My brief, backbreaking, rage-inducing, low-paying, dildo-packing time inside the online-shipping machine. —By Mac McClelland “DON’T TAKE ANYTHING that happens to you there personally,” the woman at the local chamber of commerce says when I tell her that tomorrow I start working at… Read More ›
Workers Struggle
News relating to Organized Labor, Strikes, Unionization, and Worker’s Struggles in the Workplace.
Majority in former Soviet states believe breakup was harmful mistake – poll
More than two decades after the Soviet Union collapsed a majority of citizens in the independent states believe that the split brought nothing but harm, according to a new Gallup poll. Gallup a research-based, global performance-management consulting company released a… Read More ›
Maoist Insurgency Spreads to Over 40% of India. Mass Poverty and Delhi’s Embrace of Corporate Neoliberalism Fuels Social Uprising
By Asad Ismi On May 25, 2013, Maoist insurgents in the Indian state of Chattisgarh wiped out almost the entire leadership of the Congress Party in that state by killing 28 of its members in an ambush. The Congress Party forms… Read More ›
Numsa withdraws support for ANC in South Africa
South Africa’s biggest trade union has announced that it is withdrawing its support for the ANC ahead of next year’s election – a big blow to the governing party. The 330,000-member National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) said… Read More ›
“Dreadful Deceit”: Race is a myth
A historian argues that one of the defining elements of American culture is merely a “social fiction” by LAURA MILLER Jacqueline Jones’ provocative new history, “Dreadful Deceit: The Myth of Race From the Colonial Era to Obama’s America,” contains a startling sentence on… Read More ›
The CUNY Wars: How David Petraeus Turned America’s Most Diverse University Into a War Zone
The general’s presence on campus has sparked protests, arrests and beatings in the streets. By Peter Rugh Want to turn a university into a war zone? Invite General David Petraeus onto campus. Ever since the general showed up at the City… Read More ›
Mandela ended political apartheid in South Africa, but economic apartheid continues
by Krissy Clark South Africa has declared ten days of official mourning for Nelson Mandela. As people reflect on his legacy, it’s important to remember that his struggle against apartheid was a fight against a system of political and economic oppression. … Read More ›
African National Congress Statement on the Death of Nelson Mandela
A Nation Mourns: the Passing of Cde Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela 5 December 2013 Comrades and friends, The Mandela family, Fellow South Africans, “In the life of every nation, there arise men who leave an indelible and eternal stamp on the… Read More ›
As pro-imperialists besiege Ukraine, Communists warn of fascist coup attempt
By Greg Butterfield The Communist Party of Ukraine has issued an urgent call for solidarity from the international workers’ movement, warning that an attempted fascist coup is underway in the former Soviet republic. On the afternoon of Dec. 8, protesters in… Read More ›
On the Anniversary of the Founding of the American Party of Labor
Dec. 8, 2013 Today is the fifth anniversary of the founding of the American Party of Labor (APL). On December 8th, 2008, the Party came into existence with the conclusion of our Founding Congress. Delegates from the pre-party committee came… Read More ›
Oligarchy in the Holy Land — Tiny Number of Families Dominates Israel’s Economy
By Alex Kane After America, Israel is the most unequal “rich” country in the world when it comes to wealth. The vast gulf between the American elite and the rest of the nation has increasingly been a hot topic of conversation… Read More ›
Gaza: Thousands rally to commemorate PFLP 46th anniversary
Palestinians take part in a rally in Gaza City, marking the 46th anniversary of the founding of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a Palestinian Marxist revolutionary organization established in 1967. Source
Leonard Peltier on the Passing of Nelson Mandela: Apartheid Still Exists in America
COLEMAN, FLORIDA – Leonard Peltier, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, who has been imprisoned for the past 37 years, issued statement on the passing of former South Africa President Nelson Mandela. Peltier is serving a life sentence in the U.S…. Read More ›
‘Day of rage’: Police, protesters clash in Israel at plans to evict 40,000 Bedouins
Hundreds gathered in Israel on Saturday to rally against the government’s plans to resettle some 40,000 Bedouins. The proposal has triggered accusations of “discrimination” and “ethnic cleansing” from activist groups, also sparking a protest in the UK. The demonstrations were… Read More ›
Los Angeles to join New York and 50 other U.S. cities with ban on feeding homeless people
By Clare Kim As the number of homeless people in Los Angeles County continues to rise, the City Council is weighing a ban on feeding homeless people in public areas. City Council members Tom LaBonge and Mitch O’Farrell, both Democrats, introduced the resolution… Read More ›