On Strike!

On Strike!
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Apr 29, 2025 • 37min

Kshama Sawant: Tariffs Are Not Good For The Working Class (Nor is Capitalism Itself)

On Strike provides news & analysis from a working-class perspective, putting forward a strategy to take on the billionaires and their political servants, and win.We don’t run any ads and we don’t take corporate money. We rely on support from working people like you, so SUBSCRIBE NOW to On Strike and BECOME A MEMBER of Workers Strike Back: www.workersstrikeback.org/joinOn Strike is a production of Workers Strike Back, which was launched by Kshama Sawant and other working people in 2023 to spread the lessons of her decade as a socialist City Councilmember in Seattle, where she led movements to win historic victories like the first major $15 minimum wage, the Amazon Tax for affordable housing, and landmark renters’ rights like the first-in-the-nation ban on winter evictions. Workers Strike Back is building a movement across the country to fight for things like a $25/hour minimum wage, free healthcare and quality affordable housing for all, an end U.S. military aid to the Israeli war machine, and an end the genocide and occupation in Gaza. We’re organizing to begin laying the foundation for a new party for working people.Start a monthly donation and support On Strike by becoming a member of Workers Strike Back today!www.workersstrikeback.org/join
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Apr 29, 2025 • 21min

Fight for a One-Day Public Sector GENERAL STRIKE!

On Strike provides news & analysis from a working-class perspective, putting forward a strategy to take on the billionaires and their political servants, and win.We don’t run any ads and we don’t take corporate money. We rely on support from working people like you, so SUBSCRIBE NOW to On Strike and BECOME A MEMBER of Workers Strike Back: www.workersstrikeback.org/joinOn Strike is a production of Workers Strike Back, which was launched by Kshama Sawant and other working people in 2023 to spread the lessons of her decade as a socialist City Councilmember in Seattle, where she led movements to win historic victories like the first major $15 minimum wage, the Amazon Tax for affordable housing, and landmark renters’ rights like the first-in-the-nation ban on winter evictions. Workers Strike Back is building a movement across the country to fight for things like a $25/hour minimum wage, free healthcare and quality affordable housing for all, an end U.S. military aid to the Israeli war machine, and an end the genocide and occupation in Gaza. We’re organizing to begin laying the foundation for a new party for working people.Start a monthly donation and support On Strike by becoming a member of Workers Strike Back today!www.workersstrikeback.org/join
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Apr 29, 2025 • 49min

Kshama Sawant & WSB: Protest at the House of Warmongering US Congressman Adam Smith

On Strike provides news & analysis from a working-class perspective, putting forward a strategy to take on the billionaires and their political servants, and win.We don’t run any ads and we don’t take corporate money. We rely on support from working people like you, so SUBSCRIBE NOW to On Strike and BECOME A MEMBER of Workers Strike Back: www.workersstrikeback.org/joinOn Strike is a production of Workers Strike Back, which was launched by Kshama Sawant and other working people in 2023 to spread the lessons of her decade as a socialist City Councilmember in Seattle, where she led movements to win historic victories like the first major $15 minimum wage, the Amazon Tax for affordable housing, and landmark renters’ rights like the first-in-the-nation ban on winter evictions. Workers Strike Back is building a movement across the country to fight for things like a $25/hour minimum wage, free healthcare and quality affordable housing for all, an end U.S. military aid to the Israeli war machine, and an end the genocide and occupation in Gaza. We’re organizing to begin laying the foundation for a new party for working people.Start a monthly donation and support On Strike by becoming a member of Workers Strike Back today!www.workersstrikeback.org/join
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Mar 20, 2025 • 19min

Free Mahmoud Khalil! End the Genocide & All Attacks on the Antiwar Movement

On Strike provides news & analysis from a working-class perspective, putting forward a strategy to take on the billionaires and their political servants, and win.We don’t run any ads and we don’t take corporate money. We rely on support from working people like you, so SUBSCRIBE NOW to On Strike and BECOME A MEMBER of Workers Strike Back: www.workersstrikeback.org/joinOn Strike is a production of Workers Strike Back, which was launched by Kshama Sawant and other working people in 2023 to spread the lessons of her decade as a socialist City Councilmember in Seattle, where she led movements to win historic victories like the first major $15 minimum wage, the Amazon Tax for affordable housing, and landmark renters’ rights like the first-in-the-nation ban on winter evictions. Workers Strike Back is building a movement across the country to fight for things like a $25/hour minimum wage, free healthcare and quality affordable housing for all, an end U.S. military aid to the Israeli war machine, and an end the genocide and occupation in Gaza. We’re organizing to begin laying the foundation for a new party for working people.Start a monthly donation and support On Strike by becoming a member of Workers Strike Back today!www.workersstrikeback.org/join
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Mar 20, 2025 • 10min

MASS PROTESTS NEEDED Against Austerity Budgets!

Democrats In Washington state, with Governor Bob Ferguson at the lead, are getting ready to slash a shocking $7 billion from the state budget. This would include brazen attacks on the 50,000+ workers unionized with the Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE).Union and non-union workers need to be bringing the offices and businesses of Washington state to a grinding halt. Workers are the ones that run the state, not the billionaires or the Democratic and Republican Parties that represent them.Sign the petition in solidarity: www.workersstrikeback.org/fight-the-rich-campaigns/stand-with-wa-state-workersRead the op-ed by WFSE and Workers Strike Back members: www.thestranger.com/guest-editorial/2025/03/12/79964032/no-cuts-no-furloughs-tax-the-richThese vicious cuts are just one example of many attacks on workers by Democrat-led governments nationwide, now joined by the slew of onslaughts the Trump administration is unleashing against working people and the oppressed. Become a member of Workers Strike Back today to get organized and help build our campaign to fight the rich and their two parties: www.workersstrikeback.org/join
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Mar 20, 2025 • 1h 1min

Fight the Rich! Conference Highlights from Seattle

On Strike provides news & analysis from a working-class perspective, putting forward a strategy to take on the billionaires and their political servants, and win.We don’t run any ads and we don’t take corporate money. We rely on support from working people like you, so SUBSCRIBE NOW to On Strike and BECOME A MEMBER of Workers Strike Back: ⁠www.workersstrikeback.org/join⁠On Strike is a production of Workers Strike Back, which was launched by Kshama Sawant and other working people in 2023 to spread the lessons of her decade as a socialist City Councilmember in Seattle, where she led movements to win historic victories like the first major $15 minimum wage, the Amazon Tax for affordable housing, and landmark renters’ rights like the first-in-the-nation ban on winter evictions. Workers Strike Back is building a movement across the country to fight for things like a $25/hour minimum wage, free healthcare and quality affordable housing for all, an end U.S. military aid to the Israeli war machine, and an end the genocide and occupation in Gaza. We’re organizing to begin laying the foundation for a new party for working people.Start a monthly donation and support On Strike by becoming a member of Workers Strike Back today!⁠www.workersstrikeback.org/join⁠
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Mar 20, 2025 • 51min

Kshama Sawant Calls for Mass Strike Action at Fight the Rich Conference

On Strike provides news & analysis from a working-class perspective, putting forward a strategy to take on the billionaires and their political servants, and win.We don’t run any ads and we don’t take corporate money. We rely on support from working people like you, so SUBSCRIBE NOW to On Strike and BECOME A MEMBER of Workers Strike Back: www.workersstrikeback.org/joinOn Strike is a production of Workers Strike Back, which was launched by Kshama Sawant and other working people in 2023 to spread the lessons of her decade as a socialist City Councilmember in Seattle, where she led movements to win historic victories like the first major $15 minimum wage, the Amazon Tax for affordable housing, and landmark renters’ rights like the first-in-the-nation ban on winter evictions. Workers Strike Back is building a movement across the country to fight for things like a $25/hour minimum wage, free healthcare and quality affordable housing for all, an end U.S. military aid to the Israeli war machine, and an end the genocide and occupation in Gaza. We’re organizing to begin laying the foundation for a new party for working people.Start a monthly donation and support On Strike by becoming a member of Workers Strike Back today!www.workersstrikeback.org/join
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Feb 1, 2025 • 34min

Kshama Sawant: It's Time to Declare War on the Rich

On Strike provides news & analysis from a working-class perspective, putting forward a strategy to take on the billionaires and their political servants, and win. We don’t run any ads and we don’t take corporate money. We rely on support from working people like you, so SUBSCRIBE NOW to On Strike and BECOME A MEMBER of Workers Strike Back: ⁠⁠www.workersstrikeback.org/join⁠⁠ On Strike is a production of Workers Strike Back, which was launched by Kshama Sawant and other working people in 2023 to spread the lessons of her decade as a socialist City Councilmember in Seattle, where she led movements to win historic victories like the first major $15 minimum wage, the Amazon Tax for affordable housing, and landmark renters’ rights like the first-in-the-nation ban on winter evictions. Workers Strike Back is building a movement across the country to fight for things like a $25/hour minimum wage, free healthcare and quality affordable housing for all, an end U.S. military aid to the Israeli war machine, and an end the genocide and occupation in Gaza. We’re organizing to begin laying the foundation for a new party for working people. Start a monthly donation and support On Strike by becoming a member of Workers Strike Back today! ⁠⁠www.workersstrikeback.org/join⁠
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Feb 1, 2025 • 1h 16min

Amazon Workers Vote on Unionizing in North Carolina

On Strike provides news & analysis from a working-class perspective, putting forward a strategy to take on the billionaires and their political servants, and win. We don’t run any ads and we don’t take corporate money. We rely on support from working people like you, so SUBSCRIBE NOW to On Strike and BECOME A MEMBER of Workers Strike Back: ⁠www.workersstrikeback.org/join⁠ On Strike is a production of Workers Strike Back, which was launched by Kshama Sawant and other working people in 2023 to spread the lessons of her decade as a socialist City Councilmember in Seattle, where she led movements to win historic victories like the first major $15 minimum wage, the Amazon Tax for affordable housing, and landmark renters’ rights like the first-in-the-nation ban on winter evictions. Workers Strike Back is building a movement across the country to fight for things like a $25/hour minimum wage, free healthcare and quality affordable housing for all, an end U.S. military aid to the Israeli war machine, and an end the genocide and occupation in Gaza. We’re organizing to begin laying the foundation for a new party for working people. Start a monthly donation and support On Strike by becoming a member of Workers Strike Back today! ⁠www.workersstrikeback.org/join
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Feb 1, 2025 • 1h 3min

LA on Fire: Kshama Sawant interviews Sonali Kolhatkar

On Strike provides news & analysis from a working-class perspective, putting forward a strategy to take on the billionaires and their political servants, and win. We don’t run any ads and we don’t take corporate money. We rely on support from working people like you, so SUBSCRIBE NOW to On Strike and BECOME A MEMBER of Workers Strike Back: www.workersstrikeback.org/join On Strike is a production of Workers Strike Back, which was launched by Kshama Sawant and other working people in 2023 to spread the lessons of her decade as a socialist City Councilmember in Seattle, where she led movements to win historic victories like the first major $15 minimum wage, the Amazon Tax for affordable housing, and landmark renters’ rights like the first-in-the-nation ban on winter evictions. Workers Strike Back is building a movement across the country to fight for things like a $25/hour minimum wage, free healthcare and quality affordable housing for all, an end U.S. military aid to the Israeli war machine, and an end the genocide and occupation in Gaza. We’re organizing to begin laying the foundation for a new party for working people. Start a monthly donation and support On Strike by becoming a member of Workers Strike Back today! www.workersstrikeback.org/join Thanks to Sonali Kolhatkar for on-the-ground video from Pasadena and Altadena.

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