A revolutionary socialist organizing project
After UAWD members forced the amendment onto the Constitutional Convention agenda, UAW delegates voted to divest the union’s reported $400,000 in Israel bonds, marking a victory for decades of rank-and-file organizing. Navruz Baum reports.
A statement from the United Left Platform in solidarity with fifteen anti-ICE activists in Minnesota and eight pro-Palestinian activists in Michigan who are now facing unjust charges for their participation in protests against the ICE occupation of the Twin Cities and the genocide in Gaza.
A United Left Platform Event
by United Left PlatformThe United Left Platform is hosting a virtual event on Friday, June 26 at 8pm ET to discuss the recent uprising in Bolivia and its impact both there and on the fight against imperialism and the far right internationally.
An interview on the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza
by Ashley Smith and Andriy MovchanAshley Smith interviews Andriy Movchan about their participation in the Global Sumud Flotilla and its significance for building solidarity between Ukrainians and Palestinians and their liberation struggles.
A review of D. K. Renton’s Revolutionary Forgiveness
by Sean K. IsaacsSean Isaacs describes how Revolutionary Forgiveness offers meaningful alternatives to the carceral system.
Building a better union, one shop floor at a time.
by B. Colby HamiltonIn its present form, Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD), a class struggle caucus of the UAW, hopes to build a better union–and labor movement–one shop floor at a time. B. Colby Hamilton discusses the history of the UAWD split and the priorities, strategies, and tactics for the caucus one year following its near dissolution.
A review of A People’s History of the Anti Nazi League
by Bill RobertsBill Roberts reviews Geoff Brown’s A People’s History of the Anti Nazi League, documenting the formation of the Anti Lazi League (1977-1981) to combat the rise of the neo-Nazi National Front, as well as the surrounding cultural antiracist movement of late-1970s Great Britain.
A conversation on socialist party-building
by David Camfield and Charlie PostDavid Camfield and Charlie Post discuss socialist party-building.
The reformist Left tends to equate union membership with union militancy, as if the first automatically leads to the second. However, to bring about real and meaningful change, we need not only bodies in the streets but also militant workers in all kinds of workplaces, Jacob Sloan explains.
Report from the Casa Obrera de Baja California summit
by Héctor Rivera and Hannah MHéctor Rivera and Hannah M report on a binational labor summit between workers in the U.S. and Mexico that took place in April.