Since 2023, Strike Map has evolved from digital mapping at a national level to organising ‘mega pickets’ — we believe that mass solidarity with localised disputes prepares the ground for future national action, writes HENRY FOWLER
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Democrats sunk by low union vote
Too few trade unionists voted for Kamala Harris to make a difference. TONY BURKE provides an explanation
ALL CHANGE? National Labor Relations Board HQ in Washington
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Like dictators of the past, Trump is seeking an enforcement agency answering only to him, asserts CJ ATKINS
From tens of thousands left abandoned to a militarised ‘looting’ crackdown, Hurricane Katrina laid bare racial inequities and government neglect, writes NATALIA MARQUES
Money makers already exploit cleaning and catering contracts while the military-industrial complex diverts billions from health to warfare — but Bevan’s vision will endure as long as people fight for it, writes ROGER MCKENZIE
How can we claim to be human while our countries still support and defend the massacres in Palestine, asks HUGH LANNING
The decision highlights the tension between freedom of expression and the state’s role in shaping historical memory at former concentration camps, reports LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI
SINCE the November US presidential election when Donald Trump swept the board there has been plenty of analysis and advice in the media and the left to the Democrats on how to react to their defeat and what caused it.
There is no doubt Trump’s win is a body blow to US trade unions particularly after they mounted an impressive comeback in winning major disputes such as in the auto sector this year.
The scale of Trump’s win has been extensively analysed — including the votes in swing states, the voting patterns of Latino’s and black voters, of middle-aged men, of young men, of women and retirees.
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RAMZY BAROUD argues that while Donald Trump’s victory offers no solution, voters’ rejection of US support for Israeli genocide shows the potential for sustained political pressure on the Palestine issue going forward
Low turnout and economic struggles like the price of petrol and groceries played a bigger role than media narratives suggest, writes CJ ATKINS, examining some of the concrete material conditions behind the result
In sordid tactics that ended up backfiring, Kamala Harris’s ‘nomination’ was the least democratic in history, while the party actively suppressed dissident voices online and its lawyers suppressed third-party candidates from the ballot box, says DENNIS BROE
Donald Trump calls her ‘comrade Kamala’ and portrays her as a left-wing radical — but as a presidential candidate, Kamala Harris is endorsing more centrist positions than she did as a progressive senator, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER