Wounded Knee Massacre: A Symbolic End
After 280 or more years of consistent conflict between white settlers of the ever-expanding United States and the indigenous peoples who first populated North America, the fate of those indigenous peoples was symbolically sealed in a massacre on the northern great plains. On December 29, 1890, soldiers of the U.S. Cavalry massacred at least 250 […]
So-Called “Anti-Communist” Laws are Attacks on Workers and Oppressed People
A new bill attacking freedom of expression in public education passed in the U.S. House of Representatives with a huge majority, earning votes from both Democrats and Republicans. The bill is called “The Crucial Communism Teaching Act,” and it will provide schools with packages of anti-communist propaganda to include in their curricula. The so-called “Victims […]
Bankrupt or Not, Working People in Oakland will Bear the Brunt
On November 15, Oaklandside, a local Oakland news outlet, published an article on the city of Oakland’s imminent bankruptcy based off a report from the city’s legislative website. However, on the very same day the article was published, the city removed the report and published a different version. The original report projected the city would […]
Global Drying is Accelerating Under Capitalism
People and ecosystems in almost every region in the world are threatened by rising aridification, according to a recent report from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. Aridification is different from droughts: droughts can be severely damaging to a region, but they eventually end. Aridification, on the other hand, is permanent. In the last […]
Teamsters Mount Picket Lines at Amazon Facilities to Demand Big Changes
Conditions at Amazon are so bad that in some years, 75% of the approximately 900,000 Amazon “logistics” workers (delivery drivers and warehouse workers) leave the company. Starting pay can be as little as $18.50 an hour. These logistics workers face unpredictable schedules such as short work weeks followed by weeks with compulsory overtime. The unpredictable […]
Elecciones del gabinete de Trump: Malo para nuestra salud
Los últimos anuncios del gabinete de Trump revelan una administración aún más decidida a dar prioridad a los ricos y poderosos a costa de los trabajadores. Sus selecciones para puestos clave en la atención sanitaria, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) como secretario de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS) y el Dr. Mehmet Oz para […]
Cancel and Lie? It’s the Same Story
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. In 2022, when Northern California Kaiser mental health workers went on strike for 10 weeks, Kaiser publicly claimed they were finding alternative providers. They did this because even during a strike, Kaiser is required by California […]
What’s the Deal With the Double Standard?
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. When hospital staff come to work, we expect every department to do their part to take care of patients and keep the hospital running. We know we can trust the nurses to provide care, the food […]
AHS Workers Support Divestment
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Over 700 AHS workers have signed a petition calling for an ethical investment policy, representing nearly 15% of AHS employees. These workers are standing up to demand that their retirement funds no longer support weapons manufacturers […]
Mayotte: Natural Disaster and Social Catastrophe
A cyclone hit Mayotte, a French island colony in the Indian Ocean. French imperialism bears responsibility for the level of human suffering.
BART in the News
The following is reprinted from Speak Out Now’s workplace newsletter at Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). BART is in the news and as usual it’s the question of funding – or no funding. There are projections of a bare-bones system running trains every hour. Who will ride that, other than the regulars looking for a […]
CEO’s Murder Shows the Anger at Their Whole System
The assassination of Brian Thompson, CEO of United Healthcare, has been met with an outpouring of anger at the health insurance industry. All over social media, amongst friends, at workplaces, and beyond, people have been expressing their outrage at the health insurance industry’s profiteering off of our misery and death. This reaction shouldn’t come as […]
Fall of a Family Dictatorship in Syria – What Next?
The stunning fall of Bashar Al-Assad took place in less than two weeks. On November 27, armed groups began an offensive in northwestern Syria, near the city of Aleppo. After retaking Aleppo on November 29, they advanced southward, and the army of the regime began to crumble. After taking two other key cities along a major […]
France: The Only Positive Way Out of the Political Crisis: Mobilize to Impose Our Demands!
Workers went on strike as Prime Minister Barnier’s was brought down. Amidst the crisis in the government, the workers can impose their demands.
Who Else Should Biden Pardon?
President Biden pardoned his son. Who else should he pardon, if he really cares about righting wrongs?
Chamber ruling against Polo Obrero a blow to freedom of organization and mobilization in Argentina
Publication on December 2, 2024 In Argentina, the Workers’ Party is facing legal attacks from Javier Milei. His far-right government is falsely accusing the Workers’ Pole (an organization of the unemployed which organizes blockades in solidarity with the Workers’ Party) of extortion, even though it feeds tens of thousands of working families every day, while […]
“Thoughts and Prayers Are Not Covered, Just Like My Son’s Medicine”
The shooting of United Healthcare’s CEO has drawn attention to the way insurance companies commit social murder against us.
Port Talks Break Down. International Solidarity is Key.
After the ILA stopped its strike, negotiations have broken down. Worker power is built on solidarity, although the union bureaucrats such as Daggett aren’t interested in that.
Management’s Threats Make us Sick
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Cold and flu season is upon us! Many of us are waking up with sniffles and sore throats, wondering if we should head into work or call in sick. Management is quick to threaten us about […]
Spending Thanksgiving on Strike
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. The Southern California Kaiser mental health workers’ strike continues, now over 40 days in length. Meanwhile, Kaiser has still failed to present a proposal that includes better pay and improved staffing levels. The long struggle on […]
Speak Out Now National Newsletter: December 9, 2024
Download .pdf leaflet Download .pdf leaflet (Baltimore) Trump Cabinet Picks: Bad for Our Health Trump’s latest Cabinet appointments reveal an administration even more determined to prioritize the wealthy and powerful at the expense of working people. His selections for key healthcare roles, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) as Secretary of Health and Human Services […]
Trump Cabinet Picks: Bad for Our Health
Trump’s latest Cabinet appointments reveal an administration even more determined to prioritize the wealthy and powerful at the expense of working people. His selections for key healthcare roles, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) as Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Dr. Mehmet Oz to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services […]
Gabinete de Trump: Se vienen los ataques a todos los trabajadores
Trump ha anunciado muchos de los miembros de su gabinete, revelando un circo de fieles no calificados, incluyendo ejecutivos corporativos, élites ricas y reaccionarios de extrema derecha, todos decididos a dar limosnas a los ricos, mientras atacan a los trabajadores y a los pobres. Ha seleccionado a gente dispuesta a destrozar la Agencia de Protección […]
Underground Resistance: The Struggle of South Africa’s Artisanal Miners
Recent events in South Africa highlight the deadly conditions faced by artisanal miners, caught between corporate greed and state violence. Artisanal mining generally involves miners who are not officially employed by a mining company and use their own tools to mine. Often trapped underground after a police standoff, these miners risk their lives in abandoned mines due to […]
France: Prime Minister Barnier Voted Out; Give Way to the Workers
This is the statement of the French New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-Révolutionnaires) on the collapse of the French government on December 4, 2024. This evening, 331 deputies (delegates) from the Left and the Rassemblement National (RN, far-right) voted together on a motion of no confidence against [Prime Minister] Barnier’s government. The latter had not skimped on […]
AHS Workers Gifted a Hiring Freeze for the Holidays
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. AHS sent out an email last week that most new hiring will be deferred until after the New Year. They gave a confusing explanation regarding AHS’s line of credit via Alameda County called the Net Negative […]
Report from the Picket Line: SF Hotel Workers Won’t Concede To Corporate Greed
San Francisco hotel workers are in their third month of a strike.
December 2, 1964: The Occupation of Sproul Hall and the Berkeley Free Speech Movement
Sixty years ago today, on December 2, 1964, students on the Berkeley campus of the University of California took over Sproul Hall, the university’s main administrative building
El ataque a los trabajadores inmigrantes es un ataque a todos los trabajadores
Durante las recientes elecciones presidenciales de EE.UU., tanto Harris como Trump centraron su atención en la inmigración. Ahora que Trump ha sido elegido presidente, amenaza con medidas serias: deportaciones masivas, poner fin a la ciudadanía automática para los hijos de inmigrantes nacidos en EE.UU. y retirar el estatus de protección temporal a determinados inmigrantes que […]