Tipping Must End: A Hang-Over from Enslavement

Tipping Must End: A Hang-Over from Enslavement

Where does this practice come from that allows a customer to decide on the spot what a worker should be paid, and allows the employer to pay as little as $2.13 per hour? The United States is one of the only countries in the world that allows businesses to put the...
The International Situation: Capitalism in a State of Emergency

The International Situation: Capitalism in a State of Emergency

This text was written as background information for a broad discussion about the current situation, not as a programmatic document of Speak Out Now. Jan. 28, 2021 download .pdf The COVID crisis of 2020 has drawn into focus many of the interconnected crises of global...
Trump is Gone — But a Return to “Normal” is Not the Solution

Trump is Gone — But a Return to “Normal” is Not the Solution

On January 20, it was hard not to feel anxious. Would Trump really leave? Would right-wing demonstrators disrupt the inauguration in D.C., now an armed camp with 25,000 national guards patrolling, and fenced-in government buildings? Would armed right-wingers appear at...