Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
South Korea: Kakao platform workers strike over low pay; India: Rural childcare workers protest in Himachal Pradesh; Sri Lanka: Duncan Estate workers continue strike over allowances and workloads; Australia: UGL contract workers extend action at Woodside’s LNG plants.
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<em>Oligarchy: Trump and the Breakdown of American Democracy</em>
Spanning 2015 to 2026, this volume traces Trump’s rise to power, his coup of January 6 and his second term to their source in the corporate-financial oligarchy, and advances the socialist strategy required to stop the threat of fascism.
World Socialist Web Siteđź“° <em>Lucy Worsley Investigates: The American Revolution: </em>Is this all the BBC can offer on one of the most decisive events in world history?
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<em>Lucy Worsley Investigates: The American Revolution: </em>Is this all the BBC can offer on one of the most decisive events in world history?
Worsley’s narratives—whether on the Romanovs, the Peasants’ Revolt, or the English Civil War—consistently displace class antagonism, economic crisis, and mass political struggle, fixating on monarchs, courtiers, domestic interiors and historical cosplay.
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Preventable deaths of almost 16,000 patients last year in A&E in England
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine identifies the cause as hospitals being under resourced and pushed to the brink of collapse.
World Socialist Web Site📰 Britain’s defence secretary resigns as Starmer government hit by military spending crisis
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Britain’s defence secretary resigns as Starmer government hit by military spending crisis
The military and the media is demanding that Labour utilise its existing parliamentary majority to push through a vast increase in military spending, while slashing welfare and social services to pay for it.
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NATO’s war summit to convene in Ankara in July
The NATO gathering in Ankara will be a historic war summit. It will be driven by escalating imperialist war abroad and the suppression of the social and democratic rights of the working class at home.
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UAW bureaucracy announces deal in bid to end American Axle strike
The United Auto Workers bureaucracy is rushing to end the 10-day strike to prevent American Axle workers from linking up with Nexteer, Dana and other parts workers fighting decades of UAW backed wage cuts.
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Nexteer worker fired for opposing UAW sellout
The firing of Antwiane Sanders exposes the bureaucracy’s real function: policing workers on behalf of the corporations by suppressing opposition and enforcing labor discipline.
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NATO’s war summit to convene in Ankara in July
The NATO gathering in Ankara will be a historic war summit. It will be driven by escalating imperialist war abroad and the suppression of the social and democratic rights of the working class at home.
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UAW bureaucracy announces deal in bid to end American Axle strike
The United Auto Workers bureaucracy is rushing to end the 10-day strike to prevent American Axle workers from linking up with Nexteer, Dana and other parts workers fighting decades of UAW backed wage cuts.
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