Despite the gains of the “#Me Too” movement, and the impressive Women’s March demonstrations in 2017 and 2018, a new assault on women’s reproductive rights  is very much on its way. As I discuss in this article, religious conservative groups and the Republican Party have devised a tricky legal...

General Motors (GM) metallurgists in the United States began an indefinite strike on Sunday. The strike call marks the first national stoppage at GM in this country in 12 years, with 49,000 workers joining the company’s three plants, which demand better wages and working conditions. By La Voz / Workers'...

The picture of the Salvadoran Óscar Ramírez and his daughter, Angie, both lifeless and locked in an embrace on the banks of Rio Grande (Río Bravo in Mexico) caused alarm and anger around the world. As usual in moments of collective pain, several politicians came out to express their...

For this article, La Voz interviewed four teachers who directly participated in huge multi-day strikes in 2018 and 2019: Nicole McCormick, Mercer County Education Association President, West Virginia United; Craig Gordon, OEA member, strike organizing leader, organizer, a substitute teacher, site rep, Oakland cluster lead, member of Classroom Struggle;...

The 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising is being celebrated on June 28. It is a landmark of the beginning of the modern LGBTI movement throughout the world. The Pride marches are held in June each year to celebrate that feat. By: Vanessa Valverde In the 50's and 60's, a series of...

Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going By Workers’ Voice East Bay For this article, La Voz interviewed four teachers who directly participated in huge multi-day strikes in 2018 and 2019: Nicole McCormick, Mercer County Education Association President, West Virginia United; Craig Gordon, OEA member, strike organizing leader, organizer, a substitute...

Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going By Workers’ Voice East Bay   For this article, La Voz interviewed four teachers who directly participated in huge multi-day strikes in 2018 and 2019: Nicole McCormick, Mercer County Education Association President, West Virginia United; Craig Gordon, OEA member, strike organizing leader, organizer, a substitute...

On the History and Contradictions of Reformist Electoral Politics By Orlando Torres The 2020 presidential campaign of Senator Bernie Sanders has generated a lot of enthusiasm among liberal progressives and a significant segment of self-described democratic socialists. The latter are being led by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and publications...

«Agreement»: sale of migrants and sovereignty for the price of tariffs By: IWL North and Central American organisations 06/11/2019 The week that has just ended, the Mexican and Central American peoples on all sides of the southern and northern borders of Mexico have experienced moments of anxiety, indignation and disappointment. It all started...

We interview J. and D, public healthcare workers at UC San Francisco and rank and file union activists with UPTE (Union of Professional and Technical Employees). UPTE represents 15,000 healthcare, research, and technical workers at campuses and medical centers of the University of California. By: La Voz San Francisco La Voz:...