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Israel targets Gaza refugee camps and kills more than 100 in 2 days

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/21/swbm-d21.html

Published: December 21, 2024 06:16

Israel Defense Forces launched multiple air strikes against residential buildings in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza and the Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza on Friday. An UNRWA representative said, “An entire society here is now a…

House Democrats join majority of Republicans in passing Elon Musk-approved government funding bill

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/21/zeii-d21.html

Published: December 21, 2024 06:15

The stripped-down measure will fund the government through March 14, but it does not include a suspension or rise in the debt ceiling.

60,000 feared dead: Residents of cyclone-hit Mayotte boo Macron

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/21/zhau-d21.html

Published: December 21, 2024 05:42

Health workers fear a fifth of the population may be dead, but the French president arrogantly told angry crowds that if France did not rule Mayotte, it would be “10,000 times” worse.

Workers in Staten Island, New York, join Amazon strike

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/21/mchs-d21.html

Published: December 21, 2024 05:05

More than 5,500 workers at Amazon’s JFK8 facility, alongside thousands of other workers, are fighting for their economic needs and fundamental rights.

NSW Labor government’s latest attack on rail strike highlights need for rank-and-file committees

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/21/ctrw-d21.html

Published: December 21, 2024 04:57

Workers are up against a Labor government that is utterly hostile to their demand for a real pay rise and intends to use every mechanism at its disposal to eliminate their democratic rights and shut down their struggle.

Australian government strikes deal with Indonesia to release “Bali Nine” survivors

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/21/snih-d21.html

Published: December 21, 2024 04:50

These low-level young drug “mules,” mostly from working-class backgrounds, paid a heavy price after being deliberately handed over by the Australian Federal Police to the Indonesian authorities in 2005.

As NATO doubles down on war offensive against Russia, Brussels and Berlin demand more rearmament and a war economy

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/21/bdfb-d21.html

Published: December 21, 2024 04:14

On December 4, Germany’s Federal Cabinet decided on the National Security and Defense Strategy (SVI Strategy) to upgrade Germany and make it "war-ready" again after two lost world wars.

Arrest of top Brazilian general exposes military’s role in January 8 coup

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/21/ucsx-d21.html

Published: December 21, 2024 03:55

The plot included an operation dubbed “Green and Yellow Dagger”, which called for the the assassination of Lula and other top officials.

Elon Musk promotes the global fascist right

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/21/pers-d21.html

Published: December 21, 2024 03:44

Elon Musk, owner of Tesla, SpaceX, and the social media platform X, is leveraging his staggering fortune to finance and promote fascist forces throughout the world.

Sri Lanka: Workers action committee discusses defence of school development officers

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/21/bxpo-d21.html

Published: December 21, 2024 03:14

The online meeting was part of a campaign to alert workers to the government-initiated police attacks on SDOs and to rally support for their defence.

IG Metall approves 35,000 job cuts and billions in wage reductions at VW

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/21/zscx-d21.html

Published: December 21, 2024 02:39

According to media reports, the collective bargaining parties “wrestled” for more than 70 hours over five days to reach an agreement. In fact, the whole thing was a set-up.

Income and wealth inequality reach record highs in Canada

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/21/tbnu-d21.html

Published: December 21, 2024 01:46

The impact of growing inequality can be observed in various aspects of daily life. The number of homeless people is rising, and tent encampments are an increasingly common sight in Canadian cities. Nearly 23 percent of the population reported some type of…

We Were Dangerous, a film about the abuse of girls by the New Zealand state

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/21/cdmj-d21.html

Published: December 21, 2024 00:56

The film’s jarring tone stems from the misguided decision to turn a story about abuse and forced sterilisation into an “empowering” feminist tale.

Trump and Republicans threaten Liz Cheney with criminal prosecution as Georgia election interference case crumbles

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/20/fxmn-d20.html

Published: December 20, 2024 22:44

Two days before the Georgia Court of Appeals removed prosecutor Fani Willis from the election interference case, Trump-supporting Georgia Rep. Barry Loudermilk released an “interim report” on the events of January 6, 2021, that recommended criminal…

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/20/qtjm-d20.html

Published: December 20, 2024 22:11

India: Chandigarh power workers protest privatisation; Bangladesh: Temporary rail workers demand permanent jobs and outstanding pay; Australia: Qube workers strike at 10 ports for better pay and conditions; Rheem factory workers locked out in New South…

The CWU’s “framework agreement” backs Kretinsky’s Royal Mail takeover

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/20/yvdt-d20.html

Published: December 20, 2024 18:12

Communication Workers Union bureaucrats will join a new Advisory Committee “composed of representatives of EP Group and the CWU” that will be “contractually anchored within the amended Articles of Association of Royal Mail”, creating what amounts to…

Oppose the police operation against the Socialist Laborers Party in Turkey!

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/20/flpz-d20.html

Published: December 20, 2024 18:02

Turkish police detained the leader and many members of the Socialist Laborers Party, which identifies itself as Trotskyist, on trumped-up charges of being members of a “terrorist organization.” The Socialist Equality Group unequivocally condemns this…

Introduction by Thomas Scripps to resolution “War, the class struggle and the tasks of the Socialist Equality Party”

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/20/ejul-d20.html

Published: December 20, 2024 18:02

We are publishing the speech introducing the resolution “War, the class struggle and the tasks of the Socialist Equality Party” at the Seventh National Congress of the SEP (UK) given by Tom Scripps, its Assistant National Secretary. The resolution was…

The election debacle and the fight against dictatorship

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/20/gkoj-d20.html

Published: December 20, 2024 06:25

The election of Donald Trump is a critical event whose political repercussions will be felt throughout the world. This fascist demagogue has won the 2024 election with both an electoral and popular vote majority. He will be re-installed in the White House…

Of, by and for the oligarchy: Trump’s cabinet & the restructuring of the American state

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/20/dqzz-d20.html

Published: December 20, 2024 06:04

The election of Trump and his cabinet of reactionaries signifies the brutal restructuring of global society being carried out by the financial oligarchy.

Sounding the Alarm and The Logic of Zionism: A discussion with David North on his two recent books

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/20/fnxl-d20.html

Published: December 20, 2024 06:04

This discussion with David North, chairman of the World Socialist Web Site International Editorial Board, will focus on his two most recent books, Sounding the Alarm: Socialism Against War and The Logic of Zionism: From Nationalist Myth to the Gaza…

Trump-Musk budget intervention: Dress rehearsal for presidential dictatorship

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/20/edmm-d20.html

Published: December 20, 2024 05:12

The fascist president-elect is seeking to destroy the US constitutional structure of “checks and balances” and give himself unlimited political authority.

Heavy police deployment as US Amazon drivers launch nationwide strike

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/20/amaz-d20.html

Published: December 20, 2024 04:47

The strike is the largest ever of Amazon workers in the United States. It is part of a growing movement by workers across Amazon’s global operations, following protests in 20 countries during Black Friday last month.

10th COVID wave now surging in the US, amid total silence in the corporate media

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/20/irud-d20.html

Published: December 20, 2024 04:22

The entire political establishment is in agreement on the need to enforce the pro-corporate policy of “forever COVID,” in which the working class and broad layers of society as a whole are condemned to unending waves of mass infection, death and…

Indiana and Oklahoma put mentally ill inmates to death in final executions of 2024

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/20/wsag-d20.html

Published: December 20, 2024 03:59

The executions of Joseph Corcoran and Kevin Underwood underscore one of the most barbarous features of the death penalty system in America, which condemns inmates to death despite their documented severe mental illnesses.

New Zealand nurses hold more strikes

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/20/vlrq-d20.html

Published: December 20, 2024 03:53

As the government imposes brutal austerity measures, including more than 2,000 job cuts in the healthcare sector, tens of thousands of nurses and healthcare workers have stopped work across the country.

Australian foreign minister visits Ukraine, backs US war against Russia

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/20/sbud-d20.html

Published: December 20, 2024 03:29

Wong’s trip coincided with, and was part of, a further escalation of the war against Russia, including discussions of direct NATO troop deployments.

University of Michigan DEI administrator fired over alleged “antisemitic” remarks

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/20/mpyj-d20.html

Published: December 20, 2024 03:15

Dawson was terminated despite the admission of an investigating law firm hired by U-M that there was no independent verification of alleged “antisemitic” remarks. A member of the Board of Regents, Mark Bernstein, intervened to overturn a lesser…

The Platypus Affiliated Society: A pro-imperialist trap for students and young people

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/20/cnjh-d20.html

Published: December 20, 2024 02:54

The pseudo-left group combines multiple strains of bankrupt middle-class politics, including open support for imperialist war, the promotion of the anti-Marxist Frankfurt School and of the Pabloite Spartacist League.

Canadian writer Alice Munro 1929-2024, an assessment

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/20/uuas-d20.html

Published: December 20, 2024 02:10

Canadian short-story writer Alice Munro’s death earlier this year should be the occasion for assessing and reassessing problems with contemporary fiction.

California governor declares a state of emergency over bird flu threat

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/20/pbhm-d20.html

Published: December 20, 2024 01:24

Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in California over the explosion of bird flu among dairy cows in the state. Meanwhile the first critical case of a person infected with bird flu was confirmed in Louisiana.

Minority state government in Saxony opens door to cooperation with far-right Alternative for Germany

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/20/pjrv-d20.html

Published: December 20, 2024 00:37

Saxony’s minority state government hides an all-party coalition stretching from the Left Party and the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance, the Greens, the Social Democrats and Christian Democrats to the far-right Alternative for Germany that is directed against…

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/19/jsgu-d19.html

Published: December 19, 2024 22:38

Around 35,000 civil servants in Spain demonstrate against planned privatisation of government health insurance scheme; workers and retirees continue to rally across Iran to protest unpaid wages, power outages and pension poverty; police in Johannesburg…

Labour’s John Healey moots sending British military trainers to Ukraine

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/19/dedm-d19.html

Published: December 19, 2024 18:37

The UK defence secretary said, “The year may be ending, but the war is not. This is the time to step up further in Ukraine on every front.”

Labour’s Wes Streeting witch-hunts UK healthcare workers who oppose Gaza genocide

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/19/suhk-d19.html

Published: December 19, 2024 18:03

The health secretary declared that regulators have the power, “to set conditions that a healthcare professional must work under, suspend them, or strike them entirely from the medical register."

Student Parliament at Berlin’s Humboldt University passes resolution against militarism and budget cuts

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/19/idvw-d19.html

Published: December 19, 2024 04:24

Last week, at the request of the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE), Humboldt University student parliament passed a resolution condemning the massive cuts being planned at universities. The result of the vote is an expression of…

Jacobin promotes Bernie Sanders to peddle illusions in the Democrats and “Medicare for All”

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/19/nipg-d19.html

Published: December 19, 2024 04:18

While the gunning down of the UnitedHealthcare CEO has exposed widespread public opposition to the criminal practices of the health insurance corporations and capitalism generally, Jacobin has published an interview with Bernie Sanders aimed at reviving…

NATO-Ukrainian murder of Russian General Kirillov and the escalating global imperialist war

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/19/oror-d19.html

Published: December 19, 2024 03:46

The killing is the latest in a series of extremely provocative measures taken by the United States and NATO with the intention of escalating the Ukraine war in the weeks before the inauguration of incoming President Donald Trump on January 20.

Amazon strike in the US poses need for global rank-and-file strategy against hi-tech exploitation

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/19/amaz-d19.html

Published: December 19, 2024 03:37

Amazon workers must insist that their strike not be limited in advance by the Teamsters to only three days, which severely limits its impact during the height of the holiday shopping season. Instead, the strike must be guided by a strategy worked out and…

Thousands feared dead as Indian Ocean cyclone Chido devastates Mayotte

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/19/iiek-d19.html

Published: December 19, 2024 03:35

The horrific damage caused by Cyclone Chido is due to decades of official neglect of infrastructure and the overt, fascistic contempt of the French government for its overseas territory.

Trump, Musk intervene to squash funding bill, threatening government shutdown

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/19/twfn-d19.html

Published: December 19, 2024 03:17

The collapse of the previously agreed-to funding measure portends massive incoming spending cuts under the new Trump administration.

Australian budget crisis deepens even before Trump escalates economic war against China

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/19/iaio-d19.html

Published: December 19, 2024 02:37

The MYEFO predicts that the federal budget will be in deficit for at least a decade, and that cumulative deficits over the next four years will be almost $22 billion larger than forecast in the Labor government’s budget in May.

Democrats join Republicans in passing fascistic “Crucial Communism Teaching Act”

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/19/tanm-d19.html

Published: December 19, 2024 02:14

The passage of the bill reflects immense fear within the US ruling class that large sections of the population will be looking for a revolutionary alternative to the unending war, inequality, austerity and fascism offered by the capitalist system.

Detroit teachers face missing bonuses, inflation, and cuts: Join the fight to defend public education

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/19/ratm-d19.html

Published: December 19, 2024 02:11

The Michigan Educators Rank-and-File Committee insists that there are plenty of resources to pay educators what they need and deserve.

Widespread anger among Canada Post workers as CUPW enforces government strikebreaking

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/19/wead-d19.html

Published: December 19, 2024 01:57

“I feel that we are giving up our power and momentum by following this order. I do want to find other ways of defying and sticking it to the one percent, where it actually hurts them and not the Canadian public,” one Ontario postal worker told the WSWS.

Spain’s PSOE-Sumar government honors Italian fascist Prime Minister Meloni

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/18/tklx-d18.html

Published: December 18, 2024 23:35

The PSOE and its pseudo-left government allies like Sumar and Podemos are promoting Meloni, the political descendent of Benito Mussolini’s Fascist Party in Italy.

UK Labour government announces thousands of job losses and public sector pay restraint

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/18/fjkm-d18.html

Published: December 18, 2024 18:17

The pay cuts and job losses announced are a down payment by the Treasury on far worse to come and the trade unions will impose these attacks in alliance with Starmer.

Opening report to the Seventh Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (UK)

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/18/oyrp-d18.html

Published: December 18, 2024 18:07

We are publishing the opening report delivered to the Seventh National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (UK) by Chris Marsden, its National Secretary. Marsden was re-elected to his position by the Congress, held November 29-December 2, 2024.

Dozens of Dallas, Texas area schools slated for closure

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/18/ntxs-d18.html

Published: December 18, 2024 05:20

Coppell, Lewisville, Plano, and Richardson ISD all slated to close schools, citing budget shortfalls and declining enrollment, but this fails to explain broader nationwide trends.

Trump declares intent to privatize US Postal Service

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/18/usps-d18.html

Published: December 18, 2024 05:15

Trump’s plans, published as the Canadian government began moving to ban the Canada Post strike, demonstrates his government is preparing historic attacks on the working class.

US, UK hail murder of Russian lieutenant-general in charge of nuclear defense

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/18/cbjs-d18.html

Published: December 18, 2024 04:59

The bombing is the latest in a series of assassinations of high-ranking Russian military and political figures carried out by Ukrainian forces and marks the highest-ranking Russian military figure to have been assassinated.

Trump taps ex-Green Beret, CIA operative as ambassador to Mexico

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/18/vpsc-d18.html

Published: December 18, 2024 04:33

The nomination of Johnson makes clear that threats of military operations and a reckless tariff war against Mexico are not just bluster, as US imperialism resorts to the most brutal methods to recolonize Latin America.

Australia: Victorian Labor government unveils sweeping crackdown on anti-genocide protests

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/18/houh-d18.html

Published: December 18, 2024 04:00

The measures, including a ban on face masks at protests and restrictions on where they can be held, are an attempt to criminalise public opposition to the Israeli genocide in Gaza.

36-year-old worker killed on multi-billion dollar Australian wind farm project

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/18/kqwd-d18.html

Published: December 18, 2024 03:36

Jess Patience’s death came after numerous complaints were reportedly made to management and the government safety regulator about safety at the site in Rokewood, Victoria.

Mass casualties feared from Vanuatu earthquake

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/18/zkeg-d18.html

Published: December 18, 2024 03:30

Social media videos showed rescue efforts through the night trying to reach some people yelling under the rubble, including in a three-storey structure that collapsed onto its lower floors.

SEIU calls off George Washington University resident doctors strike at the 11th hour

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/18/bedf-d18.html

Published: December 18, 2024 03:18

The resident staff was scheduled for a three-day strike this week, seeking relief from poverty wages, burnout and other workplace hazards.

Trump stokes right-wing hysteria over alleged drone sightings

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/18/gttl-d18.html

Published: December 18, 2024 03:12

For the past several weeks, panicky reports and conspiracy theories have proliferated of “mystery” drones along the eastern seaboard of the US. They have been spearheaded by far-right political forces and social media influencers and facilitated by…

Government-imposed strike ban at Canada Post: The way forward in struggle against austerity and war

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/18/bywt-d18.html

Published: December 18, 2024 03:11

The state-led crackdown on workers’ rights underscores the ruling elite’s embrace of authoritarianism to enforce its class war agenda of austerity and war, and that to defend their jobs, workplace benefits, right to strike and public services, workers in…

Federal judge orders UAW to stop obstructing ongoing investigation into corruption within Fain administration

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/18/dmuf-d18.html

Published: December 18, 2024 03:10

On Monday, federal judge David Lawson of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ordered the UAW to produce records and documents the union had been withholding in an effort to block an investigation into ongoing corruption within the…

Canada’s Liberal government implodes

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/18/eaji-d18.html

Published: December 18, 2024 02:57

Justin Trudeau’s prime ministership and his Liberal government hang by a thread after his Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Chrystia Freeland, resigned from the cabinet Monday morning in a manner calculated to inflict maximum political damage.

Florida woman arrested for saying “delay, deny, depose” to Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance representative on phone

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/18/kpea-d18.html

Published: December 18, 2024 02:57

Briana Boston, 42, was arrested on charges of “written threat to kill or injure—conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism” and faces up to 15 years in prison.

Romania’s Constitutional Court annuls presidential elections

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/17/fmvt-d17.html

Published: December 17, 2024 23:23

The decision, intended to block an expected win by Calin Georgescu, a neo-fascist candidate who had expressed skepticism of the war against Russia, shows bourgeois democracy is rotting on its feet.

Biden commutes sentence of judge jailed in Pennsylvania “kids for cash” scandal

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/17/xigm-d17.html

Published: December 17, 2024 23:18

The Pennsylvania judges involved in the scandal, both Democrats, pocketed millions for selling children to for-profit prisons

Turkish government bans metalworkers’ strike as war in Middle East deepens

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/17/metl-d17.html

Published: December 17, 2024 18:02

The metalworkers defending their right to strike and the millions of others demanding a decent minimum wage must be mobilized on the basis of a programme of struggle against war and genocide and in defence of democratic rights.

Starmer visits British-NATO troops in Estonia, pushes war agenda

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/17/zsoc-d17.html

Published: December 17, 2024 18:02

Starmer has made 16 international trips since Labour formed a government in July, with the most common reason being to escalate the imperialist-backed war against Russia.

Macron names new French minority government based on New Popular Front support

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/17/qwhc-d17.html

Published: December 17, 2024 12:45

The installation of François Bayrou as prime minister with the support of the NFP hands the mantle of official parliamentary opposition to Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally.

Biden administration places profits over lives, fueling the spread of H5N1 bird flu

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/17/mfry-d17.html

Published: December 17, 2024 05:39

The Biden administration’s response to the spread of the bird flu among dairy cattle across the US over the past year amounts to nothing short of criminal negligence.

ABC settles defamation lawsuit as media moves to accommodate Trump

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/17/igtu-d17.html

Published: December 17, 2024 05:31

The corporate media, dominated by billionaires and giant corporations like Disney, the owner of ABC, is dropping any pretense of a critical, let alone adversarial, relationship to the incoming administration.

Workers and young people speak at book launches by David North in Australia

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/17/rxnz-d17.html

Published: December 17, 2024 05:29

“What struck me was the emphasis on the urgency to pave a new way forward for the working class because the alternative is catastrophe.”

Los Angeles City Council’s minimum wage vote: A band-aid over a deep wound

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/17/wage-d17.html

Published: December 17, 2024 04:28

The “Olympic wage” is a measure targeting hospitality and service workers in the lead-up to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. These events have transformed from international sporting events into platforms for large-scale profiteering, corruption and…

Yet again, horror in an American school: Two dead, six injured in Madison, Wisconsin shooting

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/17/vltb-d17.html

Published: December 17, 2024 04:15

The alleged killer's case paints a chilling portrait of a deeply pessimistic and fascistic worldview. That a 15-year-old could develop such a catastrophic outlook speaks more to the society around her than to her troubled mind alone.

Teamsters force through sellout deal at Detroit Marathon refinery after snap vote

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/17/xwwq-d17.html

Published: December 17, 2024 04:09

The 250 striking workers were given just 48-hours notice to vote on an lengthy seven-year contract that failed to meet their key demands.

US high official visits Sri Lanka to enhance strategic ties

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/17/ixuk-d17.html

Published: December 17, 2024 03:59

The JVP, a petty bourgeois organisation based on a mixture of Maoism, Castroism and Sinhala populism, jettisoned its pro-Chinese and anti-US rhetoric long ago.

Australian corporate voices call for “Milei-style” assault on working class

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/17/gflc-d17.html

Published: December 17, 2024 03:38

Demands are emerging for a historic, all-out assault on the jobs, social services and living conditions of workers along the lines of that being mounted by Argentine President Milei and planned by US President-elect Trump.

All parties back war and cuts as German Chancellor Scholz loses confidence vote

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/17/qeoa-d17.html

Published: December 17, 2024 03:37

The early election does not serve to let voters decide on the big issues of the future, but to bring a government into power that is stable enough to enforce highly unpopular measures—social cuts, mass layoffs, lower wages and longer working hours, the…

Disney’s wage theft settlement: A drop in the bucket amid corporate exploitation

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/17/gjud-d17.html

Published: December 17, 2024 03:32

For workers, this payout represents an infinitesimal fraction of the wealth they generate and will not change unbearable living standards.

Thousands of US Amazon workers on verge of holiday season strike

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/17/amaz-d17.html

Published: December 17, 2024 03:24

The overwhelming strike votes at three facilities demonstrate the widespread opposition to Amazon’s notorious regime of brutal exploitation and dangerous working conditions.

House select committee gives bipartisan approval to the Wuhan “Lab leak” lies about the origins of COVID-19

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/17/hwtm-d17.html

Published: December 17, 2024 03:13

The report of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic embraces the baseless campaign fomented by the fascist right blaming a Chinese lab for starting the COVID-19 pandemic.

Unelected Canada Industrial Relations Board enforces Liberal government’s strike ban, orders postal workers back to work from Tuesday

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/17/jxbk-d17.html

Published: December 17, 2024 02:58

A political showdown is developing between corporate Canada and their representatives in parliament, who are all hell-bent on smashing the postal workers’ struggle to set the stage for the evisceration of all public services and worker rights, and the…

Workers Struggles: The Americas

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Published: December 17, 2024 02:38

Boluarte skipped a meeting in Ayacucho in South Central Peru in the face of protests while 483 city workers in Duluth Minnesota have voted to authorize strike.

Threats of deportation and agitation against Syrian refugees in Germany and across Europe

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Published: December 16, 2024 23:58

No sooner had the Islamist militias reached Damascus and overthrown the Assad regime than the propaganda barrage against Syrian refugees began. Their asylum proceedings in Germany and other European countries were immediately halted.

"We will redouble our efforts to build a mass campaign for Bogdan's release"—Tom Scripps introducing the resolution “Free Bogdan Syrotiuk”

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Published: December 16, 2024 18:56

We are publishing the speech delivered by Tom Scripps introducing the resolution “Free Bogdan Syrotiuk” passed unanimously at the Seventh Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (UK).

Communication Workers Union has paved the way for Kretinsky takeover of Royal Mail

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Published: December 16, 2024 18:44

The CWU bureaucracy blazed the trail for the takeover by colluding in dismantling the mail service under the guise of Universal Service Obligation “reform”.

Justice Department Inspector General report confirms FBI had over 2 dozen informants in militia groups during January 6 attack

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Published: December 16, 2024 05:05

Prior to January 6, 2021, well placed informants provided detailed information to their FBI handlers on the violent plans of leading members of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys militia groups, which were ignored by the FBI and in follow-up investigations…

Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance joins government in 2 German states to impose austerity measures

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Published: December 16, 2024 03:59

The coalition agreements and the new administrations in Brandenburg and Thuringia send a clear message: "Business as usual!“

Argentine President Milei’s first year in office: self-delusion and a frontal assault on the working class

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Published: December 16, 2024 03:25

The delusional trust and praise by the ruling class in the fascist “loco” Milei and the social devastation wrought by his first year in office make clear that capitalism has reached a fatal dead end and offers nothing but disaster.

Leonardo and the human potential: an appreciation of Ken Burns’ series Leonardo da Vinci

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Published: December 16, 2024 03:24

The life story of Leonardo (1452–1519), one of history’s most extraordinary intellects and artistic geniuses, always stirs the imagination.

Elon Musk’s wealth approaches half a trillion dollars: Capitalism and oligarchy

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Published: December 16, 2024 03:08

The wealth of Elon Musk, owner of Tesla, SpaceX and social media platform X (Twitter), has reached a staggering $442 billion, according to the latest estimate from Forbes magazine.

In run-up to Trump’s inauguration, University of Michigan ends major component of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs

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Published: December 16, 2024 03:07

UM, a leading architect of DEI programs, is accommodating itself to the incoming fascistic Trump administration, which is spearheading an “America First” ideological offensive that falsely links identity politics with Marxism.

House select committee gives bipartisan approval to the Wuhan “Lab leak” lies about the origins of COVID-19

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Published: December 16, 2024 03:04

The report of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic embraces the baseless campaign fomented by the fascist right blaming a Chinese lab for starting the COVID-19 pandemic.

Student general assembly at Berlin’s Humboldt University agrees to fight right-wing shift and pro-war policies

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Published: December 16, 2024 02:48

With around 1,500 students–divided between five lecture halls at three locations, which were connected via livestream, the gathering was the largest general assembly at the university in years.

South Korean president impeached, suspended from office

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Published: December 16, 2024 02:35

Whether or not Yoon is finally removed from office, the underlying economic and social crisis will continue to fuel political instability and the resort by the ruling class to anti-democratic methods to impose new burdens on working class.

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