Between Embarrassment and Support, in Spite of Everything, the West is Complicit in the Crimes of the Israeli Army and State
This article is part of a series from the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, looking back at the situation in the Middle East over the past year. Originally published Oct. 4, 2024. On the pretext of bringing home the 60,000 inhabitants of northern Israel who have been forced to take refuge elsewhere in the […]
War in Lebanon: A New Stage in Israel’s expansionist policy
This article is part of a series from the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, looking back at the situation in the Middle East over the past year. Originally published Oct. 4, 2024. Having done their dirty work on the Gaza front, the Israeli army’s tanks have crossed the “blue line” that marks the border […]
Demonstrating for Palestine: a Symbolic Act or an Important Element in the Balance of Power?
This article is part of a series from the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, looking back at the situation in the Middle East over the past year. Originally published Oct. 4, 2024. The terrorist prowess of the Mossad, which has succeeded in booby-trapping the beepers of Hezbollah cadres, and the extension of the perimeter […]
In Israel, the Zionist State in A Headlong Rush to War… How Far?
This article is part of a series from the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, looking back at the situation in the Middle East over the past year. Originally published Oct. 4, 2024. Close ranks and “let the army win”: this slogan, printed on the takeaway bags of a fast food chain in Israel, could […]
Faced with Israel’s Offensives, Iran’s Leaders in a Dangerous Balancing Act
This article is part of a series from the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, looking back at the situation in the Middle East over the past year. Originally published Oct. 4, 2024. Since October 7, Iran had remained aloof from the conflict in Palestine, in a balancing act between fear of a conflagration that […]
What is Hezbollah?
This article is part of a series from the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, looking back at the situation in the Middle East over the past year. Originally published Oct. 4, 2024. In March 1979, just a few weeks after Ayatollah Khomeini came to power in Iran, taking over the country where the Shah’s […]
Cuba: Strangled by Imperialism
Late last week the entire Cuban island lost power, throwing its 11 million inhabitants into darkness, cutting off all refrigeration, and forcing a partial shutdown of much economic activity. As of this writing, service has been only partially restored in some areas of the island nation. Why is Cuba’s electric grid in such bad shape? […]
Boeing Strikers Again Reject New Offer – Workers Say, “No pensions; No Planes.”
Thirty-three thousand Boeing machinists, members of the International Association of Machinists (IAM), on Wednesday, October 25, voted down the company’s proposed contract offer by nearly a two-thirds margin. The company’s offer included a 35% increase over 4 years. Previously 96% of the membership rejected an offer, recommended by the union leaders, of a 25% wage […]
Elon Musk: Can a Billionaire Buy an Election?
Elon Musk, the wealthiest person in the world and a Trump supporter, has given another example of how money drives U.S. politics. Not only has he already given at least $75 million to the Trump campaign, but he has announced a daily one million giveaway to registered voters in key swing states, if they sign […]
Remembering Barbara Dane: Artist and Freedom Fighter
On October 20, singer, songwriter and activist Barbara Dane died at the age of 97 in Oakland, California, where she had lived for decades. She was suffering from heart failure and died through assisted suicide. Dane experienced racial and class antagonisms in her earliest years growing up in Detroit during the Great Depression. From her […]
How Far Does Israel’s Far Right Seek to Extend the War?
This article is part of a series from the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, looking back at the situation in the Middle East over the past year. Iran decided to retaliate against Israel’s assassination of Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah in Beirut: some 200 missiles were fired in the direction of Israeli territory. […]
One Year of Massacres Against the Palestinian People: the State of Israel, a Colonial, Terrorist and Genocidal State
This article is part of a series from the NPA-R in France, looking back at the situation in the Middle East over the past year. On October 7, it will be a year since the Israeli state launched its most violent and deadly offensive ever against the Palestinian people, using Hamas massacres against the Israeli […]
The Russian Revolution and the National Question: Lessons for Today
The Russian Revolution teaches lessons about national struggles that are still relevant today.
Rivers Dry Worldwide, Dems Embrace Record Oil Production!
Rivers are drying up due to climate change. In the United States, the Democrats have decided that making climate change even worse is a good idea.
Billionaires Disconnected From Our Reality
Billionaires like Elon Musk show how disconnected they are from reality.
Lilly Ledbetter Spoke Out for Fair Pay and Women’s Rights
Lilly Ledbetter, an unexpected yet decisive fighter for women’s rights, died last weekend at age 86. Ledbetter was hired in 1979 as a supervisor at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in Gadsden, Alabama where she worked for 19 years. There, she was harassed and propositioned by a male co-worker, and when she told her supervisors, she was mocked […]
Trillions for Weapons, But Not for Human Needs
The U.S. is spending trillions of dollars on weapons, instead of what we need.
Words Won’t Save Lives, No More Aid to Israel!
The situation in Gaza and the Middle East is rapidly deteriorating. Israeli forces are carrying out a relentless military campaign with no signs of stopping. Horrific footage and reports of atrocities flood the media: people burned alive in hospital beds in Gaza, Israeli soldiers shooting U.N. peacekeepers, and entire neighborhoods in Gaza reduced to rubble. […]
AC Transit Board Meeting Turns into a Protest!
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now AC Transit newsletter. AC Transit is a public bus company in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. AC Transit workers showed up in force to the board meeting to protest the realignment plan. There was standing room only, with workers lined up into […]
IVF Fluid Shortage: Profit Over Patients
Because of the storms on the East Coast, we’ve been facing a huge shortage of IV fluids. These are only the most basic essentials for any hospital – IV fluids help resuscitate patients and provide hydration for patients who can’t consume enough water. They’re also essential for many procedures. We live on the other side […]
Sign the Petition: AHS Must Divest!
On October 8th, dozens of healthcare workers and community members gathered for a rally outside Highland Hospital to recognize the one year anniversary of the assault on Gaza, and the ongoing genocide in the region. Speakers included Highland physicians, nurse midwives, therapists, and nurses. Hospital workers circulated a petition demanding that Alameda Health System develop […]
Mental Health is a Struggle at Kaiser
Receiving mental health services at Kaiser can be a significant struggle. Due to chronic short staffing, wait times for patient appointments can stretch to three months! Ironically, even Kaiser employees face these long waits. Kaiser has increasingly encouraged group therapy while patients await their one-on-one appointments, or they outsource patients to other providers when they […]
The Strike at Boeing Continues
Boeing workers in Seattle continue to strike, while negotiations have stalled after Boeing tried to bypass the bargaining team.
Budget 2025: it’s up to us to make the rich pay
The French government has passed its 2025 budget, cutting public services and increasing military spending.
Hurricanes Show Their System Offers No Solutions
Over the past weeks, Hurricanes Helene and Milton ripped through parts of the southeastern United States. Milton was the second-most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded. And Helene was one of the deadliest hurricanes in the U.S. since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The most devastating impacts of Helene were in the Appalachian region of North Carolina, […]
Project 2025 Doesn’t Mean We Should Support Democrats
Our readers have probably heard about Project 2025, the extreme right-wing blueprint for a future Trump administration. It was created mostly by the Heritage Foundation, one of the decades old mouthpieces of the capitalist ruling class in the United States, but received support and backing from numerous other reactionary organizations, including many individual right-wing activists […]
Project 2025 and the Attack on Workers’ Rights
Project 2025 is a 900+ page wish list of right-wing proposals to push human rights back to the 1920s when workers had no rights bosses were legally obliged to respect, Black people in the South couldn’t vote, and women had no right to contraception. Much of what Project 2025 proposes, like mass deportations and outlawing […]
In the Face of Israel’s Escalating War and the Complicity of the Great Powers, Let’s Express Our Anger!
October 7, 2024 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French After Gaza and the West Bank, Netanyahu extended his war to Lebanon on September 21. After the intensive bombardment of the south of the country, which resulted in the death of the historic leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, and most […]
Harris: “I am a Capitalist”
Kamala Harris has described herself as a capitalist, indicating to the rich that she will work for them.
Solidarity with Palestinians and the Oppressed
The fight against U.S.-backed Israeli aggression is part of our fight for justice and dignity at home. We must stand firmly on the side of the oppressed, here and in the Middle East.
Diddy – Not Like Us
More details have been coming out about the sexual violence and abuses of the rap star, Sean Combs, aka Diddy. Unfortunately, this problem isn’t new. Names of other rich and powerful men like Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, and Bill Cosby come to mind. The rich and powerful often feel that they can operate […]
Hurricane Helene Devastates North Carolina
The massive destruction from Hurricane Helene has been followed by slow government response.
Capitalism’s Crisis Smashes Path of Destruction
Capitalism-induced climate change has increased the destruction from hurricanes such as Helene.
45,000 Longshore Workers Shut Down Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports
The International Longshoreman’s Association is on strike at 36 ports.
Reopen Three Mile Island? Risks for the Poor, Rewards for the Rich
Microsoft is proposing to reopen the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant.
KP People Pulse: Pretending to Care
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Every year, when People Pulse comes around, we know what’s coming—constant reminders to fill out our forms so management can gather feedback. Surprisingly or not, the atmosphere at work becomes friendlier, with managers and administration putting […]
Staff Up to Prevent Pressure Injuries
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. At Highland recently, management mandated that all nursing staff attend a class on preventing HAPI’s, also known as “Healthcare Associated Pressure Injuries” or bedsores. Hospitals are not reimbursed for pressure injuries that develop during hospitalization, so […]
Boeing Strikers Holding Fast in Seattle
Boeing are continuing their strike, as they have a lot of leverage over the company.
Criminalizing the Homeless: California Politicians’ War on the Poor
Instead of addressing the root causes of homelessness, California politicians are clearing homeless encampments so they can pretend that the problem doesn’t exist.
We Must Act to End the U.S./Israeli War in the Middle East
The U.S. has provided material support for Israel’s attacks against the people of Palestine and Lebanon. We must put and end to it.
Protesters Say Enough to Police Violence AND Transit Fares!
In recent years, fare evasion in New York City transit systems has been on the rise. So have dangerous encounters, in many cases involving unhoused people with untreated mental illnesses, some of which have led to deaths on often crowded subway platforms. Under direct orders from Mayor Eric Adams, cops have recently become a regular […]
Courts Rule Baltimore Voters Don’t Have a Say
Maryland courts have removed three ballot questions from this November’s elections, even though the proposals each received more than 10,000 signatures from voters, the normal threshold for inclusion on the ballot. The Maryland Constitution says that Baltimore residents may vote directly on amendments to the city charter which concern the “form or structure of Baltimore […]
Longshore Union President Daggett Challenges Shipping Companies: But is it a Bluff?
The head of the International Longshoremen’s Association has threatened to strike if they cannot come to an agreement with the shipping industry; the shipping industry has responded by threatening a Taft-Hartley injunction.
Israel Kills Turkish-American Activist in West Bank
Israel has not only been killing Palestinians; it has also targeted and killed international protesters against the settlement of the West Bank.
Israel Uses Palestinians as Human Shields
The IDF has been using Palestinians as human shields.
(September 2024 Broadside) • Elections 2024: We Need To Organize Our Forces
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Elections 2024: We Need To Organize Our Forces
The November election is quickly approaching. Donald Trump and J.D. Vance for the Republicans will face off against Kamala Harris and Tim Walz for the Democrats. With all the issues facing us, and Trump’s 2020 attempt to overturn the election, many are pinning their hopes and fears for the future on the outcome. Trump and […]
Only We Can Make the Changes We Need
In election years, many people ask themselves: what will this person or party do for me? Or, what will they do for our country? And political campaigns answer with a bunch of promises of things they probably will never do. There are many things that we all need: jobs that pay a living wage; affordable […]
The Democratic Party: Where Movements Go to Die
The Democratic Party tries to appear like the party of change and progress. But they’ve held the presidency for 12 of the last 16 years, and they’ve controlled many state and local governments for decades, overseeing the very policies that have brought us to this point. They sometimes pass small reforms, or give a sympathetic […]
The Republican Party: Stoking Fear and Division
The Republican Party claims to represent working-class families, blaming Democratic Party elites and migrant workers for inflation, low wages, and any other problem facing workers. Especially since Trump, the Republican Party stokes racist fears of immigrants more brazenly than the Democrats. While the Democrats say voting for them will solve everything, the Republicans sow divisions […]