By the WSA
On January 20, 2017, on a rainy day in Washington DC, Donald Trump was sworn into office as the 45th president of the United States. It’s a day that ultimately brought shock to many who fully expected …
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Unemployment: An Anarcho-Syndicalist Critique and Program
by Jake Tompkins
The way the current capitalist world system is arranged there is a high level of unemployment across the world, especially because of the crises which has seen no recovery for anyone, but the richest of the rich. …
Read moreLike Clockwork, The Legacy of Obama
By Bryer C. Sousa*
It’s almost like clockwork. Since 1979 – the birth of neoliberalism (not the conception of neoliberalism, for its ideological roots may be traced back to the 1938 Walter Lippmann Colloquium as well as the 1947 Mont …
Read moreAmerican Labor Isn’t Dead – But Definitely Needs to Wake Up
By David Fernández-Barrial
At the dawn of the Trump era, Labor is a sleeping giant with the ability to unite diverse swaths of American society and ultimately transform it.
For many years now, a widespread cry has been raised of …
Read moreA Grassroots Union During the Working Class Insurgency of the Early ’70s
By Tom Wetzel
The creation of new grassroots unions was often a feature of the periods of working class insurgency in the USA, when there were high levels of strikes. Hundreds of thousands of workers joined unions with a more …
Read moreAnd Fidel Left…
By Gustavo Rodríguez
Translator’s Note: This essay was penned by Cuban comrade Gustavo Rodriguez in the early morning hours after the announcement of Fidel Castro’s death. Posted on social media on the following day in Mexico, Latin America, and Spain, …
Read more2016 Philly Labor In Review
By Geoff R
2016 was a hot year for labor in the Philadelphia area. Five labor actions are especially noteworthy: the Verizon (CWA), Just Born (BCTGM), Philadelphia Orchestra, SEPTA (TWU) and APSCUF PA Higher Education workers strikes. All but one …
Read moreIs Syndicalism Class Reductionist?
By Tom Wetzel
Most activists who use this “class reductionist” refrain don’t just use it against syndicalism but against any emphasis on workplace struggle and organizing. It’s part of the so-called “retreat from class” of the past 30 years, especially …
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