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Safety – It’s On Who?
The following is reprinted from Speak Out Now’s workplace newsletter at Bay Area Rapid Transit …
Month: April 2023
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Mississippi Police Laws Stifle Democracy in Jackson
Two new laws passed by the Mississippi legislature and signed into law by the governor …
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Rockridge Trader Joes and the Difficulty of a Contract
Workers at the Rockridge Trader Joe’s in Oakland, California, voted on April 20 in favor …
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Yes, It’s The System
The following is reprinted from Speak Out Now’s workplace newsletter at Bay Area Rapid Transit …
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Racist Antioch Police
“This… is the most pervasive racial hatred case I’ve ever been involved in…This conduct itself …
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Biden Power Plant Proposal – Not Nearly Enough
Over the weekend news broke that the Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden administration will, for the first …
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Tesla-Linked Project Threatens Indigenous Populations in Indonesia
On Halmahera island in Indonesia, nickel mining operations are threatening the territory of one of world’s …
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CSX in Baltimore: A Dangerous Place to Work
The December 2021 explosion at the CSX coal pier in the Curtis Bay neighborhood of …
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Sudan: Heading Towards a New Civil War?
This is a translation of an article that appeared in Prensa Obrera on April 17, …
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France: Macron’s Sound, Our Fury: The Pension Struggle Continues, and Will Continue!
April 24, 2023, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New …
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30 Years After LGBTQ March on Washington: We Are Still Fighting for Freedom
The March On April 25, 1993, more than a million people participated in a March …
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The Shooting of Ralph Yarl
The shooting of Ralph Yarl and the delay in charging the shooter show the toxic effects of racism in the U.S. …
Editorials
May Day: Celebrate Workers’ Power and Possibilities
May Day was established as an international holiday in 1889 to honor the struggles and …
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Curtis Bay: A Community Fights against Deadly “Sacrifice Zone” in Baltimore
Across the Patapsco River from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor tourist district lie the former neighborhoods of …
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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 …
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Massive Catholic Church Child Sexual Abuse in Baltimore Area Documented; But Where is the Justice?
Earlier this month, the Maryland Attorney General’s office released an explicit, brutal, and horrifying report …
Artículos en Español
Su sistema está destruyendo nuestro mundo
Desde 1970, el Día de la Tierra ha sido el día en que millones de …
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Clarence Thomas and the Courts for the Rich
ProPublica recently revealed that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has for decades received luxury trips …
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France: The More Macron Talks, The Less We Listen
April 18, 2023, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New …
Editorials
Their System is Destroying Our World
Since 1970, Earth Day has been the day millions of people around the world demonstrate …
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Greg Abbott Green-Lights Far-Right Violence
The Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, is “working as swiftly as Texas law allows” to …
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China Military Drills – Dangerous Friction with U.S. Empire
Last week, China held three days of combat drills in the South China Sea, simulating …
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The Israeli Occupation of Palestine is the Source of Violence
The Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem has seen tense standoffs and clashes between Muslim worshipers and …
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Tennessee Republicans Up the Ante on Political Repression
On April 6, Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives upped the ante on political …
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Determined Until the Withdrawal of the Pension Reform!
April 10, 2023 Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the NPA. …
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People in Greece Rise Up Against Austerity after Tragedy
Greece has been rocked by protests for the past several weeks in response to a train crash …
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Right-Wing Courts Move to Ban Medication Abortion Nationwide
Last week in Texas, a Trump-appointed judge placed a nationwide ban on the use of …
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Exposed! Railroads Bosses’ Dirty Tactics to Make Sick Workers Stay on the Job
Union Pacific Railroad (UP) routinely employs private investigators to find a pretext for firing employees …
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Academic Workers Strike in New Jersey
On Monday morning, nearly 9,000 tenured professors, part-time lecturers and graduate student workers went on …
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We Still Need a Health Safety Net
The U.S. is rolling back Medicaid benefits, but we still need healthcare! …
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Finland joins NATO – Militarism in Eastern Europe on the Rise
Finland has joined NATO, the alliance through which the U.S. advances its military interests. …
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Fallujah, Iraq – Fallout from the Iraq War
Fallujah, Iraq remains polluted by radioactive weapons used decades ago by the U.S. military. …
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Fishing Ban in California
California has canceled salmon fishing season, as salmon populations have collapsed. …
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Trans Day of Visibility
Transgender Day of Visibility is now more important than ever, as the far-right pushes anti-trans laws and rhetoric. …
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50 Massive Tornadoes Destroy Communities in Two Days
Last week over 50 massive tornadoes swept across the southern and eastern parts of the …
Baltimore Events
Online May Day Celebration: Sat. May 6 at 11am (pdt)/2pm (edt)
May Day is the celebration of the global struggles of the working class in the …
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Mask & COVID Vaccine Mandates Ending April 3!
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland …
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The Indictment of Trump: What Can Come From This Media Circus?
Yesterday, Donald Trump was charged with 34 felony counts for falsifying business records around hush …
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The “Freedom” to Die Young: U.S. Declining Life Expectancy
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) recently published a paper that sounded the alarm about …
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France: Now and Forever – Let’s Fight Until Total Withdrawal of the Reform!
In France, fight until the pension reform is withdrawn! …
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Big Business Attacks Child Labor Laws
Reported violations of state and federal child labor laws are on the rise nationwide. From …
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Michelangelo’s Statue of David is Too Hot for Florida
In Tallahassee Florida, parents forced a school to fire its principal because of a famous …
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Biden Overrules Anti-Racist Legislation in D.C.
On March 20th, Biden signed into law a bill passed by Congress, including most Republicans …
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France: What Perspectives can Revolutionaries Advance in the Movement?
The following is a translation of a perspective written by the Etincelle tendency of the …
International
International Solidarity
March 30, 2023, from the Étincelle fraction of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) in France. …
En Español
Francia: la clase obrera puede decidir su futuro
Durante meses, desde mediados de enero, ha habido huelgas y movilizaciones continuas en Francia. Ha …
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For Efficiency, Cigna Health Insurance Just Says NO!
Cigna health insurance has an efficient system to process claims quickly and easily: they just …
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Flooding in California Hits Farmworkers Hard
In the past 4 months, California has seen wave after wave of rain, drenching the …