The potential power of working-class women in the US is huge. In the last 10 years we have seen mass demonstrations against Donald Trump, in defense of women’s and abortion rights, and opposing violence against women. Working-class women are playing major roles in recent strikes and unionization battles in the education, healthcare, service, entertainment, andContinue reading “INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2024: Solidarity with Gaza and all victims of war! “
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2024 Elections: Any Way Out of Two Evils?
by Peggy WangMassachusetts Teachers Association (personal capacity)Boston, MA American workers face a rotten “choice” this November in the presidential elections. The majority of voters don’t want either a Trump or Biden presidency. Biden, Trump, and their corporate parties don’t represent a real choice for working-class people. Biden faithfully supports imperialist policies like sending billions ofContinue reading ” 2024 Elections: Any Way Out of Two Evils?”
Nebraskan Independent’s Senate Race Shows Working Class Politics Can Win
by Allison ABoston MA Independent challenger Dan Osborn leads by 2 points in the 2024 US Senate election in Nebraska against two-term Republican incumbent Deb Fischer. Osborn has been working in a Kellogg’s factory in Omaha for 20 years. He is currently the president of Local 50G of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, and GrainContinue reading “Nebraskan Independent’s Senate Race Shows Working Class Politics Can Win”
Capitalist Powers Won’t End Genocide in Gaza: Build a new mass anti-war movement!
by Ashley Rogers & Cat WhitePhiladelphia, PA / Boston, MA The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) escalated their genocidal invasion in February by bombing the city of Rafah in Southern Gaza, the last official “safe zone” for Palestinian civilians. The IDF has demanded since the start of their offensive that Gazans move south to avoid theContinue reading “Capitalist Powers Won’t End Genocide in Gaza: Build a new mass anti-war movement!”
Meet A Socialist — Dec 2023/Jan 2024
by Elizabeth CurranRhode Island I’m a high school senior from the rural suburbs of western RI. I’ve called myself a socialist for about three and a half years, but I think I truly became one two years ago. For a lot of people, especially my age, the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 had aContinue reading “Meet A Socialist — Dec 2023/Jan 2024”
Unionizing Portland, Maine’s Coffee By Design
An interview with Lauren G., a barista at Coffee by Design.by ISG Maine Branch What sparked interest in unionizing? We were facing a huge amount of turnover and understaffing. Some resulted from poor planning because a good chunk of employees were leaving to go to college, and, at the same time, long-time workers decided theyContinue reading “Unionizing Portland, Maine’s Coffee By Design”
A BREAKTHROUGH FOR THE LABOR MOVEMENT?
by Jeff BoothBoston, MAAFSCME Local 3650 (personal capacity) Four high-profile, important union struggles ended recently. Wages, benefits, and working conditions were improved for hundreds of thousands of workers from the contract campaign at UPS, the UAW strike against all the “Big 3” auto companies, the largest healthcare workers strike in US history led by SEIU-UHWContinue reading “A BREAKTHROUGH FOR THE LABOR MOVEMENT?”
Donate To Support The Independent Socialist Group (ISG)
Support socialist organizing in 2024. Help fund the political independence of the working class and revolutionary socialism. Dear Friends, Comrades, and Supporters, The horrors of the siege on Gaza continue with over 21,000 Palestinians dead. Biden and both corporate political parties approve hundreds of billions of dollars on military spending for capitalist wars, including theContinue reading “Donate To Support The Independent Socialist Group (ISG)”
2023: 100 Years of Socialist Opposition to Stalinism
by Nicholas WurstWorcester, MASMART-TD Local 1473 (personal capacity) In 1917, the working class of the Russian Empire rose up and seized power, toppling the Tsarist regime and establishing the first workers’ state. The revolution was carried out by mass democratic organizations called soviets. How did the Soviet Union end up in the grips of repressiveContinue reading “2023: 100 Years of Socialist Opposition to Stalinism”
UAW Workers’ Strike Wins a Stronger Deal—Missed Opportunity for More
“Though the final contracts are significant improvements compared to past concessionary contracts, there are still important unresolved demands and issues. Wage increases aren’t enough to make up for pay losses due to inflation and give-backs during the Great Recession. Pensions, retiree healthcare, and other benefits and protections are not restored for all workers. All EV production jobs still don’t automatically fall under the national agreements. And the contracts accept the closure of many facilities and subsequent job losses. The UAW could have fought for more, especially considering only a third of their Big 3 members were called out on strike. General support for unions is the strongest it’s been in 60 years, and there was overwhelming public support (by a 4-1 margin) for the strike.”
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