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Teacher, union member, baseball enthusiast, communist.

• El manifiesto del Encuentro de Mujeres de América Latina y El Caribe, por el 1 de mayo

  By Staff on April 30, 2020

  

  A continuación se muestran el manifiesto del Encuentro de Mujeres de América Latina y El Caribe, por el 1 de mayo. Les invitamos a leer y  compartirlo. haga clic aquí

• COVID-19 Has Further Exposed an American Capitalism in Fascist Decay

  By Staff on March 24, 2020

  

  Lieutenant Governor of Texas Dan Patrick has sparked controversy with his recent call for people to be put to work to “save the economy,” going so far as to say that grandparents should be willing to risk their lives for… Read More ›

• 5,600 Americans Were Infected Today—Self-Protecting Capitalists Are Responsible

  By Staff on March 20, 2020

  

  A report today has confirmed that Richard Burr (R), Dianne Feinstein (D),  James Inhofe (R), and Kelly Loeffler (R) all dumped millions of dollars in stock assets, using exclusive information from the Senate Intelligence Committee on the potential of the… Read More ›

• Federal Government Spends $1.5 Trillion for 30 Minutes of Stock Gains

  By Staff on March 12, 2020

  

  In a move aimed at curbing the quickly stumbling stock market, the New York Federal Reserve injected 1.5 trillion dollars into the market today. The Fed released a statement, claiming that “These changes are being made to address highly unusual… Read More ›

• Chicago Judge Overrules New Trial for Chicago Police Torture Victim

  By Staff on February 14, 2020

  

  Gerald Reed’s mother speaks to the press after the verdict Chicago Judge Thomas Hennelly has today overturned a previous ruling by now-retired Judge Gainor to vacate the conviction of Gerald Reed, who has already served 30 years in prison for… Read More ›

• Black History Month: The Communist and Internationalist Poetry of Interwar Harlem

  By Staff on February 7, 2020

  

  “Not to plunge into the complex jungle of  human relationships and analyze them is to leave the field to fascists and I won’t and can’t do that.” // Richard Wright “Let us sound the bugle-call for militancy. Let us have… Read More ›

• The UAW and CTU Strikes, and Their Lessons

  By Staff on December 15, 2019

  

  Rank and File Forge Ahead, Moderate Leadership and Capitalist Government Pull Them Back  The past months saw some of the most significant labor strikes in recent American history. Across the country, nearly 50,000 UAW workers struck against General Motors, demanding… Read More ›

• Remembering and Unerasing Trans History: Two Medieval Writings on Trans Identity

  By Staff on November 20, 2019

  

  One of the most prevalent attacks on trans people in the US, from both the left and the right, is that trans identity is a product of modern times and cannot be found in preceding eras. This is a product… Read More ›

• How to Donate to Striking UAW Workers

  By Staff on October 11, 2019

  

  Below you will find a list of UAW locals that have called to the public for donations to the strike funds to better support striking workers. You can read about the financial difficulties striking workers are facing on strike, and… Read More ›

• This Labor Day, Celebrate the History and Promise of the American Labor Movement

  By Staff on September 2, 2019

  

  In the United States, those of us who are leftist workers have a vexed relationship with this labor day, the first Monday in September. The day was a refuge for the American state and compromising union leadership from the May… Read More ›

• 680 Workers Arrested in Mississippi by ICE

  By Staff on August 7, 2019

  

  In what’s being called one of the largest raids in recent US immigration history, ICE agents have arrested 680 workers across the state of Mississippi, mostly at Koch Foods Inc. food processing plants. Workers were ambushed by nearly 600 ICE… Read More ›

• The Fascists are on the March Against Women’s Rights—We Must Respond

  By Staff on May 16, 2019

  

  Ever since the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973, the religious right in the United States has waged unrelenting war on the right of women to bodily autonomy, often using terroristic tactics in its war. With the rise of Donald… Read More ›

• The Meaning of May Day

  By Staff on April 30, 2019

  

  Today is May Day. For the rest of the world, May Day has a rich cultural and political history. Originating in ancient Roman spring festivals, contemporary May Day customs were developed in the 14th and 15th century in England. A… Read More ›

• Rafael Surí, an Important Cuban LGBTQ+ Activist, Has Died

  By Staff on April 1, 2019

  

  Read the original report in Spanish here. Rafael Surí, an important Cuban LGBTQ+ activist has died from illness at the age of only 31. According to the most recent reports from Cuba, “Rafa was facing a difficult health situation that… Read More ›

• #CountMeInNYC Has Called a Truce With Related, Members Vow to Stay Vigilant

  By Staff on March 11, 2019

  

  The New York City construction worker protest scheduled for 3/15 been officially cancelled, as CountMeIn leaders announced on March 8th that a deal had been reached. In a statement released on their facebook and twitter, CountMeIn leaders stated that abandoning… Read More ›