A revolutionary socialist organizing project
U.K. higher ed strikes and union strategy
by Dan DavisonDan Davison makes the argument for a rank-and-file strategy given the state of the higher education strikes in the United Kingdom and the debates within the University and College Union.
Reports from the front
by Thomas HummelThomas Hummel interviews UPS Teamster and socialist Ben Douglass about their firing and the campaign for reinstatement.
Reports from the front
by Janette CorceliusJanette Corcelius argues in support of a collective bargaining resolution to be passed for Fairfax County Public Schools.
Rocco Calo, Sikorsky, and Teamster strategies for the upcoming fights
by Jay PoppaJay Poppa reviews the history of Rocco Calo—a newly promoted member of the Sean O’Brien leadership team—while running Teamster Local 1150, and looks for lessons for the future.
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.
Kim Moody, a veteran of the International Socialists, explains the roots of the rank and file strategy in the Marxist tradition and how the International Socialists (U.S.) tried to put it into practice by diving into the rank and file rebellions of the 1970s.
Willem Morris assesses the importance of the Democracy In Action slate in the UAW Local 2110 elections and its endorsement by the national reform group Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD).
A Tempest Panel
by TempestWith the large turnout and organizing energy at the Labor Notes conference last weekend, the Tempest Collective hosts a public discussion to assess the conference and talk about the challenges and opportunities facing the labor movement.
On the job vs. official unions
by Stan WeirIn the mid-1960s, in the midst of Black urban revolt and radicalization on campuses, the U.S. working class was supposedly bought off and inactive. Worker-revolutionary Stan Weirdisagreed. In this 1966 speech, he detailed the broad stirrings of a rank and file rebellion—a revolt with roots in unbearable workplace conditions and a deep feeling that “something’s basically wrong with American life.”
Joe Allen looks at the recent attacks on the Chicago Teachers Union, and its democratically elected leadership, by the mainstream press, big business, and elements of the Democratic Party.