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Why the Alabama Mercedes Union Campaign Faltered
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/why-the-alabama-mercedes-union-campaign-faltered/
Published: May 25, 2024 12:42
I’m still hot as hell three days after losing a union election at the Mercedes factory complex in Alabama. After years of laying a foundation and six months of 100 percent dedication and putting everything on hold, it’s a tough pill to swallow—losing by…
A Crowd-Sourced Global Policy Cloud for a World Revolution
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-crowd-sourced-global-policy-cloud-for-a-world-revolution/
Published: May 24, 2024 18:24
Humanity is in an existential crisisi. While capitalism is enabling the elite to accumulate capitalii whilst knowing the risk of civilizational collapse, many organizations are fighting to avoid mass extinction. Environmental, indigenous, human rights,…
Apocalypse Now?
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/apocalypse-now/
Published: May 23, 2024 16:46
Eyes open. Look around. Ears attuned. Listen up. Something is happening here, there, and everywhere. Ignore it, avoid it, deny it , whine or weep over it and it will keep happening. Fight it and envision and seek better, and we can stop it. You know it,…
To Win Big, Labor Has to Lose More
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/to-win-big-labor-has-to-lose-more/
Published: May 23, 2024 15:57
There’s no sugarcoating it: Mercedes workers’ loss last week was a punch in the gut. Hopefully we can soon get some sober assessments from worker leaders and staff organizers about what — if anything — they’d try to do differently next time around. But…
An Oral History of The Next American Revolution: Installment 1
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/an-oral-history-of-the-next-american-revolution-installment-1/
Published: May 21, 2024 16:30
“The following article is excerpted from a book in progress titled An Oral History of The Next American Revolution. It includes a Foreword, an Introduction, and a short First Chapter of the book. Z will publish one excerpt a week for fourteen weeks,…
Worker Co-Ops Have a Role to Play in Socialist Strategy
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/worker-co-ops-have-a-role-to-play-in-socialist-strategy/
Published: May 20, 2024 17:27
Copenhagen, 1910. Here, at the beginnings of social democracy’s ascent in Europe, the Second International passed a resolution supporting cooperatives. While acknowledging that cooperation alone was “incapable of realizing the aim of socialism,” the…
The Indigenous Growers Reviving Hemp’s Deep Roots
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-indigenous-growers-reviving-hemps-deep-roots/
Published: May 20, 2024 17:21
Cannabis can transform our materials economy and textiles industry, return carbon to the soil, provide sustainable housing material, nurture health and well-being and set us on a path to restorative justice. That’s why we call it the New Green Revolution.…
Yet More Boondoggles: Extracting Carbon Dioxide from the Air, Mining Asteroids
Published: May 20, 2024 17:10
The dictionary doesn’t quite do justice to the word “boondoggle” according to author Dmitri Orlov, best known for his book Reinventing Collapse. A contemporary boondoggle must not only be wasteful, it should, if possible, also create additional problems…
Auto Workers’ Loss at Mercedes-Benz Slows the UAW Organizing Drive, but Won’t Stop It
Published: May 20, 2024 16:33
Mercedes-Benz succeeded in defeating the United Auto Workers (UAW) in an election held in the company’s plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, but UAW President Shawn Fain sees the defeat as a temporary setback in the union’s plan to organize the auto industry in…
The World’s Forgotten War
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-worlds-forgotten-war/
Published: May 16, 2024 17:51
“Don’t worry, Séra, the entire world is watching them, they won’t be able to do anything.” “You think so?” “Of course.” In my heart of hearts, I knew I was wrong. The World Cup was about to begin in the United States. The planet was interested in nothing…
Capitalism Attacks Argentine Workers and You May Be Next
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/capitalism-attacks-argentine-workers-and-you-may-be-next/
Published: May 16, 2024 17:27
As always when a representative of the right wing tells you he or she is campaigning to bring “freedom,” be afraid. Very afraid. For “freedom” in these cases means freedom for the richest financiers and industrialists to do whatever they want. For them,…
The Toughest Job Today’s Richest Ever Face?
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-toughest-job-todays-richest-ever-face/
Published: May 16, 2024 17:01
Once upon a time, back in the middle of the 20th century, the smallest theater on Broadway could have comfortably accommodated a get-together of all the New Yorkers worth at least $100 million. Not anymore. Broadway’s landmark Helen Hayes Theater holds a…