Lerman Family history; Lerman's work in the US Post Office and the railroads; getting into law school at the University of Minnesota and his many years of legal practice as a labor lawyer. Lerman was also involved with the St. Paul Workman's Circle, and discusses labor-related activities in the St. Paul Jewish community, including Labor-Zionism....
Creator:
Lerman, Louis, 1894-1978
Contributor:
Tselos, Gretchen (Interviewer)
Created:
1977-07-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Tight oil/fast oil: life and death in the Bakken oil fields. Workers have been dying on the job with unusual frequency in the North Dakota oil boom. This talk explores the geological, technological, and political-economic conditions by which 'tight oil' becomes 'fast oil', with consequences for workers and communities locally, nationally, and gl...
Creator:
Institute for Advanced Study
Contributor:
Braun, Bruce
Created:
2016-03-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
The Green New Deal. In the wake of the financial crisis, the question of a global insurer of last resort has once again moved centre stage. If brought into effect, such an authority would not only be responsible for underwriting accidents, both meteorological and financial, but also for ensuring the credibility of investments in the earth's futu...
Creator:
Institute for Advanced Study
Contributor:
Cooper, Melinda
Created:
2009-04-14
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
The Green New Deal. In the wake of the financial crisis, the question of a global insurer of last resort has once again moved centre stage. If brought into effect, such an authority would not only be responsible for underwriting accidents, both meteorological and financial, but also for ensuring the credibility of investments in the earth's futu...
Creator:
Institute for Advanced Study
Contributor:
Cooper, Melinda
Created:
2009-04-14
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.