Are We Up for a General Strike in 2028?
The obstacles to a real general strike are many. We have four years to tackle them.
The obstacles to a real general strike are many. We have four years to tackle them.
The strike has already won big gains and it’s giving the union back to its members.
UAW members are on strike today because four years ago a small group of activists founded a reform caucus.
Reformers in the United Auto Workers are jubilant as they seem set to make a historic change in the top leadership of their union, ending 70 years of one-party top-down rule.
Decades-long union democracy fights have just won big in the Teamsters and the United Auto Workers, creating big opportunities for socialists.
Everyone in DSA wants to fight the conservative Democratic establishment. But if we don’t start the long process of organizing for a new party at the same time, we’ll get disoriented by both our gains and by pushback from the elites.
The Rank-and-File Strategy includes a ton of different ways for DSA members to get involved with rebuilding a labor movement that knows how to fight. It’s all about getting connected to workers in motion.
The workplace is still the best place to build class struggle. Socialists need to go where the action is.