The awarding of Musk’s pay package is, at the same time, a declaration of intent by the ruling class to massively impoverish the working class through layoffs, austerity and the destruction of social programs.
As the longest government shutdown in US history continued, Trump’s Justice Department appealed to the highest court to block an order to resume food stamps.
IMF says the enormous costs of European rearmament, the consequences of the international trade war and demands made by banks and companies for increased profits are incompatible with the welfare state.
WSWS reporters visited food banks and spoke with people seeking food assistance after the government reduced or cut their SNAP benefits this week.
This is the report delivered by Nick Beams to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Beams is a longstanding leader of the International Committee of the Fourth International and an expert on Marxist economics.
Her carefully cultivated public persona has allowed Elizabeth II to be deployed at times of heightened national crisis as an illusory but politically necessary embodiment of stability and permanence.
The scale of the horror and the depth of the public reaction suggest that something of a “tipping point” has been reached.
In the wealthiest country in the world, store shelves are empty and millions of families are now facing a desperate struggle to find essential nutrition products for their babies and toddlers.
