The spring of 2018 may well be remembered as the beginning of a mass movement by working people against the domination of corporations and the 1%.
The leadership in red states and the federal government have tilted the tax system to favor the very wealthy, while demanding sacrifices from the powerless majority.
The teachers in West Virginia were first to say “Enough!”
But they are far from last.
The ALEC-inspired Republican legislatures killed collective bargaining, and the Supreme Court in expected to hobble labor unions with the Janus decision.
But that’s not going to stop working people from organizing and demanding a fair share of the bounty that they produced.
For all of Facebook’s sins and transgressions, it has nonetheless created a way for voiceless people to organize and act. Teachers and others created collectives on Facebook and used them to mobilize for mass actions.
The teachers’ strikes were organized by…
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Terri Goldson 