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How will prominent Chilean athletes and other brands use the miners to enhance their presence? Will they be tied to an Olympic movement or large scale soccer event?
What lessons are there for us about working class solidarity and commitment to one another in the way these miners lived together under unimaginable stress?
The Chilean miners are being viewed as heroes, but some disagree with this characterization. Many in the labor movement complain that news accounts have ignored the poor treatment of workers by the mining company,
"Watching the miraculous rescue of the Chilean miners, though, I was struck by the similarity with the efforts to cap BP's runaway Macondo well in the...
Before we talk about spouses and mistresses, book deals, TV appearances and the political impact, let's just take a moment to allow these men be an inspiration, a symbol of hope and of patriotism to the world.
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To know that 1,300 journalists have descended on a small mining town in Chile to cover a worldwide story is a little disconcerting in an era of closed foreign bureaus and budget cutbacks.
"Chi-Chi-Chi, Le-Le-Le. Los mineros de Chile!" If these words don't make your heart sing or your eyes water, what possibly will? More than two month...
The saga of Los 33 is by far the most exceptional and unusual story that I've encountered in my extensive research on who lives (and who dies) in extreme situations.
If Americans want to express their joy and admiration for Chile's heroic mine rescue, they can revisit Chile's current need for assistance to hundreds of thousands of quake and tsunami victims.
While I cheered for the miners coming up from the ground beneath the Atacama Desert, it was painful to recognize yet another sign of the dangerous, corporate-driven agenda that has far more regard for the bottom line than for working people.
I call this my "Controlled Burn Hot Sauce" because it has a serious kick, but it also has strong pepper flavor, is very complex, and it works well as an ingredient in barbecue sauces or other dishes.
The nation in modernity no longer needs war to clear our pathways for collective meaning and national transcendence. Chile's miners offer an alternative ritual venue -- and an alternative take on nationalism and sacred identity.
99% of the time, the government is doing their jobs in such a way that we don't even notice their heroic work and we take it for granted.
As a rule, songs about miners haven't generally been as upbeat as the news we are watching now on CNN. So here's a largely uplifting playlist for all the miners in Chile, and all the people who love them.
Last week was a fantastic week for the oceans. Chile's president announced the creation of a marine reserve around Sala y Gómez Island in the Pacific Ocean that will protect a biodiverse marine habitat larger than Montana.
