Month: February 2022

We have more in common with the working people of Russia and Ukraine than we do with the U.S. government and the interests it represents. We need to oppose this war, talk with those we know and also stand up and demonstrate against this war. …

Imagine: a country with an inspiring history of revolt and resistance, caught in the claws …

According to new research, getting Covid puts you at greater risk for developing a new …

We need to raise our voices in support of the Ukrainian people — not the big powers that are locked in a struggle for control and domination of the region. We cannot ignore the plight of the people of the region. To be silent is to give consent. …

Last week, thousands of nurses across roughly 150 hospitals went on strike in New South …

This article is translated from an article posted Feb. 17 on convergencesrevolutionnaires.org, the website of …

Economic inequalities are still distributed by race today. …

UCLA students won safety measures after a 16-day sit-in. …

Biden has announced the intent of the U.S. government to steal of billions of dollars from the Afghan people. …

Biden’s administration is proposing another high military budget for 2023, showing the priorities of the ruling class. …

On Friday, February 18th, the majority of the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) Board voted, for the third time, to close and merge schools in the next two years …

Where has the extra money you’ve been paying for gas gone? To oil company shareholders! …

California extended COVID sick leave for workers until September 30, but 1 in 4 workers are excluded from it. …

Today, February 20th is the anniversary of Fredrick Douglass’s death. Douglass was a former slave who became an important figure in the struggle for the abolition of slavery. …

While politicians in the United States are always talking about how our society is based …

80 years ago, on February 19, 1942, Executive Order 9066 was signed by President Franklin …

After eight months of research, a small company, Afrigen Biologics, has reverse-engineered the Moderna vaccine. …

Looking at the tension between Russia and Ukraine, it seems very easy to identify Putin …

330 truck drivers, concrete pourers, technicians, mechanics, and yard workers have been on strike since …

BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) management is warning that without additional funding, BART will start …

All across the country, amid the rise in Covid patients, medical facilities have been calling …

En todo el país, los demócratas, los republicanos y los medios de comunicación se apresuran …

Democrats in the California State Assembly killed a single-payer health care bill, showing where their priorities lie. …

A review of the docuseries We Need to Talk About Cosby, and the social issues it raises. …

In these protests we can see a glimpse of how people, especially those working in strategic industries like transportation, could pressure those in power to respond to our demands. …

Thousands of people in Brazil protested against the murder of Moise Kabagambe, a Congolese immigrant. …

The EU wants to transition to nuclear and natural gas energy sources. …

A report on the economic situation and living conditions in Pakistan. …

This is what’s normal for their capitalist system, where normal has been the problem to begin with. Whether we accept a return to this normal or strive to bring about a new one will be up to us. …

From coast to coast, we have seen students list their demands for safe schools and stage walkouts, refusing to accept the breadcrumbs the people in power have tossed them. …

There is a famine in northern Ethiopia. In the Tigray, Afar and Amhara regions, over …

Cities all over America are spending billions of dollars on new infrastructure to improve water …

This Sunday, Feb. 13, the Super Bowl will take place in Los Angeles, featuring the …

On Feb. 4, more than five thousand teachers took to the streets in Puerto Rico …

In 2016, amid an epidemic of police shootings of Black people, NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick began a series of protests on the field, refusing to stand during the U.S. national anthem. …

The struggle to keep the school doors open may not be easy, but it is winnable. But it will take an even larger, more organized and continued mobilization by Oakland parents, students, teachers and staff to win this fight. …

Newark’s Penn Station is practically a homeless shelter, and the local politicians’ attempts at addressing it do not get to the root of the problem. …

Workers at Golden Gate Transit have voted to authorize a strike. …

UC students skipped class last week to protest the administration’s reopening policies. …

Healthcare workers continue to face the reality of Covid during the Omicron wave. …

This article was written by Jules Boycoff and originally published at jacobinmag.com on February 4, …

A scandal has started in France about the quality of care in Orpea nursing homes. …

Brian Flores has made public the racist hiring practices of the NFL. …

Black History Month is a reminder to look to the past and to make our own history. …

Any celebrations about the killing of ISIS leaders miss the fact that ISIS would not exist without the presence of U.S. imperialism in the Middle East. …

On Tuesday, Feb.1 a nationwide “silent strike” took over the streets of Myanmar to honor the one-year anniversary of the fight against the military takeover, of Feb. 1, 2021. …

As Johns Hopkins University (JHU) is finishing its second week of the current semester, it …

Maybe you’ve heard of coral reef death or bleaching, but do you understand what coral …