Join the May Day Online Rally! For Socialism! Against war, genocide and fascism!

Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. Join the May Day Online Rally! For Socialism! Against war, genocide and fascism! The International Committee of the Fourth International and the World Socialist Web Site are holding our 13th annual International May Day Online Rally at 3:00 pm EDT. Read more Senate Democrats voice support for major surge in military spending at Hegseth briefing Leading Senate Democrats called Thursday for a major expansion of US military spending at the testimony by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who was briefing the Senate Armed Services Committee on the Trump administration's plans to massively increase military spending. Read more German government passes war budget, agrees sharp attacks on healthcare The cabinet has decided to massively increase military spending and correspondingly slash social spending. One “reform” will deliver a death blow to healthcare in its current form. Read more Germany’s Morenoite RIO joins Left Party in support of war, attacks on the working class The integration of the RIO Morenoites into the Left Party marks a further political shift to the right by this pseudo-left tendency, which can only be understood in the context of the current crisis of capitalism. Read more Venezuela’s interim president paints Trump as defender of “peace” after Washington shooting Associating Trump with “peace,” Rodriguez whitewashes the ongoing avalanche of war crimes unleashed by Washington across the globe and directly against Venezuela itself. Read more Amid massive government-employer assault on workplace safety, US unions sow complacency on Workers Memorial Day With the Trump administration continuing its massive assault on workplace safety and environmental protections, the American trade union bureaucracy issued boilerplate statements calling for increased lobbying and voter drives. Read more UK Prime Minister Starmer survives vote to investigate whether he misled parliament, but Mandelson/Epstein crisis deepens For the working class, the issue is not the personal fate of Starmer, or his replacement by another right-wing Labourite. Read more Australia: 4 workers killed on the job in southeast Queensland in recent weeks The known workplace fatalities around Brisbane now total seven in six months—part of a rising toll due to unsafe conditions, increased rates of exploitation by employers, official coverups and government complicity. Read more Sri Lankan government blocks release of Tamil writer’s books The JVP/NPP government censors Tamil writers under the guise of “national unity," while allowing Sinhala chauvinist and militarist propaganda to circulate freely. Read more Unite cancels May Day strike by Doncaster bus drivers to meet with management The May Day stoppage would have provided a platform to appeal beyond their depot—to bus workers and the wider working class. Read more Anti-genocide activist denounces imperialist violence in the Middle East in statement supporting International May Day Online Rally Dr. Abeer Omar, an assistant nursing professor at Trent University, in Peterborough, Ontario, denounced the systematic slaughter of healthcare workers by Israel in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, and the US and Israel’s targeting of civilians in their war of extermination against Iran. Read more Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa Doctors in Spain continue monthly national strikes over pay and conditions; shop workers in Belgium at Aldi stores in wildcat strike over Sunday working; Nigerian oil and gas workers begin indefinite strike at Seplat Energy over pay and conditions Read more About the WSWS The World Socialist Web Site is published by the International Committee of the Fourth International, the world Trotskyist movement, and its affiliated sections in the Socialist Equality Parties around the world. Find out more about joining the Socialist Equality Party. We’re powered by the support of our readers and workers. Make a contribution today to the World Socialist Web Site. This email was sent to alitealbum.wsws@blogger.com. If you want to, you can unsubscribe. We rely on your financial support and your participation. Copyright © 2024, World Socialist Web Site, wsws.org. All rights reserved.

Tomorrow: International May Day Online Rally — register now

Friday, May 1 at 3:00 p.m. EDT. Register to take part in the International May Day Online Rally.

readers, Tomorrow, Friday, May 1 at 3 p.m. EDT, the International Committee of the Fourth International and the World Socialist Web Site will hold our annual International Online May Day Rally, uniting workers from across the globe in the fight against war, fascism, and capitalism. Sign up now to attend: Register now The rally takes place at a moment of acute crisis. Two months into the US-Israeli war on Iran, thousands have been killed and the world economy is reeling. The imperialist powers are escalating preparations for a wider war while turning sharply toward fascism and dictatorship to suppress the opposition mounting from below. The May Day rally will advance the socialist program through which the international working class can put a stop to imperialist war, defeat fascism, and fight for a society organized around human need. Register now if you have not already, and invite your coworkers and friends to do the same. Register now For socialism! Against war, genocide and fascism!   Stop the war against Iran!   Unite the international working class against war!   Build a socialist movement to defeat fascism!   Defend democratic rights through the class struggle!   Fight for science and public health!   World Socialist Web Site We're powered by the support of our readers and workers. Make a contribution today to the World Socialist Web Site. This email was sent to alitealbum.wsws@blogger.com. If you want to, you can unsubscribe. We rely on your financial support and your participation. © Copyright 2026, World Socialist Web Site, wsws.org. All rights reserved.