Month: April 2025

The pope has kicked the bucket… and found whiners!

April 23, 2025 article from the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French “Encyclicals such as Laudato Si and Fratelli tutti resonate because they strike a chord as unique messages in a world that has been rolling towards Trump and Musk, and towards all forms of racism and xenophobia,” wrote Jean-Luc Mélenchon (French […]

Long Live May 1st, the International Day of Struggle of the Working Class!

April 28, 2025 article from the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French. While the ruling classes of the world try to burden us with their threats of trade war and military war, there is no shortage of class struggles. For example, in the United States, demonstrations against Trump’s policies have taken place […]

Speak Out Now National Newsletter: April 28, 2025

Download .pdf leaflet Download .pdf leaflet (Bay Area, California)Download .pdf leaflet (Baltimore, Maryland)Download .pdf leaflet (The Triangle, North Carolina) Celebrate International Workers’ Day! May 1 is May Day, or International Workers’ Day. On May Day, there are demonstrations, rallies, festivals, and gatherings in the vast majority of countries throughout the world. It is a celebration […]

Celebrate International Workers’ Day!

May 1 is May Day, or International Workers’ Day. On May Day, there are demonstrations, rallies, festivals, and gatherings in the vast majority of countries throughout the world. It is a celebration of the international working class and the need for a better life for workers everywhere. All over the world today, workers are under […]

Waymo Promoted While Service Cuts Are Forced on MUNI

Pedestrians and transit riders will soon have one more thing to watch out for on San Francisco’s downtown thoroughfare: Mayor Lurie has opened up the previously transit-and-taxi-only portion of Market street to autonomous rideshare company Waymo. This announcement came just a week after the SFMTA (San Francisco’s transit authority) voted to expand service cuts to MUNI (SF’s […]

Trump’s Cancellation of Union Contracts: An Assault on All Workers

On March 27, President Trump declared that a million federal workers would lose their collective bargaining rights. He claimed that the targeted workers are ineligible for union representation because their work involves national security. But the order extends far beyond that sector and includes workers at the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Environmental Protection Agency, […]

France: Budget Cuts to Volunteer and Social Sectors: A Major Social Shock

April 14, 2025 article from the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French As the [French] government announces a new “effort” of €40 to €50 billion ($45 to $56 billion) for the 2026 budget, let’s take a look back at the effects of the already massive cuts that have taken place over the […]

Israel Begins Annexation of Gaza

In late March Israel resumed its war on the Palestinians of the Gaza strip, killing and wounding thousands more Palestinians. Since the war began in October 2023, more than 51,000 Gazans have been killed along with another 115,000 wounded. And now, for the first time since this war began, Israeli political and military leaders are […]

The Bay Area Fights Back in “Freaky Tales”

“Freaky Tales,” a whimsical new film showcasing a vision of the Bay Area in the 1980s, opened on April 4th nationwide. The movie weaves together three stories with a common theme- celebrating the success of an underdog who wins against impossible odds. Although set in a fantasy version of the 80s, which is now 4 decades […]

Hunger Strike by Kaiser Workers

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Southern California mental health workers at Kaiser are still on strike. They are now engaged in the longest mental health strike in U.S. history. To escalate their tactics against Kaiser, 8 mental health workers at Kaiser […]

French Prime Minister Bayrou and the Budget: Charming the Markets, Cheating Workers

April 21, 2025 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French. Forty billion euros (more than 45 billion dollars). Last week, [French] Economy Minister Éric Lombard put a figure on the “additional efforts” to be made for the 2026 budget. The government is preparing to take these 40 billion from public […]

Highland Installs New Purell Dispensers —Are New Pillows Next?

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. You may have noticed the shiny new hand soap and sanitizer dispensers installed across the hospital. While updated infection control tools are important, some of us are left wondering: Why this change – and why now? […]

Sitters Keep Patients Safe

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Many of the patients we take care of need extra help staying safe during their hospitalization. For patients who are elderly, have dementia, or are confused as a result of their illness or injury, the hospital […]

Book Review – Overshoot: How The World Surrendered To Climate Breakdown

In his most recent book, Overshoot: How the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown, Andreas Malm and his co-author Wim Carton show us why, despite a complete understanding of the deepening climate catastrophe, the forces shaping our world have not attempted to stop or even to mitigate the worsening crisis. As oil production and profits have […]

The Pitt: How America’s Broken Healthcare System Survives on the Backs of Its Workers

HBO Max just wrapped up the explosive first season of The Pitt, a highly rated and riveting medical drama. Set in a bustling ER in Pittsburgh, the series showcases many of the real problems faced by frontline healthcare workers in a large city hospital. The 15 episode season takes place over a jam packed 15 hours in the ER, where each episode covers a single hour […]

We Cannot Accept this “New Normal”

Months into Trump’s presidency, his administration’s agenda couldn’t be clearer: more wealth for billionaires and more power for the presidency. The administration is gearing up to pass $4.5 trillion in tax cuts for billionaires and corporations over ten years, which they intend to pay for with cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and other social […]

Educators Protect Students From Government Attacks

These are uncertain times: there are mass layoffs across job sectors, budget cuts, and deportations of documented people without criminal records. It appears that nowhere and no one is safe. Even so-called progressive areas of California are under attack from the federal government.  In Oakland, educators started organizing a rapid response team after learning that undocumented students […]

Book Review – White Skin, Black Fuel: On The Danger Of Fossil Fascism

White Skin Black Fuel: On the Danger of Fossil Fascism, is a 2021 book by Andreas Malm and the Zetkin Collective. It is a cautionary tale about the rise of what they call fossil fascism. Throughout this stimulating and historically grounded book, they bring to light the connections between climate denialism and the rise of […]

Trump Admin Orders Millions of Acres of National Forests Cut Down

Hundreds of thousands of acres of forests in Western North Carolina still bear the scars of the devastating Hurricane Helene, as shown in the picture above. State logging plans in Western NC have put too much pressure on the already damaged forests, a common scene along the path of the destructive Hurricane Helene in several […]

It’s Time to Do Away with Borders and Bosses

April 14, 2025 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French. On Tuesday, April 2nd, Trump declared a trade war on the whole world: tariffs rising from 10% to 25%, or even more, sowing panic among European bosses, and from 20% to 54% for imports from China. On Tuesday, April 8th, […]

Our Earth, Our Lives! Not Their Profits!

Download pdf Trump and the billionaires he represents have stepped up their profiteering rampage. The mounting attacks on environmental regulations and the right of states to apply their own regulations will lead to an acceleration of worldwide environmental destruction. This is an attempt to return to a time when the politicians openly ran the country […]

Speak Out Now National Newsletter: April 14, 2025

Download .pdf leaflet Download .pdf leaflet (Baltimore, Maryland)Download .pdf leaflet (The Triangle, North Carolina)  Our Earth, Our Lives! Not Their Profits! Trump and the billionaires he represents have stepped up their profiteering rampage. The mounting attacks on environmental regulations and the right of states to apply their own regulations will lead to an acceleration of […]

When Students Are Under Attack… Stand Up, Fight Back

The detentions of Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University graduate student, and Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts graduate student from Turkey, set the stage for the U.S. government’s ongoing attacks against immigrant and international students. The students’ outspoken criticism of the U.S.-Israeli genocide against Palestinians is the underlying cause of their being criminalized and imprisoned by […]

Community Fights For Release Of Family Abducted By ICE… And Succeeds!

On Thursday, March 27th, a mother and her three children, one third grader and two high school students, were abducted and taken into custody by ICE officials. They are originally from Guatemala, and the raid took place in the small Republican-leaning town of Sackets Harbor in upstate New York. The town is the childhood and […]

The Real Scandal Of “Signalgate”

On March 15th, the United States carried out drone strikes in a residential area of Sanaa, the capital city of Yemen, taking the lives of at least 53 men, women and children. The attacks were directed at the Houthis’ “top missile guy” that they knew was “walking to his girlfriend’s building.” The unprovoked attack on […]

Thousands of California Educators to Lose Jobs

Each year on March 15th, educators across the state of California learn if they have been retained for the following school year, or if they have been “pink slipped,” the common expression for being laid off. This year, due to Governor Gavin Newsom‘s budget cuts across the state of California and the end of federal COVID funds, […]

The Fight at VTA – It’s NOT Over!

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now newsletter for BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit), a rapid transit rail system in the San Francisco Bay Area – April 9, 2025 The corporate media showed what side it was on in covering the strike at VTA (Valley Transportation Authority) in San Jose. They made it […]

Kaiser: Parking Lot Craziness

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Two weekends ago, there were crazy scenes in the employee parking lot at Kaiser Oakland. The police chased several people into the employee lot after they had stolen cars outside the facility and entered the lot […]

Mental Health Workers Challenge Kaiser

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. As of April 7th, mental health workers in Southern California have been on strike for 26 weeks. They are protesting the Kaiser administration’s failure to meet their demands or address critical issues in the for-profit healthcare […]

Missing Pay for Certified Nurses

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. At Highland Hospital, nurses voted last July to approve a new contract that includes an additional 3% compensation for having a specialty certification. Nurses spend months preparing for these certification exams, and then maintain their certifications […]

Barriers Don’t Protect: They Enclose!

April 7, 2025 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French On Wednesday, April 2—it would have seemed like an April Fool’s joke the day before—Trump announced an increase in U.S. customs duties. An economic war has been declared, risking nothing less than a global economic crisis.  American Imperialism on the […]

Protests Span the U.S. and Show the Anger!

On Saturday, April 5, “Hands Off” protests spanned the United States. At least one million people rallied and marched in a clear sign of the growing rage towards the Trump administration’s attacks on the middle and working classes. Protesters raged about a wide range of struggles and injustices. Among the core messages was that billionaires […]

Más de un millón de personas protestan en desafío a los ataques de Trump

El sábado, más de un millón de personas salieron a la calle en más de 1.400 ciudades diferentes de todo el país en los 50 estados (y también en algunas ciudades europeas), en un claro rechazo a la avalancha de ataques y caos masivo de la administración Trump. Manifestaciones masivas con más de 100.000 personas […]

Ellos no tienen soluciones para nosotros

Desde que Trump se convirtió en presidente, la realidad de esta supuesta democracia ha estado a la vista de todos. Los republicanos en el Congreso se han sometido a todas sus demandas. Y los demócratas apenas han expresado oposición. Algunos jueces han emitido sentencias oponiéndose al más flagrante desprecio de las leyes. Pero la última […]

Nosotros somos los que hemos estado esperando

Semana tras semana, más trabajadores federales son despedidos y más fondos federales son despojados de los servicios públicos por el régimen de Trump/Musk. Y ahora el «presupuesto Trump» ha empezado a tomar forma. El DOGE (Departamento de Eficiencia Gubernamental) de Musk recortó fondos y despidió a cientos de trabajadores de la Administración Federal de Aviación. […]

Over 1 Million Protest in Defiance of Trump’s Attacks

On Saturday, over one million people took to the streets in over 1,400 different cities across the country in all 50 states (and in some European cities, too), in a clear rejection of the onslaught of attacks and mass chaos of the Trump administration. Massive demonstrations with over 100,000 people took place in Washington, D.C. […]

Mickey 17: A Sci-Fi Satire of Capitalism, Colonialism, and Cloning

Bong Joon-Ho, the visionary South Korean filmmaker behind Parasite, Snowpiercer, and Okja, is back with another sharp critique of capitalism – this time in space. His latest film, Mickey 17, is a thrilling, darkly funny sci-fi adventure that exposes the horrors of billionaire rule, unethical colonization, and the dehumanizing effects of advanced technology in the wrong hands. True to […]

France: Marine Le Pen Gets the Prison Time that She Demands for Others!

April 1, 2025 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French. “The weapon of ineligibility will have to be used much more rigorously,” wrote Marine Le Pen (leader of the extreme right National Rally (RN) party in France) in 2012…. She has been taken at her word, the sentence given: four […]