On Strike!

On Strike!
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Feb 1, 2025 • 37min

Minneapolis General Strike 1934: Lessons for the Workers Movement Today

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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Dec 18, 2024 • 21min

What Will it Take to Stop Climate Catastrophe?

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 build Jill Stein’s independent, pro-worker, antiwar Presidential campaign & 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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Dec 17, 2024 • 30min

Kshama Sawant on Next Steps for the 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/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 build Jill Stein’s independent, pro-worker, antiwar Presidential campaign & 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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Dec 17, 2024 • 26min

Fight the Rich & Their Two Parties

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 build Jill Stein’s independent, pro-worker, antiwar Presidential campaign & 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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Dec 17, 2024 • 52min

Rescind Harris: Union members go up against leadership to overturn Harris endorsement

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 build Jill Stein’s independent, pro-worker, antiwar Presidential campaign & 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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Dec 17, 2024 • 31min

No Harris, No Trump, No Votes for Genocide - Kshama Sawant & Jill Stein Rally in 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/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 build Jill Stein’s independent, pro-worker, antiwar Presidential campaign & 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! And if you’re already a monthly donor, help Workers Strike Back defend against Democrats’ attacks on our historic minimum wage victory in Seattle and JOIN OUR DUES DRIVE by increasing your monthly donation to $15/month or more, to give Workers Strike Back the resources we need to fight back. www.workersstrikeback.org/join
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Dec 17, 2024 • 25min

Kshama Sawant: Defeat Kamala Harris! No Votes for Candidates Supporting Genocide

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 build Jill Stein’s independent, pro-worker, antiwar Presidential campaign & 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! And if you’re already a monthly donor, help Workers Strike Back defend against Democrats’ attacks on our historic minimum wage victory in Seattle and JOIN OUR DUES DRIVE by increasing your monthly donation to $15/month or more, to give Workers Strike Back the resources we need to fight back. www.workersstrikeback.org/join
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Oct 11, 2024 • 51min

Jill Stein EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW w/ Kshama Sawant: 2024 Elections & Ending the Gaza Genocide

Watch our interview with Jill Stein from May, on the ground at the campus antiwar protests:    • Jill Stein EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW - Why ...   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 build Jill Stein’s independent, pro-worker, antiwar Presidential campaign & 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! And if you’re already a monthly donor, help Workers Strike Back defend against Democrats’ attacks on our historic minimum wage victory in Seattle and JOIN OUR DUES DRIVE by increasing your monthly donation to $15/month or more, to give Workers Strike Back the resources we need to fight back. www.workersstrikeback.org/join
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Oct 10, 2024 • 32min

Boeing Strike! What is the Strategy Needed to Win Big?

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 build Jill Stein’s independent, pro-worker, antiwar Presidential campaign & 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! And if you’re already a monthly donor, help Workers Strike Back defend against Democrats’ attacks on our historic minimum wage victory in Seattle and JOIN OUR DUES DRIVE by increasing your monthly donation to $15/month or more, to give Workers Strike Back the resources we need to fight back. www.workersstrikeback.org/join Union members, get in touch with Workers Strike Back to help pass a resolution in your union in solidarity with striking IAM 751 machinists! Sample resolution: www.workersstrikeback.org/news-analysis/boeing-strike-union-resolution
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Oct 10, 2024 • 38min

BOEING STRIKE w/ Jill Stein & Kshama Sawant: Workers Demand 40% Raise & Retroactive Pensions for All

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 build Jill Stein’s independent, pro-worker, antiwar Presidential campaign & 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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