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An epochal general strike of workers in Seattle a century ago was not just an event in labor history but a testament to what workers can achieve when they organize. The book under review charts sharp lessons for today.

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Union membership in the UK hit a historic low (23%) a few years ago. The pandemic has reminded many workers that the unions are their protective shield in a situation where employers were ordering them back to work in unsafe circumstances.

New research finds that strong unions are pretty effective at making politicians pay attention to the interests of ordinary people. In order to pursue a real pro-worker agenda in government, we need an emboldened labor movement.

Mere reform won’t fix policing.

But he sees already existing socialism for the rich as the problem.

Biden believes the future of auto workers can be as great as it was in the 1940s and 1950s, an era of growth for the auto manufacturers.

This book uses the history of photography and the history of imperialism to shed light on both the work of images and on the work of colonial and imperial domination.

Argentinians across political lines issue anti-IMF manifesto, and reports from Canada, Germany, Greece, India, Philippines, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, and Zambia

Changes to the guild’s cash-strapped health plan could force thousands of seniors off their coverage in the middle of a pandemic.