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Rising Evictions Show the Priorities of This System
Millions are left vulnerable to eviction during a time when shelter is an even more important necessity …
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Whose Laws and Whose Order?
After weeks, and in some places months, of protests following the murder of George Floyd, …
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Public Transit in Crisis
Public transit, like the rest of our society is in an extraordinary crisis …
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Remembering the Legacy of John Lewis, Civil Rights Activist
John Lewis was a civil rights leader and activist that fought to end racial segregation in the United States …
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Biden’s Climate Plan Won’t Save Us
Joe Biden recently announced his policy proposals for addressing climate change. So what does this supposedly revolutionary plan entail? …
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Only One Abortion Provider in the Whole State!
In West Virginia, there is only one abortion care clinic to serve the population of the entire state …
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Removing Racist Team Names is Long Over Due: What’s Next?
For nearly ninety years, Native Americans have protested that a racist slur was the name and mascot of the Washington, D.C. NFL team …
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We Can Only Depend on Ourselves, Not the Courts
At the height of the recent Black Lives Matter protests, the Supreme Court ruled that doctors performing abortions did not have to have admitting rights at a nearby hospital …
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Who to Blame for California’s New Lockdown?
On Monday, July 13, with coronavirus cases in California rising steeply, Governor Gavin Newsom reintroduced some restrictions on the reopening …
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Maquilas and Coronavirus: Mexican Workers Fight U.S. Corporations and Government for the Right to Live
The southern side of the U.S.-Mexico border is dotted with maquilas – companies contracted with U.S. corporations to run factories employing workers at poverty wages …
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Supreme Court Fast-Tracks Oil and Gas Pipelines. Our Power to Stop Them Is Through Mobilizing.
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of oil and gas companies on Monday when they approved fast-track permitting for pipeline construction …
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San Francisco General Strike 86 Years Ago: The Power of Worker Solidarity
Eighty-six years ago, longshore workers all along the Pacific coast were on strike. …
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The 4th of July – Independence for Whom?
July 4, the United States celebrates Independence Day. But what does that mean? And independence for whom? …
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Bringing down the Statues that Glorify Racism
people across the country are focusing their anger on tearing down and demanding the removal of monuments and other symbols of the Confederacy …
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June 30, 1918: Eugene V. Debs Jailed for Opposing Imperialist Violence
“The master class has always declared the war, the subject class has always fought the battles …
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June 27, 1954: A Bloody CIA-Sponsored Coup in Guatemala
On June 27, 1954, the democratically elected president of Guatemala, Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán, was deposed in a CIA-sponsored coup to protect the profits of the United Fruit Company …
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We Must Go Beyond Defunding the Police
The question in front of us is whether we look to others for reforms or whether we stay mobilized and look to ourselves? …
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First Covid-19, and Now Hunger Too
Recent drone footage of New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, and Texas has shown long lines of people waiting to get a bit of food …
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Corporations Try to Exploit the Black Lives Matter Movement
In response to massive protests, riots, and ongoing fights against racist police brutality, companies and banks are posting public relations messages …
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Deep Fake Technology: A Dangerous Tool
An emerging trend for both the advertising and entertainment industries are edited videos known as deep fakes …
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The Price is Wrong: Vaccine for Profit
In the past several weeks, vaccine development in the U.S has gotten a lot of attention …
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The First “Pride” Was a Riot. Stonewall Uprising, June 28, 1969: We Remember.
Even though Pride is often viewed as a party or parade, its origins stem from a refusal to accept the police violence plaguing the LGBTQ community …
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Navajo Nation Tragedy: Not All Communities Suffer COVID-19 Equally
The Navajo Nation has suffered more COVID-19 cases than eight U.S. states combined …
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India: Capitalism and the Coronavirus Killing People
In late March, India implemented one of the world’s most severe lockdowns …
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California Budget Crisis: We Should Not Pay for the Crisis They Created!
As a result of the crippled economy and the costs ofresponding to the COVID-19 pandemic, state and local governments across the country face massive budget crises …
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Shelter-in-Place Crisis Hits Women Workers Hard
Everyone is affected by the pandemic, but women workers face a terrible combination of challenges. …
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UC Berkeley: No Cuts! No Furloughs!
As the pandemic continues, University of California is crying poor …
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2020 is on Track to be the Hottest Year in Human History
This year we will surpass 418 parts per million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere …
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Capitalism Drives Extinctions, but We Can Stop It
Climate disruption is just one of the ways human life is threatened due to the massive destruction to the environment …
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Tienanmen Square, China: 31 Years After a Massacre in the Struggle for Democracy
On June 4, protesters in Hong Kong held their annual vigil for the victims at Tienanmen Square …
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Cyclone Amphan: Not a “Natural” Disaster
Super Cyclone Amphan devastated parts of Bangladesh and India last week. …
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France: Back to School… Really?
Schools in France re-opened May 11, at least in the areas where the virus has spread the least …
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Yemen: Killing in the Name of Profit
American-made weapons are still killing thousands of innocent people in Yemen, a country experiencing one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises …
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Coronavirus, the Amazon Rainforest, and a World in Turmoil
Government-endorsed deforestation in the Amazon rainforest threatens genocide of indigenous communities while increasing the risk of more pandemics and wildfires. …
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Iraq: Mass Protests Flare Again in Spite of COVID-19
Mass protests have broken out again in Iraq after the nomination of a new prime minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi. …
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Researching COVID-19 – A Disorganized System Puts Profit Before People
World leaders held a virtual meeting on Monday, May 4, to raise funds for COVID-19 vaccine research. Notably absent were any representatives from the U.S. or Russia. …
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Lebanon: Massive Protests Continue Despite Pandemic
Huge, often violent, protests have rocked Lebanese cities in recent days. While the COVID-19 crisis may be a contributing factor, they are in fact a continuation of …
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COVID-19 in Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic has been slow to reach most of Africa compared to Europe and the United States. But that is changing. …
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Germany: Government and Bosses Use the Pandemic to Intensify Working Conditions
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, there have been many exceptions to the labor laws that have resulted in deteriorating working conditions for many. …
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Around the World: People Behind Bars Revolt Just to Live
Around the world, prisoners are stuck in overcrowded facilities where the risk of getting COVID-19 is high. …
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Why is Ecuador the Hardest-Hit Country in South America by COVID-19?
The deep social inequality in Ecuador is a key reason the country has been vulnerable to this pandemic …
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The Arabian Peninsula: Imperialism Prepared the Way for the Coming COVID-19 Crisis
By now, COVID-19 has spread around the world, to every continent where human beings live. …
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France: Little Confidence in the Government
Le Monde (the world), a French newspaper, reported on two recent polls of the French …
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The International Coronavirus
This post is translated from French from: https://www.convergencesrevolutionnaires.org/ Around the World in 20 minutes Sunday, …
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Brazil – The Most Inefficient President in the World Risks Workers’ Lives
Bolsonaro and the Brazilian bosses don’t think they need to pay attention to what ordinary working people need. …
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France: Die first, demand later?
Many workers are shocked that they are being made to return to work with promises of protective equipment when hospitals are short of it. …
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France: Our outrage!
“I am angry and I am outraged” is the cry from the heart of a psychologist from Mulhouse hospital …
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U.S. Sanctions Exacerbate the Coronavirus Crisis in Iran
Someone dies of coronavirus every ten minutes in Iran, according to the country’s health ministry. …
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France: Who Will Foot the Bill?
This post is translated from French from: https://www.convergencesrevolutionnaires.org/ Everybody trusts virologists, emergency doctors and biologists …
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France: After us, they have a go at our kids?
Coronavirus: inconsistencies at the top, discontent at the workplaces This post is translated from French …
