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Baltimore Government Responds to Youth-Related Violence with Repression, Not Solutions

Baltimore is responding to youth-related violence by instituting a curfew, which punishes youth and does nothing to address the causes.

Capitalism is Killing Migrants Crossing the Mediterranean Sea

The number of migrants, many coming from Sub-Sahara Africa, making the dangerous journey through the Mediterranean Sea is at a record high. People fleeing civil

Rail and Airport Workers in Germany Flex Their Muscles in Fight for Higher Wages 

Rail workers organized in the Railway and Transport Union (EVG) in Germany have engaged in two short “warning strikes,” on March 27th and April 21st,

Chile Nationalizes Lithium – Sustainability or Sustained Exploitation?

On April 18th, Chile’s president, Gabriel Boric, announced his government’s plans to nationalize the country’s lithium mineral reserves. This mineral has enormous importance in the

Texas Governor and Politicians Don’t Care About Human Suffering

Last Friday, in yet another horrifying case of armed violence, a man shot and killed five people in a suburb of Houston, Texas. The incident began

Israel’s 75th Anniversary – Nothing to Celebrate!

The state of Israel celebrated its 75th anniversary on April 25th. This comes after weeks of protests in which hundreds of thousands of Israelis opposed

Transport Worker Cuts Impact Kaiser Care

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA. A hospital is not made up

Primero de Mayo: Celebremos el poder y las posibilidades de los trabajadores

El Primero de Mayo se estableció como fiesta internacional en 1889 para honrar las luchas y sacrificios de la clase obrera internacional. Es un reconocimiento

France: Huge Turn Out Again on May 1st: We Won’t Give Up the Fight!

On May 1, French workers continued their fight against Macron's pension reform.

SpaceX Threatens Human Communities and Wildlife

SpaceX's Starship launch threw debris into local communities and wildlife habitats.

55 Years Ago: May ‘68 Rebellion in France — From Student Protests to General Strike

Part of this article is extracted from the pamphlet, “1968 – Be Realistic, Demand the Impossible” published by Speak Out Now. Fifty-five years ago, an

Safety – It’s On Who? 

The following is reprinted from Speak Out Now’s workplace newsletter at Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Everyone knows you have to be alert when you

Mississippi Police Laws Stifle Democracy in Jackson

Two new laws passed by the Mississippi legislature and signed into law by the governor are going to further remove the Jackson police and so-called

Rockridge Trader Joes and the Difficulty of a Contract

Workers at the Rockridge Trader Joe’s in Oakland, California, voted on April 20 in favor of unionization by a vote of 73 to 53. The

Yes, It’s The System

The following is reprinted from Speak Out Now’s workplace newsletter at Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Station Agents face threats of attacks every day. No

Racist Antioch Police

“This… is the most pervasive racial hatred case I’ve ever been involved in…This conduct itself was so horrible that it was more than just locker

Biden Power Plant Proposal – Not Nearly Enough

Over the weekend news broke that the Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden administration will, for the first time, attempt to directly limit the allowable

Tesla-Linked Project Threatens Indigenous Populations in Indonesia 

On Halmahera island in Indonesia, nickel mining operations are threatening the territory of one of world’s last remaining indigenous tribes living in voluntary isolation. Members of the

CSX in Baltimore: A Dangerous Place to Work

The December 2021 explosion at the CSX coal pier in the Curtis Bay neighborhood of Baltimore, along with ongoing toxic pollution, has prompted immense public

Sudan: Heading Towards a New Civil War?

This is a translation of an article that appeared in Prensa Obrera on April 17, 2023, the website of the Trotskyist Party, Partido Obrero of

France: Macron’s Sound, Our Fury: The Pension Struggle Continues, and Will Continue!

April 24, 2023, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA), Translated from French Wherever Macron goes, an

30 Years After LGBTQ March on Washington: We Are Still Fighting for Freedom

The March On April 25, 1993, more than a million people participated in a March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and

The Shooting of Ralph Yarl

The shooting of Ralph Yarl and the delay in charging the shooter show the toxic effects of racism in the U.S.

May Day: Celebrate Workers’ Power and Possibilities

May Day was established as an international holiday in 1889 to honor the struggles and sacrifices of the international working class. It is a recognition

Curtis Bay: A Community Fights against Deadly “Sacrifice Zone” in Baltimore

Across the Patapsco River from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor tourist district lie the former neighborhoods of Fairfield and Wagner’s Point. Throughout the 20th century, these tight-knit

Hedge Funds Profit Off High Food Prices and Human Misery

Following “momentum driven” algorithms that automatically determine when to buy or sell commodities at the most profitable moments as their prices rise and fall, a

Massive Catholic Church Child Sexual Abuse in Baltimore Area Documented; But Where is the Justice?

Earlier this month, the Maryland Attorney General’s office released an explicit, brutal, and horrifying report detailing decades of child sexual abuse by clergy and employees

Su sistema está destruyendo nuestro mundo

Desde 1970, el Día de la Tierra ha sido el día en que millones de personas en todo el mundo demuestran su preocupación por el

Clarence Thomas and the Courts for the Rich

ProPublica recently revealed that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has for decades received luxury trips from billionaire Harlan Crow and even sold properties to Crow

France: The More Macron Talks, The Less We Listen

April 18, 2023, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA), Translated from French [Translator’s introduction: After President