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October/November 1993

The New Face of Unions

“The New Face of Unions”: A discussion with Kris Rondeau, Joel Rogers, Charles Sabel and others. Also: Neil Gordon on the undeserved obscurity of John Fante’s life and art, Mitchell Kapor’s essay “Democracy and the New Information Highway,” and Alan Stone on The Story Of Qiu Ju. Plus fiction, poetry, book reviews and much more.

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