Martha Grevatt

GM strike and the global working class

September 29 marked two weeks on the picket line for nearly 50,000 General Motors workers. This was the second “Solidarity…

October 4, 2019

What is ‘two tier’ and where did it come from?

There was a time when “concessions” referred to contract gains that labor wrested from management — sometimes after long strikes.…

October 2, 2019

Class war at GM

The strike of autoworkers at General Motors is just over a week old, but already the class lines are clear.…

September 26, 2019

Supreme Court decision hits migrants

Again and again, the federal government continues to deny im/migrants the most elementary human rights. On Sept. 11, seven of…

September 19, 2019

GM strikers ‘shut it down!’

On Sept. 15, one minute before midnight EDT, production ground to a halt at all General Motors facilities across the…

September 17, 2019

Feds go after UAW: Unions, corruption and the capitalist state

At least a dozen FBI agents raided the Detroit area home of  International President of the United Auto Workers Gary…

September 4, 2019

Belfast workers fight layoffs, climate change

Workers have occupied the Harland and Wolff shipyard in the north of Ireland since July 29. They are fighting to…

August 29, 2019

Jewish activists support Congressperson Tlaib

About 60 members of Metro Detroit’s Jewish community held a rally and Shabbat service Aug. 16 to support their congressperson,…

August 21, 2019

Mass marches as Dems debate in Detroit

As 20 Democratic Party presidential candidates took to the stage of the Fox Theater in downtown Detroit on July 30…

August 1, 2019

Northeast Ohio says “Never again”

Over 100 members of the Jewish community and allies demonstrated July 23 in northeast Ohio outside the Geauga County Safety…

July 27, 2019