France: March 8, International Women’s Day
This International Women’s Day, remember that it is still necessary to organize to defeat capitalism and patriarchy.
Biden Continues to Show True Colors on Student Debt Issue
Biden came out in support of only limited student debt cancellation. Who does he really serve?
Amazon Pulls Out All the Stops against Workers Organizing
Workers at Amazon’s Bessemer, AL fulfillment center are trying to organized a union. Amazon is doing everything it can to prevent that.
International Women’s Day – The Fight Continues
The fight for women’s rights continues to this day.
Texans: Still Struggling and Still Abandoned
The storm may be over, but the damage remains, and Texans are still struggling without government assistance.
Film Review: Nomadland
This system throws people away and blames them in the process. It forces people to survive out of their cars in droves, scraping together pennies working back breaking jobs until they die. And the film Nomadland tells some of their stories.
Rutgers University: Using the Pandemic to Make Cuts to Workers
Rutgers University is using the pandemic as an opportunity to save money by making life difficult for its workers.
Spain: Rapper Imprisoned for Lyrics Leads to Upsurge
Spanish people are demanding the release of Pablo Hasél, who was imprisoned for insulting the monarch.
McKinsey told Drug Maker How to Profit from Overdoses
To the drug companies, lost lives are nothing more than dollar amounts.
No Fear in Myanmar
Workers in Myanmar are striking against the military coup.
Robert Williams: Celebrating a Leader in the Struggle against Racism
Celebrating the life of Robert Williams, fighter for Black rights.
Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti has died at age 101
Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti has died at the age of 101.
Storming of the Capitol – The U.S. Far Right in the Spotlight
This is an overview of the various far-right groups that were involved in the storming of the Capitol.
The Rush to Re-Open
The rush to re-open is not because the system cares about the education of children.
Texas: Another Catastrophe of this System
The disaster in Texas is just another reminder of what’s in store for us if we continue to leave our future in the hands of those who run a system guided by the drive for profits, regardless of the impact. Our future depends on our determination to come together and fight against this system – to fight for a world that represents all of our interests.
Workers of the World: Growth, Change and Rebellion (With Kim Moody)
Kim Moody is a longtime activist, socialist, a founder of Labor Notes, and author of many books on rank and file unionism and politics.
Politicians Adding Insult to Injury
Texas politicians showed how little they care about the people of Texas during a crisis.
Texas Crisis Today is a Window into Energy Crises to Come
The crisis in Texas was caused, in multiple ways, by capitalism.
Police Guard Trash in Portland
Under capitalism, police will literally guard dumpsters full of thrown-out food rather than let people help themselves.
Tipping Must End: A Hang-Over from Enslavement
No worker of any race or gender should have their livelihood subjected to pleasing the whims of individual clients. This racist legacy should be abolished, and living wages should be guaranteed for all labor.
The Lowell Mill Strikes—Working Women Organizing in the Industrial Revolution
In February of 1834, the women working at the Lowell, Massachusetts textile mills went on strike against a pay cut – an early demonstration of working women’s organizing activity.
Having Health Experts on Staff Doesn’t Mean Doing the Right Thing
Johns Hopkins University may have health experts on staff, but that doesn’t stop it from spreading disease by re-opening in-person classes.
Immunizing Ourselves from Misinformation
People are justifiably losing trust in official institutions, but many are replacing that with belief in conspiracy theories.
France: Sanofi Pharmaceutical Co. Layoffs = Sano-Bucks!
Sanofi is laying off workers, including researchers, while paying dividends, and it has not been able to develop a COVID-19 vaccine.
Find a Vaccination Site? There Has to Be a Better Way
With information on vaccinations difficult to find from official sources, people have been making their own websites that provide the information.
Being in Prison Can Itself Be a Death Sentence during COVID
Prisoners are at high risk for COVID-19, potentially making prison a death sentence.
Cruel Deportations Continue: Has ICE Gone Rogue?
ICE has cruelly deported 72 Haitian immigrants, contradicting both Biden’s policy and a court order.
When People Need Help, Do Not Call the Police!
The police pepper-sprayed a 9-year-old girl, showing once again that they are not here to help us.
Myanmar – People Rise Up to Stop a Coup and End Military Rule
After the military took control in Myanmar via a coup, the Burmese people are protesting against military rule.
When Health Care Fails, Could the Problem Be Racism?
David Bell, a Black man, died after being denied medical treatment three times. Is he a victim of racism?
GameStop: The Rocket to the Moon Never Existed for Us
The GameStop situation shows that we can’t win by playing the capitalists’ game.
Get Rid of Private Prisons, But Not Like This!
Biden’s order to end the use of private prisons is completely inadequate for ending the abuses of the prison system.
Amazon Big Boss Jeff Bezos Needs Us. We Don’t Need Him!
Amazon workers in Alabama are organizing to form a union, for good reasons.
France: A Determined Strike Against Layoffs at Total’s Oil Refinery in Grandpuits
Oil refinery workers in Grandpuits, France, have been on strike against the closure of their plant.
Super Bowl: “Reopening” for the Wealthy vs. Reopening for Us
The NFL is taking COVID-19 precautions for the Super Bowl. Why don’t we have equivalent precautions for schools?
Black Lives Matter in the COVID Era
Black people are disproportionately affected by COVID-19. This is part of a pattern of inequality.
The Fed’s Giving Out 0% Interest Loans… Just Not To You!
The working class isn’t getting low interest rate loans, but the capitalists are.
Good news for a change
Good news: the California Department of Public Health is no longer accepting requests to waive nurse-to-patient ratios.
Democrats Hate Dark Money, Until Dark Money Loves Democrats
Democrats criticize Republicans for taking “Dark Money,” but they are guilty of it themselves.
Secret Science that Rules our Lives
Newsom decided to lift the stay at home order, but provided no scientific justification for doing so.
Climate Crisis: Actions Speak Louder than Words
Biden might talk about the climate, but his administration has been approving oil and gas drilling.
Russians Protest Putin – A New Generation Calls for Change
After the arrest of Alexei Navalny, Russians have been protesting against Putin’s rule.
Vanished Vaccines
Millions of vaccine doses have gone missing. Why can’t the capitalist system get this right?
The Poet Langston Hughes – Born Today in 1902
James Mercer Langston Hughes was born February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri, and died on May 22, 1967 in New York City. He gave us a treasure trove of poetry, eleven plays, and countless works of prose. His work gave a resonant voice of beauty and humanity to Black Americans living with daily racism and […]
Biden’s Proposed $15 Minimum Wage – Not Nearly Enough!
Biden’s proposed $15 minimum wage may be an improvement, but it does not at all address the fundamental inequalities resulting from capitalism.
Indian Farmers in Life or Death Struggle Against “Reforms”
Indian farmers have been protesting for two months against “reforms” that would only further enrich the rich.
Egypt – The Fall of A Dictator, Ten Years Later
Ten years ago, the people of Egypt started a movement that forced their dictator out.
The International Situation: Capitalism in a State of Emergency
Capitalism is in a state of emergency, bringing all of humanity to the precipice. There is still a window of opportunity for the revolutionary power of the proletariat to intervene and carve out a path towards socialism. But that window is closing, and time is not on our side.
An Overview of the Situation in the U.S. in 2020 – A Year of Extremes
The pressures of this period are building across the U.S. and around the world. But the capitalist system that is responsible for the crisis remains. This virus has united us in many ways. It has given us a picture of the future capitalism holds out to us. And it isn’t a future that we can accept.
Protests in Tunisia
Ten years after the Arab Spring, Tunisians are protesting again.