A tribute to Gordon S. Wood (1933-2026), historian of the American Revolution

Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. A tribute to Gordon S. Wood (1933-2026), historian of the American Revolution In a career spanning six decades and numerous books, articles and lectures, Wood established himself as the foremost historian of the American Revolution and the Early Republic. Read more The “Big Shrink”: Over half of 50 largest school districts in US facing deep cuts as war on education escalates Behind the talk of “enrollment decline” stands a conscious ruling class drive to gut public schools and hand education over to private profit. Read more Will Lehman issues open letter to UAW members and delegates on eve of Constitutional Convention Lehman, the Mack Trucks worker waging a rank-and-file campaign for the presidency of the United Auto Workers, distributed an open letter Tuesday to a list of 300,000 UAW members maintained by the federal monitor. Read more “Workers at Flint Assembly and Nexteer should stop production”: Anger mounts against UAW collusion with American Axle strikebreaking UAW officials at GM's Flint Assembly plant are allowing the company to truck in axles from the strikebound American Axle plant (Dauch Corp.) in Three Rivers, Michigan. Read more Trump booed at Madison Square Garden during NBA playoffs Thousands of basketball fans booed President Trump during his appearance at a playoff game in New York between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs. Read more The way forward for resident doctors: Unite all NHS workers against Starmer government The BMA and other health unions—Unite, Unison, the GMB and the Royal College of Nursing—are suffocating a unified fightback by National Health Service workers. Read more DSA candidate Raman advances to Los Angeles mayoral runoff as Democrats seek new “progressive” face The Los Angeles race lays bare the Democratic Party’s increasing reliance on the DSA to contain working class opposition to inequality, war and austerity. Read more Record One Nation polling underscores crisis of Australia’s two-party system The far-right party is a temporary beneficiary of explosive social discontent that will increasingly find expression in the struggles of the working class. Read more Educators strike in Australian capital as public education crisis deepens Teachers and school assistants in Canberra will join a 24-hour strike this Thursday over essentially the same issues of poor pay and deteriorating conditions that confront educators everywhere. Read more May 8: How the Soviet Union’s victory over the Nazis is being erased from memory The commemorative day on May 8 in Germany is being used ever more shamelessly as an opportunity to falsify history and create the ideological conditions for the wars of the present. Read more Wall Street anxiously awaits speculative SpaceX launch The launch comes in the wake of last Friday’s sharp fall of tech and AI stocks, which sent a tremor through financial markets Read more An opera and an art exhibition in New York focus on Mexican artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera Both avoid serious examination of the complex lives of these great artists of the 20th century. Read more Pseudo-left parties support new Danish government committed to massive war budget and tax cuts for the rich That the decision was ultimately taken to integrate the Socialist People’s Party and Red-Green Alliance into government, or at least some form of support for it, speaks to the recognition within the ruling class that they require a political cover to proceed with their agenda. Read more IG Metall union accepts closure of Mahle auto components plant in Neustadt an der Donau The union is celebrating the plant closure and loss of 400 jobs as a great success, as it has achieved "a significantly improved financial safeguard." Previously, the workforce had proved that it wants to fight to preserve jobs. Read more US railroad CSX plans to reduce human track inspections following government waiver Automated Track Inspection, used in conjunction with human visual inspections, can be used to greatly increase railway safety. Instead, they are being used to cut jobs on behalf of profit.  Read more Homeless Congolese man Yves Sakila killed at hands of security guards outside Dublin department store A homeless Congolese man, Yves Sakila, resident in Ireland since childhood, was killed last month in Henry Street, Dublin. He had been chased and forced to the pavement by private security guards of Arnotts department store. 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. 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