The State of Our Planet (2023)

The State of Our Planet (2023)

download as .pdf The health of the Earth’s environment shapes the possibilities for our lives. The functioning of the world capitalist system has resulted in an extreme climate crisis, degradation of our planet’s ecosystems, the impact of toxic pollution on workers...
It’s Survey Time at Highland

It’s Survey Time at Highland

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. It’s that time again at Alameda Health System to complete the SCORE Culture of Safety Survey. Unfortunately, despite our annual attempts to...
Haiti: On the Brink of Social Collapse

Haiti: On the Brink of Social Collapse

Haiti is on the brink of complete social collapse, engulfed in a mass crisis of escalating gang violence, brought on by economic and political instability after decades of foreign intervention. The Prime Minister of Haiti, Ariel Henry, announced on March 12 that...
Amazon at a Tipping Point?

Amazon at a Tipping Point?

A new study released last month estimates that if current patterns of global warming, drought and fires persist, nearly 47% of the Amazon rainforest (by far the world’s largest rainforest) could collapse and become grasslands or other types of ecosystems. In this...
Israel’s Genocide of Palestinians Continues with U.S. Support

Israel’s Genocide of Palestinians Continues with U.S. Support

Israel’s genocidal war continues as it inflicts a state of “total siege” on the people of Gaza. Access to food and water has been severely restricted by the Israeli siege. UNRWA (The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) says...