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Emily Jane, Worker-Correspondent Friday, March 3rd was a dreary, cold, and miserably damp evening, a small crowd huddled under umbrellas near a pop-up awning. Despite the weather, dozens of us stood together outside of the Fairfax County Government Center. It was too windy for candles, instead folks held small electric tea lights. Some brought homemade…
Union Busting in the Tidewater Region
Peter Johnson, Worker-Correspondent Virginia has been a notoriously anti-worker and anti-union state from its inception. The home-base of the slaveocracy and the Confederacy still lives up to this shameful reputation. In 2022, union members accounted for only a microscopic 3.7 percent of all wage and salary workers in Virginia. The Virginia rate of unionization is…
Fairfax County Police Murder Unarmed Man outside of Tysons Corner mall.
Aloysius Wolf, Worker-Correspondent On Wednesday, February 22, 2023, an unarmed man was murdered by Fairfax Police on suspicion of stealing sunglasses. The initial statement put out by police contained three facts: Fairfax Police shot and killed a man on suspicion of theft, the man had a “violent criminal history”, and it was “unclear” if the man was armed.…
Transphobia on the Rise: An Overview of the State of Transphobia and Attacks Against the Trans Community Here in Virginia
Virginia is an important battleground in the United States in the fightback against transphobia. The Vulnerability of the Trans Community to Right-wing Attacks In an article in The Washington Post, entitled “Attacks on U.S. Jews and gays accelerate as hate speech grows on Twitter,” the discussion of how hate speech leads to hate crime is…
Anti-Asian Hate Crimes and the New Cold War: Why We Mustn’t Act Like U.S. Foreign Policy and Racism Aren’t Related
The recent massacre during the Lunar New Year in America underscores growing anti-Asian hate. The Connection Between U.S. Imperialism and Racism Does Not Get The Attention It Rightly Deserves “It was a joyful kickoff to the first Lunar New Year celebration in Monterey Park since before the pandemic, with large crowds filling the streets in…
Housing is a right: Northern Virginia tenants battle eviction and displacement
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The fight for housing rights is heating up across the United States, especially when it comes to the issues of rentals and tenancy. And in Northern Virginia, the organization African Communities Together (ACT) is involved in the thick of this struggle. ACT held a demonstration at the Southern Towers apartment complex in Alexandria on…
Sip-In at Courthouse Arlington Starbucks
ARLINGTON — Starbucks union organizers held a sip-in at the Courthouse Arlington Starbucks in Northern Virginia this past Thursday, October 20, from 8 AM to 3 PM. The organizers gathered to demonstrate community support for the baristas, who are organizing their union with Starbucks Workers United. Customers ordered coffee using the name “Union Strong” and…
The Situation In Haiti: Regarding The Recent Uprising
The Virginia CPUSA is once again saying “Hands Off Haiti.” The Fallout From Last Year’s Assassination Continues, Even Now In an article from last year, the Virginia CPUSA expressed outrage over the possibility of some sort of military intervention in Haiti after the coup that took place there last year. A year has passed since…
Trans Rights are Workers’ Rights: The Virginia CPUSA Weighs In on Glenn Youngkin’s Bigoted Policies
Working-class solidarity and solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community are one and the same. The Situation and The Response to It Recent school walkouts in Virginia, the state of the “Old Dominion,” have garnered attention from such outlets as The Guardian and NBC News. In a time when many Virginia teachers are leaving the profession behind…
Is Abortion On the Chopping Block in Virginia? The Communist Party USA in Virginia Discusses The Implications of The Recent SCOTUS Ruling For The State As Well As The Country As Whole
Even as countries like Sierra Leone are making progress by decriminalizing abortion, the United States of America has regressed on the issue of abortion by declaring Roe v. Wade unconstitutional, doing away with abortion as a constitutional right. An Ineffectual Democratic Administration And Growing Reactionary Forces The White House declared the Supreme Court decision a…
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