Holiday Gifts for the Activists on Your List
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Most of us still have some holiday shopping to do and here are a few suggestions that can keep you out of the lines at the malls and big-box stores and warm the heart of any good trade unionist or progressive on your list.
David Prosten reminds us that Union Communication Services (UCS), the labor movement’s all-union, 100 percent labor books bookstore, is a good place to find the gift of solidarity. They have a sleigh full of great stocking-stuffers for the labor activist in your life, union hall or workplace.
Click here to see a special selection of books and other goodies from the UCS catalog. Some of the best of the best are featured here, including two brand-new, just-added titles—Working Words, a collection of prose and poetry from Bob Dylan to Eminem to Amiri Baraka, and Rebel Voices, the IWW anthology.
Also at UCS, check out the recently published children’s book Which Side Are You On? The Story of a Song. It tells the story of the song, written in 1931, that has become an anthem for people fighting for their rights all over the world, through the eyes of song author’s Florence Reece’s 11-year-old daughter. The song was written as the Reece family huddled under the bed as bullets from coal company thugs tore through their Kentucky home.
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AAM Highlights Safe Toys and Made-in-America Holiday Gifts
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Do news stories of tainted toys imported from China have you thinking twice about what you’re putting under the tree? The Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) suggests parents take a look at the wide range of toys and games offered by NMC Toys.
NMC Toys was founded in 2007 by Kerry and Andrew Menger, the parents of two small children who say the rash of recalls and reports of toxic and dangerous toys made in China, along with shoddy quality, spurred them to establish NMC.
NMC is not the maker of the toys but the retailer, and all the toys on NMC.com meet or exceed U.S. safety standards and include the country of origin. The toys are designed for children eight years old and younger. Say the Mengers:
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