Los Angeles Hotel Workers Turn Up Media Pressure Amid Boycott Efforts
When one conference declined to cancel, a union walkout helped drive other concessions.
Does ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ Manifest the Radical Center?
Seeing Oliver Anthony's roots from The Clash to Johnny Cash to Leonard Cohen to Muse and the Steve Miller Band.
Why Capitalism Is Leaving the US in Search of Profit
By Richard Wolff / CounterPunch Early U.S. capitalism was centered in New England. After some time, the pursuit of profit led many capitalists to leave that area and move production…
L.A. Promised to Preserve Low-Cost Housing. These Tenants’ Homes Were Turned Into Hotel Rooms Anyway.
When the American Hotel converted into a tourist hotel, its long-term residents lost not just their affordable housing but the creative community that long thrived in the iconic building.
Prestige Production
By Nick Pemberton / CounterPunch America’s views of society can be seen through television. Let’s take a look at how over just a few decades the optimism in American society…