Statements and comments from the RKU

Statement: UAW does what the LO refused to

2023-09-20

Since friday 12700 auto workers are on strike at three plants belonging to "The Big Three" of the USA's auto industry, this being GM, Ford and Stellantis (Chrystler). Among other things, the demands are a 40% wage increase over four years, 32 hour work week and an end to the abuse of temporary workers.

Statement: NATO Summit in Vilnius – A dark day for all anti-imperialists

2023-07-11

Yesterday news reports claimed that Turkey will approve Sweden’s ascension to NATO. This also means that Hungary intends to approve Sweden's ascension and that its entry into the terrorist alliance is a fact.

Statement by the RKSM(b) on the rebellion of PMC Wagner

2023-06-28

On June 23, 2023, the owner of the Wagner private military company, Yevgeny Prigozhin, declared a rebellion and moved his troops into the territory of the Russian Federation. The Russian President Vladimir Putin called these actions "a treason " and "a stab in the back ", while drawing analogies with the actions of the Bolsheviks in 1917. On the morning of June 24, the Wagner troops...

The Swedish Model – Class Collaboration Through History

2023-06-19

This is a translated article on the subject of swedish social democracy. It was originally published in RKU's magazine Rebell in swedish for the annual edition 2022.

Comment: The model is dysfunctional—Strike!

2023-05-12

The strike notices are coming in scores and today at 12:00 the painters union went on strike. Byggnads, the construction union, has put out a strike notice for the 24:th of May where 1500 members will go on strike. SEKO, the Union for service and communication workers, were supposed to go on strike at 15:00 yesterday, the union leaders chose to postpone it.