Class Struggle

Teachers Are ‘Ready To Fight,’ Says New Tennessee Coalition Inspired By Strikes In Other States

March 14, 2019 By Marta W. Aldrich and Laura Faith Kebede, Chalkbeat.org Resist! Class Struggle, Education, Strikes, Teachers, Tennessee

Weary of standardized testing and underfunded schools, and alarmed by the prospect of education vouchers and charter expansion in Tennessee, a group of teacher leaders have organized a new statewide coalition and say they are “ready to fight for the schools our students deserve.” The coalition, called TN Teachers United, launched last week after meeting with two teachers who helped organize statewide walkouts last year in Arizona and West Virginia.

A Year After The March, Gaza Organizer Explains Why The Protests Continue

March 14, 2019 By Chiara Cruciati, Global.ilmanifesto.it Resist! Class Struggle, Palestine, Protests

Salah Abdel Ati lived through the First Intifada as a young student and a leader of the student movement in Gaza. Now, in very different circumstances, he is one of the organizers of the protests taking place along the dividing line between Gaza and Israel. He came to Rome for a series of events organized by Cultura è Libertà, Assopace and Rete Romana, part of his European tour that also included a stop at the EU Parliament. Speaking with us in the courtyard of the International Women’s House in Rome, he summed up a year of non-stop demonstrations in Gaza, an event that reminded many of the Intifada.

‘Winds Of Change Are Blowing:’ 8,500 Walmart Employees Threaten To Strike

March 13, 2019 Staff, Elfinanciero.com.mx Resist! Class Struggle, Strikes, Walmart, Workers

More than 8,500 Walmart employees will strike in 10 states on March 20 if the company doesn’t meet their demands for a 20% pay increase as well as other benefits and better conditions. The mainly female cashiers and other low-ranking employees at the big-box retail chain earn on average between 140 and 150 pesos (US $7 to $7.50) per day and are not enrolled in medical insurance or retirement schemes, their union claims. In addition, the National Association of Shop and Private Office Workers contends that Walmart doesn’t respect the right to an eight-hour working day, doesn’t pay overtime in accordance with the law, discriminates against pregnant women and has dismissed workers unfairly.

French Police To Join Yellow Vests After Realizing Government Is Extorting Them Too

March 12, 2019 Matt Agorist, Secretspaceprogram.com Resist! Class Struggle, France, Police, Yellow Vest

Police in France are being ripped off by their government who is refusing to pay them for policing the protests—now they are threatening to join the yellow vests. France — As the “gilets jaunes” or “yellow vests” protests continue to take place across France, the government has been slowly acquiescing to the demands of citizens. However, the concessions have not been enough and so they’ve stayed in the streets although mostly calm. Also in the streets are the French police, who, according to reports, are also growing wary with the French state.

Iran: Class Struggle And Neo-Liberal Capital Accumulation

March 11, 2019 By Minna Langeberg, Links.org.au Educate! Capitalism, Class Struggle, Iran

February 25, 2019 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal — Recent months have seen protests throughout Iran, by teachers, nurses, labourers, retirees, oil industry workers, bazaar traders and shopkeepers, truck drivers, farmers, the unemployed, students, and many more. The current wave of protests across the country is a continuation of those of December 2017- January 2018 that were brutally suppressed by the regime. Like the 2017-18 protests, they signal the deep crisis of legitimacy of the regime, as expressed by one of the most enduring slogans that emerged from those protests: 'Fundamentalists, Reformists, the game is over'. The main slogan of current protests is 'Bread. Work. Freedom'.

Algeria: What’s Fuelling The Country’s Mass Protest Movement?

March 11, 2019 By Brahim Oumansour, Middleeasteye.net Resist! Algeria, Class Struggle, Protests

President Bouteflika's decision to run for fifth term is only one cause of widespread public anger. Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s decision to run for a fifth presidential term - despite his poor health and advanced age - is a non-starter for many Algerians. Hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets in cities across the country as well as abroad over the past several days to peacefully oppose the candidacy of Bouteflika, 81, shattering a wall of silence and fear. The current Algerian government did not anticipate this unprecedented level of mobilisation. It also shouldn't expect it to end quickly.

Why Has Haiti Risen Up Once Again?

March 9, 2019 Ashley Smith, Counterpunch.org Educate! Caribbean, Class Struggle, Haiti, Latin America, Uprising

The Haitian masses have mobilized a new wave of protest against the corrupt government of President Jovenel Moïse. It began with demonstrations last summer in July and August, re-emerged in November and December, and exploded again in the first two weeks of February when hundreds of thousands marched in all the major cities of the country, from the capital of Port-au-Prince to the northern city of Cap-Haïtien. The demonstrators demanded an investigation into what happened to billions of dollars of funds from Venezuela, an end to austerity measures and price increases for basic goods, and the resignation of Moïse and his prime minister, Jean-Henry Céant.

Tosepan: Resistance And Renewal In Mexico

March 6, 2019 By Alex Jensen, Localfutures.org Strategize! Class Struggle, Mexico, New Economy

Since the mid-1980s, Mexico has been a poster child for globalization. Through free trade treaties and structural adjustment policies imposed by international financial institutions, the country has been “liberalized” – opened up to unfettered corporate investment and imports – to an extent matched by few other countries. Though the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is the most well-known trade treaty to affect Mexico, it is but the first and largest of numerous multilateral and bilateral agreements that make Mexico the world’s free trade agreement (FTA) leader.

Why Workers At The Biggest Grocery Chain In New England Just Authorized A Strike

March 4, 2019 Michael Arria, Inthesetimes.com Resist! Class Struggle, Strikes, Workers

On February 24, a union representing more than 8,000 Massachusetts workers at the supermarket chain Stop & Shop overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike. The vote came just one day after the company’s three-year labor agreement with its employees expired. Stop & Shop is the largest grocery chain in New England. United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1445 is one five unions that represent Stop & Shop workers in the New England area, bargaining on behalf of more than 8,000 employees across over 60 stores. In an interview with In These Times, the union’s political director, Jim Carvalho, said that Stop & Shop is asking for “nothing but concessions” from its employees.

Teachers Asked To Swallow Concessions To Get Pay Hikes

March 1, 2019 By Daarel Burnette II, Edweek.org Resist! Class Struggle, Education, Teachers

Fiscally conservative politicians in states such as South Carolina, Texas, and West Virginia this year are telling teachers that in order to get the pay raises they've been clamoring for, they'll need to make some hard-to-swallow concessions. Among them: allow for charter schools and vouchers, have teacher pay tied to test scores, let districts hire more noncertified teachers, and even have the powers of their union curtailed. Frustrated with stagnant academic outcomes and skyrocketing costs, state legislators are arguing that, with the billions of taxpayers' dollars they're forking over toward schools, it's about time teachers start proving their worth.

Why Is There No Strike Pay For Oakland Teachers?

February 27, 2019 Jonathan Burleigh, Wsws.org Resist! Class Struggle, Education, Oakland, Strikes, Teachers

The teachers on strike in Oakland, California, are fighting for increased funding to public education, to secure a living wage, and to put an end to the privatization of schools. The Oakland Education Association (OEA), however, is bargaining for a pittance, a wage increase that barely keeps pace with inflation, and a negligible reduction in class sizes. The OEA has excluded from its demand any challenge to the school board’s proposal to slash $60 million from the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) budget.

Amnesty International’s Biased And Inaccurate Reporting On Nicaragua Refuted

February 27, 2019 Staff, Nscag.org Educate! Class Struggle, Latin America, Nicaragua, Repression

In 2018 Amnesty International produced two reports on Nicaragua, accusing the Nicaraguan government of ‘a strategy of indiscriminate repression’. The context was violent protests which broke out in April last year and ended last July. The Nicaraguan government was accused by AI of using ‘arbitrary detention’ and ‘excessive, disproportionate and unnecessary force’ in dealing with the opposition’s violence. Our new report, Dismissing the Truth, not only refutes the claims made by Amnesty International but shows that the evidence they produce is biased, incomplete and in several cases simply wrong.

Growing Calls For Nation-Wide Struggle As Unions Work To Shut Down Oakland Teachers Strike

February 26, 2019 Jospeh Stantolan, Wsws.org Resist! Class Struggle, Education, Oakland, Strikes, Teachers

The strike by over 3,300 Oakland, California teachers begins its third day today. The struggle has won widespread support within the working class of Oakland and across the Bay Area. It is the latest expression of the growth of the class struggle within the United States and internationally. There is strong sentiment in Oakland, throughout California and across the country for a united fight by teachers and other sections of the working class in defense of public education. In states that saw strikes last year, including Oklahoma and Arizona, teachers are raising the demand for a renewed struggle.

‘We Refuse To Create Technology For Warfare And Oppression:’ Microsoft Workers Demand Company End Army Contract

February 26, 2019 Andrea Germanos, Nationofchange.org Resist! Class Struggle, Microsoft, Technology, Wars and Militarism, Workers

"On behalf of workers at Microsoft, we're releasing an open letter to Brad Smith and Satya Nadella, demanding for the cancellation of the IVAS contract with a call for stricter ethical guidelines." Declaring to chief executives that they refuse “to become war profiteers,” a group of Microsoft workers on Friday demanded the company cancel a contract with the U.S. Army that they say would “help people kill” and turn warfare into a “video game.” Their open letter is addressed to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and president and chief legal officer Brad Smith, and, according to the “Microsoft Workers 4 Good” Twitter handle, which posted the document, it got over employee 100 signatures in its first day.

France: Arrests, Tear Gas And Water Cannons Deployed On Week 15 Of Yellow Vest Protests

February 25, 2019 Staff, Telesurenglish.net Resist! Class Struggle, France, Repression, Yellow Vest

This time, another 70 were arrested nationwide and sprayed with water cannons while protesting Macron's government spending cuts. France’s Yellow Vests showed no sign of tiring as the 15th straight weekend of demonstrations against President Macron’s austerity measures and repression took place across the country. Around 46,600 demonstrators were out Saturday across France, including Paris and Clermont-Ferrand, continuing to call for an end to high taxes for the working and middle class and an increase to the minimum wage, among other demands.

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