Democrats’ Sellouts of Labor Open Door for GOP: Teamster President’s Shameful Speech at RNC

The ongoing chaos of the US political system was heightened on Monday by the spectacle of Teamster President Sean O’Brien speaking at the Republican National Convention – the first Teamster President ever to do so – demonstrating the dramatic extent to which Biden and the Democrats have lost authority through their sellouts of working people. For decades, top labor leaders like O’Brien have provided cover for the Democrats’ betrayals, while pumping hundreds of millions of union workers’ money into Democratic Party campaigns. Now, O’Brien is sucking up to Trump and Republicans in a desperate attempt to escape the Democrats’ sinking ship, to which other labor leaders have already tied themselves. O’Brien’s speech at the RNC is a shameful maneuver that hides the stark reality for working people: neither party is on our side, and we need a new party of our own. Watch a working-class analysis of O’Brien’s RNC speech from On Strike co-hosts Kshama Sawant and Emily McArthur, and a discussion about a fighting strategy for the labor movement that you won’t find anywhere else. And REGISTER NOW for the Inaugural National Zoom Conference of Workers Strike Back, THIS SUNDAY, JULY 21 @ 2 pm PT / 5 pm ET, featuring left independent antiwar Presidential candidate Jill Stein, socialist and former Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant, and Revolutionary Backout Network co-founder Nick Cruse: https://www.workersstrikeback.org/eve... BECOME A MEMBER of Workers Strike Back today to help support the production of On Strike and build our independent working-class organization, and so you can VOTE SUNDAY on our proposal to endorse Jill Stein’s independent Presidential campaign. Workers and young people urgently need to build an independent, pro-worker, antiwar alternative. Be sure to subscribe to On Strike And become a member today at www.workersstrikeback.org/join!