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New Labor: What It Is, and What It Isn’t
Since the founding of New Labor Press (NLP) in 2023, the political reach of New Labor has grown from a handful of workers in Massachusetts and Rhode Island to a wide network spanning coast to coast that is united by a single organization, the New Labor Organizing Committee (NLOC). As the work of NLP and… Read more
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NLOC Statement on May Day 2026
On May 1, 1886, hundreds of thousands of workers in the US went on strike or walked off the job in support of the eight hour day. A few days later, at Haymarket Square in Chicago, a rally was held in support of the eight hour day. The rally ended in violence when an unknown… Read more
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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
