The Making of Italy’s Pro-Palestine General Strike When Italy’s dockworkers organized a strike in solidarity with Palestine on October 3, they showed that solidarity and internationalism are still alive in the Italian labor movement.

When Italy’s dockworkers organized a strike in solidarity with Palestine on October 3, they showed that solidarity and internationalism are still alive in the Italian labor movement.

Our Labor Council meeting had this discussion in real time last week. It's so helpful to have this article to share with everyone now. I hope we can rise to the moment.

Being a unionist right now requires us to start thinking out of the box. I know this is scary, or worse, seems impossible to many of us. But we need to start taking these thoughts seriously or there won't be much left.

For Labor, Caution Is Fatal The riskiest course is to stay the course.

As Trump escalates his attacks on workers, the labor movement "must move aggressively to meet the present challenge."

"We need a new infrastructure built for struggle — a network of people and organizations that are willing to take risks."

Hey #Rochester, you won't want to miss this one! Share widely.

There's No Justice Without Power A rich guy's lesson for the left.

"Money buys labor. Guns compel labor. The power of the strike stops labor. It is the only equal of the power of money and guns. It's the one form of hard power available to regular people. Our power is that the world can’t run without us."

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