How do we build unity on the left?
We build unity through struggle, not from statements or abstract declarations of unity, but by collectively working on shared projects that advance the working class.
We build unity through struggle, not from statements or abstract declarations of unity, but by collectively working on shared projects that advance the working class.
There is a long tradition of socialists hosting reading groups. There is almost just as old a joke about socialists thinking they can change the…
Stolen is a valuable contribution for those thinking about how to move beyond capitalism and what an alternative economics could look like.
Radical Unionism: The Rise and Fall of Revolutionary Syndicalism by Ralph Darlington (Haymarket, 2013) Ralph Darlington’s Radical Unionism: The Rise and Fall of Revolutionary Syndicalism…
The goal of gig economy companies is to roll back workers rights. Fighting misclassification, fighting for gig workers’ rights means empowering the entire working class.
Revolutionary Teamsters: The Minneapolis Truckers’ Strikes of 1934 by Bryan D. Palmer (Haymarket, 2016) The spectre of socialism is haunting the ruling class. Increasingly used to…
Many think of the 1960s civil rights movement as one of principled nonviolent resistance to segregation and racism. However, guns and the use of them for self-defense, were an accepted practice in the fight for civil rights.
A strike, an occupation or even a political campaign is only as strong as the rank and file make it.
Knocking on Labor’s Door: Union Organizing in the 1970s and the Roots of a New Economic Divide by Lane Windham (The University of North Carolina…
China on Strike: Narratives of Workers’ Resistance edited by Eli Friedman, Zhongjin Li, and Hao Ren (Haymarket, 2016) Published in 2016, China on Strike is a collection of…
Spring Magazine interviewed Baba Aye about #EndSARS, the movement against police brutality in Nigeria. He is a trade unionist and co-convener of the Coalition for…
Revolution in the Air by Max Elbaum (Verso, 2018) Max Elbaum’s Revolution in the Air looks at the late 1960s and early 1970s, the wave…

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