Peru at a Crossroads
October 19, 2025 article published by the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French. Three days after this article was published, the new president of Peru implemented a state of emergency in the largest cities, sending in the military to patrol and banning freedom of speech and assembly. In Peru, after several weeks […]
When Government Shuts Down, Only Workers Pay
On October 1, 2025, the U.S. government shut down after Congress deadlocked over passing a bill to keep funding government services. As a result, hundreds of thousands of federal workers have been furloughed, while many others are working without pay. Millions who rely on public services like food assistance and housing aid are left in […]
France: The Lecornu Budget: A Fierce Attack. Our Only Defense: Ourselves!
October 20, 2025 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French. On October 17, Standard & Poor’s downgraded France’s credit rating due to “high uncertainty” surrounding its public finances. The financial world is reminding [President] Macron and [Prime Minister] Lecornu that it’s their duty to crack down even harder on workers. […]
October Storm Reveals California’s Fire-Flood Crisis
Last week, a rare October storm brought heavy rain and flooding to California, causing major disruptions in transportation and even triggering some evacuation orders. In the Bay Area, the South Bay was hit particularly hard. Firefighters and tow trucks had to pull cars out of multiple parts of San Jose, and many cars were stuck […]
Chicago Communities Fight Back!
The Trump administration has been using every means available to create an atmosphere of fear and intimidation — primarily to discourage people from standing up as he cuts millions of dollars from programs that benefit the general population, all while enriching himself and the wealthiest business leaders and billionaires in the country. Some of these […]
Portland Protests Celebrate City’s Quirky Vibe
Portland residents are finding creative ways to respond to the threat of National Guard deployment in their city, and to continue the protests at the ICE facility that have been ongoing since June. In justifying the military deployment to the city, Trump has repeatedly described Portland as “war-ravaged,” “on fire,” and “bombed out.” To counter […]
In Direct Attacks, Trump Busts Our Unions
This past Labor Day the Trump administration hung an enormous banner over the front of the Labor Department building with the words, “American Workers First.” With banners like these and other staged events with working people standing behind him in their blue-collar work gear, the Trump administration works overtime to say how much it cares […]
Kaiser Serves up Layoffs and Junk Food
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Kaiser announced last week layoffs throughout the food service department at Oakland and other Kaiser campuses across California. Although Kaiser claims it will offer a period of continued salary and benefits to laid-off workers, this will […]
A Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing at AHS
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Remember those emails we got from a random security company called Arctic Wolf? Many of us reported these malicious looking emails to our managers and flagged them as phishing attempts. Turns out they were legit. So […]
Strike Underway at Kaiser
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Yesterday, Kaiser workers organized in the United Nurses Associations of California (UNAC) started a strike against Kaiser after their contract expired on September 30th. Like almost everyone working in healthcare, they are fighting for wage increases […]
France: It’s up to us, workers, to make our voices heard!
October 13, 2025 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French. The parliamentary circus continues unabated. It’s a bad puppet show, where everyone tries to get their lines in, between offering their services to [President] Macron and attempting to jump on the bandwagon of widespread hatred for him, so as not […]
Gen Z Movements Spark Across the World
Over the past month, we have seen massive protests in places like Nepal, Peru, Madagascar, and Morocco. Mostly organized by young people, these uprisings have been dubbed “Gen Z” movements, referring to the generation of people now in their early adulthood, born between 1997 and the early 2010s. Despite having their own unique context, each movement has taken […]
Pro-Palestine Stanford Students Indicted with Felony Vandalism and Trespassing
In June of 2024, 12 Stanford students occupied a university building, demanding that Stanford University divest from companies, such as Palantir, linked to Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. This occurred alongside a vast country-wide movement on many university campuses calling for their own schools to divest from Israel. During the Stanford students’ occupation, University officials claimed […]
From One Continent to the Next, Youth Revolt Lights the Way!
October 6, 2025 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French. After [former French prime ministers] Barnier and Bayrou, Lecornu (the latest to resign) has just set a new record that will be hard to beat: his government resigned before even taking office! Meanwhile, life goes on. The desperate situation of […]
Film Review: Borderland | The Line Within
Borderland | The Line Within is a timely film revealing the profiteering of the border industry and the massive infrastructure built to imprison and deport millions of people at the border and beyond. It primarily focuses on the story of Gabriela Castañeda and Kaxh Mura’l, immigrants from Mexico and Guatemala respectively, looking for a better life […]
Film Review: Gaza: Journalists Under Fire
Robert Greenwald’s 2025 documentary Gaza: Journalists Under Fire exposes the harrowing war crimes of Israel against the people of Gaza and the Palestinian journalists trying to document the atrocities. It follows the story of journalists – Belal Jadallah, Heba Al-Abadla, and Ismail al-Ghoul – who were targeted by Israel and ultimately killed for their reporting in Gaza. […]
Italian Port Workers Remind Us of Our Potential
For the past two weeks, Italian workers and a diverse layer of the population have been rising up against the genocide in Gaza. In a movement they call “Let’s Block Everything,” Italian port workers are threatening to halt all shipments from Italian ports to Israel, and much of the population is showing their support. In […]
Jane Fonda: “They’re Betting on Our Fear and Our Silence”
On October 1, more than 550 actors, producers, directors and other artists from the entertainment industry announced the formation of a new Committee for the First Amendment. This is the second life of an organization formed originally in 1947 as the Second Red Scare heated up in the United States. Its goal then was to […]
Down With the Israeli Blockade! Free Palestine!
Israel is expected to deport the last of the activists it had detained and imprisoned after the interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla last Wednesday. On Monday, 171 members of the flotilla, including Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, were flown out of Israel to Greece, where they were received by crowds of supporters chanting “Free, Free Palestine!” Thunberg […]
Trump Labels Antifa a Terrorist Organization
Trump recently signed an executive order designating Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization, and directing federal agencies to “investigate, disrupt, and dismantle” their operations. However, because Antifa is not an organization with leaders and members, this order serves to threaten anyone speaking out against the government or its policies. The name “Antifa” is short for […]
When Government Shuts Down, Only Workers Pay
While the government is shut down, money stops going to workers and services they need, while it continues going to the rich and military spending.
Loyal Generals or Not, Our Future is Up to Us
Trump and Hegseth’s speech to military officers show that they are preparing to use force against the population.
France: Social Regression is Not Negotiable – We Must Fight Back!
September 29, 2025 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French. For the past week, right-wing and far-right politicians have been rallying around Nicolas Sarkozy, a former French president found guilty of criminal conspiracy. These same people constantly call for making examples of punishments for petty crime, but cannot bear to […]
Things Heating Up at Kaiser?
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. On Tuesday, September 23rd, there was an informational picket at Kaiser Oakland hosted by CNA. Similar actions were taken that day at different facilities across California, such as Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco, and San Leandro. […]
Artificial Intelligence Monitoring Workers at AHS
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. At Highland this month, workers are all finishing up their annual mandated online competencies. There was one new slide this year, detailing the use of artificial intelligence in worker surveillance at Alameda Health System. According to […]
JCAHO: Just Continue All Hospital Operations
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. We all know this is not what that acronym stands for, but we also know that management at Kaiser loves to move differently when they are expecting the accredited survey personnel to come by and evaluate […]
Zohran Mamdani: A Real Hope for New York’s Working Class?
On July 1, it was announced that Zohran Mamdani, the 33-year-old New York State Assemblyman and member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), had won the New York City Democratic primary election for mayor of New York City. He won decisively over his fiercest rival, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, by 12%. To […]
Corporate Principles? What the Kimmel Saga Really Reveals
ABC cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel and its backtracking is the latest reminder that corporations don’t care about our rights, only their profits.
Anger and Uprising in Nepal
The protest movement that took down the Nepalese government shows the power of masses of people.
The $5 Million American Dream
Investopedia released its annual “American Dream” report this month, which totals the lifetime cost of eight pillars of traditional middle-class success. Although everyone’s dream is different, the report includes financial goals that many people would consider reasonable aspirations, such as being able to buy a house, raise a family, pay for healthcare, and retire comfortably. […]
France: What Lies Behind the Surge in Social Unrest?
From a correspondent in France On Wednesday, September 10, and then again on Thursday, September 18, France experienced two days of major social unrest against the budget cuts announced for 2026. Between recurring political crises, worsening inequalities, and growing fears of being dragged into a “real” war, it is in fact a deeper anger that […]
France: Now what? We carry on!
September 22, 2025 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French. The strike and demonstrations on September 18 added to the success of those on September 10, with over a million demonstrators and all kinds of actions (blockades, picket lines, general assemblies, etc.). What will happen next? Ministers come and go, […]
We Mourn Silverio Villegas Gonzales, Killed by ICE Agents
Silverio Villegas Gonzales was a resident of a Chicago suburb, where he lived with his two sons. One day when dropping his kids at school, he was stopped by ICE agents under the pretense of a traffic infraction. He was then shot by one of the agents when he allegedly tried to escape. Silverio was only […]
Bardem, Einbinder Demand Justice in Gaza
Several nominees and winners took this year’s Emmy awards to call for the international community to end its complicity in Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. ‘Hacks’ star Hannah Einbinder, who won the award for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series, shouted “Free Palestine” as she was played off the stage. Javier Bardem, nominated for […]
France: To Get Rid of the Anti-Social Policies That Favor the Rich and the Bosses, Let’s Go On Strike On September 18… And Then Keep Going!
September 15, 2025 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French On September 10, hundreds of thousands of us took part in blockades, rallies, and demonstrations. Neither Home Minister Retailleau’s 80,000 police officers nor [new Prime Minister] Lecornu’s express appointment after Prime Minister Bayrou’s resignation defused the anger—quite the contrary. September […]
Largest ICE Raid in U.S. History Hits Hyundai Plant
Earlier this month, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained about 475 workers at the Hyundai Electric Vehicle plant in Georgia, with approximately 300 of them being Korean nationals. Stories from those detained during the raid include accounts of workers hiding in air ducts and swamps to avoid immigration authorities, inhumane reports of shackling and chain […]
Dock Workers: We Will Not Work for War!
The Sumud Flotilla is now sailing to deliver aid to Gaza but has so far suffered two strikes by incendiary drones. Before the flotilla set sail, dockworkers in Genoa issued a promise to Israel: if the ships are harmed, the workers will refuse to handle any of the 13,000 containers that pass through on their […]
Kaiser Workers Go on Strike
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. On Monday, September 8th, more than 600 Kaiser midwives and nurse anesthetists went on a one-day strike to demand better working conditions. This was their first strike as they negotiate their very first contract, and their […]
Food Fight
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. The nutrition department at Kaiser Oakland is changing the menu for our patients. Better food based on scientific research? Of course not, Kaiser tends to make decisions based on saving money, which does not mean bettering […]
Now is the Time for Class Solidarity
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. It takes many of us workers with different titles to make our hospital function. We may often feel invisible, but our work is essential, and our humility is not a weakness. We take pride in doing […]
Highland: Safe Staffing Saves Lives
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Not providing enough staff to a hospital may seem like a cost-cutting measure, but it’s a matter of life or death for the people we take care of. On shifts where we don’t have enough staff, […]
Workers Memorial Day, 2026
Speak Out Socialists received this poem from a friend in New Jersey. On an afternoon when trees flaunt flowersin a chilling wind,I will sit waiting on a stairwayfor the march to start.We will walk through New Jersey streetsshouting defiance, shouting power,mourning the workers who have diedsince last we marched. In the city around us,restaurant kitchens […]
Witch Hunts across U.S. Universities
As part of the escalating attacks on education and free speech nationwide, on August 18, UC Berkeley handed over the names of at least 160 students, faculty, and staff to the federal government to comply with an investigation into alleged antisemitism on college campuses. The university has not provided any information about the charges or […]
Update – Boeing Strikers Reject Tentative Agreement for the Third Time!
Workers at Boeing’s warplane plants in St. Louis went on strike on August 4 after rejecting the company’s second contract offer. After the second rejection, Boeing stated that it was unwilling to negotiate more than minor changes in its “Best and Final Offer.” Sticking to their hard-nosed stance, in the tentative agreement rejected on Friday, […]
Brazil: Bolsonaro Falls, But the Far Right and U.S. Intervention Remain
Brazil’s Supreme Court has sentenced Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 presidential election to Lula da Silva. The trial confirmed what was already obvious: Bolsonaro was the leader of a criminal organization that tried to sabotage Brazil’s democratic institutions. His supporters stormed government buildings in January […]
Immigrant Detentions and Profits Go Hand in Hand
Private prison companies stand to make massive profits from the U.S. government’s attack on immigrants.
No New War On Drugs, No War On Venezuela!
Early on Tuesday, September 7th, U.S. President Trump posted footage of a missile strike on what the government has claimed – without providing any evidence – was a boat carrying narcotics to the U.S. Eleven people were confirmed to be on board. Any evidence that they were cartel members or that they were in fact carrying […]
Boeing Threatens to Hire Scabs to Break the Strike at Its Saint Louis War Plants
Boeing plans to hire scabs to defeat its striking workers.
The U.S. Strike in the Caribbean: No More Killings in Our Name!
The U.S. military blew up a boat as part of the “war on drugs,” illegally killing 11 people.
Bay Area Cities Shatter Heat Wave Records
This year during Labor Day weekend, the Bay Area experienced a massive heat wave, breaking many past records. San Rafael experienced an unprecedented high temperature of 100 degrees, Redwood City sweltered at 96 degrees, and the Oakland Museum area reached a record of 88 degrees. Many more cities experienced extreme heat in the high 90s […]