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Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
2+ hour, 26+ min ago (1507+ words) On March 12, tens of thousands of workers across Belgium held a 24-hour national strike in protest at the federal government's austerity policies. There were demonstrations in central Brussels and other cities with transport, public sector, health and industrial workers participating....
South Australian election will resolve nothing for workers: Build a socialist movement against austerity and war!
16+ hour, 2+ min ago (782+ words) The South Australian state election this Saturday will not resolve a single issue facing workers and young people. Whatever the result, the incoming administration will continue to impose the burden of the cost-of-living crisis on the working class, while cutting…...
Italy’s Meloni government pushes judicial “reform” in preparation for massive opposition to war and austerity
16+ hour, 55+ min ago (441+ words) At its core, the reform seeks to separate the career paths of judges and prosecutors, split the High Council of the Judiciary (CSM) into two distinct governing bodies and establish a new High Disciplinary Court composed through sortition (random selection)....
Washington’s assault on Cuba and Latin America: A key front in the capitalist drive to abolish the 20th century
17+ hour, 25+ min ago (1405+ words) Coinciding with a total island-wide blackout Monday, US President Donald Trump boasted to reporters, "I do believe I'll be having the honor of taking Cuba. That's a big honor." "Whether I free it, take it, I think I could do…...
VIDEO: London meeting marks a milestone in the history of the Fourth International
17+ hour, 23+ min ago (316+ words) The World Socialist Web Site is publishing here the video of the public meeting held on March 14 in London, marking the 40th anniversary of the historic struggle against the Workers Revolutionary Party (WRP) leadership, which led to its expulsion from the…...
Trump’s $200 billion Iran funding request points to massive scale of war plans
17+ hour, 1+ min ago (363+ words) The Washington Post reported Wednesday that the Pentagon is seeking more than $200 billion from Congress to fund the US war of aggression against Iran, a sum that would exceed the roughly $188 billion spent by the US on arming Ukraine over…...
Kaiser strike betrayed: UNAC/UHCP ends 31,000-worker walkout, advances sellout agreement
17+ hour, 46+ min ago (609+ words) On the morning of February 24, before heading into what would have been the fifth week of the strike, the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP) released a press statement headlined "KAISER NURSES END HISTORIC…...
UAW acting as “management’s enforcer” at Columbia University, says UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman
18+ hour, 10+ min ago (369+ words) Rather than honoring that mandate, the UAW apparatus moved quickly to block it. According to communications published by SWC members, Region 9A Servicing Representative Courtney Bither'who earned $133,000 in 2024'told the local that a strike authorization was unlikely unless demands related to…...
Sri Lankan president blames Iran, not the US, for global fuel crisis
18+ hour, 28+ min ago (998+ words) President Anura Kumara Dissanayake held a "special briefing" for selected media at the Presidential Secretariat on March 17 to speak on the impact on Sri Lanka of the continuing US-Israeli war on Iran. He warned of economic fallout but said the…...
Reject the UAW–University of California sellout agreement! Organize a “No” vote and prepare strike action!
18+ hour, 11+ min ago (375+ words) This struggle is not merely for better stipends or housing. The US ruling class's decision to launch and expand a criminal war against Iran has already driven up energy costs and diverted massive public resources to the war machine, intensifying…...