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Can the Chilean Uprising Survive the Pandemic?

October 2020November 2020 Administrator 0 Comments capitalism, informal economy, neoliberalism, radicalism, working class

Photo caption: Feed-in marchers join ongoing mass protests against the Piñera government demanding a new Chilean constitution, Santiago, Chile, December

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More Austerity Coming? Lessons from New York’s 1970s Fiscal Crisis

October 2020October 2020 Marc Kagan austerity, collective bargaining, COVID, economic crisis, Labor, neoliberalism, new york city, trade unions, working class

Photo caption: Andrea Vásquez, Professional Staff Congress (PSC) first Vice President, before heading to the May 18, 2020, caravan calling

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The Red for Ed Movement, Two Years In

October 2020October 2020 Administrator education, Labor, trade unions, unorganized workers, working class

Photo caption: Teachers’ strike in Phoenix, Arizona on April 26, 2018. Photo credit: Eric Blanc By Eric Blanc In late

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Moneybags for Billionaires, Body Bags for Workers: Organizing in the Time of Pandemics

October 2020October 2020 Marilyn Sneiderman bargaining for the common good, capitalism, collective bargaining, covid-19, Labor

Photo caption: In Bel Air on July 1, 2020, Marie Germaine, a local elementary school teacher speaks at a press

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In a Covid-19 World, Can Hotel Workers Keep Their Gains?

September 2020September 2020 David Bacon capitalism, collective bargaining, equality, immigrant workers, Labor

Photo caption: Anand Singh (center) in the middle of Minneapolis’ Fourth Street, during coordinated national demonstrations against Marriott in 2018.

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Public Health, Private Equity, and the Pandemic

September 2020September 2020 Max Fraser capitalism, debt, finance, health care, privatization

UPMC Susquehanna closed the former Sunbury Community Hospital on January 31, 2020–about six weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic reached the

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There May Be No Choice but to Nationalize Oil and Gas—and Renewables, Too

August 2020September 2020 Sean Sweeney fossil fuels, nationalization, renewables

Once on the margin of the margins, calls for the nationalization of U.S. fossil fuel interests arebgrowing. Before the Covid-19

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Which Side Are We On: Can Labor Support #BlackLivesMatter and Police Unions?

July 2020July 2020 Administrator Black Lives Matter

By David Unger As this issue goes to press, President Trump’s chain-link fence around the White House has been turned

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The Final Conflict? Socialism and Climate Change

May 2020May 2020 Sean Sweeney climate change, Green New Deal, Just Transition, politics, socialism

In its most famous English version, the socialist anthem “The Internationale” invokes “the final conflict” and calls on socialists to

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Organizing in the Game Industry: The Story of Game Workers Unite U.K.

February 2020February 2020 Administrator

By Jamie Woodcock The videogames industry is often talked about as a “new” or “young” industry. Compared to many existing

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