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Israel’s Nation-State Law and the dead end of Zionism
Published: 21/07/2018The passage by the Israeli Knesset of the “Nation-State Law” enshrining Jewish supremacy as the legal foundation of the state marks a new stage in the crisis wracking Israel. Read moreSource: www.wsws.org -
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Washington Post columnist calls for intervention of the “deep state”
Published: 21/07/2018“With a supine Congress unwilling to play the role it is assigned by the Constitution, the deep state stands between us and the abyss,” declares Post columnist Eugene Robinson. Read moreSource: www.wsws.org -
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Ecuadorian president arrives in Britain as Julian Assange’s fate hangs in the balance
Published: 21/07/2018A conspiracy is well advanced, involving the US, British, Ecuadorian and Australian governments, to have Assange hauled before a show trial in the US. Read moreSource: www.wsws.org
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Democrats, Teamsters and UAW promote deal to continue robbing pensions
Published: 21/07/2018The Butch-Lewis Act of 2017, backed by the Democrats and unions, only serves as a new way to cut pensions down to poverty levels. Read moreSource: www.wsws.org -
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UAW holds strike authorization vote at Fiat Chrysler’s Kokomo, Indiana transmission operations
Published: 21/07/2018Workers have expressed a determination to fight deteriorating working conditions, including management’s attempt to force temporary part-time workers to perform overtime. Read moreSource: www.wsws.org -
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Seventeen dead in Missouri after duck boat sinks during thunderstorm
Published: 21/07/2018Multiple safety warnings were ignored for the sake of ticket sales. Read moreSource: www.wsws.org
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Washington D.C. transit union calls for “cooling off period” after Metro workers overwhelmingly vote to strike
Published: 21/07/2018The struggle for decent pay, job protections and high quality benefits be removed from the hands of the ATU bureaucrats immediately. Read moreSource: www.wsws.org -
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Trump on defensive over North Korean summit
Published: 21/07/2018Under fire over his meeting with Russian President Putin, Trump has also hit back at critics of his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Read moreSource: www.wsws.org -
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Top French presidential aide held for illegally assaulting peaceful protesters
Published: 21/07/2018For months, the Elysée presidential palace covered up this brutal and illegal assault on protesters who were exercising their democratic rights. Read moreSource: www.wsws.org
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Brexit crisis prompts calls for national unity government
Published: 21/07/2018The call for a national unity coalition seeks to address fears that May’s downfall could end in the election of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Read moreSource: www.wsws.org -
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UK continues to separate immigrant children from their families
Published: 21/07/2018In the UK, asylum seekers are incarcerated without due process at the whim of the Home Office, with no idea when they might be released. Read moreSource: www.wsws.org -
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Strike movement develops in Venezuela as social conditions deteriorate
Published: 21/07/2018The opposition-controlled parties and trade unions are struggling to contain growing strikes and protests demanding massive wage increases. Read moreSource: www.wsws.org
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Mexico: Goodyear fires workers for forming independent union
Published: 21/07/2018About 50 workers were fired in retaliation for a strike action that took place in April against the company’s “protection union” contract. Read moreSource: www.wsws.org -
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Whistleblowers Australia denounces new “foreign interference” laws
Published: 21/07/2018“Society is literally screaming out for more openness and accountability in all sectors.” Read moreSource: www.wsws.org -
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Australia’s peak union body lays out campaign to elect yet another big business Labor government
Published: 21/07/2018The ACTU is seeking to corral their dwindling memberships behind Labor and shore up the unions’ position as an industrial police force. Read moreSource: www.wsws.org
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The Democratic Socialists of America: Providing a “left” cover for a right-wing Democratic Party
Published: 21/07/2018DSA candidates like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are seeking to disguise the drastic shift of the Democratic Party to the right on domestic, and especially, foreign policy. Read moreSource: www.wsws.org -
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A promotion of the “life-style” politics of the pseudo-left
Published: 21/07/2018As with all of Harvey’s work, the interview does not provide a clarification or guide to Marx but serves to prevent an understanding of his masterwork, seeking to render him suitable to the political ... Read moreSource: www.wsws.org -
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Global warming will increase the severity of hurricanes
Published: 21/07/2018Superstorms like Hurricane Harvey are now predicted to occur once every 16 years, rather than once every 100 years. Read moreSource: www.wsws.org
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Israeli parliament passes apartheid-style “Nation-State” law
Published: 20/07/2018The measure enshrines the de facto discrimination and segregation practiced against Palestinians in a quasi-constitutional basic law. Read moreSource: www.wsws.org -
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Trump repeats threat to impose auto tariffs
Published: 20/07/2018If the auto tariffs go ahead, they would be the largest trade war measure invoked by the Trump administration so far. Read moreSource: www.wsws.org