The SWP and the Labor Party Question in the 1940s
By Suzanne Jones The Theoretical Framework The perspective for building a Labor Party in the United States was elaborated theoretically, from Engels in his correspondence to [...]
Unity and Independence
When Rights Are Denied – The Attack on Reproductive Rights Is a Labor Issue
By Labor Fightback Network Thanks to the recent passage of Texas’ HB 2, most women in Texas will no longer have access to any health services in clinics that perform [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
