Revolt from Below: From Chile to Lebanon
Sometimes people take matters into their own hands and make history. When they do, anything is possible. In the last weeks, revolts have erupted across the globe, with some of the biggest protests ongoing in Lebanon and Chile. The divisions that usually keep people apart are forgotten overnight. Together, the masses of people demand a […]
From one revolt to another: time to change the system?
With one million demonstrators in the streets of Santiago last Friday, the Chilean mass mobilisation that started on October 18th is getting stronger. The announcement that the metro ticket price would increase provoked people’s anger. High school students were the first ones to react against this new blow on the standard of living of the […]
The Greatest Purveyor of Violence in the World
As Dr. King said, the US is “the greatest purveyor of violence in the world”. Today the US government maintains nearly 800 military bases in more than 70 countries. If we include troops stationed at embassies and black sites around the globe, the number could exceed 1,000. Thanks to a new military budget approved by […]
Support railway workers against the law of maximum profit
On October 16th, a train accident in the Ardennes forest, at the Saint-Pierre-sur-Vence level crossing, demonstrated how the National Railways Company (SNCF) cost cutting strategy endangers lives. A catastrophe was only avoided thanks to the actions of the train driver, who was the only SNCF employee on the train. Railway workers are fed up and […]
PG&E: Our Lives vs. Their Profits
Over two million people in Central and Northern California recently had their power abruptly shut off by the utility company Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E). Most residents had less than 48 hours notice that their power would be shut off for as long as a week, and had to rush to prepare for the chaos […]
US Economic Policy: What’s in Store for the 99% (Saturday Nov. 9th)
How are the billionaires multiplying and making profits world-wide, and on whose backs? What’s behind this so-called “recovery”? What can we expect in the near future – is the economy rushing toward a deeper crisis? To change the world we first have to understand it. Come hear Jack Rasmus tell it like it is. There […]
Erdogan’s dirty war in Syrian Kurdistan: Trump and Macron are accomplices!
Since 9th October, the Turkish army attacks on North Syria have already killed hundreds. Towns and cities in Syrian Kurdistan are bombed constantly. At least 130,000 people have already fled the combat zone. And the war can only grow with Syrian dictator Assad sending troops to protect his territory from the Turkish invasion. While Trump, […]
Stop the Murderous Assault on the Kurdish People!
After a phone call with Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President Trump ordered U.S. troops stationed in Northern Syria to withdraw. This small detachment of U.S. troops had been collaborating with and provided some cover for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a military force led by the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) which are the […]
PG&E: Capitalism’s Revenge on the Customer
PG&E itself sure doesn’t trust the infrastructure it’s in charge of maintaining. It’s not surprising that they tell us we can expect more of these massive power outages in the future. This is capitalism’s revenge on the customer: PG&E gets to keep control of our electricity and gas even when the company’s actions turn out […]
A Blow to the NCAA Profit Margin
The NCAA is an intercollegiate association that regulates and organizes all college sports and enjoys non-profit status by awarding scholarships to student athletes. For as long as it’s existed, the NCAA has prohibited these athletes for being compensated for their work. Although the organization has received criticism about this law for many years, it has […]
Macron insults the “lower classes”
Just as President Macron wished, the debate on immigration opened in the National Assembly on Monday, followed by the Senate on Wednesday. Most of all, what Macron wishes that this debate is talked about everywhere. Despised, Macron has decided to take a page out of the playbook of Marine Le Pen (leader of the far-right […]
Impeach The Whole System!
The media is full of talk about impeaching President Trump. Why? Trump held up promised military aid to Ukraine. Then, in a recorded phone conversation, he asked the Ukrainian president for a “favor” – to investigate and give him damaging information about Joe Biden, his possible Democratic Party rival in the 2020 presidential election. Trump […]