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  • An audience of people sitting in a convention hall with UAW signs.

    UAW divests from Israel bonds

    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 crowd of anti-ICE protestors.

    United Left Platform stands in solidarity with Minnesota and Michigan activists facing state repression

    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 yellow-tinted photo of a crowd of protestors.

    The upsurge in Bolivia

    The 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.

  • A crowd of people by the shore under palm trees waving Palestine flags.

    Ukrainians in solidarity with Palestine 

    Ashley 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.

  • Book cover of Revolutionary Forgiveness by DK Renton

    Redeeming the past for a revolutionary future

    Sean Isaacs describes how Revolutionary Forgiveness offers meaningful alternatives to the carceral system.

  • A black graphic of a fist holding a pen and pencil, and a fist holding a wrench, against a yellow background.

    UAWD Getting Back to the Future of Labor Organizing

    In 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.

Recent Articles

  • A red-tinted photo of a helicopter flying over palm trees and a US flag.

    Hustle and hubris

    Andy Storey intervenes in the ongoing debate about Trump’s foreign policy and leadership of U.S. imperialism and argues that the administration should be understood as closer to a pure kleptocracy than one systematically serving the U.S. capitalist class and its allies.

  • A black and white photo of Trump with his head cocked to the side.

    Faultlines in a new epoch of crisis

    We have entered a new epoch of crisis, imperial rivalry, authoritarian nationalism, and episodic, explosive resistance from below. Trump’s brief year of misrule has brought all these to a head. Ashley Smith explains.

  • An orange-tinted overlay of a U.S. flag, an Iranian flag, and a crowd.

    For an end to campism, the Iran war, and the anti-imperialist washing of the Islamic Republic

    Somayeh Rostampour argues that opponents of U.S.and Israeli aggression in Iran must move beyond campism—or we will not succeed in rebuilding a genuinely emancipatory left or in revitalizing a truly popular internationalism.

  • A crowd of people holding anti-ICE signs with one person speaking at a microphone.

    Communities not cages

    Christopher Oliphant reports on April events resisting the spread of ICE’s capacity to detain immigrants in Michigan.

  • Zohran Mamdani stands with his arms crossed smiling in front of the NYC skyline.

    Mayor Mamdani’s program in peril? 

    Mel Bienenfeld evaluates the first 100+ days of Mayor Zohran Mamdani and argues that a strategy, different than the Mayor’s and based on actively building strong and independent institutions of political resistance, will be necessary both to win the promised reforms and take forward any socialist vision worthy of its name.

  • A crowd of teachers marching with signs.

    Kids Over Corporations

    Amid worsening conditions in North Carolina’s public schools, teacher and organizer Carla Harris discusses the May Day “Kids Over Corporations” action, the broader crisis facing educators and school workers, and efforts to build collective power across the state in this interview with Anderson Bean.

  • A purple-tinted photo of Iranian government officials sitting in a line.

    Iran’s “bleak scenario”

    The brutal Islamic Republic has been prone to recurring—and growing—crisis, even before the current U.S./Israeli assault, writes Nasser Asgary. The regime’s fall could give rise, at least for some time, to something worse.

  • The cause of labor is the hope of the world

    The working class has a unique power in struggles against oppression, exploitation, and war—the power to strike. May Day is a time to test and build that power, writes the Tempest National Committee.

  • A photo of schoolchildren.

    The Tribune gets it wrong on the CTU

    brian bean challenges a hit piece against the Chicago Teachers Union in the Chicago Tribune and argues for an expansive view of education for social justice. He urges participation in the day of action in Chicago (and around the world) on May 1.