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 ›
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GM Bosses are Increasing the Pressure on Workers: This is How We Will, and Must, Respond
To all workers and democratic, progressive, and socialist forces in the United States, In a letter released today, October 6th, Terry Dittes, Vice President and Director of UAW’s General Motors Department, announced that GM had retreated on much of the… Read More ›
A Day On the UAW Picket Line: Morale High, Solidarity Strong
By E. Kilic, originally published on the National Writers Union Website. Last Saturday, we hit the road, which stretched out into Appalachia, determined to visit striking GM workers at the Philadelphia Parts Distribution Center. A Turkish friend, Çağatay Öncü, asked… Read More ›
Strike Against GM Intensifies At Home And Abroad
Since going on strike two weeks ago, the UAW workers of GM are showing a courageous example to workers across the United States and the world. The struggle has shown and exemplified a great variance of topics and principles. The… Read More ›
UAW Strike Pushes Unionization Struggle Forward
On Sunday, Sep.15, The United Autoworkers took up the mantle of class once again and authorized a strike against General Motors with the ending of their contract the previous night before. On Monday, Sep.16, the strike began with a… Read More ›
This Labor Day, Celebrate the History and Promise of the American Labor Movement
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 ›
Steel Workers Victimized by Capitalist Overproduction, Not Simply Trump’s Failed Protectionism
Last fall, U.S. Steelworkers saw victory in their fight for better pay and conditions. In recent weeks, U.S. Steelworkers have faced several destructive blows, leading to the announcement by U.S. Steel that they would layoff about 200 workers. The reason for these… Read More ›
Workers Communist Party of Denmark: US Imperialism Out of Greenland!
It made the headlines when the US government called off its official state visit to Denmark on the 2nd and 3rd of September. And even more because of the reason given – that US imperialism could not and cannot simply… Read More ›
Latest Attack On Transgender Workers Is An Attack On All
It is no secret that the Trump Administration is one of a great reaction that preys on the most vulnerable of our society. The marginalization of people leading to the furthering division of the working class, the majority of the… Read More ›
Revolutionary Communist Party of Bolivia: The Bolivian Peoples are Standing Up in the Fight Against Populism, Authoritarianism, and Repression
Presentation of the Revolutionary Communist Party of Bolivia at the XXIII International Seminar: Problems of the Revolution in Latin America, Quito, July 2019. Translation by Red Star Publications. “If you give away the country / and talk about sovereignty /… Read More ›
Joint Statement of Revolutionary Democracy Organization and Pakistan Mazdoor Mahaz on the Situation in Jammu and Kashmir
Together, Revolutionary Democracy Organization, India and Pakistan Mazdoor Mahaz condemn the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A while questioning the basis of the presidential Order that has taken the form of the Jammu and Kashmir Re-Organization Bill 2019. This Re-Organization… Read More ›
EMEP Chair Selma Gurkan: “Dialog with the Peoples in the Region, Not Bargaining with Imperialists”
Originally published in Evrensel (10 August 2019) Translated by Tim DRAYTON Labour Party (EMEP) Chair Selma Gürkan voiced her reaction to Turkey’s operation east of the Euphrates and the “safe zone” agreement it has reached with the US. Labour Party… Read More ›
Party of Labour of Iran (Toufan): Declaration on the Escalation of Tension by the United States of America Against Iran
We, the Party of Labour of Iran (Toufan), strongly condemn the sanctions and aggressions against Iran and the Iranian people. We strongly condemn any foreign intervention into the internal affairs of Iran. Another unjust and undeclared U.S. war in the… Read More ›
Ecuador: Moreno Says That Child Labor is “Entrepreneurship.”
Originally published in En Marcha (08/07/2019) Translated by Red Phoenix staff. A few days ago, Lenín Moreno called on youth to follow the example of child labor; then he apologized saying he’d been misunderstood. But did he say it in… Read More ›
680 Workers Arrested in Mississippi by ICE
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 ›
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