In Gaza, it is humanity that is being murdered!
As Israel continues its bombardment of the Palestinians in Gaza, the French government has banned Palestine-solidarity protests – but that will not stop demonstrations.
Join Us: International Day of Solidarity with Palestine! Saturday, November 4th
Join us Saturday November 4th in San Francisco and Washington D.C. to demonstrate your opposition to this genocidal war! Check our website for additional resources and upcoming events. San Francisco – Civic Center, 1pm PT Washington D.C. – Freedom Plaza, 2pm ET Download a .pdf flyer for the San Francisco demonstration Download a .pdf flyer […]
Gaza: ¡No al genocidio en nuestro nombre!
El ataque israelí a Gaza, el pequeño enclave de 2.2 millones de personas a orillas del mar Mediterráneo, es una catástrofe humanitaria. Esta es una guerra de uno de los ejércitos más poderosos del mundo contra una población civil. Se supone que es una respuesta a los ataques de Hamas el 7 de octubre, que […]
Gaza: No Genocide In Our Name!
The Israeli assault on Gaza, the tiny enclave of 2.2 million people on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, is a humanitarian catastrophe. This is a war, by one of the world’s most powerful armies on a civilian population. It is supposedly a response to the attacks by Hamas on October 7, which killed 1400 Israeli […]
In-Person Discussion in Baltimore: Wed. Nov. 1 at 7pm ET
Israel’s genocidal attack on Gaza is taking place with the complete support of the United States government. We cannot remain silent while this horrific assault is being carried out in our name. We must do everything we can to demonstrate our opposition to it. Come discuss Israel’s war on the Palestinians, the role of U.S. […]
Vigil For a Free Palestine (at Johns Hopkins University)
On Monday, October 23, about 160 students, faculty, staff, and community members showed up to a student-organized vigil and speak out for Palestine at Johns Hopkins University. It was an incredibly moving event. It started with a vigil, where speakers voiced their grief, sorrow, and outrage at the long history of Israel’s colonization of Palestine, […]
U.S. Support for Israel: Complete Hypocrisy
Despite the continual lip service paid to Palestinians, the Biden administration, and the U.S. government in general, does not now and never has supported the Palestinian people. Israel’s colonial occupation of Palestine has had unwavering support by the United States. For decades, the U.S. has been the primary support for Israel’s massive military build up, […]
Israel’s Attack on Gaza – A Daily Massacre
Gaza is in ruins as Israeli forces pound the occupied territory for a 17th day. At least 5,000 Palestinians are dead including 2,000 children. To understand this, consider that one child is being killed every fifteen minutes by bombs. More than 15,000 people have been wounded in the bombardments. The Israeli military has cut off […]
From France – Gaza under the bombs: stop the massacre of the Palestinian people!
October 23, 2023, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the NPA, Translated from French For 75 years, the people of Gaza have been deprived of land, and since October 9 deprived additionally of water, electricity and gas. White phosphorus bombs, collapsed buildings, destruction of hospitals and places of worship, exodus… are […]
Millions Protest Attacks on Palestine
In the wake of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israeli civilians and military outposts, Israel’s retaliation has been tantamount to genocide. Israeli officials have declared they would turn Gaza into “rubble,” and have cut off power, food, water, and all aid. They have killed over four thousand and wounded over 13,000 Palestinians as of […]
Air Traffic Controllers Warn The Sky is Not Safe
Every day we are getting closer to a major air disaster. In recent years, the number of close calls of an airport accident has increased dramatically. In the last year alone there were 300 events in which two commercial airliners almost collided. Just one of these could cost the lives of countless people. The reason […]
In-Person Discussion in Berkeley: Sun. Oct. 29 at 5pm PT
Oppose Israel’s War on Palestinians! Israel’s genocidal attack on Gaza is taking place with the complete support of the United States government. We cannot remain silent while this horrific assault is being carried out in our name. We must do everything we can to demonstrate our opposition to it. Come discuss Israel’s war on the […]
New Orleans: Global Heating is Poisoning the Mississippi River
The people of New Orleans and smaller communities along the Mississippi River are facing a ticking time bomb that could cost them their drinking water supply for months. Saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico is flowing up the Mississippi River, and if it does not stop, it will contaminate their water treatment plants in a […]
Durham, N.C. Sanitation Workers’ Illegal Strike Wins Pay Increases for All City Workers
Strikes by public employees are illegal in North Carolina. In 2021 and 2022 city officials in Durham canceled promised wage increases to city employees on the excuse that COVID caused city tax receipts to fall. The 2023 city budget allocated a 6% raise, far less than the inflation of the last 3 years. On the […]
California Fast-Food Workers Will Get a Raise, But It’s Not as Good as It Sounds
California fast-food workers at big chains like McDonalds will get a raise to $20/hour starting April 1, 2024. The raise is part of a new law signed by Governor Newsom on September 28. This new law replaces an earlier fast-food law passed last year which would have immediately raised fast-food workers’ wages to $22/hour. The […]
336,000 New Jobs in September? Unemployment rate 3.4%? The Dismal Truth behind the Happy Headlines
The September jobs report from the U.S. government said that 336,000 new jobs were created last month, and that the official unemployment rate was steady at 3.4%. The job growth number was substantially higher than what economists had projected. However, as more details come out, these numbers don’t look so good for working people. 45% […]
NJ Nursing Home Shutdown: Profits vs. the Elderly
On the Friday before Labor Day weekend, Princeton Care Center, a for-profit nursing home in Princeton, New Jersey, notified its 72 elderly residents that they were closing, and that the building would need to be vacated within 12 hours! For months, the owners of the Princeton Care Center had had trouble paying rent. The facility […]
Palestinian Child Murdered in the U.S.
A landlord murdered a 6-year-old Palestinian child, Wadea Al-Fayoume, by stabbing him 26 times on October 16. Wadea’s mother, Hanaan Shahin, was stabbed 12 times and critically injured, although she is expected to survive her wounds. The landlord who committed this brutal and vicious murder did so because Wadea and Shahin were Palestinian and Muslim. […]
Silencing Pro-Palestinian Dissent on Campus: A New McCarthyism?
In the days following Hamas’s sudden attacks on Israel and Israel’s response, sealing off Gaza to keep food, water, electrical power, and all humanitarian aid from its residents and threatening an all-out military invasion against Gaza’s civilian population, protests against Israeli and U.S. policy erupted around the world, including on many college and university campuses […]
¡Opongamos los ataques de Israel contra Gaza!
El 7 de octubre, el ala militar de HAMAS, el partido gobernante en Gaza, lanzó un ataque contra Israel, matando a 1,300 personas. Entre ellos se encontraban familias en sus casas, jóvenes en un concierto, así como soldados y oficiales. En respuesta, Israel ha infligido un castigo colectivo a la población civil palestina de Gaza. […]
Oppose Israel’s Attacks on Gaza!
On October 7th, the military wing of HAMAS, the ruling party in Gaza, launched an attack on Israel, killing 1,300 people. This included families in their homes, young people at a concert, as well as soldiers and officers. In response, Israel has inflicted a collective punishment on the civilian Palestinian population of Gaza. More than […]
A Government Shutdown Would Hurt Workers and Poor the Most
The immediate threat of a U.S. government shutdown that emerged in late September has been avoided for now. However, the short-term funding extension extends only through mid-November and the threat of lost wages for millions of workers and suspension of important services for millions of families continues to loom. Consequences could be disastrous for federal […]
Iranian Women: The Struggle Continues
As of October 14, an Iranian teen, Armita Garavand, has been unconscious since October 1, after being physically assaulted by the country’s morality police for having her hair uncovered. Since then, Armita’s mother has been detained by Iranian officials. She has not been seen since October 11. In the hospital, unconscious Armita is being guarded […]
Biden and U.S. Government Back Up Israel with Military Muscle
As Israel has begun its savage response to Hamas’s attacks, the United States government under President Biden has shown Israel that the U.S. has its back. This began with the Pentagon sending the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, the newest and most technologically advanced aircraft carrier in the world, to the eastern Mediterranean. Its attack […]
(Video) Town Hall with Joel Beinin: END ISRAEL’S WAR AND OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE (recorded: 10/21/23)
In response to the indiscriminate attack by Palestinian forces from Hamas, which killed some 1,200 people, Israel has inflicted a collective punishment on Palestinians in Gaza. More than 2,700 Palestinians have been killed in airstrikes, including 1,000 children, and Israel has blocked shipments of food and medicine, and cut off electricity and water. We cannot […]
End The Israeli War and Occupation of Palestine!
This is a slightly edited version of the article from 10/8/23 titled Stop Israel’s War Against Palestinians! In the wake of the indiscriminate attack by Palestinian military forces from Hamas, which has left some 1,200 people dead and 2,000 wounded, the Israeli government is promising to make the Palestinian people, whom the State of Israel […]
Solidarity with the Palestinian People!
Israel is responding to Hamas’s attack by further oppressing the Palestinian population in Gaza.
Extreme Heat is Making Sports Deadly
Extreme heat is making sports, especially football, more dangerous.
Donate to Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA)
Many people are asking what we can do to aid the people of Palestine during these horrific times. It’s our opinion that one organization, The Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), is an organization that works with community organizations in support of dozens of community projects for Palestinian children and refugees from Syria. This is carried […]
Stop Israel’s War Against Palestinians!
On Oct. 7, Palestinian military forces from Hamas, the ruling party in Gaza, carried out a surprise attack on Israel, taking up to 100 hostages, including an Israeli military commander, and killing at least 400 people. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has announced that Israel has begun a “long and difficult war,” and promises […]
Indigenous Peoples’ Day: 1958 — Armed Lumbee Tribe Chase KKK out of Robeson County, North Carolina
During the night of Jan. 13, 1958, the Ku Klux Klan lit its signature fiery crosses on the lawn of a family, members of the indigenous Lumbee Tribe, who had just moved into a white neighborhood. Earlier that night, Klansmen ignited a cross near the home of a white woman who was dating a member of the Lumbee Tribe. […]
Dianne Feinstein: Everything That’s Wrong with Politics-as-Usual
Since long-serving U.S. Senator of California Dianne Feinstein died September 28, we have heard much praise for her career. She has been called a pioneer, a trailblazer, an icon. Her fight to ban semi-automatic weapons was praised, as was the report she helped bring to light about C.I.A. torture and intelligence gathering techniques in the […]
Against Crimes and Colonial Oppression: Solidarity with the Palestinian People!
The following is the press release of the NPA (New Anti-Capitalist Party) in France, translated from French. Contrary to imperialist governments and French capitalist political parties, the NPA fully reaffirms its unconditional solidarity with the Palestinian people. It will join and call for all initiatives to demonstrate support, and oppose all attempts to denigrate the […]
Plutocrat’s rant is a warning
“We need to see pain in the economy,” said Australian multimillionaire Tim Gurner at a summit of plutocrats held last month in Sydney, Australia. Gurner argued that an increase in unemployment to “40 to 50 percent” is needed to make workers work harder. This is because Gurner believes that post-Covid “employees feel the employer is […]
Anti-Worker Presidents Angle for Autoworker Support
This past week has seen both Trump and Biden angling to gain the support of striking autoworkers. Last Tuesday, Biden joined a picket line in Michigan, with much of the mainstream media a huge deal over Biden being the first sitting President to do so. He has called himself the most pro-union President ever. But […]
Kaiser’s Historic Strike! But What Will Result?
On October 4, 75,000 Kaiser healthcare workers went out on an unfair labor practices strike (ULP). The strike was set to last three days, ending at 6:00 a.m. on Saturday the 7th. Many are considering the strike historic, the largest healthcare workers’ strike in U.S. history. There has been a lot of media coverage of […]
A World of Forced Migration Caused by the Capitalist System
Today, according to the United Nations, there are 110 million people in the world displaced from their homes. More than half of those people are internally displaced within their countries. The rest are refugees fleeing their home countries, or asylum seekers or people seeking other legal protections in other countries. This number only counts those […]
France: Enough Inflation! We Must Impose a General Wage Increase
October 2, 2023 editorial of the New Anti-capitalist Party (NPA) in France. Translated from French. The (French) government’s draft budget is being debated in Parliament this week. It provides for the end of energy shields (policies to protect consumers against energy price increases). Have prices fallen? No, they haven’t. Prices for basic necessities are rising […]
La huelga de los trabajadores automotrices muestra nuestras posibilidades
Al iniciar la tercera semana de huelga, el viernes pasado, el presidente del sindicato UAW (United Auto Workers), Shawn Fain, convocó a la huelga a otros 7,000 trabajadores de dos plantas de montaje. Los trabajadores de la planta Ford de Chicago construyen el Ford Explorer, el Police Interceptor Utility y el Lincoln Aviator, y la […]
Kaiser: Out on Strike?
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. As of October 1st, Kaiser has yet to bring a reasonable offer to the table, so the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions is still planning to go out on strike October 4th-6th. Kaiser continues to refuse […]
Autoworkers’ Strike Shows Our Possibilities
Going into the third week of the strike, last Friday, UAW (United Auto Workers) union president, Shawn Fain, called on another 7000 workers at two assembly plants to strike. The workers at the Chicago Ford plant build the Ford Explorer, Police Interceptor Utility and Lincoln Aviator and the GM plant in Lansing, MI builds mid-size […]
Cobalt Red Book Review: Bloodshed in the Congo’s Mines
Author and expert on modern slavery, Siddharth Kara, exposes the treacherous living and working conditions of Congolese mining communities in Cobalt Red. He makes it clear that we cannot ignore the cruelty used to produce our everyday devices. Cobalt is essential to make rechargeable batteries for smartphones, tablets, laptops, and electric vehicles Through heartbreaking testimonies and […]
Cruel Barrier on the Rio Grande is Nothing New
Migrants travel long and difficult journeys in their desperate search for refuge from lives that have become impossible due to the current state of crisis in the world. They then face even more cruelty when they arrive at the Rio Grande. The descriptions of the Mexico/Texas border sound like a war zone. The banks on […]
The Autoworkers Strike — Go Big or Go Home
There are 150,000 members of the United Auto Workers who work at Ford, General Motors and Chrysler (Stellantis). Yet UAW leaders decided that only 12,700 of its members should walk off the job when the contracts expired on September 14th, stopping production at only one plant of each of the three companies. The struck plants […]