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- California: Cuts To Benefits in the Golden State
California is currently implementing budget reductions to the extent of $4.1 billion for its Medi-Cal (Medicaid) program, as well as reductions in the Food Stamp program due to end of… - UAW Strike Continues
Connolly This was written prior to the tentative agreement between Ford and the UAW. We intend to take a deep look into the agreement to further study how the tactics… - Witchy, Red, & Trans: On The Rise of Christian Nationalism in America
by Mx. Eric Zann “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.” ~ Karl Marx “Today we are engaged in a final, all-out battle between communistic atheism and Christianity.… - The Attitude of Communists and The Use of Insults in Our Work
by James Ruthenberg When you think of a communist what do you think of? When asking other communists, the response would likely be a highly respected person with a range… - ACB Delegate Report from the First Congress of The People’s Revolutionary Party (PRP)
Delegate: Josh Porter (August 19) Location: Teleconference Dates: August 18 & 19, 2023 Preface: The opinions contained within this report represent those of the delegate who attended the Congress and… - UAW Strike Commences
By G.G. Zangar At midnight on September 15, 2023, the President of the United Auto Workers Union (UAW), Shawn Fain called on previously selected facilities to commence a historic strike… - Teamsters, UPS Workers Reach Tentative Deal to Avoid an Immediate Strike
By Scott Moran UPS workers represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters reached a tentative deal to avoid a worker strike that would have started on August 1st, 2023. The… - Remembering Allende’s Chile: 50-Year Anniversary
by Daemon Rounds On this day 50 years ago, socialist president Salvador Allende ended his own life amidst a violent coup d’état led by the military commander-in-chief, Augusto Pinochet, with… - What is the National Health Service?
By Joseph Hancock — Editor, Labor Today International The best example of what a national health service is can be found in England. At the end of WWII, the big… - AMOC Collapse, Imminent Global Starvation, & the Imperative for Revolution
by G.G. Zangar It is necessary to bring to the attention of Communists, non-communists, anticommunists, and everyone in between, what is arguably the most pressing situation of our lives. The… - Negotiations resume in the SoCal Hotel Strike
By Joseph F. Hancock Negotiations resumed on Tuesday, June 18th for the approximately 15,000 workers represented by UNITE HERE Local 11 and employed by some of the largest hotel employers-including… - Freedom for Simón Trinidad!
by the New Worker Editorial Board Preface: We are republishing the article “Freedom for Simón Trinidad!” which was originally published by the Communist Workers’ Platform USA (CWP) via their central organ, New… - Interview with Ángel Chávez, director of El Machete (The Machete), the organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Mexico (PCM)
Preface: The New Spark Editorial Board is publishing a translation of an interview that we recently conducted with the Editor of the central organ of the Communist Party of Mexico… - Yemen, a Country in Crisis
by Heather Morgan, Red Spectre Writer[1] Preface: In our ongoing effort to provide a repository for Marxist-Leninist press, we are pleased to present our first approved submission to New Spark… - A “Left-Turn” in the Climate Struggle
by G.G. Zangar The struggle on climate action is one that has been mired in controversy through concerted disinformation campaigns for many years now. The purpose of this article is… - ILWU Update on Contract Talks: Tentative Agreement Reached
By Kelly McConnell SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) announced that it has reached a tentative agreement with the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) on a… - Joint Statement of Solidarity With the Communist Party of Venezuela
Preface: We are republishing the Joint Statement of Solidarity With the Communist Party of Venezuela between the Communist Workers Platform USA (CWP) and the American Council of Bolsheviks (ACB). This… - Immediate Tasks of the ACBApproved by the ACB’s General Membership Preface: New Spark is publishing the Immediate Tasks of the ACB, a document approved in April 2023 by the ACB’s membership that outlines the…
- Trouble in Putin’s Paradise: Wagner Mercenaries Rise Up In Defiance of Russian Ministry of Defense
By Francis Acadian On the 23rd of June, following an alleged missile strike on a Wagner Private Military Corporation (PMC) camp in southern Ukraine by the Russian Ministry of Defense,… - The Proletarian Struggle in Kazakhstan
by G.G. Zangar According to Socialism Betrayed, Kazakhstan played a big role in catalyzing the downfall of the Soviet Union in response to Gorbachev’s gross neglect of the national question… - Colonialism Continues as Supreme Court Eyes ICWA
By El Camarada and Auberon In June 2016, two white evangelical Americans, Chad, and Jennifer Brackeen, attempted to adopt a 10-month-old Navajo boy after his Navajo mother was found to… - Why Communists and The Working Class Must Fight to Expand Our Benefits
by Kelly McConnell and Joseph Hancock Part One: National Health Service (The Time Has Come…) At the end of the victory over German fascism in 1945 Winston Churchill, Franklin D.… - New Spark May Day Statement 2023
By the New Spark Editorial Board Today we celebrate May Day, a day of incredible historical significance for all working people. But this day holds a particular significance for American… - United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) Calls for the Nationalization of US Railroads
by Auberon On January 30th, 2023, the UE General Executive Board published a statement on their website titled “Railroads Must Be Brought Under Public Ownership,” which called for the nationalization… - Bank Collapses Indicate the Deepening of the Capitalist Crisis
by G.G. Zangar On Friday, March 10th, the sixteenth largest bank in the United States, Silicon Valley Bank, fell victim to the profession’s oldest malady; a classic bank run. As… - East Palestine Ohio Train Derailment
by Scott Moran & Sydney Daeng This article is based on the current information available to the public. On February 3rd, 2023, a massive 150-car train, operated by Norfolk Southern… - Can Unity be Made Between ACB and CWP?
By Auberon For some time now, ever since the founding of the ACB back in August of 2022, the American Council of Bolsheviks (ACB) has been in contact with the… - The Ogallala Aquifer: A Case Against Capitalism
by G.G. Zangar For many readers, especially those along the coasts, “Ogallala Aquifer” might sound made up or even comical. The reality is that it is a natural resource that… - The Long Road to Delano
by Sam Kushner Preface: We are recirculating an excerpt from The Long Road to Delano, which was written in 1975 by veteran labor reporter Sam Kushner. Kushner’s paper, the People’s… - Oppression and Exploitation of Immigrant Latina Women and Mothers
by El Camarada Since first contact and throughout the last five hundred years, the colonial west has continued to exploit the people of the Americas. From the first conquistador to… - Anarchism: Counter-Revolution in Disguise
by M.A. Booth Now more than ever, self-described Marxist-Leninists across the United States need to be equipped with proper ideological tools to navigate the treacherous waters that appear right beyond… - Justice for Tyre Nichols! Cops Execute Memphis Worker In Cold Blood
The bodycam footage of the January 7th, 2023, extrajudicial beating, and execution, of Tyre Nichols by five policemen of the Memphis Police Department was released two days ago, January 27th.… - Peru: Civil Military Criminal Dictatorship
By Valentín Pacho: Former Secretary General of the CGTP and former Senator of the Republic Note: This article first appeared in the publication Labor Today International To be clear, since… - University of California Strike Victory
by Joseph Hancock Sacramento, CA – Four weeks into the largest higher-education strike in American history, 17 striking Academic Workers were arrested at the Sacramento office of the University of… - Letter From The Editorial Board
We are excited to announce the beginning of New Spark, a publication whose primary interest is looking after the interests of and highlighting the muted stories of the oppressed, struggling…