USA
‘You caan’ mek we shut up’ – Review of Claude McKay: The Making of a Black Bolshevik
Jeremy Dewar reviews Claude McKay: The Making of a Black Bolshevik
Railroad strike ban: How can US trade unions defeat strike ban?
On 2 December, Biden signed legislation that blocked railroad workers from launching a nationwide strike for better jobs and conditions.
US midterms show need for independent workers’ party
The Red Wave failed to materialise, boosting Donald Trump's candidacy for 2024
Roe v Wade overturned: women say—’we will not go back!’
International Secretariat, League for the Fifth International Finally, they have done it. On June 24, after fifty years of a limited constitutional right to abortion, American women were robbed of that right. Campaigning under the obscene slogan of ‘the right to life’ and anti-science claims that termination means killing babies, women have been deprived of […]
US Supreme Court prepares historic attack on abortion rights
By Marcus Otono—Workers Power USA THE RECENT leak of a draft majority opinion from the Supreme Court of the United States repealing the Roe v Wade judgment that legalized abortion rights throughout the United States, has caused an explosion of anger and protests nationwide. The Court will deliver its final ruling in late June or […]
Union victory for New York Amazon workers
By Dave Stockton THE FIRST day of April witnessed an important victory for US workers. An official ballot for union recognition won a majority of workers (2,654 for, 2,131 against) at the huge JFK8 Amazon warehouse on Staten Island, New York City. The first Amazon facility where workers have won union recognition after dozens of […]
Kyle Rittenhouse and Michael Reinoehl: a tale of two shootings
Racist judicial system frees right wing militiaman Kyle Rittenhouse, but murders Michael Reinoehl
Battle of Blair Mountain: When miners took on the US state
By Chris Clough One hundred years ago, a five-day bloody battle raged in the US. A million rounds of ammunition were fired, and planes flew overhead dropping bombs and poison gas. This battle, the largest since the Civil War, is rarely mentioned in the history books and the centenary passed by without most politicians even […]
Texas abortion ban is a class issue
By Marcus Otono (Nashville, Tennessee) Texas has become the testing ground for a new approach to the nearly 50 year-long battle over abortion rights in the United States. A new law took effect on 1 September which prohibits terminations after the detection of a foetal heartbeat, around six weeks into a pregnancy. There are no […]
Aukus is an escalation of inter-imperialist rivalry
By Alex Rutherford The Aukus security pact between Australia, the UK and the US represents one of the most dramatic moves yet taken by the United States to counter the threat to its interests posed by its largest imperialist rival, China. It also represents a brutal snub to France and by extension to the European […]
