In 1986, black workers in apartheid South Africa walked off the job in support of unionists in New Jersey. Their strike marked a rare moment of international labor solidarity at the height of deindustrialization and apartheid. Amon Msane speaks at a press conference...
For Karl Marx, writing his Instructions for the Delegates of the Provisional General Council during the era of the First International, it was important to “acknowledge the co-operative movement as one of the transforming forces of the present society based upon class...
If a designated enemy country attacked shipping just outside the coastal waters of a European Union member state, Western leaders would be outraged. When Israel did it off Malta this month, they said nothing. The aftermath of the damaged civilian ship Conscience,...
The socialist tradition was long associated with materialism, the view that human agents tend to act on their objective interests — a view that has come under fire in recent decades. But materialism is the indispensable foundation for left-wing politics. Cranes lift...
NYU’s decision to withhold Logan Rozos’s degree for denouncing genocide in Gaza in his graduation speech is the latest example of right-wing cancel culture. After criticizing it on the Left, conservatives have learned to rally “woke” mobs of their own. Police arrest a...
In the decades after Portugal’s Carnation Revolution, many considered the country immunized from the far right. This has been challenged by the rise of Chega, the anti-immigrant party that won almost a quarter of the vote in Sunday’s election. Leader of far-right...
California boasts some of the most expensive cities in the country. Union organizing can help workers afford to live in those cities. At Monterey Bay Aquarium in California, 371 workers voted to form Monterey Bay Aquarium Workers United with AFSCME Council 57. (MBAWU)...
As Elon Musk and DOGE take a sledgehammer to federal agencies, corporate interests are mounting a coordinated effort to dismantle state-level rules and regulations, from environmental and consumer protections to worker safeguards. Elon Musk attends a cabinet meeting...
As Donald Trump works to undermine the Social Security Administration, his ultrarich Social Security commissioner, Frank Bisignano, was just approved for a giant tax break on a $484 million capital gains sale. Frank Bisignano, commissioner of the Social Security...
The Trump coalition unites anti-corporate populists and libertarian futurists — two factions with irreconcilable views. The struggle over AI copyright underscores just how unstable that alliance has become. Elon Musk speaking with Donald Trump on November 19, 2024, in...
While the South Korean media has been focused on a snap presidential election, an important scandal has emerged involving the union that represents Samsung workers. It’s a cautionary tale about the difficulties facing organized labor in South Korea. Members of the...
The Inflation Reduction Act has helped create good union jobs in the clean energy sector. Republicans want to derail this progress to pay for tax cuts for the rich. The building trades are starting to fight back, and environmentalists should join them. Construction...