The BAFFLER

NUMBER NINE

~~~M~ir~~M~ir~~M~ir~~~~~it~ ~ HISTORY IS BUNK ~ '\.:..J T. C. Frank When Class Disappears 3 \..:"J" ~ Tom Vanderbilt Gaudy and Damned 15 ~ @ Chris Lehmann Popular Front Redux 30 {0 ~ THE TOWNS THAT TmE FORGETS ~ }h,J Dan Bischoff What the Frick 33 U ~ n Frances Reed Bread, Roses, Circuses 37 ~ .) (1 Hunter Kennedy Strike City, Miss. 41 ~ ......:v. Peter Rachleff P-9 Reuisited 42 ~ @ JessicaAbel Decatur, Illinois 45 .@

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I'LL WORK FOR FREE!

~ Jim Frederick Interns Built the Pyramids 51 ~ Christian Parenti Back on the Chain Gang 59

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WHAT WORKS

Robert Boatright Labor Wins! 67

@ David Moberg The Capitalist International 75

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Peter Rachleff The More Things Change 82

~ Jim McNeill Confessions of a Labor Editor 122

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(1 Josh Mason Three Scenes from a Bull Market 87

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~ Doug Henwood Wall Street Bears, Labor Optimists 88

Jacqueline Stewart Disorganized Labor 96

Bob Fitch Why Johnny Can't Organize 103

Robert Nedelkoff Remainder Table 113

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(1 Stepan Chapman 30

~ Lydia Millet 63

POETRY

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Kenneth Fearing 36

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Lizinka Campbell Turner 39 .v:-.

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Risa Mickenberg 109

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ART Daymon Hartley 5,10

~ Grady Klein 20, 27

Edwin Rolfe 44

Muriel Rukeyser 117

OBJECTIVE

Corporate Rebels 9

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Don MacKeen 43

Outside the Box 62

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~ Lisa Haney 52-57

@ David Berman 92

~ p.t.t. red 122-127

Crazy Times 73

sucky.investment.com 76 {0

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