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Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Major strikes erupt in the US: Why the WSWS is essential
Trump, the Epstein files and the putrefaction of the American oligarchy
 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. What accounts for the elevation of this sociopathic individual to the most powerful political office on earth? What are the social, economic, and political processes that have produced this outcome? And what class forces are at work? On Monday, 6,400 educators went on strike against the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), setting up picket lines at 120 sites across the city. On Tuesday, a day after the New York State Nurses Association announced sellout tentative agreements with Montefiore and Mount Sinai, the union leadership is violating its own bylaws to shut down the strike at the remaining hospital system, NewYork Presbyterian. It is clear that police were told "the gloves were off" and they had a green light to violently attack protesters opposing the visit to Australia of Israeli war criminal Isaac Herzog. "I'm here because Australia's complicit in genocide and it needs to stop—we need to break the system." The Albanese Labor government's legislation echoes that of 1950 and 1951, when the Menzies government sought to criminalise "communists." During restricted viewings that began February 9, members of Congress confirmed that the Epstein files presented as unredacted remain heavily censored, masking FBI findings that implicated billionaire figures in Epstein's criminal network. Formally, it could be described as a blues-rock album, but it is more importantly a call to fight against the fascist regime emerging in the US. This is a welcome development among popular musicians. The Socialist Equality Party (SGP) is standing in the Berlin state elections in September. We oppose the all-party coalition for war and social spending cuts. Together with our sister parties in the International Committee of the Fourth International, we are building a worldwide movement to stop the madness of war, mass layoffs and wage cuts. The Stalinists of the MLPD are playing the role of henchmen for the trade union mafia: they intimidate workers who want to defend themselves and employ the vilest lies to defend the bureaucracy. Increasing vaccine coverage is the key to eliminating measles, but this goal is being actively undermined by the Starmer government's continued assault on public spending and the National Health Service. The "Labor Modernization" bill—longer hours, gutted severance, and strike criminalization—has sparked mass protests and strikes as workers rebel against IMF-dictated slavery. Both men are reportedly asylum seekers and hold Temporary Protected Status. Their seizure occurred in full view of witnesses and the permission of Amazon security. Immigration courts are being rigged in favor of the White House-driven witch-hunt against those seeking asylum under international law. The Kaiser strike is unfolding alongside a widening movement of educators and academic workers across California and the country. Los Angeles Democrats move to dismantle judicial oversight to shield failure on homelessness. In addition to low wages and harsh working conditions, warehouse workers face constant violations of their legal rights including weekly working hours, overtime pay, weekly holidays, public holidays, annual leave, occupational health and safety. India's new labour codes dismantle legal protections governing wages, job security and working conditions, and dramatically curtail workers' legal right to strike. Last week's fall on Wall Street flowing from the release of a new AI tool by Anthropic has been describe as a "tech wreck" placing a big question mark over the future of many software firms. Following the preventable breakdown of the capital's wastewater treatment plant, tens of millions of litres of raw, untreated sewage have poured into the nearby ocean. 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.
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