The Latest from Black Rose/Rosa Negra
-
When and Why Did Unions Start Signing Contracts?
This piece from the Organizing Work blog explores an important but often little discussed question of the historical origins of labor contracts in the U.S. The current dominant model of formal collective bargaining agreements which include provisions against striking and job actions, also known as “workplace contractualism,” has not always been the dominant model. The…
-
Grow Our Roots: Meet Our Comrades Traveling To South America
As part of our “Grow Our Roots” fundraiser to support our international and media work, we wanted to introduce you to two of our comrades headed to South American this summer. They will be participating in our “militant exchange” and various international meetings with our sister organizations in Chile and Argentina. We are more than…
-
Green Power: Strong Movements to Face the Climate Crisis
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Speaking on climate crisis and social movements is Seattle, WA based Black Rose/Rosa Negra member Arthur Pye. Providing a survey of the depth of the crisis and various responses, above all Pye stresses that ultimately building popular power outside of the constrains of institutional forces is what will push the dramatic…
-
Will Bernie’s Proposals Build Worker Power? Interview With a Swedish Labor Activist
Presidential candidate and open socialist Bernie Sanders announced this week that his campaign is preparing a proposal to encourage employee ownership in large companies. While details are yet to be released, what has been reported so far is the plan would have employers “contribute a portion of their stocks to a fund controlled by employees”…
-
Un movimiento feminista para acabar con el capitalismo: el auge del feminismo multisectorial en Chile
La primera de una serie de dos partes sobre el feminismo anticapitalista en Sudamérica y con una riqueza de conceptos y análisis de los que podemos aprender en EE.UU
-
Means and Ends: The Anarchist Critique of Seizing State Power
We are excited to publish contemporary thinkers and writers on libertarian socialist and anarchist thought such as Zoe Baker, please consider a patreon contribution to support their work. -Editor Watch or listen to a YouTube version of this article by Zoe Baker. Click here or scroll to the bottom of this article. By Zoe Baker…
