https://www.wsws.org/en/topics/site_area/perspectiveshttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/09/jddd-j09.htmlIn a lengthy interview with the <em>New York Times<em>, Scott Pelley details the demands by newly installed corporate bosses for a pro-Trump slant in coverage.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:19:54 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/e7882174-cb5c-4b7d-a9b5-2967d9c45faB/jddd-j09.html2026-06-09T04:19:54Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/08/ccmf-j08.htmlThe war has had two major effects: a deepening of the global crisis of the capitalist system and an enormous escalation of the global class struggle, not least within the United States.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 04:36:24 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/e9fe3eae-3fd0-42e2-a192-c7410f3b1c4M/ccmf-j08.html2026-06-08T04:36:24Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/06/jwtr-j06.htmlThe nearly $70 billion funding package is the outcome of a political operation carried out by the Democrats to strangle the mass movement that erupted after the murders of Renée Nicole Good and Alex Pretti.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 03:38:01 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b2c12bba-fcc9-4bb1-8ae1-efbb931764fL/jwtr-j06.html2026-06-06T03:38:01Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/05/ukra-j05.htmlAs shown by the latest Ukrainian attacks deep inside Russia, NATO maneuvers in the Baltic Sea, and German-Ukrainian arms cooperation, NATO is de facto waging war against Russia and risking a nuclear catastrophe.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:09:18 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/19bedb79-f5e5-48d6-bc2d-9270d01776bD/ukra-j05.html2026-06-05T04:09:18Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/04/kaod-j04.htmlWithin the next 10 days Elon Musk is set to become the world’s first trillionaire, when SpaceX, the space launch monopoly he controls, carries out the largest initial public offering in history.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 03:11:05 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/3726f55b-719b-455a-953a-346ebd6a838B/kaod-j04.html2026-06-04T03:11:05Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/03/rmwq-j03.htmlThe strike was shut down this week by the United Auto Workers because it raised deeper political and class questions which the bureaucracy works to suppress.Wed, 03 Jun 2026 04:21:56 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/4f662b89-93d2-4367-bed7-ea624e01acbA/rmwq-j03.html2026-06-03T04:21:56Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/02/hwfb-j02.htmlThe 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.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 03:15:41 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c6618107-561d-4512-91e3-b53fba2d964P/hwfb-j02.html2026-06-02T03:15:41Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/01/etyc-j01.htmlThe Trump administration’s campaign of extrajudicial killings off the coast of Latin America has killed more than 200 people, exposing the complicity of the Democratic Party and all regional governments in the normalization of mass murder as imperialist policy.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 04:22:40 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/0cc0d1ed-e4bf-433c-b35e-1d16982b368G/etyc-j01.html2026-06-01T04:22:40Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/30/wkrn-m30.htmlOn Friday morning, for the third time in less than two months, 1,300 workers at the auto parts plant voted down a pro-company tentative agreement brought forward by the United Auto Workers apparatus.Sat, 30 May 2026 04:03:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/8be1a5d4-ed46-4895-81e5-5a133401094B/wkrn-m30.html2026-05-30T04:03:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/29/gpgu-m29.htmlThe deaths of 11 workers in Longview are not an aberration, but part of the return of mass industrial slaughter under capitalism.Fri, 29 May 2026 04:03:37 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/e503ffa9-558a-4b0b-b2f5-3af1ae39334J/gpgu-m29.html2026-05-29T04:03:37Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/28/yscv-m28.htmlTo defeat Meloni, workers striving for political independence from the union bureaucracy and the parliamentary parties must be deepened through the establishment of rank-and-file committees.Thu, 28 May 2026 04:32:36 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/0a349c81-ded5-41f6-8438-f19880dfe25N/yscv-m28.html2026-05-28T04:32:36Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/27/ziaj-m27.htmlThe mine explosion is another graphic example of the dangers facing miners and other workers around the world as their lives and health are subordinated to the rapacious corporate drive for profit.Wed, 27 May 2026 05:10:44 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/01ba455d-9e68-4d08-9ed5-fe472c4156dA/ziaj-m27.html2026-05-27T05:10:44Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/26/wxox-m26.htmlWhat is unfolding in Türkiye is not a purely national event but a significant manifestation of an international process rooted in the deepening crisis of the capitalist system.Tue, 26 May 2026 04:45:46 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/dafdc386-7c16-47af-9a71-23caddb7a3bF/wxox-m26.html2026-05-26T04:45:46Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/25/njjk-m25.htmlThe Supreme Court decision further undermined the Voting Rights Act, enabling a Republican gerrymander in Louisiana to eliminate the seat held by a black Democratic congressman.Mon, 25 May 2026 04:21:27 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/77d76163-4dfa-4afa-8de5-99cb1705ec0P/njjk-m25.html2026-05-25T04:21:27Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/23/lpzs-m23.htmlThe Ebola epidemic ravaging central Africa is not a natural disaster but a social crime, the predictable product of the Trump administration's destruction of global disease surveillance and more than a century of imperialist plunder.Sat, 23 May 2026 05:24:16 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/194556e4-68aa-4451-92e8-f6eecaf7370H/lpzs-m23.html2026-05-23T05:24:16Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/22/mgey-m22.htmlTrump’s $1.776 billion slush fund would reward those who sought to overturn the 2020 elections, including those who attacked the Capitol on January 6, 2021.Fri, 22 May 2026 04:44:29 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/cc93344e-a33e-4714-8a4c-3c00d6830fbG/mgey-m22.html2026-05-22T04:44:29Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/21/yiti-m21.htmlThe indictment of Raúl Castro is an abominable act of hypocrisy and imperialist propaganda to justify military aggression against an impoverished nation of less than 10 million people.Thu, 21 May 2026 03:47:39 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/1b0d9079-9926-4446-909b-8685fbaba15D/yiti-m21.html2026-05-21T03:47:39Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/20/xwra-m20.htmlTrump’s gangster-like threats are the authentic voice of world imperialism, which is determined to impose colonial chains on Iran and the entire region as part of the new redivision of the world among the major powers that is already well underway.Wed, 20 May 2026 03:52:33 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/ddb2e7d8-a03d-4fa8-a018-8cf0e49bf0cM/xwra-m20.html2026-05-20T03:52:33Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/19/kqsb-m19.htmlNo worker should be compelled to vote on—or live under—a contract they have not seen, have not read and have not had the time to study and discuss collectively.Tue, 19 May 2026 04:20:03 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/f37c62d1-a788-4559-bb93-bcfba95761dD/kqsb-m19.html2026-05-19T04:20:03Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/18/lqbt-m18.htmlJust days after Trump’s return from Beijing, American imperialism is making active preparations for a renewed onslaught against Iran. Mon, 18 May 2026 03:57:09 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/16e1525a-80a5-477a-977d-7cb6007acb7O/lqbt-m18.html2026-05-18T03:57:09Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/16/tzhh-m16.htmlThe meeting took place in the shadow of the US attack on Iran that had been launched less than three months earlier. Sat, 16 May 2026 04:41:27 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/163b4f36-6280-46a0-ad57-da0b310a65cH/tzhh-m16.html2026-05-16T04:41:27Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/15/agle-m15.htmlThe crisis of the Starmer government is the product of two long-term and twinned processes: the international decline of British imperialism amid the convulsions of global capitalism, and the total collapse of the Labour Party’s working class constituency.Fri, 15 May 2026 01:59:39 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/f42d3ee0-1d8c-4615-99a9-7fd2558e3bfE/agle-m15.html2026-05-15T01:59:39Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/14/alpg-m14.htmlThe US president seemed to channel the obliviousness of the French monarchy or the Russian tsar on the eve of their revolutionary overthrow.Thu, 14 May 2026 03:02:21 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/618e7f53-22df-4eda-9f7c-72ca5637599K/alpg-m14.html2026-05-14T03:02:21Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/13/hrfg-m13.htmlA strike would shut down the center of American and world finance and set the stage for a far broader movement of the working class against inequality and exploitation.Wed, 13 May 2026 05:14:27 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/7d027dd2-35d7-4c1c-b3a3-daf80534f19E/hrfg-m13.html2026-05-13T05:14:27Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/12/gdxw-m12.htmlTrump is traveling to Beijing under conditions of extreme crisis, amidst an ongoing war against Iran that has failed to achieve the war aims of American imperialism. Tue, 12 May 2026 05:23:23 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/7c3d8342-f08a-4253-8b19-c253c4674e7E/gdxw-m12.html2026-05-12T05:23:23Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/11/kuel-m11.htmlA progressive response to this offensive is possible only through a frontal assault by the working class on the unchallenged “right” of capitalist property itself.Mon, 11 May 2026 04:31:32 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b68488e1-00b6-4656-b0b9-14abc8874f0C/kuel-m11.html2026-05-11T04:31:32Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/09/vhjn-m09.htmlLabour has been haemorrhaging support since Tony Blair, but what has really given Reform UK its head is the repeated sabotage of the striving by workers for a left-wing alternative.Sat, 09 May 2026 03:06:59 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/43831442-d58e-4dee-bf67-5cca3fa0622G/vhjn-m09.html2026-05-09T03:06:59Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/08/utef-m08.htmlSix years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the institutions of public health have been so thoroughly dismantled that the ruling class no longer knows, or wishes to know, how far this outbreak has spread.Fri, 08 May 2026 04:52:04 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/f969ffd2-a0ed-48e9-82c9-7bb6177b637A/utef-m08.html2026-05-08T04:52:04Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/07/ruuu-m07.htmlThe Met Gala on Monday evening was an expression of the putrefaction of the ruling establishment where fashion, Hollywood, corporate money, celebrity culture and politics comingled in a display of wealth and privilege.Thu, 07 May 2026 04:02:46 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/8b7a3262-8e9a-46da-b074-3dc293aa451P/ruuu-m07.html2026-05-07T04:02:46Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/06/pfgn-m06.htmlThe 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.Wed, 06 May 2026 03:58:48 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/db1089c3-256b-46dd-993b-f0c3e4d20f3D/pfgn-m06.html2026-05-06T03:58:48Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/05/hjnc-m05.htmlThe increasingly desperate actions of American imperialism express the strategic debacle it confronts after 35 years of uninterrupted wars of aggression.Tue, 05 May 2026 04:44:22 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/43228c60-62dc-4579-8879-1ddaeb23209E/hjnc-m05.html2026-05-05T04:44:22Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/04/tzdz-m04.htmlSpeakers at the May Day rally analyzed the war against Iran as the culmination of a 35-year capitalist crisis and advanced a revolutionary program for the international working class entering a new period of global struggle.Mon, 04 May 2026 03:58:05 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c729a980-b00e-4caf-b0a6-bd6935be609A/tzdz-m04.html2026-05-04T03:58:05Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/02/rlam-m02.htmlThis speech was delivered by WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North to open the 2026 International May Day Online Rally.Sat, 02 May 2026 03:02:58 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c55dbe6f-a5b1-4031-81bc-fa4257a9072D/rlam-m02.html2026-05-02T03:02:58Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/01/ctlu-m01.htmlThe International Committee of the Fourth International and the World Socialist Web Site are holding our 13th annual International May Day Online Rally at 3:00 pm EDT. Fri, 01 May 2026 04:34:27 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/84916508-9aac-4c9c-b2df-7b03c6c5870J/ctlu-m01.html2026-05-01T04:34:27Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/30/syiz-a30.htmlHundreds of thousands of jobs are being cut as the ruling class seizes on the artificial intelligence boom to eliminate vast sections of the workforce.Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:45:07 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/ef26f84d-29ff-47b2-b5ae-3b2bd0a6f96L/syiz-a30.html2026-04-30T04:45:07Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/29/ypkk-a29.htmlCharles 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 democratic principles of 1776.Wed, 29 Apr 2026 04:07:29 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/d1eb4f77-6a1e-4dc4-8632-aaede49efbdG/ypkk-a29.html2026-04-29T04:07:29Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/28/fpzs-a28.htmlThe 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.”Tue, 28 Apr 2026 04:20:54 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/7201fecb-00a7-4b3e-a47e-4cbe6d29a8aB/fpzs-a28.html2026-04-28T04:20:54Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/27/gxjo-a27.htmlThe resolution gives expression to the broad and growing opposition among workers to the war, which is backed by the UAW apparatus.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 03:55:16 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/3ce84101-84a6-4c90-a422-40ec976fc01G/gxjo-a27.html2026-04-27T03:55:16Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/25/vlcf-a25.htmlThe war on immigrants, and through them on the democratic rights of the entire working class, continues and is escalating, and the El Gamal family, including four minor children, remains under threat. Sat, 25 Apr 2026 02:21:36 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/5c511a24-7854-4344-8aaf-4cf1aeb1bb0P/vlcf-a25.html2026-04-25T02:21:36Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/24/llez-a24.htmlThe indictment is a political provocation aimed at intimidating all opposition to the Trump administration’s policies of war, social cuts and dictatorship.Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:09:01 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/ebc453fb-2e79-492c-9511-d02fd60c13cM/llez-a24.html2026-04-24T03:09:01Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/23/xzww-a23.htmlAmerican imperialism’s determination to consolidate its geostrategic dominance over the Middle East, one of the world’s most critical energy-producing regions, has already claimed the lives of thousands of Iranians. But the economic fallout from the US-instigated war and blockade of the Strait of Hormuz could prove even more deadly.Thu, 23 Apr 2026 01:37:26 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b3e29ce9-3b14-4ba4-ac6f-0d5f4f90464H/xzww-a23.html2026-04-23T01:37:26Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/22/ffdy-a22.htmlOn Monday, the German government summoned the Russian ambassador in Berlin, thereby raising the diplomatic confrontation with Moscow to a new level.Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:24:51 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/8b570d16-0d84-46e8-af18-e9c607c3318I/ffdy-a22.html2026-04-22T02:24:51Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/21/adyd-a21.htmlThe weekend conference was a bogus defense of democracy by parties and government leaders who have facilitated the rise of the fascist threat they claim to oppose.Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:46:12 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/d43670c9-b7b5-466e-9a21-98e2a957b08D/adyd-a21.html2026-04-21T01:46:12Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/20/fcal-a20.htmlThe interest in the series is a sympathetic response to an unusually humane treatment of social life as a whole in the US.Mon, 20 Apr 2026 02:09:58 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/41845ed8-c576-45a4-8189-d6cc0ad6161F/fcal-a20.html2026-04-20T02:09:58Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/18/kmxb-a18.htmlThe cost of their attempts to sustain massive debt, while also financing the massive cost to society of the corporate oligarchy itself, can only be carved out of the backs of the working class under capitalism.Sat, 18 Apr 2026 02:20:21 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/8ef520f1-c7ce-43cd-9bad-b00599a5fcdK/kmxb-a18.html2026-04-18T02:20:21Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/17/uvyl-a17.htmlGlobal oil companies are raking in additional profits at the rate of $30 million per hour as the result of the price hikes induced by the war.Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:41:17 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/fc57af43-c11d-4f73-a347-99060212cecM/uvyl-a17.html2026-04-17T03:41:17Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/16/vsjo-a16.htmlWith the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East and Donald Trump’s open threats of annihilation against Iran, all pretences are now being dropped in the war in Ukraine as well. Merz and Zelensky visited arms factories together and agreed on measures to return fit-for-service Ukrainian men in Germany to the front line.Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:26:15 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/1237db60-a70e-4316-9593-8a64c61b333H/vsjo-a16.html2026-04-16T00:26:15Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/15/ivff-a15.htmlThe 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.Wed, 15 Apr 2026 04:09:03 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/a7378d74-8dad-448e-9916-cf8a6950d29C/ivff-a15.html2026-04-15T04:09:03Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/14/lcit-a14.htmlThe blockade is an act of war and an act of international piracy. The <em>World Socialist Web Site</em> condemns this criminal action, directed against Iran and against the working class of the entire world.Tue, 14 Apr 2026 04:15:08 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/31c50c31-08d6-4c5b-8020-55c75bf8352K/lcit-a14.html2026-04-14T04:15:08Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/13/hfpr-a13.htmlThe <em>Times, </em>speaking for the Democratic Party, proceeds from a premise it considers too self-evident to require argument: that the failure to achieve the war's objectives would constitute a strategic catastrophe of the first order.Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:32:19 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b227c72f-d570-4fa3-a2a1-90c7b996dffO/hfpr-a13.html2026-04-13T03:32:19Z