The 1960s, when incomes rose for almost all workers, ended with a massive wave of strikes. Since the 1980s, the incomes of most Americans have fallen, working hours have risen massively, and job security has become a foreign word. But strikes have been extremely rare.
Who Benefits from a New Division of the World? (tags)
We in the West should be more prepared than ever to respect the cultural identities of other people. We should strive to accept their ideas and demands on us..The problem of the West is understanding the mental consti-tution of the poor and humiliated.
"The Poor are not Rebeling" (tags)
Terrorists cannot be overcome with bombs. the social and political causes of terrorism, the breeding grounds of poverty, hopelessness and powerlessness, must be removed. "The structural background of terrorism is an unjust world" (Johannes Rau, President of Germany). This interview is translated from the German by Marc Batko.