politics – Page 161 – People's World

Perez, DNC Chair, repeats party fealty to labor with add-ons

February 20, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

"My former boss, Teddy Kennedy, once asked: ‘How do you spell success? U-N-I-O-N.' "

Interested in Chicago, politics, or Obama? Read ‘Conversations with Abner Mikva’

February 5, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

CHICAGO—If you’re interested in Chicago, read this book. If you’re interested in politics, read this book. If you’re interested in the more-than-occasional zaniness of Chicago politics, read this book. And if you’re interested in Barack Obama...

Mass opposition and collective action ended the Trump shutdown

January 28, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik

All across the nation there was an outcry cried against the president’s taking of the American people as hostages in his drive to keep a false campaign promise.

Brexit: UK pulling out of the EU is a complicated issue

January 23, 2019 By Al Neal

The truth is that the EU, originally called the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), was a part of efforts to jumpstart capitalist redevelopment in the 1950s.

Labor rally demands an end to the Trump shutdown/lockout

January 22, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

Labor and allied groups injected into the 2019 Women’s March a major component demanding an end to the Trump government shutdown.