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June 20, 2021

Houston, We Have a Labor Dispute

Meagan Day Jacobin

It has long been rumored that a strike in outer space occurred in 1973. Astronauts say that isn’t quite true, but the real story is still a testament to the potential of strikes — or even just the threat of strikes — to shift the balance of power.

October 30, 2019

Chicago Teachers Are Carrying the Torch of Decades of Militant Worker Struggles

Sarah Lazare In These Times

By building community support and staging disruption, the teachers hope to expand the boundaries of what’s politically possible and force the city to bend to its social justice demands

June 12, 2019

To Be Effective, Socialism Must Adapt to 21st Century Needs

C.J. Polychroniou Truthout

If you don’t have worker power behind you, the ideas you uphold — socialist ideas — are not seen as credible.

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