Mamdani and the Taylor Law: New York’s DSA mayor embraces Wall Street anti-strike weapon

In opposing the school paraprofessionals’ bonus, Mamdani has stepped forward as a champion of the Taylor Law, presenting it as a progressive measure that protects “collective bargaining.” In fact, it ...

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Hundreds of thousands of protesters defy Macron government’s repression in France

Many demonstrations were banned or confronted with massive police deployments. The result was a debacle for the French government.

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Department of Justice files suit to block certification of Alaska Senate vote—but only if Republican loses

The unprecedented lawsuit, defying the US Constitution, is the first overt action by the Trump administration to challenge the results of the midterm election.

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Trump prepares new onslaught on Iran in defiance of mass opposition to war

The Trump and Netanyahu administrations are in the final stages of preparing a massive new assault against Iran, in advance of elections in which both leaders are expected to face major electoral setb...

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Chile’s private pension funds lose billions: Legalized robbery of the working class

The entire purpose of the pension system imposed by the Pinochet dictatorship in 1981 has been to convert the compulsory savings of the working class into a reservoir of capital for the Chilean oligar...

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US measles cases double last year’s total as Pennsylvania records a sixth death

The United States recorded no measles death at all between 2016 and 2024. Three were reported last year. Pennsylvania by itself has now recorded six in 2026, the latest a 39-year-old unvaccinated woma...

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Libyan parliament ratifies maritime deal with Türkiye, heightening war danger in Eastern Mediterranean

The dispute over maritime boundaries in the Eastern Mediterranean is part of a struggle between the imperialist and regional powers over control of energy resources, pipelines, electricity and data ca...

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Brazil stages presidential runoff amid global eruption of class struggle

Brazilians return to the polls on October 25 for the presidential runoff amid an eruption of the class struggle on a world scale.

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Attorney’s minute-by-minute account exposes Christa Pike’s torture in Tennessee death chamber

Attorney Randy Spivey’s sworn declaration documents repeated attempts to find a vein, burning pain during the injection and prolonged gasping and choking before Pike was taken to a hospital.

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<em> Britain’s Gaza Secrets Exposed</em>: Governments buried war crimes to protect Israel and the arms trade

Channel 4’s <em>Dispatches</em> investigation represents a rare break with the silence and evasions that have characterised the British media’s coverage of Gaza

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Israel launches invasion of West Bank amid preparations for renewed onslaught against Iran

Netanyahu sealed off the West Bank and announced a military operation of a kind not carried out since 1967, as the US and Israel prepare new strikes on Iran after the elections.

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The global rebellion of youth and workers and the war frenzy of the ruling class

The crisis that drives the bourgeoisie to war is drawing ever broader sections of the working class into struggle on a world scale.

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Trump doubles down on fascist provocations in final stretch of midterm campaign

The US president has encouraged violent attacks on hecklers at campaign rallies and appeals to racism and other forms of bigotry.

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Mamdani hits the campaign trail for Hochul, governor of strikebreaking and police repression

Mamdani’s campaign video for Hochul refutes the Democratic Socialists of America’s claim to be turning the Democratic Party into an organization that defends workers.

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US and Israel deepen plans to attack Iran after elections

The New York Times reports specific US-Israeli plans for strikes on Iran after the November 3 midterm elections, while the Democrats demand escalation against Russia and complain that Trump is losing ...

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The mass protests in France are reverberating throughout Europe

Over the month since high school blockades and shutdowns began in France, an outpouring of anti-austerity, anti-repression, anti-war and anti-fascist sentiment has staggered the French government and ...

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Worker crushed to death at New Jersey foundry which was previously awarded OSHA’s highest safety recognition

Henry Antonio Marmol Martinez, a 52-year-old maintenance mechanic and father of six, was crushed to death at the McWane Ductile Foundry in Phillipsburg, New Jersey—a plant OSHA had certified under its...

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Mexican health workers gather in second general assembly: Which way forward?

IMSS workers have united their movement in a national front and called a megamarch for a 10 percent raise. The union and the Sheinbaum government are playing for time as they seek to regain control.

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French unions negotiate with Macron as mass protests explode across Europe

The French union leaderships’ meeting with the Macron government produced a political debacle for all those who argue that workers and youth can leave the leadership of strikes to these bureaucracies.

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The Alberta independence referendum and the fight against Trump and the far right

The results of Monday’s referendum on the independence of Alberta—Canada’s oil-rich, fourth most-populous province—are a rebuke to the far right and to the Trump administration.

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Over 100,000 join protests and strikes in Italy

Youth protests, lorry blockades and strikes are spreading across Italy, while the Meloni government responds with police-state measures, and the trade unions seek to contain the movement.

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Hegseth secretly meets Netanyahu as US prepares to resume attacks on Iran

The secret meeting at Ovda air base took place eight days before Israel's election and amid US press reports that the Pentagon has been ordered to prepare for major combat operations against Iran afte...

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The bond markets, rearmament and the global assault on social spending

The immediate ruling class agenda is budget cuts amounting to €54 billion which will make major inroads into social spending. But this is only the start.

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American soprano Martina Arroyo has died at the age of 90

The singer came from a Puerto Rican working-class background and was known not only for her beautiful voice but also for the warmth of her personality.

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Israeli settlers carry out wave of attacks in West Bank, as UN cuts Gaza food aid

Israeli settlers carried out a wave of attacks across the occupied West Bank over the weekend, protected by soldiers who fired tear gas at their victims and encouraged by Israeli Prime Minister Benjam...

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2 weeks out, Trump steps up threats over mid-term election

In pursuit of its “big lie” about mass illegal voting, the Trump administration has inflated a handful of cases into a national emergency.

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After mass October 17 protest, French government prepares dictatorship

The crisis of rule revealed by the mass protests against Macron on October 17 will not be resolved by social concessions granted to workers from above.

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“We’ll be so powerful if we could organize worldwide”: New York-New Jersey port trucker speaks about conditions facing drivers

The <em>World Socialist Web Site</em> spoke with Richie Respek, a New York-New Jersey port trucker and founder of the Pier Trucker Facebook group, about the long hours, unpaid labor and deteriorating ...

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Sparsely attended “No Kings” rallies promote Democratic Party amid Trump’s drive toward dictatorship

After earlier demonstrations drew millions, organizers narrowed Saturday’s events to electoral appeals, as Trump escalated his attacks on democratic rights.

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Mass mobilisation of youth and “Yellow Vests” shakes the French government

Masses of people demonstrated across France yesterday against the crackdown on the high school student movement and the rise in energy prices and the cost of living, with the influx of protesters over...

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