Wes Moore’s Pardons Are Not Enough
On Monday, June 17th, Maryland Governor Wes Moore issued an executive order, issuing pardons in 175,000 cannabis-related convictions. This action specifically impacts people who were found guilty of possessing small amounts of cannabis before it became legal in the state in 2023. The media has been praising this order. It is one of the most […]
France: Against the Poison of the Extreme Right, the Only Dam Will Be Our Struggle!
June 24, 2024 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French This coming Sunday, we are once again called to the polls. Let’s take advantage of this opportunity to make our voices heard and say what we think, by voting for workers like us, who know as we do that it […]
June 1943 – When Black workers took the lead in North Carolina’s freedom struggle
In June 1943, Black workers at the RJ Reynolds factory struck against poor working conditions.
Beyond Rainbows: Pride’s Radical Roots
The history of LGBTQ+ rights is as diverse as the community itself. Like other marginalized groups, the LGBTQ+ community’s journey towards liberation has been marked by struggle. With the rise in anti-trans and homophobic laws, opposition groups, and increased violence, it’s crucial to remember queer history and how any progress has been achieved. Let this […]
No Cuts! Staff Up Kaiser Now!
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Recently, Kaiser sent an email to the president of OPEIU local 29 (office, technical, professional and health care employees) regarding upcoming measures aimed at “optimizing reception staffing by standardizing and better utilizing resources.” The precise implications […]
Kaiser Residents & Fellows Unionize – Cheers to the Next Steps!
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. There’s something to celebrate at Kaiser Permanente Northern California: residents and fellow physicians have unionized, and joined Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR/SEIU). Kaiser is one of the largest healthcare providers in the state, and the […]
We Resist Repression
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now General Newsletter. The rise in anti-LGBTQ+ legislation has met resistance. In at least Florida, Texas, Kentucky, and Alabama, hundreds took to the streets to protest state bills targeting the LGBTQ+ community. Students have led walkouts to demand justice against their oppression, like in Oklahoma where students […]
No Humans = Deadlier Trains
A nine-year-old boy in Buffalo, NY, survived but lost his right leg. Another woman was found dead but with one leg chopped off in the same spot. In Houston a man was found dead and without a leg. Since 2015, three railroad inspectors have been killed. And there are more. All are victims of remote-controlled […]
Scorching Heat Continues Worldwide
After just experiencing the hottest year in at least 100,000 years, our earth is now experiencing another brutally hot year. These temperatures are not only showing up as numbers on the Weather Channel or on the weather apps on our smartphones. These heat records are having concrete effects, every day, around the world. In Miami, […]
Why did the United Autoworkers (UAW) fail in Alabama?
Non-union auto plants now employ about 50% of the workers building cars and trucks in the United States. Most of these plants are in the South. Organizing the non-union auto plants in the South is a challenge the United Auto Workers has faced for 40 years without success. So when workers employed at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga […]
When Vietnam War Vets Protested the War
On June 1, 2024, the United States continues to support and finance Israel’s genocidal war against Palestinians. Protests against the war have simmered for months, and since mid-April, protests have exploded on college campuses as tens of thousands of young people in the U.S. and worldwide have slept on malls, been arrested, and protested at […]
For a World without Borders and Exploitation, on June 9: Let’s Express the Urgency of Revolution!
May 27, 2024 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) in France, translated from French On May 23, France Télévision [national public TV group] inflicted on us a debate between the Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, and the head of the Rassemblement National [far-right National Rally party] slate, Jordan Bardella… as if the political alternative boiled […]
Baltimore Bridge: May Update
Two months after the collision with the Key Bridge, the container ship Dali has been moved out of the way.
Drowning in Childcare Costs
Childcare has become unaffordable.
The ICC Seeks Arrest Warrants for Israeli and Hamas Leaders
The International Criminal Court’s seeking of arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders is opposed by the U.S., which threatens to impose sanctions on ICC officials.
General Strike in Argentina
On May 9, Argentinian workers conducted a general strike against the policies of President Milei.
New Caledonia: Enough with Colonies! Solidarity with the Kanak People!
The Kanak people are protesting against French plans to allow settlers to vote in the colony of New Caledonia (Kanaky), which would disempower Kanaks, who are a minority in their own land.
Ready to Strike But… We Need More Transparency!
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. At Highland, it’s no secret that our wages aren’t keeping up with inflation, we’re critically understaffed, and management is making our jobs harder every day. We depend on our union representatives to bring our concerns to […]
All Across the Board
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. At Kaiser there is a mystery to be solved – how can it be that experiences at Southern California and Northern California Kaiser are so different? For Kaiser patients this could mean that transferring your Southern […]
Don’t Blame the Victim, Blame the System
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Here in Oakland, at Highland Hospital, our doors are open and we provide care for those who have been pushed to the brink of society (the unemployed, the unhoused, the uninsured). We have chosen to work […]
Six Immigrant Bridge Workers – All Members of the Working Class
And as the deaths of these six immigrants remind us, the working class is international. We exist in every nation on earth, and because we don’t own profit producing property, we are forced to work for those who exploit our labor for profit. Despite all our differences, we have far more in common with working people born in other countries than we do with a boss who might have been born in the country we happen to live in. And once we realize that and begin to act on that fundamental fact, then we can begin to use our collective power.
No to the Massacre in Rafah Carried Out in Our Name!
We can build on what has started, and begin to spread our movement, to stand in support of the Palestinian people, in any way we can. The bombs that destroy their hospitals, the tanks that fire on their homes and crush their tents, the artillery and bullets that rip through people’s bodies indiscriminately, leaving thousands dead, — all are paid for by our tax dollars. This genocidal assault is being carried out in our name. It must be stopped, and it’s our responsibility, living in the U.S., Israel’s chief ally and weapons dealer, to end this war. #FreePalestine #StopGenocide
Virginia School Board Wants to Roll the Clock Back
Changing the names of schools named after known racists is important, but clearly not enough to confront the entrenched racism and oppression that is part of capitalist society everywhere.
Workers of All Countries: Palestine Solidarity!
May 13, 2024 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) in France, translated from French After destroying northern Gaza, the Israeli army is preparing to launch an offensive in the south, at Rafah, where Palestinians have taken refuge. At least 35,000 have died. Netanyahu’s far-right government continues 76 years of colonization and apartheid, with the […]
Our World is On Fire
New levels of extreme weather are wreaking havoc on millions. In the U.S., heavy rain in Texas damaged hundreds of buildings and required over 600 rescues. Severe storms in the central U.S. resulted in widespread destruction, power outages, and dozens injured. Southern Brazil experienced its largest climate catastrophe yet, with at least 78 deaths and […]
Use of Nuclear Weapons On the Table Again
In the latest escalation of the war in Ukraine, Russia is threatening to use nuclear weapons.
Who’s On the Menu?
For those of in the United States, we are told from a very young age that we live in a democracy. We are told that we live in a society where the “majority rules.” We likely were told this idea when we were in school and we are often reminded of this idea in movies, […]
Harvey Weinstein’s Conviction Overturned: Exposing the Faults in the System
Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape conviction was overturned, continuing a pattern of impunity for the rich and powerful.
The Student Movement Survives and Grows
Despite political repression, the student protest movement against the genocide in Gaza has spread and grown.
For a world without borders and bosses, urgent revolution!
May 6, 2024 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) in France, translated from French Occupations of university campuses have multiplied in recent weeks, in the United States and now in France, as at Sciences Po and many other universities, to denounce the ongoing massacre in Gaza. Everywhere, young people are pitching tents, occupying campuses […]
Fighting AI
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. About two weeks ago, nurses rallied in front of the Kaiser SF facility to protest the rapid introduction of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at Kaiser, and the lack of transparency in how these technologies are being implemented […]
T – 3 Weeks Till Our Contract Expires
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. In 3 weeks, on May 31, our SEIU 1021 contracts expire at Alameda Health System. Here at Highland, most workers, despite holding different job titles and responsibilities, are united under the same union. So when we […]
Kaiser’s Mainframe Madness
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Why are we, at one of the largest healthcare companies (and the largest private employer in the state), still using software that looks like it’s from the 1990s?? Mainframe, the software we use for our time […]
A Long History of Campus Repression
As university presidents, their capitalist Boards of Directors and politicians call in local police, state troopers and national guards to attempt to crush student protests against the genocide in Gaza, we are reminded that those same forces have a long history of violently repressing student voices. One of the worst examples of this occurred on […]
The Israel Lobby – A Cog in the Gears of U.S. Policy, but Not its Engine
The Israel lobby does influence politics in the United States, but U.S. imperialism has its own reasons for supporting Israel.
Something is Happening in the American Labor Movement: The “Troublemakers” are Asserting Themselves!
Reprinted from the website of the New Anti-capitalist Party (NPA) in France. Written by an NPA worker activist who attended the Labor Notes conference in Chicago April 21-24. Published on April 30, 2024. The “Labor Notes” conference gathered this year under the motto, “Putting the movement back into the labor movement.” This conference is held […]
“You’ve Kicked A Sleeping Giant” – A Day Without Immigrant Workers
As we move closer to the elections, we hear more and more racist rhetoric against immigrants, particularly coming from right-wing Republican figures like Donald Trump. He has referred to immigrants as “not human” and “animals” who are “poisoning the blood of our country.” This dehumanizing language is harmful to immigrants by encouraging violence towards them. […]
Against the Capitalism that Massacres in Gaza and Exploits in France: Take to the Streets on May Day… and Beyond!
April 29, 2024 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) in France, translated from French This week, working men and women will be marching to put forward their demands against capitalist exploitation and all that it engenders. It has to be said that, once again this year, capitalism is showing that it only brings disaster […]
$600 Million is an Insult to East Palestine Residents!
Norfolk Southern, the rail company responsible for the massive train derailment in East Palestine in February 2023, agreed to pay $600 Million in a class-action lawsuit settlement on April 9, 2024. On the very same day, they announced their preliminary first quarter 2024 financial results: $3 Billion in revenue and nearly $1B in income (or […]
We Will NOT Be Silenced!
On April 29, the administration of Columbia University in New York City gave an ultimatum to students who are active in opposition to the ongoing genocide in Gaza, demanding they abandon their encampment or be suspended. In response, student activists have occupied one of Columbia’s main halls, renaming it “Hind’s Hall” after Hind Rajab, a […]
New Student Loan Relief Makes No Dent in Crisis
Biden announced a cancellation of $7.4 billion of student loan debt, but he is still part of the system that produced that debt in the first place
1994: The Last genocide of the 20th Century
In 1994, the government of Rwanda, with the help of French imperialism, committed genocide against the Tutsi minority.
Democrats and Republicans Agree to Expand Spying on People Around the World
On Saturday, April 20th, President Biden rushed to sign a two-year renewal of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The renewal of the law made Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer note, “Democrats and Republicans came together and did the right thing for our country’s safety.” FISA allows the federal government and its intelligence agencies to […]
May Day: There Is Power in the Working Class
General Newsletter April 28, 2024 Download .pdf leaflet May Day: There Is Power in the Working Class In the 1880s, the United States was deeply unequal and divided. A few families owned the overwhelming bulk of U.S. wealth, and workers had to work up to 16 hours per day. Workers had no rights on the […]
Volkswagen Workers in Tennessee Vote to Join UAW – Big Challenges Ahead!
About 150,000 U.S. workers in the multinational auto industry don’t have a union. That’s about equal to the number of autoworkers represented by the United Auto Workers (UAW), although the number of non-union autoworkers is higher if those working at parts plants are included. Most of the non-union plants owned by overseas-based companies like Volkswagen […]
Israel Threatens to Drag the World Into its War
The Palestinians are being bombed and starved by Israel with the support of U.S., European and some governments in the Middle East. The horror they are raining down on the people trapped in Gaza is justified as a response to the October 7th attack by Hamas, the party that rules Gaza. Now, the stakes are […]
Remembering Rana Plaza
Greedy cost-cutting led to the Rana Plaza building collapse on April 24, 2013, killing 1,127 workers and injuring 2,500.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Act is a “Climate Time Bomb”
Funding from the 2021 infrastructure bill has funded mostly highways instead of public transit, which means that it will result in more carbon emissions.
We Must Remember the West Bank!
While the Israeli military continues its attack on Gaza, Israeli settlers and the IDF are also attacking Palestinians in the West Bank.
Columbia Students Spark a Larger Uprising!
Since the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel and Israel’s subsequent genocidal war on Palestinians, many universities have experienced a simmering battle between those supporting Israel’s Zionist policies and those protesting them. Soon after Israel’s disproportionate response to the attack materialized and it became clear that their war was intended to destroy and displace people […]