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James Hoff

New York

Editorial Board Member at Left Voice

James Dennis Hoff is a writer, educator, labor activist, and member of Left Voice. He teaches at The City University of New York.

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  • 3 days ago | leftvoice.org | James Hoff

    Trump came into office falsely claiming that he had a mandate for a reactionary program of deportations, tariffs, austerity, and tax breaks for the rich; but that agenda, and Trump's strong-arm anti-democratic tactics for implementing it, are now coming up against a huge and growing wave of popular resistance.

  • 6 days ago | leftvoice.org | James Hoff

    To the surprise of perhaps no one, the tragedy of McCarthyism is being played out yet again as farce by the unimaginative buffoons running the U.S. congress. On Wednesday, June 11, The U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Counter-Terrorism, chaired by Republican Josh Hawley, sent what appears to be a slightly modified form letter to the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) and several other organizations.

  • 1 week ago | leftvoice.org | James Hoff

    On June 4, dock workers at the French port in Fos sur Mer, near the city of Marseille, refused to load several shipments of military equipment and parts destined for use in Israel's ongoing genocide against the people of Gaza. The shipments, which included 14 tons of machine gun links as well as two containers of gun tubes, were set aside and the union says they cannot be loaded by any other workers.

  • 3 weeks ago | leftvoice.org | James Hoff

    On Wednesday evening, two Israeli embassy staffers were shot to death outside the Washington, D.C. Jewish Museum, where a "young diplomats reception" was being held. The suspected shooter, Elias Rodriguez, who reportedly had a Keffiyeh and shouted "Free free Palestine," and "I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza," was almost immediately arrested without further incident.

  • 4 weeks ago | leftvoice.org | James Hoff

    In January of 2022, in the midst of a cold New Hampshire winter and an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, student dining services workers unanimously formed their first ever undergraduate student worker union at Dartmouth College. The Student Worker Collective of Dartmouth (SWCD) won sick pay for all workers and 50 percent hazard pay for those working during the pandemic.

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James Hoff
James Hoff @james_d_hoff
21 May 25

Literally in her face!

CU Apartheid Divest (CUAD)
CU Apartheid Divest (CUAD) @ColumbiaBDS

Student confronts SIPA Dean Keren right before she was about to go on stage to address the graduating class. SIPA Dean Keren Yahri-Milo is a former IOF INTELLIGENCE AGENT, who now uses her background to target and detain Palestinian students at Columbia. https://t.co/XAhq6tWuIe

James Hoff
James Hoff @james_d_hoff
21 May 25

They are not only fighting for better wages but also demanding that ICE be barred from campus. Such demands show the potential that unions have to use their labor power to take meaningful political action on behalf of the working class and oppressed.https://t.co/ro9UhSOQfK

James Hoff
James Hoff @james_d_hoff
12 Mar 25

Labor chauvinism is a hell of a drug.

Teamsters
Teamsters @Teamsters

Americans are more worried about commercial airline safety than they have been in decades, yet United Airlines is looking to cut more corners by outsourcing critical aircraft repairs to foreign stations in China. United Airlines needs to get serious about prioritizing safety and https://t.co/vKwWvgRDiK