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Trump’s gangster-like threats are the authentic voice of world imperialism, which is determined to impose colonial chains on Iran and the entire region as part of the new redivision of the world among the major powers that is already well underway.
The result of the deal used to betray a three-day strike is that workers will be poorer due to inflation when the contract expires.
The following letter, signed “A. Lincoln” but without a return address or subject line, appeared in my email this morning. No sooner had I made a copy of the letter than it disappeared from my inbox. Despite its strange and unexplained origin, the signature demands that attention be given to the letter; and, for this reason, it is being made available to readers of the WSWS.
Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt and the federal government are driving forward the transformation of Germany into a military state. Under the cynical pretext of “civil protection,” a 10-billion-euro programme will integrate society into military war planning, preparing Germany as a central NATO hub for deployment against Russia.
The massive investments made by the Erdoğan government in an “independent” defence industry must be viewed in the context of the global war that is unfolding, Türkiye’s geopolitical position and the interests of the Turkish ruling class.
The following statement was issued by the Nexteer Workers Rank-and-File Committee to workers at the Saginaw, Michigan, auto parts plant who forced the UAW to conduct a strike authorization vote on Wednesday and Thursday.
The highly exploited and low-paid workers, who produce critical steering components for some of the Big Three’s most profitable models, erupted in anger at a meeting of UAW Local 699 on Sunday following the overwhelming rejection last week of the second tentative agreement brought by the union.
A Royal Mail worker told the meeting, “We need a resounding No vote, linked to a vote of no confidence in Ward, Walsh and the Postal Executive who imposed this against us”.
A contract locking in 4 percent annualized wage increases was already insufficient the day it was ratified. The war against Iran—a war of aggression waged by US imperialism that is now directly raising the cost of living for workers across the country—makes the inadequacy of this contract all the more stark.
The killers’ manifesto glorified fascist mass murderers and echoed Republican anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim propaganda.
A wartime-style atmosphere is being created in Australian universities, backed by threats of punishment of researchers that fail to comply with national security guidelines.
The entire ruling elite is declaring that superannuation payments for future generations of workers and retirees are “unaffordable.”
Modi demands India’s workers and toilers make “sacrifices” as economic fallout from Iran war expands
India’s far-right BJP government has raised petrol and diesel prices just days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi exhorted Indians to slash energy and fertiliser consumption in response to the ever-widening economic fallout from the illegal US-Israeli war on Iran.
The rapidly developing corruption crisis in Ukraine has revealed that the Zelensky regime and the ruling oligarchy are steeped in criminality and the plunder of the Ukrainian working class.
Through the biennial, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City maintains it is taking the pulse of the contemporary art scene in the US.
The triple lock maintained the value of the UK state pension, guaranteeing a basic, albeit inadequate pension during retirement.
California Scholars for Academic Freedom's Professor Stephen Roddy opposes the McCarthyite witch-hunt targeting Chinese scientists at American universities and calls for transparency over the recent suicide at the University of Michigan of Danhao Wang.
Last Thursday, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3299 called off a state-wide strike at around 1:00 in the morning, announcing the deal and a snap vote.
The capitalist state cannot tolerate the political unity of Tamil and Sinhala workers, which threatens a system based on the exploitation of labour and communal division.
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Wednesday, May 20, 2026
G7 imperialist governments line up behind Trump’s threats against Iran as global war escalates
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