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May Day marches and rallies celebrate workers’ struggles

May Day — International Workers Day — commemorates the 1886 struggle in Chicago for the eight-hour day. Despite its radical…

May 9, 2023

May Day in France: Workers resist state repression

If French President Emmanuel Macron was hoping workers would lose morale and militancy, once he had maneuvered to get his…

May 9, 2023

Oakland teachers launch Unfair Labor Practices strike

Frustrated by the Oakland Unified School District’s refusal to bargain a new contract, more than 3,000 teachers and other educators,…

May 9, 2023

Writers strike threatens entertainment industry profits

At a minute past midnight PDT, 3:01 a.m. EDT, May 2, some 11,500 Writers Guild members launched a strike against…

May 8, 2023

Oakland teachers fight for higher pay, community schools

Oakland, California The Oakland Education Association represents around 3,000 teachers in the Oakland Unified School District. Its 50-member bargaining committee…

May 3, 2023

Lecciones de Lenin para el Día Internacional de los Trabajadores

El Día Internacional de los Trabajadores, también conocido como Primero de Mayo, nos recuerda una anécdota sobre la Revolución Rusa…

May 1, 2023

Cleveland: May Day honors housing defenders

This year May Day in Cleveland focused on the struggle for housing, featuring representatives from the United Residents of Euclid…

May 1, 2023

Decline of U.S. dollar dominance – what it means for workers

The U.S. sells more than $175 billion in military weapons every year; yet for decades, its greatest weapon has been…

April 28, 2023

Massachusetts health care activists demand: Restore COVID-19 protections now! 

Boston The Massachusetts Coalition for Health Equity (Mass. CHE) held an online press conference on April 5 to demand the…

April 28, 2023

Lessons from Lenin for International Workers Day

International Workers Day, also known as May Day, reminds us of an anecdote about the 1917 Russian Revolution regarding the…

April 25, 2023