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Amid massive government-employer assault on workplace safety, US unions sow complacency on Workers Memorial Day

5+ hour, 28+ min ago  (680+ words) The observance of Workers Memorial Day 2026 took place amid an escalating assault on workplace safety in the United States of breathtaking scope. Trump has vastly accelerated the dismantling of already inadequate safety regulations and enforcement mechanisms. According to "Death on…...

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Oppose the draft! Build a working class movement against imperialist war!

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (551+ words) Late last month, the Trump administration announced that beginning in December 2026 every American male between the ages of 18 and 26 will be automatically registered for the military draft. The Socialist Equality Party and the International Youth and Students for Social Equality…...

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Venezuela's interim president paints Trump as defender of "peace" after Washington shooting

8+ hour, 30+ min ago  (1166+ words) Minutes after US Secret Service agents took Donald Trump from the stage at the White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday and detained an alleged attacker after a shooting incident, Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodr'guez became one of the first world leaders…...

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Sri Lankan government blocks release of Tamil writer's books

8+ hour, 29+ min ago  (867+ words) Customs seized 360 copies of the five books, which were shipped from Chennai, India and arrived in Colombo, underscoring the state's direct intervention to block the circulation of literature dealing with the social and political experiences produced by Sri Lanka's decades-long…...

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Anti-genocide activist denounces imperialist violence in the Middle East in statement supporting International May Day Online Rally

8+ hour, 36+ min ago  (530+ words) Dr. Abeer Omar, an assistant nursing professor at Trent University, in Peterborough, Ontario, denounced the systematic slaughter of healthcare workers by Israel in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, and the US and Israel's targeting of civilians in their war of…...

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Danish pseudo-left lines up with European imperialism against US over Greenland

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (771+ words) Opposition in Denmark and across Europe to the Trump administration's brutal persecution of immigrants and political opponents, aggressive "America first" militarism, and push to establish a dictatorship is widespread. Large sections of the Danish population have expressed particular outrage at…...

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wsws. org > en > articles > 04/22/2026 > sqsd-a22. html

Virginia voters approve Democratic Party-backed redistricting amendment to shift congressional seats

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (255+ words) The victory is well within the 3 percent margin which can trigger a recount. Additionally, the amendment already faces numerous court challenges which the state supreme court has yet to hear. Currently, Democrats hold 6 of Virginia's 11 congressional seats. Under the new…...

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wsws. org > en > articles > 04/27/2026 > pfht-a27. html

Resolution for UAW Convention: "Against the US'Israeli Imperialist War on Iran " For the Independent Mobilization of the Working Class

4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (545+ words) On Saturday, April 25, UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman introduced this resolution at a meeting of UAW Local 677 in Macungie, Pennsylvania. Local 677 includes the Mack Trucks plant at which Lehman works. The meeting was attended by members of the local apparatus....

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UCLA reports expose explosive growth of student homelessness in Los Angeles County

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (869+ words) Two recent reports by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) on student homelessness in Los Angeles County constitute a devastating exposure of the social reality confronting millions of working-class families. The reports, titled "Rising Numbers, Fading Resources" and "Hidden…...

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Trump's "Department of War" seeks to enlist US auto companies in accelerated arms buildup

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (1101+ words) Pentagon officials recently met with executives from General Motors and Ford, marking a turn by the Trump administration toward the development of a war economy. For their part, auto executives, with profits lagging as a result of low electric vehicle…...