Forty Years Later, the Miners’ Strike Leaves Bitter Memories ( jacobin.com )
The Chicago Teachers Union Has Called for a Cease-Fire in Gaza ( jacobin.com )
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/1664606...
Workers at Jollibee Are Taking on a Multinational Fast-Food Giant ( jacobin.com )
Fired after asking for a raise, minimum-wage workers at a Jollibee in Jersey City fought for back pay and reinstatement. After a nearly yearlong campaign against the fast-food chain, the workers won....
Kentucky Autoworkers at Ford Are Preparing for a Strike ( jacobin.com )
cross-posted from: lemmus.org/post/586752...
The Anti-Palestinian Lobby Is Also a Corporate Lobby ( jacobin.com )
T | he pro-Israel spending splurge aimed at unseating the socialist and progressive insurgents who have won office over the past decade is, of course, first and foremost about punishing dissent on US support for Israeli apartheid. But on another level, it’s also a campaign to unseat those lawmakers whose economic vision...
Joe Biden Shouldn’t be Able to Just Unilaterally Bomb Yemen ( jacobin.com )
In Italy’s Main Shipyard, Anti-Islam Policy Divides Workers ( jacobin.com )
In Monfalcone, in northeastern Italy, the far-right mayor has banned public Muslim prayer. Home to Europe’s largest shipyard, the town is a crucible of Italy’s rising migrant workforce — and the racist backlash against it....
Pro-Israel Billionaires Are Spending Big to Oust Socialists From Office ( jacobin.com )
Ultrarich Tax-Dodgers Are Criminals, Not the IRS Whistleblower Who Exposed Them ( jacobin.com )
Charles Littlejohn, a former IRS contractor, leaked the tax returns of the rich to show the public how the uber-wealthy game our tax code. Now he’s facing potential prison time. They’ve nabbed the wrong criminal.
Kentucky Autoworkers at Ford Are Preparing for a Strike ( jacobin.com )
In past negotiation cycles, the UAW has chosen one of the Big Three legacy automakers (Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis) as a strike target, picking the company the union believed would agree to the best deal in order to set a pattern for the remaining two....