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The Real Issue in the UAW Strike

Ronald Brownstein The Atlantic
Unions fear that the auto industry is using the transition toward EVs to advance a second shift away from well-paying jobs.

Bernie Sanders to UAW Rally: “We Refuse To Live in an Oligarchy”

Bernie Sanders Jacobin
Bernie Sanders headlined a United Auto Workers rally in Detroit on the first day of the strike, declaring that “every worker, white collar, blue collar, in between, has got to stand with the UAW in your struggle for justice.” We reprint his remarks

Here’s What Striking Autoworkers Are Fighting For

Jeff Schuhrke In These Times
The Big 3 automakers have made record profits in recent years. Now, union workers are calling for big raises, an end to tiers, a shorter work week and a just transition.

Othello and the War

Victor Grossman MR Online
The world needs to end this confrontation in Ukraine, increasingly dangerous in East Asia. Regardless of differences it must be halted. Not bloodily as in Shakespeare’s tragedy, but with some form of détente,, however reluctant either side may be.