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First as Tragedy, Then as Farce: the Minneapolis General Strike
In The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte, Marx said, “All great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice… The first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.” The Minneapolis-Saint-Paul metropolitan area, as a hub of industrial and logistical work, has been an important site of struggle for the labor movement in the… Read more
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The Proletariat and Class Forces in the United States
“During the course of almost forty years we have stressed the class struggle as the immediate driving force in history, especially the class struggle between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat, as the powerful lever of the modern social transformation: therefore we cannot go hand in hand with people who want to delete this class struggle… Read more
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India: Changes In Labor Laws Erode Workers’ Rights
[Editor’s note – We are happy to publish this article by a guest contributor about the labor movement in India, the state and experience of which is vital to understand for all class-conscious workers around the world.] By Renuka Gonsalves India’s labor laws abruptly changed on Friday, November 21, 2025 when the Hindu nationalist Prime… Read more
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Outline for a Class-Conscious Gig Workers Movement
By the Johnson City New Labor Committee We are excited to usher in the New Year by publishing this long-form article by a leader within the Johnson City New Labor Committee outlining various points on what a class-conscious gig workers movement would look like. A gig-worker herself, the comrade covers questions such as the political… Read more
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Labor Storm – Edition #2
New Labor Press is happy to publish the second edition of Labor Storm, the biannual newsletter of the New Labor Organizing Committee (NLOC). For the second edition, in addition to updates on the work of the NLOC-affiliated workers’ shop organizations, there is also a section that presents the work ofthe New Labor Committees founded last… Read more
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Palestine Solidarity and the Labor Movement
By Michiana Friends of Palestine and New Labor Press Since Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7, 2023, the Palestine solidarity movement has entered a new phase of energy and action. In the U.S., the most prominent actions of the Palestine solidarity movement have been within the student sector, with the “Student Intifada” at the forefront,… Read more
