Labor Day 2025: Their Future or Ours?
This Labor Day is happening during a time of enormous attacks on the population, especially on working people of all backgrounds. The Trump administration is waging a class war for the billionaires against the rest of us. Trump’s reckless tariffs have already started to hit workers’ wallets and jobs. Price increases are returning, especially for […]
Hurricane Katrina Twenty Years Later: A Glimpse into Our Future
20 years ago, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, causing massive destruction, which was made worse by capitalism.
Renewable Energy? Not Under Capitalism!
The Trump energy policy is built on four planks: increased domestic production, “streamlined” permitting, “energy independence,” and promoting economic growth. The concrete implications of this project are becoming clear as subsidies for renewable energy and electric vehicles are rolled back at the same time as Trump intervenes to keep coal power stations open. Some renewables advocates have tried to find a positive in […]
Whales Go Silent – Another Warning to Us All
Blue whales are going silent because higher ocean temperatures are killing their food.
Republicans and Democrats Fight Over House Redistricting
Republicans and Democrats are fighting over House districts, but neither party will advance policies to support the working class.
¡Detengamos la hambruna! ¡No al genocidio en nuestro nombre!
Según la ONU y las organizaciones internacionales de salud, la población de la ciudad de Gaza está sufriendo una grave hambruna. Informan de que, a finales de septiembre, más de 640 000 personas en la ciudad de Gaza se enfrentarán al nivel más alto de inseguridad alimentaria, la fase 5: hambruna (al menos dos adultos […]
Air Canada Workers Defy Government to Continue Strike
On August 17th, over 10,000 striking Air Canada workers took a historic step and continued their strike in defiance of a government order to return to work. In this extraordinary moment, workers forced Air Canada back to the bargaining table, and a tentative agreement was reached. After workers’ existing union contract expired in March, labor […]
Kaiser San Rafael Nurses Protest Potential Layoffs
On August 21st, nurses at the Kaiser San Rafael facility held a one-day protest in response to the looming threat of 41 nursing positions being eliminated this October. These layoffs, if carried out, would not only affect the workers who lose their jobs, but also those who remain—forcing them to shoulder an even greater burden […]
Speak Out Now National Newsletter: August 25, 2025
Download .pdf leaflet Download .pdf leaflet (Baltimore, Maryland)Download .pdf leaflet (The Triangle, North Carolina) Stop the Famine – No Genocide in Our Name! According to the UN and international health organizations, the people of Gaza City are experiencing a severe famine. They report that, by the end of September, more than 640,000 people in Gaza […]
Stop the Famine – No Genocide in Our Name!
According to the UN and international health organizations, the people of Gaza City are experiencing a severe famine. They report that, by the end of September, more than 640,000 people in Gaza City will face the highest level of food insecurity, Phase 5 – Famine (at least two adults or four children under five per […]
Hands Off Our Community! Hands Off Immigrants!
download as 2-sided leaflet (8.5×11) An Attack on Our Communities The Trump administration has launched attacks on people across the country it claims are criminals, with the goal of deporting one million people each year. The new Federal budget has $45 billion to build new privately run detention centers. The budget for ICE, the masked, […]
Trump’s Attack on the Smithsonian Is Historical Revisionism
Earlier this week, Trump escalated his attacks on the Smithsonian, along with several other museums in Washington, D.C. He claimed that the institution overemphasizes “how bad slavery was.” He called on the Secretary of the Smithsonian for a thorough review to ensure the elimination of so-called “anti-American ideology” from the Smithsonian and its subsidiary museums, […]
Immigrant Workers in Italy Fight Back and Win Better Conditions
Immigrant workers in Prato, Italy, won a 40-hour work week after 14 weeks of striking.
It’s the Capitalists’ War Machine – Not Ours!
Download pdf here What They Say U.S. politicians from both parties say wars are fought to defend what they call the “free world” from tyranny. They say the U.S. is a beacon of freedom and democracy. They use patriotism (another word for nationalism) and wave the flag to get us to fight their wars, claiming […]
Local 29 Workers Rebid for Positions
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. In the past months, Kaiser administration has increasingly pushed to reduce staff, cut corners, automate tasks, and consolidate departments in an effort to increase profits. For cashier receptionists at Kaiser, this has recently meant having to […]
Budgeting for Dummies
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. AHS is about to face severe budget deficits thanks to new Medicaid cuts, something CEO James Jackson has called the ‘nuclear option.’ In a stunning display of “collaboration,” he asked for our ideas on how to […]
Seven Month Delay in Certification Pay
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Over a year ago, in July of 2024, Alameda Health System nurses voted to approve a new contract that includes an additional 3% compensation for holding a specialty certification. The contract states that the new pay […]
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SZA Calls Out AI
Grammy-winning singer-songwriter SZA recently used her large social media platform to express frustration over the harm caused by Artificial Intelligence (AI): Please google how much energy and pollution it takes to run Ai..please google the beautiful black cities like Memphis that are SUFFERING because of twitters new Ai system. PLEASE JUST GOOGLE ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM. AI […]
¡Debemos resistirnos a la militarización de la sociedad!
Desde el 11 de agosto, en respuesta a las descaradas mentiras de Trump sobre una supuesta «invasión criminal», cientos de soldados de la Guardia Nacional y agentes federales armados han descendido sobre Washington D.C., patrullando la ciudad, intimidando, acosando y arrestando a todos los que pueden. Y ahora algunos gobernadores de derecha de otros estados […]
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We Must Resist Their Militarization of Society!
Since August 11th, in response to Trump’s blatant lies about a so-called “crime invasion,” hundreds of National Guard troops and armed federal agents have descended upon Washington D.C, patrolling the city, intimidating, harassing, and arresting anyone they can. And now some right wing governors in other states have said they also plan to send hundreds […]
The Hormel Strike 40 Years Later – What Lessons Can We Learn?
On August 17, 1985, workers at the Hormel meatpacking plant in the small town of Austin, Minnesota began a strike that lasted just more than one year. In the course of the strike, the approximately 1,500 workers who struck, and much of Austin’s population, generated a strong, united fightback against corporate greed and union concessions. […]
Israel Escalates Its Holocaust In Gaza
On August 7, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced to a Fox News interviewer that Israel would “take” the entire Gaza strip. One day later, the Israeli security cabinet approved this just-announced plan. While the details of any such plan are unclear and may not actually yet exist, it is clear that Israel now intends […]
80 Years Later, the Horror of Nuclear Annihilation Still Threatens Us
80 years after the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the threat of nuclear war is still here.
Stand Against Alligator Alcatraz
In another massive attack against immigrants, an abandoned Florida airport was turned into the “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention facility. In early July, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis pushed through the facility that holds up to 5,000 detainees. Built in just eight days, there are immediate concerns about the detention center’s dangerous conditions. As soon as it opened, news […]