“I have a dream.” The words reverberated through my head. The date was February 1, 2025, and on that day, the union leadership, and Sean Fain, president of the United Auto Workers […]
Union leaders prove medical science wrong
Longshore strike: pressure on Biden and a temporary victory
Oaklandsocialist introduction: The longshore is the only major industry in the United States that is still nearly 100% union. That along with the central role of international trade made the east coast/Gulf […]
The Teamsters’ Sad State of Affairs under Sean Obrien
The Teamsters’ sad state of affairs under Sean O’brien On Sept. 18, the leadership of the Teamsters Union announced that they will not endorse any presidential candidate this year. This is […]
Republican convention: Teamster “reform” leader channels Gregor Strasser and betrays the working class
Gregor Strasser returned to life at the Republican Convention yesterday. He returned in the body of Teamsters president and “reform” union leader Sean O’Brien. Strasser, let us remember, was the German Nazi […]
Review of forum on the “new labor movement”
On Saturday, Feb. 3, the administrators of a Marxist email list called “Marxmail” put on a forum called “the new US labor movement”. Speakers were Bill Fletcher jr., former official of […]
Former AFL-CIO official Bill Fletcher interviewed on Democracy Now
Former AFL-CIO official and now leftist Bill Fletcher was interviewed on Democracy Now recently. Part one of that interview is here. Part two is here. Both include transcripts. It’s hard to know […]
The new antiwar movement: Learning from the mistakes of the past
Biden & Democrats Trump and Republicans Alternative to both & learning from Vietnam War protests Building a working class alternative to both capitalist parties It is not enough for this new movement […]
One helluva week
Last week was one helluva week, a week in which: The federal government came within hours of shutting down entirely, due to the machinations of the QAnon Republicans whose goal, as the […]
Union passes Ukraine support resolution
The California Faculty Association at Sonoma State university has passed this resolution in support of Ukraine’s right to arm and defend itself. The resolution was developed by the Ukraine Socialist Solidarity Campaign. […]
May Day 2023 and beyond: an assessment
Today, on International Workers Day, and in the days that follow, we should assess the state of affairs within our class. We do ourselves and our class no favors by dressing this […]