The working class must emerge as leader of the entire movement to break the extreme right political stranglehold.
In 2017 all basic democratic rights are threatened by policies that favor the richest 1% over everyone else.
Against slow moving and somewhat abstract threats, we tend not to be highly motivated to act even if the challenges are ultimately dire.
If the approach is toward building the broadest unity, the democratic movement will emerge from a defeat of Trump stronger and better able to win victories.
Introduction Speaking to the convention of the Ohio AFL-CIO in September, 2014, National AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said, "The landscape is changing. There's a new story in America. Activism is...