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On Strike!
by On Strike!
News & analysis to beat the bosses. On Strike is the video broadcast of Workers Strike Back. We cover issues from the perspective of workers’ needs, not billionaire greed. We provide socialist analysis and strategy to build working-class movements, fight against oppression, and for a new mass party for workers and young people. Workers Strike Back is an independent, rank-and-file campaign organizing in our workplaces and on the streets against the bosses and their political servants.
Episodes
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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…
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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Muslim Voters ABANDON HARRIS in Swing States - Build Jill Stein’s Antiwar Campaign!
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...
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Abandon Harris Founder Hassan Abdel Salam - A Fighting Strategy to End the Gaza Genocide
Abandon Harris founder Hassan Abdel Salam speaks at Workers Strike Back’s rally in Chicago during the Democratic National Convention to demand an end to the genocidal war on Gaza. Hear from Abdel Salam about his experience being arrested and imprisoned by the Israeli state in retaliation for...
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Jill Stein: FIGHT Against the Genocidal War on Gaza, Capitalism & Climate Crisis
WATCH the speech by independent antiwar Presidential candidate Jill Stein at Workers Strike Back’s rally to protest the Democratic National Convention and demand an end to the genocidal war on Gaza. Join us to get organized for the urgent next steps from now until election night to build the...
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Kshama Sawant Speaks at the DNC Protests: No Harris! No Trump! End the Genocidal War! @JillStein2024
Hundreds of working people and antiwar protesters gathered in Chicago Tuesday night, with over 140,000 tuning in from around the country, for Workers Strike Back’s rally in Chicago to protest the Democratic National Convention and the Biden-Harris administration’s continued funding of the Israeli...
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At the DNC Protests: Abandon Harris & End the War On Gaza!
Watch On Strike’s Kshama Sawant at the LAUNCH of the Abandon Harris campaign, on the ground at the DNC protests in Chicago! Hear from leaders of the Abandon Harris campaign, including Hassan Abdel Salam, about what working people should do to fight back against the genocidal war on Gaza, backed…
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DNC Protests ON THE GROUND - Physicians Demand End to Genocidal War on Gaza, Free Healthcare for All
On Strike is ON THE GROUND at the Democratic National Convention protests in Chicago. Kshama Sawant speaks with Sabiha Kazi and Ibrahim Ibrahim, both physicians who traveled to Chicago to protest and fight back against Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party’s warmongering in the Middle East. JOIN...
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Kshama Sawant & Susan Abulhawa: How Can Workers Stop U.S. Warmongering in the Middle East?
The Middle East is as close to the outbreak of a major regional war as it has been in many years. Biden, Harris, and both the Democratic and Republican Parties are fueling the fire. On Strike speaks with Palestinian American Susan Abulhawa about the explosive situation in the Middle East, the...
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Kshama Sawant Takes Down the Tim Walz Fantasy Love-Fest
In what is shaping up to be THE most vacuous U.S. Presidential campaign in our lifetimes, Kamala Harris and now her Vice Presidential pick Tim Walz are running as living cardboard cutouts–with no clear positions on things like the $15 minimum wage, Medicare for All, free college education or ANY…
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British Workers Throw Out Tories But Labour Party Offers No Way Forward
All eyes here in the United States are on the American Presidential election, but fifty countries are hosting major elections in 2024. Britain, France, Taiwan and India are among the countries that have already had theirs. This week, On Strike is joined by James Kerr, a London-based English...
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Seattle Democrats' SHAMEFUL Attack on historic minimum wage victory - Kshama Sawant's Call to Action
WATCH - socialist & former Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant WARNS Seattle Democrats to stop their planned, shameful attack on the historic minimum wage victory won by her office and the 15 NOW movement ten years ago, at a press conference yesterday alongside workers, socialists, and union...
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Working People & The Black Community Should Reject Harris & Trump - Interview w/ Sabrina of Sabby Sabs
Watch On Strike’s interview with Sabrina Salvati of “Sabby Sabs” podcast about what Kamala Harris’ nomination means for working, Black, and young people and how our movement can fight back against both her and Trump. We discuss the independent, pro-worker, antiwar Presidential campaign of Jill...
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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...
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Gun Violence, Mental Health & Democratic Party Betrayals
Mental health has spiraled into a nationwide crisis, especially for young people. On Strike! speaks with local high school student activists Natalya, Charlotte, and Fatra, who organized alongside Kshama Sawant’s socialist City Council office and a movement of hundreds of other students…
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Briahna Joy Gray: Biden's Crisis, Squad Failures, Jill Stein, and the Path to a New Party
A crisis has engulfed the Democratic Party following the train wreck of the Biden-Trump presidential debate, and Biden's catastrophic performance. On Strike is joined by Briahna Joy Gray, host of the Bad Faith podcast and, until recently, co-host of The Hill Rising, from which she was fired in...
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Jill Stein EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Democrats in Free Fall — Support the Independent Antiwar Alternative
The Democratic Party is in panic over Joe Biden’s disastrous debate against Donald Trump. Even liberal commentators like Rachel Maddow and Van Jones have been unable to spin the debate as anything but a failure, while major publications, including the New York Times, have called on Biden to drop...
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Crisis for Biden & Netanyahu: How Workers Can End the War on Gaza - Interview w/ Joan Wright
Support for the Israeli state’s genocidal war on Gaza is crumbling. A majority of Americans now oppose the war, and just 36 percent support the U.S. providing military aid to Israel to fund the onslaught, which Joe Biden and both the Democratic and Republican parties have done to the tune of...
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Nick Cruse from Revolutionary Blackout Network: Ending the War on Gaza and Building a New Party
As the antiwar protest movement continues to organize on campuses, even with many students now going home for the summer, Biden continues to tank in the polls due to his backing of the genocidal war on Gaza and the cost-of-living crisis that has been burying working people in the US. The question...
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Rescind Biden: How Workers Are Organizing Against the Warmonger-in-Chief
The U.S. Presidential election is now less than 5 months away. Working people continue to struggle, as the world falls deeper into crisis and war. Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza continues, funded off the backs of American workers, even as a majority of Americans oppose the slaughter. Meanwhile…
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Pride 2024: Fighting for Queer Rights with a Working-Class Strategy
As Pride month begins, trans and queer people around the world are searching for ways to fight back against escalating attacks on their basic rights. In 2024 alone, 580 anti-trans bills have been proposed in state legislatures around the United States. This number is already set to surpass the...
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UAW: How Workers Won Big at Chattanooga & Lost at Tuscaloosa
On April 19, Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga won a historic victory, voting by 73 percent to join the United Auto Workers, or UAW. This was the first-ever union victory at a foreign auto plant in the South, and a huge start to UAW’s national campaign to organize 150,000 non-union auto workers…
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Chris Hedges EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW about the war on Gaza & strategy for the movement
We are thrilled to have as our guest antiwar journalist Chris Hedges. Many who are watching will already know Chris Hedges. Chris covered the first Persian Gulf War in the 1990s for The New York Times, where he refused to participate in the military pool system that restricted the movement of and...
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Campus Antiwar Protest Strategy: Building the Movement & Mobilizing to the DNC
We are joined by a special guest, Cora Bergantiños-Crespo. Cora is a geneticist, and the outgoing President of UAW 4100, the union of postdoctoral researchers at Columbia University and Mount Sinai Hospital. She is also a member of Socialist Alternative and Workers Strike Back. Cora talks to us...
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Jill Stein EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW - Why Ending the War on Gaza Means Breaking From Biden
The antiwar movement has gained renewed momentum, with dozens of university campuses across the nation seeing mass encampments and protests against the Israeli state’s genocidal war on Gaza. Reports indicate that arrests of students had exceeded an estimated 1,800 as of May 2nd, with hundreds...
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Shawn Fain EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW on historic UAW victory in Chattanooga
In this exclusive interview with Shawn Fain, the President of the United Auto Workers (UAW), we spoke about the union’s historic victory last week in Chattanooga at the Volkswagen plant, with a stunning 73 percent of workers voting yes. The Chattanooga victory was driven by bottom-up…
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Amazon Workers in North Carolina Fight to Unionize the Behemoth
The fight to unionize Amazon is taking place at multiple facilities in multiple states around the United States, as well as globally. Amazon is the second largest corporation in the U.S. and unionizing it is a crucial task of the working class in the U.S. and globally. The path to rebuilding a...
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Crisis in Haiti: Bitter Fruit of Imperialist Exploitation & Capitalism
Haiti has become engulfed in an unprecedented crisis of deadly gang violence over the last several weeks. Political gangs vying for control of the capital city, Port-au-Prince, have effectively laid siege to the city, storming prisons, seizing control of the port, torching shops and buildings,...
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Chinese Socialist Organizer on Why New Cold War is Dangerously Escalating
Today we’ll be doing the second part in our series on the US-China Cold War. In January, we spoke with Tom Crean of US Socialist Alternative about the Cold War. Today we'll be talking with Chong, a socialist organizer from China and an editor of the dissident website Chinaworker.info. Today, the...
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Hundreds of Thousands Vote “Uncommitted” Against Biden & Trump
Hundreds of thousands of people are voting “uncommitted” in the Democratic Primary, as a rejection of the terrible options being thrust on them in the form of a Biden and Trump rematch this year. Opposition to the genocidal war on Gaza has been the single most important factor in driving the...
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Democrats Have Failed Our Public Schools
There is a profound crisis in public education in the United States. For decades, politicians at the state and federal levels have starved public schools of necessary funding. School buildings across the US are falling apart and in need of major repairs. Educators are buying school supplies with...
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HUGE Protests in Germany Against the Far Right: Interview with activist Claus Ludwig
Last month, over 1.5 million people protested in Germany, bringing entire cities to a standstill, in what became the largest wave of protests in the history of the country. Cities like Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich each saw hundreds of thousands of protesters out on the streets. The protests were…
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News & analysis to beat the bosses. On Strike is the video broadcast of Workers Strike Back. We cover issues from the perspective of workers’ needs, not billionaire greed. We provide socialist analysis and strategy to build working-class movements, fight against oppression, and for a new mass party for workers and young people. Workers Strike Back is an independent, rank-and-file campaign organizing in our workplaces and on the streets against the bosses and their political servants.
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