WOBBLES: Unions Flirt with Trump, Possibilities for Abundance, Striking Robots, Prison Labor… Resisting ‘Green’ Capitalism by José Luis Carretero Miramar, Rojo y Negro SYNDICALIST NEWS : Factory occupation, Wildcat Strike in Myanmar, Turkey… compiled by Mike Hargis ARTICLES: Martial Law Blocked by Unions and Feminists by John Kalwaic Resistance in the New Trump Era by Jon Bekken What Do We Do Now? by Jeff Stein Hope in Hopeless Times review essay by Jeff Shantz Altruism or Mutual Aid? review essay by Iain M
Several business unions are flirting with the incoming Trump administration, hoping that they can gain special treatment through obsequious flattery and cash payments. Teamsters president Sean O’Brien went so far as to speak at the Republican National Convention and donate union dues money to the Trumpsters. Now he claims this strategy has paid off with the appointment of a Teamsters-backed candidate for Secretary of Labor, former Republican congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer – who made occasional statements
As this issue goes to press, the U.S. elections are two months away. One candidate promises to return us to the dark days of the 1950s, when America was “great” (for a few, though many unionized workers had stable jobs and could afford to buy homes); Democratic politicians insist that everything’s great and the millions who believe otherwise are being misled by the media and lying politicians. Most economists – who earn good livings apologizing for the capitalists at colleges, think tanks and commercial ban