No Room for Fear
Broad antifascist front confronts far-right violence in Croatia By Ana Vračar Tens of thousands of people in four Croatian cities took to the streets on Sunday, November 30, responding to a call from the initiative…
China Cuts a Supply Chain
Antimony and the existential fragility of American military power By Shanaka Anslem Perera I. The confession hidden in plain sight Buried in paragraph 47 of the Defense Logistics Agency’s September 2025 contract announcement was a…
Venezuela Solidarity Protest in Raleigh
Protesters demand safe return of Maduro to Venezuela and no war By Carl Hintz On Saturday January 3rd, protesters assembled in Raleigh, NC at Moore Square in opposition to the illegal and unconstitutional attacks on…
Employers and Unions Shielding
LA Workers from ICE By Jeremy Lindenfeld A lot of undocumented immigrants—and their employers— remember when the siege began. Federal immigration agents equipped with tactical gear and rifles descended on downtown Los Angeles in armored…
Durham’s Only Unionized Starbucks Holds Practice Picket
By Durham Dispatch On Oct. 27, Starbucks workers and union supporters gathered outside the Renaissance Center location for a practice picket. The store is one of three in the Triangle area represented by Starbucks Workers…
How NC Is Rising Up Against Trump’s
Anti-Immigrant Crackdown By Chris Kromm United States Border Patrol gave city leaders in Charlotte, North Carolina, just two days’ notice before unleashing “Operation Charlotte’s Web” on November 15, the latest in a series of immigration…
Duke Grad Student Union’s Historic Win
By Max Tendler After two years of strikes and 32 negotiation sessions with University administration, Duke Graduate Student Union has ratified its first contract—the first agreement for unionized graduate students in the South. DGSU members…
“We didn’t lose, we learned”
Amazon Union Campaign Expands to Durham By Brandon Kingdollar The campaign to unionize Amazon has set its sights on Durham, with Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and Empowerment launching an organizing drive outside the company’s…
Library Admins Using Public Money
to Hire Union Busters By Emily Drabinski On any given day in Howard County, Maryland, teenagers play Dungeons & Dragons, adults practice English conversation skills, and toddlers and their caregivers play together, all in clean…
Where Have All the New Jobs Gone?
Commentary by John Miller The U.S. economy continues to grow, at least for now. But job creation has come to a near halt. That got the attention of Federal Reserve Board chair Jerome Powell. In…