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Our History: Haymarket 1886 and the Origins of May Day
“Comrade workers! May Day is coming, the day when the workers of all lands celebrate their awakening to a class-conscious life, their solidarity in the struggle against all coercion and oppression of man by man, the struggle to free the toiling millions from hunger, poverty, and humiliation. Two worlds stand facing each other in this… Read more
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Basic Theses: The Trump Administration and Its Implications for Revolutionary Labor
[Image – Teamsters president Sean O’Brien with President Trump and Republican congresswomen Lori Chavez-DeRemer] Due in part by the Trump administration’s deliberate “flood the zone” strategy, and in part by the general theoretical underdevelopment of the US revolutionary movement, there is very little correct understanding of what Donald Trump and his administration represents in our… Read more
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May 1: Towards a New Red International of Labor Unions!
[Image: The emblem of the original Red International of Labor Unions, aka the Profintern] The first day of May is celebrated by laboring people throughout the world as International Workers’ Day. In the US, it is also a remembrance of the Haymarket affair and the 1886 general strike to establish the eight hour working day.… Read more
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Labor Storm Edition #1
New Labor Press and the New Labor Organizing Committee are very excited to present the first edition of the NLOC’s biannual newsletter Labor Storm. The publication covers reports on the social investigation, class analysis and practical work of the current five shop organization affiliates of NLOC over the least several months. In addition there is… Read more
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The Starbucks Strike Shatters Illusions in the Labor Movement
On March 11, Starbucks locations in Pittsburgh, Seattle, Chicago, New York, Saint Louis, and Eaton were struck. Many other locations saw a “sip-in”, essentially union members or supporters order coffee with a pro-union nickname or otherwise be present in the Starbucks with some kind of show of support for the union. Naturally, the cops showed… Read more
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NLOC: Resolution on International Working Women’s Day
The following resolution was approved by the delegates of the labor organizations associated with the New Labor Organizing Committee (NLOC) to serve as the basic orientation towards work in the trade union movement among women. WHEREAS the state unions have systematically surrendered the basic rights and demands of working women; WHEREAS approximately one third of… Read more
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