The Trump Family Gets Even Richer with the Presidency
Trump’s recent visit to the Middle East demonstrated clearly how Trump and his family are profiting like never before, receiving billions of dollars in new business deals with governments and investment funds in the region. What was presented as a diplomatic trip was, in reality, a business tour for his family. The money comes from […]
“The Encampments”: A Review
“The Encampments,” a timely documentary produced by Macklemore, follows the story of the student encampments that formed at Columbia and other universities in response to the war in Gaza. The film opens with the origin of the camps, when students’ earnest attempts to organize divestment campaigns in their universities were met with increasingly hostile responses […]
Nothing Says ‘Well-Run Hospital’ Like New Lightbulbs
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Over the last couple of weeks at Highland you’ve probably walked under workers installing new lights – one of the last things most of us thought needed replacing. While some appreciated the additional brightness, others got […]
Working in Healthcare (AKA Sacrifice With No Returns)
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. There is an obvious healthcare crisis in the U.S. Every year thousands of people struggle to pay for medical care, and many go through the unpleasant surprise that, despite paying for health insurance every month, they […]
“A Thorn in [the French Postal Service] La Poste’s Side”: Momentum Builds in Support of Revolutionary Postal Workers in France’s Hauts-de-Seine Department (Region)
This article was written by activists of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France. We will publish a follow-up after the postal workers’ trial scheduled for June 12. Five postal workers from the Hauts-de-Seine department (a region in the Paris suburbs) are set to stand trial on June 12, 2025, charged with “trespassing,” “assault” and […]
Train Engineers Strike NJ Transit for 3 Days
On Friday, May 16, more than 400 NJ Transit train engineers (the workers who drive the trains) went on strike. One of the nation’s largest rail transit systems shut down, leaving the entire region in a state of economic and social uncertainty. Although the strike lasted only three days before a tentative agreement brought them […]