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Thousands of workers across the country hit the streets this week to declare their opposition to Trump and Musk who, under the guise of “efficiency,” are slashing and burning public services.

The outcome was a setback for workers trying to score a second election success at an Amazon facility. The union vowed to keep trying to organize.

Hope begins when Democratic Party leadership gives way to the Left. Unions can make it happen.

There are many men and women, some known, some lost to history, that saw the intersection of worker’s rights and human rights as essential. These are a few, their stories remain important any time of year, but especially during Black History Month.

Musk’s attacks on federal employees and their unions aren’t just a threat to the specific workers in his current line of fire. They pose an unparalleled danger to every single American.

Organized labor could be Trump’s kryptonite

The super rich are in command, as Donald Trump and Elon Musk run a rampage on the working class. To stop them, the labor movement needs to lead.

Following recent layoffs, an Alamo Drafthouse in Colorado has authorized a strike.

Donald Trump has championed tariffs as a way to revive American manufacturing. But without a real industrial strategy, Catalyst editor Vivek Chibber argues, they’re little more than a handout to capital.

Throughout the entire history of left-wing and working-class organizing in the United States, the participation in and building of institutions of political education has been key.