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Under the Radar

Under the Radar 471307 XXX10.1177/1095796 012471307New Labor ForumBecker New Labor Forum 22(1) 7 –9 Under the Radar Copyright © 2013, The Murphy Institute, City University of New York Reprints and permission: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1095796012471307 nlf.sagepub.com Ben Becker “We would have killed many [U.S. soldiers] already . . . but our commanders are cowards and don’t let us.” — A twenty-year-old Afghan soldier talking to the New York Times about U.S. troops in the country (Source: www.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/world/asia/in-afghanistan-us-advisers-train-allies- with-caution.html) “If I hear anybody say it was because Romney wasn’t conservative enough I’m going to go nuts. We’re not losing 95 percent of African-Americans and two-thirds of Hispanics and voters under 30 because we’re not being hard-ass enough.” —Republican Senator Lindsey Graham (South Carolina) 2/3 — The proportion of Chicago parents who supported the recent teachers’ strike, according to a poll conducted by a right-wing subsidiary of the Illinois Manufacturing Association. (Source: a We Ask America poll, cited at www.ctunet.com/ blognew-poll-shows-that-that-majority-of-the-public-supports-the-strike) 13 percent — The amount by which the net worth of the richest 400 Americans grew from 2011 to 2012, totaling $1.7 trillion—one-eighth of the entire economy. (Source: http://bottomline.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/19/ 13963593-richest-400-americans-net-worth-jumps-13-percent-to-17-trillion?lite) initiated the Day of Action, declaring that “The Women’s Rights Protests Target Republican candidates http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png New Labor Forum SAGE

Under the Radar

New Labor Forum , Volume 22 (1): 3 – Jan 1, 2013

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471307 XXX10.1177/1095796 012471307New Labor ForumBecker New Labor Forum 22(1) 7 –9 Under the Radar Copyright © 2013, The Murphy Institute, City University of New York Reprints and permission: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1095796012471307 nlf.sagepub.com Ben Becker “We would have killed many [U.S. soldiers] already . . . but our commanders are cowards and don’t let us.” — A twenty-year-old Afghan soldier talking to the New York Times about U.S. troops in the country (Source: www.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/world/asia/in-afghanistan-us-advisers-train-allies- with-caution.html) “If I hear anybody say it was because Romney wasn’t conservative enough I’m going to go nuts. We’re not losing 95 percent of African-Americans and two-thirds of Hispanics and voters under 30 because we’re not being hard-ass enough.” —Republican Senator Lindsey Graham (South Carolina) 2/3 — The proportion of Chicago parents who supported the recent teachers’ strike, according to a poll conducted by a right-wing subsidiary of the Illinois Manufacturing Association. (Source: a We Ask America poll, cited at www.ctunet.com/ blognew-poll-shows-that-that-majority-of-the-public-supports-the-strike) 13 percent — The amount by which the net worth of the richest 400 Americans grew from 2011 to 2012, totaling $1.7 trillion—one-eighth of the entire economy. (Source: http://bottomline.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/19/ 13963593-richest-400-americans-net-worth-jumps-13-percent-to-17-trillion?lite) initiated the Day of Action, declaring that “The Women’s Rights Protests Target Republican candidates

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