A call for internationalism
From our readers: May Day 2022 remarks
by Bob Kosuth…plane were Black and the other forty percent were white working-class kids like me. We were on our way to get weapons and go to Vietnam to kill peasants defending…
It’s their democracy, not ours, but we must defend it
by David Renton
…to appear before Parliamentary committees…[T]he executive is required to report, explain and defend its actions, and citizens are protected from the arbitrary exercise of executive power. Once again, the judges…
See you at Labor Notes
by Joe Allen
The 2022 Labor Notes convention will be taking place in a few days in Chicago. Organizers expect nearly four thousand attendees to gather for the first time in several years,…
What happened to Red Chicago?
by Joe Allen
…it fails to get the relief our communities need. If this is the future of compromises we on the electoral left choose to make, then we need to rethink our…
A new era of labor revolt (1966)
On the job vs. official unions
by Stan Weir…union organization drives that took place independently, plant by plant. The CIO drew together hundreds of already organized unions with existing local rank and file leaderships. World War II, however,…
Voting for Democrats has been a dead-end for abortion justice
It’s time for socialist feminism
by Stephanie Attar…think that a woman has the sole right to say what should happen to her body.” Today, Biden’s administration has come under fire for their failure to plan in advance…
Queer liberation and socialism
Learning from the stories of a movement
by Dana Cloud…more militant and more revolutionary in its ideologies and tactics. Queer liberation did not begin with Stonewall. There is a vibrant, compelling, and complex history of brilliant and brave struggles…
The Democracy In Action slate offers a new path for UAW Local 2110
by Willem Morris
…a commitment to transparency, cross-shop membership engagement, and a regular meeting of the Local general membership. They also plan to create a new rank-and-file organizing committee that can cultivate new…
Inside the Ukrainian Resistance
Interview with Alona Liasheva and Denys Pilash
by Tempest…people despite the interruptions in phone and internet service. They all describe horrific conditions. Some places are completely destroyed like Mariupol. Other places are badly damaged like Kherson but are…
Pinkwashing as cold as the Rockies
The history of the gay-labor alliance to boycott Coors
by Hank Kennedy…and Latino communities over its discriminatory treatment of the workforce. In 1970 the company was cited by the Colorado Civil Rights Commission for firing an employee due to his race….