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White House doubles down on September 2 boat strike cover-up

US President Trump on Tuesday reneged on his earlier statement that he would have “no problem” with releasing the video of the September 2 murder of 11 unarmed civilians, declaring, “I didn’t say that.”

Andre Damon

More than 1 million people in Germany without housing

The number of people without housing in Germany has soared above 1 million for the first time, exposing the devastating impact of soaring rents, forced evictions and relentless social cuts.

Tino Jacobson, Markus Salzmann

China trade surplus tops $1 trillion

Cuts in exports to the US due to Trump’s tariffs have been more than compensated for by the sharp increase in Chinese exports to the rest of the world.

Nick Beams

Workers Struggles: The Americas

Bus drivers, pensioners and people with disabilities were among those conducting strikes and protests against government policy in Argentina, while 750 Canadian Air Transat pilots could walk out later this week.

Socialism AI goes live on December 12, 2025

Socialism AI is a powerful new chatbot developed by the WSWS to advance socialist consciousness globally by bringing the scientific outlook of Marxism to workers, youth, and intellectuals.

David North

For a socialist perspective against the reintroduction of conscription in Germany

Germany’s ruling elite is preparing a new generation for war, reintroducing conscription as part of the largest rearmament drive since 1945. This statement explains why only a socialist, international movement of young people and workers can stop militarism and the capitalist system that drives it.

International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE)

This week in history: December 8-14

Supreme Court halts Florida ballot counting in presidential election; Ford approves austerity loan to NYC; US military evacuation in North Korea; NY Governor pardons CP leader.

Israel tightens its grip on West Bank

Functioning as Israel’s subcontractor in policing the Palestinians, President Mahmoud Abbas and the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority have not lifted a finger to oppose any of Israel’s expansionist actions.

Jean Shaoul

Jacobin’s defense of the Trump–Mamdani pact and the capitalist state

The article is not an academic exercise. It is a political manifesto by the Democratic Socialists of America and Jacobin’s privileged petty-bourgeois milieu, justifying their open collaboration with a fascistic administration and defending the capitalist state itself.

Lawrence Porter, Barry Grey

Union sells out New Zealand high school teachers

The pay cuts imposed by the PPTA on 20,000 teachers reinforces the need for workers to rebel against the union bureaucracy by forming independent rank-and-file committees to fight against austerity and militarism.

Tom Peters

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

South Korea: National rail and Seoul Metro workers to walk out; Philippines school teachers hold national strike; India: Outsourced power workers protest privatisation in Punjab; Australia: Public sector health workers protest over wages and conditions in Tasmania, South Australia, Northern Territory and Victoria.

Australian economy “flat” amid global volatility

The data shows a drop to zero in the per capita growth rate, under conditions of rising inflation, a continuing cost-of-living crisis and low levels of corporate investment, except for AI-related data centres.

Mike Head

Retired CDC vaccine expert blasts anti-science policy shift

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, once the premier disease-fighting institution in the US, and even the world, has been taken over by anti-vaccine quacks under the direction of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Benjamin Mateus

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa

Tens of thousands in Bulgaria and thousands in France take to the streets to oppose austerity budgets; strikes and protests continue across Iran as currency in freefall; health union suspends Nigerian doctors’ month-long stoppage with demands unfulfilled

Court rules dissolution of the Palestine Congress 2024 in Berlin was unlawful

A Berlin court has ruled that the violent shutdown of the 2024 Palestine Congress was unlawful, exposing the arbitrary political actions behind the police operation. The judgment highlights how the German authorities have trampled on democratic rights to suppress criticism of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Justus Leicht

Trump’s Ukraine plan destroys alliance with Europe

Until a few years ago, the US and European powers worked closely together to encircle Russia and bring Eastern Europe and large parts of the former Soviet Union under their control. But now the axis of conflict is shifting. The rivalry between the US and Europe is increasingly coming to the fore.

Peter Schwarz

A top-level warning of heightened global financial risks

The combination of record levels of government debt and the involvement of speculative capital in its financing is presenting “new financial stability challenges,” according to the Bank for International Settlements.

Nick Beams

Mamdani, speaking with comedian Adam Friedland, reviews “productive” meeting with fascist Trump

Reflecting the political character of their milieu, most of Mamdani and Friedland’s half-hour discussion centers on casual, empty-headed conversation, with several interruptions to check soccer scores and ad breaks for nicotine and sexual performance products. While by no means a master manipulator, Friedland’s characteristic rambling and aimlessness hide a sharper intent.

Luke Galvin
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