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During the Cold War, much of labor officialdom collaborated with the US government to repress labor movements and left-wing forces abroad. The conservatism that enabled this sordid alliance still impacts much of the US labor movement today.

Only a few minutes after the press conference, Democrats in Congress voted 147 to 73 in favor of the latest National Defense Authorization Act. The law includes $874.2 billion in funding for the US war machine, and includes provisions to fast-track sending weapons to the Israeli military.

The new director of UAW Region 9A is part of a wave of young, politically active labor leaders organizing for a future where union power transcends borders.

As the U.S.-backed genocide against the Palestinian people continues to escalate, numerous trade unions from around the world have released public statements condemning the racist, Zionist attacks. Workers World has covered some of the unions that have come out in support of Palestine. (workers.org/2023/10/74274) Additional labor organizations – such as…

Don Fitz — Many of the accusations against degrowth have been answered. But one accusation still seems to lack an adequate response: Is the US working class inherently anti-degrowth because it would mean a massive loss of jobs?

September 11 is an ominous day for Americans who well remember the horrific events that unfolded in New York in 2001 and what eventually became the War on

(Archived document, may contain errors) 558 I i I I I January 20, 1987 1 NICARAGUA INTRODUCTION A BLUEPRINT FOR DEMOCRACY The democratic aspirations of Nicaraguans have been suppressed by Just this week, the United Nicaraguan dictatorships of both left and right for most of thei r nation's history. Yet the chances for democracy's emergence in Nicaragua seem better now than ever before.

The latest fraud promoted by Jacobin in Latin America is that the return of Lula and the Workers Party (PT) to power in Brazil represents “a huge win for the global left.”

(Archived document, may contain errors) 137 April 10, 1981 EL SALVADOR'S MARXIST REVOLUTION INTRODUCTION Within the last few months, the events in El Salvador have come to the forefront of American foreign policy. Since the bloodless coup in October 1979, which oust ed General Romero and many of the leaders of the armed forces, El Salvador has undergone an escalation of violence from Marxist and rightist groups result ing in approximately 10,000 deaths during 19

Weingarten’s propaganda tour of war-torn Ukraine demonstrates the deepening integration of the unions with the US government and follows decades of AFL-CIO cover operations for the CIA.