Join Marx21 on Sunday, February 1 at 11am Pacific | 1pm Central | 2pm Eastern to hear an eyewitness account of the anti-ICE uprising in Minneapolis. Local student and organizer Leo C will share what it was like joining the economic shutdown on January 23 and share some of the organizing strategies Minnesotans have used… Continue reading Meeting: Eyewitness to the Mineapolis Uprising
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Huelga general en Minneapolis: La fuerza para parar a Trump
El viernes, 23 de enero fue un día histórico en el estado de Minnesota y en otras partes de Estados Unidos. En Minneapolis, la gente se negó a ir al trabajo, a la escuela o de compras, en una muestra de rabia contra las acciones del “Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas”, es decir,… Continue reading Huelga general en Minneapolis: La fuerza para parar a Trump
Why We Celebrate May Day
For over a century May 1st has been International Workers’ Day – a day of working-class solidarity and a celebration of internationalism. Today, when the fight of organized labor is again combined with the defense of immigrants and other opposition to Trump’s attacks in May Day actions, we look back on that history. May Day… Continue reading Why We Celebrate May Day
Amazon Strikes: A Report from the Picket Line
By Marie Edwards, with input from Eric Fretz in New York. Amazon workers in seven facilities, organized under the Teamsters’ banner, went out on a limited strike Thursday morning December 19, and maintained picket lines till Christmas Eve. The picket line we visited in Queens, NY, on a very cold Saturday morning, was lively and… Continue reading Amazon Strikes: A Report from the Picket Line
Solidarity with the UAW Auto Strike!
This Friday morning, 9/29, as the UAW auto strike entered its third week, union president Shawn Fain announced its expansion would be limited to two new plants: Ford Chicago Assembly (which makes the Ford Taurus and Lincoln MKS) and GM Lansing Delta Township, involving an extra 7,000 workers. A nearby stamping shop in Lansing will… Continue reading Solidarity with the UAW Auto Strike!
Striking teachers show us how to win
EN ES Since February 2018, striking education workers have put class struggle back on the political agenda in the United States. It began in West Virginia when teachers and other public school workers from all 55 counties in the state refused to work, demanding an end to low pay and spiraling healthcare costs. Puncturing decades… Continue reading Striking teachers show us how to win
Profesores en huelga nos muestran cómo ganar
EN ES Desde febrero de 2018, los trabajadores de la educación en huelga han vuelto a poner la lucha de clases en la agenda política de los Estados Unidos. Comenzó en Virginia Occidental cuando los maestros y otros trabajadores de escuelas públicas de los 55 condados del estado se negaron a trabajar, exigiendo el fin… Continue reading Profesores en huelga nos muestran cómo ganar
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