Our analysis of the present acute crisis presented at the May Day rally is being rapidly confirmed. The war against Iran, an illegal war of aggression, continues. Trump and the oligarchy he represents threaten mass murder abroad while waging class war at home. Across Europe and every major capitalist country, governments pair rearmament with attacks on pensions, wages, and public services.
The Trump regime fuses open gangsterism with the instruments of the state: ICE raids, mass detention, attacks on democratic rights, and threats of violence against opponents. The Democrats posture as critics, but they fund the war machine, rule out any serious confrontation with Trump, and work to keep opposition from taking an independent form.
The consequences of the war against Iran are already hitting working people. The day after the May Day rally, Spirit Airlines ceased operations, wiping out 17,000 jobs overnight. Spirit is a sign of a broader offensive: layoffs, speedup, wage suppression, and restructuring, now accelerated by war-driven price shocks and the corporate use of AI and automation as a battering ram against jobs.
As WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North explained in opening the May Day Rally, “It is undeniable that the first half of the decade has witnessed an eruption of capitalist reaction and imperialist militarism. World war is not a future threat but a presently unfolding reality. But the same contradictions of the capitalist system that are manifesting themselves in war and repression have also provoked the eruption of global class struggle.”
North’s report, and the entire rally, documented in detail the growth of mass protests and class struggle throughout the world, from general strikes in Europe, to the “No Kings” protests of millions in the US, to major social unrest throughout Latin America, Asia and Africa.
The WSWS is intervening in these developments with the political clarity the moment demands. We expose what the corporate media conceals, trace events to their social roots, and fight to build the socialist leadership required to stop war and defeat dictatorship.
If you agree with this work and want it strengthened, we ask you to act now and help support our movement.
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