Health Care

Activists defend clinic from anti-abortion fascistsActivists defend clinic from anti-abortion fascists

Activists defend clinic from anti-abortion fascists

On the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision, which led to the imposition of anti-abortion laws and emboldened the right…

July 7, 2023
Profiteering from drug addiction: a crimeProfiteering from drug addiction: a crime

Profiteering from drug addiction: a crime

In the United States, almost every aspect of the medical field is controlled by capitalist interests. This is true for…

July 4, 2023
PDX maintenance workers “Sit Down! Fight Back!”PDX maintenance workers “Sit Down! Fight Back!”

PDX maintenance workers “Sit Down! Fight Back!”

Portland, Oregon  “We won’t stand for it!”  Portland Airport (PDX) wheelchair attendants, baggage and service workers, cabin cleaners and janitors…

July 1, 2023
Microaggressions in the prisonsMicroaggressions in the prisons

Microaggressions in the prisons

By Cindy Lou By this time we are all too familiar with the horrific violence and racist oppression that takes…

June 30, 2023
ON STRIKE: 1,800 Portland Prudential nursesON STRIKE: 1,800 Portland Prudential nurses

ON STRIKE: 1,800 Portland Prudential nurses

Portland, Oregon Nurses and clinicians marched off the job June 19 for a weeklong strike after an overwhelming 97% strike…

June 30, 2023
‘Enough is Enough’ – National Day of Action Organized by Nurses’ Union‘Enough is Enough’ – National Day of Action Organized by Nurses’ Union

‘Enough is Enough’ – National Day of Action Organized by Nurses’ Union

Thousands of nurses in hospitals across the U.S., represented by National Nurses United, participated in the union’s National Day of…

June 19, 2023
Confront the class behind climate change!Confront the class behind climate change!

Confront the class behind climate change!

Buffalo, New York I returned on June 1 from a delegation to the People’s Republic of China, landing in JFK…

June 12, 2023
UPenn: Stop Wright 4 clinic closingUPenn: Stop Wright 4 clinic closing

UPenn: Stop Wright 4 clinic closing

Philadelphia Health workers and community activists gathered in front of the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (PPMC) June 1 to protest…

June 10, 2023
Mass anger in Haiti Mass anger in Haiti 

Mass anger in Haiti 

Millions of Haitians regularly don’t get enough to eat. They have access only to dirty, contaminated water. The turmoil of…

June 9, 2023
Debt ceiling bill worsens national food crisisDebt ceiling bill worsens national food crisis

Debt ceiling bill worsens national food crisis

Boston Amid ongoing austerity, workers and other marginalized communities in the U.S. are suffering from a crisis of chronic food…

June 5, 2023