Rally with Workers to Stop the Layoffs!
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Highland Hospital in Oakland, CA. Join AHS workers and fellow community members on May 5th from 4-6pm for a rally outside the AHS executives’ Jack London Square offices! AHS executives are spending millions of taxpayer dollars on waterfront offices, despite already having perfectly […]
May Day – Made in the USA, Exported to the World
One of the most important working-class holidays originated in the United States in the 1880s
No End to War: the U.S. Government’s Betrayal of Its Afghan Allies
After effectively ending Afghan resettlement under the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP), the Trump administration has discussed sending up to 1,100 Afghans (including more than 400 children) who supported the U.S. military during the war on Afghanistan to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from Qatar, where they have been living for over a year. Those […]
Film Review: Earth’s Greatest Enemy Shows Undeniable Impact of U.S. Military on the Environment
Earth’s Greatest Enemy (2025) exposes a shocking hidden truth about the U.S. military – that it is the largest consumer of oil and the largest polluting institution in the world. The documentary shatters the idea that we can make progress on global climate goals without addressing how capitalism and imperialism necessitate endless destruction, overproduction, and profit. […]
Palestine ’36: An Enduring Struggle
Palestine ’36 takes us back to a lesser-known part of history, over a decade before the mass displacement of Palestinians in the Nakba (catastrophe) of 1948. Directed by Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacin, the film recounts the violent oppression of British colonial rule during that period, and the subsequent mass uprising of the local people. Palestine ’36 highlights […]
All Out for May Day — No Business as Usual!
This Friday, May 1st, working people across the globe will observe May Day, also known as International Workers Day. And in the U.S., there is a national call for mass protest against all the attacks of the Trump administration under the slogan “No Work, No School, No Business as Usual!” There are at least 3,500 […]
Cuts and Layoffs to Bay Area Public Schools
In the wake of dozens of California teacher strikes across the state, cuts to public education were announced. Many school districts, such as San Francisco Unified School District, timed these cuts to happen immediately following the teachers’ strike. This made it appear as if the cuts were required because of the teachers’ salary raise and improved health […]
Meatpacking Workers in Colorado End Strike
After striking for three weeks, in early April meatpacking workers in Colorado ended their strike against Brazilian meat production giant JBS. Union leadership said that 93% of members voted to ratify the agreement, although it is unclear if that was the percent of those who voted or the percent of the local’s total membership. The […]
Bay Area May Day Events (Fri May 1)
Join Speak Out Socialists to march for May Day in the Bay Area! Look for Speak Out tables at both Oakland and San Francisco May Day celebrations. March with us in OAKLAND: Friday, May 1st at 2 pmFruitvale Plaza (35th & International Blvd.)Look for the Speak Out table Download the Oakland flyer March with us […]
Bay Area: May Day Celebration (Sun May 3)
Join Speak Out Socialists to celebrate May Day, or International Worker’s Day. This is an opportunity to connect, socialize, and also discuss the current political situation. Drinks and refreshments will be provided! Celebrate with us in BERKELEY: Sunday, May 3rd at 3 pm (doors open at 2:45 pm)Judge Henry Ramsey Jr. Center2939 Ellis St, Berkeley […]
Elections in Hungary: The End of the Orbán Era
April 17, 2026 article of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French. After 16 years in power, the ultra-reactionary Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán suffered a resounding defeat in the parliamentary elections of April 12, losing to the main opposition candidate, Peter Magyar – 54% to 38%. The only other party to […]
Against Racism from Above, Workers’ Unity is Our Strength!
April 6, 2026 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French The mere fact that a Black man, Bally Bagayoko, was elected mayor of Saint-Denis—a city of over 100,000 residents and one of the poorest in France (with 37% of its residents living below the poverty line)—was enough to have far-right […]
¡Juntos debemos resistir a los promotores de la guerra!
A pesar de los vertiginosos cambios de postura del gobierno estadounidense liderado por Trump, su guerra en el Medio Oriente continúa y amenaza a todo el mundo. Las negociaciones y los alto el fuego parecen activarse y desactivarse cada pocos días. Israel anunció un alto el fuego con el Líbano, pero sigue lanzando bombas sobre […]
Speak Out Now National Newsletter: April 20, 2026
Download .pdf leafletDownload .pdf leaflet (Baltimore, Maryland)Download .pdf leaflet (The Triangle, North Carolina) Together, We Must Resist the Warmongers! Despite the dizzying flip-flopping by the Trump-led U.S. government, their war in the Middle East continues and threatens everyone in the world. Negotiations and ceasefires seem to be on again/off again every few days. Israel announced […]
Together, We Must Resist the Warmongers!
Despite the dizzying flip-flopping by the Trump-led U.S. government, their war in the Middle East continues and threatens everyone in the world. Negotiations and ceasefires seem to be on again/off again every few days. Israel announced a ceasefire with Lebanon, but continues to drop bombs on Lebanese civilians on the bad faith excuse that they […]
Anti-War Protests in Israel Face Police Repression
Protestors took to the streets in multiple cities in Israel on Saturday, April 4th, condemning the war against Iran and the ongoing military action in Lebanon, Gaza, and the West Bank. Although the Israeli High Court of Justice issued an order allowing the demonstrations to take place, police in Tel Aviv declared the protest unlawful, […]
Amazon Demands Workers Keep Going as Co-Worker Lies Dead
Supervisors told workers at an Amazon warehouse in Oregon to keep working as a co-worker lay dead on the floor. Top managers also failed to bring work to a halt. A worker was prevented from acting on normal human compassion and stepping in to help another person do chest compressions. Once EMS arrived, the facility’s […]
Computer Catastrophe at Highland
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Highland Hospital in Oakland, CA. Highland computer network systems unexpectedly shut down twice last week, sending the hospital into chaos as computers, phones, elevators, and badge-access doors all suddenly stopped working. Patient care was severely disrupted for several hours over both days. Nurses […]
Trump Administration Rolls Back Protections for Trans Youth
Recently, The U.S. Education Department (ED), under the Trump administration, announced the ending of Title IX agreements with five school districts and one college that protected transgender students from discrimination. Title IX is a 1972 civil rights law prohibiting sex-based discrimination in education programs receiving federal funding. Under previous administrations, its regulations were further extended to transgender and gay students. […]
Deadly Bombings, Naval Blockades: Trump and Netanyahu Continue to Set the Middle East Ablaze
April 13, 2026 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French On Tuesday, April 7, Donald Trump threatened to “wipe out a civilization”… before agreeing to a ceasefire with Iran in exchange for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. But after the first day of negotiations on Friday, April 10, […]
Election Day in Peru: More of the Same
This article was sent to Speak Out Socialists by a friend in Peru. On Sunday, April 12, 27 million Peruvians were called to the polls for the first round of the presidential election, as well as to elect senators and members of Congress. The second round will take place on July 7, leaving plenty of […]
No podemos aceptar su futuro de destrucción y caos
La semana pasada, personas de todo el mundo observaron con horror cómo Trump amenazaba con la aniquilación total de Irán, afirmando que «esta noche morirá toda una civilización, para no volver jamás». Por muy impactante que resultara leer una publicación del presidente de EE. UU. amenazando con destruir toda una sociedad de millones de personas, […]
Ellos libran guerras interminables, nosotros pagamos el precio
El 1 de abril, la administración Trump publicó un video de un almuerzo en la Casa Blanca —que fue retirado rápidamente— en el que Trump dejó sus planes muy claros al decir: «No nos es posible ocuparnos de las guarderías, de Medicaid, de Medicare, de todas estas cosas individuales… Tenemos que ocuparnos de una sola […]
¡Tras el Día «No Kings», depende de nosotros lo que venga después!
El sábado, alrededor de 8 millones de personas salieron a las calles de más de 3.300 ciudades en los 50 estados para participar en las manifestaciones «No Kings!» en contra de la administración Trump. Esta fue la tercera y mayor protesta «No Kings!» desde que comenzó el segundo mandato de Trump. Las protestas se extendieron […]
¡Tenemos que permanecer unidos! ¡No a los reyes! ¡No a los multimillonarios! ¡No al ICE! ¡No a las guerras!
Este sábado, 28 de marzo, la gente se movilizará en manifestaciones bajo el lema «¡No a los reyes! ¡No a los multimillonarios!» por todo el país. La atención se centrará principalmente en las acciones de Trump y su administración. Hay cientos, si no miles, de razones para que la gente manifieste su ira y su […]
Su brutal guerra pone de manifiesto las prioridades de su sistema
Esta devastadora guerra contra el pueblo de Irán, librada por los regímenes asesinos de Estados Unidos e Israel, se ha prolongado durante dos semanas, afectando a más de 6.000 lugares en todo Irán, matando a más de mil civiles y desplazando a unos 3,2 millones de personas. Han atacado una escuela primaria para niñas, matando […]
Una guerra contra el mundo y una guerra contra nosotros
Estados Unidos está llevando a cabo otro ataque masivo contra los pueblos de Oriente Medio. Trump ha declarado que va a derrocar al régimen gobernante de Irán. El ejército estadounidense, junto con Israel, ha llevado a cabo bombardeos masivos y ataques con misiles en todo Irán. Israel también está llevando a cabo un bombardeo masivo […]
¡No a la guerra de Estados Unidos e Israel contra el pueblo de Irán!
Junto con Israel, Estados Unidos inició su campaña de bombardeos asesinos contra el pueblo de Irán. Un día después de que comenzaran los ataques, Trump anunció que el líder de Irán, el ayatolá Alí Jamenei, había sido asesinado junto con varios otros líderes militares y políticos clave de Irán. Hasta ahora, Estados Unidos e Israel […]
Los multimillonarios provocan el caos. ¡Nosotros podemos detenerlo!
Miremos donde miremos, el gobierno de EE. UU. y los multimillonarios a quienes sirven nos atacan día tras día. Están recortando presupuestos y reduciendo nuestras redes de seguridad social, trabajando para reemplazar los empleos con IA y robots, eliminando regulaciones para extraer y usar más combustibles fósiles que destruyen el clima, y sitiando ciudades con […]
We Can’t Accept Their Future of Destruction and Chaos
Last week, people around the world looked on with horror as Trump threatened the total annihilation of Iran, saying “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” As shocking as it was to read a post from the U.S. president threatening to destroy a whole society with millions of people, Trump […]
The U.S./Israeli Threat to the People of the Middle East
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Another California School District to Go on Strike
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) teachers and staff will strike on April 14, unless the two unions representing 68,000 LAUSD employees reach an agreement with the school district. United Teachers Los Angeles, representing roughly 38,000 teachers, and SEIU Local 99, which represents more than 30,000 workers, such as cafeteria workers, bus drivers, and special education assistants, […]
They Wage Endless Wars, We Pay the Price
On April 1, the Trump administration posted a video from a White House luncheon, which was quickly taken down, where Trump made his plans loud and clear, saying: “It’s not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things…We have to take care of one thing: military protection.” He may […]
Speak Out Now National Newsletter: April 6, 2025
Download .pdf leafletDownload .pdf leaflet (Bay Area, California)Download .pdf leaflet (Baltimore, Maryland)Download .pdf leaflet (The Triangle, North Carolina) They Wage Endless Wars, We Pay the Price On April 1, the Trump administration posted a video from a White House luncheon, which was quickly taken down, where Trump made his plans loud and clear, saying: “It’s […]
Cuba: No to Compromises with Imperialism at the Expense of Workers!
Published on April 1, 2026 by the New Anticapitalist Party—Revolutionaries in France (translated from French) As we write these lines, Russian and Chinese vessels carrying oil and gas have been authorized by the U.S. Navy to dock in Cuba. While these deliveries will provide relief to the population for a month or two—and all the […]
A Review of Dolores, The Documentary
The 2017 Dolores documentary follows the life of organizer Dolores Huerta. Known for being the co-founder of the National Farm Worker’s Association (which would later become today’s United Farm Workers labor union), the film offers a sincere look at the great efforts she made to organize her communities and the unique struggles she faced as a Latina […]
Bloqueo No! Hands Off Cuba!
For decades, the small island nation just 90 miles off the coast of Florida has been a target of U.S. imperialism. With the Trump administration’s refocusing of U.S. operations to what Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has referred to as “our hemisphere,” threats to Cuba have steadily increased over the past months. The Cuban economy […]
Peru: Amid the Masquerade of the Next Elections, What Perspective for the Working Class?
The first round of Peru’s presidential election will take place on April 12th. With 38 candidates and the front runner in the polls barely exceeding 10 percent, the outcome is impossible to predict. Many Peruvians have no trust in this political spectacle: about 25 percent of voters plan to cast a blank or null ballot […]
Bay Area Speak Out Socialists Organizing Meeting (Sun, Apr 12)
May 1 is International Workers’ Day. It is a day to celebrate the power of the working class, which makes the whole system run. This year it is a day to stand up across the country and show our opposition to the attacks of this regime, their wars abroad and their wars at home. Let’s […]
Stronger Together
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Highland Hospital in Oakland, CA. Alameda Health System (AHS) workers are sometimes frustrated by the bureaucracy of their union SEIU, and talk about how it would be better to have a more democratic process. Workers dislike the “closed bargaining” practiced by SEIU, in […]