Labor Movement
Maquila Workers Against Femicide and Exploitation
The conditions of the Mexican working class are a product of the United States’ imperialist relationship with Mexico which has been perpetuated by both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party.
Ximena Goldman
March 7, 2017Zanon expropriated: An unforgettable day!
Workers’ self-management at Zanon ceramic tile factory is nearing its 15-year milestone of struggle and production.
Titin Moreira
March 3, 2017Swedish dockworkers do battle with APM Terminals
Swedish dockworkers in the port of Gothenburg are in the midst of a long-running dispute with APM Terminals (APMT). This dispute between members of the Swedish Dockworkers’ Union (SDU) and APMT has seen the union’s right to represent its own members targeted and Swedish labor laws ignored by the company. APMT is now threatening to lay off as many as one hundred dockworkers.
Sean Robertson
February 23, 2017Swedish Dockworkers’ Union: Born Fighting Bosses and Bureaucrats
The Swedish Dockworkers’ Union (SDU), or Svenska Hamnarbetarförbundet (HAMN) in Swedish, has been shaped by decades of rank and file dockworkers’ rebellion, bureaucratic expulsions from a general transport union and a long history of international solidarity.
Sean Robertson
February 22, 2017Workers Against Trump
Class struggle is, as it has always been, the main source of conflict in our society. A month into Trump’s presidency, we need to fight from a working-class perspective.
Juan Cruz Ferre
February 20, 2017General Strike: How the Working Class Takes Control
Since the Women’s March brought millions into the streets the Saturday after inauguration, there has been a rising clamor on social media for a ‘general strike’ against the Trump administration.
Jack Rusk
February 9, 2017Towards a New Socialist Party
Continuing a series of articles on US politics and the left, guest contributors Hart Eagleburger and Jack Rusk argue that steps should be taken towards forming a new socialist party, given the opportunity of the present moment, which will grow out of real struggles of the working class.
Hart Eagleburger
January 25, 2017Trump, Racism and the Working Class
Racism among workers cannot be condoned or concealed. Working class unity begins by embracing the demands of the most oppressed.
Juan Cruz Ferre
December 16, 2016Solidarity Campaign With Zanon Under Worker Control
Workers’ self-management at Zanon ceramic tile factory is nearing its 15-year milestone of struggle and production. Zanon workers have launched a national and international campaign to establish a Solidarity Fund in defense of workers’ self-management at the plant.
Zanon Strike Fund Committee
December 15, 2016“Right-to-work” laws –what they are and how to fight them
High at the top of the GOP and big business wish list for the New Year is a National Right-To-Work (RTW) law aimed at gutting the ability of the unions to finance themselves and fight back against the bosses’ agenda. What is RTW and how can we fight it?
John Leslie
December 15, 2016