Chris Butters

Chris Butters is a socialist and labor activist, retired NYC court reporter, and a former DC 37 (AFSCME) chapter officer. In addition to participating in anti-racist and labor struggles, his poetry continues to be published in Blue Collar Review, a quarterly journal of poetry and prose published by Partisan Press, and many other literary and left poetry magazines.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Chris Butters

Culture

POETRY: Open the books!
October 18, 2023 By Chris Butters
"What is that you say? That you, who built your empire off the sweat of our labor, cannot afford to keep us on at union wages?"
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Culture

Poetry: OHIO
May 4, 2023 By Chris Butters
A poem on the anniversary of the Kent State University massacre.
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Opinion

Fortune 500 companies can’t hide their support for the Republican coup caucus
November 2, 2022 By Chris Butters
Like many of the corporations of the '30s, today's corporate giants are backing fascist politics.
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Culture

Standard
March 25, 2022 By Chris Butters
A poem by Chris Butters.
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Culture

Poetry: ‘The Next’
October 13, 2021 By Chris Butters
A new poem from Chris Butters.
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Culture

POETRY: We are the public workers of New York City
April 23, 2020 By Chris Butters
Chris Butters, a member of DC 37, AFSCME, wrote the following poem in 2013 in response to the destruction wreaked upon New York City by Hurricane Sandy.
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Culture

‘Something is Going On’: A white worker wakes up to racist police violence
March 6, 2020 By Chris Butters
This poem was part of the program at the New York CPUSA African-American History Celebration.
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Culture

Ten poetry books that illuminate a decade’s struggles
January 15, 2020 By Chris Butters
Every movement for social change—in fact, every socialist revolution—has had its poetry that illuminates, inspires and helps unify our struggles.
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