Tag - #HondurasNow

ZEDE Prospera: A Libertarian Fantasy with Nightmare Results and Bob Bruno’s What Work Is: How Worker See Work

Libertarians and fans of Ayn Rand would like to dismantle our labor laws and any regulations that interfere with the rights of corporations. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we’ll look at a scary example of this, a Bitcoin fantasy colony on the island of Roatan in Honduras. Then,...

A Dictator Goes on Trial and Hamilton Nolan: The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor

Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez goes on trial this month in New York for drug trafficking. Honduran workers faced repression, corruption and forced migration during his reign. We’ll ask whether the US and Canada should be held accountable for supporting his regime. Then, we’ll talk to journalist Hamilton Nolan, about...