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09/12/2019

The latest from the Labor Fightback Blog: Why Did Richard Trumka Diss Medicare for All?

Labor Fightback Network, September 12, 2019 According to Reuters, Trumka stressed a preference for the so-called public option, a tax-subsidized plan in competition with all the current private hea…

03/15/2019

All out March 16 and March 30! Hands Off Venezuela!

Statement by the Labor Fightback Network The Labor Fightback Network firmly opposes attempts by the U.S. government and its allies to overthrow the elected government of Venezuela. Support for the …

02/08/2019

No War! No Coup! U.S. Hands Off Venezuela! The latest from the Labor Fightback Blog

Dear Sisters and Brothers, On February 6, the National Steering Committee of the Labor Fightback Network discussed the imminent threat of direct U.S.-led military intervention against the sovereign…

01/31/2019

Hands Off Venezuela!
The latest entry to the Labor Fightback Blog

U.S. Labor Against the War Statement on U.S. Intervention in Venezuela January 27, 2019 U.S. Labor Against the War opposes the Trump Administration intervention in the internal affairs of Venezuela…

01/17/2019

The latest from the Labor Fightback Blog: "Defend Undocumented Workers! End the Government Shutdown!"

The Trump administration continues to claim that the Central American migrant caravan is invading California. More than 7,000 Central Americans have come to the U.S. southern border, not to invade …

10/11/2018

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09/19/2018

The latest from the Labor Fightback Blog: Single Payer Universal Health Care: Building a Pathway to Victory

by Sandy Eaton, RN, Dialogue & Initiative, August 2018 This year is pivotal for shifting the balance of forces in the United States away from the proponents of austerity, racism, war and fascis…

08/29/2018

A personal story of walking away from the Democratic party—from the Labor Fightback Blog.

by Thomas Bias, National Secretary, Labor Fightback Network August 28, 2018 Fifty years ago today I turned my back and walked away from the Democratic party. From that day to this I have never look…

08/07/2018

As the Mueller investigation goes forward and Manafort goes to trial, here are some comments on the efforts to remove Donald Trump from the presidency:

It would be surprising if anyone who believes in peace, justice, economic equality, and environmental protection did not feel white-hot anger at the policies and pronouncements of President Donald …

04/20/2018

The latest from the Labor Fightback Blog:

Of the many injustices to which working people are subjected day after day, generation after generation, the worst is war. Young working-class people are handed weapons and ordered into battle to k…

03/23/2018

From the Labor Fightback Blog: retired South Carolina AFL-CIO President Donna Dewitt comments on the West Virginia teachers' strike:

by Donna Dewitt, retired President, South Carolina AFL-CIO WV teachers pay ranks 48th in the nation, with a minimum $32,000 annually and there has been no increase since 2014. Collective bargaining…

03/13/2018

The Labor Fightback Network Endorses the Poor People's Campaign—the latest post to the Labor Fightback Blog:

It’s been more than 50 years since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., warned us about the triple evils of Racism, extreme Materialism, or poverty, as some would say, and Militarism, or the war economy. H…