Corporate mismanagement destroys 30,000 jobs By Ronan FoleyBoston, MA Following years of financial crisis—and despite a $729 million taxpayer bailout from President Trump in 2020—Yellow Trucking has shut down and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The nearly 30,000 employees of Yellow, including 22,000 members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), have all been laidContinue reading “Nationalize Yellow Trucking! “
Author Archives: Independent Socialist Group
ISG In Solidarity with Striking United Auto Workers
On Friday, September 15th, members of the Independent Socialist Group (ISG) joined with United Auto Workers (UAW) and other supporters at a practice picket in Mansfield, MA. Following the expiration of their contracts Thursday night, 13,000 UAW members at assembly plants in Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio who work at the “Big 3” auto companies (GeneralContinue reading “ISG In Solidarity with Striking United Auto Workers”
Capitalist Crisis in Higher Education
by Jacob BilskySpringfield, MA Higher education in the United States is in crisis. Faculty, staff, and graduate students work precarious jobs for low pay as the cost of living rises. Meanwhile, Supreme Court decisions to stop student loan forgiveness and affirmative action, as well as universities raising tuition, make college education increasingly inaccessible to working-classContinue reading “Capitalist Crisis in Higher Education”
Maui and Canada Wildfires Show Capitalism Can’t Fix Climate Crisis
by Sophie SternAtlanta, GA Globally, this summer has been the hottest on record. In the U.S., heat is the number one weather-related cause of death, not storms or hurricanes—but storms are on the rise too as warmer temperatures provide peak conditions for extreme, disastrous weather. It’s becoming obvious to most people that the climate crisisContinue reading “Maui and Canada Wildfires Show Capitalism Can’t Fix Climate Crisis”
Interview: 50 Years Since U.S.-Supported Capitalist Coup Against Socialist Government in Chile
Photo: A crowd of people in Santiago marching to support the 1964 presidential campaign of Salvador Allende By Hugo Rodríguez (Socialismo Revolucionario)Translated by Claire Bayler 50 years ago, on September 11th, 1973, the democratically-elected Popular Unity government in Chile was overthrown by General Pinochet, acting for the capitalist class of Chile and backed by theContinue reading “Interview: 50 Years Since U.S.-Supported Capitalist Coup Against Socialist Government in Chile “
ISG stands with WGA and SAG-AFTRA!
Photo: ISG with Movement of Rank & File Educators (MORE) contingent at picket. MORE is an activist group within the United Federation of Teachers (NYC) ISG stands with the 11,500 workers in Writers Guild of America (WGA) and 160,000 workers in the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Arts (SAG-AFTRA) who have beenContinue reading “ISG stands with WGA and SAG-AFTRA!”
Autoworkers Prepare to Battle Car Companies for Good Contracts and Green Union Jobs
Photo: Kansas City UAW members on strike at GM in 2019 by Nicholas WurstSMART-TD Local 1473 and Railroad Workers United (both personal capacity)Worcester, MA The United Auto Workers (UAW) have entered into negotiations with the “Big 3” car manufacturers: Ford, General Motors (Buick, Cadillac, Chevy, and GMC), and Stellantis (Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, and Ram). 150,000Continue reading “Autoworkers Prepare to Battle Car Companies for Good Contracts and Green Union Jobs”
ISG In Action: Pride 2023
by Olivia McLaughlinNorthbridge, MA Pride 2023 saw anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment become more extreme and increased threats of violence. On the last day of June, the Supreme Court released a decision allowing businesses to discriminate against LGBTQ+ customers. This decision rolls back hard-won protections and opens the door for re-legalizing discrimination based on race, gender, and otherContinue reading “ISG In Action: Pride 2023”
Meet A Socialist – July/August 2023
by Cayla DoddWorcester, MATeamster Local 170 (personal capacity) I was just a kid when I experienced the 2008 financial crisis as I was leaving high school. My life was shaped firsthand by these catastrophes. The financial stress of the collapse led to my parents’ divorce in 2009 and then the loss of my childhood homeContinue reading “Meet A Socialist – July/August 2023”
“ISG in Action” in Educator Unions
by ISG members in the Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) MTA educators, members of the largest union in New England representing 115,000 members in 400 locals, are fighting back through a wave of contract battles and illegal strikes against underfunding, inadequate staffing levels, and wages that trail behind record-high levels of inflation and student debt. ISGContinue reading ““ISG in Action” in Educator Unions”
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