Health Care in the U.S. — A Nurse’s View
I’m a nurse, I work in the San Francisco Bay Area. I’ve been a nurse for about 15 years now and when I first got into the medical field, I thought I’d be taking care of people maybe at the end of a long natural life span when they’re very old, or maybe some very […]
Healthcare Plans: Too Confusing, Too Costly
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Open enrollment for health insurance at Highland ended on Monday. We had just two weeks to decide which healthcare plan is right for us and our families. This is not enough time to decipher the various […]
Highland Management Cheats Nurses
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Nurses throughout Highland have found that not only is management often not providing them meal and rest breaks, they are not paying the appropriate compensation for those missed breaks! If there is not a break nurse […]
Update: Kaiser Mental Health Workers Strike
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. As the second week of the strike unfolds, over 2,400 Kaiser mental health workers in Southern California continue their fight for better wages and working conditions. The strike, led by the National Union of Healthcare Workers […]
Applying for Disability: They Want Us to Give Up!
The process of applying for disability benefits is intentionally difficult, because the priority is to keep us working, not healthy.
Update on the U.S./Israeli War on the Middle East
Israel continues its wars in Gaza and Lebanon, while the U.S. continues to provide material support.
Using People’s Suffering for A Photo-Op
Trump visited areas devastated by Hurricane Helene to promote himself at the expense of the people affected by the hurricane.
France: An Attack on Immigrant Workers is an Attack on All Workers
French and Italian politicians are attacking immigrant workers… but the immigrants are not the enemy, capitalists are.
Argentinian Students and Workers Rise against Right-Wing Policies
In Argentina, massive student protests are being held against Milei’s cuts to public universities.
Elections 2024: Either Way the Rich Will Win
We’re now just a week away from the presidential election. While it is not clear which candidate will win, it’s already decided who the real winners will be: the tiny class of the super rich and the corporations they own. This election has already been the most expensive election in history, with an estimated $16 […]
Between Embarrassment and Support, in Spite of Everything, the West is Complicit in the Crimes of the Israeli Army and State
This article is part of a series from the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, looking back at the situation in the Middle East over the past year. Originally published Oct. 4, 2024. On the pretext of bringing home the 60,000 inhabitants of northern Israel who have been forced to take refuge elsewhere in the […]
War in Lebanon: A New Stage in Israel’s expansionist policy
This article is part of a series from the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, looking back at the situation in the Middle East over the past year. Originally published Oct. 4, 2024. Having done their dirty work on the Gaza front, the Israeli army’s tanks have crossed the “blue line” that marks the border […]
Demonstrating for Palestine: a Symbolic Act or an Important Element in the Balance of Power?
This article is part of a series from the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, looking back at the situation in the Middle East over the past year. Originally published Oct. 4, 2024. The terrorist prowess of the Mossad, which has succeeded in booby-trapping the beepers of Hezbollah cadres, and the extension of the perimeter […]
In Israel, the Zionist State in A Headlong Rush to War… How Far?
This article is part of a series from the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, looking back at the situation in the Middle East over the past year. Originally published Oct. 4, 2024. Close ranks and “let the army win”: this slogan, printed on the takeaway bags of a fast food chain in Israel, could […]
Faced with Israel’s Offensives, Iran’s Leaders in a Dangerous Balancing Act
This article is part of a series from the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, looking back at the situation in the Middle East over the past year. Originally published Oct. 4, 2024. Since October 7, Iran had remained aloof from the conflict in Palestine, in a balancing act between fear of a conflagration that […]
What is Hezbollah?
This article is part of a series from the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, looking back at the situation in the Middle East over the past year. Originally published Oct. 4, 2024. In March 1979, just a few weeks after Ayatollah Khomeini came to power in Iran, taking over the country where the Shah’s […]
Cuba: Strangled by Imperialism
Late last week the entire Cuban island lost power, throwing its 11 million inhabitants into darkness, cutting off all refrigeration, and forcing a partial shutdown of much economic activity. As of this writing, service has been only partially restored in some areas of the island nation. Why is Cuba’s electric grid in such bad shape? […]
Boeing Strikers Again Reject New Offer – Workers Say, “No pensions; No Planes.”
Thirty-three thousand Boeing machinists, members of the International Association of Machinists (IAM), on Wednesday, October 25, voted down the company’s proposed contract offer by nearly a two-thirds margin. The company’s offer included a 35% increase over 4 years. Previously 96% of the membership rejected an offer, recommended by the union leaders, of a 25% wage […]
Elon Musk: Can a Billionaire Buy an Election?
Elon Musk, the wealthiest person in the world and a Trump supporter, has given another example of how money drives U.S. politics. Not only has he already given at least $75 million to the Trump campaign, but he has announced a daily one million giveaway to registered voters in key swing states, if they sign […]
Remembering Barbara Dane: Artist and Freedom Fighter
On October 20, singer, songwriter and activist Barbara Dane died at the age of 97 in Oakland, California, where she had lived for decades. She was suffering from heart failure and died through assisted suicide. Dane experienced racial and class antagonisms in her earliest years growing up in Detroit during the Great Depression. From her […]
How Far Does Israel’s Far Right Seek to Extend the War?
This article is part of a series from the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, looking back at the situation in the Middle East over the past year. Iran decided to retaliate against Israel’s assassination of Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah in Beirut: some 200 missiles were fired in the direction of Israeli territory. […]
One Year of Massacres Against the Palestinian People: the State of Israel, a Colonial, Terrorist and Genocidal State
This article is part of a series from the NPA-R in France, looking back at the situation in the Middle East over the past year. On October 7, it will be a year since the Israeli state launched its most violent and deadly offensive ever against the Palestinian people, using Hamas massacres against the Israeli […]
Los huracanes demuestran que su sistema no ofrece soluciones
En las últimas semanas, los huracanes Helene y Milton arrasaron partes del sureste de Estados Unidos. Milton fue el segundo ciclón tropical más intenso jamás registrado. Y Helene fue uno de los huracanes más mortíferos en Estados Unidos desde el huracán Katrina en 2005. Los efectos más devastadores de Helene se produjeron en la región […]
The Russian Revolution and the National Question: Lessons for Today
The Russian Revolution teaches lessons about national struggles that are still relevant today.
Rivers Dry Worldwide, Dems Embrace Record Oil Production!
Rivers are drying up due to climate change. In the United States, the Democrats have decided that making climate change even worse is a good idea.
Billionaires Disconnected From Our Reality
Billionaires like Elon Musk show how disconnected they are from reality.
Lilly Ledbetter Spoke Out for Fair Pay and Women’s Rights
Lilly Ledbetter, an unexpected yet decisive fighter for women’s rights, died last weekend at age 86. Ledbetter was hired in 1979 as a supervisor at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in Gadsden, Alabama where she worked for 19 years. There, she was harassed and propositioned by a male co-worker, and when she told her supervisors, she was mocked […]
Trillions for Weapons, But Not for Human Needs
The U.S. is spending trillions of dollars on weapons, instead of what we need.
Speak Out Now National Newsletter: October 21, 2024
Download .pdf leaflet (Baltimore)Download .pdf leaflet (Bay Area, California)Download .pdf leaflet (North Carolina) Words Won’t Save Lives, No More Aid to Israel! The situation in Gaza and the Middle East is rapidly deteriorating. Israeli forces are carrying out a relentless military campaign with no signs of stopping. Horrific footage and reports of atrocities flood the […]
Words Won’t Save Lives, No More Aid to Israel!
The situation in Gaza and the Middle East is rapidly deteriorating. Israeli forces are carrying out a relentless military campaign with no signs of stopping. Horrific footage and reports of atrocities flood the media: people burned alive in hospital beds in Gaza, Israeli soldiers shooting U.N. peacekeepers, and entire neighborhoods in Gaza reduced to rubble. […]
Public Meetings: Sat. Nov. 16, 7pm ET (North Carolina), Sun. Nov 17 at 4pm PT / 7pm ET (Bay Area & Baltimore)
Their Elections Are Over, Our Future is Up to Us Speak Out Socialists Public Meetings Their elections are finally over, and Trump has been reelected president. Both parties represent the interests of the super wealthy and their corporations. And we can’t just wait for the next elections to try to confront the problems in front […]
AC Transit Board Meeting Turns into a Protest!
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now AC Transit newsletter. AC Transit is a public bus company in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. AC Transit workers showed up in force to the board meeting to protest the realignment plan. There was standing room only, with workers lined up into […]
IVF Fluid Shortage: Profit Over Patients
Because of the storms on the East Coast, we’ve been facing a huge shortage of IV fluids. These are only the most basic essentials for any hospital – IV fluids help resuscitate patients and provide hydration for patients who can’t consume enough water. They’re also essential for many procedures. We live on the other side […]
Sign the Petition: AHS Must Divest!
On October 8th, dozens of healthcare workers and community members gathered for a rally outside Highland Hospital to recognize the one year anniversary of the assault on Gaza, and the ongoing genocide in the region. Speakers included Highland physicians, nurse midwives, therapists, and nurses. Hospital workers circulated a petition demanding that Alameda Health System develop […]
Mental Health is a Struggle at Kaiser
Receiving mental health services at Kaiser can be a significant struggle. Due to chronic short staffing, wait times for patient appointments can stretch to three months! Ironically, even Kaiser employees face these long waits. Kaiser has increasingly encouraged group therapy while patients await their one-on-one appointments, or they outsource patients to other providers when they […]
The Strike at Boeing Continues
Boeing workers in Seattle continue to strike, while negotiations have stalled after Boeing tried to bypass the bargaining team.
Solidaridad con el pueblo palestino y las personas oprimidas
El 7 de octubre se cumple un año de la escalada de ataques de Israel contra Palestina, supuestamente en respuesta a un atentado de Hamás. Pero esta fecha representa sólo un pequeño capítulo de una historia mucho más larga. El ataque del 7 de octubre de 2023 contra israelíes se está utilizando para justificar una […]
Budget 2025: it’s up to us to make the rich pay
The French government has passed its 2025 budget, cutting public services and increasing military spending.
Hurricanes Show Their System Offers No Solutions
Over the past weeks, Hurricanes Helene and Milton ripped through parts of the southeastern United States. Milton was the second-most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded. And Helene was one of the deadliest hurricanes in the U.S. since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The most devastating impacts of Helene were in the Appalachian region of North Carolina, […]
Project 2025 Doesn’t Mean We Should Support Democrats
Our readers have probably heard about Project 2025, the extreme right-wing blueprint for a future Trump administration. It was created mostly by the Heritage Foundation, one of the decades old mouthpieces of the capitalist ruling class in the United States, but received support and backing from numerous other reactionary organizations, including many individual right-wing activists […]
Project 2025 and the Attack on Workers’ Rights
Project 2025 is a 900+ page wish list of right-wing proposals to push human rights back to the 1920s when workers had no rights bosses were legally obliged to respect, Black people in the South couldn’t vote, and women had no right to contraception. Much of what Project 2025 proposes, like mass deportations and outlawing […]
Debemos actuar para poner fin a la guerra entre Estados Unidos e Israel en Oriente Próximo
El 28 de septiembre, Israel llevó a cabo un bombardeo masivo contra un barrio residencial de Beirut, capital de Líbano, en el que murieron 700 personas. El ataque mató a Hassan Nasrallah, líder de Hezbolá, partido político del gobierno libanés cuyas fuerzas armadas tienen un largo historial de conflictos con Israel. Hezbolá se fundó en […]
In the Face of Israel’s Escalating War and the Complicity of the Great Powers, Let’s Express Our Anger!
October 7, 2024 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French After Gaza and the West Bank, Netanyahu extended his war to Lebanon on September 21. After the intensive bombardment of the south of the country, which resulted in the death of the historic leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, and most […]
Harris: “I am a Capitalist”
Kamala Harris has described herself as a capitalist, indicating to the rich that she will work for them.
Speak Out Now National Newsletter: October 7, 2024
Download .pdf leafletDownload .pdf leaflet (Baltimore)Download .pdf leaflet (California)Download .pdf leaflet (North Carolina) Solidarity with Palestinians and the Oppressed October 7 marks one year since Israel’s escalation of attacks on Palestine, allegedly in response to an attack by Hamas. But this date represents only a small chapter in a much longer history. The October 7, […]
Solidarity with Palestinians and the Oppressed
The fight against U.S.-backed Israeli aggression is part of our fight for justice and dignity at home. We must stand firmly on the side of the oppressed, here and in the Middle East.
Event Video (Sun. Oct. 20): STOP THE US/ISRAELI WAR ON THE MIDDLE EAST
A Speak Out Socialists Public Meeting Speak Out Now organizes regular public townhalls as a means to present our ideas and activities. We frequently invite speakers who have an expertise in their field, which we do not have, or activists who have participated in social struggles where we were not present. We have had speakers […]
Upcoming Bay Area Demonstrations! (10/6 in San Francisco, 10/8 in Berkeley)
Join Speak Out Socialists for two upcoming protests against the US/Israeli war on the people of the Middle East! Sunday, October 6, 1pm – Meet at 16th & Valencia in San Francisco Tuesday, October 8, 6pm – Meet at the Crescent Lawn at UC Berkeley
Diddy – Not Like Us
More details have been coming out about the sexual violence and abuses of the rap star, Sean Combs, aka Diddy. Unfortunately, this problem isn’t new. Names of other rich and powerful men like Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, and Bill Cosby come to mind. The rich and powerful often feel that they can operate […]
Hurricane Helene Devastates North Carolina
The massive destruction from Hurricane Helene has been followed by slow government response.