Tag: Labor
Fearless and Fired Up: Lessons from the 1930s
An interview with the author of “Communists in Harlem During the Depression” on how the CP organized beyond the workplace in the 1930s and its applicability to the current moment.
Middle School Can’t Be Digitized
A middle school teacher explains why we can’t just throw all of our lessons online in the face of COVID-19 and pretend that education is continuing as usual.
Defunding the Police Means Transforming Our Society
Gerald Smith speaks at today’s Juneteenth West Coast port shutdown against racist police violence, continuing the ILWU’s long history of waging anti-racist struggles as class struggles.
“We Survive by Working in Their Homes, If They Refuse to Pay Us, How Will Our Homes Run?”
Three domestic workers from India talk about how the pandemic has exacerbated the worst features of working in the informal economy.
Bartending in the Apocalypse
Interview with James Brooke about his graphic vignettes from Bartending the Apocalypse, and excerpts from the work. More available on Instagram: @bartendingintheapocalypse
ILWU, ILA, and Teamsters Take Action in Honor of George Floyd
An interview with ILWU’s Clarence Thomas on race, class, and longshore work in relation to the current round of uprisings
Agents of Repression
A thought experiment on why the police dont deserve the protections of working class solidarity.
For a Grad Workers’ Strike
Graduate workers can and must be at the forefront of a strike against cops, austerity, and indeed, the capitalist university as it currently exists.