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250 years since the Declaration of Independence

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 03:39:39 GMT

The 250th anniversary of the founding document of the American Revolution is being marked by the staggering crisis and decay of those original democratic principles.

USPS rural carrier kidnapped and murdered in North Carolina

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 03:32:15 GMT

Customers on Reynolds’ route described her as kind, caring, hardworking and attentive to the people she served. “It was always a joy to see her,” one resident wrote.

Sahra Wagenknecht offers to cooperate with far-right Alternative for Germany

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 03:09:52 GMT

It has long been evident that there are similarities in the political programmes of the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) and the Alternative for Germany (AfD). But now the BSW is going a step further and offering the far-right party political cooperation.

Australia: Union rams through sellout endorsement in small meeting at Western Sydney University

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 02:47:33 GMT

The meeting showed developing concern among educators over the role of the NTEU and other trade unions in enforcing the dictates of the corporate elite and its governments.

Latest jobs report shows labor force participation dropped by 720,000 workers in June

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 02:46:19 GMT

The unemployment rate went down by one tenth of a point—from 4.3 to 4.2 percent—in June due to 720,000 people leaving the labor force and the creation of just 57,000 new jobs was far below expectations.

New Zealand: Labour’s hollow promises in lead up to November election

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 02:43:35 GMT

Labour’s record demonstrates that it is a party of big business that shares the National Party-led government’s agenda of militarism and austerity.

The class message of the Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce wedding

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 02:41:45 GMT

The preoccupation with fame and wealth and wall-to-wall media coverage of the Swift-Kelce wedding on Friday evening—overlapping with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence—is one way the ruling oligarchy is seeking to divert the attention of the public away from the terminal crisis of capitalism.

Australia: Karl Stefanovic’s turn from breakfast compere to the far-right

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 02:38:37 GMT

Stefanovic’s trajectory is part of a broader lurch to the right by the political and media establishment.

Canada to host new multilateral bank to fund imperialist war

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 02:27:30 GMT

The Liberal government, led by former central bank governor Mark Carney, has played the leading role in the development of this new multilateral bank, as part of its effort to drastically increase Canada’s military spending and cultivate military ties with powers other than its historic military-strategic ally south of the border.

US courts sentence 15 Prairieland defendants to 556 years in Trump’s fascist campaign against left-wing opposition

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 02:19:03 GMT

The savage sentences mark the first major prison terms in the Trump administration’s campaign to brand left-wing opposition to ICE, fascism and capitalism as terrorism.

Workers on the job amid deadly US heat wave exposes government and corporate indifference

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 01:16:05 GMT

Reuters reported Friday that heat indexes could reach as high as 115 degrees Fahrenheit in parts of the US. Trump's so-called "Great American State Fair" event in Washington D.C.’s National Mall was temporarily closed after temperatures reached 101 degrees. Philadelphia canceled its Salute to Independence Parade after tying a temperature record set in 1901.

The political significance of the Colombian and Peruvian elections

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:36:33 GMT

Rather than a turn to the right by the working class or the broad mass of the population, the elections express disgust with the entire political establishment.

“We are being sold out.” German VW workers blast union betrayal as auto plants are sacrificed to rearmament drive

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 23:35:04 GMT

While the government and corporations pour billions into rearmament and war, wages in the auto industry are to be cut and entire workforces laid off.

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 23:26:13 GMT

South Korea: Kakao platform workers strike again for higher wage and bonus; India: Rajasthan sanitation workers strike for job security; Australia: Campbell’s Soups workers continue walkouts over pay; Peabody extends Wambo mine lockout of washery workers.

Turkish teachers suspend Ankara protest ahead of NATO summit

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:33:54 GMT

For teachers, the way forward lies in a struggle that mobilizes the collective strength of all educators and of the other sections of the working class.

July 4th and America’s revolutionary influence on Britain

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:03:03 GMT

The American Revolution not only freed its citizens from the domination of the British Empire; it was an inspiration to all progressive struggles in British society, from the anti-slavery movement to the radical movement for democratic reform.

Burnham told to make welfare and pension cuts to pay for UK rearmament and prepare war with Russia

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:01:43 GMT

The Times editorial Wednesday put Burnham on his marching orders. The need to vastly increase the arms budget and the funding deficit “should spur him to take radical action on pensions and welfare.”

Australia: The Age blames socialists for Victorian teachers’ rejection of union-Labor sellout

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 05:03:53 GMT

The newspaper claimed that the Committee for Public Education, established at the initiative of the Socialist Equality Party, was responsible for the historic rejection of a sellout deal by teachers in the state of Victoria.

Keiko Fujimori declares herself president-elect of Peru

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 04:13:43 GMT

Roberto Sánchez conceded, allowing Fujimori to proclaim herself president-elect. The fear that protests might spiral into a national insurrection outweighed his presidential ambitions.

Heat wave exposes workers to injury and death in auto plants, warehouses and delivery routes

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 03:51:33 GMT

A dangerous heat wave across the Midwest and Eastern United States is exposing workers to serious injury and death in auto plants, warehouses, postal facilities and delivery routes, where millions are being kept on the job without air conditioning or adequate safety measures.

Alexander Rabinowitch’s The Bolsheviks Survive: Petrograd 1919

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 03:20:36 GMT

The fourth and final volume of Rabinowitch’s books on the October Revolution in Petrograd is a major contribution to the history of the civil war.

The Colorado primary and the growing support for socialism

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 02:01:26 GMT

The victory of candidates backed by the Democratic Socialists of America shows the American population moving to the left, but it cannot transform the Democratic Party from a party of Wall Street and the national security apparatus into a representative of the working class.

With NATO chief Rutte present: Merz government adopts war laws

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 02:00:58 GMT

Under the seemingly harmless phrase “Germany is becoming crisis-proof,” the Bundeswehr, the state apparatus, the economy and the whole of society are to be rapidly prepared for a direct war against Russia.

Wall of Tears memorial to child victims of the Gaza genocide comes to Dearborn, Michigan

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 01:51:25 GMT

The name of each martyred child is listed in small script, both Arabic and Roman, in the chronological order of his or her death.

Turkish comedian Deniz Göktaş detained at Istanbul airport over political satire

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 01:43:56 GMT

Göktaş, a left-wing stand-up comedian whose video of a political comedy show garnered 8.5 million views in a week was taken into custody.

Humanitarian crisis worsens in Venezuela, as botched earthquake rescue phase winds down

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 01:25:53 GMT

Amid the disastrous rescue and aid response, the US media has mounted a damage-control operation around Washington's role. Trump's remarks, however, expose contempt for the lives of Venezuelans.

ICE thugs kidnap over 10,000 immigrants in 5 days as White House orders worksite raids

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 01:09:10 GMT

As more than 63,000 people languish in immigrant concentration camps, the Trump administration is expanding street ambushes, worksite raids and mass kidnappings across the country.

SEP (UK) calls for the release of Ali Ercan Akpolat at Turkish embassy in London

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 20:03:54 GMT

SEP Assistant National Secretary Tom Scripps and a group of SEP members aimed to deliver a letter of protest to the Turkish ambassador. Staff at the embassy refused to open the door.

Socialist Equality Party (UK) Supporters Campaign 2026: “It’s our job to show in practice who the real socialists are”

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 17:03:08 GMT

Andrew, a construction worker, told SEP campaigners: “The people do not realise how much power they have. The masses have to take the power. There needs to be a redistribution of wealth, and that is why I like socialism.”

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 17:02:23 GMT

Offshore oil workers in Norway walk out over pay; protests by workers and retirees continue across Iran as ceasefire unravels; Sudanese teachers in Khartoum State walk out over non-payment of wages and poor working conditions

Australia: Senate committee whitewashes Labor’s assault on NDIS disability support

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 04:40:08 GMT

The interim report is a warning that Labor intends to ram through the NDIS legislation despite the widespread opposition revealed in hearings and the thousands of submissions to the Senate inquiry.

California Democrats strip elected education superintendent of authority

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 04:17:46 GMT

Governor Newsom’s AB 181 strips the elected education superintendent of executive authority, advancing the Democratic Party's assault on democratic rights and public education.

Japanese yen hits 40-year low

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 04:13:23 GMT

The immediate effect of the falling yen is to increase the price of oil and energy as Japan is dependent on the Middle East for more than 90 percent of its supplies, with the hike going across the board as Japan imports much of its food and raw materials.

Philadelphia Sheraton hotel workers’ union calls off strike days ahead of busy July 4 holiday

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 04:09:45 GMT

UNITE HERE 274 called off the strike just in time for the massive July 4 tourism rush to the city.

The US oligarchy’s crime boss: Trump pocketed $2.2 billion in 2025

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 03:44:38 GMT

An annual income of $2.2 billion, equivalent to the incomes of 37,931 US autoworkers, computes to $251,000 per hour.

Colorado primary results show continuing radicalization of US workers and youth

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 03:37:41 GMT

A member of the Democratic Socialists of America defeated an incumbent Democratic congresswoman for renomination in Denver, while Senator Michael Bennet was denied the party’s nomination for governor.

Turkish cinema great Kadir İnanır (1949-2026)

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 02:51:09 GMT

The actor’s death plunged millions into mourning. He was buried in Istanbul on June 28 in a ceremony attended by large crowds.

Ebola deaths pass 400 in the DRC as US guts surveillance systems to stop it

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 02:46:16 GMT

The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak is spreading faster than any before it, precisely as Washington dismantles the global public health infrastructure built to contain such threats.

Albania’s “Flamingo Revolution” shakes the government

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:57:09 GMT

Since late May, Albania has seen its biggest wave of protests since the collapse of the Stalinist regime in the early 1990s. The direct cause of the demonstrations is a tourism development project backed by Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

Lloyds de-banks Canary in fundamental attack on independent media

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 19:39:48 GMT

Canary’s Steve Topple told WSWS, “Our situation is a damning indictment of the treatment of independent media in this country – whereby you can be potentially ruined without recourse by banking giants like Lloyds.”

Burnham’s “Manchesterism” and “Productive State” agenda: Austerity, privatisation and war by another name

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:23:49 GMT

What guarantees that Burnham will deepen the offensive against the working class is the deepening crisis of British and world imperialism that led to Starmer’s downfall.

Ahead of NATO summit, Ankara proclaims its “indispensability” to the imperialist war machine

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:20:16 GMT

Appearing willing to take on a greater role in Europe’s “security” and to assume new NATO obligations, the Turkish political establishment is using this card to strengthen its hand—above all against its regional rivals Israel and Greece—and to secure the interests of the Turkish bourgeoisie.

Australia: Union trying to rush through sellout deal at Western Sydney University

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 05:20:51 GMT

In typical anti-democratic fashion, the NTEU is trying to push an endorsement vote through a hastily called members’ meeting on Thursday.

Teamsters and Department of Justice move to end federal oversight of union after 37 years

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 04:18:54 GMT

The winding down of the monitorship does not mark the end of corruption inside the union or even a separation between the union bureaucracy and the capitalist state. It amounts to official sanction for the corruption and bureaucratic suppression through which the apparatus polices the rank and file.

The 1929–1930 miners’ lockout—a key strategic experience of the Australian working class

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 04:07:26 GMT

The existing accounts of the lockout all put the defeat down to the miners themselves—courageous, but worn down after 16 months of struggle. This article examines the critical role of the Labor Party, the trade unions and the Communist Party in isolating the locked-out miners and finally forcing them back to work on the terms of the coal barons.

The New York elections and the political role of the Democratic Socialists of America

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 04:04:29 GMT

In an interview with ABC’s “This Week” program on Sunday, Mamdani laid out his conception of “democratic socialism.”

Australian unions complicit in Labor’s gutting of national disability scheme

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 04:04:15 GMT

The union apparatus, in line with its role as an industrial police force, has embraced Labor’s brutal agenda and offered its assistance.

Geethananda Jayasekera, longstanding Sri Lankan Trotskyist dies at 70

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 03:50:20 GMT

The SEP and the IYSSE in Sri Lanka pay tribute to comrade Geethananda Jayasekera’s struggle for the Trotskyist principles of international socialism and extend our deepest sympathies to his family members.

“It’s hard to save for a car with the wages we’re getting”: Widespread opposition as UAW pushes through second sellout deal at Bridgewater Interiors

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 03:49:16 GMT

Despite a concerted UAW effort to exploit the severe economic distress that it has foisted upon the plant’s low-paid workforce, Bridgewater workers expressed enormous opposition to the contract.

On the eve of the NATO summit in Ankara: European powers drive Ukraine war toward direct conflict with Russia

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 03:47:28 GMT

The European powers calculate that strikes deep inside Russia will force Moscow to respond and that any Russian retaliation can then be used to justify a still broader NATO intervention. This is the logic of provocation. It is the logic that leads to a direct war between nuclear armed powers.

U.S. Supreme Court narrowly upholds birthright citizenship

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 03:30:16 GMT

The Supreme Court narrowly struck down Trump’s executive order that would revoke the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship.

Violent attack in Stade, Germany, the product of a brutal society

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 03:14:39 GMT

The ruthlessness of the crime reflects a society in which explosive social tensions are mounting without finding any progressive outlet, and in which violence is propagated from the highest level.

More than 1,000 Palestinians killed by Israel since Trump announced the Gaza cease-fire

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 03:14:30 GMT

Under cover of a non-existent cease-fire, Israel’s military attacks on Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank surged this week as the regime of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also moved forward with population transfer and annexation plans and expansion of Zionist settlements in the occupied territories.

Peter Gabriel: From progressive rock to world music and beyond

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 02:21:36 GMT

Internationally acclaimed musician Peter Gabriel is developing a new album in 2026 entitled o/i (output/input) as a year-long series of track-at-a-time releases timed to arrive with each full moon cycle.

Defend the University of Michigan Eight! Drop all charges! Mobilize the working class against dictatorship and war!

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 01:42:09 GMT

This prosecution is a blatant and dangerous political witch-hunt and frame-up. It must not be allowed to stand. It is a major escalation by the Trump administration of the effort to criminalize left-wing opposition to war, dictatorship and social inequality.

Massive US heatwave threatens millions as 3 firefighters die battling Colorado wildfire

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 01:40:52 GMT

A record-setting heat dome is spreading across the central and eastern United States, threatening millions of workers and their families with deadly temperatures, wildfire smoke, power grid strain and unsafe workplaces.

U.S. Supreme Court upholds state bans on transgender athletes while striking down campaign finance regulation

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 01:38:31 GMT

On the final day of its current term, the Supreme Court handed down reactionary opinions attacking the rights of transgender students and lifting restrictions on corporate campaign funding.

Zelensky skips “Ukraine Recovery Conference” after Poland strips him of state honors

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:34:17 GMT

Whatever the outcome of the dispute between these two nationalist governments, the conflict underscores that their war alliance against Russia is as fragile as it is reactionary.

BMA narrowly pushes through sellout of resident doctors on behalf of Starmer government

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:41:14 GMT

Without a rank-and-file rebellion by doctors against the RDC, a sellout was inevitable. That is the central lesson from the dispute. Doctors showed their willingness to fight, but their struggle was undermined by the absence of an organised opposition to the BMA’s partnership with the government.

Supreme Court backs Trump purge of regulatory agencies—except for Federal Reserve

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:34:07 GMT

On Monday, the Supreme Court overruled more than 90 years of precedent and practice by authorizing Trump to terminate without cause commissioners appointed for fixed terms to regulatory agencies, except for Federal Reserve Board governors.

UAW calls snap vote at Bridgewater Interiors in Warren, Michigan, as it seeks to ram through sellout deal

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 03:55:12 GMT

The UAW is seeking to strangle opposition to halt a potential strike that could halt production of highly profitable vehicles including the Ford F-150 and Dodge Ram light trucks.

Workers Struggles: The Americas

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 03:11:07 GMT

This week’s roundup includes mass protests against the right-wing Espriella government in Colombia, a threatened July 4 strike by Philadelphia utility workers and the ongoing strike by grocery workers in Montreal.

Europe’s record heatwave: Climate catastrophe or world socialism

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 03:09:41 GMT

This event makes clear the titanic, revolutionary and socialist character of the struggle necessary to move from a rearguard action against the consequences of climate change to an offensive against its source—private production for profit.

Australian citizen to return from Syria under police-state conditions

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 03:09:01 GMT

The Albanese Labor government is clearly seeking to evade a possible High Court ruling that could clarify the constitutional and basic democratic right of citizens to leave the country and return.

Millions in US face cutoff of food aid, healthcare

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 03:08:02 GMT

The combined total of people losing food stamps and health insurance approaches 10 million.

Solomon Islands PM visits Australia, NZ in shift away from China

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 03:02:46 GMT

Matthew Wale has announced a sharp pivot from the Pacific country’s ties with Beijing amid escalating US-led war preparations against China.

Justice Minister visits mass grave of Tamil civilians in northern Sri Lanka

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 02:55:58 GMT

The visit was not aimed at delivering justice for the relatives of the victims but at defusing mounting anger over decades of state cover-ups of the crimes of the military.

Bank for International Settlements warns of AI “investment bust”

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 02:22:21 GMT

Intense competition in AI development has raised “the risk of firms over-committing resources to investment projects with still uncertain returns, leaving all firms vulnerable to disappointments in AI payoffs.”

Police mobilized to break picket lines in 6-week Ontario community services workers’ strike

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 02:17:01 GMT

The workers perform critical community support functions in autism programs, palliative care facilities, psychiatric treatment centers, disabled development centers, substance abuse programs, women-in-crisis units, homeless shelters, youth programs and many other fields.

A letter from historian Steven Mintz on “The American Revolution and Its Place in History”

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 02:11:04 GMT

Mintz is the author of numerous published works, including Huck’s Raft: A History of American Childhood (2004), winner of the Organization of American Historians’ Merle Curti Award.

Haitians charged in Chile with people smuggling: The historical context of a right-wing frameup

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 01:13:28 GMT

As the media whips up hysteria over non-missing children, the Kast administration is carrying out a real assault on the living conditions of children, adolescents and students across Chile.

Deportees on flight from the United States die in Venezuelan earthquake

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 01:12:28 GMT

The US government expelled them like criminals after deliberately destroying their home country’s economy over decades, leaving the infrastructure incapable of withstanding the earth's movement.

Texas moves to impose Christian nationalist curriculum in public schools

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:41:14 GMT

The Texas State Board of Education’s approval of Bible-based reading materials marks a major escalation in the attack on secular public education and the separation of church and state.

Labour’s “politics of home” and the brutal reality of Britain’s housing crisis

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 17:07:07 GMT

The housing crisis is the product of 50 years of sustained class assault, carried out as a bipartisan project between Labour and the Conservatives.

Australia: Permanent jobs under attack at Smith’s Brisbane chip factory

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 04:28:08 GMT

Global food and beverage manufacturer PepsiCo is seeking to impose significant cuts to working conditions in a new enterprise agreement, to step up its use of precarious labour-hire working arrangements.

UAW Monitor’s report details “pattern of retaliation” by Shawn Fain, warns of sanctions

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 04:01:44 GMT

The Monitor’s 16th status report details a “recurring pattern of retaliation” by the UAW apparatus headed by Fain.

New Zealand Greens advance fraudulent wealth tax policy

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 03:26:24 GMT

The Green Party’s extremely modest proposal to tax the super-rich is aimed at promoting illusions that it can “pressure” the Labour Party to adopt more progressive policies.

Rank-and-file candidate for UAW president Will Lehman issues statement to Nexteer workers: “A contract ratified under those conditions is not legitimate”

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 03:19:44 GMT

Will Lehman, a Mack Trucks worker from Macungie, Pennsylvania and socialist candidate for UAW president, issued a statement to workers at Nexteer Automotive following the fraudulent ratification of a fourth tentative agreement (TA4) by UAW Local 699 officials.

This week in history: June 29-July 5

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 03:17:43 GMT

Trimble resigns in Northern Ireland; Israeli commandos raid Entebbe Airport; World Court rules against Iran on oil nationalization; Mexican government restricts Catholic Church.

World Press Photo 2026 in Amsterdam: Striking images of crisis-ridden capitalism

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 03:12:41 GMT

The WPP exhibition 2026 offers a striking visual record of a world marked by war, displacement, poverty and political repression.

The earthquake disaster in Venezuela: A crime of US imperialism

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 03:08:40 GMT

The decrepit state of housing stock, the collapse of the healthcare system, and the incapacity of the state to organize any meaningful emergency response are the product of the protracted oppression of Venezuela by US imperialism.

Trump religion commission attacks separation of church and state

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 02:53:42 GMT

The commission’s report is an assault on American history and the First Amendment.

US strikes Iran again, as Trump threatens the country “will no longer exist”

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 02:30:07 GMT

US warplanes bombed Iranian coastal radar and air defense sites on Friday and again on Saturday, striking 10 targets near the Strait of Hormuz in the second wave.

Victory of Mamdani-backed candidates heightens crisis in Democratic Party

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 01:37:45 GMT

The Democratic Party leadership has reacted with alarm to the victories of DSA-backed congressional candidates in last week’s primary elections in New York City.

VIDEO Report: Teenage girls in Rotherham violently assaulted by South Yorkshire police

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 18:10:03 GMT

After reporters from the World Socialist Web Site visited Rawmarsh on Tuesday morning to speak with residents, parents organised a press conference that afternoon at the site of the attack.

Finland amends laws to allow deployment of nuclear weapons

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 17:59:54 GMT

Overturning decades of official support for non-proliferation and disarmament, Finland is now helping to promote the deployment of nuclear weapons throughout Europe under conditions in which the major imperialist powers are recklessly escalating the war in Ukraine against Russia.

The issues in the University and College Union “global academic boycott” of the University of Sheffield

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 17:52:17 GMT

What is ruled out by the union bureaucracy are the class struggle methods that could halt the offensive: indefinite all-out strikes, occupations, and coordinated action across every Sheffield campus and across the sector.

WSWS webinar on the American Revolution: The historical significance and contemporary relevance of 1776

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 04:53:31 GMT

The World Socialist Web Site's webinar marking the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution brought together leading historians to defend its revolutionary heritage at a moment of mounting authoritarianism.

U.S. Supreme Court strips refugees of protected status, blocks immigrants from applying for asylum

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 04:19:38 GMT

The rulings will have immediate—and, in some cases, deadly—consequences for hundreds of thousands of immigrants seeking refuge in the United States from political oppression, violence and starvation in their countries of origin.

US violates ceasefire, launches strikes against Iranian sites in the Strait of Hormuz

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 04:19:25 GMT

One week after President Trump signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran, US military representatives confirmed on Friday that multiple strikes were launched against missile and drone storage and coastal radar sites near a southern port in the Strait of Hormuz.

Australia’s ASIO surveillance chief declares “unprecedented” security threats

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:57:19 GMT

With the Albanese Labor government’s blessing, the ASIO boss has increasingly become a prominent political figure.

The “Ulm 5”: How Germany is criminalising opposition to the Gaza genocide

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 02:57:52 GMT

Throughout the proceedings, the defendants are being stripped of fundamental rights and subjected to the most adverse prison conditions in order to intimidate anyone who protests against the genocide in Gaza.

The June 24 national transport strike in the Netherlands: The political questions

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 02:42:11 GMT

The Netherlands is one front in a strike wave now sweeping the continent, everywhere driven by the same socio-economic and political conditions: austerity at home to finance war abroad.

Enough is enough: Defend every job at Germany’s Volkswagen

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 02:34:22 GMT

IG Metall and the works councils are not opponents of Volkswagen’s restructuring plans, but accomplices. Workers must take the defence of jobs into their own hands through independent rank-and-file committees.

Hyundai autoworkers in South Korea vote to strike

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 02:28:32 GMT

While workers voted overwhelmingly to stop work, the Korean Metal Workers’ Union (KMWU) is doing everything possible to prevent a strike.

IYSSE meeting: World War, Imperialism and the Illusion of a Multipolar World

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 02:26:16 GMT

The International Youth and Students for Social Equality in Sri Lanka is holding an online public meeting on Wednesday, July 8, at 7:00 p.m. to discuss the Trotskyist strategy to mobilise the working class against imperialist war.

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 02:17:17 GMT

India: Community Health Officers strike in Punjab over long-outstanding demands; Cambodia: AJ Textile garment workers walk out over sacking and conditions; Australia: Glencore coalminers in New South Wales vote to strike.

The Great American State Fair and the war on arts and culture in the US

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 01:41:26 GMT

The "Fair"'s miserable, unpopular character says more about the state of American capitalism than either Trump, the Democrats or the media would care to admit.

US sends troops under cover of Venezuelan earthquake, as death toll surges

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 01:28:29 GMT

Forty-eight hours after the most powerful earthquakes to strike Venezuela in 125 years, the United States has seized upon the humanitarian catastrophe to accelerate its military control over the country.

The California billionaire tax: A faction fight within the ruling class

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 01:25:19 GMT

Beneath the billionaire tax campaign lies the effort of Democrats and unions to preserve capitalist rule and inequality.