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On June 5, the Teamsters union made this groundbreaking announcement: “In a milestone for organized labor, the Amazon Labor Union has formally affiliated with the 1.3 million-member International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The affiliation supplies renewed representation and stronger resources for Amazon workers — behind the...
The powerhouses of [neo]imperialist propaganda — think Hollywood — present World War II and especially the Normandy landing as the Western imperialist powers’ contribution to a heroic victory of Western democracy over totalitarianism, meaning over Adolf Hitler and Nazism....
Although Biden was not due to speak until after 1 pm, activists began gathering around 11 am, and more continued to arrive through the early afternoon. One person even brought a ladder so that rope could be strung between poles to display banners, making them more visible to Biden and anyone driving by....
The financial argument does not hold water. The UAW has committed $40 million to organize unorganized auto workers. We applaud this commitment and hail the victory at Volkswagen in Chattanooga, Tennessee. However, we find it unacceptable that a union with $40 million to fund organizing cannot part with half a million dollars to...
After more than seven days of deliberations that followed a three-week trial, a San Diego jury on Friday convicted two Los Angeles-area men of conspiracy to riot as part of the first-ever prosecution alleging a criminal conspiracy by antifa....
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“We call on the California Labor Federation and the entire labor movement to join us in fighting this calculated attack on the right to strike and on the rights of workers everywhere. We remain committed in our opposition to the U.S. war machine and the UC’s vast investments in the industries that support it. We remain...
The strikers want the museum to commit to “platforming community stories with an anti-colonialist, anti-white-supremacist framework.” (South Seattle Emerald, May 29)...
The gala raises millions for the over-funded NYPD every year, and ticket costs range from $2,500 to $250,000. The Foundation is notoriously shady with their dealings as they don’t disclose their donors. We believe that all individuals and corporations who donate money to the NYPD should be known to the public and held...
Overdose deaths have surpassed 100,000 for the third straight year, according to federal data released Wednesday, a reminder that the nation remains mired in an intractable epidemic fueled by the potent drug fentanyl....
I'm not sure if it will actually mean anything, but I wasn't actually expecting to see a verdict.
In a hearing before the 5th Circuit court of appeals, lawyers on behalf of Texas tried to argue both that the giant buoys the state has deployed in the Rio Grande are necessary to ward off an "invasion" of immigrants, and that the Rio Grande is more of a creek than a river—because if it is "navigable" then the federal...
“We chose to file this case on May 1, in solidarity with workers around the world, because ending forced prison labor in ADOC isn’t just about stopping the state’s extractive profiteering from the labor of Black people — both inside and outside of prisons. It’s also about eliminating the control that forced prison...
Even after [neocolonialism] closed all access for desperately needed food, medicines and other supplies to Gaza, the Biden administration manipulated Congressional investigations into [the] use of U.S.-provided weapons in Gaza, although their use violated humanitarian law. The administration actually said that while there was...
At a street rally on April 28 that gathered dozens of neighbors from nearby apartment buildings, FIT encampment organizers invited Workers World Party First Secretary Larry Holmes to speak. Holmes said to the students, “You have brought tears of joy to Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank. … They’re so happy with...
