Donny Schraffenberger

Donny Schraffenberger and Alan Maass

The Civil War becomes a revolutionary war

For the North to defeat the Southern Confederacy, the Union Army had to be transformed into an army of liberation.

May 5, 2015
Donny Schraffenberger and Alan Maass

To save the Union or to free the slaves?

A war against slaveholders had to be transformed into a war against slavery for the North to win the Civil War.

April 27, 2015
Residents gather in Ferguson, Mo., for an evening protest against police violence
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Ferguson is fighting back

SocialistWorker.org writers report from a Missouri city that is rising up against police murder, despite every effort by authorities to silence them.

August 18, 2014
Members of Local 89 in Louisville, Ky., show where they stand on the UPS contract

Stabbed in the back by Hoffa

Top Teamster officials took away the right to vote from union locals fighting back against a concessionary contract at shipping giant UPS.

April 29, 2014

Keeping up the fight at UPS

Rank-and-file Teamsters at UPS are in a contract battle against a ruthless company--and they're taking on union leaders, too.

October 24, 2013

When the tide turned in the Civil War

This month marks 150 years since the decisive Civil War battle of Gettysburg, along with other pivotal events.

July 18, 2013

UPS Teamsters should say no

Teamsters deserve far better than the current contract offer from UPS that's being hailed as a victory by union leaders.

June 12, 2013

At stake in Chicago UPS deal

Members of Teamsters Local 705 who work at UPS in Chicago are mailing in ballots on a proposed five-year contract.

September 24, 2008

Strike vote at Chicago UPS local

Teamsters at Local 705 in Chicago turned out in large numbers July 20 to vote to authorize a strike at the shipping giant UPS.

July 30, 2008