Labor Movement
United Front and the Fight Against the Union Bureaucracy
The workers’ united front does not mean peaceful coexistence with the union bureaucracy. It warrants knowing when to break with it. The positions achieved by leftists or socialist groupings within unions or shop-floor committees cannot be prioritized over principled fights.
Juan Cruz Ferre
September 19, 2016Egyptian Shipyard Workers’ Defiance Sparks Solidarity Movement
Workers at the Alexandria Shipyard Company have been victimised and dragged before a military court for standing up for their rights at work, but a growing solidarity movement is putting the generals under pressure. Guest writer, Hisham Fouad reports from Egypt.
Hisham Fouad
September 16, 2016The Workday: An Endless Battle Around Time
Everyday work life is a silent struggle--an ongoing battle for a moment of rest and fun.
Luigi Morris
July 29, 2016Let’s Get over Sanders and Back into the Streets
Last week, Bernie Sanders endorsed Hillary Clinton, leaving many of his supporters disappointed. But there is still a way forward: join the protests, organize, fight.
Juan Cruz Ferre
July 18, 2016A Teacher’s Role in the Fight Against Police Brutality
Teachers have the responsibility to fight against racism and police presence in schools.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
July 14, 2016NO COPS IN OUR UNIONS – Julia Wallace SPEAKS!
NO COPS IN OUR UNIONS – Julia Wallace SPEAKS! – YouTube
Julia Wallace
July 11, 2016Their Thing was DRUM: Black Power in the Factory
Left Voice speaks with Dan Georgakas, activist, historian and co-author of the classic narrative, ‘Detroit: I Do Mind Dying: A Study in Urban Revolution’, recently released in French. In addition to numerous publications, he has written a memoir called ‘My Detroit, Growing Up Greek and American in Motor City’, on growing up in the ‘60s and in exploration of the city’s complex racial, cultural, and political life.
Dan Georgakas
June 20, 2016Special Coverage: Revolt in France
The latest on the resistance to the labor reforms in France.
Left Voice
June 17, 2016Women Workers Picket Avon in Turkey
Discrimination towards women has always had a significant place in AKP's brand of political Islam, yet young female workers are coming to the forefront of class struggle – as is the case with the picket line outside the Avon warehouse in Gebze.
Barış Yıldırım
June 15, 2016The Labor Movement in Post-Communist Countries
We interviewed Mihai Varga, a Romanian specialist on trade unionism in Eastern and Central Europe and author of "Worker Protests in post-communist Romania and Ukraine," published in August 2015. In this interview, Varga provides his vision on the state of the trade unionism in the region after the dissolution of the Soviet bloc in the early 1990's.
Philippe Alcoy
June 10, 2016