Articles

  • Political Economy of the American Labor Movement

    Political Economy of the American Labor Movement

    In this article, we at New Labor Press are excited to present an initial attempt at outlining the broad central features of the current US labor movement. Building off our prior work, the text looks at total organization, revenue, assets, political connections, activity, internal features, structure, and other key points of analysis for understanding the… Read more

  • Analysis: Teamsters Complicit as Thousands of UPS Workers Laid Off

    Analysis: Teamsters Complicit as Thousands of UPS Workers Laid Off

    In March, less than a year after the Teamsters claimed it had “won a historic contract” with UPS, at a meeting with investors, in Louisville, Kentucky, UPS announced its plans to shut down over 200 facilities and conduct a mass layoff of tens of thousands of UPS workers over the next four years in what… Read more

  • For a Class Line in the Student Movement

    For a Class Line in the Student Movement

    With this publication, New Labor Press makes an intervention into the ongoing struggle over the significance and tasks of the university Palestinian encampment movement by criticizing the recent article Center Palestine by Centering Revolution and presenting our own series of analyses and proposals as a “correction” to the line presented in that article. In doing… Read more

  • Translated Statements: Three Texts from Latin America

    Translated Statements: Three Texts from Latin America

    (Photo credit – Nueva Democracia) We at New Labor Press are glad to present a PDF containing our own translations of three important May Day statements and editorials from Latin American comrades we feel are very much worth highlighting and studying. Originally written by revolutionary proletarian organizations in Colombia, Ecuador, and Mexico, respectively, we felt… Read more

  • False Theories False Leaders: MCU in the Labor Movement

    False Theories False Leaders: MCU in the Labor Movement

    Criticism is a powerful tool for revolutionaries. It demarcates the correct from the incorrect, the true from the untrue. It highlights errors, and if done well, lays out for its audience the correct alternative position. As Marxists, we know there can be no real unity-struggle-unity without the scientific use of criticism throughout the entire process.… Read more

  • Statement: Commemorate May 1st with Struggle

    Statement: Commemorate May 1st with Struggle

    While there are many important dates and commemorations for revolutionary workers, May 1st in particular holds profound importance not only for workers in the United States, but workers across the globe. Celebrated as International Workers Day, the date was chosen to commemorate the Haymarket Massacre, when police right here in the US, in Chicago, opened… Read more