CCU is the Chicago chapter of a Marxist organization working for the development of independent working class political power.classunity.org Chicago, IllinoisJoined June 2021
Thank you to Gary Roth for speaking to us on the failures of the education system and the "educated underclass". Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=ZCpfHA…
"We must return to the bargaining table committed to negotiating a transformative, family-friendly contract that raises industry standards instead of leaving student parents behind."
Solidarity with a parent graduate student on GSU's TA at UChicago.
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On March 31, 2003, bulldozers sent by Mayor Richard M. Daley destroyed the runway at Meigs Field. The move was seen then and now as an example of mayoral overreach. trib.al/kbMJLlc
Sometimes it's worth stepping back and seeing that unions have democratically elected representation, member constituency, and member funding, while activist NGOs generally have zero democracy and top-down positions/priorities chosen by old guard and nudged by wealthy financiers
“I have no money, and I have no idea where I’m going to get any money. Are they going to make me do this work program while I’m displaced? Or am I going to get cut off of my food stamps? Meanwhile, we watched a livestream of the mushroom cloud.” classunity.org/2023/03/20/6-w…
"What the American working class is experiencing is an era of comprehensive crisis which has infiltrated every sphere of the capitalist mode of life." classunity.org/2023/02/28/the…
"For years unions have struggled to make railroad carriers listen to their concerns; workers have become increasingly frustrated with poor working conditions, multiyear long furloughs, and wages that have been stagnant since 2019" via @ClassUnityDSA
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"The peculiar character of the contemporary, actually-existing left has recently been called the 'Brahmin left', a coalition of both underemployed and incredibly wealthy, educated moral progressives and civil rights advocates..."
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The “left” is a politically activated portion of the PMC which advocates for its own immediate interests, rather than advocating any kind of political-economic development that would generally advance society beyond neoliberal, financialized capitalism. classunity.org/2022/06/11/wha…
Sign this petition to support local families in their effort to replace misguided COVID protocols in CPS with sensible policy. School is an essential part of our democracy and our society. Help ensure its long-term stability and integrity.
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