As wildcat strikes took place ahead of a national strike by physicians, hundreds of municipal workers in Istanbul staged a mass protest for their unpaid wages despite an attempted ban.
Journalists in Greece in 24-hour national stoppage for 10 percent pay rise and improved conditions; unrest continues across Iran with protests by teachers, truck drivers and retirees from steel and telecommunications over falling living standards; Nigerian tertiary college staff walk out indefinitely in Oyo state for wage increase to match inflation and minimum wage
Corbyn is acting, as he did in relation to the Iraq War, to conceal every fundamental lesson that must be drawn by the working class from the Labour Party’s naked support for genocide and crimes against humanity.
Speakers at the UTS rally, called by the National Tertiary Education Union, covered up the Albanese Labor government’s role in the destruction of more than 2,000 university jobs nationally.
The fight against Trump’s bid for dictatorship must be combined with a fight to free the working class from the grip of the corrupt union officials and the Democratic Party, who are complicit in Trump’s attacks on the working class.
For the first time since Trump’s election, there is a clear rift between the Labor government and the American administration, and open discussion in ruling circles over the viability of the US-Australia alliance.
The board meeting was held as Trump ramped up the dictatorial assault on free speech and the right to public education.
The tariff measures went ahead with no exemptions, despite lobbying from US businesses concerned they will have a major impact on the economy and threaten thousands of jobs.
The Palestinian activist, a green card holder married to a US citizen, was seized by ICE agents Saturday in New York and taken to a private detention facility in Louisiana.
A massive dust wall towering thousands of feet and spanning over a 1,000-mile front swept across the American Southwest causing haze over the large population centers of Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin and San Antonio.
Dr. Helyeh Doutaghi, an Iranian-born academic who became Deputy Director of the Law and Political Economy (LPE) Project at Yale in 2023 and also held the position of Associate Research Scholar at Yale Law School (YLS), was notified on March 3 of a post on Jewish Onliner that claimed she was a “terrorist.”
Protesters denounced the fascist actions of the Trump administration and the complicity of the Democratic Party in the Gaza genocide and Khalil’s detention.
At her peak, the singer’s music was capable of great depth, sincerity and emotional intimacy, which she seemingly conjured from thin air.
Bill 89, as Quebec’s CAQ government readily admits, was inspired by the actions of the federal Trudeau government, which in the last six months of 2024 repeatedly used a newly cooked-up reinterpretation of the Canada Labour Code to arbitrarily rob workers of the right-to-strike.
Oklahoma’s recent maneuvers to deny public education to undocumented children epitomize the reactionary trajectory of US capitalism.
The Works Council and IG Metall union are just as unwilling to defend Ford auto worker jobs in Cologne as they were in Saarlouis, which is set to close at the cost of 9,000 jobs.
Stopping the destruction of large parts of higher education will require workers to confront the Labour Party and its partners in the trade union bureaucracy. Any notion that Labour can be pressured to defend education is refuted by the experience of the cuts at Cardiff.
The official response of the Britain's Labour government to the fifth anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 a global pandemic confirmed the ruling elite’s determination to carry on with policies that led to mass death.
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the incapacity of capitalism to deal with the problems of mass society, and that this social system is in an advanced state of regression.
As soon as it was confirmed that a budget would be brought down in March, national-security figures demanded that it include massive hikes to military spending, which will be paid for through austerity.
A vicious debate and media storm over whether 340 houses were “built” or “acquired” only underscore the total inadequacy of Labor’s “social and affordable” housing policy.
The arrest and extradition of Duterte expresses the intensity of the ongoing political warfare among the Philippine elite over the country’s geopolitical orientation.
The CDC’s decision to reinvestigate links between vaccines and autism after decades of scientific inquiry that showed no such connection is a bellwether moment in the anti-public health trajectory of Trump’s fascistic policies.
Students, teachers and community members at the rally warned that the disappearance of Khalil was an attack on everyone's democratic rights.
The approval of an IMF package and the appointment of the two judges by executive decree, both clear authoritarian power grabs, took place amid accusations of corruption against Milei in connection with the “crypto crisis”.
This report was delivered to a meeting of the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) at Wayne State University in Detroit on March 6, 2025.
President Trump, Elon Musk and DOGE are pressing ahead with attacks on federal workers, including the elimination of nearly 2,000 jobs at the Department of Education.
As authorities in the state of Georgia prepare to formally open the military-style police training center, they continue to muzzle any form of opposition, be it peaceful protests, street demonstrations, referendums or federal lawsuits.
According to a SAG-AFTRA statement in October, the only sticking point in the negotiations remained artificial intelligence (AI) protection, with a spokesperson for the industry asserting the parties had reached agreement on “24 out of 25 proposals.”
The declaration of the IG Metall executive board in support of the massive war credits makes it clear that the struggle against rearmament and war cannot be waged with, but only against the trade union apparatuses and their control in workplaces.
The repression of students protesting Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza is being mounted as a co-ordinated operation between university management, the police, including counter-terrorism units, and the highest levels of the state.
The agreement provides for the integration of the armed forces of the Syrian Democratic Forces and the de facto autonomous administration under its control with the Damascus regime. It is part of the efforts of US imperialism, together with Israel, to dominate the Middle East.
Corbyn’s sermonising has one aim only: to allow him to pose as an advocate for peace while refusing to mobilise workers and young people against the Labour government.
The phoney graffiti incidents in Sydney ran parallel with an aggressive campaign by the Israeli government for Australia to adopt “hate speech” laws directed against opponents of the Gaza genocide.
With a ratification vote scheduled for Wednesday, new information has emerged refuting UAW claims that it won the “best contract in 25 years.”
The meagre wage rises announced in the budget, which do not compensate for soaring inflation, are in line with the IMF’s demands for the slashing of state expenditure.
An urgent on-campus meeting and rally of all staff and students must be organised to fight moves to sack academic Randa Abdel-Fattah.
Nestlé Purina workers in South Whitehall Township, Pa, voted to strike against poor wages and toxic work conditions.
As UPS continues mass layoffs, Teamsters bureaucrats promote Trump’s newly confirmed right-wing Labor Secretary, former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRememer.
The detention and threatened deportation of the Palestinian graduate student at Columbia University is a threat to the democratic rights of all workers and young people.
The Israeli government announced Sunday that it will completely shut off electricity to Gaza, following the blockade of all food and humanitarian supplies earlier this month.
Sanders uses “left” rhetoric and demagogy to channel growing popular anger against Trump’s fascist policies back behind the Democratic Party.
Teachers strike across Mexico, while Guadalajara water workers hold strikes and protests.
Last month, the Trump administration nominated mining industry association executive Wayne Palmer to head MSHA.
Films about the end of the welfare state, government surveillance and a new form of global wage slavery.
The High Commissioner’s sacking sends a clear message that the New Zealand government will not tolerate open criticism of Trump’s Ukraine policy.
Despite the union's portrayal of the agreement as a victory, it is the latest rank betrayal by the Teamsters bureaucracy, which is cozying up to the Trump administration.
MERA25 parliamentary candidate Melanie Schweizer was dismissed from her job and stripped of her civil servant status as a result of a political smear campaign.
Mark Carney, who has never been elected to public office, is a tried and tested representative of the financial oligarchy.
Through the control of DOGE, Musk and Trump are declaring war on virtually every federal department which even slightly limits the profit-making of the corporate oligarchy.
Anger in public sector workplaces is growing, especially because the SPD and Christian Democrats have agreed to spend billions on armaments. But the Verdi union is clinging even more firmly to its pro-capitalist strategy and collaboration with the SPD.
Some 165 were being held in jail without being convicted of the alleged crime for which they were arrested—meaning they were still legally innocent.
The strike and the state’s response have exacerbated the already brutal conditions in the state prison system.
A worker at Cumbernauld delivery office told WSWS, “We were not consulted about this pilot, only the vote on duty patterns. The majority voted for 2 in 5 Saturdays off, which is an improvement, but it does not make up for longer hours in the week and added work.”
Erdoğan stated on Monday: “As an integral part of Europe, we consider our European Union membership process as our strategic priority… European security is unthinkable without Turkey”
Sumar, the PSOE’s junior coalition partner, known for offering mild criticisms of government decisions, on this occasion eagerly backed Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
Governments are rushing to reopen schools and public transport, despite continued flooding in many areas, road closures, fallen live power lines and damaged homes.
Backed by significant mining industry and other business figures, Labor won Saturday’s state election in WA, but largely due to “disastrous” results for the opposition Liberal and National parties.
“This is a deliberate attempt to shut down a real socialist revolutionary voice in Parliament.”
Despite the late hour, the demolition can and must be defeated! That requires mobilising the independent strength of the working class against the Labor government.
The assault on public education by the Trump administration cuts across a history of immense struggle to achieve this elemental right.
NYC police murder Patrick Dorismond; Vietnamese NLF captures Ban Me Thuot; Israel adopts law to expropriate Palestinian refugees; Nazi assassinates Austrian Jewish writer
The IYSSE condemns the detention of the pro-Palestinian Columbia University activist by ICE on Saturday night. It is a dramatic escalation by the Trump administration, which aims to silence political opposition at the universities in preparation for a Trump dictatorship.
NOAA is responsible for tracking hurricanes and other extreme weather events, as well as precipitation, cloud cover, air quality and numerous other fundamental metrics essential to modern life.
Demonstrators at the Stand Up for Science rally in Pittsburgh spoke to the World Socialist Web Site in defense of public health and scientific truth.
Far from defending “the people of Mexico,” the Morena party government represents the transnational corporations and their Mexican capitalist clients above all.
Many of the 20 short films from 18 different countries at this year’s Berlinale dealt with historical issues in one way or another.
Condemned man’s attorney: “Everything about this barbaric, state-sanctioned atrocity—from the choice to the method itself—is abjectly cruel. We should not just be horrified—we should be furious.”
The generally law-abiding TSMC did not even submit the investment plan to Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs for assessment and approval, as it had previously done. In other words, the announcement was made unilaterally by the Trump administration.
The killing of at least 745 civilians in massacres targeting the Alawite minority in Syria exposes the criminality of the NATO powers that support and legitimize the Islamist HTS regime.
When the European powers speak of the end of the “international rules-based order,” they are preparing for a return to the pursuit of their own imperialist interests by force of arms.
Last Friday, the IYSSE held a successful meeting at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas opposing the mass deportations by the Trump administration that was attended by almost 30 people.
The first cyclone in 50 years to cross the southeast coast of Australia still carries risks of intense rainfall and flooding, stretching inland from the battered coastline.
A well-attended online meeting of health workers discussed the government’s austerity budget and the political and industrial struggle required to fight it.
New Mexico health officials confirmed on Thursday that an unvaccinated adult from Lea County on the border with Texas tested positive for measles after having died.
Supporters of the WSWS spoke to numerous attendees on their thoughts on the fight for science and the need to connect the defense of science with the emerging struggles of the working class.
Outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported 172,017 job cuts in February, the highest monthly total since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By charging Hash Tayeh for declaring “all Zionists are terrorists,” police are asserting dictatorial authority to suppress political speech.
Hackman brought an acute, artistically informed urgency and honesty to his roles that often transcended the conceptions and methods of the filmmaker in question.
The rapid spread of the wildfire in Ofunato was caused by both government neglect and the worsening of climate change around the world.
The revocation of gas and oil licenses ends a financial lifeline for Venezuela, with catastrophic consequences.
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) reported that in major cities like Toronto and Vancouver, a full-time minimum-wage worker would need to work 138 to 141 hours per month to afford a basic two-bedroom unit, leaving nothing for other necessities like food, utilities and transportation.
Barnard College administration at New York City’s Columbia University called in the New York Police Department (NYPD) Wednesday after pro-Palestinian students occupied the campus’ Milstein Library, the second occupation of a university building in a week.
India: Mettur Thermal Power Station workers in Tamil Nadu demand permanent jobs; Pakistan: Karachi steel workers demand reinstatement; Sri Lanka: Public sector non-academic university workers protest austerity budget; BAE shipyard workers in South Australia walk out for pay rise.
Members of the International Association of Machinists have reportedly ratified a five-year deal with CSX Transportation, the same sellout previously pushed through at BSNF and Norfolk Southern.
Nearly 42,000 people are in ICE custody, a majority of them with no criminal history, and many of them facing similar conditions to those endured by Jessica Brösche.
Rather than refuting the IYSSE’s exposure of the Democratic Party’s role in enabling Trump’s attacks, the Young Democrats resorted to attempted censorship.
The Deutsche Post DHL Group and Verdi union leadership have agreed cuts in real wages for 170,000 workers, and the destruction of 8,000 jobs in letter and parcel delivery.
Lecturers and support staff at Dundee University are opposing massive job cuts threatened because of a £30 million deficit run up by the university in pursuit of regional investment and profit.
“Our work is not an ‘unfair financial burden’ on the company, as claimed by Ofcom. It is a proud and honest occupation that should be generously remunerated.”
As Zelensky has turned to the EU for support in the wake of his White House visit, the Trump administration has already begun meeting with Zelensky’s rivals within the Ukrainian ruling-class.
Germany is blazing the trail in Europe’s rearmament program. At around €1 trillion, Germany’s planned rearmament spending is 10 times greater than the special fund that Olaf Scholz's government adopted three years ago which he described at the time as a “new era.”
“To not allow the SEP to have a voice in our democracy is scurrilous to say the least and is anything but democratic!”
While emphasising his ironclad commitment to the US alliance, Labor Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has expressed support for continuing the proxy war against Russia by backing Ukraine.
Health employees can only defend their wages and allowances and defeat the government attacks in unity with other workers facing the same assaults.
In contrast to the union bureaucracy, rank-and-file educators are pressing for collective action to halt the shutdown of the Department of Education and gutting of school programs.
The facility’s 1,500 direct employees are owed a total of $189.7 million, including annual leave and redundancy entitlements.
The work report presented to the National People’s Congress in Beijing pointed to “changes unseen in a century” unfolding at a fast pace.
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that a lower court can compel the Trump administration to pay bills for services already performed by USAID contractors.
Musk’s comments sum up the strategy of the ruling class: to loot whatever is not bolted down in the federal government in order to enrich themselves.
