Guest Posts
A Tale of Two Tiers: Lessons from the Kellogg Strike
Kellogg cereal workers waged one of the most important strikes of 2021, but the union bureaucracy’s declarations of victory are misleading. Not only does the new contract fail to end the two-tier wage system, it opens the door to even greater exploitation of new hires.
Daniel Nath
January 3, 2022All Out for Wedzin Kwa: Interview with a Leader of the Gidimt’en Checkpoint
The Wet’suwet’en-operated Gidimt’en checkpoint is at the forefront of a struggle against the Canadian Coastal GasLink pipeline. All out for Wedzin Kwa!
Left Voice
December 16, 2021A Tucson Cop Murdered A Disabled Man in A Wheelchair
Richard Lee Richards, a disabled man in Tucson, Arizona was fatally shot in the back by a cop after he allegedly stole a toolbox. Yet Joe Biden still went through with plans to make the Tucson police chief his new Border Patrol director. This is further evidence that the Democratic Party wants Black Lives Matter protesters off the streets but doesn’t intend to actually stop police brutality.
Daniel Nath
December 12, 2021Historic Union Vote at Starbucks
Starbucks workers in Buffalo are taking a historic vote to form their first union at several stores in the area. The company, unsurprisingly, is doing everything it can to bust the union drive.
John Leslie
December 8, 2021Michigan Activists Shut Down Legislature to Read Statement on Abortion
As nine unelected Supreme Court judges prepare a likely ruling that will effectively overturn Roe v. Wade, Michigan activists are fighting to keep abortion legal in that state.
Jessica Prozinski
December 7, 2021Factory Workers Strike against Poverty Pay, Abuse by Management at Rich Products Plant in L.A. Area
Since November 3, the group of well over 100 strikers has been on the picket line at the Rich Products-owned Jon Donaire Desserts plant, demanding better wages, improved retirement benefits, and changes to the company’s abusive, punitive point system, which provides workers with only three days of sick leave per year.
Edgar Reyes
November 28, 2021Our Revolutionary Movement in the Twilight of Empire
The uncontested hegemony of U.S. imperialism on the world stage is slowly faltering. The United States needs a coherent revolutionary organization today — united around common answers to the most fundamental questions of the period.
Coco Smyth
November 27, 2021Algorithms of Exploitation: Class Struggle in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence, the pride of the modern tech industry, is built on the misery of the people that make it possible in the first place.
Ryan Stanton
November 11, 20211,000 West Virginia Hospital Workers Are Going on Strike Today
Hospital workers in West Virginia are set to join the more than 20,000 U.S. workers currently on strike.
Mike Elk
November 3, 2021John Deere Strike Continues as Workers Vote on New Contract Proposal
The ten thousand workers who produce John Deere’s agricultural and construction machines at a dozen factories in Iowa and northwest Illinois have been on strike since October 14. On Tuesday November 2, they will vote “Yes” or “No” to a new contract offer from the company.
Daniel Nath
November 2, 2021