Building trades unions in Rhode Island and Massachusetts are successfully fighting for offshore wind projects that create good union jobs and revitalize the economy. In the process, they’re showing how to defend clean energy from Donald Trump.
Workers must organize for power, while capitalists wield it individually through property rights. This fundamental asymmetry, creates a chain of obstacles that make working-class collective action uniquely difficult.
“Congress continues to expand military spending while denying investments in the programs that will truly build a safer, healthier future for working- and middle-class families,” said Sen. Ed Markey, who voted no.
UAW president Shawn Fain, speaking at a Center for Working-Class Politics and Jacobin event, emphasized the need for a political program that addresses workers’ most basic issues — and how a broad strike in 2028 could put them front and center.
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