the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
Jan 19, 2026
Politicians in Baltimore County voted in mid-December to give capitalists the biggest tax break in county history. It’s a 230-million-dollar property tax break lasting 50 years. The tax break will let companies take home more money by building and running what will be the first officially privately-operated port terminal in the U.S.
This deal is a scam. The port of Baltimore already has six public terminals, which handle more than 45 million tons of cargo on thousands of the biggest and most modern freight ships each year.
The proposed new terminal at TradePoint Atlantic in Sparrows Point will get most of the hundreds of ships it will serve by taking them away from these nearby existing terminals. This will simply transfer work from the city to the county, at great expense to both, and at enormous dredging cost to the federal Army Corps of Engineers. Cargo giant Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and private equity financier BlackRock will then be able to exploit this transferred and privatized labor.
The region is already on the hook to pay for a new bridge. This tax break demolishes those plans!