Climate Strikes Continue
Last Friday, young people took to the streets for the first global Fridays for Future climate strike of 2021.
It’s up to US to fight for our future!
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Healthcare Not Wealthcare!
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We Do The Work – Why Should They Run Society?
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Opioid Deaths Rise to Record Levels During Pandemic
Deaths from opioid overdoses have increased in the United States as people face psychological distress from the unmitigated pandemic.
Speak Out Now calls for a reimagining of society (repost from Johns Hopkins News-Letter)
This is a repost of an article from the Johns Hopkins News-Letter, published on September 20, 2021 written by Michelle Limpe A year and a half after George Floyd protests began, a socialist organization called Speak Out Now hosted a discussion about police brutality at Keyser Quad (at Johns Hopkins University) on Sept. 16. At […]
Biden’s United Nations Speech – Nice Words, No Solutions
Biden’s speech at the U.N. General Assembly discussed some of the world’s most urgent problems, but presented no actual solutions.
The Debt Ceiling Debate: Politicians Continue to Play Games with Our Lives
Politicians in Congress are playing games with the debt ceiling, but it is the working people who will suffer the consequences.
Safety in Oakland Schools: The Fight Continues
Six weeks into the school year, and many COVID safety measures are still not in place.
Online Townhall Sat. October 2nd
The COVID-19 pandemic has further revealed the shocking racial disparities in our health and our healthcare globally. Our bodies, societies, and planet are inflamed.
Inflamed: A Book Review
In Raj Patel’s latest book and Rupa Marya’s debut title, “Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice,” they peel back layers of just what the Covid pandemic has revealed about our society. As they open, “Your body is a part of a society inflamed. Covid has exposed the combustible injustices of systemic racism and […]
COVID Didn’t Break the Healthcare System – It Was Already Broken
The problems of the for-profit healthcare system existed before COVID. COVID demonstrated just how broken the system is.
Biden’s COVID Vaccine Pledge: A Half Measure
On Wednesday President Biden announced new plans to help the global vaccination effort, saying now is not the time for “half-measures or middle-of-the-road ambitions. We need to go big and we need to do our part.” This is an ironic statement, considering the U.S.’s repeated lack of commitment to the measures that would be needed to end this global pandemic.
Racist Border Policies Show Viciousness of Capitalist World
The waves of migrants coming to the U.S. southern border is a sign that capitalism is not working for people. throughout the world. And Democratic and Republican politicians continue to carry out the same policies at the border. Both parties represent the same economic system, which benefits from racism deeply entrenched in American society and in our world, dividing working people by race and nationality while our real enemies are the bosses who exploit us all.
California Recall Election: A Waste of Time and Money
The Republican-led recall election in California was a huge waste of time and money, and Californians were right to reject it – but that is not the same as an endorsement of Newsom.
2008 Again? Chinese Real Estate Colossus Evergrande on the Verge of Collapse
The giant Chinese real estate company Evergrande is on the verge of bankruptcy, drowning in debt, which could have huge shockwaves around the world.
1 in 500 U.S. Residents Killed by COVID-19
On September 14, the number of recorded deaths from COVID-19 in the United States reached 663,913, the equivalent of 1 in 500 Americans.
COVID Test Kits – Profits Before People
Companies that make test kits can charge what they want and get fat off this health disaster, even if it means most people won’t have access to the care they need.
A Consequence of the California Drought: Disappearing Fish
Due the extreme drought, across creeks in Northern California lay rotting carcasses of the Chinook salmon, a fish that historically would rest for weeks in these waters after completing their upstream journey.
Remembering Occupy Ten Years Later
Ten years ago, on September 17, a movement calling itself Occupy emerged on the streets of New York City in Zuccotti Park of the financial district. Quickly the movement spread to other parts of the United States, and eventually, the world. It was an important moment in many peoples’ lives. After all, this many protests […]
Biden’s Climate Plan: Way Too Little, Way Too Late
Even in the face of an existential crisis for humanity, the Democrats are still unable to challenge the fossil fuel interests that dominate our global economy.
Biden’s Proposed Tax Increases: Still Far Lower Than Under Eisenhower
Despite the hype or the doomsday predictions, let’s not believe that Biden is really trying to take on the rich to benefit us.
Primaries in Argentina: Categorical defeat of the Alberto Fernández government and great election of the Left Unity Front
This is an article written by the Partido Obrero (Workers’ Party), a Trotskyist organization in Argentina, originally published on September 12, 2021 on their website, Prensa Obrera. 1. Electoral results brought a categorical defeat of the national government and its candidates in almost all provinces. The magnitude of the defeat embraces all tendencies and cliques […]
Afghanistan: Women Fight Back
After the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, women are not simply sitting back and watching as their rights get swept away from them. No, they are fighting back.
El 11-S lanzó 20 años de guerra global y terror de los EE.UU.
Han pasado veinte años desde los ataques del 11 de septiembre de 2001, que resultaron en casi 3.000 muertes trágicas. Las imágenes de los aviones estrellándose contra los edificios y las entrevistas con los familiares que perdieron a sus seres queridos han sido mostradas repetidamente por los medios de comunicación para servir como justificación constante […]
9/11 Launched 20 Years of U.S. Global War and Terror
The past 20 years has meant not a U.S. war against terrorists, but an endless war of U.S. terror, carried out all over the world.
The Levees Held, But Millions Were Still Unprotected from Deadly Storms
While the cultural and entertainment center of New Orleans was saved from deadly storm surges, the same cannot be said for the rest of Louisiana’s coast.
France: Public Transportation Workers Fight Back
In September, angry workers have gone on strike in several bus stations in Ile-de-France (the area surrounding Paris).
What Is Possible? That Depends on U.S. Government’s Priorities
This is the capitalist system – highest efficiency and ingenuity when the goal is invading and committing murder in other countries, but unable to provide basic necessities, housing, utilities, education, healthcare and safety for its own population. The problems that we face having nothing to do with what is and isn’t “possible.” They have everything to do with this system’s priorities.
Oakland Schools: Safety Is Up to Us
If the district is going to provide every school the safety measures being demanded, it’s going to be because they were fought for.
Attica! – “We are men! We are not beasts and we do not intend to be beaten or driven as such!”
September 9, 2021 is the 50th anniversary of the Attica prison rebellion.
[Video] Afghanistan – The Endless War
Environmental Activist Sentenced as a Terrorist? Say No! Stand with Jessica Reznicek
Environmental activist Jessica Reznicek was sentenced to 8 years in prison as a “terrorist” for sabotaging the Dakota Access pipeline.
Unprecedented Droughts in the West
The western United States is experiencing extreme droughts while the capitalist system exacerbates climate change.
We’re Sick of These Clowns Closing Schools!
A week before the fateful date, the conditions for back to school were still unclear. Schools are now back in session.
Abortion Bans – Denying the Poor Control of Their Own Bodies
Texas has passed a law banning abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, the most restrictive law of its kind in the United States.
Hurricane Ida Exposes Weaknesses of Societies Built for Profit
With disasters like Hurricane Ida, we can now see the outlines of our future if we allow the world to continue as it is – and it’s terrifying…
U.S. Unemployment Benefits to End – on Labor Day!
On Labor Day, the federal unemployment benefits that have been a lifeline for tens of millions during the COVID crisis, are ending, affecting over 10 million people.
Baltimore Sewage Treatment Plants are Polluting the Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore’s two wastewater treatment plants have been releasing large quantities of partially-treated sewage into rivers flowing into the Chesapeake Bay for about a year without detection.
Labor Day History: The Battle of Blair Mountain
This relatively unknown piece of history of the Battle of Blair Mountain shows the heroic efforts miners took to defend themselves and challenge their exploitation.
Damned if You Care, Damned if You Can’t – The Healthcare Workers’ Reality
Over a year and a half into the pandemic, healthcare workers are stressed and understaffed because hospitals continue to cut costs.
San Francisco Protest against U.S. War in Afghanistan
On August 28, activists in San Francisco protested in solidarity with the people of Afghanistan.
Federal Government Ends Eviction Moratorium
With the end of the eviction moratorium, the United States government shows that it cares more about private property rights than about people’s needs.
Back to School… with COVID!
Schools across the United States are reopening without coherent plans of dealing with COVID-19 infections.