The Black Panther Party: A Brief History and Lessons for Today
The Black Panther Party (BPP) was founded in the fall of 1966 in Oakland, California, …
The Black Panther Party (BPP) was founded in the fall of 1966 in Oakland, California, …
A recent report has been released, that reviewed data from the Environmental Protection Agency, and …
A new report released last week in the journal Science reminded us that ExxonMobil scientists …
Our future can feel insecure and out of our control during these times. But, as …
(This is a slightly updated reprint of a 2020 article by Speak Out Now.) Monday, …
Labor Day is supposedly a time to celebrate working people. Politicians often make cynical speeches …
On August 8, the FBI carried out an unprecedented raid on Donald Trump’s home in …
The Democrats and their supporters are trying to paint the passage of the Inflation Reduction …
Workers at UPS and Amazon have been dying of extreme heat, while the companies make profit. …
After weeks of nationally televised and publicized hearings, the January 6 House Committee has laid …
This year’s Labor Notes Conference in Chicago brought a record number of activists and rank …
At a time when women around the world are winning the right to access legal …
On Saturday, June 18, thousands came to the mall in Washington, D.C., to protest poverty …
This is the June 6, 2022 Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of L’étincelle, fraction of …
The U.S. Southwest continues to experience drought, with adverse effects on people and ecosystems. This has been caused by the capitalist system, which continues to emit greenhouse gases for profit. …
On April 6, Governor Greg Abbott of Texas imposed an outrageous order requiring additional and …
Workers at the Richmond Chevron refinery have been on strike for a month. Chevron has brought in less skilled replacement workers, causing instances of polluting flaring. …
Russia’s war on Ukraine marks the beginning of a new era of intensified global conflict — a rivalry of imperialist powers, what some call “the great power competition” of a multi-polar world, between the U.S. and Europe on the one hand and Russia and China on the other. This is a competition to redivide the world into new spheres of influence, for new terms in the global arrangement of economic and military domination. …
BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) management is warning that without additional funding, BART will start …
Students and graduates today face a massive burden of debt, while the government, banks, and loan servicers profit. …
As the world slowly moves toward the use of electric vehicles (EVs) to belatedly address the climate crises, the mine workers of the Democratic Republic of Congo are feeling the pressure. …
This whole budget process is just another reminder that under this system democracy does work — for the ruling class. But it is a total sham for everyone else. …
In 1956, the Hungarian masses of working people fought courageously, not for the implementation of capitalism, or a brutal rule by “socialist” or “communist” party bureaucrats, but for socialism built on their own genuine power as workers. …
Biden’s speech at the U.N. General Assembly discussed some of the world’s most urgent problems, but presented no actual solutions. …
Due the extreme drought, across creeks in Northern California lay rotting carcasses of the Chinook salmon, a fish that historically would rest for weeks in these waters after completing their upstream journey. …
Environmental activist Jessica Reznicek was sentenced to 8 years in prison as a “terrorist” for sabotaging the Dakota Access pipeline. …
On the question of immigration, the first seven months of the Biden presidency show little change from the Trump years.
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Biden’s “bipartisan” infrastructure plan is useless when considering the climate crisis. …
As global heating continues, wildfires of unprecedented scope and devastation are blazing in many countries. …
The pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson recently announced that it reached a $230 million settlement with New York State after being sued for its role in creating the opioid crisis. But what is justice in this system? …
Pride is much more than a festival. Most importantly, it’s a time to commemorate the …
The French New Anticapitalist Party is currently debating which platform to adopt regarding the next …
After a person attacked a police officer with a knife in France, the French politicians are proposing remedies that don’t address the root cause of such violence. …
Who Is Responsible for the Crises Today? For over a year now, we have faced …
We can’t rely on capitalists to stop building oil pipelines. Only a mass movement can. …
On Earth Day, remember that the environmental crisis facing our planet is ultimately caused by capitalism. …
Many are celebrating what is hoped to be the end of Trump’s presidency. And many …
International Revolutionary Convergence V.1, Aug. 2020 [this article has been translated from French] In the …
Monday, October 12 is Indigenous People’s Day, but the longstanding American tradition is to celebrate it as Columbus Day. …
We must be the generation to decide we will end systemic racism and save our planet. …
The brutal murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis cops turned out to be the last straw for hundreds of thousands of people in the United States. …
We’re only halfway through the year and 2020 is already expected to break global temperature records. …
On March 25, the EPA announced it is rolling back environmental protections in response to the coronavirus. …
California’s roughly 400,000 agricultural workers are deemed essential, but often without proper safety measures or guaranteed benefits …
Truckers and warehouse workers at UPS and FedEx feel they have not choice but to keep showing up, even with coronavirus-like sypmtoms …
The Trump presidency has helped create a climate of disorientation and crisis here and around the world. The Democrats promise to fix the broken system, or they just assume that people who are sickened by Trump will put their hopes in a Democratic candidate — no matter who it is. …
Many people are looking at the primary election on March 3, Super Tuesday, as a …
The Trump presidency has helped create a climate of disorientation and crisis here and around …
The fires raging in Australia since December are the most recent face of the climate …
Marine Le Pen is happy: her party (RN) got the most votes at the European …
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