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"Ordinary People" and Fascism: A Conjunctural Perspective on (Pre)War Russia “普通人”与法西斯主义:对战前俄国的一个视点

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Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2022-09-30 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v13i3.5305

O. Reznikova

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The Collective Working Body: Rethinking Apparel Workers' Health and Well-being during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Sri Lanka 集体工作机构:在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间重新思考斯里兰卡服装工人的健康和福祉

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Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2022-09-30 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v13i3.5082

S. Wickramasingha, G. De Neve

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The Influence of the Discursive Power of Unions in the Swift Re-regulation of Slaughterhouse Labour during the COVID-19 Crisis in Germany 工会话语权对德国新冠肺炎危机期间屠宰场劳动力快速重新监管的影响

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Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2022-09-30 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v13i3.4768

M. Seeliger, M. Sebastian

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Strategic Position and Trade Union Power: An Analysis of Trade Union Strategies in the Automotive, Chemical and Edible Oil Sectors in Argentina, 2003-2015) 战略地位与工会力量:阿根廷汽车、化工和食用油行业工会战略分析(2003-2015)

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Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2022-09-30 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v13i3.4929

Clara Marticorena, Lucila D’Urso

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Review of: Ulrich Brand and Markus Wissen (2021) The Imperial Mode of Living: Everyday Life and the Ecological Crisis of Capitalism 评论：Ulrich Brand和Markus Wissen（2021）《帝国生活模式：日常生活与资本主义的生态危机》

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Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2022-09-30 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v13i3.5247

Ger Steffens

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Calla Hummel (2021) Why Informal Workers Organize? Contentious Politics, Enforcement, and the State 卡拉·胡默尔（2021）为什么非正规工人会组织起来？充满争议的政治、执法与国家

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Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2022-09-30 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v13i3.5248

Alejandra Irene Cueto Piazza

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Review of: Sonia Hernández (2021) For a Just and Better World: Engendering Anarchism in the Mexican Borderlands, 1900-1938 回顾:索尼娅Hernández(2021)为了一个公正和更美好的世界:在墨西哥边境产生无政府主义，1900-1938

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Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2022-09-30 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v13i3.5232

Joshua Savala

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COVID-19, Migrant Labor and Inclusion in South America 新冠肺炎、移民劳工与南美洲的包容性

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Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2022-09-30 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v13i3.5304

L. F. Freier

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Review of: Matthew T. Huber (2022) Climate Change as Class War. Building Socialism on a Warming Planet 书评:马修·t·休伯(2022)气候变化是阶级战争。在变暖的地球上建设社会主义

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Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2022-09-30 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v13i3.5242

S. Schaupp

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Oil in Ghana: The Work of the General Transport, Petroleum and Chemical Workers' Union (GTPCWU) 加纳的石油:运输、石油和化工总工会的工作

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Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2022-05-31 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v13i2.4557

M. Mcquinn, F.M.K. Sallah

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