Speak Out Now General Newsletter: March 17, 2024

Speak Out Now General Newsletter: March 17, 2024

Download .pdf leaflet Corporations Report Record Profits by Squeezing Working People Looking at prices for basic necessities can make you want to cry. Since 2019, gas and housing costs are up 21%, a gallon of milk is up 30%, and a dozen eggs is up 97%. This doesn’t...
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...