Speak Out Now National Newsletter: April 6, 2025
Download .pdf leafletDownload .pdf leaflet (Bay Area, California)Download .pdf leaflet (Baltimore, Maryland)Download .pdf leaflet (The Triangle, North Carolina) They Wage Endless Wars, We Pay the Price On April 1, the Trump administration posted a video from a White House luncheon, which was quickly taken down, where Trump made his plans loud and clear, saying: “It’s […]
Cuba: No to Compromises with Imperialism at the Expense of Workers!
Published on April 1, 2026 by the New Anticapitalist Party—Revolutionaries in France (translated from French) As we write these lines, Russian and Chinese vessels carrying oil and gas have been authorized by the U.S. Navy to dock in Cuba. While these deliveries will provide relief to the population for a month or two—and all the […]
A Review of Dolores, The Documentary
The 2017 Dolores documentary follows the life of organizer Dolores Huerta. Known for being the co-founder of the National Farm Worker’s Association (which would later become today’s United Farm Workers labor union), the film offers a sincere look at the great efforts she made to organize her communities and the unique struggles she faced as a Latina […]
Bloqueo No! Hands Off Cuba!
For decades, the small island nation just 90 miles off the coast of Florida has been a target of U.S. imperialism. With the Trump administration’s refocusing of U.S. operations to what Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has referred to as “our hemisphere,” threats to Cuba have steadily increased over the past months. The Cuban economy […]
Peru: Amid the Masquerade of the Next Elections, What Perspective for the Working Class?
The first round of Peru’s presidential election will take place on April 12th. With 38 candidates and the front runner in the polls barely exceeding 10 percent, the outcome is impossible to predict. Many Peruvians have no trust in this political spectacle: about 25 percent of voters plan to cast a blank or null ballot […]
Stronger Together
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Highland Hospital in Oakland, CA. Alameda Health System (AHS) workers are sometimes frustrated by the bureaucracy of their union SEIU, and talk about how it would be better to have a more democratic process. Workers dislike the “closed bargaining” practiced by SEIU, in […]
Unprecedented March Heat Wave Shatters Temperature Records in the Bay Area
A record-breaking heat wave swept across the Bay Area in March, shattering century-old temperature records. In San Francisco and Oakland, temperatures reached 90 and 88 degrees respectively, breaking previous records set in 1874 and 1970. In total, over a dozen cities saw their hottest March days on record. Meteorologists were stunned, with one noting, “We’ve never issued a heat advisory in […]
ICE Stokes Fear as TSA Workers Get Screwed
For nearly one month, about 50,000 workers from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) went without pay as their parent agency, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), had been under a partial funding freeze. This recent funding freeze comes after TSA agents were not paid for more than one month in the fall during an earlier […]
After No Kings Day, It’s Up to Us What Comes Next!
On Saturday, about 8 million people poured into the streets of over 3,300 cities across all 50 states for “No Kings!” demonstrations in opposition to the Trump administration. This was the 3rd and largest “No Kings!” protest since Trump’s second term started. Protests ranged from places like New York City, where over 350,000 marched, to […]
NYU Faculty Win New Contract
New York University faculty celebrated a major win on March 25th after reaching a tentative agreement following a two-day strike. Their new contract would provide a substantive 20% raise, bringing their salaries closer to meeting the cost of living in one of the world’s most expensive cities. If the contract is approved by union members, 95% […]
TSA, Police Help ICE in SFO Detainment
On Monday, two plainclothes ICE agents, dressed as travelers, detained a woman in front of her 9-year-old daughter in San Francisco International Airport (SFO). A video of the scene shows both the mother and child visibly distressed while the agents handcuff the woman. Observers recording the interaction repeatedly ask the officers to identify themselves by providing their […]
Deadly Expansion of ICE Detentions
As ICE and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) expand their operations and build a larger network of concentration camps nationwide, they have also become deadlier for those caught up in the system. The 32 deaths in custody that occurred in 2025 made it the deadliest year for ICE in more than two decades. So far […]
Solidarity with Meatpacking Workers in Colorado!
On Monday, March 16, meatpacking workers in Greeley, Colorado, began a two-week strike against Swift Beef Co. and Pilgrim’s Pride, the U.S.-based subsidiaries of JBS, the giant Brazilian meatpacking corporation. This is the first major strike in the U.S. meatpacking industry in four decades, since the hard-fought but failed Hormel strike in Austin, Minnesota in […]
One Month into Trump’s Bloody So-Called “Excursion”
It has been nearly one month since Trump’s administration, together with Israel, launched a war against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Since the war began, the lies and distortions coming from Trump’s mouth have been nearly endless. He declared war, and then said it’s not a war. He called for the overthrow of the Islamic […]
We Need to Stand Together! No Kings! No Billionaires! No ICE! No Wars!
This Saturday, March 28, people will be mobilizing in No Kings! No Billionaires! demonstrations across the country. Most of the focus will be on the actions of Trump and his administration. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of reasons for people to demonstrate their anger and opposition to the attacks we are facing. We are […]
Cesar Chavez Revelations – A Mirror of Society’s Values
The recent revelation of sexual abuse by Cesar Chavez is the latest example of a man misusing his power. Workers’ organizations need to remember that we are fighting to end all forms exploitation.
Another Abducted Child
As ICE continues to terrorize the country, another child has been abducted and deported – this time from our own backyard: Hayward, California. Six-year-old Joseph Andrey Londono Rodriguez was taken by ICE and sent to Colombia after his mother was arrested in San Francisco on March 3rd. Joseph, who is deaf, was deported without critical assistive […]
Iranian Oil Fields Bombed – The Devastating Health and Environmental Toll of War
In the aftermath of the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iranian oil deposits two weekends ago, black rain fell over parts of Iran. Iranians also reported having headaches and witnessing what some called “acid rain” falling on buildings and cars. Inhaling particles from the smoke created from the oil field bombing could be extremely toxic, especially for people with […]
Billionaires Buying Our Elections
A New York Times analysis this month found that just 300 billionaires and their immediate family members made 19% of all U.S. federal campaign contributions in 2024. Each billionaire donated about as much as 100,000 typical donors combined. This accounting of their contributions is likely an underestimate, as it does not include donations made through […]
Layoffs Delayed to June 30th!
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Highland Hospital in Oakland, CA. AHS workers have been showing up and speaking out against the cuts to services and layoffs planned throughout our healthcare system. We organized with each other, reached out to the public, and made our voices too loud to […]
The Useful Opposition: How Democrats Benefit from a War They Claim to Hate
The Democrats may put on a show of opposing Trump’s war on Iran, but their criticism amounts to opposing how the war is conducted, rather than the war itself.
Their Brutal War Shows the Priorities of Their System
This devastating war on the people of Iran by the murderous regimes of the U.S. and Israel has continued for two weeks, hitting over 6,000 locations across Iran, killing over one thousand civilians and displacing an estimated 3.2 million people. They have struck an elementary school for girls, killing at least 170 people, mostly young […]
Country Joe McDonald – A Voice of the Anti-War Movement
Country Joe McDonald passed away on March 7, 2026 at the age of 84. He was a hugely prolific singer and songwriter, an important figure, along with his band Country Joe and the Fish, in the Bay Area psychedelic rock scene of the 1960s, and is known most for his anti-war protest anthem “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag,” […]
AI-Generated Content & Misinformation Rampant After US Attacks Iran
In the wake of recent U.S. military strikes against Iran, social media platforms have become battlegrounds for disinformation. While the initial uptick in fake and AI-generated images happened during the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war, the war with Iran marks a dangerous evolution in disinformation. High-quality artificial intelligence tools that weren’t readily available in 2022 are now […]
U.S. and Israeli Attack on the People of Iran is Built on Lies
The current war against Iran by the United States and Israel has been a huge disaster for the people of Iran as well as throughout the region. Thousands of people in Iran and the Gulf States have been killed. Donald Trump has declared he is not interested in making any deal with Iran and that […]
Paramount-Warner-Brothers Merger Continues Media Centralization
After months of a back-and-forth bidding war between Netflix and Paramount-Skydance, Netflix last week chose not to counter Paramount-Skydance’s latest offer for Warner Bros. Discovery, paving the way for these two giant media companies to merge. While Paramount-Skydance is a social media/entertainment entity, the financing for the deal comes mostly from Oracle, an I.T. giant […]
Trump’s War Plan – Imperialist Fantasy Versus Bloody Reality
Trump claimed he could quickly accomplish his imperialist goals in Iran, but this is not likely.
Recent Layoffs are a Normal Part of the System
Layoffs in recent months are a normal part of capitalism, which is why this system needs to go.
A War on the World and A War on Us
The U.S. is carrying out another massive attack on the people of the Middle East. Trump has declared that he is going to change the ruling regime of Iran. The U.S. military, along with Israel, has carried out massive bombing and missile attacks across Iran. Israel is also carrying out a massive bombing in Lebanon […]
Kaiser: Another Long Strike is Over, What Happens When It’s Your Turn?
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser Oakland in Oakland, CA. After four weeks on the picket line, the strike by UNAC/UHCP workers was called off last week (week of 2/23). While UNAC/UHCP leadership cited significant progress at the bargaining table as the reason for returning to work, including […]
San Francisco Mayor Says: More Cops, Less of Everything Else
The San Francisco Bay Area is one of the wealthiest and most productive economic areas in the whole world. Its working people are in a constant state of crisis and forced to endure wave after wave of austerity. San Francisco public schools face layoffs and school closures, even before teachers were forced to strike for modest […]
The Voice of Hind Rajab Speaks to us All
At a time when the genocide in Gaza has fallen off the front page of the news, Director Kaouther Ben Hania’s film The Voice of Hind Rajab compels us to confront the ongoing violence against the Palestinian people. The film tells the true story of a five-year-old Palestinian girl named Hind who is trapped alone in a […]
Iran and 125 Years of Imperialism
An earlier version of this article was published here on July 2, 2025. The Iranian nation-state, presently under attack by both Israel and the United States, has a long history as an object of imperialist aggression. Although the degree to which western powers were able to influence and dominate Iran has varied, since approximately 1900 […]
Iran Timeline: A History of Imperialist Aggression
The U.S. attack on Iran in 2026 is only the latest in decades of U.S. aggression against that country. U.S. imperialism, whether directed by the Democratic Party or the Republican Party, has worked tirelessly to dominate Iran and control its resources. This current war has nothing to do with protecting the U.S. or defending any […]
ICE in Minnesota – It’s Not Over
On February 12th, “Border Czar” Tom Homan announced the end of Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota. This drawing back of forces is the result of the very public and visible refusal by the people of the Twin Cities to stand by while their neighbors were brutalized and kidnapped. But over two weeks later, has ICE […]
Lawsuit Alleges that Meta Fails to Protect Youth
In February 2026, a 20-year-old California woman known in court as Kaley G.M. testified in a major trial against Meta Platforms and Google. She argues that Instagram and YouTube were designed in ways that made her addicted as a child, harming her mental health. Kaley said she began using YouTube at age 6 and Instagram at 9, […]
No to U.S.-Israel War on the People of Iran!
Together with Israel, the United States began its murderous bombing campaign against the people of Iran. A day after the strikes began, Trump announced that Iran’s leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed along with several other key military and political leaders of Iran. Thus far, the U.S. and Israel have bombed over 2,000 targets in […]
“It Is Our Duty to Fight for Our Freedom” – The Revolutionary Life of Assata Shakur
Assata Shakur was a lifelong fighter for Black liberation.
France: Against the Far Right: Advancing a Revolutionary Alternative
February 16, 2026 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French. The death of Quentin Deranque, a racist and fundamentalist far-right activist, has been used to justify a sweeping campaign of lies, insults, and smears. Media outlets and politicians—from the far right to the mainstream right and even parts of the […]
The United States Tightens the Noose Around Cuba’s Neck – We Must Say “NO!”
On January 29th, Donald Trump issued an executive order titled, “Addressing Threats To The United States By The Government Of Cuba.” The executive order threatened massive tariffs on any country that provides oil to Cuba, arguing that Cuba somehow poses a serious national security threat to the United States and citing the Cuban government’s alleged […]
The Epstein Files: Abuse, Power, and No Consequences
What we are seeing with the latest release from the Epstein files is not a breakthrough, but a burial. As of January 30, 3.5 million pages are now public, but no prosecutions, reforms, or consequences have come with them. This is not an accident. The release has been carefully separated from real justice, trying to […]
Trump Administration Gives a Green Light to Poisoning the World Faster
On February 12, President Trump and Lee Zeldin, the head of his Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), announced that the agency would no longer recognize the “endangerment rule,” a 2010 EPA decision that climate change is a danger to both human health and the environment. This announcement flies in the face of decades of agreement by […]
India: Another Mass Strike Shows Potential Power
On February 12, at least 300 million people took to the streets in India for a one-day strike. They were taking organized action in opposition to changes to labor laws and recent trade deals with the U.S., New Zealand, and European Union (E.U.). The strike brought together farmers and a diverse range of workers to […]
Black History Month and Self-Liberation
During Black History Month, our attention often focuses on the stories and achievements of great leaders. But those leaders are famous only because of the activism of masses of people for their own liberation. Freedom for Black people in the United States and across the Americas was not won by politicians’ speeches, laws, or reform. […]
Billionaires Create the Chaos. We Can Stop It!
Everywhere we look, the U.S. government and the billionaires they serve are attacking us day after day. They are slashing budgets and cutting our social safety nets, working to replace jobs with AI and robots, cutting regulations to dig for and use more climate-destroying fossil fuels, and laying siege to cities with armed, masked ICE […]
AHS Publishes List of Proposed Closures
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Highland Hospital in Oakland, CA. As required by state law, AHS executives published a list of the proposed closures and elimination of services they are planning in the ongoing layoffs. This 59-page document includes the elimination of outpatient behavioral health services, the closure […]
The Hidden Labor Behind Waymo’s “Self-Driving” Cars
During a U.S. Senate hearing on February 4, Waymo disclosed that it relies on remote workers in the Philippines to assist its self-driving vehicles with navigation. When a Waymo car encounters a complex or ambiguous situation on the road, it can reach out to a human remote operator for guidance on interpreting its surrounding environment. […]
Mistrial Declared in Case Against Pro-Palestine Stanford Students
The trial against Stanford students who participated in a pro-Palestine protest in June 2024 began earlier this year. Five students were charged with felony conspiracy to trespass and vandalism for occupying the office of the university’s president. This case stood out not just for the severity of the charges, but for the disparity between the alleged damage […]
Teachers Forced to Strike for Marginal Gains
After four days on the picket line, February 9-12, the United Educators of San Francisco ended their strike. The results? Teachers got a 5% raise over two years, while para-educators got a 8.5% raise. In addition, starting in January 2027, all 6,500 members of the SF teachers union and their families will have 100% of their health care covered by San […]
Kaiser UNAC/UHCP Strike: An Injury to One is an Injury to All!
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser Oakland in Oakland, CA. It is now the fourth week of the UNAC/UHCP strike, and while many workers are still standing strong on the picket line, many are also feeling the economic pressure to return to work. Last week, reinforcements briefly arrived […]