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from cambridge university press. that's coming in october. and he writes of guns and money and his work has been published at alternate, and the "times" and many other places. so once

from cambridge university press. that's coming in october. and he writes of guns and money and his work has been published at alternate, and the "times" and many other places. so once upon a time erik recruit node join him. ... >> i'm just going to give you the general argument about my new book, the long and disturbing story of corporations and catastrophe. i want to start just with a story. so in march of 1911 in a famous incident that many of you know, 146 young female, mostly immigrant workers died at the triangle shirtwaist factory fire in new york. and this event was, this event was precipitated by an industry that was highly exploy tative, the apparel industry. an industry where powerful garment firms, department stores in this case, contracted out to subcontractors to make clothing very cheaply. and the conditions in these sweatshops were terrible. there was everything there sexual exploitation of workers to very poor paid, safety issues. and the women went on strike in 1909 in what's called the uprising of the 20,000 in order to impr