Monday, August 2, 2021 from Libertarian Socialism
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This column profiles important historical events which took place during this week, 25 years ago, 50 years ago, 75 years ago and 100 years ago.Monday, August 2, 2021 from English
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The schools’ reopening proposal flies in the face of all epidemiological science and, if implemented, is guaranteed to result in deaths and serious injuries.Monday, August 2, 2021 from English
Agricultural workers are among the most harmed by the dangerous air quality produced during this year’s ongoing fire season.Monday, August 2, 2021 from English
Sánchez’s three-day tour to the US to talk with hedge fund managers again exposes the Socialist Party (PSOE)-Podemos government as a tool of the Spanish finance capital.Monday, August 2, 2021 from English
Texas Republican Governor Gregg Abbott’s executive order declares that private individuals, companies and nonprofit organizations cannot transport undocumented people, and that immigrants can only travel in the custody of federal or...Monday, August 2, 2021 from English
The intransigence of nurses and healthcare assistants has rattled the Labour-Green Party government, with Health Minister Little denouncing foreshadowed strikes as “hugely disruptive.”Monday, August 2, 2021 from English
The increased strain on the seaport system is intensifying efforts to restructure the industry to make US trade more competitive in the world economy, and thus place a greater burden upon longshoremen and other logistics workers.Monday, August 2, 2021 from English
Socialist Equality Party members campaigned in Banbury, Oxfordshire, on Saturday discussing the “fire and rehire” dispute at the local Jacobs Douwe Egberts factory with workers, young people and retirees.Monday, August 2, 2021 from English
The International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) ran three candidates in the student parliament election at Berlin’s Humboldt University (HU) in June.Monday, August 2, 2021 from English
Her interview with the WSWS covers claims of herd immunity, endemicity, and the danger of “breakthrough” infections among those fully vaccinated.Monday, August 2, 2021 from English
One in every 39 people on the planet have contracted the disease and “things are going to get worse,” according to Anthony Fauci.Monday, August 2, 2021 from English
Ten days before his supporters stormed the Capitol, the US president told the acting attorney general to “leave the rest to me” in terms of overturning the November 3 vote.Monday, August 2, 2021 from English
Crowds totaling several hundred thousand people have been exposed to the highly transmissible Delta variant of COVID-19.Monday, August 2, 2021 from English
As talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government have stalled and amid preparations for military drills, both Moscow and Beijing welcomed Taliban delegations in July.Monday, August 2, 2021 from English
The Aviary strike is one reflecting of growing militancy among low-paid workers, who are demanding better working conditions, wages and benefits, and compensation for bearing the burden of the ongoing pandemic.Monday, August 2, 2021 from English
The bipartisan blueprint adopted by the federal, state and territory government leaders amounts to a declaration that the profit-crazed demands of the corporate elite must take priority over the health and lives of millions of people.Andrew Devine, the 97th Hillsborough disaster victim dies 32 years after suffering lifelong injuries
Monday, August 2, 2021 from English
Andrew Devine’s fate encompasses the tragedy of all the Hillsborough victims—one compounded by decades of official cover-up and denial of justice.Sunday, August 1, 2021 from English
The ruthless policy of reopening the economy means it is only a matter of weeks before the number of daily infections reaches several tens of thousands.Sunday, August 1, 2021 from Socialist Action
The need for a unified global mass action movement to fight climate change. HEAT WAVES, WILDFIRES AND OTHER CLIMATE DISASTERS HAVEBEEN STRIKING WITH HIGH FREQUENCY AROUND THE GLOBE. WHATARE THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS? WHAT CAN WE DO TO...Sunday, August 1, 2021 from Libertarian Socialism
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Saturday, July 31, 2021 from English
Cate Shortland’s $200-million film was shot in 2019 and originally scheduled to be released by Disney Studios on May 1, 2020. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted that plan.Saturday, July 31, 2021 from English
Republicans in Texas are restricting the right to vote, but the Biden administration and Senate Democrats have dropped any fight on the issue.Saturday, July 31, 2021 from English
Despite the continuing media blackout of the Volvo strike, the influence of the Volvo strike is making itself felt among other workers, who are beginning to draw important lessons from the strike.Saturday, July 31, 2021 from English
The Transport Workers Union’s meagre 3 percent pay claim would amount to a loss in real terms.Saturday, July 31, 2021 from English
According to the report, shootings by state police, county sheriffs and local cops from January 1 to July 19 totaled 18 in 2019 and 20 in 2020. For 2021, the number had jumped to 34 in the same timeframe.Saturday, July 31, 2021 from English
The confluence of the rapid spread of the Delta variant with an eruption of evictions in the coming weeks bodes a social catastrophe.Saturday, July 31, 2021 from English
Britain’s ruling elite responded with criminal indifference to public services and workers’ lives and livelihoods. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government was the first to publicly admit to a policy of “herd immunity”—allowing the...Saturday, July 31, 2021 from English
Coinciding with the Olympics, Tokyo has seen three consecutive days of record-breaking daily cases, which are now approaching 4,000.Saturday, July 31, 2021 from English
The workers were prepared to strike against low wages, poor staffing and dangerous working conditions this week, but it was called off by the SEIU, which claimed to have reached agreements with two major nursing home companies.Saturday, July 31, 2021 from English
The railroading of Murray into prison is the culmination of a politically motivated witch-hunt. For the last decade, Murray has been a trenchant defender of jailed journalist and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.Saturday, July 31, 2021 from English
Contract doctors strike in Malaysia; Sri Lankan nurses hold island-wide protests; QUBE port terminal workers strike in Australia.Saturday, July 31, 2021 from English
The so-called “social contract” agreed by the IG Metall union will seal the closure of the Bebra-Mühlhausen plant and destroy 400 jobs.Saturday, July 31, 2021 from English
Although Florida has just 6.5 percent of the US population, it accounts for 20.4 percent of the country’s new cases.Saturday, July 31, 2021 from English
The secret report contradicts nearly every public statement by the White House over the course of the past two months.Saturday, July 31, 2021 from English
The deal pushed through by the Tramways Union, in the face of significant opposition from NZ Bus drivers in Wellington, erodes overtime and weekend rates.Saturday, July 31, 2021 from English
As the Delta variant spreads in the country, state governments, including those of the Workers Party and the Communist Party of Brazil are reopening schools and the entire economy.Saturday, July 31, 2021 from English
Tikhanovskaya toured Washington for over a week and met with US President Joe Biden on Tuesday.Saturday, July 31, 2021 from English
On June 25, Unite suspended industrial action at Jacobs Douwe Egberts. It is seeking to ram through a concessions-based agreement demanded by the company.Saturday, July 31, 2021 from English
Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews effusively praised the nurses’ efforts during the pandemic, before moving swiftly to outline his government’s sweeping attack on their pay and conditions.Saturday, July 31, 2021 from English
India’s far-right Narendra Modi-led government has used the Pegasus spyware to illegally surveil opponents across the political spectrum, from left-wing activists to senior opposition leaders.Friday, July 30, 2021 from Libertarian Socialism
Friday, July 30, 2021 from English
Strikes by oil workers in Iran joined by Haft Tappeh Sugarcane workers, nurses, water and sewage workers; warning pay strikes in Germany’s retail and mail order sector as 280,000 workers demand pay rise; strikes over COVID safety by...Friday, July 30, 2021 from English
Next year’s pay freeze will result in a real-terms pay cut for experienced teachers of around 8 percent, taking teacher pay back to levels of 15 years ago. The drop in real-term pay for less experienced teachers is also about 4-5 percent...Friday, July 30, 2021 from English
The spread of the virus in Australia’s largest city is out of control, with record daily infections, mystery cases and hospitalisations.Friday, July 30, 2021 from English
Kilsheimer was hired by the town of Surfside on the same day that half of the Champlain Towers South fell to the earth, killing 98 residents, but has been denied access by county and state officials to the site of the catastrophe, as...Friday, July 30, 2021 from English
This ruling is the judicially-sanctioned equivalent of the “herd immunity” policy of letting the coronavirus spread, espoused by the ruling class across Europe.