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In an effort to disrupt and derail 340,000 UPS workers in their contract battle this year, the DSA has begun organizing “Strike Ready” campaigns to subordinate workers to the Teamsters bureaucracy and the Democratic Party.

In Des Moines, Iowa, the militant Local 90 is preparing for what could be the largest strike against a single company in US history.

10 May marked a full year since the conservative right returned to power in South Korea under President Yoon Suk-yeol of the People Power Party. This period has been marked by fierce attacks by the government on the working class, with a corresponding rise of class militancy. As the capitalist crisis deepens, the South Korean class struggle will reach new heights.

Donald Trump is about as useless as a tastebud on an anus.

The Biden administration, the courts, the Democratic Party and its DSA faction are working to promote Fain as having “reformed” the UAW. Fain’s “rebranding” campaign is a critical part of this initiative, and it will fall flat.

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The attempt to manufacture “left” credentials for the new UAW administration is taking place at the same time as DSA members are being placed in the upper echelons of the UAW bureaucracy.

As the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) and Unison begin their National Executive Committee (NEC) elections, members are reminded that unions are not insurance companies, but democratic collectives. Workers’ Liberty supporters active in those unions are supporting slates proposing more radical tactics in industrial disputes, and democratic reforms of union structures.

In the 20th century, organizing basic industries like coal, steel, and manufacturing automobiles was key to reviving the labor movement. Today, Amazon workers occupy the same strategic position.