A single construction site in the Bronx, New York, serves as a reminder of the deadly toll that the capitalist system of production takes on human beings. The construction site is a five-story factory/warehouse, more than one hundred years old, that has been in...
The U.S. Southwest is continuing to experience the worst drought in over 1,000 years. In some places the average temperature has increased by more than two degrees Fahrenheit since the year 2000. This is causing lakes to dry up, electricity prices to skyrocket (since...
The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland ended on May 27. The conference – a group of capitalist billionaires and representatives from the governments that serve them – was marked by anxiety. The war in Ukraine has caused massive destruction and a spike in food...
Who profits off of inflation? Not workers whose real wages plunge as inflation ticks higher. Certainly not older people relying on fixed pensions. And definitely not new mothers who face high prices and shortages of baby formula. But one group benefits from inflation:...
May 23, 2022, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the NPA, Translated from French. Translator’s notes are in parentheses. The suspense surrounding the reshuffling of French cabinet ministers (since President Macron’s reelection) has...
