Jerry White reports for the WSWS from the American Axle picket lines in Detroit as the strike extends a full month.
Taiwan’s Lai Ching-te vows to build “democratic supply chains” as US tariffs loom
In response to the prospect of a tariff war, representatives of Taiwan’s ruling establishment headed to Washington on February 11 to express their willingness to “work with” the Trump administration.
Taiwan’s parliament speaker hails Trump’s return to the White House as “the pinnacle of the free world”
The island’s ruling elite views Trump’s trade war with China favorably, believing that it stands to gain from US-China competition by deepening economic and military ties with the US imperialist bourgeoisie.
Taiwan’s former presidential candidate Ko Wen-je charged with bribery
Ko is the second major politician to face anti-graft investigations and charges since President Lai Ching-te took power in May 2024.
Taiwan’s ruling DPP retreats from endorsing South Korea’s martial law
The Democratic Progressive Party in a Facebook post compared the situation in Taiwan to that in South Korea and referred to the opposition Kuomintang and the Taiwan People’s Party as “dark evil forces” against which “Team Taiwan” had been fighting.