Billionaires in Space Won’t Save Our Planet
Billionaires like Bezos show us where their concern is – not on this planet with us.
Colombia: Coca Cola is Drenched with Workers’ Blood
On July 20, 2001, 20 years ago today, a group of unions filed a lawsuit against the Coca Cola company, accusing Coca Cola’s Colombian subsidiary and business affiliates of using paramilitary death squads to murder, torture, kidnap and threaten union leaders at the company’s bottling plants. The suit was linked to the murder of union […]
Afghanistan: 20 Years of U.S. Terror Coming to an End?
U.S. troops may be leaving Afghanistan, but U.S. aggression around the world remains.
Woody Guthrie: Songwriter of the Working Class
On July 14 we celebrate the birthday of Woody Guthrie, the Oklahoma born singer-songwriter famous for writing and performing This Land is Your Land.
Incarcerating Immigrants: Biden Is No Better!
Despite Biden’s talk of ending private prisons, his administration continues to fund private detention centers.
Alabama Coal Miners – On Strike for Over 100 days
Miners from the Warrior Met Coal Company in Alabama have been on strike since April 1.
U.S. Navy: Socialists Equal Neo-Nazis?
A leaked training document from the U.S. Navy grouped socialists with neo-Nazis as terrorists.
Activists Fight Against Pipeline Project – and Win!
Activists fought against a pipeline project in Tennessee and won: the Byhalia Connection Pipeline has been cancelled.
Johnson & Johnson: A Slap on the Wrist for Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths
The pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson recently announced that it reached a $230 million settlement with New York State after being sued for its role in creating the opioid crisis. But what is justice in this system?
President Macron and Bosses on the Warpath: Hands Off our pensions! Share the work equally among all with no pay cuts!
While Macron attacks retirees’ pensions, he aids the capitalist class.
Palestine: This is Not a Ceasefire!
During the “ceasefire,” Israel has continued to demolish Palestinian homes.
Delta Variant: Where was the Global Policy?
The Delta variant of COVID-19 arose due to a lack of global policy to fight COVID-19.
Protesters Fight Biden’s Watered-Down Climate Proposal
Climate activists protested against Biden’s ineffective climate proposal.
The San Francisco General Strike • 87Years Ago: The Power of Worker Solidarity
Eighty-six years ago, longshore workers all along the Pacific coast were on strike.
What is Patriotism? by Emma Goldman
On the Fourth of July, the politicians and the corporate media will celebrate their version of the past. It will again be marked by calls for patriotism, and it will be used to justify U.S. policies of domination around the globe — at least that’s how those in power like to use this holiday. For […]
Supreme Court Reminds Us That The Bosses Own The Law
On June 23 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to give the farm owners the right to bar union organizers from their lands. This is nothing new, the courts have a history of cutting away at workers’ rights when they think the workers are too weak to fight back.
France – Elections Are Over, But Our Anger Is Not!
The government is hesitating because it is caught between two fires – the need to show its electorate and the bosses that it is taking back the initiative, and the fear of reigniting a dynamite stick – social struggles. The abstention disrupted their well-oiled electoral system. But it will soon be forgotten.
Worcester Nurses Striking for Patient Safety – Longest Strike in a Decade
Nurses at a hospital in Massachusetts are protesting unsafe practices in the longest strike in state history.
Florida Condo Collapse: Lives are the Price of Neglect
Years before the collapse of the condo building in Surfside, Florida, engineers had identified deterioration and recommended repairs – which were never made.
Democrats’ Voting Rights Act: Not Enough for Democracy
The Democrats failed to pass a voting reform bill – but even if they did, it wouldn’t have addressed big money choosing the candidates.
Amazon Lunacy: Destroying Millions of Unsold Items
Demonstrating the absurdity of capitalism, Amazon destroys millions of unsold items every week.
Prime Day – The Ultimate Capitalist Holiday
Amazon’s Prime Day is the ultimate capitalist “holiday.”
June 27, 1954: A Bloody CIA-Sponsored Coup in Guatemala
On June 27, 1954, the democratically elected president of Guatemala, Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán, was deposed in a CIA-sponsored coup to protect the profits of the United Fruit Company
France: A new slap in the face for President Macron
Voters in France show who they support in the regional elections: none of the above!
The Significance of the Pullman Strike of 1894
On June 26th, 1894, members of the American Railway Union began a boycott in support of striking workers at the Pullman Palace Car Company in Pullman, Illinois (today part of Chicago’s South Side). This boycott meant workers all across the railway industry refused to work on any train that had a Pullman car attached to […]
Biden Leads the G7 in Effort to Further Demonize China
Recently, political leaders of the wealthiest “Group of 7 Nations” (G7) met to discuss what they saw as the most pressing issues that they were facing, including beating war drums against China.
States Reopening — Not A Celebration
June 15th marked the day when most states in the U.S. fully reopened their economies, lifting most COVID restrictions, and easing mask mandates. But who is really celebrating?
The Significance of Pride
Pride is much more than a festival. Most importantly, it’s a time to commemorate the LGBTQ+ community’s resistance to police violence. The event that is often considered the spark of the gay rights movement was the Stonewall Uprising in 1969. Patrons of a New York City bar, The Stonewall Inn, were routinely harassed by the […]
As Temperatures Soar, Energy Companies Cut the Power
A record-setting heat wave hit the Western United States last week in California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Texas and parts of Colorado. Some cities have hit their highest recorded temperature in over 100 years, such as Palm Springs, California, with 123 degrees.This “heat dome” is accompanied by a drought in parts of the West. The heat […]
Let’s Vote for the Lutte Ouvrière (Workers’ Struggle) Candidate Lists
Our fraternal organization in France urged a vote for Lutte Ouvriere in the June 20 election.
New Prime Minister, Same Brutal Violence
On June 13th Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest serving Prime Minister, was unseated by Naftali Bennett, a politician even farther to the right than Netanyahu.
Billionaires and Taxes – Winning at Their Own Game
Most Americans live paycheck to paycheck, accumulate little no wealth and pay taxes. But the big capitalists live in a different world. As their wealth expands, their effective tax rates decline.
MacKenzie Scott Gives Away $2.7 Billion
MacKenzie Scott, former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is giving away $2.7 billion. But who generated that wealth? Why should it be up to rich people like her to decide what happens with that wealth?
Abortion Rights: A Brave Young Voice!
We are thrilled to reprint the speech of Paxton Smith, the Valedictorian speaker who went off script at her Texas high school graduation.
Why We Celebrate Juneteenth
Today we celebrate Juneteenth – the most popular annual celebration of the end of slavery in the United States. On this day we commemorate June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger of the Union Army arrived in Galveston, Texas with 1,800 Union soldiers and announced that slavery was officially abolished in Texas. Although Abraham […]
The Brutality of Racism
Race defines much of our lives. It says who we are to a cop, a judge, our school teachers, the hiring committee, the banker loaning us money, the landlord – everyone. It is with us wherever we go. Race was a conscious creation. It was developed to divide poor workers and indentured servants of African […]
Environmental Destruction is All Around Us
We are facing a crisis like never before. The current organization of production, especially the burning of oil, coal and gas as the main sources of energy, is destroying life on the planet. The Climate Crisis Climate change is causing more frequent and more intense hurricanes which are killing people, destroying infrastructure, and completely upending […]
Violence: Our Lack of Safety is First and Foremost Social!
After a person attacked a police officer with a knife in France, the French politicians are proposing remedies that don’t address the root cause of such violence.
Kamala Harris Threatens the People of Guatemala
Kamala Harris admitted that immigration from Latin America is a result of poverty. What she forgot to mention is that this poverty was imposed in the most violent way by the capitalists who rule the United States.
Megadrought in Southwest Spells Our Future
The ongoing megadrought in the western U.S. is a symptom of capitalism. We need to get rid of this system in order to solve these kinds of problems.
“People Don’t Want To Work” … For Peanuts!
As unemployment benefits are running out, the media are telling us that people don’t want to work.
Biden Administration Defends Schools’ Religious Exemptions on LGBTQ Rights—in Pride Month!
The Biden administration’s Department of Justice is defending religion-based discrimination against LGBTQ students.
We Can’t Wait for Politicians to Protect Voting
The Democrats complain about Republican efforts at voter suppression, but they don’t seem to be passing any laws about it in Congress. We can’t depend on them to act.
Biden On The Environment? – Nothing Has Fundamentally Changed
The Biden administration continues to defend mining and oil projects, because it represents the capitalist system.
Joe Biden Steps In as Head Cop of The World
The U.S. continues to maintain its empire with Biden at the head of the military.
Witness from Colombia: A fighter on the Front Lines
A report from an activist in Colombia.
It’s the Bosses’ War Machine — Not Ours!
What They Say U.S. politicians from both parties say we fight wars to defend what they call the “free world” from tyranny. They tell us that the U.S. is a beacon of freedom and democracy. They use patriotism (another word for nationalism) and wave the flag to get us to fight their wars, claiming we […]
The Struggle Against Line #3 Pipeline in Minnesota
We can’t rely on capitalists to stop building oil pipelines. Only a mass movement can.
Texas Bans Abortion at Six Weeks
Texas’s ban on abortion must be fought – we can’t wait for the courts to decide.
Tubman’s Raid of 1863
Black people were not given freedom from slavery – they had to fight for it.