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Category: Labor
Special Section on Labor in China
These contributions look at the general conditions of Chinese workers; the situation of women workers; a case study of Foxconn; the Chinese and Israeli surveillance states; and a discussion of solidarity between the U.S. and Chinese labor movements.
Teamsters President Sean O’Brien Should Not Speak at the RNC
A speaking engagement at the Republican National Convention by Teamster President Sean O’Brien only normalizes the most anti-union party and President I’ve seen in my lifetime.
Loren Goldner (1947-2024): Crossing Paths with a Revolutionary Internationalist
Loren Goldner, activist and writer, passed away in Philadelphia on April 12, 2024. We first met through exchanging letters in July 1997.
The Mexican Election – For an Independent, Anti-capitalist and Anti-Patriarchal Left Bloc.
In this panorama, different organizations and collectives of the independent left see the need to form an Independent, Anti-capitalist and Anti-Patriarchal Left Bloc to strengthen the organization and mobilization independent of the government and the right.
Labor Education for All Workers
As the cause of labor has long declared “a new social order is needed.” Labor education will help create the possibility for this new social order—democratic control of our workplaces and communities—to emerge.
O’Brien, the Teamsters, TDU, and the Labor Left: A Controversy
An important discussion is taking place among Teamster activists about the leadership of Sean O’Brien. It is also a conversation about the part being played by of Teamsters for a Democratic Union.
The New U.S. Labor Movement
The labor movement in the United States is passing through a transition from the stagnation of the period from 1980-2010 to a new period of dynamic change in industrial decentralization, new technologies, work, organization, union activism, and the enormous and enveloping issue of climate chan
How GM Destroyed Poletown
The story of the construction of the Poletown plant is illustrative of the collaboration between big business and government, the failures of business unionism, and the shortcomings of liberals and the Communist Party
Searching for the American Worker
Kevin Van Meter discusses the 1947 pamphlet “the American Worker,” its international impact and the significance of workers’ inquiry.
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In Search of Worker Strategy
Seams, Chokepoints, and Organization
Kim Moody reviews John Womack Jr.’s book “Labor Power and Strategy” and responses to his contributions, focused on the significance of workers’ positional power in labor struggles.
Review: Socialism in Yiddish
Socialism in Yiddish: The Jewish Labor Bund in Sweden
by Hakkan Blomqvist
Translated by Blomqvist and Glasser
(Stockholm, Sodertons University, 2021)
The Jewish Labor Bund in Stockholm, Sweden, marching with the Swedish Social-Democrats on the First of May 1946
If one knows anything . . .
Book Review Essay: Mexico, Transnational and World Revolution
While I admire the political values of these two scholars, I don’t find either of these books satisfying because they like many other authors perpetuate the romantic view of Ricardo Flores Magón.
We Should Demand Democratic Workplaces, But What Does That Mean?
As we build collective power with coworkers, negotiate with management, and make demands of employers, workplace democracy is a way of talking about having a say. But what does that mean?
Stand Firm ILWU with Ukraine
An open letter from union members to the International Longshore and Warehouse Union calling on it to maintain its opposition to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Two Sixties’ Radicals Recall Fighting Times in U.S. Labor
A review of Fighting Times: Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War (PM Press, 2022) by Jon Melrod and Troublemaker: Saying No to Power by Frank Emspak (available at Amazon books).
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