Month: February 2026

France: Against the Far Right: Advancing a Revolutionary Alternative

February 16, 2026 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French. The death of Quentin Deranque, a racist and fundamentalist far-right activist, has been used to justify a sweeping campaign of lies, insults, and smears. Media outlets and politicians—from the far right to the mainstream right and even parts of the […]

The United States Tightens the Noose Around Cuba’s Neck – We Must Say “NO!”

On January 29th, Donald Trump issued an executive order titled, “Addressing Threats To The United States By The Government Of Cuba.” The executive order threatened massive tariffs on any country that provides oil to Cuba, arguing that Cuba somehow poses a serious national security threat to the United States and citing the Cuban government’s alleged […]

The Epstein Files: Abuse, Power, and No Consequences

What we are seeing with the latest release from the Epstein files is not a breakthrough, but a burial. As of January 30, 3.5 million pages are now public, but no prosecutions, reforms, or consequences have come with them. This is not an accident. The release has been carefully separated from real justice, trying to […]

Trump Administration Gives a Green Light to Poisoning the World Faster

On February 12, President Trump and Lee Zeldin, the head of his Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), announced that the agency would no longer recognize the “endangerment rule,” a 2010 EPA decision that climate change is a danger to both human health and the environment. This announcement flies in the face of decades of agreement by […]

India: Another Mass Strike Shows Potential Power

On February 12, at least 300 million people took to the streets in India for a one-day strike. They were taking organized action in opposition to changes to labor laws and recent trade deals with the U.S., New Zealand, and European Union (E.U.).  The strike brought together farmers and a diverse range of workers to […]

Black History Month and Self-Liberation

During Black History Month, our attention often focuses on the stories and achievements of great leaders. But those leaders are famous only because of the activism of masses of people for their own liberation. Freedom for Black people in the United States and across the Americas was not won by politicians’ speeches, laws, or reform. […]

Billionaires Create the Chaos. We Can Stop It!

Everywhere we look, the U.S. government and the billionaires they serve are attacking us day after day. They are slashing budgets and cutting our social safety nets, working to replace jobs with AI and robots, cutting regulations to dig for and use more climate-destroying fossil fuels, and laying siege to cities with armed, masked ICE […]

AHS Publishes List of Proposed Closures

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Highland Hospital in Oakland, CA. As required by state law, AHS executives published a list of the proposed closures and elimination of services they are planning in the ongoing layoffs. This 59-page document includes the elimination of outpatient behavioral health services, the closure […]

The Hidden Labor Behind Waymo’s “Self-Driving” Cars

During a U.S. Senate hearing on February 4, Waymo disclosed that it relies on remote workers in the Philippines to assist its self-driving vehicles with navigation. When a Waymo car encounters a complex or ambiguous situation on the road, it can reach out to a human remote operator for guidance on interpreting its surrounding environment. […]

Mistrial Declared in Case Against Pro-Palestine Stanford Students


The trial against Stanford students who participated in a pro-Palestine protest in June 2024 began earlier this year. Five students were charged with felony conspiracy to trespass and vandalism for occupying the office of the university’s president. This case stood out not just for the severity of the charges, but for the disparity between the alleged damage […]

International Women’s Day: Oppression & Resistance

The Epstein files have exposed the rot of sexual violence in this system. Right-wing attacks on healthcare, education, and social spending are an attack on working women everywhere.  Historically, women have sparked large movements and fought back.   What can we do today? What lessons can we learn from the struggles of women in the past and […]

Teachers Forced to Strike for Marginal Gains

After four days on the picket line, February 9-12, the United Educators of San Francisco ended their strike. The results? Teachers got a 5% raise over two years, while para-educators got a 8.5% raise. In addition, starting in January 2027, all 6,500 members of the SF teachers union and their families will have 100% of their health care covered by San […]

Kaiser UNAC/UHCP Strike: An Injury to One is an Injury to All!

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser Oakland in Oakland, CA. It is now the fourth week of the UNAC/UHCP strike, and while many workers are still standing strong on the picket line, many are also feeling the economic pressure to return to work. Last week, reinforcements briefly arrived […]

SF’s March For Billionaires – They Don’t Need Defending!

The announcement of a march in support of billionaires, claiming that the state of California was at risk of losing a precious asset in the ultra-wealthy, drew ridicule and confusion, with many refusing to believe it could be serious. Roughly 20 people joined the march, presenting at various levels of seeming earnestness, and surrounded by counter […]

France: Facing Politicians’ Games, Let’s Make Our Anger Heard!

February 16, 2026 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French. Local bigwigs entrenched in office for decades, newcomers eager to take their place, the entire political world is at the starting line for the municipal elections [in France]… often with their sights set on the presidential and legislative elections of […]

ICE Out of the Bay! Organizing Meeting 2/21

ICE Out of the Bay! Organizing Meeting Minnesota shows us what needs to be done! Come to a discussion and organizing meeting about what we’re facing and how we can spread our organizing. It’s up to us to defend our communities. Join us in Oakland: Saturday, February 21 at 3:00pm PTOakland Public Library • César Chávez […]

Sus ataques apenas están comenzando, ¡pero nuestra resistencia también!

Esta semana, la administración Trump anunció que la oleada de ICE en Minneapolis está llegando a su fin y que sus casi 3,000 agentes federales, que han pasado los últimos dos meses aterrorizando la región de Minneapolis, serán enviados de regreso a sus bases de origen u otras ciudades. El hecho de que ICE se […]

Their Attacks are Just Beginning – But Our Fightback is Too!

This week, the Trump administration announced that the ICE surge in Minneapolis is ending, and that their nearly 3,000 federal agents who have spent the past two months terrorizing the Minneapolis region are being sent back to their home bases or other cities. The fact that ICE is pulling out of Minneapolis in this way […]

Nuclear Treaty Expires, Further Threatening All Humanity

On February 3, the one internationally agreed upon treaty limiting the development and deployment of nuclear weapons expired. Humanity is closer to species and planet altering disaster than ever before. After 1972, when the U.S. and Russia (then the Soviet Union) signed the first of a series of Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaties, their actions had been […]

San Francisco: Solidarity with our Teachers!

For the first time in nearly 50 years, the United Educators of San Francisco (UESF) is on strike. More than 6,500 teachers, para-educators, counselors and other workers set up picket lines instead of classrooms on Monday. The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) comprises over 50,000 students across 111 schools. While the workers’ demand for […]

No se puede negar la realidad

La tormenta de mierda que sale de la Casa Blanca ha hecho que mucha gente deje de leer, ver o escuchar lo que se llama «las noticias». ¿Qué sentido tiene? Las amenazas de guerra, las promesas de paz y las declaraciones de paz mientras la guerra hace estragos parecen tener como objetivo crear una atmósfera […]

¡Minneapolis demuestra el poder que todos tenemos!

El viernes 23 de Enero de 2026, decenas de miles de personas se reunieron en Minneapolis para un segundo día de manifestaciones masivas bajo el lema «No al trabajo, no a la escuela, no a las compras, no al ICE». Las escuelas cerraron, cientos de pequeñas empresas cerraron y miles de trabajadores no acudieron a […]

¡Minneapolis nos muestra que todo depende de nosotros!

Los matones enmascarados del ICE, que han invadido la región de Minneapolis durante las últimas semanas, han llevado a cabo otra ejecución descarada. El sábado, los agentes del ICE asesinaron a Alex Pretti, un enfermero de la UCI de 37 años que trabajaba en el Hospital VA de Minneapolis y era ciudadano estadounidense. Estaba grabando […]

2026: Todos nosotros contra la clase multimillonaria

El año 2026 ha comenzado con la administración Trump intensificando su brutalidad contra la población y aumentando sus amenazas al mundo. Están trazando una línea en la arena: por un lado está la diminuta clase de multimillonarios y quienes los protegen, y por el otro, el resto de nosotros. La dirección que tomen las cosas […]

The Epstein Files: Capitalists are the Biggest Predators!

February 9, 2026 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French. The U.S. Department of Justice’s continued release of documents on the Epstein case, a billionaire who, in addition to his business dealings, ran a prostitution ring involving young women, some as young as 14, and who died while in custody, […]

There’s No Denying Reality

The shitstorm that flies out of the White House has caused many people to turn away from reading, watching, or listening to what is called “the news.” What’s the point? The threats of war, promises of peace, and declarations of peace while a war rages all seem aimed at creating an atmosphere of chaos. Small […]

No Other Choice But to See “No Other Choice”

No Other Choice, in theaters now, is a dark comedy brought to us by director Park Chan-wook based on a 1997 novel The Ax. Park is known for several hit films, including Old Boy and The Handmaiden. Many moviegoers are comparing No Other Choice to Parasite due to its dark themes and anti-capitalist message. It […]

Trump, AI, and the Capitalist Restructuring of Education

download .pdf A major restructuring of education is underway nationwide, at both federal and state levels, to better align education with shifting economic needs. There are several converging factors increasing the momentum and magnitude of this restructuring, including declining birth rates, low enrollment, federal and state budget cuts, greater curriculum control and political repression. And […]

Kaiser Workers Continue the Fight For Better Conditions!

UNAC/UHCP — the union representing various Kaiser workers such as rehabilitation therapists, certified registered nurse anesthetists, and physical therapists — has been on strike since January 26. The strike has continued with a strong presence. At the Oakland facility, there were pickets on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with music, chants, and high energy. In […]

Iran: More Than 50,000 Arrests (and at Least 30,000 Deaths)

February 5, 2026 news-in-brief by the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French. Repression continues and intensifies in [Iran]. According to the NGO Human Rights Activists, at least 50,235 arrests have been made since December 8 and the outbreak of widespread protests against the mullahs’ regime by a large part of the population, […]

AI Space Data Centers Get Funded Before Our Basic Needs

Artificial intelligence technology has grown rapidly in the past couple of years. Tech giants everywhere like Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon are investing an estimated $380 billion total on AI infrastructure. The industry is trying to compete with popular chatbot tools like ChatGPT which has over 800 million weekly active users. As this technology is quickly depleting the […]

County Supervisors Call Out AHS Leadership

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Highland Hospital in Oakland, CA. Workers packed the Board of Supervisors meeting last week to tell county officials about the absurdity of AHS’s proposed layoff plan. Yet again, workers and the community spoke of the importance of AHS services, and the detrimental impacts […]

AHS Workers Honor Those Murdered by ICE

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Highland Hospital in Oakland, CA. Last Monday, January 26th, workers and community members gathered outside of Highland to commemorate Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who was killed in the streets of Minneapolis by ICE agents. In only a day, AHS workers organized a […]

Beilenson Hearing: Wednesday February 25th at 2pm

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Highland Hospital in Oakland, CA. The Alameda County Board of Supervisors finally announced the scheduling of the state-mandated Beilenson Hearing, after significant pressure from workers, the union, and the community. California state law requires that healthcare facilities provide detailed information to the public […]

Highland Closes Weekend Cafeteria Service

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Highland Hospital in Oakland, CA. In yet another act of cruelty towards Highland Hospital workers and patients, Alameda Health System executives have decided to end weekend cafeteria service at the hospital. The recent layoffs have left hospital workers understaffed and overworked, coming in […]

Bay Area: Students Lead the Way! Abolish ICE!

Tens of thousands of students walked out of classrooms all across the Bay Area on Friday, joining hundreds of thousands across the country in demanding justice for the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti at the hands of federal agents, and an end to the daily brutality in Minnesota and nearly everywhere else that ICE has been deployed. In San Francisco, students […]

The Stanford 11 Trial Raises More Questions Than Answers

Earlier this month, the criminal trial of five students from the Stanford 11 began in Santa Clara County Superior Court, following charges brought by District Attorney Jeff Rosen. The case stems from a June 2024 pro-Palestine protest in which twelve students occupied Building 10, Stanford’s president’s office, to demand divestment from Israel, financial transparency, and […]

Abolish ICE, CBP, and the Whole System that Created Them!

As Trump’s deportation campaign has gained momentum over the first year of his second term, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have become the violent faces of the regime’s anti-immigrant policies. As they have gone into targeted cities with aggression and staged spectacle, ICE and CBP have terrorized local populations, […]

Minneapolis Shows the Power We All Have!

Last Friday, tens of thousands of people gathered in Minneapolis for a second day of No Work, No School, No Shopping, No ICE mass demonstrations. Schools shut down and hundreds of small businesses closed, and thousands of workers did not go to work. And this time, Minneapolis called on cities across the country to do […]

AI Lies Spread Amid ICE Occupation

While ICE agents have occupied the streets of Minnesota over the past two months, the right wing and federal government have been spreading misinformation. The invasion itself was kicked off by a right-wing YouTuber’s video, falsely alleging fraud by Somali daycare center owners. And as the behavior of federal agents has gotten more and more […]