On 5 August 1895, the working class lost one of its great thinkers. Without Engels, Marx would not have been able to do extraordinary things, and Marxism would not have been able to fulfil... The post Engels: A Lifetime in the Service of the Working Class appeared first on Internationalist Voice.| Internationalist Voice
We should celebrate their courage while recognizing that the fight against unjust government interference isn’t over.| The Maple
A potentially massive cut to the federal workforce is looming, and already impacting workers and service users alike.| The Maple
With the outbreak of the imperialist war between Russia and Ukraine (NATO), the need to oppose this war from an internationalist standpoint, while exposing bourgeois pacifism, became more urgent than ever. In such circumstances,... The post In Defence of the Joint Statement of Groups of the International Communist Left about the War in Ukraine appeared first on Internationalist Voice.| Internationalist Voice
With the announcement of a ceasefire on the morning of 24 June 2025, the three main actors in the recent war in the Middle East — Israel, the United States, and Iran — each... The post The War Criminals’ Ceasefire: Just an Interlude in the Imperialist War appeared first on Internationalist Voice.| Internationalist Voice
On 23 June 2025, Israeli warmongers bombed the entrance area of Evin Prison. Following this attack, at least 79 people had lost their lives by the time of writing this article, including prisoners, family... The post The Bourgeoisie of Iran and Israel: Allies in the Massacre of Prisoners appeared first on Internationalist Voice.| Internationalist Voice
The present imperialist bloodbath in the Middle East, is only the latest in over a century of almost permanent war that has characterised world capitalism since 1914. The multi-million massacres of defenceless civilians, the genocides,... The post Down with the massacres, no support to any imperialist camp! No to pacifist illusions! For proletarian internationalism! appeared first on Internationalist Voice.| Internationalist Voice
The strike by truckers, lorry drivers, and hauliers, which began in Bandar Abbas, rapidly spread to over 160 cities from 21 May, quickly developing into a nationwide strike. Even a number of women driving... The post From Road to Class: Transport Strikes and the Necessity of Working-Class Independence appeared first on Internationalist Voice.| Internationalist Voice
In recent years, the Turkish government’s policies to expand its regional influence, particularly in Syria and the Caucasus, have positioned the country as a key player in regional developments. The government’s negotiations with... The post Neither Erdoğan nor İmamoğlu—Class Struggle is the Only Path Forward! appeared first on Internationalist Voice.| Internationalist Voice
In a capitalist system with a war economy, financing the costs of war and imperialist conflicts—whether in metropolitan countries or peripheral societies—is only possible by further squeezing the standard of living of the working... The post The Bloody Suppression of Municipal Workers: A Struggle for Bread, Answered with Bullets appeared first on Internationalist Voice.| Internationalist Voice
Throughout the history of labor movements, unions have played various roles. At certain times, they served as organs of class struggle, playing a prominent role in organizing protests and defending workers’ rights. However, as... The post The Widespread Dissatisfaction Among Public Service Workers in Canada and the Union’s Maneuver to Vent the Workers’ Discontent appeared first on Internationalist Voice.| Internationalist Voice
The Democratic Party, a faction of the American bourgeoisie, has been critical of the way the war in the Middle East has been carried out and has tried to limit the tensions in the... The post Intensification of Imperialist Tensions in the Middle East, Capitalism Means War and Barbarism! appeared first on Internationalist Voice.| Internationalist Voice
Every 15 seconds, a wage slave somewhere on this planet falls to the ground. In no war is someone killed every 15 seconds, except in the class war. In one of the latest atrocities... The post The Mine, or the Slaughterhouse of Wage Slaves in the Brutality of Capitalism appeared first on Internationalist Voice.| Internationalist Voice
Everywhere, whether in metropolitan or peripheral capitalism, the bourgeoisie attacks the working conditions and living standards of the working class for greater profit, and this raises discontent and anger among the workers. Dissatisfaction... The post The Widespread Dissatisfaction of Canadian Railway Workers and the Union’s Maneuver to Vent the Workers’ Discontent appeared first on Internationalist Voice.| Internationalist Voice
Following the death of the executioner Raisi, the Islamic bourgeoisie launched a propaganda campaign asserting that Raisi and his government were a justice-seeking and pro-worker administration. They claimed that under the president’s government, factories... The post The Developments of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Agro-Industry Company and Labour Traditions appeared first on Internationalist Voice.| Internationalist Voice
If the airline labour upsurge continues, workers may take back what they deserve from corporate profits| The Maple
This was a missed opportunity for labour to build stronger ties of solidarity with Indigenous peoples and others.| The Maple
We should celebrate the relative success of the CERB and the other individual support programs, and learn from them going forward.| The Maple
The distribution of income in this country is the result of policy choices we can fight to change.| The Maple
The wealthiest amass more through higher salaries and passive income, while workers face stagnating wages.| The Maple
In many ways, however, the fight has only begun: the union must now secure a contract.| The Maple
UFCW Local 1518 in British Columbia has announced that 500 drivers in Greater Victoria unionized.| The Maple
Solidarity is needed to win Katherine Grzejszczak’s reinstatement and declare that attacking labour supporters of Palestine won’t stand.| The Maple
Employers in nearly every Canadian jurisdiction have long been given free reign to deploy scabs and undermine the right to strike| The Maple
The federal government is doing management’s bidding by undermining CUPW and forcing a vote on a substandard offer.| The Maple
Alvin Finkel’s latest book tells the story of humanity as a struggle for democratic control over our lives and livelihoods.| The Maple
The ITUC’s annual report tracking violations of labour rights “reveals a stark and worsening global crisis for workers and unions.”| The Maple
This piece appears in print in Salvage 14: Shrouded in Darkness. Issue 14 is available to buy individually here. Our poetry, fiction and art remains exclusive to the print edition, and our subscribers have exclusive access to some online content, including all audio content. New subscriptions can be taken out here, and start with the […] The post The Extractive Turn: The Question of State Form in Sri Lanka’s Conjuncture appeared first on Salvage.| Salvage
by Vesper On February 8 2025, rallies were held across Australia in defence of trans people’s access to gender affirming care. In Queensland,| Melbourne Anarchist Communist Group
Labour 4 Palestine is calling on the Canadian Labour Congress to declare all Israeli goods and services ‘hot cargo.’| The Maple
After having their right to strike trampled, workers may be understandably fatigued about spending more time on the picket line.| The Maple
Fallout from the Canada-United States trade war seems to be hitting Canadians harder thus far.| The Maple
We need an unofficial opposition of mobilized workers ready to fight the coming attack on labour and left-wing politics.| The Maple
By DCC Team When we think about the economy, we usually focus on jobs, wages, markets, and production. But beneath the surface lies a vast network of often invisible labour that makes the economy — and society — possible. This is what social reproduction refers to: all the unpaid or underpaid work that goes into […] The post Social Reproduction first appeared on DECOLONIAL CENTRE. The post Social Reproduction appeared first on DECOLONIAL CENTRE.| DECOLONIAL CENTRE
By DCC Team Historical Materialism: Understanding How Societies Change Historical materialism, first developed by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, is a framework for understanding how societies evolve, persist, and eventually break down. At its core, it looks at how economic activity shapes social structures and how struggles over resources drive historical change. What Are Social […] The post Historical Materialism first appeared on DECOLONIAL CENTRE. The post Historical Materialism appeare...| DECOLONIAL CENTRE
A recent strike by child and family service workers in Manitoba demonstrates how unions can use arbitration to complement strikes| The Maple
A hospital union recently presented truly staggering findings from a poll of its burnt out workforce.| The Maple
Adam King and Jason Foster discuss the UCP government’s attacks on workers and the labour movement in Alberta.| The Maple
We need a vehicle to meaningfully intervene in the electoral arena to improve the lives of working people| The Maple
The platforms issued by labour include a compelling list of progressive ideas to transform Canada’s economy and society.| The Maple
We need to tax the rich much more, but that will never be enough on its own to fund what we all need.| The Maple
A consummate technocrat like Mark Carney, committed in his bones to neoliberalism, can only exacerbate the economic pain| The Maple
Beyond reforming EI and ensuring workers have required benefits to survive, we need a broad-ranging plan of public investment| The Maple
The following text was written by Marlowe for discussion at the internationalist meeting in Brussels 2023 where “the periodisation of capitalism’ was the theoretical subject on the agenda. It is followed by a shorter text that addresses the periodisation question specifically. The main text has two parts. In the first, Marlowe traces out the trajectory of capitalism over the past couple of hundred years and describes how capitalism has got to where it is today, emphasizing the interaction...| Internationalist Perspective
We need a real commitment to full employment that uses the public sector to guarantee jobs.| The Maple
A government decision to take this money and use it as it pleases amounts to theft of workers’ deferred wages.| The Maple
The Manitoba Federation of Labour report card evaluates the government’s health and safety track record| The Maple
Like other labour battles in the public sector, the CUPW strike is about more than the interests of postal workers.| The Maple
Self-managed forms of organizing are necessary but insufficient for any libertarian revolutionary process. Any revolutionary process has both form(s) and … More| Usufruct Collective
For workers and their families, 2022 continued the downward income trend of the past two years.| The Maple
While a solemn day to honour fallen workers, it is also a time to reaffirm our commitment to workplace safety.| The Maple
DISSENT magazine gathered their favorite thinkers on labor and unions for a live recording of their 212th episode. With the help of Jane McAlevey, Bill Fletcher Jr., and Rebecca Dixon, they look back on 2020, a tumultuous year for workers. The post How the Pandemic Changed Our Working Lives appeared first on Jane McAlevey.| Jane McAlevey
If cracks in job figures continue to widen, many more workers may soon find themselves in difficult situations.| The Maple
While it’s no shock to find anti-unionism in the National Post, this article is bad even by genre standards.| The Maple
Fundamentally, pay transparency and wage negotiation are about power, and employers have an interest in concealing information.| The Maple
Cornell University’s Labour Action Tracker reports have noted a 77 per cent growth in strikes since 2021.| The Maple
The number of union applications grew by 48.8 per cent in 2023 from the previous year due in part to the new model.| The Maple
A full accounting of Bill 124 must include the myriad sources of suffering for which it’s responsible.| The Maple
CAPE leadership has a unique opportunity to reform an important federal public sector union.| The Maple
A new report also finds that unionization’s advantages are greatest among workers who otherwise face disadvantages in the labour market.| The Maple
Let’s take a step back and look at the overall trends for strikes and wage settlements over the past year.| The Maple
My paper focuses on this precarious bare life associated with the migrant labourers through the representational matrix of Samina Mishra and Tarique Aziz’s picture book, Jamlo Walks which tries to communicate, to both children and adults, the nature of social disparities and the excruciating impact they often inflict.| Hakara
This winter, a broad coalition of people disrupted the King County Council meeting where they voted to authorize funds to build the new Juvenile detention center. In response, a judge and several …| Black Orchid Collective
This was the weekend of Dia De Los Muertos and of All Souls Day. I missed the events at the Northwest Detention Center commemorating the deaths of millions of displaced immigrants who risk, and som…| Black Orchid Collective
多謝凱雄, JZ, Catta 與 Phyllis 幫忙翻譯。(英文版) 走在同一條爭取自由解放的路上 西雅圖戰友寫給香港戰友的信 親愛的香港戰友， 我們是幾名「佔領華爾街（Occupy Wall Street）」和「反殖/佔領西雅圖（Decolonize/Occupy Seattle）」運動的參與者。我們之所以寫這封信，是想要表達我們強烈支持對你們的反壓迫運動。你們的勇敢激勵了我們。我們想…| Black Orchid Collective
中文版正在翻译当中！ Fighting For Our Common Freedoms: A letter from Seattle to Hong Kong Protesters Dear Hong Kong protesters, We write to you as people who participated in the Occupy Wall Street movement a…| Black Orchid Collective
Some folks in NYC are organizing around with healthcare workers around hospital closures and mergers. See their fliers and updates here A few years ago, some of us in were doing work in nursing hom…| Black Orchid Collective
As Noel Ignatiev argued, there is a civil war going on in the mind of each working class white man. That war is between his working class consciousness and his white consciousness. Both are in a …| Black Orchid Collective
This Friday, August 16th, George Katsiaficas author of The Subversion of Politics and The Imagination of the New Left, is coming to Seattle to read from the second volume of his work Asia’s U…| Black Orchid Collective