Month: March 2025

Hacks Actor Hannah Einbinder Says Never Again for Anyone During Speech  

“Visibility is a responsibility. Those of us who have a platform must use our voices to ensure that speaking out is not outlawed altogether.”  Last week, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), an LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, hosted an annual fundraising dinner in Los Angeles, where Hacks actor Hannah Einbinder was presented the HRC Visibility Award. […]

They Have No Solutions for Us

Download pdf Since Trump became President, the reality of this so-called democracy has been on display for all to see. The Republicans in Congress have bowed to every demand. And the Democrats have barely expressed any opposition. Some judges have issued rulings opposing the most blatant disregard for laws. But the final word is left […]

Speak Out Now National Newsletter: March 31, 2025

Download .pdf leaflet Download .pdf leaflet (Baltimore, Maryland)Download .pdf leaflet (Bay Area, California)Download .pdf leaflet (The Triangle, North Carolina) They Have No Solutions for Us Since Trump became President, the reality of this so-called democracy has been on display for all to see. The Republicans in Congress have bowed to every demand. And the Democrats […]

¡Debemos resistir sus intentos de silenciarnos!

El 18 de marzo, Israel lanzó otro ataque y bombardeo masivo contra Gaza, matando a más de 400 personas en un solo día. Fue uno de los días más mortalen Gaza desde que comenzó la guerra genocida de Israel contra Palestina en octubre de 2023. Los bombardeos de Israel rompieron el alto el fuego acordado […]

Trump, Musk y los cerdos multimillonarios en el comedero

El discurso de Trump ante el Congreso puso en plena evidencia tanto los ataques masivos de la administración contra los trabajadores, como la respuesta absolutamente inútil de los demócratas. La administración Trump está haciendo todo lo posible para recortar el gasto en los trabajadores y los pobres con el fin de hacer espacio para un […]

El problema es todo el sistema, no los inmigrantes

Trump lleva ya una semana en el poder. Desde que asumió el cargo, ha mostrado muy claramente los intereses de quién pretende representar. A la toma de poder de Trump asistieron algunos de los directores ejecutivos más ricos y poderosos de nuestra sociedad, incluidos los tres hombres más ricos del mundo -Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg […]

¡No dejemos que el caos de Trump nos divida!

Donald Trump será investido presidente de Estados Unidos por segunda vez el 20 de enero de 2025. En los últimos meses, desde que ganó las elecciones presidenciales, sus promesas y amenazas fuera de lugar son confusas e inquietantes. ¿Anexionarse Canadá y Groenlandia? ¿Apropiarse del Canal de Panamá? Los desplantes de Trump también han sido aterradores. […]

Incendios en Los Ángeles: El sistema no puede protegernos

Los enormes incendios que asolan Los Ángeles han provocado una destrucción sin precedentes. Al menos 24 personas han muerto y más de 12.000 estructuras han quedado destruidas, desde viviendas y empresas hasta escuelas, edificios de apartamentos y vehículos. Unas 200.000 personas están bajo orden de evacuación en el condado de Los Ángeles. Los daños totales […]

¡Un daño a uno es un daño a todos!

Desde que Trump asumió el cargo, él, su gabinete de multimillonarios y Elon Musk han creado una abrumadora sensación de caos. Cada día, los anuncios de un nuevo ataque contra un nuevo grupo de personas o una nueva agencia se han estrellado sobre nosotros como implacables oleadas de tormenta. Se ha creado una atmósfera llena […]

Capitalist Critique on the Severed Floor [Contains Spoilers]

The following article contains spoilers for Season 2 of Severance. The second season of Severance just wrapped up, once again delivering a sharp, and sometimes silly, critique of capitalism and the modern workplace. The show’s premise—splitting a person’s consciousness between work and personal life—highlights a harsh reality: we spend a third of our lives trapped […]

Israel’s Violence Against Filmmaker Hamdan Ballal 

On Monday, March 24, Hamdan Ballal, co-director of the Oscar-winning film “No Other Land,” was beaten and abducted by Israeli settlers and soldiers outside of his home in the village of Susya in the occupied West Bank. He was detained overnight and hospitalized following his release. “No Other Land” documents the resilience of Palestinians in the face of settler-violence […]

Kaiser: National Expansion = Record Profits

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Last month, Kaiser announced their 2024 financial results, including $12.9 billion dollars in profits! This was a 300% increase in their profits compared to 2023. More than half of these new profits were from new healthcare […]

Undocumented and Avoiding Healthcare

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. It is becoming increasingly clear that more undocumented people in the Bay Area (and across the nation) are avoiding healthcare out of fear that they will have to share their immigration status to receive care, and […]

Forced Displacement of Oakland’s Unhoused 

The unhoused of Oakland are counted every two years to help determine federal funding. As of 2024, 5,490 people were living without permanent housing in Oakland. What does this tell us? While Oakland’s homeless population has been increasing consistently for a decade, the rate at which it’s growing has been slowing for five years. These numbers […]

Safety Issues But No Changes

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Patients come to the hospital expecting to be safe from harm. So when a patient suffers from an avoidable accident or death while hospitalized, healthcare workers want to make sure that changes are put in place […]

Update: Highland Cafeteria Workers

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Despite over 3000 petition signatures and nearly 20 people speaking in support of our cashiers at the latest board meeting, management has decided to go through with the layoffs of these vital workers. Clearly no amount […]

VTA Still Out!

VTA workers are still on strike for better wages, despite management’s insults to the workers.

Baltimore City Owes Workers Safety and Respect

Last August, Ronald Silver II died from being overworked and deprived of hydration in the sweltering heat of 99°F. Following his death, Silver’s grieving family demanded better from the Department of Public Works (DPW), and investigations by Baltimore’s Inspector General showed the department’s negligence included not only a lack of water and Gatorade for workers but also broken ice machines and broken HVAC systems inside the facilities. It was not until eight weeks after Silver’s death that Maryland issued […]

We Must Resist Their Attempts to Silence Us!

On March 18th, Israel launched another massive assault and bombardment of Gaza, killing over 400 people in one day. This was one of the deadliest single days in Gaza since Israel’s genocidal war on Palestine began in October 2023. Israel’s bombing broke the ceasefire with Hamas that was agreed in January. But in reality, this […]

Are Deportees Guinea Pigs in New, International Prison Scheme?

Last weekend, on March 16, the Trump administration deported at least 260 people who it said were Venezuelan immigrants in the United States without documentation and/or who were members of the Tren de Aragua gang. These deportations are concerning not only because of how they were conducted and under what authority, but also because of […]

Israel Continues Its Deadly Assault On Gaza

Since early morning on Tuesday, March 18, Israel has been carrying out deadly airstrikes across Gaza that are reported to have killed at least 506 people. Of those, at least 200 were children. At least 600 more have been wounded. Many of the strikes took place in heavily populated areas with homes and makeshift schools. […]

San Jose Ignores the Real Issues Behind the Housing Crisis

The city of San Jose, CA is trying to address the 6,000 unhoused people on its streets with a program called “Homeward Bound.” The City Council has allocated $200,000 for the program which aims to get people off the streets by buying them a bus or train ticket to get back home to their families. […]

We Must Reject the Monopoly Game on Ukraine Led by Trump, Putin and Their European Servants: No War Economy, nor Austerity for the Working Classes!

March 17, 2025 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French. The negotiations among the great powers over the war in Ukraine are in full swing: Putin lays down his conditions, Trump grows impatient, and European leaders, led by [French President] Macron, try to interfere in the game. Their aim? Certainly […]

Speak Out Now National Newsletter: March 18, 2025

Download .pdf leaflet Download .pdf leaflet (Baltimore) An Injury to One is an Injury to All! Since Trump took office, he, his cabinet of billionaires, and Elon Musk have created an overwhelming sense of chaos. Each day, announcements of a new attack on a new group of people or a new agency have crashed over […]

An Injury to One is an Injury to All!

Since Trump took office, he, his cabinet of billionaires, and Elon Musk have created an overwhelming sense of chaos. Each day, announcements of a new attack on a new group of people or a new agency have crashed over us like relentless storm surges. It has created an atmosphere filled with fear, anger, or sometimes […]

Trump Admin’s ‘Crypto Reserve’: A Taxpayer-Funded G(r)ift to the Crypto Industry

The Trump campaign received over a hundred million dollars from crypto-related companies and individuals leading up to the 2024 election. So far, that investment is paying huge dividends. On March 2nd, Trump posted on Truth Social declaring that he would direct the federal government to stockpile millions of dollars worth of several cryptocurrencies, a move that would […]

Unionizing Isn’t Enough: Starbucks Workers Demand a Fair Contract

In 2021, workers from multiple Starbucks locations in Buffalo, NY stood together to fight for changes in the workplace and filed a petition to unionize as Starbucks Workers United (SBWU). For years Starbucks workers have faced low wages, short staffing, and harassment in the workplace while navigating inconsistent and unpredictable work schedules.  The Elmwood store […]

Germany 1920: The Working Class Stood Up to an Authoritarian Regime

In the past two months the Trump administration has rampaged through the U.S. government, firing tens of thousands, destroying basic systems that have functioned for decades, ignoring court orders, attacking free speech and any type of dissent, eliminating entire departments and agencies, and removing any opposition to him, Musk, and their minions. In the face […]

Tariffs And Trade Wars: Another Price For The Working Class To Pay

The Trump administration has been threatening and implementing tariffs and trade wars with Mexico, Canada, China, and the European Union, the top trading partners of the United States. Trump said in his State of the Union speech that there would be reciprocal tariffs for any country who lays tariffs on the United States. In retaliation, […]

Hands Off Mahmoud Khalil!

On the night of Saturday, March 8, Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian student at Columbia University in New York City, was arrested by plain-clothed ICE agents to be deported. Although a federal judge has since blocked Trump’s attempt to deport Khalil, he is currently in custody in an ICE detention facility in Jena, Louisiana. He graduated […]

Macron: Blood and Tears… for the Working Class

March 10, 2025 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French. On Wednesday, March 5, [France’s] President Macron raised the threat that Russian tanks could invade France at any moment and that the military budget must therefore be blown up. Really? Putin’s army, which has been attacking and fighting the Ukrainian […]

Oregon Nurses Achieve Significant Wins!

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. At the beginning of January, nurses at eight Providence hospitals across the state of Oregon went on strike. The strike lasted more than a month and a half, as management initially failed to meet the nurses’ […]

Our Time, Their Terms

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Why is it that we’re required to submit our schedules for the entire year a full 12 months in advance, yet our employer consistently fails to meet us halfway? We’re expected to plan our lives around […]

Protests Against Elon Musk and Tesla

Since February 15th, a wave of protests has swept across the U.S., especially aimed at Elon Musk and Tesla. These demonstrations are a bold move by ordinary people to stand up against corporate power and influence, particularly in a time period when politicians and the courts seem willing to cave in to this power. The […]

3,000 Voices Ignored: AHS Continues Layoffs

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Alameda Health System is still planning to lay off cashiers at Highland and Fairmont, despite a huge showing of support for these workers through a petition that circulated the hospital and received over 3,000 signatures. Management […]

Another Year, Another Ignored Concern

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. It’s that time of year again where management adds yet another task to our shifts – the annual SCORE Culture of Safety Survey. We’d be thrilled if they were actually interested in our feedback about our […]

From Biden To Trump – The Continuity Of U.S. Support For Palestinian Genocide

The Ceasefire Myth On January 15th, news broke of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas that would take effect on January 19th, one day before the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump. The agreement included proposals to exchange hostages in phases, Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, a plan to rebuild Gaza within three to five years […]

VTA Out!

Workers at the South Bay’s Valley Transportation Authority went on strike for wage increases.

Martinez Refinery Fire Endangers Bay Area Communities

On February 1, the Martinez Refining Co.’s petroleum refinery reported a fire around 1:45 p.m. But the wider community was not officially informed of the blaze until many hours after the Bay Area Air District began receiving complaints of odors in the area. The fire sent plumes of black smoke into the air for hours and forced […]

Trump, Musk, and the Billionaire Pigs at the Trough

Trump’s speech to Congress put on full display both the administration’s massive attacks on working people, as well as the Democrats’ absolutely useless response. The Trump administration is doing everything they can to cut spending on workers and the poor in order to make room for a tax cut for the wealthiest people on the […]

Public Meetings: Sunday, April 13 & April 26 (Bay Area, Baltimore & North Carolina)

Trump’s Assault on the Planet is an Assault on Us! Speak Out Socialists Public Meetings Removing environmental protections, erasing decades of climate research, expanding drilling — the Trump administration has exposed this system for what it really is: a dictatorship of a tiny class of billionaires, who have put all life on this planet at […]

International Women’s Day: Now is a Time to Use Our Power!

March 8 is International Women’s Day. It is a global celebration of women fighting for a better life. This is particularly important now when women are under multiple attacks by the MAGA regime in the U.S., attacks that have global implications. Reactionary forces won’t be satisfied with denying women freedom through abortion bans. We can expect attacks […]

Addicted By Design: How Junk Food Companies Keep Us Hooked

Food companies have historically employed scientists to create junk foods that are not just delicious, but highly addictive. After all, the right combination of salt, sugar, and fat keeps consumers coming back for more. Even foods like chips are scientifically optimized to deliver the perfect amount of psychologically satisfying crunch. However, the advent of GLP-1 drugs, such as […]

Trump And Musk Make It Easier To Rip Us Off

In the recent slashing and burning of various government workers and agencies during the early days of the second Trump administration, one of the institutions targeted was the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The agency was created in 2008 in response to the subprime mortgage crash to create at least some guardrails to protect consumers […]

Ukraine: It is Up to the Workers to Turn the Tables on the Great Powers’ Lies and Poker Games!

March 3, 2025 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French With their usual vulgarity and thuggish brutality, Donald Trump and his vice-president, J.D. Vance, gave a fine lesson in imperialism on world television. Faced with Ukrainian leader Zelenskyy, not docile enough in their eyes, they raised their tone, believing they […]

The Truth about Transgender Support at University of the Pacific

University of the Pacific (UOP) has agreed to host a right-wing, anti-trans speaker in March, sparking outrage among students, staff, and faculty who argue that hate speech should not be given a platform on campus. UOP’s administration approved a talk titled “The Truth About Transgenderism” by Turning Point USA, a nonprofit known for targeting college […]