(reprinted/translated from the August 2021 issue of Transición, published monthly in Mexico) In early June 2021, the Biden administration sent Vice President Kamala Harris on an official visit to Mexico. With a supposedly “more humane” face and the pledge of “good intentions,” the purpose of the visit was to ensure imperialist control over Mexico’s border policy and to tighten strategic control
Read more(reprinted/translated from the August 2021 issue of Transición, published monthly in Mexico) In early June 2021, the Biden administration sent Vice President Kamala Harris on an official visit to Mexico. With a supposedly “more humane” face and the pledge of “good intentions,” the purpose of the visit was to ensure imperialist control over Mexico’s border policy and to tighten strategic control
Read moreAFL-CIO President Richard Trumka passed away from a heart attack on August 5 at the age of 72. Before taking the helm of the AFL-CIO, Trumka was president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA). He rose to prominence in the labor movement after he led a victorious and militant nine-month Pittston Coal strike during the Reagan era. During
Read morePRESENTATION In October 2001, in the name of the so-called “war on terror,” the United States and an international coalition bombed Afghanistan, drove out the Taliban, and installed a puppet regime that survived only thanks to U.S./NATO occupation troops. At the height of the war, 120,000 U.S. troops were deployed in Afghanistan, with heavy reliance on mercenaries from Blackwater and other
Read moreIntroduction LCIP’s main objective is to advance the effort to build a mass working-class party rooted in unions, youth, and communities of the oppressed. With this objective, we will build support and principled unity with liberation movements of Black people and other oppressed nationalities within U.S. borders in their community and electoral campaigns. The platforms of these independent candidates need
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Alan Benjamin – OPEIU Delegate to San Francisco Labor Council; Editorial Board member of The Organizer newspaper (Northern California)
* Editorial board member, The Organizer newspaper
* Delegate to San Francisco Labor Council fro OPEIU Local 29
• Past Executive Committee member (retired) of San Francisco Labor Council
* Member, Organizing Committee, Binational (US-Mexico) Conference Against NAFTA 2.0 and the Wall of Shame
• Member, Coordinating Committee, International Workers Committee Against War and Exploitation
• Founding member, U.S. Labor Against the War
• Member, Administrative Committee, Labor Fightback Network
