“Don’t bite the hand that feeds you!” Half a Million Farmers Rise Up Across India
India has been rocked by a historic strike of farmers since November 27th and people around the world have risen up in solidarity. The farmers are demanding the withdrawal of three agricultural reform laws, which they say will plummet their earnings and allow the nation’s wealthiest corporations to take over the industry. In an unprecedented […]
“No light at the end of the tunnel” Taxi Drivers Caravan to DC Demanding Relief
Taxi drivers from New York City, Philadelphia, and Maryland joined together in a caravan to Wasington, D.C. demanding relief during the COVID19 pandemic. Ridership has declined up to 80% in cities like New York and many drivers are drowning in debt. BT’s labor beat reporter Monica Cruz brings you this story on the road with […]
Here’s Why Socialists Won in Venezuela
The United Socialist Party of Venezuela won a super majority in the parliamentary election. Juan Guaidó’s coup is effectively dead. Will the US finally recognize the Venezuelan elections or continue to push fantasies?
Eyewitness: Venezuela Elections
BT News correspondent Kei Pritsker reported on the elections live in Venezuela on our social media pages. Here are some of the highlights. The Day Before the Election What’s at stake in Venezuela’s National Assembly elections tomorrow? 107 parties on the ballot. The US government is doubling down in support of the disgraced Guaidó & […]
India Sees Largest Strike in Human History
You probably didn’t hear this in the mainstream media: 250 MILLION people took part in a strike across India last Thursday. Workers at COVID-stricken Chicago nursing homes enter their second week of striking for better safety protections. Unless Congress renews the relief bill, half of American workers are at risk of losing their paid sick […]
I read Obama’s 700-page pro-war monologue so you don’t have to
We read it.
Black Socialists React to Rep. Clyburn’s Erasure
Black Democrat Rep. Jim Clyburn said he’s never known a political Black person “comfortable” with socialism … while sitting in front of a portrait of Black socialist W.E.B. Du Bois ???? Black socialists Brianha Joy Gray, Jacquie Luqman, Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly, and Sean Blackmon respond to this claim that they don’t exist.
Teachers Stage Sick-Outs Amid COVID Surges
From coast-to-coast, teachers continue to organize and strike to demand safety as a precondition for in-person classes. Meanwhile, migrant workers in Washington state’s Yakima Valley fight to unionize. Ex-Amazon worker and founder of the Congress of Essential Workers Chris Smalls files a class-action lawsuit against the trillion-dollar corporation for its mistreatment of workers and civil […]