Union executives and scholars in France talk to Léa Bouchoucha about the unprecedented wave of social protests.
Category: Labor
Intl Trade Unions Condemn Recognition of Guaidó
Even a labor group currently at odds with Caracas opposes foreign interference in the matter of the presidency, reports Ivar Andersen.
Brexit’s Imperial Nostalgia
Anis Chowdhuryand Jomo Kwame Sundaram confront the notion that British rule helped “develop” the empire.
Solidarity & Seattle’s General Strike of 1919
This story of seeming failure is surprisingly hopeful for the future of labor, writes Steven C. Beda.
Venezuela’s US-Backed Coup Leader Immediately Targets State Oil Company and Requests IMF Money
Unelected U.S.-backed coup leader Juan Guaidó immediately moved to try to restructure Venezuela’s state-owned oil company and seek financing from the neoliberal IMF, reports Ben Norton of The Gray Zone.
A Workers’ Struggle in India to ‘Make the Land Proud’ as Global Unrest Spreads
This has been one of the largest general strikes in the world, writes Vijay Prasad from Kerala, as social unrest grows in Morocco, Sudan, Nigeria and Los Angeles.
Yellow-Vest Women Stake Their Claim to the Movement
Women gathered in Paris to confirm their commitment to the populist movement and women’s place in the country’s revolutionary history, reports Léa Bouchoucha from Paris for Consortium News.
Wall Street, Banks and Angry Citizens
The post-Great Recession economic “recovery” was largely reserved for participants in financial markets, not the majority working longer hours and multiple jobs, writes Nomi Prins.
The Euro-Establishment’s Fear of Populism
French protesters are furious with EU champion Emmanuel Macron while Rome battles Brussels over its budget. Amid all this, Andrew Spannaus discusses why organized labor isn’t seizing the moment.
Yellow Vests Rise Against Neo-Liberal ‘King’ Macron
For centuries, the “left” hoped popular movements would lead to changes for the better. Today, many leftists seem terrified of popular movements for change, convinced “populism” must lead to “fascism.” But it needn’t be so, says Diana Johnstone.