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During World War I, Eugene V. Debs saw socialism as the “star of hope” that might redeem a world wracked by violence. Read his message of renewal as we leave a war-torn year behind and head into a new one.

Sen. Peter Welch said U.S. weapons have "grave implications" for "the millions of civilians trapped in Gaza who had no part in the horrific slaughter of innocent Israelis on October 7th."

But first it's necessary to get around Russia's veto in the UN Security Council.

For labor unions across the Nordics — a region encompassing Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland — the tussle with Tesla and Elon Musk, a vocal critic of unions, is existential.

By having contracts with all the Big Three automakers expire on May Day, 2028, the UAW president also issued a challenge to the labor movement. Will his union be ready to meet it?

The work of the new year must be to keep the orange fascist out of the White House. But there must a concomitant effort to inform, organize and persuade political leaders and the masses to address the national and planetary crisis.

In the popular imagination, vegan school lunch may seem like the exclusive provenance of big cities like New York, but the tide appears to have shifted significantly in much of the country.

The harsh reality is that the only way to get past this crisis for our democracy is to go through it. Our institutions were built to survive this, but only if we use them. Abdication, capitulation, surrender? That’s how we guarantee democracy loses.

Human resources associations & union busting law firms keep close track of changes to labor & employment law. While mostly anti-union, these organizations are good sources of information like this list of laws going into effect in 2024.

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