Category: Newsletter
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The War is a Confrontation between Independent Post-Colonial Ukraine and Russian Imperialism
This article is an interview with Clara Sedova, a militant of the Russian Socialist Movement (RSM), by Kay Mann of Solidarity. The interview is from October 2023. We publish it on the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. KM: Can you explain the position of the RSM on the Russian invasion of Ukraine?…
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Stand Against Genocide and Imperialism, from Palestine to Ukraine
Statement on the Second Anniversary of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Two wars dominate world politics today–and the U.S. is involved in both, although in very different ways. Washington enables Israel’s genocidal onslaught on Gaza with weapons, funds and political support while providing direct military backing through airstrikes in Yemen, Syria and Iraq. In Ukraine, however,…
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The AFL-CIO Can Be Reformed, Locally and From the Bottom-Up!
AFL-CIO seal — Fair Use Changing the leadership, structure, or functioning of any U.S. labor organization is no easy task. Activists and experts have long argued about whether dysfunctional unions are best reformed from the top-down, bottom up, or some mix of the two approaches. For the past 65 years, the main locus of union democracy…
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At 30, the Zapatistas’ Future is in Question
Territory fully or partially controlled by the Zapatistas in Chiapas (Map: Hxltdq, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons) Last month the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, leaders of an armed rebellion in Chiapas on January 1, 1994, celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of the uprising (40 years since the Zapatista’s founding in 1983). Those of us…
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UNRWA Funding Cut: Imperial Sadism at Work
Gaza children with UNRWA banner. The funding cutoff threatens the existence of the most vital aid pipeline for refugees’ survival. (Photo: PALESTINE CHRONICLE) WITH FAMINE LOOMING on top of massacre and destruction in Gaza, the cutoff of U.S. funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)…
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The New U.S. Labor Movement
President Joe Biden walks along the UAW picket line and engages with union members at the GM Willow Run Distribution Center, Tuesday, September 26, 2023, in Belleville, Michigan. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz) The article below is based on notes I prepared for my part in the Marxism List Forum held on February…
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Never again is right now!
Germany is currently witnessing a massive wave of demonstrations against the far-right party AfD in cities large and small all over the republic. The mass protests have been going on for a little over a week, with aggregate numbers most likely being north of 1.5 million participants. At least two demonstrations, in Hamburg and Munich…
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Oakland labor rallies for Palestine
On December 16, 2023, nearly 2,000 people, mainly labor activists and their families, gathered in front of Oakland City Hall to demand a cease-fire in Gaza. Demands such as “Ending US military aid to Israel” and “End the Occupation” were also central to the message of the day. After an hour-long rally, most of the…
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Palestine: Our best hope now…
Gilbert Achcar’s post “Al-Aqsa Flood and Miscalculation” ends with the following sentence: “The sad truth is that we have reached a situation in which our best hope now is for armed resistance and international pressure to succeed in stopping the aggression and genocide, and in preventing the Zionist state from seizing all of the Gaza…
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Against Formulas in Organizing: Why Workers and Their Conditions Should Dictate Campaign Plans
University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) strike, spring 2019 The Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC)—which pairs volunteer organizers with workers looking for organizing support—plays a unique role in the labor movement. EWOC was founded by United Electrical Workers and DSA in response to workers needing emergency organizing support during the pandemic. It…