by Joe Allen

by Joe Allen

Introduction

Send a text An unbearable loss pushes one man past the breaking point, ending in murder. But was it justified? Listener discretion is advised. Want to help support …

Ever since I moved to Chicago in 1993, May Day has progressively degenerated throughout the years, despite moving into the mainstream in a herky-jerky

Revolutionaries and trade union strategy reading list.

Like many people in the U.S. Left, I closely watched the U.S. Senate vote to block the transfer of 1,000 pound bombs and military equipment to Israel last

With only a few days left before Illinois’ primary elections on March 17th, the bitter, often nasty campaigns to succeed prominent members of the state’s

“As a labor leader, [O’Brien] should be disqualified…. Donald Trump has done nothing to help the working class, only the people in the Epstein class.”

The Teamster boss has cozied up to the GOP, but the Republicans’ anti-labor politics are the same as ever.

Abbott’s hostility to working class people and unions is not a secret. He’s fearmongered about “Big Labor,”especially public sector unions for years. Labor unions by any stretch of the imagination are...

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Since the murder of Renee Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross on…

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This is a screen recording of a 60 Minutes segment about the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be...

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Violent immigration crackdowns, looming safety-net cuts and arrests of street vendors are pushing Black and Latine residents in both cities to organize around their common ground.

Richard Hooker Jr is running to replace Trump ally Sean O’Brien as president of the Teamsters International union

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The death of Charlie Kirk has made me think about the growth of the right-wing presence on U.S. campuses during the last three decades. The…

Like many people, I woke up early last Tuesday morning to find an excited post in my Facebook news feed from the Teamsters: “At 11th Hour, UPS Bows to

“The emancipation of the working class must be the work of the working class itself.” — Marx & Engels.

The world's most iconic union?When Len McCluskey, the General Secretary of Britain's largest union, Unite the Union, spoke to the delegates of the 2016 Teamster convention, he decl

Recently, I learned that my old union representative Bennie Jackson passed away seven months ago. He was a lifelong union militant at United Parcel

Doing MAGA’s dirty work in the labor movement

In a defiant response to worsening labour conditions and Italy’s role in…

Bring a sign, bring some friends, be a part of how DOGE ends! Tesla profits are down 71%, let's keep it up! Elon Musk is destroying our democracy, and he's using the fortune he built at Tesla to do i...

Joe Allen recounts the experience of the Chicago Haymarket Square walking tour and monument to the May 1, 1886 workers' uprising.

The move comes as President Trump’s tariffs are reducing shipping volumes and is in addition to 12,000 job cuts last year.

Bring a sign, bring some friends, be a part of how DOGE ends! Tesla profits are down 71%, let's keep it up! Elon Musk is destroying our democracy, and he's using the fortune he built at Tesla to do i...

An engaging look behind the curtain of one of America's most important companies.

The AFL-CIO has released its annual Death on the Job report to report on the state of safety and health protections for America’s workers

Bring a sign, bring some friends, be a part of how DOGE ends! Tesla profits are down 71%, let's keep it up! Elon Musk is destroying our democracy, and he's using the fortune he built at Tesla to do i...