Working Class Struggles

Labour has abandoned workers on strike. By ISL Birmingham City Council (BCC) Unite bin workers went on strike on 6 January because 170 affected workers face cuts in their wages of up to £8,000 a year. Then, as the council and commissioners refused to move their position on 11 March the strike became an indefinite […]

By ERNIE GOTTA Unions have been at the forefront of the opposition to raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and President Trump’s growing authoritarianism. Anti-ICE mobilizations have included thousands of union members across the U.S. who demand an end to ICE terror in their communities. The mass opposition to ICE shows a dynamic initial […]

By International Socialist League As the Labour Party continues its unrelenting shift to the right—often echoing the rhetoric and policies of the far right—a growing number of voices are calling for the formation of a new party rooted in the interests of the working class, many are also calling it a new party of the […]

By Mazdoor Inquilab It had been 4 years since the last major general strike by central trade unions in 2021. Since 2010, there had been a general strike once every year by trade unions until the pandemic hit. The past strikes were massive one day strikes that caused large, but temporary, disruptions to the system, […]

By BRIAN CRAWFORD “No crime in American history—let alone a crime that never occurred—produced as many trials, convictions, reversals and retrials” as the case of the Scottsboro Boys,” wrote Douglas Linder in “Famous Trials.” Nine young Black men boarded a freight train in Chattanooga, Tenn., bound for Memphis. Accusations of rape would be the catalyst […]

By JOHN PRIETO In recent months, Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have undertaken their nationwide “Fight Oligarchy Tour.” Hundreds of thousands of people have attended these events or viewed them online. Many say that they have been heartened and even inspired to hear these elected representatives voice their opposition to the reactionary policies of the […]

By JAMES MARKIN The assault from the Trump administration against federal workers has been coming thick and fast ever since his inauguration in January. A full list of attacks would be too long to fit in this article, so here are some highlights. First, the administration sent out the now infamous “Fork in the Road” […]

By HERMAN MORRIS Everywhere one looks in America, the message from corporations and even the government is clear. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is coming to change your life. Look at any screen and you will see how a new magical technology is going to change education, art, medicine, manufacturing, etc. It would be easier to list […]

By Corriente Roja Madrid Public education flooded the streets of Madrid on February 23, 2025. Class unions, political and social organizations, educational personnel, the university community, and students and family members from all levels of the Spanish state’s education system joined the protest. The more than 20 organizing groups and the 70 who joined the […]

By Manuel Fernández Since 6 August 2024, the workers of Cerámicas Lima S.A. (Celima) have been facing the devastating collective, mass dismissals carried out by the management. In the first stage of the struggle, after three months the labor authorities dismissed the company’s case against 216 workers and ordered their immediate reinstatement and the payment […]

Since September 9, the workers at the Samsung plant at Sriperambudur in the Southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, have been on strike. Over a thousand workers have been on strike demanding increases in pay, among various other demands for improving their work conditions. The intensity and militancy shown in the strike, has been an […]

CSP-Conlutas was present at the launching event, which took place in Rocinha (Rio de Janeiro), on Saturday, September 14. By CSP-Conlutas, Brazil Different social movements and working class organizations, among them CSP-Conlutas, gathered on Saturday, September 14 for the launching of the Peoples’ Summit in front of the G20. The event was held in Rio […]

The recent collective dismissals at the ceramics manufacturer Celima are part of a long list of closures, layoffs, and impositions of “perfect work suspensions” (temporary layoffs) which for the past 5 years have been hanging over the Peruvian working class, especially industrial workers. By Victor Montes Because the defeat of collective dismissals is a vital […]

By Hakan Turgut Recently, Turkish newspapers have reported on the “outrage” caused by the response given by a call centre representative to a customer who contacted the call centre of a large company, which then led to campaigns to cancel subscriptions. In response to this, the CEO of the company made a statement saying that […]

By COOPER BARD The first 2024 presidential debate showed an incompetent current leader and a charlatan, both delivering exaggerations and lies. The one could only speak nonsense about immigration and other issues, and the other could barely speak at all. Now that Harris and Walz have been selected as replacement candidates on the Democratic ticket, to […]

By SANTIAGO ITLIONG The genocide in Palestine committed by the state of Israel has horrified global onlookers over the last 10 months. While the violence is intensely concentrated in Gaza, many working people in the U.S. have taken it upon themselves to oppose the slaughter and specifically our government’s active participation in and funding of […]