I was born in Iowa City in 1937 and spent my first 13 years there. It had a population of approximately 15000 and was economically dependent on the University of Iowa. It was a idyllic place for early childhood. All that has changed.
Well, still very much a university company town and quite a cowed one I'm afraid. There's also ACT and Pearson and of course P&G even if the employee parking lot there looks less crowded these days. BTW you can still smell the perfumey P&G product scent/mix in their air some days on the east side.
One man's Paradise is another's Hell. The Neoliberal economic scorecard is grotesque, pitting workers all over the globe against one another. Race and class.
Waves of emigrants bring waves of employees to the workforce. Unfortunately corporations determine the bottom line, not the local community, not the local chamber of commerce, or the local, state and Fedetal government. Corporations rule the day and ots workforce are just widgets. How did it ever get so out of hand. How can we fix it. We need local representation in the board rooms and we need transparency.
I was born in Iowa City in 1937 and spent my first 13 years there. It had a population of approximately 15000 and was economically dependent on the University of Iowa. It was a idyllic place for early childhood. All that has changed.
I recall that Iowa City was the birthplace of Spider Man. Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider in an Iowa City laboratory I believe.
Well, still very much a university company town and quite a cowed one I'm afraid. There's also ACT and Pearson and of course P&G even if the employee parking lot there looks less crowded these days. BTW you can still smell the perfumey P&G product scent/mix in their air some days on the east side.
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Great post.
One man's Paradise is another's Hell. The Neoliberal economic scorecard is grotesque, pitting workers all over the globe against one another. Race and class.
A good story, unfortunately the horrible fact that it's the truth of what the capitalists are doing not only to this country but the world.
Waves of emigrants bring waves of employees to the workforce. Unfortunately corporations determine the bottom line, not the local community, not the local chamber of commerce, or the local, state and Fedetal government. Corporations rule the day and ots workforce are just widgets. How did it ever get so out of hand. How can we fix it. We need local representation in the board rooms and we need transparency.