It Will Take More Than Elections to Respond to Their Attacks
Over the next few weeks and months, most states will finish holding their primary elections before the midterms in November. Of the many candidates running for various positions in their states, many Democrats and a few Republicans and independents have expressed their criticism of the Trump administration. Some talk about the so-called affordability crisis, or […]
Statement on the June 2nd Primary Election for California Governor
On June 2, California holds its primary election for Governor. The two leading Democrats are Xavier Becerra, a longtime Democrat who served 24 years as a California Congressman and then as Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services Director, and Tom Steyer, a billionaire former hedge fund manager and major Democratic donor who ran unsuccessfully […]
Bay Area Air Quality Hearings – Who Talks? And Who Is Really Listening?
The following is a report-back from a Bay Area resident, regarding their experience attending a hearing on a proposed ban on gas water heaters. May 6th started out like it was going to be a typical board meeting at the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. What is typical? Well, one Wednesday a month for […]
Selma – The Struggle for Voting Rights Continues
On Saturday, May 16, an estimated 5,000 people demonstrated in Selma, Alabama against the various efforts to attack people’s voting rights. People from all over the South came to take a stand against the suppression of their votes. The protest took place at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, which was not an accident given […]
I Love Boosters: Working Class Revolution in Technicolor
Boots Riley’s new film, I Love Boosters, presents a striking critique of capitalism through a dazzling, surreal fantasy world. The movie centers on three young women who steal racks of clothing from a chain of high end fashion stores and resell them at bargain prices in their community. These “boosters” see theft as both a form […]
Project Hail Mary Review – The Fiction of Government Competence
One of the big blockbuster hits this month has been Project Hail Mary, based on the book by Andy Weir, who also wrote The Martian. Like The Martian, Project Hail Mary is a sci-fi story that follows a funny, likeable narrator (played by Ryan Gosling in the movie) who finds himself far away from Earth. Also […]
Pro-Israel District Attorney Recused for Conflict of Interests in Stanford 11 Trial
In June 2024, twelve Stanford University students occupied the Stanford president’s office, demanding the school divest from Israel amidst the genocide in Palestine. Five of those twelve students were criminally charged with felony vandalism and felony conspiracy to trespass – disproportionately punitive charges when compared to the actual alleged cost of damages. The first trial was declared […]
Democrats’ Election Autopsy Shows Who They Work For
The Democrats released their unfinished autopsy of the 2024 election. What they fail to say shows their priorities.
Free the Activists of the Freedom Flotillas! Stop the Genocide and Occupation of Palestine!
May 21, 2026 statement by the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French. Images of the Interior Minister seeking to humiliate the flotilla activists arrested off the coast of Cyprus have been seen around the world. They only serve to expose the hideous face of the Israeli state, founded on the colonization of […]
Speak Out Now National Newsletter: May 18, 2026
Download .pdf leafletDownload .pdf leaflet (Baltimore, Maryland)Download .pdf leaflet (The Triangle, North Carolina) The Two Men Who Believe They Can Rule the World The recent meeting in China between Trump and China’s president, Xi Jinping, filled the world’s media. Where they met, what they ate, and who traveled with them were covered in detail. It […]
The Two Men Who Believe They Can Rule the World
The recent meeting in China between Trump and China’s president, Xi Jinping, filled the world’s media. Where they met, what they ate, and who traveled with them were covered in detail. It was presented as the meeting of the world’s two superpowers, aimed at maintaining a peaceful relationship while they compete for the world’s markets […]
¿Quién sale ganando y quién sale perdiendo en su guerra contra Irán?
Desde finales de febrero, las fuerzas estadounidenses e israelíes han lanzado una guerra brutal contra Irán, lanzando más de 30 000 bombas y matando a más de 3400 personas. Aunque dicen que solo atacan objetivos militares, han bombardeado barrios enteros, escuelas y hospitales, dejándolos en ruinas y desestabilizando por completo a toda la sociedad. Y […]
Nos quitan el derecho al voto: ¡un ataque contra todos nosotros!
El 29 de abril, la Corte Suprema destrozó la Ley de Derechos Electorales, que el Movimiento por los Derechos Civiles logró hace décadas. En un fallo de 6 contra 3, echó por tierra la sección que prohíbe la discriminación electoral por motivos raciales. El fallo de los seis jueces conservadores ha hecho que sea prácticamente […]
¡Todos a la calle por el Primero de Mayo — ¡No a la normalidad de siempre!
Este viernes, 1 de mayo, los trabajadores de todo el mundo celebrarán el Primero de Mayo, también conocido como el Día Internacional de los Trabajadores. Y en EE. UU., hay un llamado nacional a la protesta masiva contra todos los ataques de la administración Trump bajo el lema «¡Ni trabajo, ni escuela, ni normalidad de […]
San Francisco: Trump Admin Closes Immigration Courts, We Must Oppose This Attack!
For nearly 80 years, the immigration court at 100 Montgomery Street in San Francisco’s Financial District has processed the asylum claims and immigration applications of hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world. Earlier this year, the Justice Department declared its intention to close the court at the end of the calendar year. […]
Stay Tuned – For No Union Updates
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Highland Hospital in Oakland, CA. With no updates from the county supervisors’ ad hoc committee, workers are desperate for news about what is happening with the planned layoffs that are now barely a month away! Unfortunately the union “updates” leave us with more […]
Who is Zé Maria?
Longtime Brazilian industrial union leader and political activist faces a two-year prison sentence for speech in defense of Palestinian liberation. By PSTU – Brazil Published on May 8, 2026 and reprinted from the Workers’ Voice website. The trajectory of José Maria de Almeida, Zé Maria, is intertwined with the recent history of the Brazilian workers’ […]
Who Wins and Who Loses from Their War on Iran?
Since late February, U.S. and Israeli forces have launched a brutal war on Iran, dropping over 30,000 bombs and killing more than 3,400 people. While they have claimed to only attack military targets, they have bombed whole neighborhoods, schools, and hospitals, reducing them to rubble and totally destabilizing the whole society. And despite so-called “ceasefires,” […]
Plan to Cut Disability Benefits from Low-Income Families
A ProPublica investigation revealed a new change proposed by the Trump administration that would cut Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for up to 400,000 Americans with disabilities. The SSI system provides a very modest basic income to adults who are unable to work due to severe disabilities such as Down syndrome, autism, or blindness. The maximum monthly […]
The War on Iran Means a Crisis of Fuel and Food Worldwide
On May 5th, an oil tanker called the New Corolla arrived off the coast of Los Angeles, California. It was the last shipment of oil headed for California to pass through the Strait of Hormuz before the beginning of the U.S. and Israel’s war on Iran over 2 months ago. It might be shocking to […]
A Lifeline Under Threat: The Attack on Medication Abortion By Mail
On May 4, the U.S. Supreme Court restored temporary, nationwide access to the abortion pill mifepristone by mail. Amidst escalating threats to abortion access, the order would allow those seeking abortions to obtain the pill without an in-person visit to the doctor. The restoration comes days after a federal appeals court sided with the State of Louisiana […]
The Fight over Spirit Airlines’ Future
Last week, Spirit, a budget airline carrier, cancelled all flights and announced that the airline would be shut down. The airline, originally one of the most profitable in the country, struggled to maintain its profitability amidst the Covid-19 pandemic and had filed for bankruptcy. The recent increase in gas prices due to the U.S.-Israel war on […]
France: No to Attacks on Workers! Raise Wages and Ban Layoffs!
May 4, 2026 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French. On May 1, nearly 300,000 people demonstrated across [France] for International Workers’ Day, reminding us that only our solidarity can help us stand up to attacks by employers. A mobilization that some would love to see disappear! Former Prime Minister […]
Bay Area (Sun, June 7): Public Meeting to Kickoff Our Summer Organizing Campaign
IT’S UP TO US! Join the kickoff meeting for our summer organizing campaign on Sunday, June 7th in Berkeley to:Stand up to their attacks!Save Alameda Health System!Protect Public Transit!Keep ICE Out of the Bay! Speak Out Summer Organizing Kickoff Meeting in BERKELEY: Sunday, June 7th at 3 PM (doors open 2:45pm)Judge Henry Ramsey Jr. Center2939 […]
Speak Out Now National Newsletter: May 4, 2026
Download .pdf leafletDownload .pdf leaflet (Baltimore, Maryland)Download .pdf leaflet (The Triangle, North Carolina) Stripping Our Right to Vote – an Attack on All of Us! On April 29, the Supreme Court ransacked the Voting Rights Act, which was won by the Civil Rights Movement decades ago. In a 6-3 ruling, it undermined the section which […]
Stripping Our Right to Vote – an Attack on All of Us!
On April 29, the Supreme Court ransacked the Voting Rights Act, which was won by the Civil Rights Movement decades ago. In a 6-3 ruling, it undermined the section which outlaws voter discrimination on the basis of race. The ruling by the six conservative judges has made it essentially impossible to prove that electoral maps […]
Urgent: Free Saif Abukeshk and Thiago Ávila
Saif Abukeshk and Thiago Ávila of the Global Sumud Flotilla have been detained by Israel. We must demand their immediate release!
The Whole World is a Casino
Earlier this month, an account on Polymarket, one of the most popular prediction market websites, bought €100 (about 117 USD) worth of shares betting that the highest temperature in Paris would exceed 18°C on April 15. Shortly after, the weather station referenced by Polymarket showed, for a few minutes, temperatures well above 18°C (around 64°F), and […]