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![Scaffolding over 30 meters high rises behind the Karl Marx Monument on October 11, 2023, in Saxony, Chemnitz.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1214-karl-marx-400x300.jpg)
Don’t Dismiss Marx. His Critique of Colonialism Is More Relevant Than Ever.
Contrary to liberal misinterpretations, Marx was a fierce critic of colonialism, says Marxist scholar Marcello Musto.
![People gathered in a street for a demonstration carry a long list of the names of people martyred during Israeli attacks on Palestine](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1211-west-bank-strike-400x300.jpg)
General Strike Kicks Off in West Bank Against Israel’s War on Gaza
Jordan, Lebanon, and elsewhere also saw work stoppages to demand an end to the Israeli onslaught.
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Social Worker Shortage Looms If Field Keeps Relying on Unpaid Student Labor
Amid agency budgets cuts and declining social work enrollments, unpaid internships continue to lower the wage floor.
![The Los Angeles Times building and newsroom along Imperial Highway on April 17, 2020, in El Segundo, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1206-los-angeles-building-400x300.jpg)
LA Times Reporters Who Demanded Unbiased Reporting Banned From Covering Gaza
Thirty-eight journalists at The Los Angeles Times were banned from Gaza coverage after signing an open letter.
![Trade unionists protest a factory in Wimborne Minster, England, that makes components for planes used in Israel's bombardment of Gaza on December 7, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1207-gaza-protest-400x300.jpg)
More Than 1,000 UK Union Workers Blockade 4 Weapons Factories That Arm Israel
Protesters carried banners reading, “Weapons made here kill in Gaza” and, “This factory arms genocide.”
![Senate Ron Wyden speaks with reporters after the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on August 7, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1205-ron-wyden-400x300.jpg)
Democrats Seek to End Major Billionaire Tax Avoidance Scheme in New Senate Bill
The bill takes aim at a practice known as “buy, borrow, die,” in which billionaires borrow extensively off their assets.
![Faculty at Cal-Poly Pomona strike on campus on December 4, 2023, in Pomona, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1205-cfa-strike-400x300.jpg)
California State University Faculty Strike for Better Pay, Parental Leave
The California Faculty Association is planning a series of one-day strikes across four campuses.
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Tired of Low Wages and Workplace Violence, Waffle House Workers Are Organizing
“We're sick and tired of making poverty wages, the constant threat of in-store violence, and mandatory meal deductions."
![UAW members attend a rally in support of the union's strike, at the UAW Local 551 hall on October 7, 2023, in Chicago, Illinois.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1712273383-400x300.jpg)
UAW’s New Union Organizing Drive Is Largest in Modern US History
United Auto Workers aims to bring 150,000 employees at 13 nonunion auto companies into the union.
![A person draped in the Palestinian flag stands on a light post and raises a fist while others around them display signs reading "FREE PALESTINE" during an outdoor protest](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/2023_1129-palestine-labour-400x300.jpg)
The International Labor Movement Is Mobilizing for a Free Palestine
Global labor unions are responding to Palestinian workers’ calls for solidarity and demanding an immediate ceasefire.