by Hannah W.
The first ever Rust Belt Rising conference was held on August 15th and 16th here in Rochester. This was organized by Workers Assembly of Rochester (WAR), an independent organization of local labor activists, including DSA members, union staffers and organizers. Local labor leaders, rank and file members and members of community organizations gathered to discuss and learn about the role of the labor movement in Rochester, and how we can move it to be more militant and left.
by Gustavus Meyers Gustavus Meyers (1872 – 1942) was a journalist and historian most known for his study on the History of the Great American Fortunes, detailing the corruption and criminality behind…
By Elizabeth Henderson As farms in NY come under increasing economic pressure with rising costs, stagnant or shrinking revenues, and ICE raids and deportations, the farm labor dilemma – who is going…
by Gregory Lebens-Higgins “All surplus-value, whatever particular form (profit, interest, or rent) it may subsequently crystallize into, is in substance the materialization of unpaid labor.” – Marx What does it mean when…
by Eugene V. Debs Eugene V. Debs (1855 – 1926) was a labor leader and socialist candidate for president. As president of the American Railway Union, Debs took part in the Pullman…
The following remarks were delivered by Aidan S. at the Anti-Rate Hike Block Party on May 31, held in opposition to RG&E’s proposed 34% increase in utility bills. We’re all out here…
by Gregory Lebens-Higgins The rapid mechanization of the world has inspired a wealth of fiction with the theme of machines acting without human impulse and beyond human intention. These depictions speak to…
by Logan W. Cole
“Though we extoll the virtues of democracy in most aspects of our life, we are often completely willing to give up the pretense of pursuing democracy in one place – our jobs.”
by Gregory Lebens-Higgins “Dialectics is nothing more than the science of the general laws of motion and development of nature, human society, and thought.”– F. Engels, Anti-Dühring Growing up in the 90s…
by Matt T
Trade unions are not inherently agents of change, especially when they are not tied and subordinated to a revolutionary party apparatus. To press further, my analysis of the situation is that “unions” in their traditional form have not only lost the war of position, but are unable to rapidly shift their approach to current political circumstances or generally develop a revolutionary political manner due to their own structures.