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 […]