French and Immigrant Workers: Same Bosses, Same Fight!

January 27, 2025 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French On January 23, [French] Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau sent an announcement to all [regional authorities], tightening the conditions for foreigners entering and staying in France. Taking the place of a 2012 announcement from Manuel Valls, it will further reinforce the […]

Norovirus at John George: An Unacceptable Situation

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. John George Psychiatric Hospital is currently dealing with a norovirus outbreak, leading to widespread cases of vomiting and diarrhea among patients. Highly contagious infections like norovirus can spread rapidly in enclosed spaces like hospitals, but this […]

1834: Andrew Jackson, Strikebreaker

In 1828, construction was begun on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, a canal proposed to bring coal from the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania to the capitol at Washington, D.C. The C&O Canal company was the builder and faced both engineering and human challenges in constructing the canal. The work involved digging, excavating and building in […]