Macron’s naming of a right-wing government in France and the bankruptcy of Mélenchon 

Trial of “Uhuru 3” begins in Florida as US government accelerates anti-Russia campaign, war drive

Washington presses regional governments to secure Maduro’s ouster in Venezuela

Australia: Ousted CFMEU leaders seek to bury workers’ opposition to administration in drawn-out legal challenge

One month of Ukraine’s invasion of Russia’s Kursk region

Sri Lankan president appeals to Muslim voters with apology over forced cremation

US citizen killed in the West Bank by Israeli forces

The banning of X/Twitter in Brazil and the authoritarian drive of the capitalist state

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra doubles down against British-Australian pianist Jayson Gillham

Canada’s New Democrats posture as defenders of rail workers, while abetting Trudeau’s strikebreaking

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

Appeals court ruling backs big publishers’ lawsuit against the Internet Archive

Erdoğan welcomes al-Sisi to Turkey for the first time in the shadow of the Gaza genocide

UK studies on Long COVID reveal its brutal impact and prevalence 

With contract expiring soon for East Coast dockworkers, ILA make radical-sounding statements to head off rank-and-file anger

What is revealed in the school massacre in Winder, Georgia

Harris and Trump compete for support from billionaires

Zelensky begins mass dismissal of cabinet ministers

US urges New Zealand to ramp-up military capacity to police the Pacific

Macron names Barnier to lead right-wing French government backed by neo-fascists 

Canada’s NDP ends governmental pact with Trudeau in hopes of averting electoral debacle

Wellington rail workers voting on strike action

Israel hampering polio vaccine drive as daily bombardment of Gaza continues

Prasanna Vithanage’s Paradise: Police brutality and a marriage implosion amidst Sri Lanka’s economic collapse

Metformin and COVID-19: An old drug with compelling anti-viral properties

Four killed in mass shooting of sleeping train riders in Chicago suburb

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa

Finishing Palestinians, preventing “war”, bringing “peace”, Nikki Haley extends support for Taiwan

Twelve refugees drown in Channel due to criminal actions of British and French governments

Oil workers walk out at Marathon Detroit refinery

Trump, Republicans openly plot to suppress vote, overturn election

Israeli defence minister foreshadows Gaza-type genocide in West Bank

Boeing machinists ready to strike ahead of September 12 contract expiration

4 dead, dozens wounded in Georgia high school shooting

US-organized police-military “stabilization” force deploys in Haiti

Australian economy heading into recession

Anheuser-Busch announces closure of two distribution facilities, exposing false job protections in new Teamsters contract

The barbarism of “forever COVID” and the fight for socialist public health

Canada joins US in imposing 100 percent tariff on Chinese-made EVs

Atlanta-area postal worker dies on the job

California College of the Arts faces deep crisis: “The ultimate judgment upon the quality of a civilization”

Grenfell Tower fire public inquiry delivers its final whitewash

UK suspension of Israeli arms contracts a guilty fraud

Overriding strike vote by 33,000 Boeing workers, IAM bureaucrats schedule vote on non-existent contract

Sri Lanka: SEP presidential candidate speaks to media, public meetings 

Israel pounds Jenin refugee camp as assault on West Bank continues for seventh day

Australian Labor PM now as unpopular as his hated Liberal-National predecessor

As US East Coast dockworkers face contract deadline, union, government and management draw from playbook of sellouts at UPS, rail

Russian organizations and social media pages demand Bogdan Syrotiuk’s release  

Lessons from the electoral success of the far-right Alternative for Germany

VW workers must prepare for industrial action to oppose factory closures and layoffs

Modernism in Ukraine 1900-1930s: Revolutionary art outshines Ukrainian nationalist narrative

Racial inequality among the working poor shrinks in America

Footage of trapped Dagenham fire residents published as victims demand secure housing, assistance and justice

ASLEF blocks train drivers’ strike at LNER to fall in line with UK Starmer government

Faculty at 2 Michigan universities set for potential strike as fall classes start

The lessons of the UAW sellout at Dakkota

Union bureaucrats stump for Democrats in Detroit, Milwaukee and Pittsburgh on Labor Day

10,000 hotel workers launch nationwide strike during Labor Day holiday weekend

While trying to ram through more sellouts, US rail union official warns of “class warfare” in Labor Day message

Protests and general strike in Israel pose the need to break with Zionism

Unstable right-wing government formed in Thailand

The SEP intervention in the UAW election and the fight for socialism among autoworkers

Deepening crisis in New Zealand public health system

Contemporary lessons from the slave power’s plot to overturn the 1860 election

PSOE, Sumar and Spanish union bureaucracies agree to new attack on pensions

Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei members call on Opel workers in Eisenach to fight together with their colleagues at Stellantis

Latest economic data put question mark over China’s growth target

Workers Struggles: The Americas

Chile’s Boric and Argentina’s Milei join exercises of US Southern Command

“The war’s not over”: Dakkota workers seething after UAW rams through contract with threats of lockout

Australian doctors warn dialysis patients are receiving third-world care

Sri Lankan Supreme Court rules cancellation of local elections violates democratic rights

Management safety violations preceded crash of UPS driver who suffered heat stroke behind the wheel, co-worker says

Dana Corp. announces closure of auto parts plant in Lima, Ohio, destroying 280 jobs

American Academy of Pediatrics updated guidelines encourage kids experiencing “mild” diarrhea and vomiting to attend school

Thai opposition party turns to right after being anti-democratically dissolved

Pacific Islands Forum approves Australia’s anti-China policing plan

Palestinian filmmakers accuse Hollywood of “dehumanization”

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson demands “sacrifices” to pay for $1.2 billion school budget gap

Biden and Harris call for escalation of Gaza genocide following death of six Israeli hostages

This week in history: September 2-8

Following endorsements from RFK Jr., Tulsi Gabbard, Trump escalates fascistic agitation, phony anti-war posturing

Spain’s PSOE-Sumar government threatens mass expulsions of migrants and refugees

Supreme Court rejects Biden’s appeal to lift injunction on student debt relief plan

Tulane University in New Orleans upholds suspension of anti-genocide protesters

The political issues confronting workers on Labor Day

Stop the bank boycott of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei! Donate now!

Far-right Alternative for Germany achieves over 30 percent in Saxony and Thuringia state elections

A reply to an anarchist’s falsification of the Leon Trotsky commemoration on Prinkipo

Turkey threatens to deport Palestinians protesting Gaza genocide

The Guardian’s brief for the trade unions: They are “good for capitalism”

Dakkota workers’ strike in danger as UAW demands fifth vote on sellout agreement: “We have the strength to stand up and fight back”

Kamala Harris pledges no letup in genocide, war, attacks on immigrants in CNN interview

Socialist Equality Party campaign team fights for socialist perspective against war and social cuts in Eisenach

New York University faculty and staff group announces limited strike action to oppose criminalization of anti-Zionism

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