Bronx Construction Site Highlights Daily Death Toll of Capitalism
A single construction site in the Bronx, New York, serves as a reminder of the deadly toll that the capitalist system of production takes on human beings. The construction site is a five-story factory/warehouse, more than one hundred years old, that has been in the process of being renovated for use by a charter school. […]
Uvalde Mom Shows We Can’t Rely on Cops!
The mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde was marked by layers of tragedy. Not only were the lives of 21 people, mostly children, violently cut short, but the police who arrived refused to confront the shooter for over an hour. Angeli Gomez, a farmworker and mother of two children at Robb Elementary, raced […]
The Fight for Mental Health Care at Kaiser Continues
The California Department of Managed Health Care recently announced it would be examining the medical giant Kaiser Permanente to see if it is providing adequate mental health care. This comes after mental health workers at Kaiser hospitals have complained that patients often have to wait weeks between appointments. This is far too long, especially considering […]
Emmanuel Macron re-elected in France: Update and Background
This “New Popular Ecological and Social Union” (NUPES) in the National Assembly cannot change the situation of the workers Written by a militant of the L’étincelle Fraction of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) in France, translated from French. Macron was re-elected President of the Republic in France on April 24 against Marine Le Pen, the […]
Zionist far-right celebrates violence against Palestinians
On March 29, at the yearly “March of the Flags,” a record number of far-right Zionists came out to commemorate the 1967 annexation of East Jerusalem by Israel. In previous years, Israeli security forces curbed the march somewhat by restricting its movement in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem. This year, however, the police were unable […]
Legislative Elections: Let’s See Labor’s Fightback!
This is the June 6, 2022 Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of L’étincelle, fraction of the NPA, translated from French. Macron intends to take advantage of the legislative elections. He intends to carve out a majority of deputies in the Assembly who will serve as his minions, ready to vote for all the anti-worker laws. […]