How the Chinese Rule Tibet  

On a recent morning in Lhasa a lone Western tourist was strolling through the dim, centuries-old corridors of Jokang Temple, the holiest shrine of contemporary Tibetan Buddhism. An accompanying guide recited the histories of the magnificent thangka paintings adorning the …



AIFLD’s Salvadoran Labor Wars  

In September 1985 Reader’s Digest published an article that paid glowing tribute to the American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD), the AFL–CIO’s labor arm in Latin America, and to its executive director, William Doherty. “Bill Doherty’s Blue-Collar Freedom Fighters” …



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