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Much like South African vineyard workers once addicted to their exploitative "dop" system, America's financial overlords are hooked on a subprime lending model that preys on the poor, and now this unsustainable system is crashing down. Among the most exploited South Africans during 48 years of white minority misrule were the vineyard workers who were often paid with daily rations of wine to supplement their pitiful wages.
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A hotel workers strike in California exposes anti-Black hiring practices, and the predation of the "gig" economy. Originally published in Labor Notes. When Thomas Bradley showed up for his third shift at Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort and Spa in Dana Point, California, on July 2 he encountered something new: a picket line. The picket was part of a wave of strikes at Los Angeles-area hotels by members of UNITE HERE Local 11. Their contracts at 62 hotels expired June 30.
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For the past 30 years, no matter which party has been in power, the US economy has produced more and more “bad” jobs – because the Race to the Bottom is ruling class policy. Originally published in Black Agenda Report. A Brookings Institution study shows 44 percent of all American workers toil in “low-wage” jobs, with median earnings of $18,000 a year.
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Southern service workers allege that South Carolina’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration discriminates against Black workers. Originally published in Peoples Dispatch. A March survey of 347 service workers in the US South found that a shocking 87% were injured on the job in the last year.
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The 50-year old neo-liberal agenda explains why political choices in this country provide little change that benefits the masses of people. The recent midterm election results will not bring about an improvement in the lives of the Black working class. The agenda was set with the Lewis Powell Memorandum in 1971.
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The 50 year old neo-liberal agenda explains why political choices in this country provide little change that benefits the masses of people. The recent midterm election results will not bring about an improvement in the lives of the Black working class. The agenda was set with the Lewis Powell Memorandum in 1971.
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Detroit resident Porter Burks was killed by police while in the midst of a mental health crisis. To add insult to injury, the city of Detroit is spending millions of dollars on dubious technology which supposedly detects gunshots. Yet there is no mechanism in place to prevent police killings. In a 5-4 decision on October 11, the Detroit City Council provided yet another example as to why there must be a major defunding of the police in urban areas.
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A 1969 interview with a founder of Detroit’s League of Revolutionary Black Workers reminds us of the radical genius and hope of Black labor. The League of Revolutionary Black Workers was founded in Detroit, Michigan in 1969. It emerged from a desire to unify the revolutionary unions that had been formed at a number of Detroit auto plants, as well as by UPS workers, health workers, and workers at the Detroit News.
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Worldwide outrage over the killing of Soweto youth protesting on June 16, 1976 was a turning point in South African history. But the end of apartheid was not the end of racist oppression or corporate domination. What should have been a revolution was betrayed by corruption and the cynical politics of representation.
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A May Day 1928 essay by Black communist Williana “Liana” Jones Burroughs – aka Mary Adams – recounts the history of African revolt in the Americas. Williana “Liana” Jones Burroughs was among the most prolific writers and energetic organizers from that cohort of notorious Black communists animating the street-corners, churches, and community halls of Harlem in the 1920s. Born on January 2, 1882 in Petersburg, Virginia, Burroughs moved to New York City as a child.
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Detroit demonstration outside Wayne County Treasurer’s Office (Photo: Abayomi Azikiwe) March 31 has been designated as the deadline for Wayne County residents to pay back property taxes from 2019 and earlier despite the failure to provide adequate assistance to working and impoverished households. This article was originally published in Global Research.
On the road from Detroit to South Africa: Black radical internationalist traditions
Roy Singham reminisces about his work with the late General Gordon Baker, Jr. and the League of Revolutionary Black Workers (LRBW) in Detroit and its connections with South African workers. He references Baker’s 1965 powerful response to the draft board, portions of which were recorded by the late Glen Ford in a 2014 reading. Neville Roy Singham FBI Files and Union Badge. (Photo: Roy Singham) Monday, October 25, 2021 Yesterday was one of the most emotionally rewarding days of my life.
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Stop Confusing the Fight Against Racism with Neoliberalism The electoral appeal of anti-Black racism is a constant in the U.S. It is the perennial contradiction, producing political dynamics which ensure that the people's needs are never met and the ruling class have little opposition due to the lack of class consciousness. The crisis of legitimacy afflicting the U.S. political system has produced a number of contradictions.
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