Peter Dreier
Peter Dreier is E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics, and chair of the Urban & Environmental Policy Department, at Occidental College. His most recent book is The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame (Nation Books, 2012). His other books include: Place Matters: Metropolitics for the 21st Century (University Press of Kansas, 3rd edition, 2014), and The Next Los Angeles: The Struggle for a Livable City (University of California Press, revised 2006). He writes regularly for the Los Angeles Times, Common Dreams, The Nation, and Huffington Post.
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Views Tuesday, November 26, 2013 Walmart Workers Will Make History on Friday As America Confronts Growing Inequality This Friday , the busiest shopping day of the year, tens of millions of Americans will travel to Walmart stores to look for holiday discounts on computers, toys, and cell phones as well as to buy groceries and basic household items. But at more than 1,500 of Walmart's 4,000 stores, shoppers will be greeted by Walmart employees handing out leaflet Read more |
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Views Saturday, November 23, 2013 I Don't Care Who Killed JFK The controversy over who killed President John F. Kennedy has now raged for half a century. Too much of the discussion about the 50th anniversary of Kennedy's death has been regurgitating the debate over who was responsible for his murder. It is a diversion and a waste of time. It is more important to learn from the successes and mistakes of Kennedy's presidency, to reflect on the changes that have occurred since his death, and to restore the hope for a better society and a peaceful world that JFK -- despite his many contradictions -- inspired. Read more |
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Views Wednesday, November 20, 2013 Labor Board Sides With Workers: Walmart Can’t Silence Employees Any Longer Walmart’s 1.3 million workers won a big victory Monday when the National Labor Relations Board ruled that the retail giant had broken the law by firing and harassing employees who spoke out—and in some cases went on strike—to protest the company’s poverty pay and abusive labor practices. Read more |
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Views Wednesday, November 06, 2013 Tuesday’s Progressive Victories Show That the Tide is Turning On Tuesday, Bill de Blasio won a landslide victory to become the mayor of New York City, voters in New Jersey and Seatac, Washington supported minimum wage hikes, and the Illinois legislature voted to legalize same-sex marriage. Read more |
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Views Saturday, October 05, 2013 Activists Confront Financial Titans Larry Fink and William Gross Two activists who have been on the front lines of the battle against Wall Street's predatory practices confronted two of the world's wealthiest and most powerful financial titans -- BlackRock CEO Laurence Fink and PIMCO founder William Gross -- on Tuesday, pressuring them to discuss their corporations' attack on the working class families of Richmond, CA who are trying to salvage their lives and their homes from the disaster of foreclosure. Read more |
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Views Sunday, September 29, 2013 Hometown Boy Censored on Facebook I am a victim of Facebook censorship. I didn't even know such a thing existed until it happened to me. Read more |
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Views Sunday, September 08, 2013 Assad and Wal-Mart: Mass Murderers Over 1,000 innocent Syrians were killed by poison gas. (bottom photo). Over 1,000 innocent Bangladesh garment workers were killed when a huge factory building collapsed in April (top photo of mass grave). Read more |
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Views Thursday, August 29, 2013 The Little-Known Story of 'We Shall Overcome' "We Shall Overcome" serves as the background music for most of the past week's TV and radio programs documenting the history of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which occurred 50 years ago. Read more |
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Views Sunday, August 18, 2013 A (Self-Promotional) Warning to Mitch Daniels: My Book Is Dangerous! Dear Former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels: Read more |
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Views Sunday, June 30, 2013 Obama Embraces the Divestment Movement: From Apartheid to Climate Change Twice in the last five days, President Barack Obama referred to divestment -- the controversial strategy to bring about social change by pressuring corporations to behave more responsibly. Read more |