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A Critique of the Industrial Workers of the World
Throughout the entire history of the American labor movement, there have been numerous attempts to construct independent, class-conscious trade unions. The New Labor Organizing Committee happens to be the most recent; however, the Industrial Workers of the World predates it by over a century. Because of this, and the IWW’s prestige and influence among a… Read more
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Black August 2025
It is not a coincidence that the same people who have an incorrect position on the National question almost always also end up having an incorrect view of the Labor question as well, and vice versa. For example, it was the same false “leaders” who betrayed the 1928 and 1930 Comintern resolutions on the Black… Read more
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Factionalism in the Labor Movement: Real and Imaginary Obstacles to Unity
When a worker becomes convinced of the need to organize, the first question they usually ask themselves is, “What organization should I work with?” In the US, there are numerous establishment state unions, and generally, each state union has at least two major caucuses within it that are responsible for the bulk of union literature,… Read more
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A Worker’s Guide to: Organizing for Demands
The demands and grievances of the working class are the objective force driving the labor movement forward. Therefore, in the course of any labor organizing there will come a point when the demands and grievances of the workers, and the question of how to develop a successful campaign around them, will manifest itself. This guide… Read more
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Our History: On the Clasista Labor Movement (Part 1)
In the 1960s and 1970s, across the globe, trade unions had already begun a process of decline that would rapidly pick up over the next few decades. In the United States and many other industrialized countries, the establishment labor movement had been thoroughly purged of opponents of American Imperialism through the combined efforts of labor… Read more
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The Role of IATSE in the Live Entertainment Industry (Part Two):The Origins of Organized Labor On Stage and In the Studios
We are happy to re-publish this excellent extended version of the lead article in Strike the Stage’s 7th edition. The July 2025 article continues the work of the June Edition in outlining and analyzing the history and role of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) in the entertainment industry, and connecting that work… Read more
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