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Why the work of the 2025 Labor Organizers of the Year is so critical.

Taking George Orwell's classic text, 1984, as her foundation, poet Rebecca Foust casts a cold eye on the pronatalism of today's religious conservatives.

A powerful speech in the Bundestag made her famous and has inspired young voters to fight back against the far right. We don’t work with or vote with the AfD. It’s rightwing extremist. We’re leftwing. It’s part of our DNA to be anti-fascist

It’s coming, and we know approximately when. The economy contracted by 0.3 percent, and imports have contracted. Tariffs of 145 percent on China are a trade embargo for many sectors. China’s retaliatory measures are an embargo in the other direction.

A federal judge freed Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student leader at Columbia University, who was part of the pro-Palestine protests. “The two weeks of detention so far demonstrate great harm to a person who has been charged with no crime,”

By 1891, May 1st demonstrations for a shorter workday had become an international and regular practice, becoming also a call for universal peace and a celebration of working class power.

The history of anti-colonial organizing shows there is room for joint struggle — but only if the partnership aims to promote true equality and justice.

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A guide to May Day 2025 actions.

Nearly 300 UNRWA workers have been killed in Israeli attacks since October 2023, and dozens of other agency staffers have alleged torture during Israel Defense Forces detention.