Tyler Walicek

Widespread Discontent Drove Labor’s Advances in the Private Sector in 2021

The resurgence of the U.S. labor movement remains nascent, but working-class power is beginning to regain its footing.

by: Tyler Walicek,; Truthout

January 7, 2022

Kshama Sawant Emerges Victorious From Disingenuous Recall Attempt

The outcome of this fight illustrates the efficacy of committed organizing and solidarity.

by: Tyler Walicek,; Truthout

December 18, 2021

Low Wages and Exploitative Conditions Are Sparking Graduate Student Strikes

Whatever gains the striking union at Columbia University wins will be looked to as a model by other campus efforts.

by: Tyler Walicek,; Truthout

December 17, 2021

Recall Campaign Against Socialist Kshama Sawant Is Backed by Billionaires

The socialist city councilor’s victories for working people have made her the target of Seattle’s corporate forces.

by: Tyler Walicek,; Truthout

December 5, 2021

A Unionization Wave Is Reshaping Museums and Cultural Institutions Across the US

This rarefied world of cultural institutions is rife with the same exploitation within other corporate hierarchies.

by: Tyler Walicek,; Truthout

November 27, 2021

Op-Ed

Establishment Dems in Buffalo Unfazed by Sabotage of Party’s Mayoral Nominee

If a candidate from the left won in this manner, the party establishment would likely issue a ruthless condemnation.

by: Tyler Walicek,; Truthout

November 13, 2021

India Walton’s Mayoral Defeat in Buffalo Sets Dangerous Precedents for the Left

Byron Brown’s victory is a grim lesson about the lengths to which power will go to protect profit and capital.

by: C.M. Lewis &; Tyler Walicek,; Truthout

November 3, 2021

Health Care Understaffing Is Deadly — That’s Why Kaiser Workers May Strike

Saddling an overworked staff with inadequate pay and resources threatens employees and patients alike.

by: Tyler Walicek,; Truthout

November 2, 2021

Prisons & Policing

“Business Improvement Districts” Quietly Privatize the Policing of Public Space

These corporate zones operate as an arm of forcible social control to ward off perceived threats to the flow of profit.

by: Tyler Walicek,; Truthout

October 10, 2021