Steward Health Care: Capitalism Running Wild
Steward Health Care extracted hundreds of millions of dollars from its hospitals, leaving patients and employees feeling the consequences.
France: Lots of Noise at Matignon (Government Headquarters)… But the Inspiration is in Martinique (French Caribbean Colony)!
September 23, 2024 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French It’s the latest episode in the summer soap operal [new French Prime Minister] Michel Barnier has announced his government. But good shows last at least a few seasons before running out of steam; this one is not even three months […]
Pets on the Menu? A Racist Lie Not Fit For Consumption
Let’s not be distracted by fantastical stories about pet abductions and eating, or about how immigrants are destroying small Midwestern towns. The real problem is the profit driven capitalist system and the people who run it. Let’s turn our anger towards them!
Everybody Deserves Rest!
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Working at a hospital, where the short-staffing crisis is an everyday reality, takes a toll on your body. It’s hard not to think about the years remaining until retirement becomes a reality. However, with inflation driving […]
Capitalism Pushes Workers and Patients to the Brink
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. It takes personal strength and dedication to work in a hospital, caring for people who are suffering through what are often the worst days of their lives. In a normal shift, a nurse might comfort a […]
AHS’s Neglect Costs Patients Their Appetites
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Inpatient meals have been getting served on disposable takeout containers at Highland for the last few weeks. No warmed plates means food is cold, soggy, and not a reflection of the food that patients usually like. […]
France: Gisèle Pelicot Gives a Voice to All Women Fighting Against This Society
Gisèle Pelicot gives a voice to all women as she publicly testifies against 51 men who raped her.
Stand With The Workers Party In Argentina!
Argentinian President Milei has been attacking the working class, including by criminally charging members of the Partido Obrero and the piquetero movement. Join us for a rally on September 23!
How the Government Tried to Stop the UAW from Opposing the War on Gaza
Whether on questions of international politics or how to struggle in the workplaces, workers shouldn’t take orders from the government, which represents the wealthy and big business.
France: We Can Only Make Ourselves Heard through Our Struggles
September 9, 2024 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France: We are far more numerous than those we are fighting, the bosses and the rulers!
What If You’re Not a Pro Athlete?
On Sunday, cops in Miami reminded us of just how dangerous it is to be Black in the United States.
Political Repression Intensifies
As we increase our demands, our outrage, and our protests, they will intensify their attempts to repress us.
Birmingham 1963 and the Racist Violence of the United States
On Sunday, September 15, 1963, a bomb blast shattered preparations for church service in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, injuring dozens and killing four Black girls ages 11-14. The now infamous bombing showed the heinous nature of the racist structures that had been set up during the Jim Crow era, and the […]
September 11 – An Excuse for Imperialism
The United States used the September 11, 2001 attacks to advance its imperialist goals. Israel is doing the same today with its colonial goals in Palestine after the October 7 attack.
The issues in CWA’s strike against AT&T in 9 Southeastern States
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) contract with AT&T expired on August 3, but bargaining began months earlier. Dozens of meetings between CWA and AT&T failed to bring agreement on CWA’s main demands, which include the elimination of a two-tier pay scale, strong language prohibiting contracting out bargaining unit work, blocking efforts by AT&T to raise health care charges, and a […]
Brazil’s Pantanal Ravaged By Fire
The Pantanal is burning; droughts and deforestation in recent years, along with climate change, have contributed to the size of the fires.
Hotel Workers Strike, But Is It Enough?
Hotel workers went on a strike over Labor Day weekend, but is such a short symbolic strike enough?
Book Review – A People’s Guide to Capitalism: An Introduction to Marxian Economics
Many of us would like to understand what it is about capitalism that makes it so destructive, both for us and our planet. We also want to understand why it is that capitalism and capitalists continue to do the same things over and over, even when they are completely aware of the damage they’re doing. […]
Sea Level Rise Threatens Civilization
A recent technical brief from the United Nations spells out the frightening severity of the sea level rise which has occurred and what humanity is soon to face. According to the report, since 2000, “global-mean sea level has risen faster than over any prior century in at least the last 3,000 years,” even as the […]
France: Start of the School Year: Okay Class, Let’s Struggle!
September 2, 2024 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French On the night of August 19-20, at least 2,043 children slept on the street. Unicef’s count only takes into account calls made to 115 (the emergency accommodation service) that found no solution. Hundreds, if not thousands, of other minors are […]
Leaflet: Oppose the Genocide in Palestine and the Risk of a Wider War! (08/18)
With the Democratic Party convention, the U.S. presidential election campaign is moving into higher gear. The Democrats and Republicans are slinging mud at each other. But one thing they agree on is that U.S. military aid to Israel will continue. And, even though they won’t say it clearly, that means U.S. funding for the genocide […]
Leaflet: Our World is in Crisis! (08/21)
Rule of the Wealthy or of the Majority? What if We Refuse to Accept Their System? What if… … we put all of society’s efforts into stopping the climate crisis. What if environmental experts and those most impacted by climate change decided how we respond to this crisis? What solutions would we adopt? If our […]
Harris Stands with U.S. Imperialism
Kamala Harris bragged about the U.S.’s “most lethal” military during her speech at the DNC. She will continue the U.S.’s imperialist foreign policy.
Lead in the Water of Our Oakland Schools
Lead has been found in Oakland schools’ water, and the response by school district officials has been inadequate.
Israel Steps Up Its Attacks on the West Bank
On Wednesday, August 28th, the state of Israel carried out major attacks in the West Bank, the worst in 20 years. Israeli military forces launched airstrikes, tore up streets, bulldozed homes, attacked with drones, and sent battalions of soldiers into the Palestinian cities of Jenin and Tulkarem in the northern West Bank. At least ten […]
Johns Hopkins Privatizes Police Force Against Opposition by Students and Neighbors
In a controversial move, Johns Hopkins University, one of Baltimore’s most elite institutions, began a push in early 2018 to privatize a campus police force, citing “a spike in citywide crime” as their motivation. With the backdrop of the 2013 murder of Tyrone West by Morgan State University and Baltimore City police officers, the 2015 murder of Freddie Gray by […]
Kamala Harris: Supporting Workers in Words Only
Kamala Harris’ insistence that the Democrats are pro-labor and support the working class has been one of the campaign’s loudest messages, especially at the recent Democratic National Convention. The party convention saw endorsement speeches from United Automobile Workers (UAW) president Shawn Fain as well as other major union presidents, including from the American Federation of […]
Kaiser’s Allergy to Staffing
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Is Kaiser allergic to being fully staffed? Because often when an employee leaves, the position never gets reposted. So departments run on skeleton crews, with overworked and burned out staff who are one crisis away from […]
State Supreme Court Rules Against Alameda Health System Workers
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. In a unanimous ruling on August 15th, the California Supreme Court found that public healthcare workers are not protected by the same labor laws as employees of private healthcare systems. The case (Stone vs Alameda Health […]
New Delhi Women and Doctors Demand No More Violence
Women and doctors held demonstrations in New Delhi, after the rape and murder of a junior doctor.
Who Do the Billionaires Support? Both Parties!
In recent months mainstream newspapers have featured stories about some of the divisions and potential conflicts among both individual capitalists and groups of capitalists in this 2024 election. It’s been reported that many tech billionaires are supporting Trump and the Republicans, especially if they’re invested heavily in crypto currency. Fossil fuel company leaders and owners […]
How Much Are Our Lives Worth?
Richmond, California is a city in the northeast of the San Francisco Bay Area, with a mostly working-class Black and Brown population. The city’s main employer is the Chevron oil refinery. Thousands of workers and contractors are employed at the massive sprawling complex that refines an estimated 240,000 barrels of crude oil per day. Over […]
Democratic Party Shows its True Colors on Palestine
On the third day of the Democratic National Convention, the parents of an Israeli-American hostage in Gaza appealed for the release of the hostages. The Convention crowd chanted, “Bring them home!” But the hostage’s father said, “There is a surplus of agony on all sides of the tragic conflict in the Middle East. In a […]
Venezuela: NO to the politicians, YES to Workers’ Organization and Power!
Neither “socialist” President Maduro nor the right-wing opposition serve the Venezuelan people.
August 1791: The Haitian Revolution Shook the World
In August 1791, slaves in Haiti rose up against their oppression.
The East Coast and Gulf Ports Longshore Contract Expires September 30: Will the Union Settle or Strike?
Negotiations for new contracts covering 45,000 longshoremen, working at 11 ports on the Atlantic seaboard and the Gulf Coast, are at a standstill. On June 10th, the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) broke them off, saying that longshore employers were continuing to violate the existing contract. The ILA has scheduled a meeting of local union officers for September 4th and […]
Transphobia Hurts Us All – Inside and Outside of the Olympics
The 2024 Olympics played the same old tune of gender discrimination and transphobia. Despite it’s claim of being the “largest, gender equal sporting event in the world,” transphobia still managed to make its way to the games. Due to subjective ideas of who is and is not a woman, oppressive surveillance has for years been […]
Love Island USA: Capitalism’s Idea of Love
In its 6th season, the Peacock reality show Love Island USA has become the most-watched series in the United States. Millions have witnessed the ridiculousness of a highly choreographed presentation of romance under a system that works overtime to find profit in every aspect of life. Capitalism erodes genuine feelings of love by making us […]
Kaiser: Morning Confusion
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Last Wednesday Kaiser Oakland implemented a new policy. Now, before 8am, workers have to enter the hospital for a shift by badging in to the main entrance on MacArthur, as opposed to the usual normal door […]
Criminalizing Mask Wearing Sets Dangerous Precedent as COVID Rises
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Last week legislators in Nassau County, New York approved a bill banning masks in public spaces, saying “concealing your identity” by wearing a mask is a misdemeanor offense punishable by up to a year of jail […]
Missing Supplies Risk Patients’ Lives
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. When lives are at stake, every second counts as hospital staff reach for supplies they need to provide patient care. Nurses and other staff depend on supply rooms being well-stocked so they can focus on their […]
10 Years: From Staten Island to Ferguson
It has been 10 years since the police murders of Eric Garner and Michael Brown. Since then, there have been more murders by racist police – and more protests against those murders.
Solidarity with the Revolt in Bangladesh!
August 12, 2024 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French Monday the 5th of August, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators rose up and the Palace of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh, who had been in power for 15 years, was stormed. Faced with this spectacular success of popular mobilization, […]
Tim Walz – The Reality
Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris has introduced her Vice-Presidential candidate, current Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. The mainstream media is generally touting Walz, noting he’s from rural Nebraska, was a longtime teacher and National Guard member, then a Congressperson, and is now in his second term as Minnesota Governor. He has been called folksy and a […]
Wrongly Blaming Immigrants at the Republican National Convention
At the Republican National Convention, the right wing continued to spread lies about immigrants to fuel fear among conservative working people. Texas senator, Ted Cruz, repeated the same old anti-immigrant rhetoric, claiming that, “We are facing an invasion on our southern border – not figuratively, a literal invasion.” Republican House Speaker of Louisiana, Mike Johnson, […]
Heat Death in Baltimore: The Fatal Cost of Ignoring Worker Safety
The tragic death of Baltimore Department of Public Works (DPW) sanitation worker Ronald Silver II exposes a devastating truth about the conditions of our working class. On August 2, Silver died of heat stroke while working, a totally preventable tragedy if proper safety measures had been in place. On that day, temperatures reached 99 degrees, […]
Gaza 2024
August 5, 2024 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French Israel’s assassination in Beirut on Tuesday, July 30 of a Lebanese Hezbollah leader, followed by the assassination in Tehran of one of the political leaders of the Palestinian Hamas, who had been invited to the Iranian capital for the inauguration […]
Beware the Olympic Flame’s Backfire!
July 29, 2024 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French With the opening ceremony, the organizers of the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games wanted us to live the dream of a mythical and inclusive France. They succeeded, much to the chagrin of all the fascists and bigots, by evoking the […]
Billionaires Won’t Save Us From Health Inequality
Donations from billionaires are not a substitute for having a system that works for all of us.
Freedom Summer 1964: A Movement for Freedom and Democracy
It is 60 years since Freedom Summer. Originally known as the Mississippi Summer Project, what came to be known as Freedom Summer brought together more than 1,000 college-age students to travel to Mississippi to support the Black freedom movement in one of the most systematically racist states of the United States. Most of the participants […]