Monthly Archives : July 2014

Mahatma Meyering??


 One of the most bizarre political web sites to pop up recently attempts to defend Sunnyvale Council member Patrick Meyering against a recall campaign by comparing Meyering with both Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King.  The comparison is both absurd and offensive. Elected in 2011, Meyering has spent his partial council term fabricating accusations of corruption against city workers, citizens,…

What the New Labor Movement Can Learn From the Death of Vincent Chin


“It’s because of you we’re out of work!” That was the accusation shouted by the two laid-off, white workers of Detroit’s dissipating auto industry, before they proceeded to beat to death a young, Chinese American man by the name of Vincent Chin – who they had mistaken as Japanese –with a baseball bat.    This year marks the 32nd anniversary…