class consciousness
Dolly Parton: Working class hero
August 26, 2026Dolly wasn’t just a music icon—she was a lifelong union member who stood for women workers, LGBTQ equality, Black communities, and others, even if their causes weren't popular.
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‘Welcome to class warfare’: My half-century as a reporter covering the coal miners
June 12, 2026Coal miners are locked in the class struggle at the heart of the system of capitalist exploitation.
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Trump’s redistricting wars are an attack on every worker
May 22, 2026The gerrymander is coming for all of us, no matter our race, creed, or color.
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As Japanese employees work themselves to death, Communists say look to Marx
May 6, 2026Work/life balance? Bosses in Tokyo have never heard of it, but Japanese Communist Shii Kazuo says Marx’s “Capital” has the tools workers need to fight back.
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More than 250,000 turn out nationwide on May Day
May 2, 2025In Chicago alone, the birthplace of May Day, at least 10,000 rally and then march through the streets.
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