Labor & Economy
Comrade Carol: Our Gal in Havana
Reading the L.A. Business Journal recently, I was a bit taken aback to see a Page Three piece from Charles Crumpley describing a recent trade mission by local business leaders.
These are common, of course, but their destination wasn’t. Apparently long-time LAANE and labor antagonist Carol Schatz and Chamber of Commerce head Gary Toebben took a trip to Cuba. Not only that, Schatz was a key organizer of the event.
Perhaps more shockingly, this was not her first trip. Indeed, she went back in 2003, when she was the wife of Noam Chomsky.
Okay, maybe that’s a different person, though if memory serves (and as time marches on, it does less and less), Carol’s something of a “red-diaper baby. “
Still, I’ve long wondered about the sanity of many of my friends who visit Cuba looking for inspiration. Can it be the world’s changed so much that now I wonder about the sanity of Carol Schatz and her sources of inspiration?
Ending Immigration Raids at Worksites: A Q&A With Wendy Cervantes
As Oil Drilling Looms in the Gulf, ‘Forgotten’ Native Americans Fear for Their Fragile Community
California Utilities Leaving Millions in Debt Relief on the Table
California Won’t Mandate Companies to Require Employee COVID Vaccinations
New Mexico’s Draft Plan for Hydrogen a Nonstarter for Environmentalists
Rooted in Exclusion, California Towns Fight for the Right to Water
Los Angeles Leads Growing Transition to ‘Community Schools’ Model
With California’s OK, Chevron Is Selling Oil From an Illegal Spill
Diverted From Discipline: L.A. Schools Replace Cops With Restorative Justice
A Drunk Mechanic, Shackled Immigrants, a Crash Landing: The Dangers of ICE Flights
The Aftermath of The Huntington Beach Oil Spill
Thousands March to Protect Voting Rights
Visual Black Justice Calls Out Racism During Derek Chauvin Trial
America on Trial
Echo Park Lake Homeless Encampment Faces Eviction
Latest NewsNovember 17, 2021Rooted in Exclusion, California Towns Fight for the Right to Water
EducationNovember 11, 2021Los Angeles Leads Growing Transition to ‘Community Schools’ Model
The SlickNovember 19, 2021With California’s OK, Chevron Is Selling Oil From an Illegal Spill
EducationNovember 1, 2021Diverted From Discipline: L.A. Schools Replace Cops With Restorative Justice
ImmigrationNovember 4, 2021A Drunk Mechanic, Shackled Immigrants, a Crash Landing: The Dangers of ICE Flights
Latest NewsNovember 5, 2021Will L.A.’s 2028 Olympic Agreement Address Homelessness and Jobs?
The SlickNovember 4, 2021Meet the Senator at COP26 Who Helped Tank Key California Climate Bills
Latest NewsNovember 22, 2021‘Duty Free’: Documentarian Sian-Pierre Regis on Age Discrimination and Family