Lallan Schoenstein – Struggle

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Belfast answers Musk-fueled racist pogroms with mass anti-racist march

June 14, 2026 Lallan Schoenstein

Tens of thousands marched in Belfast, Derry and Glasgow on June 13, answering the racist mobs that had terrorized immigrant families days earlier. The rally outside Belfast City Hall sent a clear message: the racists […]

Chris Silvera: A life on the front line of class struggle

June 12, 2026 Lallan Schoenstein

The U.S. labor movement lost a beloved giant on June 12. F. Christophe “Chris” Silvera. He served as secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local 808, representing a diverse group of workers including railroad, building maintenance, factory and […]

Tobacco profits trump children’s health

May 17, 2026 Lallan Schoenstein

On May 2, President Trump met with executives and lobbyists from major tobacco companies over lunch at his golf club. They were appealing for a change in how the Food and Drug Administration regulates e‑cigarettes. […]

Home care workers demand an end to 24-hour workdays

May 3, 2026 Lallan Schoenstein

On May Day, home care workers and their supporters protested at the gates of City Hall, fighting for New York State funding to end their 24-hour workday. They demanded that Mayor Mamdani fulfill his election […]

Starbucks strike forces talks — company answers with anti-union expansion

April 24, 2026 Lallan Schoenstein

Starbucks returned to the bargaining table with its baristas in April 2026 after the longest nationwide strike in company history forced the company back. Days into the renewed talks, management delivered its answer: a $100 […]

FILE PHOTO: JBS meatpacking workers hold a strike in Greeley

Greeley meatpackers win contract after three-week strike

April 13, 2026 Lallan Schoenstein

United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 released a statement on April 12 reporting that meatpackers at the JBS beef processing plant in Greeley, Colorado, voted to ratify a tentative agreement covering nearly 3,800 workers. […]

Sexual and gender liberation only possible through struggle to build communist society

April 8, 2026 Lallan Schoenstein

The following are remarks at the memorial service for Comrade Bob McCubbin, held on March 21, 2026, at the People’s Forum in New York City. Bob McCubbin was a pioneering theorist of LGBTQIA+ liberation, author […]

March to free Mumia Abu-Jamal April 25. Fight for his medical care.

April 6, 2026 Lallan Schoenstein

Internationally renowned journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal — Black Panther Minister of Information in the 1960s, who has been called the “voice of the voiceless” — has been imprisoned since 1982. At that time, he was framed […]

May Day call grows for ‘No work, no school, no shopping’

April 4, 2026 Lallan Schoenstein

A growing May Day movement is calling for “No Work, No School, No Shopping” on May 1. The call is driven by rising anger at war, attacks on immigrants, and a system that cuts what […]

Greeley meatpackers defy ICE, strike JBS over speedup and wage theft

April 3, 2026 Lallan Schoenstein

The labor movement that helped drive the Jan. 23 anti-ICE Minnesota General Strike is now lending its muscle to support the meatpackers’ strike by members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 in Greeley, […]