Category: Articles

An Artifice Produced by Human Intelligence and Labor

Dossier No. 37, June 26, 2025; this “dossier” is a collection of short articles by the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France (translated from French) Although capitalists are trying to automate it, training artificial intelligence still requires enormous amounts of human labor, subject to particularly precarious conditions. Take the example of a self-driving car, which […]

AI: A Very Material Technology

Dossier No. 37, June 26, 2025; this “dossier” is a collection of short articles by the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France (translated from French) A very material technology The existence of AI relies on specific technologies, but also on access to extremely sophisticated computer components. Dominance in the field of AI therefore also depends […]

Is Capitalist AI Threatening Our Jobs?

Dossier No. 37, June 26, 2025; this “dossier” is a collection of short articles by the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France (translated from French) Capitalists around the world are now betting on artificial intelligence (AI) in the hope of significant gains in labor productivity. The goal remains to replace some human labor with machines […]

Mahmoud Khalil Walks Free – And Continues the Fight

After 104 days in ICE detention, Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil was released June 20th. Khalil was arrested by federal immigration agents without a warrant on March 8th, separated from his wife Noor Abdalla in the lobby of his campus residential building. Agents took Khalil to a remote detention center in Jena, […]

Stand Together against Government Repression!

In recent months the United States government has launched a multitude of attacks on migrants, women, and LGBTQ+ people. It has fired or otherwise forced out of work hundreds of thousands of federal employees and attacked their unions. It has imposed severe cuts to essential government payments (including Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP, and Social Security), medical […]

From Iran to Palestine: Stop Trump and Netanyahu’s Never-Ending Imperialist War!

June 23, 2025 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French. On Saturday, the United States bombed Iran’s main nuclear sites. Trump has thus taken Netanyahu’s war policy to a whole new level. And Israel has already been bombing Iran for ten days, after attacking Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen, while the […]

Oppose the U.S.-Israel War on Iran!

The decision by the Trump administration to order the bombing of Iran is a criminal act of unprovoked violence. This attack makes the prospect of a wider war in the region, and possibly the world, more likely. Israel began this latest assault on Iran on June 12, claiming it was an act of self defense, […]

Trump’s Military Parade Flop

On Saturday, June 14th, Donald Trump held a military parade in Washington to celebrate his 79th birthday and the 250th anniversary of the formation of the U.S. Army. The parade featured armored tanks, helicopters, and historical military equipment. It had more than 6,000 uniformed troops, dozens of tanks and howitzers, hundreds of armored vehicles and […]

The War Machine Rumbles On, From Palestine to LA

An estimated 5 million people around the country marched in Saturday’s No Kings protests. The marches in Los Angeles drew crowds of around 200,000, and were overwhelmingly peaceful. However, once the “official” protest drew to a close around 4 p.m., officers of the Los Angeles Police and Sheriff’s departments began to violently repress the demonstrators who […]

Juneteenth – Celebrate the Past and Continue the Struggle

Today, June 19, 2025, we celebrate Juneteenth – the most popular annual celebration of the end of slavery in the United States. As we celebrate though, the Trump administration and its many allies in the media and among its right-wing supporters are stoking racism against Black people, Muslims, migrants and non-white people. This open upsurge […]

Know Your Rights in the Hospital

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. With the recent ICE raids in LA, and several high profile arrests in Bay Area courthouses, there have been lots of concerns about where ICE agents might show up next. Some Highland staff have been very […]

Workers Protect Each Other at Highland

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Last Friday, workers at Highland rose up in defense of one of their own when a billboard van, operated by a right-wing media group known for doxxing and harassment, parked at the hospital’s entrance to target […]

Fightback Against Trump’s Attacks: Where could it go from here?

In recent weeks the Trump administration has ramped up efforts to terrorize, detain and deport immigrant workers. Urged by top immigration officials to “turn the creative knob up to 11,” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have begun widespread raids on workplaces, farms, sporting events, nightclubs, schools, and more. They were instructed to “push the […]

NO U.S./Israel War On The Iranian People!

On the night of Thursday, June 12th, Israel launched missile attacks and air raids on Iran, attacking nuclear enrichment facilities, military command centers, and residential areas housing Iranian officials. The attacks killed 78 and injured over 300. Among those that were killed were the lead negotiator in talks with the Trump administration, key leaders within […]

Pride: A History of Resistance

The history of LGBTQ+ rights is a history of radical resistance — but there hasn’t always been a need for LGBTQ+ people to fight back. For much of human history, there was no such thing as “being gay,” at least not in the way it is understood now. Across cultures and centuries, people lived, loved, […]

The Democrats Helped Bring Trump to Power — They Are Not a Solution to the Problems We Face

download {8.5×11} {as small booklet} Introduction Since Trump’s second term began, there has been a rapid acceleration of authoritarianism and an all out assault on working people and oppressed groups: firing federal workers, gutting social services, closing federal agencies, carrying out mass arrests of immigrants, shredding the human rights of LGBTQ+ people, and much more, […]

¡Juntos Podemos Hacer Frente a ICE y a Todos Los Abusos!

En todo el país, la administración Trump está enviando agentes de ICE fuertemente armados para destrozar comunidades de inmigrantes. Han secuestrado y arrastrado a personas en furgonetas sin distintivos, con agentes vestidos de civil, enmascarados y sin identificarse. Han deportado a docenas de inmigrantes a prisiones brutales en otros países. Han atacado a niños de […]

Desde Argentina al Mundo: Diez Años del Movimiento Ni Una Menos

Hace diez años, el 3 de junio de 2015, miles de mujeres salieron a las calles de Argentina coreando «Ni Una Menos». El detonante fue el brutal feminicidio de una joven, pero el fuego se extendió rápidamente más allá de sus fronteras. Se convirtió en un grito de lucha no solo contra la violencia de […]

From Argentina to the World: Ten Years of Ni Una Menos Movement

Ten years ago, on June 3, 2015, thousands of women took to the streets of Argentina chanting “Ni Una Menos”—not one (woman) less. The spark was the brutal femicide of a young woman, but the fire quickly spread beyond borders. It became a rallying cry not only against gender-based violence but against the social system […]

Together We Can Stand Up to ICE and All of the Attacks!

Across the country, the Trump administration is sending heavily militarized ICE agents to rip apart immigrant communities. They have snatched and dragged people away in unmarked vans, with officers in plain clothes, masked, and providing no identification. They have deported dozens of immigrants to brutal prisons in other countries. They have targeted children as young […]

Newsom’s Encampment “Ban” Dehumanizes the Unhoused

At a press release on May 12, California Governor Gavin Newsom called on state municipalities to ban tent encampments on public property. Since then, cities like Berkeley, Oakland, and San Jose have made massive efforts to “sweep” their unhoused residents off the streets. Though Newsom called for the sweeps to be carried out “with urgency […]

It’s Official: 36 People Murdered by Police in Maryland 

It took the high profile of the George Floyd case to get Maryland officials to finally listen to the families of 36 people whose deaths in police custody should have been declared homicides, according to a new audit. Even worse, the study found that if the victim was Black, the medical examiner was less likely to […]

We Need Action, Not Wellness Tips

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Every time you open your hospital’s employee web portal, you can guarantee you’ll be met with more “wellness tips” from your employer. Prevent burnout by drinking herbal tea! Try yoga for your back pain! Make sure […]

Victory for Mental Health Workers in Southern California

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. After months of striking, mental health workers in Kaiser Southern California ended their fight with some positive news. Their efforts, which lasted 196 days, survived through the cold of winter and terrible LA fires, and led […]

Highland Management is Out Of Touch

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. The Highland cafeteria self checkout is now up and running, but it doesn’t seem to be making the cafeteria run any more efficiently. There’s still a cashier on staff – which is helpful for those paying […]

No Prison for Trade Unionists! Acquittal for the 5 Postal Workers from Hauts-de-Seine!

Speak Out Socialists received this announcement from our comrades, the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France. Translated from French. In 2014, dozens of postal workers in the Hauts-de-Seine department (just outside Paris) went on strike for 170 days. Their protest was a response to worsening working conditions, rising job insecurity, and a series of “reorganizations” […]

New Federal Budget Will Massively Expand ICE Terrorism

At the same time as House and Senate Republicans mull over just how much funding should be cut away from crucial public services like Medicaid or Social Security, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem went in front of Congress to justify a $175 billion budget. Should the budget pass, it would make ICE (Immigration Customs […]

Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Shows Whose Side He’s On…Again

The Republican crafted and Trump supported tax and budget bill passed by the House of Representatives and now going to the Senate for debate does many things. The bill keeps taxes low on the rich for years or decades to come and increases funding for the military and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Meanwhile […]

Multi-Million CECOT Mega-Prison: We All Pay the Price

The Trump administration continues to attack many of our basic rights. Trump has looked admiringly to Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, particularly in light of the usage of the notorious mega-prison, the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT). As it stands now, the U.S. has already sent hundreds of immigrants to CECOT without trial and […]

Defense of Trans Rights is Part of Larger Struggle

In recent years, attacks on LGBTQ people and specifically the transgender community have spread and intensified around the world. Here in the United States, right-wing religious organizations stoke hysteria over alleged men participating in women’s sports, over a few trans athletes possibly gaining unfair advantages over women, and over supposed indoctrination and mutilation of unsuspecting […]

Musk’s DOGE Days Are Over

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and Trump’s favorite tech bro, is taking a step back from the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). In a characteristically dramatic post on X, he announced: “Back to spending 24/7 at work and sleeping in conference/server/factory rooms. I must be super focused on X/xAI and Tesla (plus Starship […]

We Must Remember George Floyd and Organize Against the System That Killed Him

Five years ago, we witnessed George Floyd being slowly murdered in broad daylight by a Minneapolis police officer. Handcuffed, face down, and calling out, “I can’t breathe,” Floyd was crushed under the weight of a cop’s knee for over nine minutes, while his accomplices stood by and did nothing. That horrific murder ignited a wave […]

Trump Administration’s Latest Horrifying Plan for Migrants: Deport Them to Libya

The Trump administration is in talks with several African nations, most notably Libya, in an attempt to secure a deal similar to the one already in place with El Salvador. There has also been reporting that the administration is in similar “talks” in order to relocate the entire population of Gaza to Libya, in exchange for […]

Marginalized Communities Pay the Price for NEA Cuts

Dozens of arts organizations were recently notified that the grants they had received from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) were canceled. This is part of the Trump administration’s budget proposal that looks to eliminate the NEA altogether. In the Bay Area alone, nearly 30 nonprofits have confirmed they have lost grants they were […]

The Trump Family Gets Even Richer with the Presidency

Trump’s recent visit to the Middle East demonstrated clearly how Trump and his family are profiting like never before, receiving billions of dollars in new business deals with governments and investment funds in the region. What was presented as a diplomatic trip was, in reality, a business tour for his family. The money comes from […]

“The Encampments”: A Review

“The Encampments,” a timely documentary produced by Macklemore, follows the story of the student encampments that formed at Columbia and other universities in response to the war in Gaza. The film opens with the origin of the camps, when students’ earnest attempts to organize divestment campaigns in their universities were met with increasingly hostile responses […]

Nothing Says ‘Well-Run Hospital’ Like New Lightbulbs

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Over the last couple of weeks at Highland you’ve probably walked under workers installing new lights – one of the last things most of us thought needed replacing. While some appreciated the additional brightness, others got […]

Working in Healthcare (AKA Sacrifice With No Returns)

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. There is an obvious healthcare crisis in the U.S. Every year thousands of people struggle to pay for medical care, and many go through the unpleasant surprise that, despite paying for health insurance every month, they […]

“A Thorn in [the French Postal Service] La Poste’s Side”: Momentum Builds in Support of Revolutionary Postal Workers in France’s Hauts-de-Seine Department (Region)

This article was written by activists of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France. We will publish a follow-up after the postal workers’ trial scheduled for June 12. Five postal workers from the Hauts-de-Seine department (a region in the Paris suburbs) are set to stand trial on June 12, 2025, charged with “trespassing,” “assault” and […]

Train Engineers Strike NJ Transit for 3 Days

On Friday, May 16, more than 400 NJ Transit train engineers (the workers who drive the trains) went on strike. One of the nation’s largest rail transit systems shut down, leaving the entire region in a state of economic and social uncertainty. Although the strike lasted only three days before a tentative agreement brought them […]

Gaza, a Genocide Taking Place Under Our Eyes

May 19, 2025 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French. As of Sunday, the Israeli army launched a major ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, subsequent to bombings that have claimed the lives of hundreds. Appearing on Israeli television on May 16, Zvi Sukkot, a far-right Israeli supremacist member of […]

We Need Staff Not Signs

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Unfortunately, healthcare workers know that when dealing with the public in a high stress environment, unpredictable and threatening situations can sometimes occur. According to OSHA (the Occupational Safety and Health Administration), healthcare workers are at six […]

They Never Miss an Opportunity

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now newsletter for BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit), a rapid transit rail system in the San Francisco Bay Area – May 19, 2025 BART HQ and politicians in Sacramento had a lot to say when the system was down. Did they really think that people who couldn’t […]

AmeriCorps Cuts Expose the Exploitation of Young Workers

Over 1,000 programs funded by AmeriCorps will close after the Trump administration cut nearly $400 million in program funding. Any slashing of services and resources provided to at-need communities are an attack on our lives. But the fact that so many programs will close because of the loss of AmeriCorps funding should make us look again […]

We Remember Malcolm X on His 100th Birthday

In the year 2025 in the United States, we are witnessing increasingly blatant and violent repression. With racist and brutal language coming from politicians and right-wing media, students being arrested and threatened with deportation, and undocumented people being rounded up and shipped off to foreign nations, it may seem that the United States is experiencing […]

Video: Trump’s Assault on the Planet is an Assault on Us!

Transcript: It is impossible to ignore the impact of the climate crisis that is already upon us. From the acceleration of the mass extinction of hundreds of species, and disastrous weather events that are becoming more frequent and more destructive, to the mass displacement of tens of millions of people every year due to climate […]