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A district court judge ruled state agencies were violating plaintiffs’ constitutionally guaranteed right to a clean healthy environment. It is the first of its kind to successfully use a state constitution to ensure intergenerational climate justice

Before October 7 Gaza received some 500 trucks of food and other supplies every day, including 45 trucks of fuel to power the strip’s cars, water desalination plants and bakeries. Women, children and elderly people are being killed – no one is spared

The auto industry negotiations UAW and Unifor are engaged in are distinct and complex. Ultimately, autoworkers in Canada and the US are fighting for the same things: fairness, job security, and respect after the sacrifices of the last brutal years.

I just don’t think it will bring us any closer to a better position, Yonatan Zeigen, whose mother, Vivian Silver, is a hostage, said. Vengeance is not something to build foundations on. It is not a strategy. How many dead Palestinians will be enough?

The left and labor haven’t always seen eye to eye—but they may be on the verge of a fruitful reunion. Could a new labor movement—one not built or seen as the exclusive province of working-class white men—reclaim power for workers across the board?

Left responses to the Gaza siege, and news and analysis from all over

Increased labor militancy after pandemic sacrifices and a tighter labor market contributed to impressive contract deals in the last year

Top UAW officials told local union leaders Wednesday evening by phone that the union has a potential deal with Ford Motor Co. to end the strike.

Students are walking out today to protest for university divestment from arms manufacturers over Israel's warfare on Gaza.

In the past year, we’ve seen large, militant strikes by autoworkers, Hollywood writers, and others. It’s a promising sign that, after decades of weakness, the US labor movement is ready to take the fight to the boss.