by Harvey J Kaye | Jan 12, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Progressive Vision
The Green Bay Packers defeated the Dallas Cowboys Sunday. As a dear friend of mine remarked in an email: "It's always nice when a collectively-owned team beats one owned by a greedy mega-capitalist, who's beloved by Chris Christie." So in that spirit, and given my...
by Harvey J Kaye | Oct 7, 2014 | Progressive Vision
American history education is once again a political and cultural battleground. Dominated by conservatives, the Jefferson County Colorado School Board decided to revise the teaching of Advanced Placement U.S. History to not only “promote patriotism and ... the...
by Harvey J Kaye | Sep 3, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
President Obama came to Milwaukee's 2014 Laborfest this past Monday. He said he had come to celebrate Labor Day, to celebrate workers' pursuit of America's promise – or as he put it: "We’re here to celebrate something that sometimes the American people take for...
by Harvey J Kaye | Aug 27, 2014 | Progressive Vision
On Labor Day weekend 2007 the Guardian "Comment is Free" editor commissioned me to write a piece on labor and progressive possibilities. I published the piece posted below, which the editor titled "TO BE FRANKLIN: Seventy years on he is still under attack from the...
by Harvey J Kaye | Aug 13, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
This Thursday, August 14, marks 69 years since the surrender of Imperial Japan – and with the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II coming up next summer we are sure to see significant efforts around the country during the next twelve months to once again honor...