This is a repost of a recent article by Adam Shils for the International Socialism Project, originally posted on August 17, 2022. We post reprints like this to call attention to important ideas that might influence working class and other organizing, whether we agree...
In the summer of 2022, we have seen how extreme heat brought on by climate disruption is jeopardizing the health and safety of workers, and even taking their lives. In late June, a 24-year-old UPS truck driver named Esteban Chavez died in his truck while...
It isn’t only the US that’s seeing the highest inflation rates in decades: across the world workers are facing rising prices without any rise in real wages. In Panama, these impossible increases to the cost of living resulted in an explosion: throughout July, hundreds...
The following short video {5 min} was produced and edited by Paula Pecorella and Meg Herschlein for the website More Perfect Union. In this excellent video railroad workers discuss many of the reasons that could lead to a major railroad strike in the U.S. as soon as...
The Supreme Court is far from the only force that is determined to turn back the clock on human rights in the U.S. In Alabama, a Hyundai subsidiary called SMART, which supplies car parts to nearby Hyundai factories, was recently found to be using child labor. The...