Undocumented and Avoiding Healthcare
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. It is becoming increasingly clear that more undocumented people in the Bay Area (and across the nation) are avoiding healthcare out of fear that they will have to share their immigration status to receive care, and […]
Forced Displacement of Oakland’s Unhoused
The unhoused of Oakland are counted every two years to help determine federal funding. As of 2024, 5,490 people were living without permanent housing in Oakland. What does this tell us? While Oakland’s homeless population has been increasing consistently for a decade, the rate at which it’s growing has been slowing for five years. These numbers […]
Safety Issues But No Changes
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Patients come to the hospital expecting to be safe from harm. So when a patient suffers from an avoidable accident or death while hospitalized, healthcare workers want to make sure that changes are put in place […]
Update: Highland Cafeteria Workers
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Despite over 3000 petition signatures and nearly 20 people speaking in support of our cashiers at the latest board meeting, management has decided to go through with the layoffs of these vital workers. Clearly no amount […]
VTA Still Out!
VTA workers are still on strike for better wages, despite management’s insults to the workers.
Baltimore City Owes Workers Safety and Respect
Last August, Ronald Silver II died from being overworked and deprived of hydration in the sweltering heat of 99°F. Following his death, Silver’s grieving family demanded better from the Department of Public Works (DPW), and investigations by Baltimore’s Inspector General showed the department’s negligence included not only a lack of water and Gatorade for workers but also broken ice machines and broken HVAC systems inside the facilities. It was not until eight weeks after Silver’s death that Maryland issued […]
Are Deportees Guinea Pigs in New, International Prison Scheme?
Last weekend, on March 16, the Trump administration deported at least 260 people who it said were Venezuelan immigrants in the United States without documentation and/or who were members of the Tren de Aragua gang. These deportations are concerning not only because of how they were conducted and under what authority, but also because of […]
Israel Continues Its Deadly Assault On Gaza
Since early morning on Tuesday, March 18, Israel has been carrying out deadly airstrikes across Gaza that are reported to have killed at least 506 people. Of those, at least 200 were children. At least 600 more have been wounded. Many of the strikes took place in heavily populated areas with homes and makeshift schools. […]
San Jose Ignores the Real Issues Behind the Housing Crisis
The city of San Jose, CA is trying to address the 6,000 unhoused people on its streets with a program called “Homeward Bound.” The City Council has allocated $200,000 for the program which aims to get people off the streets by buying them a bus or train ticket to get back home to their families. […]
We Must Reject the Monopoly Game on Ukraine Led by Trump, Putin and Their European Servants: No War Economy, nor Austerity for the Working Classes!
March 17, 2025 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French. The negotiations among the great powers over the war in Ukraine are in full swing: Putin lays down his conditions, Trump grows impatient, and European leaders, led by [French President] Macron, try to interfere in the game. Their aim? Certainly […]
An Injury to One is an Injury to All!
Since Trump took office, he, his cabinet of billionaires, and Elon Musk have created an overwhelming sense of chaos. Each day, announcements of a new attack on a new group of people or a new agency have crashed over us like relentless storm surges. It has created an atmosphere filled with fear, anger, or sometimes […]
Trump Admin’s ‘Crypto Reserve’: A Taxpayer-Funded G(r)ift to the Crypto Industry
The Trump campaign received over a hundred million dollars from crypto-related companies and individuals leading up to the 2024 election. So far, that investment is paying huge dividends. On March 2nd, Trump posted on Truth Social declaring that he would direct the federal government to stockpile millions of dollars worth of several cryptocurrencies, a move that would […]
Unionizing Isn’t Enough: Starbucks Workers Demand a Fair Contract
In 2021, workers from multiple Starbucks locations in Buffalo, NY stood together to fight for changes in the workplace and filed a petition to unionize as Starbucks Workers United (SBWU). For years Starbucks workers have faced low wages, short staffing, and harassment in the workplace while navigating inconsistent and unpredictable work schedules. The Elmwood store […]
Germany 1920: The Working Class Stood Up to an Authoritarian Regime
In the past two months the Trump administration has rampaged through the U.S. government, firing tens of thousands, destroying basic systems that have functioned for decades, ignoring court orders, attacking free speech and any type of dissent, eliminating entire departments and agencies, and removing any opposition to him, Musk, and their minions. In the face […]
Tariffs And Trade Wars: Another Price For The Working Class To Pay
The Trump administration has been threatening and implementing tariffs and trade wars with Mexico, Canada, China, and the European Union, the top trading partners of the United States. Trump said in his State of the Union speech that there would be reciprocal tariffs for any country who lays tariffs on the United States. In retaliation, […]
Hands Off Mahmoud Khalil!
On the night of Saturday, March 8, Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian student at Columbia University in New York City, was arrested by plain-clothed ICE agents to be deported. Although a federal judge has since blocked Trump’s attempt to deport Khalil, he is currently in custody in an ICE detention facility in Jena, Louisiana. He graduated […]
Macron: Blood and Tears… for the Working Class
March 10, 2025 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French. On Wednesday, March 5, [France’s] President Macron raised the threat that Russian tanks could invade France at any moment and that the military budget must therefore be blown up. Really? Putin’s army, which has been attacking and fighting the Ukrainian […]
Oregon Nurses Achieve Significant Wins!
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. At the beginning of January, nurses at eight Providence hospitals across the state of Oregon went on strike. The strike lasted more than a month and a half, as management initially failed to meet the nurses’ […]
Our Time, Their Terms
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Why is it that we’re required to submit our schedules for the entire year a full 12 months in advance, yet our employer consistently fails to meet us halfway? We’re expected to plan our lives around […]
Protests Against Elon Musk and Tesla
Since February 15th, a wave of protests has swept across the U.S., especially aimed at Elon Musk and Tesla. These demonstrations are a bold move by ordinary people to stand up against corporate power and influence, particularly in a time period when politicians and the courts seem willing to cave in to this power. The […]
3,000 Voices Ignored: AHS Continues Layoffs
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Alameda Health System is still planning to lay off cashiers at Highland and Fairmont, despite a huge showing of support for these workers through a petition that circulated the hospital and received over 3,000 signatures. Management […]
Another Year, Another Ignored Concern
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. It’s that time of year again where management adds yet another task to our shifts – the annual SCORE Culture of Safety Survey. We’d be thrilled if they were actually interested in our feedback about our […]
From Biden To Trump – The Continuity Of U.S. Support For Palestinian Genocide
The Ceasefire Myth On January 15th, news broke of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas that would take effect on January 19th, one day before the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump. The agreement included proposals to exchange hostages in phases, Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, a plan to rebuild Gaza within three to five years […]
VTA Out!
Workers at the South Bay’s Valley Transportation Authority went on strike for wage increases.
Martinez Refinery Fire Endangers Bay Area Communities
On February 1, the Martinez Refining Co.’s petroleum refinery reported a fire around 1:45 p.m. But the wider community was not officially informed of the blaze until many hours after the Bay Area Air District began receiving complaints of odors in the area. The fire sent plumes of black smoke into the air for hours and forced […]
Trump, Musk, and the Billionaire Pigs at the Trough
Trump’s speech to Congress put on full display both the administration’s massive attacks on working people, as well as the Democrats’ absolutely useless response. The Trump administration is doing everything they can to cut spending on workers and the poor in order to make room for a tax cut for the wealthiest people on the […]
International Women’s Day: Now is a Time to Use Our Power!
March 8 is International Women’s Day. It is a global celebration of women fighting for a better life. This is particularly important now when women are under multiple attacks by the MAGA regime in the U.S., attacks that have global implications. Reactionary forces won’t be satisfied with denying women freedom through abortion bans. We can expect attacks […]
“We Want Bread, Not Crumbs” – The Detroit Hunger March of 1932: A Tragedy in a Longer Struggle
On March 7, 1932, an explosive confrontation took place when at least 3,000 Ford workers and unemployed members of the Detroit area working class began a march on Henry Ford’s massive River Rouge plant in next-door Dearborn, Michigan. As the march unfolded, the violence of the capitalist system was unmasked as police and hired thugs […]
Addicted By Design: How Junk Food Companies Keep Us Hooked
Food companies have historically employed scientists to create junk foods that are not just delicious, but highly addictive. After all, the right combination of salt, sugar, and fat keeps consumers coming back for more. Even foods like chips are scientifically optimized to deliver the perfect amount of psychologically satisfying crunch. However, the advent of GLP-1 drugs, such as […]
Greek Workers Strike and Protest Government Cover-Up of Train Crash Massacre
Hundreds of thousands of people in Greece went on strike and protested against the government’s handling of a train crash.
Trump And Musk Make It Easier To Rip Us Off
In the recent slashing and burning of various government workers and agencies during the early days of the second Trump administration, one of the institutions targeted was the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The agency was created in 2008 in response to the subprime mortgage crash to create at least some guardrails to protect consumers […]
Ukraine: It is Up to the Workers to Turn the Tables on the Great Powers’ Lies and Poker Games!
March 3, 2025 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French With their usual vulgarity and thuggish brutality, Donald Trump and his vice-president, J.D. Vance, gave a fine lesson in imperialism on world television. Faced with Ukrainian leader Zelenskyy, not docile enough in their eyes, they raised their tone, believing they […]
The Truth about Transgender Support at University of the Pacific
University of the Pacific (UOP) has agreed to host a right-wing, anti-trans speaker in March, sparking outrage among students, staff, and faculty who argue that hate speech should not be given a platform on campus. UOP’s administration approved a talk titled “The Truth About Transgenderism” by Turning Point USA, a nonprofit known for targeting college […]
No More Kings: Leave Feudalism Behind!
Recently the official White House social media accounts posted an AI-generated image of Donald Trump wearing a crown with the text: “Long Live the King.” Many people understandably questioned if this really happened – it did and the images are still up today! It’s 2025 and it feels like we’re back in feudal times! This fake Time […]
Remembering Aaron Bushnell: “I will no longer be complicit in genocide”
It has now been a year since U.S. Airman Aaron Bushnell burned himself to death outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. in support of Palestinian lives. Before his sacrifice, Bushnell shared these words: “I will no longer be complicit in genocide. I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest, but compared […]
From Nixon’s Enemy List to Hollywood’s Highest Honor
This past week at the 2024 Screen Actors Guild Awards, Jane Fonda delivered a powerful and political acceptance speech after receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award. It was an electrifying and refreshingly real moment. Julia Louis-Dreyfus introduced Fonda, stating that it’s impossible to separate Jane Fonda the actress from Jane Fonda the activist. Fonda has always […]
The World’s Rogue Oligarchs against the People
Oligarchs have arranged the world to enrich themselves at the expense of the people. Lately they have been planning more ways to profit from the war in Ukraine.
Wicked Review: The Limitations of Reform and Individualism
The hit Broadway musical Wicked finally gets the Hollywood treatment, bringing its message about rejecting oppressive systems to a wider audience. The story tells of the magical land of Oz, a supposed paradise that is soon revealed to be filled with corruption and oppression. Green-skinned Elphaba, a social outcast with magical powers, finds she can […]
Take Action: Print, Share, and Protect with Red Cards
Everyone who lives in the U.S., regardless of immigration status, has rights and protections. Across the country – from schools to healthcare settings – people are sharing small, powerful tools known as “red cards” that serve to reinforce this fact. These wallet-sized cards act as concise, easy to understand guides to your rights when interacting […]
We Stand Against Attacks on Trans People!
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Healthcare workers around the country are expressing outrage over the Trump administration’s attacks on the health and safety of transgender people. In the last month, Trump signed an executive order barring institutions from receiving federal funding […]
CDC Webpages & Datasets Removed
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. Some disturbing new data has been posted recently on the AHS homepage describing various webpages that have been removed from the CDC website. Between January 20 and January 31, 2025 (President Trump’s first 11 days in […]
Consumers and Producers
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 Many people are wondering what they can do to oppose what is going on in Washington, D.C. There are small actions across the country. People are demonstrating against […]
Oakland: 4 Mayors Within a Year, Who Will Pay the Price?
After the recall of mayor Sheng Thao, Oakland will have 4 mayors within a year. How did this happen?
The Telepathy Tapes: When Society Fails, Pseudoscience Thrives
In a society that treats people—such as those with autism—as worthless, some will turn to pseudoscience for hope, as demonstrated by the popularity of The Telepathy Tapes.
Argentina: Against Milei, One Million Proudly Angry
After Argentina’s President Milei gave a reactionary speech, a million demonstrators marched against him.
Layoffs: Let the Fear Switch Sides!
Mass layoffs are happening in both the U.S. and France. The ruling class is trying to threaten the working class; let us return the threat!
Black History Month 2025: The Struggle Must Be Renewed
During Black History Month, remember the struggles the Black people have fought and what they have won.
Shakira Dedica Su Último Grammy a los Inmigrantes: “Siempre Lucharé con Ustedes”
Shakira ganó el premio al Mejor Álbum Pop Latino en los GRAMMYs 2025. En su discurso de aceptación, dedicó el premio a los inmigrantes: “Quiero dedicar este premio a todos mis hermanos y hermanas inmigrantes en este país. Son amados, valen la pena, y siempre lucharé con ustedes”. Shakira alcanzó el éxito internacional al irrumpir […]
Shakira dedicates her latest Grammy to immigrants: “I will always fight with you”
Shakira won Best Latin Pop Album at the 2025 Grammys. In her acceptance speech, she dedicated the award to immigrants: “I want to dedicate this award to all my immigrant brothers and sisters in this country. You are loved, you are worth it, and I will always fight with you”. Shakira became an international success […]
Workers and Unions Facing a Crisis, But We Can Change Direction!
The working class has the power to mount an effective opposition to Trump, in contrast to the feeble actions by bureaucratic union leaderships and the Democratic Party.