What unions can learn from John Kerry
As I write these words, it’s becoming increasingly likely that John Kerry is going to be the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate in 2004. I was looking at Kerry’s website the other day and was struck…
Mydoom as a class issue
I don’t know if anyone else is picking up on this, but computer viruses are increasingly becoming a class issue. An article in today’s newspaper revealed that the author of the Mydoom virus which is…
The John Birch Society’s “labor” websites
The annual labor website of the year competition — which the IWW won four years ago — has led me to discover many strange and wonderful websites. Some of these are more strange than wonderful….
The labour website of the year: a brief history
In late 1997, I had an idea. Why not sponsor a “Labour Website of the Year” competition? My book on “The Labour Movement and the Internet: The New Internationalism” had come out a year earlier….
Broadband internet opens new possibilities for unions
More than three million homes and businesses in the UK now have broadband access to the Internet, with 40,000 new connections being made every week. By the end of 2005, it should be possible to…
Sometimes you don’t need a library
The sharing of information is fundamental to what we do in the trade union movement
Sometimes you don’t need a library
The sharing of information is fundamental to what we do in the trade union movement
Sometimes you don’t need a library
The sharing of information is fundamental to what we do in the trade union movement
Sometimes you don’t need a library
The sharing of information is fundamental to what we do in the trade union movement
The difference a decade makes
I have been thinking about the changes that have taken place in the world in the last decade or so, and in particular the effect of the Internet. And I’ve been thinking about Iraq. Let…