How should socialists organize in the labor movement in a period of authoritarian capitalism? Though union density remains low in the United States, with only about 9 percent of workers represented, unions remain critical as a vehicle for building working-class power. Socialists must work within unions to politicize the class struggle, broaden workers’ democracy and power, organize the fight against authoritarianism and imperialism, and call out capitalism as a killing system. We do this work while oriented on the rank and file, rather than the union bureaucracy. Put another way, we fight for socialism from below within the labor movement. … Continue reading Fighting for Socialism in Education Unions