Biden rides the brakes on labor’s upsurge
by Shamus Cooke
Shamus Cooke analyzes the response of the Biden administration to the recent upsurges in labor organizing and activism and finds reasons for concern.
The Fed’s inflation plan is class war
Labor needs its own politics to fight back
by Shamus CookeBy quickly raising interest rates over the summer, the Federal Reserve Board has pushed the economy toward recession. This is an attack on recent gains by the working class, argues Shamus Cooke, and workers need independent politics to fight back.
The rise of Ilhan Omar
Lessons from a self-portrait
by Shamus CookeShamus Cooke assesses the record of Representative Ilhan Omar and what her autobiography reveals about her political trajectory.