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A Setback for Auto Workers’ Solidarity

Dianne Feeley

Posted April 10, 2025

THE UAW STATEMENT “In a Victory for Autoworkers, Auto Tariffs Mark the Beginning of the End of NAFTA and the ‘Free Trade’ Disaster” posted on the UAW website, presents a faulty understanding of the impact NAFTA had on the restructuring of the auto industry. It then outlines a disastrous strategy for auto workers, similar to a previous UAW administration’s call on members to save their jobs by voting for two-tier contracts.

In the 1990s corporate restructuring meant automation,…

Lessons of Abductions and Terror

The Editors

Posted April 9, 2025

THE ABDUCTION OF Mahmoud Khalil — the Palestinian graduate student and green card holder seized March 8 at his Columbia University residence — is now multiplied by other high-profile detentions and deportation threats, and dozens or even hundreds of unpublicized cases. Secretary of State Marco Rubio openly boasts as much.

These arrests and disappearances highlight a reign of terror confronting student visa and even green card holders. They pull together multiple interwoven aspects of the…

No Hope for Transitional Justice If Sectarianism Is the Doctrine of the New Syrian State

Joseph Daher

Posted April 9, 2025

A month after sectarian violence erupted on Syria’s coast, the Syrian state has yet to recognise the importance of transitional justice, says Joseph Daher.

The euphoria that followed the fall of Assad’s regime in December 2024 has largely dissipated after the large-scale massacres of Alawite civilians in coastal areas, carried out in early March 2025 by armed forces within the newly formed Syrian army….

Plague-Pusher Politics

Sam Friedman

Posted March 30, 2025

AS SHOULD BE evident by now, the Trump administration has begun a full-scale attack on much of public health in the United States and globally.

Some of this is ideological — for example, when Kennedy, the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, attacks vaccines….

UAW Leadership Should Reverse Its Pro-Trump Statement

Ron Lare & Judy Wraight

Posted March 21, 2025

WE ARE SPEAKING only for ourselves in this article.

The UAW leadership should reverse its declaration of support for Trump on tariffs and protectionism, and should stand on international labor solidarity in organizing for a labor party and a general strike.

The UAW’s statement on March 4, 2025 on relations with Trump and tariffs should be read in full. It is copied at the end of this article.

The UAW’s statement is right to reject “free trade.” “Free trade” is the…

For Ukraine without Oligarchs and Occupiers!

Sotsialnyi Rukh

Posted March 17, 2025

The predatory policies of the newly elected U.S. president make it impossible to establish a lasting peace for Ukrainians. Ukraine’s refusal to sign the mineral extraction agreement, designed to serve the interests of American capital, demonstrates the country’s determination to avoid colonial dependence. This opens the door to exploring a more equitable model of relations between Ukraine and the states of Europe, Asia, and the rest of the world under the banner of resistance to imperialist…

Trump Forces DC to Destroy BLM Plaza

Malik Miah

Posted March 14, 2025

CONSTRUCTION CREWS SWOOPED in and began destroying Black Lives Matter Plaza Street mural in Washington, D.C. on March 10. The target, near the White House, was more than a powerful symbol and its wide support by the African American community….

“We’ve Been Betrayed!:” Who’s Fighting Back (and not) Against Trump’s Cuts in VA Jobs and Services

Steve Early and Suzanne Gordon

Posted March 13, 2025

AMONG THE REPUBLICIAN voters experiencing buyer’s remorse are more than a few military veterans who chose Trump over Harris by a margin of 65 to 34%, according to some exit polls.

Their shock and dismay surfaced in DC this month during the legislative conference of the reliably conservative and hawkish Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), which has 1.4 million members….

The Myth of the Left-wing Professors

Harvey J. Graff

Posted February 27, 2025

The multi-front war on university students, faculty and academic programs is spearheaded by the notorious attack on pro-Palestinian activism, in the guise of “combating campus antisemitism.” But this is just an opening wedge: everything from liberal arts and academic freedom to, of course, the horrors of “diversity” programs are in the crosshairs of the right wing.

The following article by Ohio State University professor emeritus Harvey J. Graff puts the current crisis into some historical…

Dignity and Defiance: Leonard Peltier, Walks Out of Prison

Malik Miah

Posted February 25, 2025

AS FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT Joe Biden left office on January 20, he commuted Leonard Peltier’s life sentence in prison to home incarceration. Peltier is a long-time leader of the American Indian Movement.

On February 18 Peltier walked out, standing strong at 80 years from a Florida prison. He served most of his time in maximum security.”’