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BOOKS
 |  |  |  |  | Take This Job and Ship It: How Corporate Greed and Brain-Dead Politics Are Selling Out America
Sen. Byron L. Dorgan (D-N.D.) calls on the government to serve the American people, not just U.S. corporations, in this examination of today’s global economy and the current U.S. policies toward large corporations. Writing that “corporate America is slowly but surely devouring its own customers,” Dorgan urges politicians to establish “a trade strategy that is designed to lift others up without pushing American workers down.” Dorgan includes profiles of AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, former USW International Union (USW) President George Becker and current USW President Leo Gerard. Hardcover. $19.95. Available from | |  | |  |
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 | | | | | Bread & Roses: Mills, Migrants, and the Struggle for the American Dream
Bruce Watson chronicles the 1912 textile workers’ strike in Lawrence, Mass., a two-month struggle that captured the nation’s attention and galvanized workers around the world. Ultimately, 23,000 workers from 51 nations marched in Lawrence to support the strikers. Strikers’ children were evacuated to Manhattan for safety, as militia descended on strikers with bayonets. This first full-length history of the Bread & Roses strike remains an important event at a time when workers’ rights are again in jeopardy. Paperback. $16. Available from . | | | | |
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RESOURCE  | | | | | The Conservative Nanny State: How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer
Conservatives don’t like big government, right? Except…that isn’t how the U.S. government is working today. Economist Dean Baker catalogs the means by which conservatives expect the “nanny government” to take care of Big Business: from trade agreements that allow companies to outsource America's jobs to a U.S. labor board that outlaws fundamental union activities. Further, these policies ultimately “enrich the rich” by ensuring income is redistributed upward. Baker is distributing electronic copies of his book free, to “encourage public debate” about how books are produced and distributed. Download a free electronic copy of the book at , or buy a paperback copy from for $6.91.
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WEBSIGHTING  | | | | | Learn About Workers’ Issues…Then Do Something About It
Workplace Fairness, a nonprofit organization that seeks to promote employee rights, has created a that gives information about workers’ rights issues nationally and in all 50 states. The group hosts a blog, , and its facilitates readers contacting their representatives about those issues. | | | | |
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MUSIC | | | | | The Revolution Starts Now
Steve Earle’s latest release, recorded just before the 2004 election, won a Grammy in 2005 for Best Contemporary Folk Album. “The Revolution Starts Now” includes moving songs that feature individuals caught up in larger events: soldiers, veterans and truck drivers reacting to the war in Iraq and other national issues. $18. Available from | | | | |
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