Pride was originally rooted in protest against police brutality and nationwide discrimination against the LGBTQ community. This year’s Pride month and celebrations around the country will include urgent protests against Trump and the right. The Trump administration is trying a divide and conquer strategy against working people by its vicious attacks on trans people, federalContinue reading “2025 Pride and “No Kings”: Mass Protests and Strikes to Stop Trump and the Right”
Category Archives: Issues & Struggles
Full union rights for the Holyoke Teachers Association: End “exit assurances” to support students and educators!
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has announced the end of receivership–state control–of Holyoke Public Schools (HPS) in July. The attacks on unions, pay, and working conditions that came with receivership are driving educators out of the district. Unfortunately, DESE decided to maintain many anti-worker measures from receivership as “Exit Assurances.” ExitContinue reading “Full union rights for the Holyoke Teachers Association: End “exit assurances” to support students and educators!”
Fight Back Against Trump’s Attacks on Workers!
Nearly five months have passed since the second inauguration of Donald Trump. In that time we have seen his administration work hard to confirm its status as the racist, reckless, vicious, corrupt, and anti-worker operation that his first day, and his first term, promised it would be. The various threads of assault on democratic rights,Continue reading “Fight Back Against Trump’s Attacks on Workers!”
Make Pride a month of protest and resistance!
By Ashley RogersPhiladelphia, PA Trump and the right are on the offensive against LGBTQ+ rights. This Pride month we need to make Pride a protest and expand the fight against the Trump regime. The first four months of Trump’s second term as president saw a barrage of attacks against LGBTQ+ people, and transgender people inContinue reading “Make Pride a month of protest and resistance!”
Freedom’s Unfinished Work: Celebration and Protest on Juneteenth
by Brother FrancisPortland, Maine In 2020, Juneteenth erupted into rallies and protests across the US, led by the Black Lives Matter movement in outrage against the murder of George Floyd and chronic, systemic police brutality and racism. Protesters in the South tore down Confederate Civil War statues. On the West Coast, the International Longshore andContinue reading “Freedom’s Unfinished Work: Celebration and Protest on Juneteenth”
Meet the New Imperialist, Same as the Old Imperialist
by Jacob BielskiMassachusetts Teachers Association (Personal Capacity)Springfield, MA During the 2024 elections, Donald Trump cast himself as an anti-war candidate, harshly criticizing Biden over the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. Trump’s slogan, “Prevent World War III and Restore Peace in Europe and the Middle East,” mentioned in his Agenda 47 presidential platform, appealed to working-classContinue reading “Meet the New Imperialist, Same as the Old Imperialist”
Interview With ISG Member & Federal Trades Worker in the Department of the Navy
Trump is attacking the union rights and jobs of federal workers. ISG sat down with one of them to get their thoughts. Q: Have you and your coworkers been impacted by the federal layoffs from the last few months? A: All the things that have been going on, we really haven’t seen it. We’ve hadContinue reading “Interview With ISG Member & Federal Trades Worker in the Department of the Navy”
ISG in Action
originally published in the May edition of Socialism Today On Strike at Clark University(Worcester, MA // March 13 – March 23) Members of ISG in the Clark University Undergraduate Workers Union joined with coworkers on strike, seeking union recognition with the Teamsters from the Clark administration. The 680 undergrad student workers on campus want betterContinue reading “ISG in Action”
Build the Movement Against Trump: Stop the attacks on Women, LGBTQ, Protestors, and Immigrants!
by S.J. DickieBoston, MA Four months into the second Donald Trump presidency, larger protests against Trump’s attacks on immigrants, women, and the LGBTQ+ community are developing. Trump’s rapid-fire executive actions are meant to intimidate and spread fear. People across the US are angry, exhausted, overwhelmed, and struggling to keep up with the news cycle. Still,Continue reading “Build the Movement Against Trump: Stop the attacks on Women, LGBTQ, Protestors, and Immigrants!”
Solidarity with MassArt Workers and Students: Protesting is Not a Crime!
Defend free speech and the right to protest! Support activists targeted for protesting the genocide in Palestine! On Monday May 5th, Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) in Boston placed two workers on indefinite administrative leave, and restricted students and threatened them with suspensions, for attending a student-organized demonstration two weeks prior that demandedContinue reading “Solidarity with MassArt Workers and Students: Protesting is Not a Crime!”
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