A revolutionary socialist organizing project
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.
Prospects and challenges
by Joe AllenJoe Allen discusses the significance of the organizing drive at Amazon in Bessemer, Alabama
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.
Longtime Teamster activist and socialist, Joe Allen offers a critical review of the radical labor classic, Labor’s Untold Story.
A review of “Living and Dying on the Factory Floor”
by Joe AllenJoe Allen reviews David Ranney’s autobiographical account of his life as a revolutionary socialist factory worker in the 1970s and 1980s.
A reply to The Call’s “Life As a Rank-and-File Teamster”
by Joe AllenJoe Allen responds to Eli R. on the role of socialist organization in the political life of a rank-and-file Teamster.
The threat of the Far Right
by Joe AllenJoe 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.
Thoughts on perspectives
by Joe AllenChicago-based socialist and union activist, Joe Allen, assesses the current moment and the challenges and opportunities facing the Left.