Unions, Tariffs, and the Need For Proletarian Internationalism - Revolutionary Communists of America

Unions, Tariffs, and the Need For Proletarian Internationalism - Revolutionary Communists of America

On “Liberation Day,” Donald Trump shared the stage with Brian Pannebecker, a retired UAW member and founder of Autoworkers for Trump. Decrying the closure of “plant after plant after plant,” Pannebecker declared that UAW members “support Donald Trump’s policies on tariffs 100%” to cheers from workers in the crowd. Trump cynically used these handpicked workers as props in his political theater, but many labor leaders also support his brand of pro…

Trade unionism and internationalism are intrinsically linked. Faced with the multiple disruptions of the world, the solidarity of workers from all over the world is not only necessary, but also indispensable. Trump's "broligarchy" in power for a little more than a hundred days is not the only one responsible for the disorder of the world, but it takes its part in it. By the adoption of the Poutinian narrative on Ukraine, the various threats of a…