Opinion

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Labor-community power thwarts GOP-corporate agenda

The Nov. 8 elections were a nationwide victory for the 99% over the narrow agenda of the billionaire, far-right 1%!

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Labor history conferees examine role of Communist Party USA

The 2011 North American Labor History Conference at Wayne State University covered a wide variety of topics which centered on the growing focus over both current and past struggles for equality and justice.

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Support to repeal Ohio anti-labor bill grows

Recent developments have boosted chances that Senate Bill 5 will be repealed in the upcoming election.

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Class warfare: what goes around comes around

The Republican Party is excoriating everyone from the president to the occupiers of cities around the country for fanning the flames of "class warfare."

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Destroying the Postal Service in order to save it?

The big lie seems to be working. Most Americans now believe that the U.S. Postal Service is on the verge of a financial collapse.

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Scab herding: corporate organized crime

One of the worst kinds of theft is stealing a person's job. You not only rob a person of their income, their sense of wellbeing, and their dignity, you also rob their family and children.

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Millions make change

The initiatives and actions of the American people were an essential ingredient in the progressive-democratic thrust in the 1930s and 1960s. The same is true today.

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Labor board rule changes help defeat employer delay tactics

By now, there's been publicity - and lots of management propaganda - about proposals by the National Labor Relations Board to change some rules.

Rahm Emanuel’s first 100 days: new style, same substance

After 100 days on the job, new Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is touting his administration's first accomplishments. The impression is one of boldly charting a new course of change.

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Radical history will come to life at Oklahoma Laborfest

One of the most remarkable features will be a special reading of Nor Iron Bars, which incorporates social realism, regionalism and agitation.

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