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Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien Should Not Speak at the Republican National Convention

Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien Should Not Speak at the Republican National Convention

by | Jul 10, 2024 | | 0 |

Trump has supported the growth of armed rightwing forces that possess a radical racial ideology, including those that engaged in a violent insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6th. Trump calls these criminals “hostages” and “patriots.” The IBT headquarters overlooks the Capitol building. No one who saw those armor-clad, weapon-wielding rioters would call them anything other than what they were: insurrectionists determined to stop the orderly and peaceful transfer of power to the legitimately elected President. Trump foments blame and hatred against Blacks, Latinos, Asians, Muslims, Americans, and immigrants, accusing them of being responsible for many problems both real and imagined. He recently stated that immigrants are stealing Black and Latino jobs. What the hell is that? All of this is directly contrary to the goals of the Labor Movement. It is no surprise that Trump echoes language used by Hitler in Mein Kampf. Nor should we forget that labor unions and their leaders were among the early targets for elimination by the Nazi regime.

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What Strategy Should We Employ To Obtain a Decent Contract? Why The PSC Leadership’s Plan Is No Plan At All 

What Strategy Should We Employ To Obtain a Decent Contract? Why The PSC Leadership’s Plan Is No Plan At All 

by | Mar 17, 2023 | , | 0 |

Once again, we are walking over the Brooklyn Bridge to demonstrate our upset that CUNY4 a New Deal is hanging in the balance.  Instead, the Chancellor is promising more cutbacks.  14 adjuncts at John Jay, many of whom have a 3-year contract, will not be reappointed next semester because the Humanities Department has been eliminated. 

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On Defense of the Conference at John Jay Over the Question of Palestine

On Defense of the Conference at John Jay Over the Question of Palestine

by | May 28, 2022 | , , , | 0 |

In a statement made in collaboration between Student Council and Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), we formally condemn the cancellation of the Palestinian Lives Conference, scheduled to take place on May 14th, 2022, in commemoration of Nakba Day. The event that included two Palestinian liberation organizations, Within Our Lifetime and Existence is Resistance, began the planning months in advance to educate students and others about the ethnic cleansing behind the establishment of Israeli settler-colonial rule in 1948.

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