Is the IT workforce ripe for union membership? Recent splits in several large labor organizations, growing IT pessimism and the increasing strength of offshore outsourcing are fueling new efforts to attract information workers, insiders say.

There may be growing support among the workforce for such union representation. A union-backed survey released in late August revealed "increasing pessimism" among United States-based technology workers, who see less demand in the future for their skills.

"Clearly, the pixie dust for tech workers has worn off," said Marcus Courtney, president of WashTech/CWA, the Seattle-based alliance of technology workers that organized the national survey. By Gene Koprowski

...Heatstroke Deaths ~ Interview with Marc Grossman, of the United Farmworkers Union, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus

In 1977 Frank Collin took over the American Nazi Party and created a firestorm

It is truly a desperate and terrible situation in the deep south and Katrina has caused a flood of biblical proportions, which can only mean one thing: the senseless yammering has commenced. Haiti is back in the news and, finally, a mainstream source has seen fit to whitewash it while the Army demotes the only person standing between Halliburton's grubby fists and the American taxpayer, and a WaPo sports writer jumps way, way in over her head.

In cities that are filled with professional and amateur athletes, children and adults, they can utilize these gifts for empowering inner-city commmunities and charity.

"We have made golden calves of ourselves-become a nation of terrified, self-obsessed idols.. The gospel is too radical for any culture larger than the Amish to ever come close to realizing.."

Feds reading your e-mail, listening to your phone calls - watch it.

Has the Federal Communications Commission radically enhanced the powers of law enforcement with its new regulation to allow for Internet wiretapping, as some civil libertarians have been suggesting? Maybe. By Gene Koprowski

Interview with Norman Solomon, author and columnist, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris