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Brexit: Johnson’s Conservatives splinter, but Labour’s path remains unclear

September 6, 2019 By Al Neal

If an election is fought only on the issue of Brexit and not any of the concerns that motivated many working people to vote for leaving the EU in the first place (like job loss), then...

Rating the presidential hopefuls: Only a few support unions in public

September 6, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

Virtually all the candidates support strengthening workers’ rights, especially the right to organize. All also support raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. But there is one key difference.

Leon Wofsy: The Organizer (1921-2019)

September 5, 2019 By Conn Hallinan And Max Elbaum

Leon Wofsy understood that serious politics are mass politics.

Bayer adds Monsanto’s toxic legacy to its own

September 5, 2019 By Nadya Williams

Chemical war has been a good business for the two giants.

Colonial heritage, socialist future? The complex history behind Hong Kong protests

September 5, 2019 By John Bachtell

The causes of the protests are complex, involving democratic rights, national identity, massive class inequality, and a clash between China's socialist system and the legacy of British colonialism.