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Why Aren't the Largest U.S. Labor Unions Calling a General Strike Against ICE?
Why Aren't the Largest U.S. Labor Unions Calling a General Strike Against ICE?
Mike Pappas, Daniel Nath · As Minneapolis leads a heroic fightback against ICE, our national unions must follow their example by organizing toward a general strike.
A Radical Approach to Psychedelics and Mental Health
A Radical Approach to Psychedelics and Mental Health
Mike Pappas and Dimitri Mugianis · The so-called psychedelic renaissance is here. Proponents claim that the drugs can alleviate an array of psychological suffering. But while they try to gain medical acceptance, they...
Healthcare Workers Are Fed up and Hitting the Picket Lines
Healthcare Workers Are Fed up and Hitting the Picket Lines
Mike Pappas · The fight of healthcare workers against poor working conditions and a decreasing standard of living is expanding across the country. It’s time to broaden the struggle.
A Healthcare Worker Answers Governor Cuomo
A Healthcare Worker Answers Governor Cuomo
Mike Pappas · Recent data out of New York City shows a large number of people with COVID-19 have largely been staying home. Governor Andrew Cuomo called this a “surprise.” But capitalism is forcing...
The Art of Exploiting a Pandemic: From Propaganda to Profit
The Art of Exploiting a Pandemic: From Propaganda to Profit
Mike Pappas · Throughout the U.S., institutions that have no real interest in public health are exploiting the ongoing pandemic to benefit their public image and their bottom line. We must recognize...
Neither Trump Nor Cuomo: Socialist Healthcare Workers Tell Us How to Fight the Pandemic
Neither Trump Nor Cuomo: Socialist Healthcare Workers Tell Us How to Fight the Pandemic
Tre Kwon and Mike Pappas · Capitalism has birthed a nightmare. Nearly two million people around the world have already fallen ill as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Hospitals like ours have been completely...
Liberal Elite More Deadly Than Coronavirus
Liberal Elite More Deadly Than Coronavirus
Mike Pappas · As the coronavirus pandemic spreads, millionaires and billionaires, who have been key to oppressing the working class, are trying to position themselves as everyday Americans. We need to...
Healthcare Workers Are at War, but Trump Isn't on Our Side
Healthcare Workers Are at War, but Trump Isn't on Our Side
Mike Pappas · An NYC physician on the war against the coronavirus and the ongoing war against for-profit health care, Trump and capitalism itself. The coronavirus pandemic is magnifying capitalism’s...
Capitalism Is an Incubator for Pandemics. Socialism Is the Solution.
Capitalism Is an Incubator for Pandemics. Socialism Is the Solution.
Mike Pappas and Tatiana Cozzarelli · Coronavirus is wreaking havoc across the world. Capitalism cannot adequately respond to a global health crisis. That’s why we need socialism.
Democrats Team up With Trump to Maintain Disastrous Healthcare System
Democrats Team up With Trump to Maintain Disastrous Healthcare System
Mike Pappas · Both Republicans and Democrats have blocked all attempts to build a rational, universal health care policy for the U.S. This is because capitalism prioritizes profit over the health and...
Nurses Are Leading Strike Efforts — Where Are the Physicians?
Nurses Are Leading Strike Efforts — Where Are the Physicians?
Mike Pappas · Nurses in New York City are pushing back against hospital systems that put profits over patients and threaten their efforts to strike for safer staffing ratios. While nurses are...
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