Welcome back Samuel Gompers!

What makes them think they can away with this in a union town? truthout.org/articles/buffa…

The Rochester Regional Joint board is one of the few American union locals pursuing industrial organizing and taking up the organizing of the unorganized. So solidarity with the Hyatt workers fighting for a working class Buffalo, I know you’ll win this fight!

NEW: Unionizing hotel workers at the Buffalo Hyatt, pitted against one of the city's most powerful developers, say they've faced egregious union busting. Buffalo prides itself as a "union town," but this doesn't stretch into hotels - yet. For Truthout. truthout.org/articles/buffa…

Join us today at Harvard as labor comes together to protect workers and non-citizens. Only by standing together can we defeat Trump and the oligarchs. From custodians, professors, dining hall workers to grad students our fight is one fight

“If what you want is calm to be restored you are still the enemy you have not thought thru clearly what that means” — Joshua Clover

"Are you a Palestinian?" "Yes" "Goodbye" Apartheid in Israel. From Louis Theroux's new documentary The Settlers on the BBC until Israel forces them to remove it.

My book, GET ON THE JOB AND ORGANIZE, is out today! You can read part of it here (thank you to Comrade Teen Vogue for sharing this excerpt!) teenvogue.com/story/starbuck…

BIG UPDATE: A few days ago I wrote about unionizing Buffalo Hyatt workers and the egregious union busting they've faced at Doug Jemal's hotel. The NLRB has now issued a very rare order compelling the hotel to recognize and bargain with the union. Story: buffalonews.com/news/local/bus…

seeing a lot of posts about May Day (good!) but not nearly enough mentions of Lucy Parsons or the Haymarket Martyrs!!!

PHOTO | #MayDay2025: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Statement to the court by August Spies before being hanged on November 11, 1887, for his participation in the Haymarket affair on May 4, 1886:

Solidarity with all workers struggling today for a future. We can’t afford to see it any other way. Internationalism must be a non-negotiable if being on the left is to mean anything. From Paris to Chicago, Gaza to Havana our fight is one fight and we have a world to win!

"At 00:23 Maltese time, the Gaza Flotilla vessel was subjected to a drone attack. The front of the vessel was targeted twice, resulting in a fire and a breach in the hull. The ship is currently located in international waters near Malta. An SOS distress signal was sent out, to