Portside

Strikes, once common, are rare today. We asked readers to share their strike stories.

Labor must clearly tap into this well of anger and outrage over a decision that dates back to the 17th century. Labor needs to defend the rights of women.

Workers who bore the brunt of the Covid pandemic at billion-dollar companies such as Dollar General, McDonald’s and Wendy’s are leading a surge in action.

From student debt strikes to withholding rent, working people have a number of ways to fight the oligarchy.

The American labor market is characterized by high levels of employer power.

Farming is a stressful occupation. Black farmers face the additional burdens of racism, debt and fear of displacement.

The main thing that I would say to comrades is: don't just do the propaganda. Don't just be in the campus group. Go and meet workers in your local high street and unionize them. That is the best thing a socialist could do: help to organize the working class where we find them today and fight the issues that they're facing today.

Despite majority support for abortion rights, we failed to build a majority coalition to defend reproductive freedom. We should honestly assess our failures — and then build a movement that ties together labor, feminists, and health care organizing.

The nontenure-track faculty, like other staff members at the school and the museum, are organizing with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.

Tim Schermerhorn, a Black socialist and retired New York City transit worker. In these excerpts from a forthcoming memoir, he describes what shaped his activism & lessons for a new generation.