The Organic Crisis in 2024: This Year’s Election Is a Battle for the Hearts and Minds of U.S. Workers

The battle between Trump and Biden is being shaped by a crisis of the political regime, requiring the intervention of both the judiciary and the union bureaucracy. The battle for the presidency is a battle for the working class and a battle over which approach to imperialism is best for competing with China and reestablishing US hegemony. As usual, the Democrats are taking up the cudgel of democratic rights in order to rally disaffected voters.

AFL-CIO’s Ceasefire Call Shows Power of the Movement for Palestine

The AFL-CIO has called for a ceasefire in Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza. The labor movement must go further for Palestinian liberation and break with the bipartisan regime.

The Hollywood Strikes Showed That a New Kind of Class Consciousness Is Growing

The SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes showed a new type of solidarity in the labor movement and reflected a growing class consciousness around labor. We must build on these lessons as the labor movement heads into 2024.

Uniting Workers for Palestine Is a Fight for the Future of Labor

The struggle for Palestine shows the potential for the rank and file to push unions to break with imperialism and to build a new, combative, and internationalist unionism.

The Labor Movement Is Key for Palestinian Liberation

As part of the global movement in solidarity with Palestine and against the genocidal policies of the Israeli government, labor unions are taking action and demanding a ceasefire. This is not only a welcomed addition to the movement, but a necessary one that concretely shows the power of the working class.

Organized Student Labor Must Fight for Palestine

Newly unionized academic workers have a unique opportunity, and a duty, to support the movement for a Free Palestine.

Our Unions Need to Join the Fight for Palestinian Liberation — Right Now

Israel’s brutal attack on the Palestinian people is about to escalate. It’s being funded by U.S. dollars and armed with U.S. weapons. But our unions have a chance to help grind this war machine to a halt. 

CUNY Union Chapter Leaders Pass Resolution Condemning Administration’s Disregard for Palestine

The statement condemns the university’s treatment of pro-Palestine student protesters as well as its failure to recognize the suffering of the people of Gaza in its official statements.

On the Labor Aristocracy: A Reply to Jason Koslowski

Is there a labor aristocracy in the U.S.? In the following essay, CUNY professor and Tempest Collective member Charlie Post responds to Jason Koslowski.