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Teamsters: The Ghost of Jackie Presser

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By Joe Allen, Ish Tominey-Nevado, Ian Allinson
| revsoc21.uk
Pic from Instagram. Presser as Roman Emperor. 1986 Teamters convention. • July 11, 2026 Joe Allen reports on the recent Teamsters union congress in Las Vegas and considers the possibilities for a revival of the rank and file. This article was first published on 29 June on the Medium website. The big news coming out of the Teamsters recent convention in Las Vegas is that for the first time in 35 years there will be no rank and file democratic elections for the top officers of the union.
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The State of the Resistance in Trump’s America

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By Ashley Smith, Andy Durgan, Joe Allen
| revsoc21.uk
Image by Fibonacci Blue • July 9, 2026 Ashley Smith reviews the state of the American resistance against Trump and argues that only mass working-class struggle and a new workers’ party, not reliance on Democrats, can defeat him and the system that produced him. Trump’s relentless attacks have produced mass popular resistance from below in the US and opposition by states internationally. These have delivered two devastating defeats.
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Teamsters: The Ghost of Jackie Presser

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By Joe Allen
| CounterPunch Verified
Teamsters President Sean O’Brien. Photo: Ted Merriman. CC BY-SA 4.0 The big news coming out of the Teamsters’ recent convention in Las Vegas is that for the first time in 35 years, there will be no rank-and-file democratic elections for the top officers of the union. TheFearlessslate, led by Richard Hooker, failed to get the 5% of the delegates necessary to make it onto the ballot.
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