Fri Jul 26, 2024
July 26, 2024

U.S.

Why did the Teamsters president address the RNC?

By ERNIE GOTTA Sean O’Brien, general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, surprised many by being one of the guest speakers during the first night of the Republican National...

Trump winged in shooting: What comes next?

By CARLOS SAPIR Donald Trump was about an inch away from death on July 13,...

How to (not) fight against antisemitism

By CARLOS SAPIR In early June, news media reported in shocked tones that the editors...

What’s next for the Palestine solidarity movement on college campuses?

By DAN BELLE and N. IRAZU In over nine months of the global fight to...

The 2024 election: No choices for working people

By JOHN LESLIE The 2024 election offers no real choices for working-class people. It’s Genocide...

The 2024 election: No choices for working people

By JOHN LESLIE The 2024 election offers no real choices for working-class people. It’s Genocide Joe versus the reactionary liar and racist Trump. Even before...

Detained immigrants relaunch labor strike at ICE detention centers in California

By MESA VERDA-GOLDEN STATE ANNEX SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE Strikers are demanding an end to ICE detention centers, release from detention, an end to solitary confinement, restoration...

Unions and social justice organizations speak out for reproductive rights

By EMMA GRACE “The same forces that are attacking our reproductive rights are also trying to destroy our rights as workers. … Without workers, the...

Competing imperialist powers exploit Latin America

By JOSE MONTEROJO The inter-imperialist rivalry in which the dominant imperialist powers (primarily the United States and China) attempt to reestablish social/political control and profitable...

Interview: An immigrant worker fights company abuse

By N. IRAZU At the beginning of June, I interviewed Edgar Becerra, a migrant worker from Guatemala who is carrying out a defense campaign against...

Biden imposes drastic restrictions on the right of asylum

By M.M. CHALMERS and CARLOS SAPIR In a Presidential Proclamation on June 4, Joe Biden imposed a sweeping ban on asylum seekers entering the United...

Biden vs. Trump: Most Voters Dislike Them Both

By JAMES MARKIN With inflation and the war on Gaza dragging on, and Biden becoming increasingly unpopular, the Democratic Party is facing an uneasy situation...

United States: Workers March for Palestine in the Bay Area

By JAMES MARKIN This last May Day in the Bay Area, actions and observances brought labor issues together with the antiwar movement. Bay Area Labor...

San Francisco State Students for Gaza Organize for Mass Action!

By BLANCA LEON and MAR RENO Across the country, a new historic wave of youth mobilization is taking place against Israel’s genocide in Gaza. The...

Texas Adds Another Racist Law; Democrats Sacrifice Immigrants

By GAWON CHO On March 19, Texas Senate Bill 4 (SB 4), a bill that among other things would allow Texas police to arrest suspected...

Union Victory: Workers at Volkswagen Vote to Join the UAW

By ERNIE GOTTA Workers at the Volkswagen (VW) factory in Chattanooga, Tenn., have voted to join the United Auto Workers union (UAW). The vote was an...

Fed Rates and the State of the U.S. Economy

The U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed) has just announced the interest rate policy it will pay for the Treasury bonds issued by the country...

The Road Ahead for the U.S. Labor Movement

By ERNIE GOTTA The working class in the U.S. faces many challenges. Working people are living through a difficult but dynamic moment when hundreds of...

Understanding the TikTok Ban

By HERMAN MORRIS On March 13, a bipartisan bill passed the House that would force ByteDance to sell its social media application, TikTok, to a...