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The Socialism 2026 conference and the pro-war politics of the Democratic Socialists of America
Only one panelist expressed opposition to Bogdan’s imprisonment, Suzi Weissman, and she coupled it with a call for the military defeat of Russia.
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Only one panelist expressed opposition to Bogdan’s imprisonment, Suzi Weissman, and she coupled it with a call for the military defeat of Russia.
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The Socialism 2026 conference and the pro-war politics of the Democratic Socialists of America
Behind the invocations of “anti-imperialism” and “socialism” stood the pro-war foreign policy of the Democratic Party.
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September 11, 2026 at 5:00 AM
The Socialism 2026 conference and the pro-war politics of the Democratic Socialists of America
Only one panelist expressed opposition to Bogdan’s imprisonment, Suzi Weissman, and she coupled it with a call for the military defeat of Russia.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Only one panelist expressed opposition to Bogdan’s imprisonment, Suzi Weissman, and she coupled it with a call for the military defeat of Russia.
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Gary, Indiana residents speak out after 14 days without power - World Socialist Web Site
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Gary, Indiana residents speak out after 14 days without power
We spoke to residents of Gary, Indiana who spent 14 days without power after a storm damaged electrical infrastructure owned by NIPSCO, the local power monopoly.
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September 2, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Gary, Indiana residents speak out after 14 days without power - World Socialist Web Site
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#BradleyClouse died at #Astemo #Berea last Wednesday. This plant was cited in 2016 & 2020 for the same machine-guarding violation. I'm investigating what happened. If you work there & know anything about the lockout/tagout system, contact me confidentially. His family & coworkers deserve the truth.
Autoworker crushed at Kentucky auto parts plant, 1 day after Democratic governor celebrated its expansion
Bradley Clouse, a 33-year-old maintenance worker, was killed on the job early Wednesday morning at the Astemo Americas auto parts plant in Berea, Kentucky.
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September 7, 2026 at 9:17 PM
#BradleyClouse died at #Astemo #Berea last Wednesday. This plant was cited in 2016 & 2020 for the same machine-guarding violation. I'm investigating what happened. If you work there & know anything about the lockout/tagout system, contact me confidentially. His family & coworkers deserve the truth.
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ICE kidnaps record number of immigrants amid growing popular opposition
As ICE is increasing its kidnapping operations, resistance is growing among workers, students and community members throughout the country.
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As ICE is increasing its kidnapping operations, resistance is growing among workers, students and community members throughout the country.
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ICE kidnaps record number of immigrants amid growing popular opposition
ICE arrested nearly 51,000 immigrants in August, as students, workers and community members organized protests across the country against the expanding deportation drive.
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September 7, 2026 at 3:49 AM
ICE kidnaps record number of immigrants amid growing popular opposition
As ICE is increasing its kidnapping operations, resistance is growing among workers, students and community members throughout the country.
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As ICE is increasing its kidnapping operations, resistance is growing among workers, students and community members throughout the country.
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Most significant was #Trump’s praise for the trade union apparatus. Trump declared, “I just spent time with the heads of your unions & they are terrific. They work with us.”
He boasted of the #UAW’s support for his tariff program & views the support of the union apparatus as critical to US war plans
He boasted of the #UAW’s support for his tariff program & views the support of the union apparatus as critical to US war plans
Trump at Mack Trucks promotes trade war and xenophobia, hails UAW bureaucracy
At the campaign-style rally Trump praised union leaders in a speech laden with fascistic demagogy targeting “communists,” “globalists,” immigrants and foreigners.
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June 24, 2026 at 3:14 PM
This webinar hosted by the #WSWS & moderated by #DavidNorth will feature a distinguished panel of historians who have written extensively on the complex legacy of the #AmericanRevolution: James Oakes, Richard Carwardine, Sean Wilentz, Adam Hochschild, and Thomas Mackaman.
The American Revolution and its Place in History, 1776-2026: From the War Against Monarchy to ”No Kings“
Two hundred and fifty years after the Declaration of Independence, American democracy confronts its gravest crisis since the Civil War.
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June 23, 2026 at 7:57 PM
This webinar hosted by the #WSWS & moderated by #DavidNorth will feature a distinguished panel of historians who have written extensively on the complex legacy of the #AmericanRevolution: James Oakes, Richard Carwardine, Sean Wilentz, Adam Hochschild, and Thomas Mackaman.
The first obligation of a genuinely #Marxist and #revolutionaryparty is to tell the truth to the #workingclass: to state what is. This is the purpose and perspective of the #WorldSocialistWebSite.
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June 8, 2026 at 5:15 PM
The first obligation of a genuinely #Marxist and #revolutionaryparty is to tell the truth to the #workingclass: to state what is. This is the purpose and perspective of the #WorldSocialistWebSite.
The WSWS has nothing in common with the innumerable left bloggers and commentators.
The WSWS has nothing in common with the innumerable left bloggers and commentators.
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Trotsky, Stalin and the 1926 British General Strike: lessons for today
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4 Jun 2026
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There are few more bitterly contested and less clearly understood historical experiences than the general strike of 1926, ...
Trotsky, Stalin and the 1926 British General Strike: lessons for today
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4 Jun 2026
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There are few more bitterly contested and less clearly understood historical experiences than the general strike of 1926, ...
Trotsky, Stalin and the 1926 British General Strike: lessons for today
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June 3, 2026 at 9:47 PM
VIDEO (WSWS/SEP):
Trotsky, Stalin and the 1926 British General Strike: lessons for today
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wfxu...
4 Jun 2026
(55 mins)
There are few more bitterly contested and less clearly understood historical experiences than the general strike of 1926, ...
Trotsky, Stalin and the 1926 British General Strike: lessons for today
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wfxu...
4 Jun 2026
(55 mins)
There are few more bitterly contested and less clearly understood historical experiences than the general strike of 1926, ...
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The American Axle strike and the revolt of the auto parts workers
The struggle cannot be confined to one plant.
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The struggle cannot be confined to one plant.
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The American Axle strike and the revolt of the auto parts workers
The walkout by members of UAW Local 2093 is part of a growing revolt among auto parts workers, who are fighting to overturn decades of UAW-backed concessions.
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June 3, 2026 at 3:10 AM
The American Axle strike and the revolt of the auto parts workers
The struggle cannot be confined to one plant.
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The struggle cannot be confined to one plant.
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The #NexteerWorkersRFC is urging #Local699 workers to vote down the latest TA, remove the bargaining committee, and prepare strike action to unite with the #AmericanAxleworkers and broaden the struggle to #$DANA, #Bridgewater and the entire parts sector.
June 8, 2026 at 12:57 AM
The #NexteerWorkersRFC is urging #Local699 workers to vote down the latest TA, remove the bargaining committee, and prepare strike action to unite with the #AmericanAxleworkers and broaden the struggle to #$DANA, #Bridgewater and the entire parts sector.
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“May Day Strong” in Chicago: Labor bureaucracy, Democrats seek to smother growing resistance to war and Trump dictatorship
The only road forward is a decisive break with the Democratic Party and the labor bureaucracy.
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The only road forward is a decisive break with the Democratic Party and the labor bureaucracy.
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“May Day Strong” in Chicago: Labor bureaucracy, Democrats seek to smother growing resistance to war and Trump dictatorship
With thousands of workers and young people marching to oppose Trump, the AFL-CIO and Democratic Party is trying to prevent this movement from evolving into a politically conscious challenge to oligarc...
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May 4, 2026 at 2:37 PM
“May Day Strong” in Chicago: Labor bureaucracy, Democrats seek to smother growing resistance to war and Trump dictatorship
The only road forward is a decisive break with the Democratic Party and the labor bureaucracy.
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The only road forward is a decisive break with the Democratic Party and the labor bureaucracy.
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In reality, the fuel shock is being used as an opportunity to further consolidate the industry and wipe out jobs. #Spirit has been allowed to collapse by the US government because the removal of the ultra-low cost carrier will significantly increase prices and profits for the rest of the industry.
The collapse of Spirit Airlines: The latest in a decades-long war on the working class
The ruling class is using the economic shocks produced by the war on Iran to accelerate a sustained, bipartisan attack on the working class stretching back half a century.
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May 6, 2026 at 5:59 PM
In reality, the fuel shock is being used as an opportunity to further consolidate the industry and wipe out jobs. #Spirit has been allowed to collapse by the US government because the removal of the ultra-low cost carrier will significantly increase prices and profits for the rest of the industry.
Today is #MayDay, the international day of working class solidarity. The #InternationalCommitteeoftheFourthInternational and the #WorldSocialistWebSite are holding our 13th annual International May Day Online Rally at 3:00 pm EDT. We appeal to all those looking to fight for #Socialism.
International May Day 2026 Online Rally
Against war! Against genocide! Against fascism! For socialism! Join the 13th International Online May Day Rally.
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May 1, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Today is #MayDay, the international day of working class solidarity. The #InternationalCommitteeoftheFourthInternational and the #WorldSocialistWebSite are holding our 13th annual International May Day Online Rally at 3:00 pm EDT. We appeal to all those looking to fight for #Socialism.
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US unions’ “May Day Strong” seeks to neuter May Day
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One of the chief lessons of May Day is that the emancipation of the working class requires a struggle for independence from capitalist politics in all forms, and from the agents of capitalism in the union bureaucracy.
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One of the chief lessons of May Day is that the emancipation of the working class requires a struggle for independence from capitalist politics in all forms, and from the agents of capitalism in the union bureaucracy.
April 28, 2026 at 1:00 PM
US unions’ “May Day Strong” seeks to neuter May Day
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One of the chief lessons of May Day is that the emancipation of the working class requires a struggle for independence from capitalist politics in all forms, and from the agents of capitalism in the union bureaucracy.
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One of the chief lessons of May Day is that the emancipation of the working class requires a struggle for independence from capitalist politics in all forms, and from the agents of capitalism in the union bureaucracy.
This is occurring as the #Trump admin has slashed food assistance programs; reducing the #EmergencyFoodAssistanceProgram by 94 million pounds of food, cutting $500 million from food bank deliveries & initiating the largest cut in the history of the #SupplementalNutritionAssistanceProgram (SNAP).
US Agriculture Department reports food price increases from Iran war, tariffs and drought
The US Department of Agriculture issued a Food Price Outlook on April 24 which showed significant increases in a range of food prices, with more on the way, due to the economic shocks caused by the Tr...
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April 29, 2026 at 3:48 PM
This is occurring as the #Trump admin has slashed food assistance programs; reducing the #EmergencyFoodAssistanceProgram by 94 million pounds of food, cutting $500 million from food bank deliveries & initiating the largest cut in the history of the #SupplementalNutritionAssistanceProgram (SNAP).
The #Trump administration is seeking to fast-track the deportation of #migrantchildren in #US custody by abruptly advancing immigration court hearings, in some cases by weeks or months and with only days’ notice.
Trump rushes migrant children through deportation courts, while Walz backs federal raids in Minnesota
Children in US custody are being rushed toward deportation before they can secure legal relief, while federal agents and Minnesota authorities carry out raids in Twin Cities under the pretext of fight...
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April 29, 2026 at 3:44 PM
The #Trump administration is seeking to fast-track the deportation of #migrantchildren in #US custody by abruptly advancing immigration court hearings, in some cases by weeks or months and with only days’ notice.
#Trotsky once observed that the British bourgeoisie adapted “the old royal and noble castle to the requirements of the business firm”. The monarchy functions as an ideological and essential political prop of #Britishcapitalism, even as the royal household is steeped in corruption and scandal.
Charles III in Washington: Monarchy, oligarchy and the repudiation of 1776
Charles III’s address to Congress, under the patronage of Trump and before an audience of billionaires and Democrats, exposed the convergence of monarchy and oligarchy in the repudiation of the democr...
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April 29, 2026 at 3:42 PM
#Trotsky once observed that the British bourgeoisie adapted “the old royal and noble castle to the requirements of the business firm”. The monarchy functions as an ideological and essential political prop of #Britishcapitalism, even as the royal household is steeped in corruption and scandal.
#Marxists oppose such attacks from a principled and political standpoint. Individual acts of violence do not advance the struggle against reaction. They substitute the acts of an isolated individual for the conscious political mobilization of the working masses.
Gunman charged with attempted assassination of Trump: The political issues
The response of the media and political establishment is characterized by a staggering hypocrisy, wrapped in the sanctimonious refrain: “There is no place for violence in politics.”
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April 28, 2026 at 5:54 PM
#Marxists oppose such attacks from a principled and political standpoint. Individual acts of violence do not advance the struggle against reaction. They substitute the acts of an isolated individual for the conscious political mobilization of the working masses.
The seizure—an act of #internationalpiracy, wholly illegal under #internationallaw marks a new escalation of the 52-day-old #US-Israeli war on Iran. It comes two days before the scheduled expiration of a nominal ceasefire between the #UnitedStates and #Iran.
US seizes Iran-bound ship from China in Arabian Sea
Less than 48 hours remain before the expiration of a ceasefire, which could lead to resumption of full-scale US bombing of Iran.
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April 23, 2026 at 7:47 PM
The seizure—an act of #internationalpiracy, wholly illegal under #internationallaw marks a new escalation of the 52-day-old #US-Israeli war on Iran. It comes two days before the scheduled expiration of a nominal ceasefire between the #UnitedStates and #Iran.
Make plans to attend this critical International Online #MayDay rally.
It will outline a program #revolutionary perspective to unify #workers internationally, end the criminal aggression against #Iran, oppose the rise of #fascism, and build a society based on equality and human need.
It will outline a program #revolutionary perspective to unify #workers internationally, end the criminal aggression against #Iran, oppose the rise of #fascism, and build a society based on equality and human need.
International May Day 2026 Online Rally
Against war! Against genocide! Against fascism! For socialism! Join the 13th International Online May Day Rally.
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April 23, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Make plans to attend this critical International Online #MayDay rally.
It will outline a program #revolutionary perspective to unify #workers internationally, end the criminal aggression against #Iran, oppose the rise of #fascism, and build a society based on equality and human need.
It will outline a program #revolutionary perspective to unify #workers internationally, end the criminal aggression against #Iran, oppose the rise of #fascism, and build a society based on equality and human need.
The cynical & unserious language lays bare both the political orientation of the #DSA and the conclusions that flow from it. #Burgis is not addressing workers and young people in opposition to imperialist war through mass struggle.
He speaks as an advocate of imperialist policies and planned wars.
He speaks as an advocate of imperialist policies and planned wars.
<em>Jacobin </em>and the DSA sow complacency to demobilize opposition to war against Iran
The house organ of the Democratic Socialists of America seeks to conceal the depth of the political crisis precipitated by the war and Trump’s threats of genocide against Iran.
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April 15, 2026 at 4:56 PM
The #SEIU #UTLA & #AALA betrayals in #LA follow a national pattern. Throughout the past year union bureaucracies have blocked or shut down struggles by #NYC & #KaiserPermanente nurses, San Francisco educators, Michigan #autoworkers each time promoting limited agreements while demobilizing workers.
Cancellation of Los Angeles schools strike latest in string of union betrayals
The last-minute deal demonstrates the ruling class’s extreme sensitivity to and fear of the class struggle and its reliance on the union bureaucracy to suppress it.
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April 15, 2026 at 2:55 PM
The #SEIU #UTLA & #AALA betrayals in #LA follow a national pattern. Throughout the past year union bureaucracies have blocked or shut down struggles by #NYC & #KaiserPermanente nurses, San Francisco educators, Michigan #autoworkers each time promoting limited agreements while demobilizing workers.
#Freedom for #BaşaranAksu and all working-class prisoners in Türkiye!
Freedom for Başaran Aksu and all working-class prisoners in Türkiye!
Ulaş Sevinç, leader of the Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal in Türkiye, released a video statement condemning the arrest of independent union leader Başaran Aksu.
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April 14, 2026 at 10:50 PM
#Freedom for #BaşaranAksu and all working-class prisoners in Türkiye!
The last-minute negotiations follow the announcement Sunday of tentative agreements by #UnitedTeachersLosAngeles (UTLA) and the #AssociatedAdministratorsofLosAngeles (AALA), moves that have already served to divide workers and weaken the prospect of unified strike action.
With strike deadline approaching, Los Angeles officials and unions move to block walkout of 80,000 school workers
With hours to go before a potential strike by 80,000 Los Angeles school workers, negotiations between SEIU Local 99 and the Los Angeles Unified School District are continuing under intense pressure fr...
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April 14, 2026 at 10:48 PM
The last-minute negotiations follow the announcement Sunday of tentative agreements by #UnitedTeachersLosAngeles (UTLA) and the #AssociatedAdministratorsofLosAngeles (AALA), moves that have already served to divide workers and weaken the prospect of unified strike action.
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New York rally by Sanders, Mamdani and union officials covers up US war drive against Iran
The speeches were filled with empty demagogy and bluster, aimed at promoting the Democratic Party
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The speeches were filled with empty demagogy and bluster, aimed at promoting the Democratic Party
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New York rally by Sanders, Mamdani and union officials covers up US war drive against Iran
Beneath rhetoric about “union density,” Sunday’s New York rally served to police opposition to war, inequality and dictatorship within the framework of the Democratic Party.
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April 14, 2026 at 4:41 AM
New York rally by Sanders, Mamdani and union officials covers up US war drive against Iran
The speeches were filled with empty demagogy and bluster, aimed at promoting the Democratic Party
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The speeches were filled with empty demagogy and bluster, aimed at promoting the Democratic Party
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