German Chancellor Friedrich Merz: Make Bundeswehr “the strongest conventional army in Europe”
The first government statement by the incoming chancellor was a declaration of war on the population.
Defend Logan Rozos! Mobilize workers and students to demand his diploma, oppose the assault on democratic rights!
The International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) calls on students, workers and youth across the US and internationally to demand that Rozos' diploma be released immediately.
“We want the truth”: Rank-and-file investigation breaking wall of silence around death of Stellantis worker Ronald Adams, Sr.
The "investigations" carried out by UAW-Stellantis teams and the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) can only result in a whitewash.
Trump embraces the “Syrian revolution”: The bankruptcy of the pro-imperialist pseudo-left
Trump’s praise for al-Sharaa, the former leader of the al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Nusra Front, is a fitting culmination to the fabricated “Syrian revolution” promoted around the world for close to 15 years by a host of pro-imperialist, pseudo-left political parties.
A pseudo-left attack on science in Flint, Michigan—Part two
A series of recently published books on the Flint water crisis share a common “critical” hostility toward the efforts of legitimate water scientists to oversee the recovery of the city’s water system.
New Jersey Transit commuter rail engineers launch strike
The strike, taking place on the outskirts of New York City, the center of world finance, poses the need for a general confrontation between the working class and the capitalist ruling elite.
Vote for the Action Committee list in the Berlin Transport staff council elections!
We are running in the staff council elections to free us from the straitjacket of the Verdi (Public Service workers trade union) and build genuine rank and file resistance.
Sri Lanka’s fake-left FSP claims to be socialist while promoting pro-capitalist policies
The FSP is seeking to divert the growing opposition among workers to the JVP/NPP government’s attacks on living conditions and democratic rights into futile protests and a reactionary chauvinist anti-Indian campaign.
Trump administration junks committee on preventing infections in hospitals
The dismantling of HICPAC creates a situation where updates of standards for best practices will have to be undertaken at the state or local level, or possibly at the level of the individual facility. This will force facilities and practitioners to adhere to differing standards based potentially more on regional political pressure than on widely accepted scientific evidence.
Eurovision 2025—Thousands of cultural workers, music fans condemn Israel’s genocide in Gaza
Thousands of musicians, artists and music industry professionals, including many past participants in the European Song Contest, have condemned the mass murder in Gaza.
Australian prime minister visits Indonesia to push anti-China build-up
The meeting, held immediately after the re-elected Labor government was sworn into office, was aimed at strengthening the two countries’ military ties in preparation for US-led war with China.
WATCH: After the Australian election—The socialist alternative to Labor’s government of war and austerity
At Thursday’s meeting, speakers Oscar Grenfell and Cheryl Crisp, as well as chair Max Boddy, presented a Marxist analysis of the May 3 federal election.
Buoyed by bipartisan support, corporate profits and immigrant prisons soar in US Midwest
The Trump administration has continued Biden’s policy of integrating the private prison industry into deportation operations, granting massive contracts to the GEO Group and CoreCivic.
Glen Rogers’ execution in Florida and the “pure evil” rationale for state killings
To consider what in society stands behind the depraved acts of an individual like Glen Rogers is not to discount the suffering of victims of crime. In a rational society, it should assist in finding answers to why such heinous acts are perpetrated and serve as motivation for social change.
Indian workers and students speak out against Modi government’s assault on Pakistan and anti-Muslim incitement
In the face of a frenzied ruling class campaign to whip up war fever and silence all dissenting voices, there is growing opposition among Indian workers and youth to the reactionary conflict between South’s rival nuclear-armed states, India and Pakistan.
Capitulating to Modi’s war-mongering, India’s unions cancel May 20 general strike
The unions have justified their scrapping of the strike with a frank declaration of their support for the Indian bourgeoisie in its reactionary strategic conflict with Pakistan, proclaiming themselves “an integral part of the responsible patriotic citizenry of the country.”
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
India: Food processing workers in Bihar walk out over unpaid bonus and poor conditions; South Korea: Seoul bus drivers threaten to strike over pay; Australia: Allied Pinnacle bakery workers strike for pay rise.
Romania goes to second round of presidential election
The first-round win of fascist candidate George Simion exemplifies how the post-Stalinist political setup has served since the restoration of capitalism in Romania to stifle resistance and politically confuse workers, especially using the services of the union bureaucracies and their pseudo-left attendants.
Dorset County Hospital workers protest creation of subsidiary company threatening terms and conditions
NHS FightBack campaign teams distributed a statement, “No to Labour’s NHS privatisation! Oppose mass staff transfer to private subsidiaries!”, calling on workers to join an online Zoom meeting (May 19 at 7 p.m.) to discuss a socialist strategy to resist the attacks on the NHS.
UK’s Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers hosts David Brotherton for talk on the “United States of Deportation”
Brotherton has appeared in over 200 immigration removal hearings as an expert witness, nearly all CAT [Convention Against Torture] cases, he explained, “So they hate my guts”.
Portugal snap general election prepares rightward lurch by ruling elites amid mounting social crisis
The election campaign has been dominated by reactionary posturing, especially anti-migrant xenophobia. Not a single party raises the real issues confronting Portugal’s workers: the descent of capitalism into world war, the escalating crisis of the European Union, or the devastating impact of trade war, austerity and militarism.
Police send file on British independent journalist Richard Medhurst to Crown Prosecution Service
Almost nine months since his August 15, 2024 arrest, Medhurst posted on X on May 12, “The police in England have sent my file to the Crown Prosecution Service, to decide whether to charge me with terrorism for my reporting on Gaza & Lebanon.”
The murder of Turkish worker Erol Eğrek demands an independent investigation
Eğrek's death, which must be considered beyond the company's specific hatred and animosity towards one worker, confirms that the lives of workers have no value in the eyes of the ruling class.
Anatomy of a social crime: How financial speculation shuttered Crozer Health in Chester, Pennsylvania
The bankruptcy of healthcare service provider Prospect Medical Holdings has revealed the real face of the capitalist system’s subordination of public health to market forces, leaving an entire community to fend for itself without life saving services.
Concluding Middle East tour, Trump reiterates plan for US to “take” Gaza
US President Donald Trump concluded his Middle East tour in Qatar Thursday by reiterating his demand for the US annexation of the Gaza Strip, on a day that Israel massacred over 136 Palestinians.
Detroit and Toledo autoworkers back rank-and-file investigation into death of Stellantis worker Ronald Adams, Sr.
The initiation of a rank-and-file investigation is being met with enthusiastic support from autoworkers.
Australian Labor state government charging protesters over anti-Zionist slogan
The protesters were opposing the prosecution of pro-Palestinian activist Hash Tayeh, slapped with criminal charges for stating that “all Zionists are terrorists.”
The legal and political issues in the Supreme Court hearing on Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship
The arguments before the Supreme Court in Trump v. CASA underscore the administration’s efforts to eviscerate judicial oversight, clearing the path for unchecked presidential dictatorship.
Dockworker unions back trade war amid collapse of traffic on US docks
Responsibility for these policies lies not only with Trump himself but with union bureaucrats who support “America first” policies.
Philippines: President Marcos continues the “war on drugs”
Philippine governments have used extrajudicial killings and state terror to suppress working-class anger over declining living conditions and opposition to US-led war preparations against China.
Berlin: Humboldt University student parliament condemns deportations of political activists
Last Tuesday, the student parliament of Berlin's Humboldt University passed a motion by the International Youth and Students for Social Equality condemning the deportations of political activists in Germany and internationally.
New York University withholds diploma from Logan Rozos for condemning Gaza genocide during commencement speech
In a statement announcing the witholding of Rozos’s diploma, NYU spokesman John Beckman reprehended the courageous student for expressing his “personal and one-sided political views.”
Major League Baseball lifts lifetime bans on 17 deceased players, including Pete Rose and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson
With the lifting of these bans, all these players, including Rose, will now be permitted to be considered for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, with their earliest eligibility beginning in 2028.
Restored 1972 concert film Pink Floyd at Pompeii—MCMLXXII: A record of artistic transition in a tumultuous world
The updated version of the 1972 concert film was released on April 24 at select cinemas and IMAX theaters internationally. It has been remastered with surround audio and restored digitally from the original 35mm film.
German journalist Ole Nymoen’s book: A protest that can’t stop the warmongers
Anyone looking for an explanation of the causes of the current war madness in his book and an answer to the question of how it can be stopped will be bitterly disappointed. Nymoen provides no political perspective for the fight against war.
A pseudo-left attack on science in Flint, Michigan—Part one
Two recently published books on the Flint water crisis share a common “critical” hostility toward the efforts of principled water scientists to oversee the recovery of the city’s water system.
ONLINE MEETING SUNDAY: How USPS workers can organize to fight privatization
Only mass action, including a general strike, can force a stop to Trump’s conspiracies. To prepare, we cannot rely on the Democrats, who are more afraid of workers than Trump, or the sellout union bureaucrats who are collaborating with management.
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
Rail workers in France, Portugal strike over wages, while wildcat action closes Brussels metro; Iranian oil workers, truck drivers, workers in healthcare and textiles, plus retirees protest collapsing living standards and infrastructure; around 700 municipal workers in KwaDukuza, South Africa walk out over unfulfilled promised pay uplift
End isolation of Birmingham bin workers’ strike: Build rank-and-file opposition to Starmer’s strike breaking and austerity cuts
Unite and the GMB union are sitting on the potential for a far wider fightback among refuse and council workers.
Smith’s snack food workers strike in South Australia
While United Workers Union officials described PepsiCo’s pay offer as “insulting,” the union’s claim is scarcely higher and would still leave workers worse off in real terms than they were in 2019.
After the “truce,” what now for the Trump economic war against China?
If the talks between the US and China had failed to produce any lessening of the tariff conflict, the downward spiral in financial markets that started after the April 2 “Liberation Day” would have resumed.
Israel escalates Gaza bombings, forcible displacement and famine as Trump tours Middle East
As US President Donald Trump continued his tour through the Middle East, Israel escalated its mass killings in Gaza, bombing two hospitals and killing at least 80 people in a single day.
Kennedy escalates war on health in congressional testimony
At the hearing, Kennedy doubled down on nearly every major anti-scientific position he has taken, while attempting to falsely portray looming Medicaid cuts as eliminating “fraud and abuse.”
Support the IWA-RFC’s rank-and-file investigation into the death of autoworker Ronald Adams Sr.!
The Socialist Equality Party and the World Socialist Web Site support the call by the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees (IWA-RFC) for an independent investigation—led by rank-and-file workers—into the entirely preventable death of Ronald Adams Sr.
Rapper Kanye West releases pro-Nazi song “Heil Hitler”
West, one of the most financially successful rap music entertainers in history, has emerged as an unrestrained admirer of fascism in recent years.
Massive 7-alarm warehouse fire engulfs West Baltimore, disrupts rail and displaces residents
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Michigan safety agency denies information request as support grows for rank-and-file investigation of death of Stellantis worker Ronald Adams Sr.
More than five weeks after the fatal accident, the Adams’ family, co-workers and the public have yet to receive any information from MIOSHA.
Two construction workers airlifted to hospital after sustaining serious injuries at Indiana Amazon warehouse site
The workers were seriously injured in a fire that broke out inside the construction site of a new Amazon Web Services facility in New Carlisle, Indiana.
Save the US Postal Service! Build a rank-and-file movement against privatization!
At stake is not just the future of USPS as a public entity, but the democratic and social rights of everyone. At stake is whether this country will become a dictatorship.
New Zealand government seeks to ban social media for under-16s
As young people move to the left, the government is seeking to stop them accessing an anti-war and socialist analysis, and organising strikes and protests, through social media.
German general spends 80th anniversary of the defeat of Hitler’s Wehrmacht with Ukrainian neo-Nazi commander
Freuding’s insult to the memory of the millions who were murdered by German fascism must be understood not only as a provocation but as a statement of policy: No less than in World War II, German imperialism will rely on fascist forces to achieve its goals.
India’s opposition parties rally behind far-right Modi regime’s provocative attack on Pakistan
Even under the threat of an all-out war that could spiral into a catastrophic nuclear conflict, India’s opposition parties—including the Stalinist parliamentary parties—have rallied behind the Modi-led BJP government in the name of “defending the nation.”
German auto industry crisis deepens as layoffs mount
Massive job losses in the German automotive industry are announced almost daily. The supplier industry is being decimated by insolvencies.
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital announces plan to lay off 1,000 workers
The workforce reduction at NewYork-Presbyterian was announced amid a wave of job cuts in the healthcare industry, as well as President Trump’s all-out attack on public health.
Ignoring overwhelming opposition, Atlanta Democratic mayor welcomes “Cop City”
After railroading all opposition, Atlanta’s “law-and-order” Mayor Andre Dickens celebrated the opening of the militarized police training center dubbed Cop City.
NHS FightBack campaigns at Royal Bournemouth Hospital protest: “We shouldn’t be afraid to speak up”
Members of NHS FightBack distributed copies of a leaflet advertising next Monday night’s Zoom meeting, “No to Labour’s NHS privatisation! Oppose mass staff transfer to private subsidiaries!” NHS workers took extra copies to share with their departments.
Labour “left” refuse to fight Starmer after his anti-migrant “island of strangers” speech
Responding to Starmer, Corbyn again confined himself strictly to suggestions of what Labour should be doing, while offering no means of opposing what it is actually doing.
DHS agents imprison Guatemalan mother at hospital during labor and birth, provoking public outcry
Erika Mateo, a 24-year-old pregnant Guatemalan woman, was taken into custody and held under armed guard by the Department of Homeland Security and placed under expedited removal. After giving birth, she was transferred to ICE custody and denied access to her attorney, family and friends.
Australia’s second-term Labor government will accelerate pro-business, pro-war agenda
The key ministers who prosecuted the previous Labor government’s militarist and socially regressive policies retain their posts but changes to the ministerial line-up signal a further lurch to the right.
Liberal leadership contest marked by factional divisions after Australian election rout
The much diminished party-room was split down the middle, presaging further ructions.
Labor government-driven cuts and restructuring hit Western Sydney University
The Albanese government’s financial squeeze is aimed at forcing the universities to integrate themselves more fully into the demands of big business and the military, as set out in Labor’s Universities Accord.
Cleveland-Cliffs announces mill and mine closures, impacting over 2,000 workers across 4 states
The company cites weak demand, financial losses, and shifting trade policies as reasons for the closures.
Hundreds of directors, writers, actors denounce Israeli genocide in Gaza and the film industry’s “silence,” “indifference” and “passivity”
The letter begins by calling attention to the fate of 25-year-old Fatma Hassoun, a Palestinian freelance photojournalist, murdered in an Israeli air strike on April 16.
Republicans move forward with plan to cut an estimated $715 billion in Medicaid funding
To help cover some $4.5 trillion in tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy and corporations, the House Republicans proposed at least $880 billion in cuts centered on Medicaid, the primary insurance for about one-fifth of the US population.
Trump and the American oligarchy dine with Saudi despot Mohammed Bin Salman
Beyond the business transactions, there can be little doubt that Trump and the other American oligarchs saw in their Saudi hosts kindred spirits. They aspire to establish a dictatorship in the US to rival Bin Salman’s in lawlessness and brutality, as shown by Trump’s actions since his return to the White House.
European foreign ministers threaten sanctions, military build-up against Russia
The European powers are engaging in a massive military build-up aiming to develop Europe as a bloc that can wage aggressive imperialist wars independently of the United States.
German President Steinmeier receives Israeli President Herzog, backs genocide against the Palestinians
A few crocodile tears from German politicians about the suffering of the Palestinians and cynical references to Germany’s own historical crimes against the Jewish population cannot hide the fact that German imperialism is once again playing a key role in the implementation of genocide.
Official campaigning underway in South Korean presidential election
The election is being held to replace former President Yoon Suk-yeol, who was removed from office last month after being impeached for attempting to impose martial law in December.
Trump administration welcomes Afrikaner “refugees” from South Africa
The contrast between the treatment of the white South Africans and the hysterical campaign against refugees and immigrants could not be clearer.
For a rank-and-file investigation into the death of Stellantis worker Ronald Adams Sr.!
An inquiry independent of Stellantis, the United Auto Workers (UAW) apparatus and state authorities is essential to uncover the truth, expose systemic safety violations and prevent future deaths.
UAW holds “invest in US” rallies to support Trump’s tariffs and scapegoat Mexican autoworkers
In defiance of mounting rank-and-file anger over job cuts, the UAW bureaucracy is continuing to promote Trump’s tariffs and foul anti-Mexican sentiment.
Why we oppose tariffs and the USW’s nationalism: Unite workers globally to defend the jobs and rights of all!
Workers must build new organizations of class struggle that correspond to their position as a class objectively unified across national borders by the process of production and exploited by profit-hungry transnational corporations.
Hasan Piker detained and interrogated at Chicago airport by Trump’s border agents
Twitch streamer Hasan Piker was detained for several hours in Chicago and interrogated on his political beliefs.
Join the Trotskyist movement to fight for socialism
This summation was given by Socialist Equality Party (UK) assistant national secretary Thomas Scripps at the International May Day 2025 Online Rally, held Saturday, May 3.
Kurdish Workers Party dissolves itself amid deepening war in the Middle East
It is essential to expose the underlying grounds of the process that led the PKK to dissolve itself and the falsity of its claims of “democracy and peace”.
UK government providing weapons for Gaza genocide despite formal suspension of arms exports to Israel
The UK has been caught red handed enabling Israel’s violations of international law and therefore violating its own obligations under international law. Starmer’s government is guilty of war crimes.
Sri Lankan union leaders respond to US trade war with class collaboration
The May Day rally of the Joint Trade Union Alliance made crystal clear that its concern is not the jobs and conditions of workers, but to shore up Sri Lankan industries which rely heavily on US markets.
Uneasy 90-day truce in US tariff war against China
The international assessment by economists is that the US was forced to pull back from its frontal economic assault on China because of the damage this inflicted on itself.
2 more air traffic outages at Newark, New Jersey airport trigger further disruptions, expose National Airspace System on the brink
In the aftermath of events like this, the FAA consistently claims that “safety was never compromised.” This is double-speak for “nothing happened this time.”
University of Rochester graduate workers on indefinite strike
Graduate workers are exploited by a system that pays them in stipends and earn as little as $15,000 a year, in a city that regularly ranks as one of the poorest in the country.
Political warfare deepens as Philippines holds midterm elections
For the ruling elite the election was a referendum over geopolitical ties. For the mass of voters it was an expression of anger over the social crisis they confront.
The socialist response to the breakdown in Canada-US relations
This speech was given by Keith Jones, National Secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Canada), at the International May Day 2025 Online Rally, held Saturday, May 3.
Railroad companies request Trump administration dismantle two-person crew regulations
The railroads are using Trump’s destruction of all corporate regulations to push for what has been a top priority for years and which will cost thousands of jobs and lead to more accidents.
Workers Struggles: The Americas
A militant strike by transit workers across Argentina halted buses in major industrial centers, while teachers in Alberta, Canada voted down a mediated deal recommended by their union.
The politics behind the selection of the American-Peruvian Pope
While posturing as a reformer, Prevost was selected to further the Church’s alliance with capital and protect its own extensive financial interests
Ford workers in Cologne vote for all-out strike as IG Metall tries to slam on the brakes
Around 11,500 Ford workers in Cologne voted overwhelmingly last week for an indefinite strike to defend their jobs.
Entire Gaza population faces “critical risk of famine,” UN-backed monitor warns
The entire population of Gaza is at “critical risk of famine,” according to a report published Monday by the UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification.
Australia: Macquarie University Rank-and-File Committee blocked from speaking at rally against cuts
Students and staff joined a protest at Sydney’s Macquarie University to oppose deep cuts to courses and degrees, but the rally organisers presented the cuts as isolated to the university, divorcing them from the wave of job cuts nationally as a result of the Labor government’s policies.
Trump’s ban on “gain-of-function” research: An attack on science and preparation for war
An executive order signed on May 5, 2025, weaponizes the false claim that the virus that causes COVID-19 was manufactured in a Chinese laboratory.
Berlin Senate deepens cuts to the city’s cultural sector
The cuts decided so far are huge: 130 million euros will be slashed this year alone, 149 million in 2026, and another 164 million in 2027.
Amended lawsuit filed over illegal deportation of Dr. Rasha Alawieh by US border control
Lawyers for a Rhode Island Hospital kidney doctor filed an amended lawsuit last week challenging her illegal deportation to Lebanon by CBP agents at Boston Logan International airport.
Unite the New Zealand and Pacific working class against war!
This speech was given by Tom Peters, a leading member of the Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand, at the International May Day 2025 Online Rally, held Saturday, May 3.
Economic nationalism divides us. International socialism is the answer.
The alternative to global capitalist exploitation is not protectionism in the service of our ”own” ruling class, but the international unity of workers against a common enemy: the transnational corporations that exploit our labor.
Starmer invokes Enoch Powell’s “rivers of blood” speech to launch Labour’s anti-immigration offensive
Since 2016, every right-wing scoundrel in Britain has embraced the anti-immigrant Brexit slogan “Take Back Control”. Starmer’s narrative was that the Brexit pledge had been betrayed by the previous Conservative government.
A devastating insight into Zionism: Louis Theroux: The Settlers
The documentary shows the settlers in their role as the Israeli state’s advanced guard in the ethnic cleansing and mass murder of the Palestinians.
Australian construction union boss vows to impose Labor’s restructure plan
The aim of the proposed restructure is to ensure that union officials at every level, from the branch leadership down to site delegates, are committed to carrying out the dictates of the administrator—that is, of the ruling elite.
NZ government blocks “pay equity” claims for hundreds of thousands of workers
In order to save billions of dollars, the government has cancelled negotiations for 33 pay equity claims covering teachers and other workers who are alleging underpayment due to gender-based discrimination.
UN human rights expert calls for prosecution of EU Officials over complicity in Israeli war crimes
On May 3 the United Nations Special Rapporteur for human rights in Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, called for the prosecution of leading European Union officials for complicity in the war crimes committed by Israel.
India-Pakistan conflict threatens nuclear catastrophe
India and Pakistan, South Asia’s rival nuclear powers, are on the brink of all-out war. Such a conflict would be catastrophic, not only for the region’s 2 billion people, but for the entire world.
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