I have become a new member of the 75 million gig workers in the United States. After being laid off from a company that was being poorly run by management, I was forced to enter this new system that is often confused with independence. I used to find joy in my career. It used to [...]
One Struggle has addressed the concept of a progressive militant in the past, but as we see capitalist and imperialist powers continue to adapt to ideas meant to move us beyond this current social, economic, and political arrangement, we must continue to reclaim the term and insist on our definition of what is truly progressive. [...]
https://www.facebook.com/OneStruggle/videos/1113437802139679/ Boots Riley's anti capitalist political line connects the marginalization of people of color to class struggle and the inherent violence of capitalism and imperialism. The extreme politics we see around the world are expressions of the structural crisis of capitalism and divisions among the capitalist class about how to address the many contradictions [...]
Our radios play recordings of children’s screams and our newsfeeds are filled with endless images of bleak detention centers: six and seven year-olds in cages, on matts with emergency blankets, and younger toddlers are even legally barred from being touched or consoled after being ripped from their parents. Trump’s new “zero-tolerance” policy has set in [...]
How the Feminist Movement Lacks Recognition of Class Struggle Garment and textile workers protest to demand better wages on March 8, 1857 in New York. March is Women’s History Month. For thirty-one days, social media platforms and television networks have celebrated the accomplishments of female scientists, artists, CEOs, and more. Broad discussions of [...]
“America was once celebrated for and defined by its large and prosperous middle class. Now, this middle class is shrinking, a new oligarchy is rising, and the country faces its greatest wealth disparity in eighty years. Why is the economic system that made America strong suddenly failing us, and how can it be fixed?” This [...]
*This article has been edited based on a member’s direct experience working for immigration reform, especially DACA. Imperialism is the natural expansion of capitalism. The constant need for growth and increased profits sends capitalists beyond national boundaries in search of new markets and lower production costs. […]