San Francisco educators endorse BDS
by Alex Schmaus and brian bean
Alex Schmaus and brian bean report on the first public school educators union in the U.S. to endorse boycott, divestment, and sanctions against Israeli apartheid.
Confusion is not a path forward
A response to Chris Maisano
by Joe AllenJoe Allen critically examines Chris Maisano’s recent piece, “US-China Tensions Are Escalating. What Does That Mean for the Left?” and is left with more questions than clarifying answers.
History and independent politics in the U.S.
A review of “Tramps and Trade Union Travelers”
by Tim GouletTim Goulet reviews Kim Moody’s “Tramps and Trade Union Travelers: Internal Migration and Organized Labor in Gilded Age America, 1870-1900.
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.
A twin cities union militant and anti-racist
An interview with Kieran Knutson
by Paul KDPaul KD interviews Kieran Knutson, president of Communication Workers Local 7250.
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.
National Amazon Solidarity
by Tempest
Watch the Tempest Collective forum “National Amazon Solidarity” to build support both for the RWDSU organizing campaign in Bessemer, Alabama.
Organizing Amazon
Prospects and challenges
by Joe AllenJoe Allen discusses the significance of the organizing drive at Amazon in Bessemer, Alabama