Michael Galant
Common Dreams
Washington, DC, United States
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Why We Need a Global Green New Deal Right Now
The rules of the global economy got us into this mess. But rules can change... The global economy is collapsing. When the pandemic began, experts at the International Monetary Fund predicted that we would see the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. This week, they announced that it will be even worse than they thought. → Read More
Philippine Call Center Workers Are in Danger. It’s Our Problem, Too.
Working In These Times is dedicated to providing independent and incisive coverage of the labor movement and struggles for workers' rights. → Read More
5 Key Demands: U.S. Foreign Policy in the Face of the Coronavirus
This approach to the coronavirus outbreak requires a fundamental shift in current U.S. foreign policy... The world is in a crisis. The coronavirus pandemic itself, and the economic crash that it has sparked, have revealed deep weaknesses in the current economic and political order. There are two paths forward. → Read More
To Stop the Next War Before It Starts, We Need to Confront Militarism Itself
We didn’t invade Iran, but the war machine rages on. To stop it, we need a strong and sustained antiwar movement. → Read More
The Right to Stay Home
“No one leaves home unless / home is the mouth of a shark.” | By Michael Galant → Read More
Honduran Labor Fight Reveals Exploitation Behind the Migrant Crisis
The real “migrant crisis” is the one created for migrants by a global system of economic exploitation. → Read More
Education Privatizers Have Gone Global. So Must We If We Want to Stop Them. – Countercurrents
Co-Written by Christian Addai-Poku & Michael Galant In February 2018, West Virginia teachers launched a strike that reawakened a movement. Tens of thousands of teachers from around the country have taken part in what is now the largest strike wave in decades, demanding better public education in the face of years of austerity. On February 11, 2019, as the U.S. wave continued, teachers union[Read… → Read More
Education Privatizers Have Gone Global. So Must We If We Want to Stop Them.
In These Times features award-winning investigative reporting about corporate malfeasance and government wrongdoing, insightful analysis of national and international affairs, and sharp cultural criticism about events and ideas that matter. → Read More
Unions Can Take on International Fights — and Win – Countercurrents
Fresh off a strike in Erie, PA, the United Electrical Workers are a model of the working-class internationalism that can build a more just world. After nine days of picketing in below freezing temperatures, striking workers in Erie, Pennsylvania returned to work recently under a 90-day agreement. The 1,700 strong United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America (UE) strike[Read More...] → Read More
Unions Can Take on International Fights—and Win
Fresh off a strike in Erie, PA, the United Electrical Workers are a model of the working-class internationalism that can build a more just world.. After nine days of picketing in below freezing temperatures, striking workers in Erie, Pennsylvania returned to work recently under a 90-day agreement. → Read More
Unions Can Take on International Fights — and Win
Fresh off a strike in Erie, PA, the United Electrical Workers are a model of the working-class internationalism that can build a more just world. → Read More