In February 1919, a general strike paralyzed Seattle for six days. The tumultuous epoch that we are now entering in the US demands that we study our class’s revolutionary traditions and draw the necessary lessons.
In the aftermath of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, a number of NBA teams staged a wildcat political strike in protest of the racist police terror that has convulsed the country in […]
Tune in on Saturday, August 29 at 7 PM ET for a livestream on the Minneapolis Teamsters’ Strike of 1934 and the lessons for today’s labor movement.
There is immense untapped potential for the Black Lives Matter movement to connect with the broader labor movement, which would take the struggle to the next level.
The 1969 nurses’ aides strike is an inspiring labor struggle in the American South—a part of the country that is mostly just known for its history of racism, conservatism, and backwardness.
Continued operations under COVID-19 have a very real cost. Within weeks the number of cases for the USPS has risen 25 time and managment’s response as been disastrous at best.
From the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the capitalists’ main concern was to continue production to keep the stream of profits flowing. In response, workers have launched wildcat strikes in the US and around the […]
The Minneapolis Strike demonstrated the role played by the young forces of American Trotskyism in obtaining gains for workers.
The inspiring victory in West Virginia shows that strikes can be won, but the struggle continues. Help us bring Marxist ideas to the movement!
Successful strikes require preparation and leadership with a clear, class-independent vision. Our aim is not to let off steam but to challenge the bosses’ right to rule.
The prison-industrial complex is big business: the US now incarcerates more than 2.2 million people—the largest prison population in the world.
On November 2, Oakland saw one of the biggest demonstrations in years with different sectors of the working class coming together to make ç their voices heard and successfully shutting down one of the biggest […]
