Grammy winning rapper Macklemore released a music video this week that expresses widespread revulsion at deepening capitalist barbarism, especially since Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
Gia Coppola’s depiction of aging entertainers in “America’s adult playground” is a turn to serious subject matter, and the results are generally impressive.
As a US Navy ensign prepares to meet his fate, two older sailors try to give the young victim of the system a taste of the life he will be losing out on.
As with previous seasons of Curb, the eleventh contained some comic and satirical elements. However, the events of the past year, especially the war in Ukraine, need to be taken into account when evaluating the series and the social milieu.
Even if its claims were true—and there is widespread skepticism over the accuracy of the vote count—the United Steelworkers (USW) pushed its deal through with the votes of barely a third of its 10,000 members in the shipyard.
The rapid shutdown of the strike is the culmination of a flagrantly undemocratic campaign by the UAW to override the democratic will of workers and impose a deal that it had cooked up with the company from the beginning.
•Tom Hall, Ed Hightower
“What I’ve realized is that the union officials are paid to keep us in line”
A Volvo Trucks worker with nearly 30 years at the New River Valley in Virginia said workers had to be vigilant during the vote Friday and united in their determination to defeat the UAW’s third sellout contract.
Both Volvo and the UAW are terrified of the growth of opposition among Volvo workers at the New River Valley plant, which has been organized by the Volvo Workers Rank-and-File Committee.
The walkout follows the overwhelming defeat of a UAW-backed deal yesterday, with the Volvo Workers Rank-and-File Committee playing the central role in rallying opposition.
Workers at the New River Valley plant in Dublin, Virginia have formed the Volvo Workers Rank-and-File Committee to lead the fight against the UAW-company conspiracy to impose yet another concessionary contract.