Trump Keeps Promises by Attacking the Working Class and Oppressed

Media outlets from the Washington Post to Democracy Now! have been consistently reporting on Trump and his actions against the EPA and refugees, but here’s a few issues that haven’t received as much attention.

La Migra and Their Unions: Not With Us

Unions representing the Customs and Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement were among the first to endorse Trump’s nomination for presidency. Several months later, despite federal stays, they carry out detention and deportation orders under Trump’s xenophobic ban on refugees and immigrants from seven predominantly-Muslim countries. The CBP and ICE unions have no place in our labor movement.

In Support of the Anti-Milo Berkeley Antifa Action

Shutting down fascists and racists is not a conflict about free speech but the means for organizing politically.

The Unions Must Fight Against Right to Work!

Republicans in Congress have introduced amendments to the National Labor Relations Act and Railway Labor Act aimed at crippling the right to organize a union. Such national “Right-To-Work” legislation has long been on the wish list of the right wing and big business and is aimed at gutting the ability of the unions to finance themselves and fight back against the bosses’ agenda. The proposed legislation would target the union shop and the unions’ right to collect fees for representation.

Trump’s Travel Ban: As American as Apple Pie

While Democrats argue that the migrant ban is un-American, they ignore America’s long history of xenophobic policies.

Free Trade Agreements and the Dynamics of Capitalism

The new Trump Administration has officially pulled out of the TPP and announced plans to renegotiate NAFTA. Are these the first signs of a reconfiguration of the neoliberal world order?

Workers and Activists Fight Back Against Detentions of Muslims

Workers and activists fight back against Trump by protesting at airports across the country. They have already won a partial victory.

Sanders and the Unions Support Trump Measures

This week, Sanders the “socialist” praised Trump’s executive order to withdraw the United States from the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) and received praise from the union bureaucracy.

Bernie Sanders: Work with or #ResistTrump?

Hundreds of thousands of people took the streets this weekend against Trump. What does Bernie Sanders propose?