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Teamster Head Sean O’Brien vs. Everybody

Teamsters’ union General President Sean O’Brien will be speaking at the annual convention Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) this coming...

06.10.2025 10

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Joe Allen

Teamster Head Sean O’Brien vs. Everybody

Teamsters’ union General President Sean O’Brien will be speaking at the annual convention Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) this coming...

06.10.2025 10

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Joe Allen

Fighting the Far Right on Campus: An small victory from San Diego in 1992

The death of Charlie Kirk has made me think about the growth of the right-wing presence on U.S. campuses during the last three decades. The student...

23.09.2025 10

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The Teamsters’ Non-Strike at UPS

Like many people, I woke up early last Tuesday morning to find an excited post in my Facebook news feed from the Teamsters: “At 11th Hour, UPS...

19.08.2025 10

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Fascists on the CPD: Why Is It So Hard to Fire Proud Boy Cops in Chicago?

Screenshot from YouTube For many years, the Chicago Police Department (CPD) has harbored at​ least two dozen members of the Proud Boys, Three...

01.08.2025 2

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Teamsters’ Sean O’Brien Doing MAGA’s Dirty Work in the Labor Movement

Soon after Donald Trump announced that he was going to propose a one percent tariff on films produced in “foreign lands,” Teamsters’ General...

21.05.2025 10

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The Teamsters’ Amazon “Strikes”: a Critical Assessment

Screen shot from the Teamsters Facebook page. The Teamsters’ five day long strike against Amazon ended inconclusively, but the union hinted at...

02.01.2025 30

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The Teamsters and “Operation Wetback”

Newly re-elected President Donald Trump pledged in a recent interview that, “On day one, I will launch the largest deportation program of...

17.12.2024 10

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Is This Any Way to Stop Fascism?

If Vice President Kamala Harris was hoping the New York Times’ interview with John Kelly, Trump’s former Chief of Staff and retired Marine Corps...

28.10.2024 4

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Is 2024, 1968 All Over Again?

Writing recently in the LA Progressive, Stephen Rhode lamented: I learned an important lesson in 1968. My conscience could not allow me to vote for...

15.10.2024 3

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Can Teamsters Against Trump Beat the MAGA Vote?

The Teamsters backhanded endorsement of Donald Trump for president has caused an uproar in the U.S. trade movement. Teamster General President Sean...

07.10.2024 20

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Pete Hegseth’s Mein Kampf

I spotted Pete Hegseth’s latest book The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free, while I was shopping at my local...

16.09.2024 7

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“The Palestine Wave” at Socialism 2024

The recent Socialism 2024 conference in Chicago was by all measures a great success. The three-day conference was sponsored by Haymarket Books, and...

06.09.2024 2

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