Today is international women’s day, a day for appreciating the status of women in the modern world. It was on this day that women textile workers kicked off the February Revolution against the Romanov Empire with a demonstration, creating a …
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Nurses Strike for Rights and the Safety of All
By Philly Metro WSA
On November 18, 2020 nearly 800 nurses at Langhorne, Pennsylvania’s St. Mary’s Hospital went out on strike as the second wave of the corona-virus overwhelmed their hospital. As nurses streamed out of the hospital and onto …
Read moreCommunal Tears and Needed Repairs: On the COVID Syndemic in Los Angeles
By Javier Sethness
The collision between the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and class society has proven devastating over the past year—especially here in Los Angeles, California. So far, across the globe, COVID-19 has infected over 100 million people and caused more …
Read moreMurray Bookchin’s Legacy: A Syndicalist Critique
By Tom Wetzel
January 14th is the 100th anniversary of Murray Bookchin’s birth. Perhaps it is worth looking at his contribution to radical politics.
Bookchin had been involved in the communist youth movement in the 1930s. He eventually …
Read moreTrumps Capital Chaos: Short Statement by the Workers Solidarity Alliance (WSA)
Trumps Capital Chaos
Short Statement by the Workers Solidarity Alliance (WSA)
On Wednesday, January 6th 2021, an attack organized by a far right wing mob on the Capitol Building of the United States took place while congress met to certify …
Read more“The Rank and File Strategy”: A Syndicalist View
By Tom Wetzel
Kim Moody’s writings on “the Rank and File Strategy” have gained a broad hearing within a variety of socialist groups, such as Democratic Socialists of America and smaller socialist groupings. His original pamphlet from 2000 talks about …
Read moreSecond Syndicalist Workshop
By Pete M Reclus
On October 6th, Piper, the Corresponding Secretary for WSA, gave an interactive workshop on Anarcho-Syndicalist theory, presented on her youtube channel, with live chat for discussion. She had been approached by the Anarcho-Syndicalist Collective for Education
…Staring Into The Abyss: American Political Culture and the Calculus of Catastrophe
By Martin Traphagen
Our last two election cycles have been uniquely erratic and polarizing. A figure emerged who preyed on the very real fears and concerns of working class Americans, bucking conventional political niceties and declaring himself to be …
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