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UK police officer who killed Chris Kaba charged with murder, Home Secretary declares “support” for firearms officers

On September 5 last year, a firearms officer shot the unarmed Kaba in the head. The murder charge has prompted fellow firearms officers and the Conservative government to rally round in his defence.

Turkish government downplays danger as COVID-19 surge spreads

Turkish officials and media have been forced to acknowledge that the pandemic is on the rise, but are working to suppress calls for necessary public health measures.

COVID-19 rampant among musicians despite “end of the pandemic”

Considering the enormous sums of money dependent on the public’s continuing to attend concerts, a pressure exists, on individual musicians and on promoters, to avoid associating such events with COVID. 

Why won’t Unifor release the Ford Canada vote totals? Workers should challenge Unifor’s sham Ford contract ratification process!

The Unifor bureaucracy suppressed the terms of the proposed contract until just before the vote, prevented workers from meeting in-person to discuss its terms, and only under rank-and-file pressure revealed that just 54 percent of voters backed the agreement, and without saying how many workers voted.

Autoworkers in Germany voice support for Big Three workers in US: “All workers have to pull together”

Although the German media have decided to stay silent about the conflict as much as possible, workers at Ford, Mercedes, Volkswagen or Stellantis/Opel are taking a lively interest in the struggle of their American colleagues.

Biden to visit picket lines to bolster UAW apparatus and its betrayal of auto strike

Biden’s tourist stop in Detroit is an effort to bolster an increasingly discredited UAW apparatus, lend credibility to its stay on the job "strike," and facilitate a sellout of the workers.

This week in history: September 25-October 1

On September 30, 1973, the Chilean military death squad nicknamed “The Caravan of Death” began a two-month-long campaign of political assassinations and terror against opponents of the new dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.

US to send long-range ATACMS missile to Ukraine

As the Biden administration lifts all remaining restraints on its direct involvement in the Ukraine war, Washington's claim that the US is not at war with Russia is unraveling.

Two Australian referenda on indigenous people: 1967 and 2023

Millions of people voted yes for the 1967 referendum, believing it to be a step towards ending the decades of political and social discrimination imposed on Aboriginal people.

Indictment of Democratic Senator Menendez exposes corruption in the US political establishment

The indictment of Senator Robert Menendez, his wife Nadine and three New Jersey businessmen with connections to the Egyptian government on bribery charges has exposed the depths of corruption existing within the political establishment.

US Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee holds second national meeting

The wide-ranging discussion dealt with the terrible conditions at the post office as well as critical questions of strategy and perspective.

Looming shutdown of federal government threatens workers with furloughs and missed paydays

Infighting between ultra-right factions of the Republican Party is the immediate trigger for the failure to pass a budget.

Australian parliamentarians lobby for Assange in Washington

The tour reflected a groundswell of support for Assange among ordinary people, but also underscored the bankruptcy of a fight for his freedom based on backroom diplomacy and politicking.

Strike actions by 75,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers to begin in early October

On October 4, 75,000 Kaiser healthcare workers are set to conduct a limited three-day strike, if Kaiser executives cannot reach agreement on the terms of new contracts.

Canadian parliament and prime minister give standing ovation to Ukrainian Nazi war criminal

The Trudeau Liberal government and Canada’s political establishment as a whole are in damage-control mode after Ottawa’s longstanding ties to the Nazis’ Ukrainian fascist collaborators and their political descendants were brought too far into the limelight.

Thousands protest in Germany against crisis in education

Demonstrations against the disastrous state of the public education sector took place in about 30 cities across Germany.

Emerging pandemics and the role of bats

Many viral infections that plague humans originate from bats, yet intriguingly bats suffer no ill effects from the myriad of viruses that inhabit their bodies, a phenomenon scientists are researching in the hope of finding insights into how to moderate impacts on humans.

Izquierda Diario/Left Voice defend US imperialism and union bureaucracies against autoworkers’ rebellion

The Morenoite publications Left Voice/La Izquierda Diario are intervening among US and Mexican autoworkers to claim that “independence” and “self-organization” are compatible with subordination to the Biden administration, the union bureaucracies and imperialism.

French unions hold nationwide protest against police violence

This weekend’s protest revealed continuing popular hostility to Macron’s police state, and the bureaucracies’ attempts to divert opposition in a racialist direction.

Australian PM pitches for bipartisan front as support plummets for indigenous Voice

Prime Minister Albanese issued his plea as media polls reported a parallel fall in support for the Voice and the Labor government, above all because of the worsening cost-of-living crisis.

“It honestly upsets me as a student”—Las Vegas students, parents denounce attacks on public education

In interviews with WSWS reporters, students and parents in the fifth largest school district in the US supported teachers demands for increased pay.

The origins of the UAW’s phony “stand up strike” policy

The UAW is using a tactic developed by the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) that has led to a disaster for airline workers.

The bribery charges against Senator Menendez and the corruption of the Democratic Party

The powerful Senate Democrat is charged with a bribery conspiracy involving three New Jersey businessmen and the Egyptian military dictatorship.

Autoworkers express outrage over Unifor’s sham ratification at Ford Canada

The announcement by Unifor Sunday that the three-year sellout agreement announced last week had been ratified with 54 percent support has been met by an outpouring of anger and disbelief.

Workers Struggles: The Americas

Tens of thousands of Quebec public service workers staged a protest Saturday for significant pay increases; Parents and family members of 43 “disappeared” students set up a protest encampment outside army headquarters in Mexico City.

“Go full force”: Autoworkers press for all-out strike, as Biden intervenes to facilitate UAW sellout

It is increasingly clear that the UAW is finalizing its preparations to announce an agreement with Ford Motor Company, one which will be completely in line with the company’s demands for massive attacks on jobs and wages.

Writers Guild announces agreement with studios, networks: No such deal will stop the attacks on writers’ incomes and conditions

The determination and solidarity of the writers and actors is undeniable, and inspiring. But that does not lead to the conclusion that the agreement is “exceptional,” with “meaningful gains and protections for writers.”

Australia: IYSSE members speak in support of the SEP’s active boycott campaign of Labor’s Voice referendum

“This boycott involves more than just casting informal ballots. It requires active participation in the campaign leading up to the referendum on the October 14.”

IYSSE (Sri Lanka) calls on students and youth to build a mass working-class movement against war!

The International Youth and Students for Social Equality declares that Sri Lankan youth and students will only be able to secure their future by fighting against capitalism and for socialism.

Fascism and imperialist war—Why Canada’s parliament saluted Ukrainian Nazi SS veteran

The Canadian parliament’s standing ovation of a Nazi war criminal was a deliberate move to rehabilitate Nazism as part of the NATO offensive against Russia.

California State University academic workers begin struggle as contract expiration looms

The struggle of academic workers at the CSU System is significantly taking place as autoworkers, also represented by the UAW, have begun their battle against the Big Three.

Home Secretary Suella Braverman seeks license to kill for UK police

Criticism of Braverman for prejudicing a future trial barely scratches the surface of what is represented by her intervention. The aim of her proposed review is to provide armed police with de facto immunity from future prosecutions—effectively a license to kill.

Unifor violated constitution to ratify Ford Canada contract over rejection by skilled trades workers

Workers at Ford Oakville Assembly were informed at an in person meeting Monday by Unifor Skilled Trades National Director John Breslin that even though skilled trades had rejected the contract, it was still going to be ratified.

Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee discusses campaign against mass victimisations at Royal Mail

Hundreds of reps and workers have been abandoned and “The call by our committee for a fightback has resonated at mail centres, delivery and sorting offices up and down the country.”

Kinchela family member condemns the brutality inflicted on Aboriginal boys removed from their parents

“There should be a further investigation into the deaths at Kinchela. Things have been swept under the rug.”

Quebec unions plot betrayal of contract struggle of 650,000 public sector workers

Almost six months after the expiry of collective agreements covering 650,000 Quebec hospital workers, nurses, public school teachers and other public sector workers, the leaders of the Common Front inter-union alliance have announced that they will poll their members on a possible strike.

Australia: Horrific abuse of children at Kinchela Aboriginal Boys Training Home

The revelations, which included the possibility of secret graves on site, are just one of the many hidden crimes of the dark and violent history of Australian capitalism against Aboriginal people.

OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully returns asteroid sample to Earth

The next mission for the spacecraft will be orbiting the near-Earth asteroid Apophis starting in April 2029.

How Canada emerged as a haven for Ukrainian SS “Galicia Division” veterans and other Nazi accomplices and war criminals

In the decades following World War II, Canada became a safe haven for Ukrainian fascists who had been accomplices of the Nazis in the mass extermination of European Jewry and Hitler's "war of annihilation" against the Soviet Union.

Workers must mobilize against Unifor’s sham ratification at Ford Canada! For a revote controlled by the rank and file!

The revelation that the Unifor bureaucracy violated its own constitution by declaring its sellout contract with Ford Canada ratified despite the opposition of skilled trades workers underscores that autoworkers must urgently seize control of their contract struggle from the union apparatus.

Macron announces pull-out of French troops from Niger

Amid massive protests in Niger against French imperialism, French President Macron announced the withdrawal of the French ambassador to Niamey on Sunday.

Biden’s visit to UAW picket line: A warning to autoworkers

Judging by the response of the UAW bureaucracy and corporate media to Joe Biden’s brief visit to a UAW picket line in Michigan Tuesday, the president and former Delaware senator has transformed himself overnight from a longtime representative of the corporations into the greatest champion of the working class since Karl Marx himself.

A sharp turn in China property market turmoil

The announcement by a subsidiary of the giant property developer Evergrande that it has defaulted on a bond has thrown into doubt a long-developed plan for the restructuring of its debts.

Australian state Labor premier tries to coverup betrayal of flood victims

Minns’s visit to Lismore sought to promote a small house repair scheme relying heavily on volunteer labour, after scrapping a joint housing assistance promise by the state and federal Labor governments

Workers at Ontario, California Amazon facility to vote on joining Amazon Labor Union

Whatever the result of the upcoming election, Amazon workers will need new organizations to mobilize their strength independent of the trade union apparatus.

Chicken processors Tyson and Perdue under federal investigation for child-labor violations

Mega-chicken processors Tyson Foods and Perdue are suspected of hiring migrant children to clean slaughterhouses in Virginia.

Roger Waters banned from participating on campus at UPenn Palestinian literature event

The University of Pennsylvania informed acclaimed rock music artist and activist Roger Waters that he would not be permitted to participate in-person on a panel scheduled Friday evening at the Palestine Writes festival hosted by the university.

American Abrams tanks roll into Ukraine

M1 Abrams tanks from the United States have arrived in Ukraine, the Pentagon confirmed Monday, in the latest escalation of US involvement in the war.
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