Anti-imperialism
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Palestinian Trade Unions and the Call to Action for International May Day
Part of GDC’s International May Day 2024 Campaign Days into the zionist bombardment of Gaza, a broad coalition of Palestinian Trade Unions across Palestine in October called people internationally to refuse to build or transport arms to israel, to take action within their unions, and to act against complicit institutions…
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The Haymarket Affair
Part of GDC’s International May Day 2024 Campaign Enacted into law in the USA in 1867, the 8 hour work day went unenforced. In 1884 the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions called for May 1, 1886 as the date of nationwide enforcement of the 8 hour work day;…
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International May Day 2024 Campaign
For the next week leading up to International May Day, we will be posting information on anti-imperialist, decolonial, and revolutionary labor movements inside and outside of the imperial core that have confronted U.S. imperialism and settler colonialism. May 1st, an anniversary of the revolutionary workers’ rebellion, is commemorated and celebrated…
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Imperialism
The General Defense Committee has added anti-imperialist work to our core projects. This document is, in many ways, aspirational. We hope that this document will help build the foundation that will allow us to turn our words into practice. Our work is to engage in revolutionary solidarity with the working…
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Challenge the War Machine
On the importance of militant organizing Where we find ourselves The U.S. imperialist project is in crisis. In the face of its decreasing economic dominance, the US military is doubling down on its use of force. The US and the entire Atlantic Alliance have shown how readily they will gather…
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Resist Genocide in Gaza – By Any Means Necessary!
Demands From Palestinian Youth Movement Since 2007, Gaza has been an open air prison. Israel has imposed an illegal land, air, and sea blockade on Gaza: a siege which has had devastating impacts on the 2.3 million Palestinian people who live inside of the blockaded territory. The Israeli army regularly…
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Solidarity with the Haitian People
As this issue of FTW goes to print it is the end of Black August, a month to celebrate Black resistance to white supremacy, colonialism, and capitalism and those who have died or been captured and imprisoned during the struggle. We remember that the mighty Haitian revolution began in August…
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In Solidarity with EZLN
The Michigan General Defense Committee stands in solidarity with the autonomous communities of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) in the aftershock of the paramilitary attack on compañero Jorge López Santíz, and in the face of escalating violence at the hands of paramilitaries and cartels. While direct armed conflict between…