Socialists and Strike Support: Perspectives and Politics by Joe Allen (Previously posted in Red Madison and Midwest Socialist) The current wave of strikes in the United States is a welcome change in the class struggle in the United States. As I wrote recently: The most obvious takeaway from this year’s…

Socialists and the Rank and File Strategy: A Resource Guide by Joe Allen “The emancipation of the working class must be the work of the working class itself.” — Marx & Engels. “We will support the officials just so long as they rightly represent the workers, but we will act Independently immediately [when] they misrepresent them.” — Clyde Workers’ Committee (1915). Introduction Marxists…

Preface Posted September 13, 2021 Here is an updated reading list for the 2021 Teamster election. My first reading list was posted in October 2020. Since last October there have been several major developments in the race for the union’s leadership including, the nomination of the two slates for the…

Reflections of an antiwar labor activist 9–11 began for me with the phone ringing off the hook. I stumbled to the phone and listened to my voicemail. It was my mother calling. “Joey, something terrible has happened. Turn on the TV.” My brain wasn’t really working but I turned on…

The Teamsters Have Entered the Chat (w/ Joe Allen) Bonus Episode of the Working People Podcast hosted by Maximilian Alvarez This interview was edited for length and clarity. Please sign up for the Working People podcast on Patreon, here. Working People: A lot of folks who are watching this from…

A 2021 Teamster Election Primer: Gangsters, Reformers, and Socialists in the Teamsters. A Reading List by Joe Allen The 2021 Teamster election is well under way. After two decades in power James P. Hoffa, Jr. will not be running for reelection but there is a real contest for who will…

The threat of the Far Right by Joe Allen Joe Allen looks at the rising threat of the Far Right, its relationship to the Trump Administration, and its implications for the Left before and after the November elections. We are in a dangerous political moment. The far right has surged…

DSA Labor Perspective, Part 2: The Far Right and the Working Class in the U.S. By Joe Allen Not matter who wins the 2020 presidential elections, millions of working class voters and unions households will vote for Donald Trump, despite his wide-ranging attacks on trade unions and working class living…