Helping the Powerless Build Power
Oral histories of five activists whoâve worked in and for worker centers
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Activists rally outside New York Gov. Andrew Cuomoâs office to call on a $15 minimum wage.
Over the past quarter century, a new form of worker organization â worker centers â have arisen among groups of workers, primarily immigrants and African Americans, for whom unionization isnât usually an option, largely due to the limited scope of the laws governing collective bargaining rights. To tell the stories of these organizations, the Prospect
has conducted oral histories with a range of worker center activists and leaders. Here, edited and condensed for space, are excerpts from five of them.
Brisbane Lions win historic first AFLW premiership over the Adelaide Crows
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The Brisbane Lions had tasted defeat twice on the biggest stage, before overcoming the highly fancied Adelaide Crows to claim their first AFLW premiership.
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In a letter addressed to Lions fans before the start of the 2021 AFLW grand final, Emily Bates penned what she called a true cliche : It s as old as the game itself. But it has never been truer. A champion team will always beat a team of champions.
Against the star power of Erin Phillips, Ebony Marinoff, Anne Hatchard and the other usual suspects, Brisbane did indeed prove Bates who would finish the final as the game s equal highest possession-getter and the cliche true in their 18-point victory over Adelaide.
How Can a State Lawmaker Take On Big Tech?
You have to have a âgood champion.â
Arizona Republican Rep. Regina Cobb during a committee hearing in Phoenix, May 2019
For elected officials who want to propose Big Tech reform, Arizona state Rep. Regina Cobb (R) has a warning: They have to prepare for the lobbying and intimidation that comes with it.
âIâm trying to be as honest and frank as I possibly can to make it known that these are the pressures that are going to come on your legislators,â Cobb said in an interview with the
Prospect. âYou gotta have a good champion; someone thatâs gonna go the distance with them and I hope they do have that.â
AFLW Grand Final preview and prediction
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In a rematch of the inaugural AFLW Grand Final, Adelaide will take on Brisbane on Saturday afternoon with everything on the line.
The Crows will be looking to claim their third premiership from four tries, if you discount the cancelled 2020 season, and cement their legacy as the dominant team of the first era of AFLW.
A lot has changed since 2017, but Adelaide still has 12 members of that Grand Final side on their list and their core players remain.
Brisbane meanwhile only has seven, with the majority of their side picked off by expansion teams.
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When it comes to the ever-expanding world of AFLW, it seems the more things change, the more they stay the same.
In many ways the 2021 season has been revelatory, the most significant step forward for the competition since its maiden voyage in 2017.
Even the most casual of onlookers would have been able to recognise the improvement in the overall standard of football in 2021. Perversely benefiting from a lack of expansion this year, the season has just felt settled from the outset, allowing the strong clubs to continue their natural growth without mass player pillaging and the newer clubs to find their feet at their own pace.