Andy Thompson

Member of the IYSSE. Contributor to the World Socialist Web Site.

[Andy Thompson @athompson1917]

Proud to have spoken alongside many great speakers in DC.

While the Republicans and Democratic welcomed Netanyahu, we called upon the workers of the world to build a movement against war.

Build a socialist anti-war movement!
Free Bogdan Syrotiuk!
Turn to the working class!

[IYSSE @IYSSE_US]

Watch the speech given by IYSSE member Andy Thompson at our rally today in Washington D.C. to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's appearance before a joint session of Congress.

[David North @DavidNorthWSWS]

In the midst of democratic breakdown and oligarchic rule, historical understanding of the American Revolution remains critical. Join me and a distinguished panel of historians on June 25 to discuss its place in history. Register here: https://t.co/zXzTBbf5MU

[Will Lehman | WillforUAWpresident.org @WillforUAWpres]

"Workers lose lives and limbs in these plants to make money for a class of people that do not care for their well-being... The biggest issue is to have the power of the people returned back to the shop floor." Martaz Crutchfield, a worker at Ford's Rouge plant

[David North @DavidNorthWSWS]

Piker reminds one of Trotsky's description of Kerensky: "He had no theoretical preparation, no political schooling, no ability to think, no political will." He has "that kind of eloquence which operates neither upon mind or will, but upon the nerves."
https://t.co/u0UdgBzo3C

[Will Lehman | WillforUAWpresident.org @WillforUAWpres]

I introduced an anti-war resolution at UAW Local 677. The apparatus voted it down 7-1, with mine the only vote in favor.

The UAW bureaucracy is fully aligned with Trump’s war drive. Workers: take this resolution up in your own locals.

Read it:
https://t.co/GtBNPvydg2

[Eric Lee @EricLeeAtty]

The El Gamals are finally, finally being released.

[Andy Thompson @athompson1917]

@guychristensen_ Agreed! Capitalism is the source of genocide and war. To stop them, we have to end the profit system.

An important recent lecture on the fundamental cause of the war in Iran:
https://t.co/1Nc51Y1llY

[David North @DavidNorthWSWS]

Turkish independent union leader Mehmet Türkmen arrested

Workers and youth in Türkiye and around the world must defend Mehmet Türkmen, who has been imprisoned for his leadership of workers’ struggles and demand his immediate release. The fight for his freedom is an inseparable part of the broader struggle for democratic and social rights

https://t.co/RK04Eq36w8

[David North @DavidNorthWSWS]

History teaches that it is a mistake to predict a war's outcome based on the "successes" of attacks launched by the aggressor in the opening days, weeks and even months of the conflict. Trump and his cabal have started a war whose consequences they neither foresee nor control.

[David North @DavidNorthWSWS]

Statement by David North, national chairperson of the Socialist Equality Party (US), opposing the war and calling for an immediate end to the illegal attack on Iran.

[David North @DavidNorthWSWS]

The Central Committee of the Communist Party Marxist-Kenya (CPM-K) has reported that its secretary general, Booker Ngesa Omole, was violently abducted on Monday in Isiolo town by the Kenya Police Service.
The party posted a photo of Omole in a Mlolongo Police Station cell February 25, explaining that he is being held unlawfully, “and the police have refused all access to him. No lawyers. No comrades. No family.”
The International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) denounces the abduction of and demands that the Kenyan regime release him immediately.
https://t.co/XNPy2PDAta

[Will Lehman | WillforUAWpresident.org @WillforUAWpres]

Sanders went to a UAW conference and called undocumented workers “criminals,” said we should “deport” them and demanded a “strong border.”

That’s the same nationalist poison used by Trump to divide workers.

Abolish ICE! No human being is illegal.

[Will Lehman | WillforUAWpresident.org @WillforUAWpres]

Workers of the world, unite!

We need International unity: American, Canadian, & Mexican workers against the corporations.

Immigrant workers are our class brothers and sisters.

Immigrant & 1st-generation workers built the UAW in the 1930s. We need that unity today!

[Will Lehman | WillforUAWpresident.org @WillforUAWpres]

Workers need a 50% wage increase NOW.

My campaign is demanding:
✊ Full wage recovery from decades of inflation
✊ Zero-layoff policy
✊ 30-hour work week, no loss of pay
✊ Company-paid healthcare
✊ Voluntary OT at 3x pay

If you agree, support my campaign for UAW president.

[Will Lehman | WillforUAWpresident.org @WillforUAWpres]

@bhhutan Sure. When I was hired at Mack in 2017 it was the best job I ever had. Then I learned more about what Mack used to be. I was eager to strike in 2019 to gain some of that back, as were many others and we did strike, but we were betrayed by the UAW bureaucracy. That pushed me left.

[Will Lehman | WillforUAWpresident.org @WillforUAWpres]

I'm announcing my campaign today for president of the UAW.

I'm a Mack Trucks worker from Macungie, PA.

My campaign will mobilize the rank and file to

1) abolish the corrupt UAW bureaucracy
2) put all power in the hands of workers

Class struggle, not class collaboration!

[Andy Thompson @athompson1917]

After the Republican student organization at the University of Illinois posted a threat that anti-ICE protesters should be killed, the university posted a statement indicating they will take no action against the openly white supremacist club.

https://t.co/tXPDXJ6cgD

[World Socialist Web Site @WSWS_Updates]

Students at University of Minnesota: "The ICE occupation is terrorists roaming the streets. I want them gone. Everyone wants them gone. They are not going after criminals. They are terrorizing families. It's a nightmare." "In terms of a general strike, I am 100 percent in support of it."

[World Socialist Web Site @WSWS_Updates]

"It was outright murder... By initiating wars in other states, [Trump] is telling ICE and everyone around him you can be as violent as you want and you'll have no repercussions. We need to focus on the working class... the billionaires are not doing anything to help us."

[World Socialist Web Site @WSWS_Updates]

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[Andy Thompson @athompson1917]

Immigration agents have now been sent to intimidate a picket line of striking workers. This must be a rallying call to the entire working class to defend one another against Trump’s kidnapping operations.

It’s time to prepare for a general strike.
https://t.co/D1IDc3St9o