Unlike with other academic workers, unionization among tenure-track faculty is rare. But unions can make it easier for tenure-stream faculty to fight back against the
Marching against attacks on pensions in Toulouse, France Demonstrations across France on Tuesday were even bigger than the massive turnout on the previous day of
Anti-racists gather at the Stand Up To Racism international conference in London last October(Picture: Guy Smallman) Trade unionists are building for a conference on Saturday
At the October 2022 summit of the National Restaurant Association’s legal wing, union-busting lawyers shared their latest strategies for shutting down workplace democracy. Recent food
Given the programs’ popularity, the only way to break Social Security and Medicare is an economic shock. It’s possible that manufacturing such a shock is
The Index on Censorship, a right-wing nonprofit led by a vicious Jeremy Corbyn opponent that receives funding from the US government, has named Mexican president
Pay Review Bodies aren’t independent sources of unbiased information – they’re tools the government uses to hide its own responsibility for keeping wages unliveably low.
Today “ethical consumerism” mostly refers to individuals feeling morally righteous about what they buy. But the consumers movement was once motivated by the broader, collective
Much of the world is likely to have a recession this year, and Britain is expected to be especially hard hit. We can thank years
The organizer of the March on Washington where Martin Luther King Jr delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech was also the leader of the
Firefighters rallied in London in December (Picture: Guy Smallman) Firefighters and control room staff have become the latest group of workers to enter the pay
We are rightly skeptical of apps because the tech industry has plundered the commons, but a new app for union organizing should be given the
Millions of renters are suffering immensely right now as they face down imminent evictions in a housing market that has seen rents skyrocket in recent
By naming Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador ‘Tyrant of the Year’, Index on Censorship has exposed its role in slandering world leaders who dare
Indian economist Amartya Sen has posed a devastating challenge to the dominant capitalist understanding of development. But Sen’s own analytical framework doesn’t go far enough
Socialists join the March Against Racism and Fascism in London, March, last year (Picture: Guy Smallman) There is a system behind the low pay and
Trade unionists protest outside Downing Street, London to defend the right to strike. (Picture: Guy Smallman) It’s not just trade unionists who are threatened by
Eric Adams loves to style himself as a mayor for the working class. But with his new budget’s long list of cuts to education and
Billionaire Kelcy Warren has sued Beto O’Rourke for defamation over old campaign ads. Judges who could be presiding over the case have previously taken election
Sisters Miriam and Hasna in Dina Amer’s film You Resemble Me You resemble me follows two sisters Miriam and Hasna as they navigate the rough
Palestinians inspect destroyed homes in Jenin after the attack by Israeli soldiers (Picture: Alamy/ Ayman Nobani) Israeli politicians and their Western government backers are threatening
Physiotherapists on strike to save the NHS last week (Picture: Guy Smallman) Health strikes planned for next Monday and Tuesday are set to be some
Protesters in Boston, Massachusetts, after the police killing of Tyre Nichols. deyre Nichols. Demonstrators later marched around the Boston Common and passed the Massachusetts State
Karl Marx was one of the greatest intellectuals of the nineteenth century. He was also one of its greatest writers. Like Charles Dickens, Honoré de
Abellio bus drivers are clear they want to keep on striking (Picture: Guy Smallman) Some 1,900 bus drivers employed by Abellio in south London were
It won’t be easy for Lula after his election in Brazil (Picture: Jeso Carneiro/Flickr) The narrow victory of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva over Jair
An emergency protest in Liverpool to defend trans rights Around 250 people protested for transgender rights in Liverpool on Saturday of last week, while people
Vibrant picket lines during the EIS teachers’ strikes (Picture: EIS) Scottish teachers in the EIS union are deep into 16 consecutive days of strikes with
Train drivers strike for pay outside Charing Cross station in London on 6 January (Picture: Guy Smallman) Schools closed, rail services halted, universities stopped and
Cricket fan Paul Scully MP Private health firms have donated more than £800,000 to the Conservative Party over the past ten years. This includes companies
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