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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.

"Now that Johnson is speaker, he will do what the Republicans never stop doing—everything in their power to cut our Social Security and Medicare, by hook, crook, or commission."

The IDF’s ‘three-phase’ operation would increase Hamas’s influence in the region rather than extinguishing it

In a new biography, the Velvet Underground front man embodies a New York that exists only in memory.