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The bipartisan 86-11 vote in the Senate would impose further economic sanctions on Russia and Iran, both targeted by American imperialism.
The establishment of a CIA task force and a new round of sanctions mark a sharp escalation of Washington’s regime-change operation.
The discovery of an explosive-laden drone at Leipzig/Halle Airport, along with the provocative and irresponsible reactions to it, show just how close Germany is to a direct war with Russia, a nuclear-armed power.
The strain falls on economies already being brought to breaking point by the parasitic growth of the super-rich oligarchy and its monopolisation of social wealth, coupled with the rapacious demands of the military.
Questions remain unanswered about why a convicted IS supporter, under round-the-clock surveillance, was released and his monitoring scaled back days before the attack on the Pride event.
Erdoğan’s government has submitted a bill to parliament formalizing the PKK’s dissolution. It offers no amnesty, leaves Öcalan imprisoned and places the fate of those covered entirely in the hands of the Turkish security apparatus.
The teachers’ unions, which have suppressed opposition to the JVP/NPP government’s austerity measures, called a limited protest on August 4.
India: App-based gig workers strike in Assam; Bihar sanitation workers continue walkout; Pakistan: CDA workers demonstrate against privatisation; Australia: Victorian public hospital doctors to strike over pay and unsafe workloads; BHP Pilbara port workers escalate industrial campaign
ASIO-police accusations of left-wing terrorism mark a watershed political shift amid mounting war preparations.
Opposed to any independent mobilisation of the working class, the Greens insisted that the far-right, big-business Coalition can be pressured into defending disabled people.
Amid a rapidly worsening social crisis, fascistic ideas are being encouraged and normalised by New Zealand’s political establishment.
California never introduced universal healthcare. Now, the combined policies of the Trump administration and state Democrats threaten to destroy Medi-Cal.
The centrepiece of USW Local 7135’s 2026 contract campaign—the elimination of the “incentive” program,” i.e., piecework—has evaporated over the last two weeks. The union now proposes to get involved in administering the piecework program rather than abolish it.
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Saturday, August 8, 2026
Ukraine and Iran votes expose support by Democrats and Republicans for global war
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