Author: Joe Allen
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Defeat in Bessemer
Longtime 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.
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Organizing Amazon
Joe Allen discusses the significance of the organizing drive at Amazon in Bessemer, Alabama
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Where is UPS going?
Joe Allen calls attention to the ongoing restructuring at UPS, evidenced by the recent sale of UPS Freight, and why this sale and the recent history of UPS restructuring should be red flags for rank and file Teamsters and the union as a whole.
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What Labor’s Untold Story doesn’t tell you
Longtime Teamster activist and socialist, Joe Allen offers a critical review of the radical labor classic, Labor’s Untold Story.
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Memories of the class
Joe Allen reviews David Ranney’s autobiographical account of his life as a revolutionary socialist factory worker in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Rank and file reds
Joe Allen responds to Eli R. on the role of socialist organization in the political life of a rank-and-file Teamster.
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A threshold has been crossed
Joe Allen looks at the rising threat of the Far Right, its relationship to the Trump Administration, and its implications for the Left before and after the November elections.
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A new era begins?
Chicago-based socialist and union activist, Joe Allen, assesses the current moment and the challenges and opportunities facing the Left.