Prisoner-Workers Strike in Alabama

Prisoner-Workers Strike in Alabama

Thousands of prisoners in the Alabama state prison system have gone on strike, refusing to cook, clean, conduct regular maintenance, or labor to produce the license plates and furniture that they commonly make and from which the corrections system profits. The inmates...
The Second Intifada: Twenty-Two Years After

The Second Intifada: Twenty-Two Years After

Twenty-two years ago, on September 28, 2000, a massive struggle erupted in the occupied territories of Palestine. The territories are located to the East of the state of Israel, and are home to four million Palestinian people living under military occupation by...
French Editorial: Backing Its Women, Iran has Erupted!

French Editorial: Backing Its Women, Iran has Erupted!

September 26, 2022 editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the NPA. Translated from French. On September 16, a 22-year-old woman named Mahsa Amini died at the hands of Iran’s morality police. Her crime was to have worn her veil...
The End of the Pandemic? Long Live the Pandemic!

The End of the Pandemic? Long Live the Pandemic!

On September 18, a maskless President Joe Biden declared the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. The week preceding this declaration saw COVID-19 as the second leading cause of death in the U.S. after heart disease. Just a few weeks before, 16,000 COVID-related deaths...
“Quiet Quitting” is Just the Beginning

“Quiet Quitting” is Just the Beginning

The phrase “quiet quitting” has been blowing up all over social media, and has corporate productivity specialists freaking out. Most self-described “quiet quitters” aren’t quitting their jobs – rather they are quitting the idea of continuously going above and beyond...