Baltimore’s Key Bridge was one of dozens potentially at risk across US
The Key Bridge collapse led to the deaths of six construction workers and untold economic damages for the Chesapeake Bay region.
•Ray Coleman
Brian Green
Thousands of Vogue Tex garment workers in Sri Lanka protest over bonuses
The determined fight against management’s refusal to pay an annual bonus makes clear that workers will not tolerate attacks on their jobs, wages and conditions.
•Aruna Malalagama
New Zealand to nearly double military spending
The National Party-led government’s plan to lift defence spending from 1 to 2 percent of GDP, as it prepares to join US-led wars, is fully supported by the opposition Labour Party.
•Tom Peters
Australia: Refugee prison boat cruelty highlights bipartisan scapegoating of immigrants
The Ombudsman’s report contained shocking pictures of the primitive, unhygienic and cramped cells in which captured asylum seekers have been held indefinitely on military vessels.
•Mike Head, SEP candidate for the seat of Oxley
Australia: SEP election candidates outline socialist anti-war program on podcast
Socialist Equality Party Senate candidates Max Boddy and Warwick Dove appeared on the Iron Fist and the Velvet Glove podcast on Monday night.
•Our reporters
Harvard’s rejection of Trump’s authoritarian demands and the fight to defend academic freedom and democratic rights
The conflict between Harvard and the Trump regime poses fundamental issues of democratic rights, including academic freedom.
•David Walsh
Trump administration lawyers refuse to provide updates on Abrego Garcia, promise to deport him again if he returns to US
The Trump administration is using the case of Abrego Garcia to steamroll over what little remains of democratic rights in the United States.
•Jacob Crosse
“Safety was out the door!”: Former co-worker details conditions behind death of Stellantis worker Ronnie Adams
The following letter was sent to the WSWS Autoworker Newsletter on unsafe conditions at the Stellantis engine plant in Dundee, Michigan, and the collusion of United Auto Workers officials with management.
•Jerry White
Hundreds of thousands march in nationwide protests for right to decent housing in Spain
The housing protests in Spain came amid mass protests against Trump in the United States and rising protests and calls for strike action across Europe.
•Santiago Guillen
Latin American leaders meet at CELAC summit amid Trump’s escalating economic war against China
The attempts by Lula and other leaders to counter the US offensive by building a “multipolar world” is a reactionary illusion.
•Guilherme Ferreira
Leaked documents reveal Trump’s proposal to halve NASA’s science budget
The attack on NASA is particularly focused on research into climate change and continues the trend, under both Republicans and Democrats, of subordinating science to private profit.
•Bryan Dyne
Canada’s ruling class doubles down on support for Gaza genocide amid federal election campaign
It is now considered intolerable even for members of the political establishment to acknowledge the basic reality of the illegal Israeli occupation and the genocide.
•James Clayton
Administrative court postpones deportation of genocide opponent Shane O'Brien but the Berlin4 remain in danger
The court’s ruling clearly shows how democratic rights are being trampled underfoot in the proceedings against O’Brien and the other three activists.
•Tamino Dreisam
Striking Birmingham bin workers speak out: “I think we’re just the start”
Striking refuse workers spoke with reporters from the World Socialist Web Site explaining the significance of the strike and the assault being mounted against them.
•Our reporters
Birmingham bin workers vote to continue strike, defying Labour government clampdown
On Monday, the right-wing Telegraph newspaper reported the Labour government was on a war footing against the strike.
•Robert Stevens
Kenyan government violently suppresses student play critical of state violence and corruption
Ruto’s crackdown on Echoes of War is a stark warning to artists, youth and workers across Kenya and internationally: any expression of opposition, no matter how symbolic or restrained, will be met with brute force.
•Kipchumba Ochieng
SEP (Sri Lanka) holds local government election campaign meeting in Jaffna
“The democratic rights of the Tamil people can only be achieved through the overthrow of capitalism and the fight for socialism.”
•Our reporters
China hits back at Trump by tightening exports of rare earths
The new restrictions, which will impact on the US auto industry and military contractors, appear to be the most significant retaliatory measure by China so far.
•Nick Beams
Incoming German chancellor intends to send Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine
The Russian government would see the delivery and use of this weapon as a declaration of war. No one can guarantee that it will not respond with attacks on German targets.
•Peter Schwarz
Chinese president in South East Asia to counter US economic warfare
In Vietnam, Xi hit out indirectly at the Trump administration’s policies, warning there were “no winners in trade wars or tariff wars, and protectionism leads nowhere.”
•Peter Symonds