The results are in. In 1999, the Construction Labor Review wrote “Unionized employment will keep climbing during the next decade but will be just barely equal to the rate of growth in […]
Unions: The results are in
Debating the liberals
I had an online debate with a liberal union “reformer” about supporting Bernie Sanders. Here’s how it went: He started off by attacking me for my revolutionary politics. (Since most workers aren’t […]
Behind the Scenes at Oakland City Council
The Oakland City Council meeting of Tuesday, June 2, considered a controversial measure to give a large tract of valuable land right next to Lake Merritt to a real estate speculator to […]
Prison Revolt: Letter from Tecumseh Prison
Greetings my friends. My name is Chadrick Fitzgerald, IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) membership number X385061. As I write these words, I am sitting in a cell on the SMU gallery […]
Spain, Greece and the Race to the Bottom
An article in today’s (6/3/2015) Wall St. Journal perfectly describes what all the pressure on Greece’s Syriza-run government to further cut living standards is really all about. It focuses on what’s happening […]
Islamic State: The Rise of a Fascist Movement
Beheadings, mass slaughter, terrorist bombings — all of this is accompanying the advance of the Islamic State with its recent victories in Palmyra, Syria, and Mosul, Iraq. These are having repercussions around […]
Chevron/Texaco cover up
I hope everybody who sees this post watches the video and then shares it. As many people know, Texaco – subsequently bought by Chevron – was sued for its destruction of the […]
“Holding the Mayor Hostage”: 15 Now Tacoma
15 Now Tacoma has proven a central point: That the best way to win reforms is not by allowing the compromisers-to-big-business — that is, the union leadership — to set the agenda […]
Elections and the workers’ movement
In 1831, Nat Turner led a slave revolt that shook up the entire slave owning South. His revolt was just one of many. It was followed 28 years later by John Brown’s […]
Britain after the elections
With a new Conservative (= Republicans in the US) government, there are some changes in the British Labour Party. In some ways the Labour Party is similar to the US Democratic Party, […]