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June 25, 2021

Angela Davis, America’s Best-Known Black Radical, Joins the Country’s Most Radical Union

Peter Cole Counter Punch

Davis’ induction makes more visible the long and deep ties connecting African Americans to the labor movement and anti-capitalist politics, particularly in the International Longshore and Warehouse Union.

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June 12, 2020

Dockworkers to Shut Down West Coast Ports in Memory of George Floyd

Daniel Boguslaw The Nation

Workers with signs picketing along the dock.

One of the most radical antiracist unions in the country makes a show of solidarity with all those threatened by police violence and exploitation

September 2, 2019

Beyond the Waterfront!

Peter Olney The Stansbury Forum

As I was sitting down to read Peter Cole’s ...book, a dispute broke out in the Port of Los Angeles over automation and future of work. I couldn’t avoid commenting on that dispute and much of my review examines the challenges facing the ILWU.

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