Batay Ouvriye’s autonomous presence in recent demonstrations

Two types of struggles: the struggle among the bourgeoisie for the control of the State Apparatus, and the struggle of the masses for another alternative: "Down with yellow unions that sell out the workers' struggle for a pittance!" "Down with Misery Wages! Down with the High Cost of Living! Down with Unemployment!" [...]

RRN: #DefendYannick – Sign the Solidarity Statement

Monday, 2/9/15, the RRN will deliver this statement to Yannick’s attackers at CNOHA. Please help us reach 100 signatures before then! On January 30, an assassination attempt was made on Yannick Etienne, a militant of Batay Ouvriye (Workers Fight), in the SONAPI industrial zone of Port-au-Prince. The perpetrators were flunkies of the NGO/yellow union CNOHA [...]

RRN Update: Defend Yannick Etienne – Interview with Yannick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7YyP9TlkJU Denouncing Yellow Unions:  An Interview with Batay Ouvriye Organizer, Yannick Etienne “This is a question of using this as a business front, and it’s not really unionism… When you say union, we talking about independence, we talking about autonomous struggle, we talking about democracy, we talking about the rank and file really controlling [...]

RRN Update: Defend Yannick Etienne! SOTA-BO, Multiwear Negotiations

On January 30, an assassination attempt was made on Yannick Etienne, a militant of Batay Ouvriye (Workers Fight), in the SONAPI industrial zone of Port-au-Prince. The perpetrators were flunkies of the NGO/yellow union CNOHA (Central National Workers of Haiti). Some of the context of this attack revolves around ongoing negotiations between textile trade unions and [...]

Back Off, Thugs: We Will Defend Yannick Etienne!

Urgent: take action with the Rapid Response Network! Militant union organizer attacked in Port-au-Prince On January 30, an assassination attempt was made on Yannick Etienne, a militant of Batay Ouvriye (Workers Fight), in the SONAPI industrial zone of Port-au-Prince. The perpetrators were flunkies of the NGO/yellow union CNOHA (Central National Workers of Haiti). The events [...]

Save our Siddhi

Jacksonville organizer and activist Siddhi is currently facing legal troubles over her participation at a Black Lives Matter protest. She, and the organization Burnpile Press,  is a good friend and ally of One Struggle. She is a member of our growing organizing community in Florida. Let's offer solidarity by donating to her legal fund, or [...]

Ferguson 2 Miami, #BlackLivesMatter Report Back and Analysis

Report Back: Miami Black Lives Matter Mobilizations, NGO’s & Constructing a Movement By Members of One Struggle Across the nation and the world, protests, blockades, and demonstrations are proliferating in response to the non-indictment of police officers involved in the murders of Mike Brown and Eric Garner. People are mobilizing, demanding justice and proclaiming that [...]