Tag: Unions
Municipal Worker Strikes in Istanbul
As a strike wave builds in Istanbul, we get a taste of what organized labor will look like in a post-AKP Turkey.
The Rank and File Strategy and the New Socialist Movement
Kim Moody responds to Kate Doyle Griffiths critical essay on the rank and file strategy, criticizing electoralist appropriations along the way.
Building Union and Community Power During COVID-19
Rhiannon Maton interviews Jennifer Johnson, asking how the Chicago Teachers Union led the fight to put the health and safety of the entire community first against the backdrop of COVID-19.
The Rank and File Strategy on New Terrain
Danyal Kade Doyle Griffiths rethinks the rank-and-file strategy in light of recent developments, arguing for the incorporation of social reproduction analyses in our strategic reflections.
Cops Off Campus and Out of Our Unions!
A member of an emergent radical caucus in CUNY’s PSC advocates expelling cop unions from all labor federations.
On Class Suicide
A younger comrade interviews Paul McLennan on the continuing relevance of his experience industrializing in the 1970s
From “Class Suicide” to Working-Class Rebirth
Paul McLennan, a former STO member, describes his experience committing class suicide and industrializing in the American South in the 1970s
Class, Race, and Radicalism in the Twentieth Century US South
Charles Post interviews Michael Goldfield about his new book The Southern Key.
NYC DOE: The Death of Educators
John Wilson, a NYC high school teacher, reports on the Department of Education’s deadly response to COVID-19, and the extreme attack on public education amidst the pandemic.
The COVID-19 Crisis and the End of the “Low-skilled” Worker
Mark Bergfeld and Sara Farris on the COVID-19 crisis and its dismantling of hierarchies of skill as an opening for class struggle.