Otis Grotewohl

Global labor actions and the role of the working class

Many labor actions and strikes have broken out around the world in recent months, intensifying in early December. One major…

December 18, 2024

Trump finalizes far-right cabinet of MAGA ‘loyalists’

President-elect Donald Trump is finalizing cabinet selections before the inauguration date of Jan. 20, 2025. The most recent appointments blend…

December 5, 2024

Trump’s cabinet picks are cast of vultures

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump wasted no time nominating potential cabinet members and other members of his second administration. Trump’s selections…

November 22, 2024

Internal Zionist divisions deepen from Palestinian resistance

Following 13 months of deliberate genocide against the Palestinian population of Gaza, in addition to a criminal invasion of Lebanon,…

November 13, 2024

Ohio 1924: How workers beat back the Ku Klux Klan

While growing up in Niles, Ohio — a suburb of Youngstown — my step-grandmother and other elders told me stories…

October 12, 2024

79th anniversary: Workers’ Party of Korea is a party of the people

For 79 years, the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) has been a revolutionary socialist party dedicated to representing the interests…

October 11, 2024

Akron fire exposes capitalism

A major chemical fire broke out unexpectedly at SMB Products in the northeast Ohio city of Akron on Sept. 5.…

September 12, 2024

RNC and DNC: Two versions of anti-migrant policies

The Republican National Convention, held in Milwaukee in July, was a blatant display of white supremacy and fascistic demagoguery regarding…

September 5, 2024

Honoring the Jefferson Bank anti-racist protest

St. Louis, Missouri — Dozens of trade union and Black liberation activists participated in a commemorative picket line on Aug.…

August 30, 2024

J.D. Vance: ‘Populist’ or anti-working-class demagogue?

The author was raised in the “Rust Belt” community of Youngstown, Ohio, and has been a union organizer in Appalachia…

July 26, 2024