For Labor Day, I cite a Brecht poem and passages from Rachel Kranz’s Leaps of Faith, which is partly about striking clerical workers.
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For Labor Day, a Labor Strike Novel
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My Friendships Grounded in Literature
In this latest memoir installment, I look at the friendships in my life that revolved around literature.
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Is There an End to the Battle of the Sexes?
An excerpt from Rachel Kranz’s unpublished novels helps us negotiate the battle between feminism and patriarchy.
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Prisons, America’s Growth Industry
At long last, some politicians from both parties are beginning to express concern over America’s world-leading incarceration rate. Rachel Kranz raised the alarm 16 years ago in her novel “Leaps of Faith.”
Work Makes Us Soar, Money Not So Much
In her novel “Leaps fo Faith,” Rachel Kranz helps us understand what work means to us. Citing Marx, she notes that work helps us express our essence but that, when it becomes part of the cash nexus, we find ourselves alienated from it.
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Same Sex Marriage–Good but Not Enough
Rachel Kranz’s “Leaps of Faith” affirms same-sex marriage but questions prioritizing it over other GLBT issues.
Solidarity No Longer Forever in Michigan
Rachel Kranz’s “Leaps of Faith” provides a vision of unions that are needed in the face of GOP attacks.
Self Respect through Collective Action
Novelist Rachel Kranz shows workers finding a sense of self respect through union action.