The mainstream narrative is that Russia’s war is singularly to blame for the rise in commodity prices. This is wrong. Speculation on the part of investors, uninvolved in the production or distribution of goods, is primarily to blame for inflation. The Kremlin’s war...
Since the 1980s, Australian unions have subordinated everything to getting Labor elected. It’s a failed strategy that has diminished union power, leading to declining wages and conditions for workers. Secretary of the ACTU Sally McManus visits Parliament House in...
Three weeks ago, in response to what workers say has been particularly flagrant union busting at a Boston Starbucks after their unanimous vote for a union, baristas have gone on strike. That strike is still going. Starbucks workers and supporters on strike at the...
For a group of Democratic senators, blocking an expansion of the child tax credit wasn’t enough — they also had to do a huge favor for their big-money donors in private equity. Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) on February 1, 2022 in Washington DC. (Al Drago / Bloomberg...
On Sunday, Gustavo Petro became the first left-wing president in Colombian history. Here, Petro speaks about his dream of a new Colombia founded on principles of solidarity and human dignity. Colombia’s new president, Gustavo Petro, gestures after delivering a speech...
Rather than benefiting workers in the US and elsewhere, US foreign policy enriches corporate elites and the national security state. Our task is to rebuild the left institutions that bind workers together across borders and fight for a more just world order. US...
For a group of Democratic senators, blocking an expansion of the child tax credit wasn’t enough — they also had to do a huge favor for their big-money donors in private equity. Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) on February 1, 2022 in Washington DC. (Al Drago / Bloomberg...
On Sunday, Gustavo Petro became the first left-wing president in Colombian history. Here, Petro speaks about his dream of a new Colombia founded on principles of solidarity and human dignity. Colombia’s new president, Gustavo Petro, gestures after delivering a speech...
Rather than benefiting workers in the US and elsewhere, US foreign policy enriches corporate elites and the national security state. Our task is to rebuild the left institutions that bind workers together across borders and fight for a more just world order. US...
The battle against layoffs at Florence’s GKN auto parts plant may seem like a dispute from a past era. Yet the workers’ plan for the green reconversion of the factory shows how labor can point the way to the future. The Factory Collective demonstrates against closure...
Quebecois archeologists will soon ink their very first collective bargaining agreement. We don't associate archaeological workers with unions, but there's no reason archaeologists can't organize, too. Several members of Quebec's archaeologist union. (SNAQ-CSN) On June...
Not long after the war in Ukraine broke out in February, liberal institutions began to ban Russian musicians, writers, and artists as well as other cultural symbols seen as too close to the regime. Within this fractious climate, the role of a dissident writer — part...