Class Struggle

Strike Votes Continue As Autoworkers Gear Up For Contract Fight Against GM, Ford, And Chrysler

August 26, 2019 Staff, Wsws.org Resist! Cars, Class Struggle, Strikes, Workers

Autoworkers at GM, Ford and Fiat Chrysler (FCA) are continuing to vote on strike authorization. Balloting will conclude Wednesday, and the official totals are expected the following day. The balloting is taking place under conditions in which the United Auto Workers union (UAW) has been widely discredited by its role in forcing through sellout contracts over the past thirty years and because of the expanding corruption scandal, which has revealed that top union executives at FCA and GM took millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks in exchange for enforcing contracts favorable to the auto bosses.

The Acorn: An Organic Radical Bulletin

August 17, 2019 Staff, Winteroak.org.uk Resist! Class Struggle, G7, Yellow Vests

The welcome awaiting Macron, Trump and the other G7 world leaders in Biarritz later this month promises to be not so much warm as hot. The Basques already have a proud tradition of anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist struggle. But from August 24 to 26 the opposition to the summit will be bolstered by the mass participation of the Gilets Jaunes, or Yellow Vests, who have been protesting every week non-stop since November 2018. Not only is the G7 being hosted by their primary hate-figure in President Macron, but it will also receive – in the words of the Bayonne group of Gilets Jaunes – ‘world leaders who defend an ultra-liberal economy which offers us nothing’.

Ian Haney López: Dividing Races The Main Weapon Of The Rich

August 13, 2019 By Roger Bybee, Inequality.org Strategize! Class Struggle, New Economy, Racism, Ruling Class

Donald Trump’s attacks on black U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings, the Reverend Al Sharpton, and the four progressive Congresswomen of color known as “the Squad” signal how the President, backed by other Republicans, intends to use racial divisiveness to stay in power. “Dividing the races has been the principal weapon of the rich in the class war they are winning,” as University of California-Berkeley law professor Ian Haney López told me in a recent phone interview.

Police Have Killed 5,000 Americans Since Ferguson Protests

August 13, 2019 Niles Niemuth, Wsws.org Educate! Class Struggle, Ferguson, police brutality, Protests

Friday marked five years since 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot at least six times, including once through the top of the head, and left for four-and-a-half hours to die in the street by Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson. Brown’s father, Michael Brown, Sr. used the grim anniversary to call for a reopening of the investigation into his son’s death. The killer cop has never been charged. “Justice has not been served,” Brown, Sr. said at a press conference Friday morning outside the St. Louis County Justice Services Center, not far from where Michael Brown was killed.

The USA Is Over-Due For A Do-Over

August 12, 2019 Cindy Sheehan, Cindysheehanssoapbox.blogspot.com Resist! Class Struggle, Reform, US Imperialism

Since its inception over 243 years ago in a hot meeting room, dripping with testosterone, in Philadelphia, the idea of any kind of democracy or equality in the USA has steadily eroded to where, today, those promises are all but non-existant. First of all, the Founders were a pack of human-owning, indigenous-slaughtering elites that forged a new society that would, of course, benefit themselves: where the top would stay firmly at the top and the bottom would be conditioned to believe in the American dream of easily attainable wealth and power.

The Fight For A Green New Deal Can Start With Your Union Contract

August 10, 2019 Jared Odessky, Inthesetimes.com Organize! Class Struggle, Green New Deal, Reform, Unions, Workers

News coverage of the Green New Deal portrays organized labor as a major obstacle to its enactment. But our new report for Data for Progress paints a different picture. In a poll conducted for the think tank by YouGov Blue, union members overwhelmingly favored the proposed reforms, with 62 percent in support and 22 percent against. In a memo for Data Progress, where I am a legal fellow, I show how union contracts can be an effective way to fight for a Green New Deal.

Walmart Retaliates Against Worker Who Urged Employee Walkout Over Gun Sales

August 10, 2019 Bryan Menegus, Gizmodo.com Resist! Class Struggle, Guns, Walkout, Walmart, Workers

Following a pair of deadly mass shootings over the weekend, including one at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, a Walmart e-commerce category specialist, Thomas Marshall, posted two memos widely within the company, urging mass action by employees to pressure management to cease the sale of firearms. Now, Marshall claims he and one of his colleagues are unable to access their internal accounts. “Walmart has completely deactivated our access and accounts.

People Of Color And White Rural Populations Are Going To Suffer The Most From The EPA’s War On Renewable Power

August 9, 2019 By Gloria Oladipo, Otherwords.org Educate! Class Struggle, Coal Mining, EPA, Renewable Energy

New coal standards proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are threatening to permanently undermine the federal government’s power to control power plant pollution. The new rule — which would empower states to decide how much they want to reduce their emissions, if at all — will be devastating for all Americans. Especially vulnerable are people of color and rural populations. Several states — California, Washington, and Iowa to name a few — have already challenged the new rule.

Death Curse In Caloto – Colombian Unionist And Opposition Candidate Declared “Military Object”

August 5, 2019 James Patrick Jordan, Afgj.org Organize! Class Struggle, Colombia, Repression

Under cover of night while those inside are sleeping, a manila envelope is slipped under the door. Rising in the morning to greet the day, Andy Murcia Parra picks it up and opens it. But even before reading the words, the intent of the message is already clear: it is a letter of death, a spell delivered to instill the curse of terror. In Colombia, they say the best way to break the curse’s power, its stranglehold of fear, is to not be silent. The note, dated July 24, 2019, declared Gerardo “Nene” Barona Avirama and Murcia as “military objects”.

It Took A Crisis To Bring Hawaiians Together

August 3, 2019 By Trisha Kehaulani Watson, Civilbeat.org Create! Class Struggle, Development, Hawaii

What’s happening at Mauna Kea is a form of nation-building, and its value supersedes whatever the Thirty Meter Telescope could accomplish. It was surely an unplanned coincidence that Gov. David Ige’s decision Tuesday to delay construction on Mauna Kea and revoke his emergency proclamation came the day before La Hoihoi Ea, a national celebration of the Kingdom of Hawaii that first occurred July 31, 1843, during the reign of Kamehameha III, Kauikeaouli. On that date, after a brief occupation by Britain, Adm. Richard Thomas, on behalf of the British government, was sent to Hawaii to restore sovereignty to the kingdom.

Climate Activists Set Sights On Ending Fossil Fuel Exports In Pacific Northwest Once And For All

August 2, 2019 By Nick Engelfried, Commondreams.org Resist! Class Struggle, Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, Protests

When federal regulators came to Southern Oregon in June for hearings on a massive gas export project, they were greeted by a grassroots resistance movement 15 years in the making. About 800 people attended a series of four hearings put on by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC. Those speaking out against the gas project represented rural landowners, local governments, fisheries interests, tribal governments, and climate activist groups. “This project has brought people together from across the political spectrum,” said Rogue Climate campaigns director Allie Rosenbluth.

Nigerian Villagers Will Take On Shell In Supreme Court Show-Down

August 1, 2019 Phil Miller, Morningstaronline.co.uk Resist! Class Struggle, Nigeria, Shell Oil, Supreme Court

TENS of thousands of Nigerian farmers and fishermen have been granted permission to challenge oil giant Shell at the supreme court in London. Villagers from the Niger Delta’s Bille and Ogale communities allege that oil leaks from Shell’s pipelines have polluted their land and water for decades. They will argue that Shell’s headquarters in London is legally responsible for environmental failures by its subsidiary in Nigeria. King Emere Godwin Bebe Okpabi, the ruler of the Ogale community, said: “The English courts are our only hope because we cannot get justice in Nigeria. So let this be a landmark case.”

Leading Puerto Rican Activists Celebrate Governor’s Resignation, Talk Next Steps

August 1, 2019 Matt Meyer, Wagingnonviolence.org Resist! Class Struggle, Corruption, Protests, Puerto Rico

By all accounts, the shutdown of Puerto Rico’s industries, schools, government and business-as-usual on Monday was an unexpected show of popular sentiment against ruling Gov. Ricardo Rosselló. It was a true national strike, spreading from the capital in San Juan to all other major cities like Mayaguez, Ponce and Aguadilla. While Rosselló was resistant to the initial calls and protests demanding his immediate resignation last week — following leaks that revealed misogynist and homophobic remarks he had made in private...

‘No Pay, We Stay’; Protesting Miners In Harlan County Are Not Going Anywhere

July 31, 2019 By Connor James and Will Puckett, Wymt.com Resist! Class Struggle, Kentucky, Mining, Protests

People and organizations continued to stop by a railroad track in Cumberland Tuesday, bringing food and water to protesting miners. The miners have prevented a train hauling coal from the Cloverlick #3 mine for more than 24 hours. One group among the endless stream of supporters came from JonEvan Jack's in Corbin. They rolled their mobile kitchen to Harlan to feed the miners free of charge. "I just seen these people and they need help. I know what it's like to go without a paycheck," said owner Nathan Brown. "I think they already know their community supports them.

Seattle, WA: Rolling Picket Shuts Down ICE Profiteers

July 30, 2019 Staff, Itsgoingdown.org Resist! Class Struggle, Deportations, ICE, Immigration, Undocumented

On July 26th a lively rolling picket of over 40 people marched through downtown Seattle, shutting down bank branches and occupying the lobbies of investment firm offices. HSBC, U.S. Bank, Prudential Financial, BlackRock Inc. and Barclays bank were targeted. All of these firms have financial relationships with GEO Group and CoreCivic, the primary private detention operators for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The rolling picket, co-organized by Olympia Assembly and El Comite...

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