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Democrats join Republicans to attack Trump over Iran negotiations

The announcement Saturday by the Trump administration that it had “largely” reached an agreement with Iran has drawn denunciations from broad factions of the US political establishment, with Democrats joining Republicans to attack the proposed agreement as insufficiently advantageous to US imperialism.

Andre Damon

This week in history: May 25-31

US convicts four in embassy bombings; Syria intervenes in Lebanon civil war; Britain opposes Iran oil nationalization; Ukrainian rightist assassinated in Paris.

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

South Korea: Samsung Electronics union suspends planned walkout; India: Punjab municipal sanitation workers still on strike; Gig workers across India strike over rising fuel costs and declining wages; Air India ground staff hold one-day strike in Mumbai; 20,000 South Australian nurses resume industrial action for better pay and conditions; Maintenance workers strike at Woodside’s LNG production plants.

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa

Thousands of doctors across Spain and teachers in some regions walk out over pay and conditions; protests by farmers in Syria as government sets price of wheat below cost of production; over 700 arrests made during mass protests across Kenya over rising fuel prices and cost-of-living crisis

London Underground workers must organise to resume RMT-cancelled strike

The Rail, Maritime and Transport union’s ability to maintain a militant posture has been greatly undermined by its role in defusing a struggle against the Starmer government—through repeated closed-door meetings with TfL and strike cancellations. Dempsey’s tub-thumping has given way to demands for “industrial peace”.

Tony Robson

Germany’s civil defence plan: The government prepares the country for war

Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt and the federal government are driving forward the transformation of Germany into a military state. Under the cynical pretext of “civil protection,” a 10-billion-euro programme will integrate society into military war planning, preparing Germany as a central NATO hub for deployment against Russia.

Johannes Stern

UAW Local 180 suppresses strike by CNH Industrial workers in Racine, Wisconsin

A contract locking in 4 percent annualized wage increases was already insufficient the day it was ratified. The war against Iran—a war of aggression waged by US imperialism that is now directly raising the cost of living for workers across the country—makes the inadequacy of this contract all the more stark.

Bill Shaw

Nexteer workers denounce UAW bureaucrats after forcing strike authorization vote

The highly exploited and low-paid workers, who produce critical steering components for some of the Big Three’s most profitable models, erupted in anger at a meeting of UAW Local 699 on Sunday following the overwhelming rejection last week of the second tentative agreement brought by the union.

Barry Grey

A letter from afar by A. Lincoln

The following letter, signed “A. Lincoln” but without a return address or subject line, appeared in my email this morning. No sooner had I made a copy of the letter than it disappeared from my inbox. Despite its strange and unexplained origin, the signature demands that attention be given to the letter; and, for this reason, it is being made available to readers of the WSWS.

As received by David North

WHO opens annual assembly amid deepening Ebola crisis

With at least 118 dead in the DRC and Uganda and an American physician among the infected, the Trump administration has imposed a Title 42 travel ban while refusing to account for the aid cuts that crippled the international response.

Evan Blake

Australia: Victorian teachers confront another AEU sellout

The Australian Education Union’s “in-principle” agreement amounts to a further real pay cut and does nothing to address the core issues: crushing workloads, oversized classes, burnout, inadequate resources and a deepening staffing crisis.

Sue Phillips

Global bond market selloff intensifies

Yields on long-term government debt are now recording some of their highest levels since the lead up to the global financial crisis.

Nick Beams

Workers Struggles: The Americas

Mass protests by teachers took place across Mexico May 15 demanding pensions, wages and education funding, while Toronto Transit Commission and CUPE reached a last-minute deal Monday after multiple deadlines passed.

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