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 […]
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.
In One Year, the Wealth of Billionaires Increased by 16.5%
November 22, 2025 news brief from the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French. On the occasion of the G20 summit, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 22 and 23, the NGO (nongovernmental organization) Oxfam calculated that the wealth of billionaires living in these countries increased from $13.4 trillion to $15.6 trillion, […]
Amazon Plans to Automate Away Jobs
The New York Times reports that Amazon is planning to eventually replace 600,000 jobs with robots by 2033. Amazon’s robotics team has a goal of being able to automate 75% of its operations. If Amazon is successful in automating away blue-collar jobs, other companies such as Walmart and UPS are likely to do the same […]
Prop 50 Won’t Stop Trump—or the System That Created Him
In California, on November 4, voters are being asked to decide whether to approve a redistricting plan, Prop 50, in a special election, where it is the only statewide measure on the ballot. If passed, it would give the Democratic Party machine the right to redraw congressional voting districts in the state. That would give […]
When Government Shuts Down, Only Workers Pay
On October 1, 2025, the U.S. government shut down after Congress deadlocked over passing a bill to keep funding government services. As a result, hundreds of thousands of federal workers have been furloughed, while many others are working without pay. Millions who rely on public services like food assistance and housing aid are left in […]
In Direct Attacks, Trump Busts Our Unions
This past Labor Day the Trump administration hung an enormous banner over the front of the Labor Department building with the words, “American Workers First.” With banners like these and other staged events with working people standing behind him in their blue-collar work gear, the Trump administration works overtime to say how much it cares […]
Gen Z Movements Spark Across the World
Over the past month, we have seen massive protests in places like Nepal, Peru, Madagascar, and Morocco. Mostly organized by young people, these uprisings have been dubbed “Gen Z” movements, referring to the generation of people now in their early adulthood, born between 1997 and the early 2010s. Despite having their own unique context, each movement has taken […]
When Government Shuts Down, Only Workers Pay
While the government is shut down, money stops going to workers and services they need, while it continues going to the rich and military spending.
France: Social Regression is Not Negotiable – We Must Fight Back!
September 29, 2025 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French. For the past week, right-wing and far-right politicians have been rallying around Nicolas Sarkozy, a former French president found guilty of criminal conspiracy. These same people constantly call for making examples of punishments for petty crime, but cannot bear to […]
Trump’s Cuts Will Affect All of Us Everywhere
Since taking office in late January, Trump and his anti-worker bureaucrats have already begun to slash and burn many of the programs and resources that we need. Now that Congress has passed and Trump has signed into law what they called their “Big Beautiful Bill,” the larger cuts that we have all worried about are […]
Is Capitalist AI Threatening Our Jobs?
Dossier No. 37, June 26, 2025; this “dossier” is a collection of short articles by the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France (translated from French) Capitalists around the world are now betting on artificial intelligence (AI) in the hope of significant gains in labor productivity. The goal remains to replace some human labor with machines […]
Event Video: The Crisis of Capitalism Today with Dr. Richard Wolff (June 1, 2025)
Presentation Q&A Portion Speak Out Now organizes regular public townhalls as a means to present our ideas and activities. We frequently invite speakers who have an expertise in their field, which we do not have, or activists who have participated in social struggles where we were not present. We have had speakers both from the […]
Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Shows Whose Side He’s On…Again
The Republican crafted and Trump supported tax and budget bill passed by the House of Representatives and now going to the Senate for debate does many things. The bill keeps taxes low on the rich for years or decades to come and increases funding for the military and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Meanwhile […]
The Trump Family Gets Even Richer with the Presidency
Trump’s recent visit to the Middle East demonstrated clearly how Trump and his family are profiting like never before, receiving billions of dollars in new business deals with governments and investment funds in the region. What was presented as a diplomatic trip was, in reality, a business tour for his family. The money comes from […]
Trump’s Tariffs Are An Attack on Workers
On April 2nd, Trump announced a range of new tariffs on goods imported into the United States from almost every country in the world. The Trump administration has implemented a 10% baseline tariff on almost all goods imported into the U.S., with even higher “reciprocal tariffs” on goods from a select group of countries that […]
More Pain From Budget Cuts Will Hit Soon
As Trump has issued executive order after executive order and his billionaire bureaucrats have cut the federal workforce by tens of thousands, millions more are waiting anxiously for the pain to begin. While those who have lost their jobs are already feeling the emotional and financial stress of their loss, the rest of us know […]
Trump’s Cancellation of Union Contracts: An Assault on All Workers
On March 27, President Trump declared that a million federal workers would lose their collective bargaining rights. He claimed that the targeted workers are ineligible for union representation because their work involves national security. But the order extends far beyond that sector and includes workers at the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Environmental Protection Agency, […]
French Prime Minister Bayrou and the Budget: Charming the Markets, Cheating Workers
April 21, 2025 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French. Forty billion euros (more than 45 billion dollars). Last week, [French] Economy Minister Éric Lombard put a figure on the “additional efforts” to be made for the 2026 budget. The government is preparing to take these 40 billion from public […]
Tariffs And Trade Wars: Another Price For The Working Class To Pay
The Trump administration has been threatening and implementing tariffs and trade wars with Mexico, Canada, China, and the European Union, the top trading partners of the United States. Trump said in his State of the Union speech that there would be reciprocal tariffs for any country who lays tariffs on the United States. In retaliation, […]
Trump And Musk Make It Easier To Rip Us Off
In the recent slashing and burning of various government workers and agencies during the early days of the second Trump administration, one of the institutions targeted was the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The agency was created in 2008 in response to the subprime mortgage crash to create at least some guardrails to protect consumers […]
Consumers and Producers
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now newsletter for BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit), a rapid transit rail system in the San Francisco Bay Area Many people are wondering what they can do to oppose what is going on in Washington, D.C. There are small actions across the country. People are demonstrating against […]
Trump Election Made Ultra-Wealthy Wealthier
Trump’s election made the ultra-wealthy even wealthier, as the stock market anticipated higher profits under the Trump administration.
The Other Big Lies – Are Immigrants to Blame for Problems We Face?
Beginning in 2016, Donald Trump and the Republicans started attacking immigrants. Trump has said such racist statements as, “when Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best…they’re rapists,” and that “immigrants are poisoning the blood of the nation.” The Republicans and Trump scapegoat immigrants for the many problems we face, and now the hostility […]
For the Working Class, Not Harris or Trump
Both of the major political parties represent the capitalist class, not the working class.
Budget 2025: it’s up to us to make the rich pay
The French government has passed its 2025 budget, cutting public services and increasing military spending.
PG&E Increases Profits After Rate Hikes
PG&E’s profits predictably increased after they raised utility rates.
Economic Crises Drive Political Crises
Political and economic crises are often linked, not separate events.
The Supreme Court Says Homelessness is a Crime
The Supreme Court has ruled that local governments can punish people for being homeless.
Baltimore Bridge: May Update
Two months after the collision with the Key Bridge, the container ship Dali has been moved out of the way.
Drowning in Childcare Costs
Childcare has become unaffordable.
General Strike in Argentina
On May 9, Argentinian workers conducted a general strike against the policies of President Milei.
$600 Million is an Insult to East Palestine Residents!
Norfolk Southern, the rail company responsible for the massive train derailment in East Palestine in February 2023, agreed to pay $600 Million in a class-action lawsuit settlement on April 9, 2024. On the very same day, they announced their preliminary first quarter 2024 financial results: $3 Billion in revenue and nearly $1B in income (or […]
New Student Loan Relief Makes No Dent in Crisis
Biden announced a cancellation of $7.4 billion of student loan debt, but he is still part of the system that produced that debt in the first place
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 include the other necessities like heating, medical […]
Mergers: Another Attack on our Wallets
The largest grocery store merger in history is taking place between Albertsons and Kroger. These chains boast over 5,000 grocery stores in 48 states, and employ almost 700,000 people. These chains include Safeway, Ralphs, Kroger, and Vons. If this merger goes through it would be worth $24.6 billion and would cause 22% of the grocery […]
Let Them Sit In The Dark
PG&E is increasing rates to pay for infrastructure upgrades they should have done a long time ago.
The Bosses Expect the Next Ten Years to be “Turbulent”
Capitalists at the World Economic Forum predict worsening economic conditions over the next decade. If they have trouble keeping profits up, we, the working class, are the ones who they will punish.
In The Face of Global Crisis, What Did Biden and China’s President Xi Accomplish?
Biden and Xi met at APEC, but their meeting was more for optics than action.
Millions of Children Lose Medicaid Health Coverage
Since April, at least 2 million children have lost Medicaid health insurance throughout 21 U.S. states. The reports by researchers at the Georgetown Center for Children and Families and KFF, a health policy organization, sound the alarm of the declining health protections available for children in poverty. States are taking away Medicaid as the poverty rate for children doubled since 2022. Children and […]
336,000 New Jobs in September? Unemployment rate 3.4%? The Dismal Truth behind the Happy Headlines
The September jobs report from the U.S. government said that 336,000 new jobs were created last month, and that the official unemployment rate was steady at 3.4%. The job growth number was substantially higher than what economists had projected. However, as more details come out, these numbers don’t look so good for working people. 45% […]
A Government Shutdown Would Hurt Workers and Poor the Most
The immediate threat of a U.S. government shutdown that emerged in late September has been avoided for now. However, the short-term funding extension extends only through mid-November and the threat of lost wages for millions of workers and suspension of important services for millions of families continues to loom. Consequences could be disastrous for federal […]
Plutocrat’s rant is a warning
“We need to see pain in the economy,” said Australian multimillionaire Tim Gurner at a summit of plutocrats held last month in Sydney, Australia. Gurner argued that an increase in unemployment to “40 to 50 percent” is needed to make workers work harder. This is because Gurner believes that post-Covid “employees feel the employer is […]
An Economic Recovery … Of Profits
It seems like every day we are told how great the Biden administration has been for the economy. But it is only the super rich and the corporations that are doing great. Many corporations made record profits in the last two years, especially when inflation was at its peak. Their profits came down a little […]
Bernie Sanders Says, “Tax the Rich!” Yes, But How Much?
Bernie Sanders wants the rich to pay more taxes, aiming to support the working class and diminish the influence of billionaires. His proposal is to introduce an annual tax only for those with a net worth of more than $32 million. Sanders is definitely on to something. His website says: Over the last 30 years, the […]
France: Oppose “Social Dialogue” and Racist Provocations: Back to the Streets!
September 4, 2023 editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA). Translated from French. Profits are at record levels, the crisis is worsening, inflation is squeezing our budgets and wages are falling. The social climate is tense. Macron is doing his utmost to prevent demonstrations and strikes from […]
Student Loan Freeze Ends
People will soon be required to begin payments on student debt that they can’t afford.
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 group of 10 major hedge funds bought up huge amounts of wheat, corn and soybeans in the months leading up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A new report now […]
Fishing Ban in California
California has canceled salmon fishing season, as salmon populations have collapsed.
South Africans Take to the Streets
Tired of rampant corruption, energy shortages, poor standards of living, and now a partial government bailout of an ineffective energy company, many South Africans are protesting all these problems and demanding that their President, Cyril Ramaphosa, resign. The protests occurred Monday in the capital Johannesburg and dozens of other cities, and were organized by the […]