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World Socialist Web Site
wsws.org > en > articles > 08/29/2026 > rfla-a29.html

Australian government pledges a miserable $5 million for Nepal-China flood victims

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (604+ words) Amid the horrific scenes emerging from Nepal and China following massive flooding on Wednesday, the Australian Labor government has displayed the utter indifference of the imperialist powers to the plight of the poor and oppressed victims. Labor Foreign Minister Penny…...

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wsws.org > en > articles > 08/29/2026 > isie-a29.html

What lessons must be drawn from Mélenchon’s warnings of a French neofascist presidency?

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (614+ words) Stressing that large sections of the French capitalist oligarchy aim to install a far-right dictatorship, Mélenchon compared the situation to the 1930s. He pointed to the pro-Nazi hysteria that seized the ruling class after the 1936 French general strike, leading to the…...

World Socialist Web Site
wsws.org > en > articles > 08/29/2026 > eowq-a29.html

Sri Lankan government bans railway workers from using social media

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (689+ words) On August 26, Sri Lanka Railways General Manager Ravindra Pathmapriya issued a circular prohibiting all railway workers from commenting on social media during “duty hours.” This is the latest move in the government’s escalating crackdown on working-class opposition to austerity and…...

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wsws.org > en > articles > 08/29/2026 > muek-a29.html

The global eruption of the class struggle and the rebellion against the union bureaucracies

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1635+ words) We are publishing here the report to the Ninth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) given by Tom Hall. The Congress was held from August 2 to August 7, 2026. This report introduced the fourth resolution, “On the international class struggle and…...

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wsws.org > en > articles > 08/29/2026 > bihx-a29.html

Behind CIA Director Ratcliffe’s secret trip to Russia: The Ukraine war spirals out of control

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (481+ words) This week, CIA Director John Ratcliffe made a secret trip to Moscow, the first known visit by a CIA director to Russia since before the outbreak of the Ukraine war. CNN reported Thursday that Ratcliffe delivered a “warning to Russia…...

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wsws.org > en > articles > 08/29/2026 > brac-a29.html

Moving tribute to Oscar Robayo, Montreal airport worker crushed to death amid systematic safety violations by subcontractor

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (400+ words) The deregulation of airport operations, triggering a race to the bottom in conditions for workers, has been spearheaded by the Liberal government. The trade unions have facilitated this process with their support for the collective bargaining framework, through which they…...

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wsws.org > en > articles > 08/29/2026 > azzh-a29.html

US strikes on border and resignation of Sinaloa governor expose logic of Sheinbaum’s endless concessions to Trump

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (862+ words) On Thursday, US Northern Command announced the use of an Army Multipurpose High Energy Laser to shoot down three drones in the Rio Grande Valley along the US-Mexico border late Tuesday and early Wednesday. If confirmed, it would be the…...

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wsws.org > en > articles > 08/29/2026 > eejp-a29.html

John-Paul Himka, leading historian of Ukraine, condemns prosecution of Bogdan Syrotiuk

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (352+ words) Dr. John-Paul Himka, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Alberta, has sent a letter to the Pervomaisk City District Court condemning the imprisonment of Bogdan Syrotiuk, the 27-year-old Ukrainian socialist sentenced on August 10 to 15 years in prison on…...

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wsws.org > en > articles > 08/29/2026 > zdxa-a29.html

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1437+ words) The United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), representing seven major bank employee and officer unions, has called a one-day national strike for September 11, followed by a three-day walkout from September 28 to 30 and an indefinite strike from October 26 if its demands…...

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wsws.org > en > articles > 08/29/2026 > dlnh-a29.html

The human cost of the Paramount-Warner merger

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (656+ words) The merger is a financial operation to extract value through the consolidation and rationalization of two enormous enterprises. Workers are the raw material. The promised $6 billion in annual “synergies” is the mechanism through which management intends to service the debt…...