The Part-Time Fight for $25 at UPS, the Betrayal of TDU, and the reformist Left of DSA and FRSO

With UPS and the Teamsters at the negotiating table, Edgar Esquivel takes issue with those in the US Left who have tailed the leadership of Teamster President Sean O’Brien.  The Teamsters have recently declared that they are back at the negotiating table with UPS. Nearly all the details of the contract have been agreed upon, with the critical exception of one: Wages and conditions for

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This is Not a Movie; it is Class War:

200,000 Workers, actors, and writers are Striking in the Movie Industry against Big Studios, for more money and against Artificial Intelligence (AI) LOS ANGELES, July 13 (The Daily Socialist with informational material from Reuters, Washington Post, Vox, Intribe, and other agencies) The Movie industry is shaken by the wake of a mass of writers and actors marching together for better wages, secure employment, and protection

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Foro: La guerra interimperialista en Ucrania, 25 de junio

Un programa antiimperialista y socialista para poner fin a la guerra. Foro en español, 25 de junio. Transmisión por: https://www.facebook.com/IzquierdaPuntoInfo Para participar, conéctate al enlace de zoom. 25 jun 2023, 05:00 p. m. hora del pacífico (EE. UU. y Canadá). Inscríbase en la fecha y horario que más le convenga: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAlceyrrD0rHN1mSPnKNCady9jyUtURETkX Luego de la inscripción, recibirá un correo electrónico de confirmación con información para unirse al seminario web.

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Forum: the interimperialist war in Ukraine

PUBLIC ONLINE FORUM TO DISCUSS THE INTERIMPERIALIST WAR IN UKRAINE AND THE SOCIALIST PROGRAM TO END IT. ORGANIZED BY LEFT PARTY (INTERNATIONAL LEFT).SATURDAY, JUNE 10 – 4:00 PST Enter the Zoom link:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85835549492?pwd=NVQrczh1TkVTSkhrN1BYdGlMQ2p3UT09 ID: 858 3554 9492Access code: 191837 Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting#ImperialistWar #StopTheWar #WarInUkraine #ForARevolutionInUkraine Event Link. https://www.facebook.com/events/573043878292030?ref=newsfeed To participate, write to us https://www.facebook.com/TheDailySocialist

For a Workers', Socialist, and Internationalist, May 1st!

For a Workers’, Socialist, and Internationalist, May 1st!

Left Party (International Left) Almost 125 years ago, socialists launched May Day to unify all the workers’ struggles in the world and march as a single fist against the power of the bourgeoisie. The first of those days was to repudiate the deaths of 8 anarchists executed in Chicago for the mere crime of participating in a strike. Also, they fought for 8 hours of

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Organizaciones al rededor del mundo condenan masacre de migrantes y politica migratoria criminal de mexico y eeuu (1) cd chihuahua

HUNDREDS OF ORGANIZATIONS FROM MEXICO, LATIN AMERICA, EUROPE AND THE USA CONDEMN THE MASSACRE OF MIGRANTS FROM CD. JUÁREZ, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO AND DEMAND THE GOVERNMENT TO ABANDON ITS COMPLICITY WITH THE US CRIMINAL IMMIGRATION POLICY.

Sign the letter, and join the fight! Add your name and organization the OPEN LETTER TO ANDRÉS MANUEL LÓPEZ OBRADOR, president of Mexico. Send your membership to cepetroni@yahoo.com The death of 40 Latin American migrant workers due to a fire in a detention center of the National Institute of Migration of Mexico in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua state – which also caused several serious injuries – is

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Let’s follow the example of the Iranian and afghan women who are fighting against the fundamentalist government!

8th March, Working Woman Day declaration. Full support for Women’s Liberation. Following the example of the Iranian and Afghan women, let’s fight against the state and fundamentalism.

By International Left Working Women’s Day corresponds to a long tradition of struggle, mobilizations, strikes, and more, condensed by the Second International Conference of Socialist Women in 1910 and later by the Russian Revolution of 1917 under the slogan of “bread and peace.” Afterward, monarchies and bosses appropriated the day. In 1977, the day of struggle was then transformed by the United Nations Organization into

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International Left declaration. 50 days after the dismissal of President Castillo, the genocidal government installed in Peru has murdered 70 fighters. Whether this dismissal was legal for the poor Peruvian masses, who had long ago lost all illusion in Castillo, if they ever had any, is of little importance. Many voted for Castillo without much enthusiasm as an alternative to Fujimorismo, the archetype of the hated Peruvian oligarchy. Beneath all the claims are the terrible living conditions; These claims differ according to the regions and social classes; some are ancestral, from centuries of exploitation, oppression, racism, and repression, added to the permanent decline in the living conditions of the masses. Above all are the consequences of the infernal environmental exploitation, which has destroyed all ecosystems, causing species to disappear, contaminating the waters, deforesting without limits, and ending the livelihood of huge communities, predominantly indigenous and peasants. All this while the Peruvian "economy" has not stopped growing (but not for the workers and the poor), generating enormous profits for the oligarchy and imperialism and becoming a model to follow throughout South America. Since nothing can last forever, this too begins to end; Growing sectors of workers, indigenous peoples, and youth, especially in the south, say enough is enough. No more. This is possible partly due to the conditions described and partly due to the weakness of the Peruvian regime. In the last 40 years, the bourgeoisie has squandered the credibility of all populists, reformists, and progressive political currents due to its constant betrayals. Today Peru does not have a political movement capable of exciting those below and alternating in power with the traditional parties of the oligarchy. In 2021 Castillo emerged, but it was clear that he would have no future. Hence, things are posed as follows: the traditional parties representing the oligarchy and imperialism govern, or the workers and the people rule, and nothing remains in between. In Peru, there is no PT like in Brazil, nor a MAS like in Bolivia or a Peronism like in Argentina. The other issue that will define the situation is the inter-imperialist conflict between the United States and Europe on the one hand and China and the BRICS on the other. This conflict has enormous importance in Peru, with sides marked by their interests. The Boluarte government has already authorized the entry into the country of US armed forces, armored vehicles, and weapons to direct (they say train) the Peruvian police and armed forces. Any perspective that is seriously considered must start from the preconditions described. Nothing indicates that stability can be recovered in the future. Quite the contrary. Civil war should not be ruled out in principle. Still, it will become inevitable in the medium term if the mass movement fails to seize power from the bourgeoisie and begins to lead the reconstruction under the banners of Socialism. A defeat at this time would produce a massacre of workers, peasants, and indigenous peoples. This issue puts on the table the need to build the general staff of the rebellious masses, a great revolutionary party capable of planning and directing the tasks involved in the overthrow of the criminal capitalist regime in Peru. This task is still pending, and the fate of the Peruvian people ultimately depends on it. If that general staff existed today, it would indeed pose the most urgent tasks to be carried out in this way: Today, the main problem is heterogeneity between the south that is thrown into the fight and the rest of the country, which is why it is urgent to move to the center and north to explain to workers and young people the causes of hunger, exploitation, and historical unemployment, about the destruction of the environment and the need to rebel against the regime, because otherwise, this situation can only get worse. You have to surround the factories, ask the workers for solidarity, and unite in a general strike. Reinforce, extend, and coordinate the fighting committees (Comandos de Lucha)! On the way to a workers' and popular assembly that fights for power! Fighting Committees should discuss the need for self-defense! The ports must be paralyzed, preventing exports from leaving. It is necessary to block the mining companies and the hydrocarbon deposits and prevent the departure of the fishing vessels. No confidence in the CGTP. The police and the army must be disarmed to make self-defense effective. Unity of Aymara, Quechuas, and other oppressed nations of Peru, Bolivia, and the entire region. International Solidarity in the ports of the world! Embargo shipments of US military personnel and arms! Start building a Revolutionary Party Socialism or extinction!

Peru: Workers and Peasants must fight for power to avoid defeat

International Left declaration. 50 days after the dismissal of President Castillo, the genocidal government installed in Peru has murdered 70 fighters. Whether this dismissal was legal for the poor Peruvian masses, who had long ago lost all illusion in Castillo, if they ever had any, is of little importance. Many voted for Castillo without much enthusiasm as an alternative to Fujimorismo, the archetype of the

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Hace unos días el presidente Pedro Castillo intentó disolver el Congreso del Perú dominado por los partidos de derecha y donde los propios partidarios de Castillo estaban en su contra. Castillo intentaba así gobernar por decreto presidencial y llamar a nuevas elecciones. El Congreso se opuso a la política de Castillo y revocó su mandato en un despliegue unitario entre los partidarios de la hija del exdictador Fujimori, Keiko Fujimori, y la propia vicepresidente de Castillo, Dina Boluarte.

Peru: Only the revolution will end exploitation and economic and social decadence.

A few days ago, President Pedro Castillo tried to dissolve the Peruvian Congress dominated by right-wing parties and where Castillo’s own supporters were against him. Castillo thus tried to govern by presidential decree and call new elections. Congress opposed Castillo’s policy and revoked his mandate in a unitary display among supporters of former dictator Fujimori’s daughter, Keiko Fujimori, and Castillo’s own vice president, Dina Boluarte.

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Iran: Islamic regime and theocratic State are in crisis, and repression is intensifying.

Iran: Islamic regime and theocratic State are in crisis, and repression is intensifying. Down with Raisi and Khamenei!

Trial and Punishment for the murderers of Mahsa Amini and all those killed by the repression! Sixty days of demonstrations against the fundamentalist Islamic regime of Iran evidenced, in addition to a phenomenon of organization that includes thousands of women, students, and some sectors of the workers and members of the oppressed nationalities of the Kurds, Arabs, and others, a profound crisis of the government

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