A Contribution to the Discussion on Cooperatives
By ALAN BENJAMIN A question keeps coming up as we advance the struggle for independent working-class politics: How should we relate to the workers and activists who are part [...]
Unity and Independence
Teachers’ Strike Wave Returns to Chicago!
As we go to press (Oct. 22), the strike of 32,500 educators, all members of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), is entering its fifth day with even greater energy and [...]
Labor’s Resurgence, Bernie Sanders, the DSA and the Fight for Independent Working-Class Politics Today
Tribune des Travailleurs, the weekly newspaper of the Democratic Independent Workers Party of France (POID), Interviews The Organizer Editorial Board Member Alan Benjamin [...]
Is a Deal to Pass USMCA in the Works?
By Alan Benjamin Forgive me if I am a bit cynical when it comes to the Democratic Party and the issue of “free trade” agreements signed by the United States, [...]
The Democratic Party Three Months After the Midterms: A Discussion with Nick Brana of the LCCIP
[Intro Note: The following discussion with Nick Brana, executive director of the Movement for a People’s Party and organizer for the Labor-Community Campaign for an [...]
Centennial Commemoration of Eugene V. Debs Held in Cleveland: A Dossier
By DON BRYANT In May 1918, Congress expanded the Espionage Act of 1917 to include prohibitions on speech. The amendments, known commonly as the Sedition Act, forbade [...]
Support the Labor-Community Campaign for an Independent Party!
IN THIS DOSSIER: The Organizer Editorial Board Statement: An Important Step Toward Labor’s Political Independence Sign-on Statement: Join Us to Support the [...]
‘What Kind of Break from Democrats?’: A Response to the ISO
By ALAN BENJAMIN On July 18, the International Socialist Organization posted to its website a contribution from ISO member Owen Hill about how socialist organizations should [...]
Interview with MPP Coordinator Nick Brana on Why the Democratic Party Cannot be Reformed
(reprinted from the July-August 2018 issue of The Organizer newspaper) PRESENTATION Over the past several months, The Organizer newspaper — through its Unity & [...]
A.J. Muste and the League for Independent Political Action in the Late 1920s and ’30s
Part Seven of our reprint of the series on the history of the struggle for a labor party in the United states, by Stan Phipps The critical factor in building a viable [...]
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