Harvard officials in struggle against union representation

Ambivalent Responses: Trade Union Officials

Marxism and the Trade Union Struggle

TRADE UNIONS are deeply affected by the situation in which they operate. This is clearly shown if we compare the history of unions in Russia and Britain—one the home of the world’s first workers’ state, the other the first haven of mass reformism. Trade union experience in Russia was very meager. Before the 1905 revolution unions hardly existed. It is true that in 1901 a police chief called Col...

A Struggle Against Forgetting

One of the most remarkable characteristics of living organisms is their ability to alter their behavior by learning. Human beings excel at processing new information, retaining it in their memory, and using it to develop new ideas. Studies in the mollusk Aplysia showed that learning involves the strengthening and increased effectiveness of preexisting synapses. Over time, it has become clear th...

The Struggle Against Sepsis **

The struggle against sepsis is as old as man. Primitive man believed that infections were inflicted upon him by the gods or by evil spirits. The Bible reflects this belief in that the boils of the plagues of Egypt were brought about under the Lord's direction, and Job's boils were due to Satan's ministrations.' The Hippocratic School made the first attempt to deal with the surgical treatment of...

How to struggle against torture.