Workers In India Stand Up
On Wednesday July 9th, there was a general strike of workers across India. The union confederations say that 250 million workers were on strike throughout the country. It is reported to have included workers in the banking, insurance, postal, coal mining, highway and construction industries. The strike was organized to fight the reforms of the […]
La tragedia de Texas: un adelanto de lo que está por venir
La semana pasada, lluvias torrenciales azotaron el condado de Kerr, en Texas, provocando inundaciones catastróficas. En pocas horas cayó sobre la región el equivalente a las precipitaciones de todo un verano, lo que elevó el nivel del río Guadalupe de uno a 10 metros en solo 45 minutos en plena noche. La población no fue […]
Trump and Epstein Are Only Two of the Many Predators We Need to Get Rid Of
Donald Trump and his administration have been engulfed in yet another scandal. But unlike previous scandals, this one is creating real divisions among many of his supporters. The issue today centers on Trump’s refusal to release information regarding Jeffrey Epstein, and his recent mocking of many supporters who were hoping to get transparency on this […]
Greek Port Workers Refuse to Load Genocide Materials
Last week, on July 16, port workers in Piraeus, Greece blocked shipment of weapons grade steel in route to Israel for use in that nation’s ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. Workers and their union said in advance that they would not handle or load and unload the cargo. When it arrived, hundreds of dockworkers […]
¡Los recortes de Trump son un ataque contra todos nosotros!
Desde que Trump asumió el cargo en enero, su régimen ha puesto en marcha una política de recortes drásticos, atacando muchos programas gubernamentales esenciales. El Departamento de Eficiencia Gubernamental (DOGE) de Musk aceleró este proceso, despidiendo a miles de trabajadores sin previo aviso. Aproximadamente 50.000 trabajadores federales de docenas de agencias gubernamentales han sido despedidos […]
Speak Out Now National Newsletter: July 21, 2025
Download .pdf leaflet Download .pdf leaflet (Baltimore, Maryland)Download .pdf leaflet (The Triangle, North Carolina) Trump’s Cuts = Attacks On Us All! Since Trump took office in January, his regime began its slash and burn policy — attacking many essential government programs. Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) accelerated this, firing thousands of workers without notice. […]
Trump’s Cuts = Attacks On Us All!
Since Trump took office in January, his regime began its slash and burn policy — attacking many essential government programs. Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) accelerated this, firing thousands of workers without notice. Approximately 50,000 federal workers from dozens of government agencies have been illegally fired or pushed to take early retirement. Approximately 225,000 […]
ICE: Hands Off Our Patients
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Last week, Highland workers organized an in-person know your rights training for how to respond to ICE if they show up to the hospital. Lawyers taught workers a lot over their lunch break, here are some […]
Trump’s Cuts Will Affect All of Us Everywhere
Since taking office in late January, Trump and his anti-worker bureaucrats have already begun to slash and burn many of the programs and resources that we need. Now that Congress has passed and Trump has signed into law what they called their “Big Beautiful Bill,” the larger cuts that we have all worried about are […]
Microsoft Has Money for AI But Not Its Workforce
Earlier this month, Microsoft confirmed it would reduce its staff by 4%, laying off around 9,000 people from its total workforce. This is the company’s second round of massive layoffs this year. Back in May, 7,000 more people lost their jobs at Microsoft. To add insult to injury, the company boasted $500 million in savings […]
Mask Off Maersk
In June, the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) scored a major (though partial) victory in its campaign to shut off supply chains to Israel as it conducts its genocide against the Palestinian people. Maersk is a global shipping company deeply complicit in Israel’s crimes against humanity. It has contracted with the U.S. Department of Defense to […]
Texas Tragedy: A Glimpse of What’s to Come
Last week, torrential rainfall ripped through Kerr County, Texas, causing catastrophic flooding. More than a summer’s worth of rain fell on the region in a few hours, raising the water level of the Guadalupe River from 3 feet to 30 feet in just 45 minutes during the middle of the night. People were not adequately […]
¡La megaley de Trump: un ataque contra todos nosotros!
La reciente «megaley» del régimen multimillonario de Trump es un ataque cruel y brutal contra la mayoría de la población estadounidense. Continúa atacando a los más vulnerables de la sociedad y el impacto nos afecta a todos. Los recortes fiscales son la continuación de los recortes fiscales puestos en marcha durante la primera administración de […]
4 de julio — Hoy nos enfrentamos a la tiranía de los multimillonarios
Esta última semana hemos sido testigos de una nueva aceleración de los ataques de la administración Trump contra la población. Y, una vez más, el Tribunal Supremo ha dictado una serie de sentencias que respaldan por completo estos ataques. El Tribunal Supremo dictaminó (por 6 votos contra 3) que la administración Trump puede reanudar la […]
San Francisco Fights Back Against ICE Terror
Late Tuesday morning, around a dozen ICE agents forced through a crowd of protesters, deploying tear gas and pointing a gun at protestors and press. Video shows federal agents shoving a handcuffed man into the back of an unmarked van before speeding through the handful of protestors who stood in front of the vehicle, dragging one person […]
Newark and Detroit, July 1967: A Brief History and Lessons for Today
Today, July 12, 2025, we face the specter of ICE raids and potentially even military incursions into and against working-class communities nationwide. As these raids have ramped up, people have begun to respond, first in localized ways and now with slowly expanding protests both large and small. This is not the first time that military […]
5,000-Gallon Diesel Spill: Johns Hopkins Fails Baltimore – Again
In June 2025, Johns Hopkins Hospital allowed 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel to spill from two underground tanks into Baltimore’s storm drains and, from there, into the harbor. The spill covered wildlife like turtles and birds, and the water itself in red-dyed fuel. At first, Hopkins claimed the spill was only 200 gallons. That number […]
Trump’s Attack on Education: An Acceleration of a Decades-Long Assault
Introduction As part of the Trump administration’s overall strategy of gutting federal programs and social services, suppressing free speech, and criminalizing resistance, they have especially targeted education at every level. They have placed the Department of Education on the chopping block, whose funds primarily serve students with disabilities and low-income school districts. They have used […]
Panama: Workers Rise Up Against Repression and Imperialism
Since March 2025, workers across Panama have revolted against a new pension law that attacks their rights. The government’s response has been brutal repression. Panama’s leaders declared a state of emergency in June, suspended constitutional rights, and sent thousands of police to Bocas del Toro, a province in the northwest, known for its banana plantations […]
The System Will Not Bring Us Justice
The Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs ruling was a massive disappointment, and a reminder that the carceral system, far from delivering justice, often serves to protect wealth and power. Despite the rightful public scrutiny of Combs’s violence, he was found not guilty on charges of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. The jury of eight men and four […]
Speak Out Now National Newsletter: July 7, 2025
Download .pdf leaflet Download .pdf leaflet (Baltimore, Maryland)Download .pdf leaflet (The Triangle, North Carolina) The Trump Megabill – An Assault On Us All! The Trump billionaire regime’s recent “megabill” is a cruel and brutal attack on the majority of people in the U.S. It continues the targeting of the most vulnerable in society and the […]
The Trump Megabill – An Assault On Us All!
The Trump billionaire regime’s recent “megabill” is a cruel and brutal attack on the majority of people in the U.S. It continues the targeting of the most vulnerable in society and the impact touches us all. The tax cuts are the continuation of the tax cuts put in place during Trump’s first administration. They total […]
Bob Vylan Is Not the Story – They Are the Distraction
Palestinians desperate for aid have been repeatedly gunned down while seeking food and supplies, now solely provided by the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (backed by the U.S. and Israel). Since beginning its operations in late April 2025, “more than 500 Palestinians have been killed and almost 4,000 injured” while trying to access lifesaving aid at one of […]
Mask Off Maersk
In June, the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) scored a major (though partial) victory in its campaign to shut off supply chains to Israel as it conducts its genocide against the Palestinian people. Maersk is a global shipping company deeply complicit in Israel’s crimes against humanity. It has contracted with the U.S. Department of Defense to […]
Workers at Children’s Hospital Oakland Are Under Attack!
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Workers at Oakland’s Children’s Hospital just ended a two-week strike involving members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW), California Nurses Association (CNA), and the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE). The strike was in […]
Workers Deserve *Real* Just Culture
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. When there is an incident involving a patient, such as a medication error or a patient fall, management conducts an investigation to see what went wrong and who to blame. Healthcare facilities often state that they […]
Climate Change: Our Lives Are Worth More Than Their Profits!
July 1, 2025 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French. An intense heatwave is sweeping across the country, and Météo France (Weather Forecasts France) has placed most districts on alert, with temperatures expected to exceed 40°C (104° Fahrenheit). The climate emergency is once again reminding us of the violent inequalities […]
French Post Office Fight: After the Success of June 12, Spread the Word Now about the Battle for Acquittal! Prepare for the Mobilization on July 10 for the Verdict!
This article was submitted July 1, 2025 by activists of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France. More than 600 people attended the rally for the five La Poste (postal) workers from the 92nd department (governmental district). Among the participants were nearly 200 postal workers, including just over a hundred from the Paris region. A […]
Iran and 125 Years of Imperialism
The Iranian nation-state, presently under attack by both Israel and the United States, has a long history as an object of imperialist aggression. Although the degree to which western powers were able to influence and dominate Iran has varied, since approximately 1900 two major western capitalist powers have regularly intervened to either control or undermine […]
Bombs Over Benefits: What the Iran Strike Cost
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