A Video Game Workers’ Walkout
Despite brutal working conditions and massive industry profits, few video game workers have taken collective action on the job. That changed on Monday, when two hundred Riot Games workers walked off the job.
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Agnès Varda (1928–2019)
Agnès Varda’s films evinced a love of, rather than mere fascination with, people.
Liberals and the Attack on Ilhan Omar
The Democrats’ treatment of Ilhan Omar isn’t just shameful. It feeds into the rhetoric of the global far right.
The Redneck Menace
White Rural Rage is another attempt to blame the Democratic Party’s decline in rural counties on mean and bigoted white Americans.
AOC Has Some Advice For Parents
Speaking to constituents in Queens, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez urged public school parents to think big on education — and to fight attempts to divide working class constituencies.
We’re in a Class War. Jane McAlevey Actually Acted Like It.
No one believed in and embodied the labor movement’s transformative power more than organizer, strategist, and writer Jane McAlevey.
The Public Does Not Hate Labor
More and more states are enacting anti-labor policies. But it's not because the public dislikes labor — it's because conservative donors and rich people do.
Class Struggle at the Comedy Club
Canadian comedians figured out how to engage in collective action — and just won a major victory.
What Chicago Taught Bernie
Chicago is the city where Bernie Sanders first organized as a socialist, struggled for civil rights, and "began to understand the futility of liberalism."
Workers Are Striking Again
New figures show that the strike is back: 485,000 workers participated in major work stoppages last year, the most in decades. Labor has to use that momentum to fight for the entire working class.
The Real Life of Social Realism
The communist Charles White created images of dignity to portray America’s working class. Now, forty years after his death, his art is back in the mainstream.
West Virginia’s Political Strike Wins Big
Within hours of going on strike, West Virginia educators defeated a dangerous education privatization bill. They've again reminded us of a simple truth: strikes work.
Denver Teachers Win Steps Forward
Striking Denver teachers reached a tentative contract agreement this morning. Though they did not achieve all of their demands, Denver’s educators have wrested important gains from school privatizers — and shown once again the power of teachers withholding their labor.
We Need a New Peace Movement to Prevent Nuclear War
It’s the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, and tensions between nuclear powers are spiking again. Citizen movements against nuclear weapons have always been crucial to avoiding nuclear war, and we need them as much as ever.
Cory Booker Hates Public Schools
There are many good reasons to oppose Cory Booker’s bid for the presidency. One of the main ones is his long-standing drive to destroy public education.
Let Them Eat Pigskin
Georgia doesn't have money for social services, but taxpayers gave $700 million for the stadium that's hosting tonight's Super Bowl. How long will NFL owners screw working-class Americans?
The Beginning of the End of Capitalist Realism
Mark Fisher died two years ago this month. He helped us see the collective depression we have all lived in for decades. If only he could have seen that depression finally start to lift.
Unions Still Haven’t Rebounded
Despite a string of encouraging strikes and labor victories, the latest numbers show that union density fell to a new low last year.
A Strike by Flight Attendants, Pilots, or Air Traffic Controllers Could Stop the Shutdown
We don't need a full-on general strike to stop the federal shutdown. A strike by small groups of workers — pilots, air traffic controllers, and flight attendants — would force the government to reopen.
You Need the Rank and File to Win
It was rank-and-file teachers who built Arizona's #RedforEd movement. And it will be rank-and-file teachers that wage the LA teachers' strike and the many education struggles to come.