Tag: history
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Two Words: General Strike
In November of 1948, workers in the British and American-occupied sectors of west Germany (then known as the Bi-Zone Economic Area, Bizonia for short) staged the largest single-day strike in the nation’s history. More than nine million workers, out of a total workforce of 11.7 million, stayed home from work, shutting down mines, factories, mills,…
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How American Healthcare Got Here, part 2
We have managed care, ‘Obamacare,’ and Medicare, but most Americans still lack affordable care
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The Soon Forgotten – A coda
Since moving to Berlin, I am often struck by the streets, buildings and parks named to honor people who were killed by the Nazis, and wishing that the vastly more numerous loyal National Socialists could see and know that they themselves would not be among the triumphant victors of a great thousand-year reich, but instead…
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Not Working for the Man
We support organized labor. My husband is a member of the Ver.di union. And one of the main reasons we decided to move our family to Germany and the European Union was so our kids would start their working lives with more rights and protections than we had in the United States. So, while it…
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