Northwoods Socialist Collective

In an important first round victory for people everywhere, a Texas judge has ruled that tenured Texas State University historian and Socialist Horizon member Tom Alter must be reinstated to his job as legal litigation continues.  Tom Alter was fired by the President of Texas State University Kelly Damphousse after being doxed by a self-proclaimed “fascist” blogger who infiltrated and illicitly recorded Alter speaking at a virtual Revolutionary Socialism conference. Damphousse used the clips circulated by the fascist as justification to summarily fire Alter without any due process, and in direct violation of Texas State University policy, Texas state law, and US Constitutional law.

President Donald Trump, has begun a campaign to end free speech in America. Free speech is not only protected in the U.S. Constitution and in law, but also part of American history and culture. But Trump is not literally censoring the content, but rather using his personal wealth or the government’s economic power to intimidate the media, universities, and law firms.

Beloved tenured History professor and Socialist Horizon member Tom Alter was summarily fired on September 10th by Texas State University President Kelly Damphousse for expressing his views in a virtual conference unrelated to the university. This action cannot stand. Socialist Horizon calls on people everywhere to join us and demand that Professor Alter be reinstated to his tenured position. President Damphousse fired Dr. Tom Alter based solely on a video published online by an extreme rightwing provocateur who infiltrated and secretly video-recorded segments of a virtual socialist conference with the intention of publishing information to slander and attack conference participants. In videos posted on their website, this person declares that they are a  proud fascist, who tries to monetize exposure of the left as an “anti-communist cult leader”. This grifter publicly exhorts followers to embrace fascist ideology and take action, is an antisemite that states that Jewish people ...

The strike is over! The University has come back to the table and made an offer that was acceptable to the union's Negotiating Committee. As a result a Tentative Agreement has been signed, and the membership of Teamsters Local 320 will now vote on whether to accept or reject it. We'll keep you posted!

 At 4am, on the morning of September 9, custodial, maintenance and food service workers went out on strike at the University of MN-Duluth.  These workers are members of Teamsters Local 320 .  They have been locked in a better contract fight with the University for some time, and this strike comes on the heels of the workers recently rejecting the "last, best and final offer" by the Administration.  The main issues of the strike are the workers demand for a living wage, and opposition to the University's proposal to change the time when contracts expire from the summer, to December (a time when it's much more difficult to negotiate, let alone go on strike).

This Labor Day is happening during a time of enormous attacks on the population, especially on working people of all backgrounds. The Trump administration is waging a class war for the billionaires against the rest of us. Trump’s reckless tariffs have already started to hit workers’ wallets and jobs. Price increases are returning, especially for everyday items like groceries, electricity, clothing, and other basic goods. And now the administration has removed regulations to open up workers’ retirements to Wall Street speculators to gamble on risky investments like cryptocurrencies. And as workers’ purchasing power decreases, these price increases are hitting small businesses hard, with many filing for bankruptcy so far this year.