A truck full of sensors
On the surveillance of UPS drivers
by A Local 886 TeamsterA Teamster in Oklahoma City describes how UPS uses new surveillance technology to undermine the union.
The Black Legion and beyond.
The (less and less) hidden history of the Michigan far right
by Hank KennedyHank Kennedy looks at the history of far right organizing in Michigan and the meaning of its recent resurgence.
Defeat in Bessemer
A wake up call for the Left and labor
by Joe AllenLongtime socialist and Teamster, Joe Allen, critically assesses both the defeat of the Amazon organizing drive as well as the limitations of the lessons being drawn by some on the Left.
The Paris Commune and workers’ democracy
Lessons for the socialist movement
by Thomas HummelThomas Hummel draws some of the principled lessons of the Paris Commune that have guided the socialist Left for 150 years, and asks how today’s Left measures up in having learned those lessons.
Addressing the climate emergency with a Biden government
by Paul Fleckenstein
Paul Fleckenstein reviews the state of the climate movement and climate policy at the start of the Biden era.
No war, no KKK
by Bill Mullen
Bill Mullen reviews No Fascist USA!, a new book covering anti-KKK organizing in the 1970s and 80s and argues that it contains important lessons for today.
Organizing Amazon
Prospects and challenges
by Joe AllenJoe Allen discusses the significance of the organizing drive at Amazon in Bessemer, Alabama
Socialists and the BAmazon Union
What was our response? What can we do better?
by NasrinNasrin discusses the lack of a coordinated response from the Democratic Socialists of America to what could be the most significant union election in the South in decades.
Electoral politics ≠ Black liberation
by Phillip Clark
Phillip Clark assesses the current political moment and argues that Black liberation cannot be realized through electoral politics.
Texas freeze
An unexceptional disaster
by Snehal ShingaviTexas-based socialist Snehal Shingavi dissects the most common explanations for the Great Texas Freeze of 2021 and finds they fail to address the systemic causes which are not at all unique to Texas.