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Jewish women in the U.S. labor movement
Countless working class Jewish women like Clara Lemlich, Rose Schneiderman, Fannia Cohn, and Pauline Newman have played important roles in U.S. labor and Communist Party history.
CPUSA clubs join postal workers' rallies against cuts, privatization
Take a look at clubs' local participation with the union-led fight against Trump and Musk's attempts to axe the USPS.
Columbia's attack on UAW grad workers an attack on democracy
We must stand with UAW Local 2710 and its president, Grant Miner, and mobilize in defense of free speech, the right to organize, and the right to protest.
Ina Wood, Oklahoma Communist behind the ‘Union Maid’ song
This article originally appeared in People's World. During my research for an upcoming article on Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger’s creative friendship, which preceded the years depicted in the recently released Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown, I stumbled across the story of one of their union-friendly songs, “Union Maid.” It was one of many of their songs that would later be sung in union halls and picket lines...
The origins of International Women’s Day
This article originally appeared in Morning Star. Within the last twenty years, many thousands of women worldwide have begun to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD). However, the way in which the day is marked often bears little resemblance to the original IWD purpose and origins. This is a great misfortune, especially in the current climate in which there is an attack on the fundamental principle of women’s rights. IWD...
Pro-Palestine movement in Virginia defeats repressive measures
A grassroots effort educating voters about the dangers of pending legislation, and encourging community members to contact their state representatives, tipped the scales toward democracy.
Labor: Let’s Unite and Fight the Fascist Right!
Our main task is to increase our effectiveness in connecting with grassroots workers in order to draw them into struggle and promote rank-and-file activity.
The African roots of war
W.E.B. Du Bois' The African Roots of War was first published by The Atlantic in May, 1915. His essay was a contemporary analysis of the rise of imperialism and analysed the outbreak of World War I, the first inter-imperialist battle to divide the planet's resources. By tracing the contours of world imperialism, Du Bois joins and in some ways prefigures V.I. Lenin whose Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism...
NC report: Building the YCL in the fight for our future
To confront MAGA's reactionary and aggressively imperialist agenda, a stronger YCL is needed in the fight for peace, democracy, and socialism.
Why I support Friday's Economic Blackout
Friday's boycott is an appropriate response to the racist capitulation of corporate America to the MAGA right. Let's hit them where it hurts: in the pocket book.