Why Do Workers Strike?
Think conservative workers won’t strike? Think again. History shows it’s not workers’ ideas that count, it’s the conditions they face on the job.
19182 Articles by: Opal Lee
Opal Lee is a writer.
Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour vs. the Single Market
If the next Labour government is to be truly transformative, it has to free itself from the constraints of the single market.
Civil Rights Unionism
In 1940s North Carolina, a Communist-led union of tobacco workers fought to bring democracy to the Jim Crow South.
Beyond Electoral Democracy
The radical democracy of the future requires more than just elections. We need a legislature by lot.
Salvini’s Triumph
The collapse of the planned coalition government in Italy opens the way for a fresh breakthrough for Matteo Salvini’s hard-right Lega.
Betting on the Working Class
The nationwide teachers’ strikes are a reminder that the working class is still the most powerful agent for radical change.
The Price of a Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup Finals begin tonight. The players on the ice face staggering levels of exploitation and abuse.
Is Corbyn the Future of the Left?
Jeremy Corbyn’s ascent has given hope to the global Left. But the Corbyn model’s success will hinge on how it copes with roiling conflicts over national identity.
The Democratic Precedent
Democrats would like you to think he came up with it on his own, but Trump’s separation of migrant families is a cruel twist on an Obama-era practice.
Ending Their Wars
On Memorial Day, socialists honor the victims of war and struggle for a world free of it.
Siding With the Bosses
The Supreme Court has made the fight against workplace sexual harassment even more difficult.
What’s Behind the Teacher Strikes?
A confluence of factors created kindling for a potential teacher rebellion. Then the fire erupted.
Between Hope and Fear
The stakes couldn’t be higher in today’s Colombian elections. Here’s a quick guide of what to expect.
Philip Roth (1933–2018)
Philip Roth’s work could only have been written by someone who came of age during the peak of postwar liberalism.
The Feeble Strength of One
The Supreme Court has handed bosses a license to divide workers and break the law.
Between Montgomery and Gaza
Mainstream columnists’ justification of Israeli violence against Palestinian protesters sounds a lot like condemnations of black civil rights activists five decades ago.
Full Employment and Freedom
The fight for a full employment bill forty years ago offers lessons for supporters of a job guarantee today.
Repealing the “Right to Object”
Today marks 40 years since Italy legalized abortion. But the promises of the law remain unfulfilled.
When the Mailmen Rebelled
In 1970, postal workers went on strike and provoked a national crisis for the United States government. Their rebellion holds lessons for labor today.
The Myth of the Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaire
A new book dismantles the myth of a class-blind public.