Movements

At UFCW, A Reform Movement Rises

Can essential workers follow auto workers and revolutionize their union?

Hamilton Nolan

We Shouldn’t Have to Work Ourselves to Death

Why raising the retirement age is a very bad idea.

Christopher R. Martin

Calling Cop City Activists "Terrorists" Is An Old Government Trick

Several Cop City activists have been arrested and charged with domestic terrorism—something that has long been a legal and rhetorical weapon of state power.

Eric Laursen

Black Educators Are Reimagining A Better School System

“Black Lives Matter at School is an act of resistance. It’s a refusal to accept the ways that we are perpetually dehumanized. It’s a statement that we exist, that we are here, and that we are going to fight back.”

Henry Hicks IV

The Plot to Cancel Drag Queens

Drag Shows under attack by far-right groups.

Eesha Pandit

Change the World and Watch Public Opinion Follow

How to stop letting our crises go to waste.

Hamilton Nolan

No Cop City Anywhere

Chicago’s #NoCopAcademy campaign and #StopCopCity in Atlanta are part of the same movement: to end violent policing, protect the environment and defend Black and brown lives.

Benji Hart

A Pipeline Brings Gas and Revolt to Southern Italy

“We thought nothing like this could happen in Italy until we found ourselves right in the middle of it.”

Alessandra Bergamin

After a Record Year for Police Violence, Is It Finally Time to Defund the Police?

As law enforcement budgets have continued to increase, so have the number of killings by police officers. To reverse this trend, funding could be reallocated to social programs, as racial justice advocates have long called for.

Sonali Kolhatkar

How to Avoid Nuclear Stand-Offs That Threaten the Entire World

Frida Berrigan on the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the fight for nuclear abolition.

Frida Berrigan

The Necessary Refuge of Third Places

Our public meeting spaces have been disappearing. It’s time to reclaim them.

In These Times Editors

Starbucks Union Workers Have a Holiday Wish: Don’t Buy Starbucks Gift Cards

To mark the anniversary of the Starbucks union movement, workers are holding rallies in 10 cities—and asking customers to publicly show their support.

Saurav Sarkar

Democrats Can’t Be Counted On to Stop the MAGA Right, So Socialists Are Stepping Up

After the midterms, Congress will have more socialists than ever—while progressive policies won across the country. The Left will have to use its power to take on the anti-democratic GOP.

Kristian Hernandez

The Protest Camp Where Houseless Activists Fight Luxury High Rises

Houseless protesters in Chicago occupied a parking lot and then set up a long-term camp to fight gentrification—with the support of the neighborhood.

Hana Urban

Bosses Hate This One Trick

Work-to-rule is not walking away from a fight, but a different way to fight.

In These Times Editors

Why Starbucks Cares So Much About a Little Pin

A barista in Buffalo says he was fired for wearing a suicide awareness pin. Now, workers in at least seven other states are wearing it in solidarity.

Jeff Schuhrke

Sysco Strikers Reach a Deal

The three-week, multi-state strikes caused supply chain interruptions but drew widespread community support.

Eloise Goldsmith and Rohan Montgomery

Teachers and Other Unionists Are Joining Iran’s Gender Justice Uprising

As part of the nationwide protests in Iran, women union members are taking to the streets, saying: “we have nothing to lose but our lives.”

Alborz Ghandehari