By allying with Macron and falsely promoting him as an enemy of neo-fascism, Mélenchon’s New Popular Front created conditions for Macron to assemble a government backed by the far right.
As four members of Black nationalist groups in the US are facing potentially 15 years in prison for advancing positions in opposition to the Ukraine war, the Department of Justice claimed on Wednesday that Russia and Iran were “interfering” in the 2024 election.
The Venezuelan crisis has exposed all bourgeois nationalist governments of the Latin American pink tide and their pseudo-left apologists as instruments of US imperialism.
With tens of thousands of workers looking for a way to fight the Labor government’s attack, the ousted CFMEU bureaucracy is trying to convince them that no fight is needed.
President Vladimir Putin, whose government failed to prevent the first seizure of Russian territory by an imperialist-backed army since World War II, is attempting to manage the debacle by downplaying the crisis in Kursk.
Ignoring the opposition of the Muslim community, which always buries its dead, the government of former president Gotabhaya Rajapakse ordered the cremation of all bodies at the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Turkish-American Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was shot in the head and killed on Friday as Israel Defense Forces fired on protesters who were defending Palestinians against Zionist settlers in the West Bank.
Brazil’s supreme court has suspended access to X/Twitter, a platform used by tens of millions of Brazilians.
The law firm defending MSO censorship is prominent in the barrage of legal action against artists, journalists and other public figures opposing Israeli war crimes in Gaza.
Just hours after Canadian National and Canadian Pacific-Kansas City imposed a lockout, Liberal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon used the quasi-dictatorial powers invested in him to outlaw all worker job action and empower an arbitrator to dictate their contracts.
India: Maharashtra road commuter transport workers walk out for pay rise; Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital workers strike indefinitely; Western Australian and New South Wales child protection workers take action over staffing; Tasmanian nurses and midwives strike
A three-judge US appeals court panel ruled that the Internet Archive violated copyright law by lending eBooks to borrowers at the beginning of the pandemic without authorization from the publishing industry.
Erdogan and al-Sisi are taking steps to strengthen their ties amid Israel’s US-NATO-backed genocide in Gaza, which is spreading to the West Bank, and preparations for war against Iran.
Several recent UK studies have investigated this harm being done to the population’s health by the policy of “living with the virus” enacted jointly by Conservative and Labour parties.
The ILA bureaucrats are drawing from the same playbook as the Teamsters and the UAW, using radical-sounding talk to ease the passage of a deal with massive hidden concessions. A general rule of thumb has emerged: the bigger the talk, the bigger the sellout.
School shootings are a manifestation of the devastating social crisis of American capitalism.
Appealing to the billionaires that control both parties, at two recent events both Trump and Harris pledged to cater their policies to the interests of the ultra-wealthy.
The turnover of the Zelensky cabinet comes amid an impending military defeat in the Donbass region.
As the US presses for ramped-up military preparations, the Pacific is being placed on a war footing without the consent of the population, who have not been consulted.
The selection of Barnier tramples upon the election victory of the New Popular Front and marks a major step towards an authoritarian regime led by the far right.
The NDP’s new oppositional posture is aimed at repositioning the social democrats and their trade union allies so they can more effectively perform their essential function for the ruling class—suppressing the class struggle and acting as political safety valves—under conditions of intensifying global capitalist crisis.
The Socialist Equality Group calls on rail workers to vote in favour of strike action in their pay dispute with Transdev and Hyundai Rotem, but warns that to carry out a real fight, workers must break from the RMTU and establish an independent rank-and-file committee.
Israel could not have killed hundreds of thousands and laid waste to Gaza’s infrastructure, creating the perfect conditions for thousands more deaths from disease, without the unstinting support of the imperialist powers.
Paradise is a poignant and compelling film that reveals much about Sri Lanka’s social relations and will resonate with workers and youth around the world.
Recent studies by the University of Minnesota and the COVID-OUT trials indicate that metformin, a commonly used drug to treat diabetes, has compelling clinical benefits in treating COVID.
While specific circumstances may differ from one event to another, the most pressing questions are the social roots of these repeated outburst of violence and how to stop them from happening.
As new school term begins, teachers across Europe strike and protest pay, conditions, class sizes and student assessments; high school teachers in Israel walk out over pay and conditions as education budget slashed to pay for Gaza genocide; South African coal miners in KwaZulu-Natal province threatened with dismissal for striking over pay
Since the 1970s, Taiwan has been no stranger to aiding and abetting genocide perpetrated by US-backed far-right dictatorships or by the US itself. It is no aberration that Haley’s visit was warmly received by Taiwan’s sub-imperialist bourgeoisie.
The state crackdown on smugglers who organise the crossings has only forced migrants into undertaking even more hazardous journeys, as they try to avoid the militarised border infrastructure established by the British and French authorities.
More than 270 workers went on strike Wednesday morning to demand substantial wage increases and an end to exhausting work schedules that threaten the health and safety of workers and the surrounding working-class community in southwest Detroit.
Emboldened by the complicit Democrats, Trump, with the Republican Party behind him, is mounting a fascist campaign aimed at suppressing the vote on the way to a presidential dictatorship.
In an unmistakeable sign that a full-scale invasion of the West Bank is in preparation, Defence Minister Gallant declared yesterday that eventually the military will need to “pull out the roots” of Palestinian resistance.
Hiding behind rules set by the bourgeois National Labor Relations Board, rules which Boeing no doubt had a say in creating, the IAM has not released any details of the discussions between itself and the company, not even on the most critical demands of wages and pensions.
Two students and two teachers were shot dead on Wednesday morning by 14-year-old Colt Gray at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, 45 miles east of Atlanta.
The social catastrophe roiling Haiti, the Western hemisphere’s poorest country, is rooted in well over a century of US imperialist predations—including repeated colonial-style occupations and “made in USA” regime changes.
The economy grew by just 0.2 percent in the June quarter following a 0.1 percent rise in the three months to the end of March, while output per head was down 0.4 percent, its sixth consecutive quarterly decline.
Anheuser-Busch announced it would close distribution facilities in Ohio and Massachusetts, destroying upwards of 150 jobs.
We are publishing here the report to the Eighth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) given by Evan Blake. The congress was held from August 4 to August 9, 2024.
Prime Minister Trudeau announced the imposition of punitive tariffs on electric vehicles at a cabinet retreat which was attended by President Joe Biden’s National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, making clear Canada’s ever-deeper involvement in the US war drive against China.
The death of Shannon Barnes comes as Postal workers across the US face brutal exploitation.
According to one report, the school is “now reevaluating its course offerings, contemplating layoffs, and even considering a potential merger with another school to ensure its survival.”
The victims of Grenfell Tower died as the result of an act of social murder whose architects were companies aiming to cut costs in their refurbishment of the 24-storey building. Their accomplices were successive Conservative and Labour governments.
Britain is responsible for a tiny fraction of the arms received by Israel, overwhelmingly provided by the United States. In any case, the government’s decision affects just 30 of 350 arms contracts between the UK and Israel, and excludes parts for F-35 fighter jets killing Palestinian men, women and children day after day.
What is worse, the IAM is prepared to even override a “no” vote to enforce the contract through an undemocratic technicality.
The SEP is the only party warning of the dangers of world war and fascism and advancing a socialist alternative to massive IMF austerity.
The Israeli military continued its expansion of the genocide against Palestinians into the West Bank on Tuesday with an intensified assault on the Jenin and Tulkarem refugee camps.
Another media poll indicates deepening disaffection with both Labor and the Coalition.
If there is to be a fight, it must be waged by rank-and-file dockworkers against the port operators, the corrupt union bureaucracy and the federal government, which is waiting in the wings to block a strike if necessary.
A number of Russian leftist organizations and media outlets have expressed their support for Bogdan, demanding his immediate release.
The establishment parties have rolled out the red carpet for the AfD and opened all doors for them.
The IG Metall union and its works council reps have helped VW devise the “Performance” plan, to be used to slash thousands of jobs. This corporate united front is preparing to push through its attacks against the resistance of the workforce.
Those featured attended the same art schools as other Soviet artists, rebelled against the old conventions together, co-founded artistic movements, shared studios, debated the future of art and became friends and lovers. Many embraced the Bolshevik Party and its Ukrainization policy based on the principle of self-determination including the right to secession.
In July a team of researchers from a Harvard-affiliated research institute and the US Census Bureau released a study on economic mobility in the US which shows that inequality between low-income whites and blacks is decreasing.
No guarantee of assistance has been provided, with council officials at pains to stress that the Spectrum Building residents are not council residents.
Whelan and ASLEF’s cancellation of the LNER strike follows the announced settlement to end the bitter, two-year national rail dispute by train drivers at 16 train companies over pay and attacks on terms and conditions.
Faculty at Oakland University and Western Michigan University are poised to begin strikes, with educators demanding pay increases large enough to offset soaring inflation.
There is absolutely nothing legitimate about UAW Local 3212’s claims that their deal was “ratified” by 92 percent Saturday.
In their tightly controlled appearances, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz and Joe Biden avoided any talk of the wars overseas while falsely presenting the interests of the working class and nationalist union bureaucracies as one and the same.
Hospitality workers walked out on strike for three days at 25 hotels in cities across the US to demand increased wages and an end to understaffing.
Workers have had to take a stand against Ferguson and the union bureaucrats, who have given up all of the gains of the past.
Without a new axis of political struggle being taken up by the working class, the Israeli regime will continue with its policy of genocide, ethnic cleansing and apartheid, whether under Netanyahu, Gallant or someone else.
Pheu Thai is attempting to manage its tenuous alliance with pro-military and monarchist parties, though there is no guarantee against further political upheavals.
We are publishing here the report to the Eighth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US), given by Jerry White. The congress was held from August 4 to August 9, 2024.
Health NZ has issued a letter to its administrative workforce calling for “voluntary redundancies” as the government seeks to slash $1.4 billion from healthcare.
Erik Larson’s new book The Demon of Unrest, published this year by Penguin Random House, contains critical lessons for the fight against Trump and the threat of dictatorship today.
Spain's union bureaucracies and their pseudo-left allies joined the capitalist state and business federations to deepen attacks on the public pension system, public services and working conditions.
SGP members appealed to the Opel workers to support the struggle of US auto workers who have begun to fight back against job cuts and poverty wages. This socialist perspective fell on receptive ears.
A range of economists and commentators have been downgrading their forecasts for growth.
Last week retired workers marched in Lima, Peru demanding increases in their pensions while hotel workers in Quebec City and Montreal staged the fifth in a series of protest strikes.
Boric’s pseudo-left government in Chile and Milei’s fascistic government in Argentina are participating in military exercises this week that are part of the war preparations by US imperialism and NATO.
The rebellion of Dakkota workers has kept coming into conflict with the pro-company UAW bureaucracy, which has worked to sabotage, isolate and break the strike from the very beginning.
“Soon we may be forced to deny these life-sustaining treatments to patients who need them to stay alive, or to choose patients who can stay on haemodialysis while others die.”
Postponing last year’s local elections by President Wickremesinghe, just nine months after the 2022 mass uprising, was a reactionary attempt to maintain his unstable regime and implement IMF austerity.
The non-fatal crash followed the deaths of two other UPS workers in the Dallas, Fort Worth area, including driver Luis Grimaldo on August 6.
The shuttering of the more than 50-year-old plant is part of a broader attack on jobs across the industry, including nearly 2,500 cuts at Stellantis’s Warren Truck plant near Detroit.
The AAP’s recent guidance has no scientific merit but reflects the ruling class policy of mass infection and reinfection that prioritizes profits over public health.
The party’s refusal of call protests and rallies to defend basic democratic rights reflects its fear that the opposition could spiral out of control, draw in the working class and threaten bourgeois rule.
Amid the escalating US-led confrontation with China, the Pacific Islands Forum approved a far-reaching policing initiative that will strengthen Canberra’s strategic position in the region.
The list of signatories includes many significant figures, such as Hany Abu-Assad, Farah Nabulsi, director of the well-received The Teacher, and other notables such as Elia Suliman.
The Democratic Party is overseeing a historic assault on public education in the nation’s third largest school district.
As air strikes on hospitals continued in Gaza and the Israeli military stepped up its assault on the West Bank, Democrats and Republicans demanded retaliation for the death of six more Israeli hostages.
Puerto RIcan nationalists freed; Ford pardons Nixon; MacArthur hails US rule in Japan; Saudi massacre near Mecca
As in 2016, the only reason Trump is able to appeal to anti-war sentiments in the working class is due to the warmongering of the Democratic Party.
The law and order speech Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez gave in Dakar, Senegal could have been given by any right wing politician.
The US Supreme Court last week rejected the Biden administration’s request to lift an injunction on its latest student debt relief plan, called “SAVE,” with the plan remaining on hold indefinitely until litigation is resolved.
Tulane University doubles down on vindictive suspension of student anti-genocide protesters who participated in an encampment last spring.
In the final two months of the elections, both parties, the Democrats and Republicans, are engaged in a massive political deception.
On 28 June, Postbank, which was taken over by Deutsche Bank in 2009, terminated the SGP's account, which it had maintained for over 50 years, without providing any reason.
For the first time since the end of the Nazi dictatorship, a right-wing extremist party has become the largest party in a German election.
The event was covered by many national and local media outlets and widely discussed on social media before and after the event in Turkey. However, a former Maoist and current anarchist published an article on his website denouncing and misrepresenting David North’s remarks.
The unlawful threat of deportation of Palestinian youth exposes Turkey’s complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
The paper’s main concern, and Labour’s, is to make it as easy as possible for the union bureaucracy to police workers and create a strike-free environment for the government’s right-wing agenda, at home and abroad.
The courageous rebellion of striking Dakkota parts workers, who defied an unprecedented four sellout agreements, is in danger of being shut down and betrayed as the UAW is threatening workers with a fifth vote on the same agreement.
In her first sit-down interview as nominee, Harris staked an even more genocidal position than the current president and refused to place any conditions on weapons shipments to Israel.
Ahead of the state elections taking place on Sunday in the eastern German states of Thuringia and Saxony, a team from the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party, SGP) intervened in Eisenach on Wednesday and spoke to workers, young people and pensioners about a socialist perspective in the fight against war, social devastation and the rise of the far right.
A group of faculty and staff at New York University (NYU) in Manhattan has announced its intention to withhold administrative tasks for the fall semester until the university ceases its attacks on free speech on campus.
