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Right-wing violence in Germany highest since Nazi rule

Constant incitement against refugees and migrants, far-right conspiracy theories about “left-wing elites” or the denial of pandemics—in Germany, all of this has been rendered socially acceptable in recent years, promoted by media and government representatives.

Martin Nowak

Sean Baker’s Anora: Half a film

The film depicts the world of sex workers convincingly, before evolving into a type of dark “screwball comedy.”

David Walsh

German rail union agree to real wage reduction and 33-month strike ban

In just three weeks and after just three rounds of negotiations, Deutsche Bahn (DB), the German train company, and the German rail union Eisenbahn- und Verkehrsgewerkschaft (EVG) have concluded a wage settlement with a massive reduction in real wages.

Dietmar Gaisenkersting

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

South Korea: Gwangju Global Motors assembly workers strike; India: Samsung household appliance factory workers in Tamil Nadu remain on strike; Pakistan: National strike by Utility Store Corporation workers; Australia: Tomago Aluminium smelter workers in walkout in New South Wales.

The Trump-Navarro blueprint for global economic warfare

The battle plan has largely been drawn up by Peter Navarro, who has been nominated as senior counsellor for trade and manufacturing policy and is known as a ferocious anti-China hawk.

Nick Beams

Alex Steiner’s tangled web of political deceit

Three weeks have passed since Steiner posted on permanent-revolution.org a slanderous letter provided by an agent-provocateur. Steiner’s default response to the WSWS's exposure of his deceitful attempt to justify his provocation is to tell more lies.

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Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa

Public sector workers and journalists in Greece in 24-hour walkout over pay and conditions; general strike across sectors in Iran, including workers in textiles, energy, telecommunications, transport as well as youth protesting collapse of infrastructure; sugar cane workers striking to demand their pay attacked by police, some shot dead

Trump, McKinley, and US imperialism in Asia

When Trump speaks of his admiration for McKinley, he expresses the desire of the rapacious American oligarchy to return to open colonial rule and the conquest and annexation of territories.

Joseph Scalice

Norway’s coalition government breaks down amid dispute over energy policy

All parties, from the far-right Progress to the Socialist Left and ex-Maoist Red Party, agree that Oslo must massively expand its military spending. While no expense will be spared on equipping Norway to serve as a junior partner of the imperialist powers, broad sections of the population confront high energy prices and a rising cost of living.

Jordan Shilton

Israel creates directorate to oversee ethnic cleansing of Gaza

On Monday, Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered the creation of a directorate in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tasked with overseeing the implementation of the plan announced by President Donald Trump to ethnically cleanse Gaza.

Andre Damon

Democrats urge New York City Mayor Eric Adams to resign

A wide range of New York City and state Democratic politicians have urged Mayor Eric Adams to resign in the wake of the deal he struck with the Trump administration to dismiss federal charges against him in exchange for allowing the roundup of immigrants by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Sandy English

UFCW calls off King Soopers strike, agrees to 100 day “labor peace”

The sellout and premature cancellation of the two-week strike called on February 6 breaks the momentum of the strike and secures no real gains for workers, only an agreement to restart negotiations over the next 100 days. But, according to the union, no negotiations have actually been scheduled.

Alex Findijs

Major US think tank probes debt crisis

Brookings Institution researchers drew attention to an article by long-time Republican Mitch Daniels in the Washington Post, stating “only a dwindling number of denialists doubt that a cataclysmic reckoning … lies ahead.”

Nick Beams

As Congress approves RFK to destroy public health, Jacobin says “Keep the booze flowing”

Jacobin magazine, associated with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), published a politically backward and reactionary article last week titled “The Case for Social Drinking.” In it, writer Ryan Zickgraf railed against reports that Americans' alcohol use has significantly declined in recent years, a healthy trend.

Andy Thompson, Barry Grey

In federal election, Germany’s four main parties all incite anti-refugee hatred and call for greater military spending and war

The entire campaign for this month’s federal election is a repulsive spectacle. All the parties in the Bundestag (parliament) and their candidates to be the next chancellor are competing with each other in inciting anti-refugee hatred, calling for more German and European rearmament spending and currying favour with the fascist Alternative for Germany (AfD).

Johannes Stern

Australian union joins pile-on against Bankstown nurses 

The NSW nurses union has not held a single event opposing the Gaza genocide, but did hold a protest last week vilifying two lowly health workers who made backward comments about Israel.

Oscar Grenfell, Richard Phillips

At least 12 dead from Kentucky flood disaster

Flood threats remained in effect across Kentucky on Monday following heavy rainfall and snowmelt that devastated communities and killed at least 12 people, including a mother and her 7-year-old child.

Kevin Reed

Workers Struggles: The Americas

Workers protest Panama pension privatization plan, while Alberta school support workers continue vote on strike mandates.

Mobilize the working class against Trump’s attack on federal workers!

The attitude of the White House was summed up in an X/Twitter post over the weekend, where Trump declared that “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.” Modeling himself on the Fuhrer principle, Trump is declaring himself a dictator totally unbound by the law.

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