Posted on March 13, 2023 Save the Date Saturday, May 13, 2023 Labor and Community for an Independent Party (LCIP) is holding a national conference on Saturday, May 13, 2023 in-person and with online (remote) attendance options. Join us for the day, from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Pacific Time, at Compton College in the City of Compton (Los Angeles area in Southern California)
Read moreBy Bill Leumer This year’s Labor Notes conference was the biggest ever: 4,000 participants, not to mention the hundreds more who followed the proceedings online. It was a powerful gathering that expressed the deepening fightback sentiment in the labor movement. Featured at the conference were the organizing drives and contract fights at Amazon, Starbucks, Apple in Baltimore, REI, John Deere,
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By Connie WhiteJune 1, 2022 First, before I get into what I want to discuss today, I would like to say that the members of the LCIP Continuations Committee extend our continued condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims murdered and injured in the mass shootings that occurred in Buffalo, NY, and in Uvalde, Texas. We grieve
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Ujima People’s Progress Party Maryland The current crisis in international capitalism, at home and abroad, highlights the desperate attempt by the ruling class forces of imperialism and colonialism to hold on to power over the human and natural resources of Black, Brown, Indigenous and other working-class peoples. From NATO inspired conflicts in Africa and Eastern Europe to the use of
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“I’d never heard before 1962 that Black people could register to vote.” (Fannie Lou Hamer) With all of the hoopla within the Republican Party regarding their efforts to roll back voting rights, it is important now, during what is called Black History Month, to remember where we came from. Take a look at the brief video below depicting a brief
Read moreFor months, Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, has been making repeated statements about his desire to join NATO, the U.S.-led military alliance. The U.S. administration has approved these statements. Everyone knows that such membership is unacceptable to Russia. Since the fall of the Soviet Union 30 years ago, NATO has been absorbing all the countries surrounding Russia one by
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Presentation: The following statements were presented on December 9 to an online national forum on Citizenship for All and the Fight for Independent Working-Class Politics that was attended by 63 unionists and community activists. The meeting was hosted by Labor and Community for an Independent Party (LCIP). Marco Amaral (Independent candidate for California State Superintendent for Public Instruction) [Note: Marco
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LCIP Statement in Support of Marco Amaral’s Independent Campaign for California’s Superintendent of Public Instruction Labor and Community for an Independent Party (LCIP) proudly and enthusiastically endorses Marco Amaral ‘s election campaign for California’s Superintendent of Public Instruction. At a time of increased attacks against public education and teachers’ unions by both Democrats and Republicans, Marco Amaral’s campaign charts a
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The Fight for Citizenship for All: Why There Can Be No Reconciliation with the Democratic Party Date: Thursday, December 9 @ 3pm PST / 6pm EST (Spanish translation will be provided; Habrá traducción al español) Adding to its 35 years of failed promises, the Democratic Party has excluded a path to citizenship from the Budget Reconciliation Bill – excluding also
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
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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
