Unity and Independence – Page 4 – Socialist Organizer

Open Letter to AFL-CIO Convention Delegates From Concerned Trade Unionists & Labor Activists

On June 10, 2013, the San Francisco Labor Council adopted a resolution on “Building an Independent Labor Movement” that was submitted for a discussion and vote at the [...]

December 19, 2016

Some Necessary Points of Reference

For Building Socialist Organizer, U.S. Section of the Fourth International, In the Coming Period (Resolution Adopted by the 12 National Convention of Socialist Organizer [...]

December 18, 2016

What Lessons Can We Learn From Labor’s Defeats in Wisconsin in 2011 and 2015?

By Labor Fightback Network Now that Governor Walker has signed the “right-to-work” bill passed by the Wisconsin legislature, whose purpose is to severely weaken [...]

December 17, 2016

Why We Need a Discussion and Debate on Labor and Political Independence

Labor Fightback Network At our recent conference, the Labor Fightback Network (LFN) agreed to open and facilitate a conversation on labor independent political action. This [...]

December 15, 2016

TIME TO SAY ‘NO’ TO LESSER-EVILISM!

Editorial Statement on the Results of the November 8, 2016, Presidential Election Following the victory of Donald Trump on November 8, a number of prominent left-leaning [...]

October 16, 2016

Why We Fight for a Labor Party: In Response to Sanders and the Greens

(Spring 2016) By the Editors Many supporters of Bernie Sanders are saying that if Sanders loses the nomination, they will vote for Jill Stein of the Green Party. This is a [...]

May 16, 2016

The Fight for a Labor Party: Trotsky’s Revolutionary Perspectives

(February 2009) Introduction The oppressed and exploited have risen up time and time again in U.S. history. But each of these mass movements — such as the militant labor [...]

September 16, 2009