersDecadesGenreRefugeePioneersMigrantsRefugee CrisisMigrant Workers Author:Adam Hochschild
“We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year” YearsMindEarthLastsNationsMoneyPowerfulWeekMonthsNeededCrisisWorkersProductiveGoodsLast YearProsperousGoods And Services Author:Barack Obama
“Several unions have agreed to larger employee contributions for their members. Taxpayers are living with cuts and making sacrifices to deal with the reality of California's budget crisis, state workers are going to have to do the same.” StatesRealityDealsCuttingSacrificeMembersCrisisUnionsWorkersBudgetsCaliforniaContributionEmployeeTaxpayersMaking Sacrifices Author:Jerry Brown
“Raising the traditional and early retirement ages will mean extending workers' taxable earning years, fueling economic growth and putting a dent in our unfunded-liabilities crisis by delaying payouts.” YearsMeanAgeGrowthEconomicCrisisWorkersTraditionalRetirementEarningEconomic GrowthExtendingLiabilityRetirement Age Author:Michelle Malkin
“Poor countries are being forced to deal with an unprecedented health crisis without the means to tackle it . Governments can only show how seriously they are taking this crisis by taking immediate action to provide four million extra health workers and to grant those in need access to affordable medicines.” NeedsMeanCountryShowsGovernmentActionPoorDealsMillionsFourHealthCrisisMedicineWorkersAccessExtrasGrantsAffordableUnprecedentedPoor CountriesThose In NeedImmediate ActionHealth Workers Author:Annie Lennox