The Peace Movement at an Inflection Point
By Roger D. Harris The North American peace movement is contesting ongoing US wars in Ukraine and Palestine and preparations for war with China. Out of the fog of these wars, a clear anti-imperialist focus…
Grocery Workers Challenge Union Bosses
The fight for a rank-and-file union By Hamilton Nolan On February 6, 1919, 25,000 Seattle workers from more than 100 different unions walked out in support of 35,000 striking shipyard workers. It was global news….
Tenants Organize State-Wide
By Greg Childress Two years ago, Crystal Towers residents in Winston-Salem successfully fought to prevent the sale of their public housing building, which is home to more than 200 low-income, elderly tenants. In Raleigh, Grosvenor…
Cities Stripping Concrete for Earth and Plants
By Chris Baraniuk On a hot July day, Katherine Rose picked up a sturdy metal pole and jammed it under the tempting lip of a pre-cut concrete slab. Rose, communications and engagement director at Depave,…
The Next Pandemic
It’s already here for Earth’s wildlife By Diana Bell I am a conservation biologist who studies emerging infectious diseases. When people ask me what I think the next pandemic will be I often say that…
UE Gaza Solidarity
Demand for ceasefire built on decades of membership education and debate By Carl Rosen Unions representing more than half of the U.S. labor movement have now called for a ceasefire in Gaza, as has the…
Our Class Has No Borders
Why the UAW Is Standing Up with Mexican Auto Workers By Brandon Mancilla The United Auto Workers announced February 23 that it will provide material support to Mexican auto workers organizing in the independent union…
NC Truck Workers Reach Deal with Daimler
By Jack Ewing The United Automobile Workers reached an 11th-hour deal on Friday, April 26 with Daimler Truck in North Carolina that gave workers 25 percent raises over the next four years and averted a…
Bus Drivers Strike with Climate Activists
in 57 German Cities By Berit Ehmke and Yanira Wolf Public transit workers across Germany have broken new ground by coordinating our contracts—nearly all of them nationwide have expired over the last four months—and shutting…
These Hands
Solidarity in tapestry for Volkswagen workers Commentary by Tabitha Arnold Last weekend, I brought my new tapestry to the big community rally for Volkswagen workers ahead of their much-anticipated union vote. Just minutes before I…