The Wisconsin Idea

LaborViewpoint

The UAW Just Challenged the Entire Labor Movement to Get More Ambitious

The United Auto Workers announced a new campaign to organize 150,000 new members at non-union shops. Every other major union should follow suit.

Hamilton Nolan

ViewpointRural America

Donald Trump Makes a Mockery of Populism

To call Trump a “populist” is to desecrate the memory of the 19th century movement that took on robber barons like him.

Tim Brinkhof

DispatchCulture

Striking a Chord for Change: The Poor People’s Campaign for Revolution

In an effort to record their first album of movement songs, the New York State chapter of the Poor People’s Campaign is tapping into an old organizing tradition with hopes of inspiring change.

Natascha Elena Uhlmann

DispatchCulture

This Chicago Nightclub is Reimagining Safety Through Community Care

"What's a bigger liability? People using substances … or somebody dying from an overdose in your bathroom when you could have had something to prevent that overdose?”

Sonal Soni

LaborViewpoint

The UAW Strike Points the Way To a Different Vision of Economic Life

From its novel strategy to unprecedented contract wins, the United Auto Workers strike made history. The walkout suggests a broader revival of class struggle and workplace democracy.

Nick French

Viewpoint

Israel’s Brutality Is Stoking the Imagination of India's Far Right

As the genocide in Gaza continues, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is taking notes.

A. Gopalan

LaborPalestine

The Labor Movement's History of Backing Israel—and the Changing Climate Amid the War on Gaza

The U.S. labor movement has a decades-long history of supporting Israel wholeheartedly, punctuated by moments of pro-Palestine actions by rank-and-file activists. As Israel wages its war on Gaza, those pro-Palestine moments are becoming increasingly common.

Jeff Schuhrke

Hundreds of people of different backgrounds stand shoulder to shoulder in a crowd.

ViewpointPalestineThe Right-Wing Issue

The Right's Persecution of Palestine Supporters Looks a Lot Like a New Red Scare

Workers have been fired. Students have lost job offers. Activists have been harassed. But you can’t bully a movement into silence.

Nashwa Bawab

A person holds up a sign that reads "JEWS SAY: CEASEFIRE NOW". Behind them is another sign that reads "NO TO WAR NO TO APARTHEID". The U.S. Capitol Building is seen in the background, behind the crowd of protestors.

ViewpointPalestine

Israel’s Violence Will Never Bring “Safety” to Anyone, Including Jews

We need to confront the violence of Israel’s ethnonationalist militarism.

Sarah Lazare and Maya Schenwar