Palestine: Some Resources
This is a preliminary resource page that will be updated as more resources are collected. New Pamphlet: PALESTINE: A Struggle Against Zionism and Imperialism Posters and Buttons Background on the history of the occupation Palestine, Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict / Joel Beinin and Lisa Hajjar (2014) {download .pdf} Palestine for Beginners / Joel Beinin, […]
PALESTINE: A Struggle Against Zionism and Imperialism (A New Pamphlet)
download as a .pdf booklet: {8.5×11 (24mb)} {5.5×8.5 (6mb)} {booklet for printing: color cover; text} Introduction The Palestinian-Israeli conflict has erupted in massive and horrifying bloodshed. In response to the attack by Hamas on October 7, Israel has responded with a brutal war against Palestinians living in Gaza, and an escalation of violence towards Palestinians […]
Online Gambling Endangers Many with Serious Addiction
The Super Bowl was the most watched television event in U.S. history, and made gambling history with more than $23.1 billion in bets placed. Nearly 1 in 4 Americans placed a bet. In 2018, the Supreme Court struck down the law that prevented online gambling in most states. Because of this, online gambling is everywhere: […]
Join us March 2nd in SF! We Must Oppose the Genocide in Gaza!
Join thousands of others to demonstrate our opposition to this genocidal attack on Palestinians. Saturday, March 2, 12pm Harry Bridges Plaza, San Francisco Speak Out Now will be there. Join us and look for our booth!
Celebrities and the Climate Crisis
Only one percent of people are responsible for about half of all aviation carbon emissions. Billionaires, such as Elon Musk and Taylor Swift, enjoy riding the coattails of a fossil-fuel economy where the rich can buy the right to pollute and emit greenhouse gases to their hearts’ content. Billionaires are trying to conceal their private […]
Addiction and Overdose: a Product of Capitalism
Since 2015, overdose deaths have doubled in the United States. In 2021, more than 100,000 people died of a drug overdose. Often, it’s after an injury that someone gets painkillers and falls into addiction. The working class bears the brunt of overdoses and addictions. In industries where workplace injuries are high and there is little […]
No tenemos un problema de fronteras. Tenemos un problema de capitalismo!
La frontera entre Estados Unidos y México vuelve a estar en el centro de atención. En los últimos tiempos, los políticos de derecha han intensificado una campaña política, especialmente en la frontera de Texas. El gobernador de Texas, Greg Abbott, formó recientemente lo que denominó la Fuerza Táctica Fronteriza de Texas para impedir la entrada […]
Machu Picchu no está en venta
Los habitantes de Cusco, Perú, donde se encuentra la histórica ciudad Inca de Machu Picchu, se han levantado contra los planes del gobierno de privatizar la administración del sitio. El gobierno no electo de Dina Boluarte, que llegó al poder el año pasado tras destituir al ex presidente Pedro Castillo, ha decidido ceder el control […]
La tragedia de los incendios forestales en Chile exige acciones urgentes
Chile enfrenta a un devastador incendio forestal en la región de Valparaíso, que ha cobrado más de 120 vidas y ha dejado 15.000 viviendas en ruinas. Las comunidades de Viña del Mar y Quilpué son ahora testigos de la devastación que esta catástrofe está causando en la vida cotidiana. Está golpeando duramente a la gente, […]
Genocide in Gaza: by Israel AND the U.S.
Since October 7, Israel’s genocidal massacre of Palestinians has continued without pause, killing 30,000 Palestinians in Gaza, including more than 12,000 children. Thousands remain unidentified, buried under the rubble. Over 360,000 homes have been destroyed or damaged, entire neighborhoods reduced to ruins, as Palestinians in Gaza cling to life without access to food, water, or […]
The War Against Gaza is Not in Our Interests
The violence in Gaza is horrific. In just over four months, the destruction of Gaza has reached a scale of devastation among the worst since World War II. It has continued to worsen everyday. The Israeli state is knowingly targeting children, civilians, journalists, and medical and rescue workers. Israel is collectively punishing an entire population […]
Wounded Knee 1973: The Long Struggle To End Oppression
On February 27, 1973, Native American activists took over a town which was the site of the Wounded Knee massacre.
Aleksei Navalny: Courage and Its Limitations
The death of Russian pro-democracy activist Aleksei Navalny, although not completely surprising, stunned and saddened many around the world. His courage and willingness to challenge power was an inspiration worldwide. In 2010, after some flirtation with Russian nationalist politics in his early adulthood, the young lawyer began to investigate and then critique corruption in the […]
The Plastic Industry Scam: Recycling
Plastic waste is now all around us in the form of small particles in our air, water, and food, with many unknown effects to our bodies and our ecosystems. Additionally, the production of plastics is responsible for about 3.3% of global emissions each year. Oil and gas are needed to create petrochemicals, so the fossil […]
Biden to East Palestine, Ohio: Blame Norfolk Southern, not Me!
A year after the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio that caused massive evacuations and immeasurable air and soil pollution, Joe Biden finally made an appearance to address residents of the area. Community members, who faced temporary displacement from their homes and ongoing medical problems in the wake of the toxic chemical spill have thus far […]
Farmers of India March for Economic Survival
Farmers in India have marched to the capital, New Delhi, to urge the government to meet their demands. This is the second time farmers in India have mobilized themselves to this level in the past three years. In 2020 and 2021, tens of thousands of farmers protested three agricultural reform laws that would have weakened […]
The Origin of Black History Month
There has never been a time since the first slave ship docked in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619 that Black people have not struggled against oppression both as individuals and as a group. The racist rulers of the United States knew that keeping Black people down required a sustained effort to deny and distort the history […]
Chile’s Wildfire Tragedy Demands Urgent Action
Chile is facing a devastating forest fire in the Valparaíso region, which has claimed more than 120 lives and left 15,000 homes in ruins. Viña del Mar and Quilpué communities now bear witness to the devastation this catastrophe is inflicting on daily life. It is hitting people hard, and we must unravel what went wrong. […]
Flight Attendants Protest Poor Wages and Working Conditions
Tens of thousands of flight attendants rallied and picketed Tuesday at 30 major airports across the globe to demand that the airline industry provide higher wages and better working conditions. The demonstrations showed that many rank-and-file flight attendants were united and militant. Three unions jointly organized the “Worldwide Flight Attendant Day of Action.” These were […]
Tipping Point for Atlantic Current System?
Although there is still debate over how close we are to a slowdown or even a shutdown of a critical Atlantic Ocean current system that for millennia has regulated water, air and land temperatures around the Atlantic Ocean, a new study suggests that a tipping point may be much closer than previously thought. The study […]
Erik Prince and the Ruling Class’s Imperialist Dreams
Erik Prince is a true member of the capitalist ruling class. He and his sister – former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos – were born into and connected by marriage to the fortunes of the Prince parts and machine manufacturing business and the Amway direct sales business. They are among a handful of the […]
Climate Catastrophe Comes to California
Climate change is generating relentless catastrophes around the globe. Intense floods have put Southern California cities underwater, resulting in at least 17 deaths and millions under evacuation orders. There is no escaping this global crisis. From California to Chile, floods and fires are ravaging the planet, killing and displacing people. Climate change is the killer, […]
Rustin (2023) Movie Review – We Must All Be Troublemakers
The recent biopic Rustin (2023 on Netflix) tells the powerful story of civil rights activist and socialist, Bayard Rustin, who spearheaded the March on Washington in 1963. Rustin is an often overlooked figure in the history of the Civil Rights Movement despite his significant role. The film gives us a look into his commitment to the struggle and ability […]
Machu Picchu is Not For Sale!
The people of Cusco, Peru are rising up against the privatization of Machu Picchu.
Let Them Sit In The Dark
PG&E is increasing rates to pay for infrastructure upgrades they should have done a long time ago.
Bank of America Backtracks on Climate Pledges
Bank of America has backtracked on a statement that it would stop funding fossil fuel projects.
What Took the Social Out Of Society?
The following article was written in Speak Out Now’s workplace newsletter at Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). 802! That’s how many deaths from fentanyl were recorded in San Francisco last year. Frontline city workers and BART workers are familiar with the situation. People afflicted by the epidemic are on the streets, in the stations, riding […]
We Don’t Have A Border Problem. We Have A Capitalism Problem!
The U.S.-Mexico border is once again in the spotlight. Over the recent period, right-wing politicians have escalated a political campaign, particularly on the Texas border. Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently formed what he called the Texas Tactical Border Force to stop refugees from coming into the U.S. This is after his forces strung deadly razor […]
Baltimore Sun Newspaper Purchase is a Political Act
It’s common knowledge among journalists that Alden Global Capital is one of the most ruthless profit-driven newspaper conglomerates, and any newspaper purchased by the hedge fund faces severe downsizing. In Baltimore, Alden was responsible for gutting the Baltimore Sun, the city’s largest and oldest newspaper, from a thriving 400-person newsroom to one of under 100. […]
One year after the East Palestine, Ohio Toxic Train Wreck, Derailments are up Nationwide
The Norfolk Southern (NS) train wreck in East Palestine on February 3, 2023, brought to light the railroad companies’ appalling disregard for safety. Eleven cars carrying toxic chemicals went off the track and burst into flames. Five thousand people had to be evacuated. The National Transportation Safety Board said “the accident was 100% preventable.” Not […]
Durham School Staff Defy the Threat of Wage Cuts
When Durham School System announced that 1,300 “classified staff,” (janitors, IT workers, teachers’ aides, and cafeteria employees) would receive a seven percent wage increase, one delighted worker told a local newspaper, “We’re starting to get the pay we deserve.” Workers began to receive paychecks reflecting the raises on Oct. 31. During the MLK holiday weekend […]
United States: Violent Enabler of More Violence
Does it seem like in the past few months someone is shooting up the neighborhood (in this case, our world)? If it seems that way to you, you’re not wrong. And if it seems like the U.S. is the shooter, you’d be right. The U.S. has many hundreds of military bases, installations, facilities, storage centers, […]
Record Oil Production as Earth Bakes
On February 2, multinational oil giants ExxonMobil and Chevron both announced paying out record amounts to shareholders in 2023, indicating that both were extremely profitable. Even worse, both also announced that they had produced record amounts of gas in a single year! This news comes only shortly after numerous studies confirmed that 2023 was also […]
Desperate Democrat Lies to Demonize Protesters
As the U.S. continues to provide full support for Israel’s genocidal attack on Palestinians, protests have continued around the United States, and at major speaking events of President Biden and other members of the Democratic Party, calling out the Democrats for their complicity in this atrocity. Recently, in response to protests calling for an immediate […]
Medical Waste Incinerator Explosion in South Baltimore
Residents of Curtis Bay, an industrial neighborhood in South Baltimore, were shaken by yet another explosion last week, which reportedly shook windows and doors. Only two years ago, an explosion at the coal terminal in the neighborhood blew out windows and traumatized residents. This time, the loud sounds were coming from the country’s second largest […]
The Dark Sides of the Super Bowl
Every year, the Super Bowl is the one of the biggest events in the country. It’s not only the most-watched TV broadcast of the year, with over 60% of people in the United States seeing the game, but also the second-highest day for food consumption after only Thanksgiving. Between the appeal of the grand finale […]
Empeora la crisis del cuidado de niños en 2024
En 2023, padres en todo el país enfrentaron costos de guardería cada vez mayores. Muchos, sobre todo mujeres, tuvieron que dejar sus trabajos porque estos costos se volvieron demasiado caros además del alquiler y las cuentas habituales. El reto de encontrar un cuidado infantil accesible y económico no va a desaparecer este año. Los fondos […]
A Worsening Child Care Crisis in 2024
Parents across the country faced increasing child care costs in 2023. Many, especially women, had to leave their jobs because these costs became too expensive on top of rent, the usual bills, and other paid necessities. The challenge of finding accessible and affordable child care is not going to disappear this year. Federal relief funding […]
Another Huge Data Leak: Who Pays?
In late January, a huge data breach took place. Over 26 billions records were leaked from more than 20 companies including LinkedIn, DropBox, Twitter, Venmo, and Adobe, as well as data from the U.S. government. With this stolen data, we will see rises in identity theft, scams, and cyberattacks. Big tech companies are the ones […]
Taxes: Wasting our Hard-Earned Money
Tax season is upon on, reminding us of how undemocratic the capitalist system is. We get no say on how our money is collected and spent. While most of us living paycheck to paycheck have to pay taxes, major corporations and the rich have enormous loopholes to avoid taxation. We are told that we pay […]
The Civil Rights Movement: When Ordinary People Did Extraordinary Things
The Civil Rights Movement during the 1950s -1970s was one of the most significant social movements in U.S. history. It involved millions of people. It was a grassroots movement often organized locally. It involved elementary school children in Selma, Alabama and the elderly, registering a man to vote for the first time in Lowndes County, […]
Remembering Amadou Diallo
It was 25 years ago today, on February 4, 1999, that police officers in the Bronx, New York, shot a young man, killing him instantly. That young man was Amadou Diallo, a 22-year-old who had immigrated to the United States from Guinea only two years earlier. He was a devout Muslim who neither smoked nor […]
In-Person Event in Baltimore: Sun. Feb. 25, 4pm ET
Exposing the Lies of Israel’s War Machine Sunday, February 25, 4pm ET NoMüNoMü, 709 N Howard St, Baltimore, MD 21201 The Israeli state claims that its genocidal slaughter in Gaza is self-defense. To maintain the support of the Israeli population for its horrific assault, it has exaggerated the impact of Hamas’s attack on October 7 […]
“The Most Horrific Thing I’ve Ever Seen”
Last Thursday, the state government of Alabama conducted the first ever execution of a human being using nitrogen gas. The man executed was 58-year-old Kenneth Smith, who was twice convicted of the brutal stabbing of Elizabeth Sennett in 1988. His accomplice in the killing had already been executed in 2010 via lethal injection. The state […]
“El arco del universo moral es largo pero se curva hacia la justicia”
Las palabras anteriores fueron las pronunciadas por MLK Jr. en marzo de 1967, en el apogeo de los movimientos sociales que luchaban por la justicia racial, la igualdad económica y el fin a la política imperialista de EE. UU. en Vietnam. Ahora que nos adentramos en febrero, centrado en la historia Afroamericana, estas palabras son […]
Solidarity with Farmers’ Anger: It’s Capitalism That’s Starving Us All!
NOTE: Farmers across Europe have this week protested against their unbearable economic conditions, from France where the biggest protests have seen farmers use their tractors to block roads around Paris, to Germany, Italy, Spain, Greece, Poland, and Romania. Here is the January 29, 2024 editorial of the New Anti-capitalist Party (NPA) in France, translated from […]