4+ hour, 39+ min ago   (542+ words) The Health Workers Rank-and-File Committee (HWRFC) recently convened an emergency meeting and passed a resolution unanimously condemning the conviction and sentencing of Bogdan Syrotiuk, a 27-year-old Ukrainian socialist, to 15 years’ imprisonment. “We call for the immediate and unconditional release of…...

4+ hour, 55+ min ago   (1068+ words) As part of the international campaign to free Bogdan Syrotiuk, members of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) and International Youth and Students for Socialist Equality (IYSSE) in Sri Lanka recently spoke with workers at the Katunayake Free Trade Zone (KFTZ)…...

5+ hour, 15+ min ago   (571+ words) A serious struggle for their demands requires that postdocs break from the stranglehold of the UAW union bureaucracy and build independent rank-and-file committees, part of the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees (IWA-RFC), uniting postdocs with graduate and undergraduate student…...

5+ hour, 33+ min ago   (383+ words) The U.S. State Department and Treasury have designated three Europe-based groups as terrorist organizations and imposed economic sanctions on them. The action is part of a campaign to criminalize opposition to the Israeli genocide in Gaza and the wider US-Israeli aggression…...

6+ hour, 2+ min ago   (424+ words) Authorities have confirmed at least 389 dead in Nepal and 3 in China, with a further 910 and 558 missing, respectively. Numerous harrowing videos have emerged on social media of people attempting to flee the deluge—described as “liquid concrete” by hydrologists—with many…...

13+ hour, 54+ min ago   (1080+ words) The UK prime minister was the sole leader of the “Coalition of the Willing” to visit Ukraine for a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday. France’s Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s Friedrich Merz took part virtually. The event coincided with…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (944+ words) The Entertainment Union Coalition (EUC), including the California IATSE Council, Directors Guild of America, LiUNA! Local 724, Teamsters Local 399, Writers Guild of America West, American Federation of Musicians Local 47, IBEW Local 40 and SAG-AFTRA, has mounted an aggressive campaign to pressure California…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (295+ words) During a leaflet distribution at the University of São Paulo (USP), Tomas Castanheira, a leading member of the Socialist Equality Group (Brazil), spoke in defense of the release of Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk, sentenced to 15 years in prison for his…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (986+ words) On Monday, August 24 the Istanbul 1st High Criminal Court announced its verdict in the trial known publicly as the “Aziz İhsan Aktaş criminal organization case,” in which 200 defendants stood accused. The 60-page summary ruling, delivered after seven months of proceedings, made…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (698+ words) Amid a deepening political crisis triggered by growing popular opposition to the escalating war against Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky went on a tirade over the weekend against free and open elections, declaring that a vote would “destroy the country....