Lallan Schoenstein

International labor union actions support Palestine

December 21, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein

Presentation given at the Socialist Unity Party national plenum on Dec. 16, 2023. We have just learned that the Health Care workers 1199 SEIU has called for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip to […]

Announcing a new book: War and Lenin in the 21st Century

December 21, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein

Excerpted from a presentation given at the Socialist Unity Party national plenum on Dec. 17, 2023. First, we are excited to hear that Melinda Butterfield’s book “U.S. proxy war in Ukraine and Donbass” is […]

International labor solidarity with Palestine

November 23, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein

An appeal from the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU) for solidarity On Oct. 16, the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU) issued an urgent call for international trade unions to take […]

Protest actions around the globe fight for lives & rights of Palestinian people

November 21, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein

U.S. arms shipment to Israel blocked at Port of Tacoma

November 8, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein

The Port of Tacoma in Washington state was shut down by a picket line shortly before 5:30 a.m. on Nov. 6. Protesters swarmed the entrance with signs and chants: “No aid for Israel” and […]

U.S. military ship’s supplies for Israel stalled by protest at berth in Oakland, Calif.

November 8, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein

As the sun rose on Nov. 3, protesters began to pour into a site near Berth 20 in the Port of Oakland in California, where the U.S. military vessel MV Cape Orlando was preparing […]

Longshore workers to review proposed union contract

June 23, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein

In June, the union contract dispute between 22,000 longshore workers in 29 ports on the West Coast — members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) — and the port bosses — the Pacific […]

Teamsters fight for union rights

June 23, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein

UPS Teamsters take a strike vote On June 12, the UPS Teamsters reported that 97% of the members voted to authorize a strike. The overwhelming unity of the members gives the union negotiating committee maximum […]

ILWU to celebrate Juneteenth with a shutdown

June 4, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein

Seattle port bosses fired the International Longshore and Warehouse (ILWU) Local 52 workers on the June 2 night shift and again on the morning shift, says Gabriel Prawl, a longshore worker and a leading member […]

Nkosi Mandela speaks on apartheid and the Nakba

May 25, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein

Upholding the legacy of Malcolm X and commemorating the Palestinian Nakba, Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela — grandson of Nelson Mandela — spoke to a gathering at San Francisco State University on May 19. Mandela was […]