Roger Bybee is a Milwaukee-based freelance writer and University of Illinois visiting professor in Labor Education. Roger’s work has appeared in numerous national publications, including Z magazine, Dollars & Sense, The Progressive, Progressive Populist, Huffington Post, The American Prospect, Yes! and Foreign Policy in Focus. More of his work can be found at zcom​mu​ni​ca​tions​.org/​z​s​p​a​c​e​/​r​o​g​e​r​d​bybee.

Asked by the Memphis Metropulse to discuss who carries on the same kind of work as he does, Noam Chomsky stated, “There are a great many people who could be doing these things, and who simply are not invited because they’re unknown, people doing extremely good work…Just today I’ve happened to read extremely good articles on these topics [ corporate globalization and deindustrialization] by Roger Bybee.”

Roger’s articles have appeared in numerous anthologies, including It Started in Wisconsin, The Economic Crisis Reader, Real World Labor (2009/2011),The World Economy: Current Controversies, and Opposing Viewpoints: Urban Agriculture. His e-mail address is winterbybee@gmail.com.

Bybee edited The Racine Labor weekly newspaper for 14 years in his hometown of Racine, Wis., where his grandfathers and father were socialist and labor activists, and Bybee played a leading role in fighting plant shutdowns. In 1988, he was selected as the local “Labor Person of the Year.”

Bybee has written extensively for years on the policies and voting record of Rep. Paul Ryan of southeastern Wisconsin, now running as the Republican vice presidential candidate. Sirius Radio host Mike Feder recently observed, “Roger Bybee is an indispensable source on Paul Ryan.”

He lives in Milwaukee, Wis. with his wife Carolyn Winter, who is also a writer. They have two children and two grandchildren.

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Salvadoran Mining Fights Spark International Lawsuits
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Labor Coalition Warns Against War With Iran
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The Great Training Wreck: Job Skills Deficits and Corporate-Backed Tech Schools
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Judge Strikes Down Key Parts of Gov. Walker’s Anti-Union Bill
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‘Right-to-Work’ Laws a Fatal ‘Cure’ for Wages. Why Can’t Labor Make the Case?
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GE’s Warm and Fuzzy Ad Campaign Ignores U.S. Job Slashing
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Could Recall Fight Open New Progressive Era in Wisconsin?
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Under Siege, Wis. Gov. Walker Faces Defeats, Blunders—and Looming Recall
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Is Parody a Felony? Latest Twist in Fight Over GOP Suppression of Wis. Labor Art Show
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GOP Attacks Obama With Gas Price Cudgel, While Media Ignores Refinery Closures
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Dire Straits: College Students Face Tuition Hikes, Debt, Disinvestment
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GOP Contenders’ Anti-Labor Fervor Reaches New, Disturbing Heights
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Foreclosure Settlement Opens New Doors for Fighting Fraudulent Banks
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Manufacturing Revival a Worthy Goal, but Obama’s Timid Plans Won’t Get Job Done
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Lawmakers Cut Deal to Help Unemployed, While Keeping Stereotypes of Jobless Alive
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Obama/Catholic Contraception Controversy Boils Down to Workers’ Rights
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Top 1% Shower Walker With Cash, but Recall and ‘Walkergate’ Loom
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Wisconsin on Steroids? Arizona GOP Wants to Make State Most Anti-Union in Nation
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Replacing Factories With Jails: Just 44% of Milwaukee’s Black Men in Workforce
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Liberals’ Inequality Narrative Ignores Role of Free Trade, Unionbusting
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GOP Lawmakers Make Indiana 23rd ‘Right-to-Work’ State (Updated)
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Wis. Recall Elections a Sure Thing, But New ID Law May Block Anti-Walker Vote
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Stranger Than Fiction: Republicans Rip ‘Vulture Capitalism,’ While Obama Praises ‘Insourcing’ Firms
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Labor Readies Goal-Line Stand Against Right-to-Work in Indiana
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Super Bowl-Level Stakes for Indiana Labor in Battle vs. ‘Right-to-Work’
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As Walker Recall Effort Heats Up, Labor Looks for Viable Candidate
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The Best of Times and the Worst of Times, When It Comes to Healthcare
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When Democracy Becomes Disposable
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Wis. Firm’s Move to Replace Striking Workers Sparks Statewide Solidarity
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Amid Fruitless Corporate Tax Breaks, Gov. Walker Grows Unpopular
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Health Reform Devolves Into ‘Unaffordable Under-Insurance’
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Occupy the Hood: Fighting for Those ‘at the Bottom of the Bottom’
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Will Wisconsin Elect Our First Gay Senator?
Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin is eyeing a U.S. Senate seat, one year after Russ Feingold lost his.
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Roaring Start for Walker Recall, but Big Conservative Bucks Loom in Background
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Aronowitz: Occupy Movement Needs Both Audacity and Long-March Strategy
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Frances Fox Piven: Occupy’s ‘Mass Defiance’ Reflects ‘Structural Crisis’
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Ohio Voters Repeal Anti-Union Law. Will Wis. Gov. Walker Be Next?
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Crucial Elections in Ohio & Iowa Underscore Democrats’ Dependence on Labor
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Free Trade Deal in Action: Milwaukee Firm Seeks $100 Million From El Salvador Govt.
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Alleged ‘Skills Gap’ Takes Spotlight Off Who’s to Blame for Massive Jobs Shortage
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America’s Real Industrial Policy: Maximize Profits at All Cost
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Obama’s Free-Trade Victory Threatens 2012 Prospects
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Gov. Walker Recall Effort Will Begin in November
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Bogus ‘Recovery’ Offers Households Bigger Income Drop Than Recession
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Will Wall St. Occupation End Obama’s Wall St. Preoccupation?
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Wall Street Occupiers Fight America’s Democracy Deficit
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GE’s Bogus Reason for Ending Its Pension Plan
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Rep. Paul Ryan’s Class War
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