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The UAW Volkswagen Contract Is a Win for Unions in the South

Chris Brooks Convergence
After over 500 days of bargaining, the UAW have reached a first contract with Volkswagen in Chattanooga, Tennessee — a major breakthrough for unions in the South that lays the ground for further inroads at other employers across the regionl

DSA’s “Rank-and-File Strategy” Has 60s Roots at UC Berkeley

Steve Early California Red
This readable volume has much solid advice for socialists trying to revitalize existing unions or create alternatives to them today.  One key lesson is that building a big labor or political tent is better, for the left, than becoming a small one.

What We Can Learn From Picasso’s Guernica

Hannah Gemeny MutualArt
Picasso’s monumental anti-war mural uses cubism and historical tragedy to empower the public against totalitarianism and creative oppression

Why James Forman Still Matters

Eric Morrison-Smith The Progressive
This Black History Month, let’s reflect on the work of this revolutionary civil rights leader.

The View From Poland

E. Ethelbert Miller
Poet and activist E. Ethelbert Miller considers what it's like to be caught in the crosshairs of two superpowers.