West Virginia v. EPA: Supreme Court Attacks Life on Earth, Again
Last week, in the Dobbs v. Jackson ruling, the Supreme Court ripped the fundamental human right of abortion away from millions of people throughout the United States. Yesterday, in West Virginia v. EPA, it limited the power of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enforce the Clean Air Act. It did this by removing the […]
French Perspective: In the U.S., Supreme Court Fundamentalists vs. Women’s Rights
June 27, 2022, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA), Translated from French. Last Friday, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the 1973 ruling that guaranteed abortion rights across the country. Calling into question women’s right to control their bodies, a right acquired after […]
Labor Notes 2022 — A Reason to be Hopeful
This year’s Labor Notes Conference in Chicago brought a record number of activists and rank and file workers from across the country. According to the organizers, they had to cap registration at 4,000 people in order not to overload the hotel staff. Labor Notes started in 1979 as a magazine initiated by some members of […]
Clarence Thomas Promises More Right-Wing Attacks Are Coming
In voting to overturn Roe vs. Wade, the case that for nearly fifty years guaranteed federal protection for the right to abortion, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas provided a glimpse into future right-wing attacks that are on his agenda. Thomas wrote that the basis upon which Roe was overturned is the same as that which […]
Over 50 Tragic Migrant Deaths in Texas: Who is to Blame?
In a heartbreaking, horrifying tragedy, over 50 immigrants were left to die of heat exposure in an 18-wheeler abandoned on an Interstate near San Antonio, Texas. With children among the dead, the first responders who encountered this scene will have to struggle mightily to overcome what they saw on this day. This is the deadliest […]
Indigenous Ecuadorians Lead Uprising Against Soaring Cost of Living
Indigenous Ecuadorians have been mobilizing against the high cost of living.
Workers in Baltimore Suburb Organize First Union at Apple
Apple workers in Towson, Maryland have voted to form a union, the first at Apple.
Documentary Review: “The Janes” on HBO Max Documentary is a Must-See!
“The Janes,” an HBO documentary about a 1960s abortion clinic, is a must-see.
Thousands Protest the Supreme Court Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade: What’s Next?
With the Supreme Court’s radically conservative decision on Friday to repeal Roe v. Wade, demonstrations erupted all over the U.S. The Supreme Court’s decision poses immediate risks to tens of thousands of women and pregnant people across the country. Already in half the country, many will have no recourse but to carry a pregnancy to […]
Richmond, California: Lessons from the Chevron Workers Strike
On May 28, 2022, striking workers at Chevron in Richmond, California voted by a narrow margin to ratify a contract and to call off their strike. The strike lasted over two months, a long strike reflecting the determination of the workers in a very difficult situation. The strike involved about 500 workers, who struck for […]
Mental Health Crisis: Call 988 Hotline…and Then What?
A new phone number is being rolled out dedicated to respond to mental health crises in the United States. The number, 988, is meant to connect a person desperately seeking help in a mental health crisis with a trained professional. But there is no guarantee that the funding will be sufficient for anyone to answer […]
France: Let’s All Be Ungovernable!
June 20, 2022, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA), Translated from French. [President] Macron sure has a hangover on this day after the second round of the legislative elections! He doesn’t have an absolute majority in Parliament, with only 234 deputies when he needs 289. Across […]
Defending Our Rights Depends On Us
At a time when women around the world are winning the right to access legal abortion, on June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to turn the clock back to the 1970s. Five justices, lifetime permanent political appointees, who are not accountable to us, have decided that there is no federally guaranteed right for women […]
Roe Overturned — Where are We Now?
Now that Roe has been overturned, abortion is banned or restricted to the point of inaccessibility in more than 20 states, where trigger laws have been put in place. This means people will be forced to give birth against their will, even in cases of rape, incest, and when the life of the pregnant person […]
Celebrate Pride! Recapture the Spirit of Stonewall!
June is Pride Month. We see rainbow displays in store windows and pride flags hanging from buildings and cars. The Pride Parade at the end of June transforms San Francisco into a colorful festival. Similar events occur across the U.S. Many who come to Pride events today don’t know the origins. In many ways it […]
Poor People’s March Inspires, But We Must Continue the Fight!
On Saturday, June 18, thousands came to the mall in Washington, D.C., to protest poverty and growing inequality in the United States, and to demand that the government take action to better the lives of millions of working and other poor people. It was organized by the Poor People’s Campaign, and was billed as a […]
Summit of the Americas – Stunning U.S. Hypocrisy
The Summit of the Americas concluded, showing U.S. hypocrisy with the exclusion of some countries for not being “democratic.”
Colombia: A Spectacular but Fragile Victory for the Left
Colombia narrowly elected Gustavo Petro, a leftist, as its next president.
The Deadly Effects of Inflation Worldwide
For the third time in less than fifteen years, the world faces increasing hunger, malnutrition, famine and starvation. According to recent estimates, 1.6 billion people face “food insecurity.” Of those, 323 million face “acute food insecurity.” And of those, 49 million are “at famine’s door.” 400 million have become more food insecure in just the […]
Julian Assange’s Persecution Continues: No to Extradition to the U.S.!
The British government has signed an order authorizing the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States. What is the crime of this Australian journalist? To have leaked massive amounts of confidential documents showing, among other things: U.S. war crimes in Iraq, including assassinations and more than 15,000 unreported civilian deaths The torture of men […]
South Korean Truckers Win Strike
On June 14, South Korean truck drivers won an eight-day strike for higher wages. In the city of Ulsan, production at the Hyundai Motor Company factory was cut in half due to a lack of raw materials, while at Busan, the largest port in South Korea, container traffic decreased by two thirds. The strike started […]
Pride Events Threatened: We Have the Numbers to Defeat Hate!
On Saturday, June 11, 31 men affiliated with the Patriot Front, a white-supremacist group, were arrested in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho, preparing to riot at an annual Pride in the Park event. Following this, on Sunday, a group a five Proud Boys went to San Lorenzo, California to disrupt a Drag Queen Story Hour at the […]
France: To Counter Macron, an Electoral Slap in the Face is not Enough!
It is not enough for the left to oppose Macron through electoral politics alone.
Climate Catastrophe Triggered by Ticking “Carbon Bombs”
Fossil fuel companies are spending billions of dollars on projects that will destroy our climate.
Bronx Construction Site Highlights Daily Death Toll of Capitalism
A single construction site in the Bronx, New York, serves as a reminder of the deadly toll that the capitalist system of production takes on human beings. The construction site is a five-story factory/warehouse, more than one hundred years old, that has been in the process of being renovated for use by a charter school. […]
Uvalde Mom Shows We Can’t Rely on Cops!
The mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde was marked by layers of tragedy. Not only were the lives of 21 people, mostly children, violently cut short, but the police who arrived refused to confront the shooter for over an hour. Angeli Gomez, a farmworker and mother of two children at Robb Elementary, raced […]
The Fight for Mental Health Care at Kaiser Continues
The California Department of Managed Health Care recently announced it would be examining the medical giant Kaiser Permanente to see if it is providing adequate mental health care. This comes after mental health workers at Kaiser hospitals have complained that patients often have to wait weeks between appointments. This is far too long, especially considering […]
Emmanuel Macron re-elected in France: Update and Background
This “New Popular Ecological and Social Union” (NUPES) in the National Assembly cannot change the situation of the workers Written by a militant of the L’étincelle Fraction of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) in France, translated from French. Macron was re-elected President of the Republic in France on April 24 against Marine Le Pen, the […]
Zionist far-right celebrates violence against Palestinians
On March 29, at the yearly “March of the Flags,” a record number of far-right Zionists came out to commemorate the 1967 annexation of East Jerusalem by Israel. In previous years, Israeli security forces curbed the march somewhat by restricting its movement in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem. This year, however, the police were unable […]
Legislative Elections: Let’s See Labor’s Fightback!
This is the June 6, 2022 Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of L’étincelle, fraction of the NPA, translated from French. Macron intends to take advantage of the legislative elections. He intends to carve out a majority of deputies in the Assembly who will serve as his minions, ready to vote for all the anti-worker laws. […]
Drought is Drying up Lives in the Southwest!
The U.S. Southwest continues to experience drought, with adverse effects on people and ecosystems. This has been caused by the capitalist system, which continues to emit greenhouse gases for profit.
Pride Month – A Time to Celebrate AND Fight Back!
June is Pride Month, dedicated to the struggles of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Queer people. It is a time to celebrate LGBTQ+ people, and recognize their many important contributions throughout history. However, Florida’s governor Ron DeSantis recently signed into law what some are calling the Don’t Say Gay bill. The vague language of […]
World Economic Forum: Problem Makers Aren’t the Problem Solvers
The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland ended on May 27. The conference – a group of capitalist billionaires and representatives from the governments that serve them – was marked by anxiety. The war in Ukraine has caused massive destruction and a spike in food prices, the existential threat of the climate crisis hangs overhead, […]
George W. Bush Admits to War Crimes
Several weeks ago at his presidential library in Dallas, Texas, George W. Bush possibly told us directly about how he really saw his invasion of Iraq. In a speech denouncing Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Bush let a “Freudian slip” sneak through during his speech. In critiquing Putin, he said, “the result is an absence of […]
Restricting Abortion Access is Deadly
As the Supreme Court prepares to reverse Roe v. Wade and end federal abortion rights in the United States, we explore the question: what impact will this have on people’s health? You’d think with developments in modern medicine that pregnancy would be getting safer rather than more dangerous – you’d be wrong. Since 1987, the […]
$40 Billion in Military Aid To Ukraine
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues into its fourth month, the United States has been drawn further into the conflict, with Congress recently passing a military aid package of $40 billion. Of those funds, $19 billion are slated to go to direct military support, and the rest either to humanitarian aid or sustaining U.S. […]
What Are the Real Priorities of the Baltimore Police Department?
Baltimore claims that its SMART policing program will allow them to improve public safety by making the police more efficient. Actually, this only makes them more efficient at oppressing the city’s Black residents.
The Hypocrisy of U.S. Immigration Policy
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has displaced millions of people. Over the last few weeks, over 2000 Ukrainians have sought refuge in the United States, making their way through Mexico. However, the process of admitting the refugees from Ukraine has been much faster and easier than the ordeals facing asylum seekers from Latin America. In […]
Corporations Loving Inflation!
Who profits off of inflation? Not workers whose real wages plunge as inflation ticks higher. Certainly not older people relying on fixed pensions. And definitely not new mothers who face high prices and shortages of baby formula. But one group benefits from inflation: capitalists. The high inflation rate in the U.S. has proven a boon […]
Soaring Prices, Exploding profits: Our Anger Knows No Bounds
May 23, 2022, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the NPA, Translated from French. Translator’s notes are in parentheses. The suspense surrounding the reshuffling of French cabinet ministers (since President Macron’s reelection) has captured the interest of almost no one. Elisabeth Borne may well be a woman Prime Minister, but her […]
Texas School Slaughter Reflects This Society
The horrific massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on Tuesday, May 24, was so awful that it defies description. The 18-year-old gunman entered a classroom and started shooting. At least 21 children and 3 adults died. Sadly, we all know this is no isolated incident. This is the 27th school shooting and the […]
“Kill The Indian, Save The Man” – The Genocidal Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools
A recent report by the Department of the Interior shows the U.S.’s history of genocide against indigenous peoples.
One Million Covid Dead in U.S.: Who Pays the Price?
The United States has reached one million Covid deaths.
The Murder of George Floyd – Our Fight Continues
Two years ago on May 25, 2020, George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis police. If that young woman hadn’t recorded the horrific incident on her phone and posted it to the internet for the world to see, Floyd’s murder would have been presented as another case of a Black man threatening cops who were just […]
Is a New Movement for Reproductive Rights Taking Shape?
Roe is overturned, any movement that builds up in the streets can pick up where Roe fell short. We have to begin to organize our own fight to have control not just over our bodies, but also over the kind of world we want to live in.
Baby Formula Debacle Shows Insanity of the System
In late February, after two babies died from bacterial infections, Abbott Nutrition recalled thousands of containers of their formulas and shut down their factory in Sturgis, Michigan, where the contaminations originated, due to pressure from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The production stoppage at that plant, combined with global supply chain havoc already limiting […]
Health Care for Trans Youth is Not Abuse
Last Friday, the Supreme Court of Texas allowed the state to resume child abuse investigations into parents of transgender youth, something previously blocked by a lower court. Now, parents who provide their transgender or non-binary children access to gender-affirming care, such as puberty blockers and hormones, can be investigated by the Department of Family and […]
The Minneapolis General Strike of 1934 Demonstrated the Power of Workers’ Organizing
The Minneapolis general strike of 1934 grew out of a strike by the local union of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) against most of the trucking companies operating in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a major distribution center for the Upper Midwest. It became one of the most important and influential struggles of the working-class response to the Great Depression. Background to the […]
A Racist Massacre in Buffalo
Payton Gendron, an 18 year-old white man from a small town in New York, armed himself with military-style gear and drove to Buffalo to kill as many Black people as he could. He chose a particularly busy time at a popular supermarket in a Black neighborhood, shooting 13, ten of whom died. Just imagine being […]
The Richest Man in the World Purchases Twitter – More of the Same
Elon Musk’s potential purchase of Twitter is just one more instance of our information sources being controlled by the wealthy.