Strikeout! com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/11/15/from_punch_lines_to_picket_lines/">Boston Globe: From Punch Lines To Picket Lines (article): Striking writer Michael Colton talks about the importance of residuals, the unemployment rate among writers, and the future of new media.

Ventura County Reporter: Ventura-based TV writer hits picket line (article): Freelance writer John Whelpley, currently on strike, writes about his history as a TV writer, one-time royalty checks for DVD sales, and the difficulty of being a writer who isn't allowed to write.

United Press International: 'Young & Restless' writers stay on strike (article): UPI disproves the rumor that Y&R writers have been crossing the picket lines to write scab scripts. The 18 members of the soap's writing staff insist that they are united in support for the strike.

Daily Trojan: Strike concerns aspiring student screenwriters (article): A discussion about entertainment college students fearful that their post-graduation job prospects are rapidly dwindling thanks to the strike. The ripple effect of the strike through the industry is also discussed.

Backstage: Broadway, TV Actors Languish in Strike Limbo (article): Touching on the effects of both the WGA and Local One strikes, specifically in regards to the actors now out of work until the situations are resolved.

IGN: Lost Showrunner Back To Work (article): Showrunner Carlton Cuse discusses the strike, his return to postproduction work while still honoring the pencils down slogan of the strike, and the return of Lost to TV. Other programs and their respective showrunners are also touched upon.

On wga_supporters, LJ user fusepark provides a list of businesses that are actively supporting the strike.

The New Republic: Strikeout! (article): Michael Evanier provides a history of Hollywood, a justification of the strike, and information on the SAG and the DG's roles in the mess. A must-read for anyone who's still unclear on the whys and wherefores behind the strike.

"Together We Bargain, Divided We Beg" (blog post): Cinematographer Haskell Wexler begs his fellow IA members to support the strike. All of the entertainment industry should be in this together.

Another AMPTP Blunder: Force Majeure (blog post): A discussion of why the recent lay off of scores of actors, even as the AMPTP claims to be ready to negotiate, is a very bad move, and why it may be a deliberate attempt to divide the workforce on the issue of the strike.