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17 June 2020

Dozens die in India-China border clash

By Keith Jones, 17 June 2020

It is the enmeshing of the India-China rivalry with the strategic confrontation between China and US imperialism that makes the border dispute so combustible and incendiary.

North Korea blows up liaison office to send message to Trump

By Peter Symonds, 17 June 2020

While nominally directed at Seoul, Pyongyang’s action expressed its deep frustration with the failure of the Trump administration to conduct any meaningful negotiations.

More than 40 percent of all US deaths from COVID-19 are in nursing homes

By Benjamin Mateus, 17 June 2020

A report published Tuesday says that there were 51,000 COVID-19 deaths among residents of US nursing homes and extended care facilities.

Outbreaks of COVID-19 in Brazil’s meat processing plants and mines

By Tomas Castanheira, 17 June 2020

Clusters of coronavirus at large companies across the country threaten the lives of thousands of workers.

Fed boosts support for stock market by expanding corporate debt purchases

By Nick Beams, 17 June 2020

Fed chairman Jerome Powell said it would take some time before employment and economic activity returned to pre-pandemic levels.

OECD report points to pandemic’s long-term impact

New Mexico protester wounded by far-right shooter

By Jacob Crosse, 17 June 2020

Encouraged by President Trump and working in concert with local police departments, far-right elements have been allowed to attack and intimidate peaceful protesters across the country.

Voices of young protesters: Police violence, COVID-19 and the 2020 elections

By our reporters, 17 June 2019

The young people expressed concern over attacks on democratic rights, the acute economic distress facing youth, and imperialist war among other issues.

Massachusetts educators protest layoffs and sweeping cuts to public education

By Will McCalliss and Evan Blake, 17 June 2020

On Monday, educators from across Massachusetts held a rally to protest the devastating budget cuts and job losses, which are hitting over 50 school districts across the state.

Thousands of educators laid off across California as state Democrats plan austerity budget

Faurecia workers denounce unsafe return to work

By Tim Rivers, 17 June 2020

Workers at the Faurecia plant in Saline, Michigan described how the company and union were concealing the spread of COVID-19 in the plant.

UK: 600,000 workers already kicked off payrolls during COVID-19 lockdown

By Robert Stevens, 17 June 2020

Companies are implementing long-planned restructuring operations with mass layoffs, a halt to hiring, and pay cuts the order of the day.

Macron unleashes riot police against French health care protests

By Will Morrow, 17 June 2020

The Macron administration organized a violent assault on health care workers who just weeks earlier were self-servingly hailed for their sacrifice during the pandemic.

French state hands €15 billion bailout to Airbus and Air France

By Kumaran Ira, 17 June 2020

While aerospace firms are receiving massive financial support from the state, they are preparing restructuring plans to slash jobs, wages and benefits.

UAW, federal prosecutors announce talks over corruption scandal

By Tom Hall, 17 June 2020

Whatever the friction between the US Attorney’s office and the UAW, both share as their central aim the suppression of the rising tide of opposition among autoworkers.

Canada’s grocery chains slash wages as pandemic continues to rage

By Roger Jordan, 17 June 2020

The decision to abolish the pay premium shows the companies’ shocking disregard for the lives of workers.

Australian PM outlines bipartisan austerity offensive

By Oscar Grenfell, 17 June 2020

The government is winding back meagre relief measures introduced during the pandemic and intensifying an assault on working class jobs and conditions.

16 June 2020

Atlanta police killing of Rayshard Brooks ruled a homicide as Democrats posture as reformers

By Matthew MacEgan, 16 June 2020

Brooks’ killing has fueled the mass protests against police violence and racism that have taken place in all 50 states and dozens of cities internationally.

Family demands answers after Missouri cop kills 25-year-old convenience store worker

By Jacob Crosse, 16 June 2020

Hannah Fizer was shot to death by a Pettis County deputy during a traffic stop Saturday night in Sedalia, Missouri.

Canadian oil refinery boss lauds George Floyd protests while employing state violence against locked-out workers

By Carl Bronski, 16 June 2020

Federated Cooperatives Ltd. CEO Scott Banda has mobilized and solidarized with racist, far-right forces in seeking to break the resistance of 750 locked-out Regina oil refinery workers.

Claiming sympathy for protesters, US tech giants aid police militarization and surveillance

Macron announces mass bankruptcies and layoffs as coronavirus restrictions are ended

By Alex Lantier, 16 June 2020

With Macron’s brief televised address, the ruling class is declaring an international class war against workers.

French daily Le Figaro reports that Macron considering early resignation

Coronavirus pandemic in Poland: Silesian miners sacrificed for profit

By Bartosz Wyspianski and Martin Nowak, 16 June 2020

Nearly every day, almost half of the new infections in Poland can be found in Silesia.

US auto companies pushing for more production as COVID-19 cases rise in factories

By Shannon Jones, 16 June 2020

The protracted slump in sales makes further downsizing and restructuring in the auto industry virtually inevitable once the immediate inventory deficit is made up.

Meatpacking workers oppose forced return to work through protests and mass absenteeism

By Christopher Davion, 16 June 2020

With meatpacking plants the epicenter of the spread of coronavirus, workers are opposing the return to work ordered by the Trump administration through protests and absenteeism.

Nearly 24,000 Ohioans told to return unemployment payments

By Isaac Finn, 16 June 2020

State authorities demanded that thousands of workers give back “overpaid benefits” they have received since the start of the economic crisis sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Australian police allegedly threatened Sydney protesters with sound weapon

By Oscar Grenfell, 16 June 2020

Despite police denials, footage clearly indicates that NSW police were in possession of an LRAD device known for its use against demonstrations in the US.

Massive police display of force against Australian protests

With its hospitals overwhelmed, Delhi emerging as India’s coronavirus epicentre

By Wasantha Rupasinghe, 16 June 2020

India’s Supreme Court has described conditions in the capital city’s hospitals as “horrific,” and the situation is expected to deteriorate in coming weeks as infections rise exponentially.

Indian cruise ship crew stage second protest in three days

By Tom Casey, 16 June 2020

Thousands of cruise ship workers—some of them infected with COVID-19—remained trapped on vessels around the world after the industry shut down last March in response to the pandemic

Three months since the cruise industry shutdown
Mauritian government and cruise companies hold stranded crew for ransom

Germany: Schools and child daycare centres open despite the high risk of infection

By Marianne Arens, 16 June 2020

The same politicians who pump hundreds of billions of euros of so-called “Corona aid” into the vaults of the big banks and leading companies see no need to equip schools with the measures needed to combat the coronavirus.

Nurses outraged over US hospital chain bailouts, layoffs and bloated CEO pay

By Gary Joad, 15 June 2020

The largest health care corporations and hospital chains have collected billions in federal grants and laid off tens of thousands of health care workers, while compensating top executives hundreds of millions.

Virginia and Maryland ease COVID-19 restrictions

By Dominic Gustavo, 16 June 2020

The state authorities in Virginia and Maryland are proceeding with the reopening of the economy with complete indifference to the lives and health of working people in the Washington DC area and across the entire region.

UK: Johnson opens the economy and guarantees fresh COVID-19 outbreak

By Thomas Scripps, 16 June 2020

Scientists warn that easing the lockdown under current conditions is likely to lead to a resurgence of coronavirus, endangering lives and throwing away the sacrifices made by workers and their families

UK: Legal action highlights social-Darwinist policies against the disabled during COVID-19 pandemic

By Alice Summers, 16 June 2020

Numerous medical guidance documents published during the pandemic suggest that coronavirus patients can be denied or deprioritised for medical care solely on the basis of their age or existing mental or physical disabilities.

“This government has decided that disabled people are better off dead”
UK disability campaigners speak out on coronavirus pandemic

By Alice Summers, 16 June 2020

The WSWS spoke to disability rights campaigners last weekend about the impact of coronavirus pandemic and the Johnson government’s “herd immunity” policy on the lives of disabled people.

Parents speak out against rushed re-opening of schools in Australia

By Sue Phillips and Kaye Tucker, 16 June 2020

The complicity of the education trade unions has left parents to express their concerns through social media, establishing Facebook pages and petitions.

New Zealand government lifts all COVID-19 restrictions

By Tom Peters, 16 June 2020

New Zealand’s health system is in severe crisis following decades of austerity and is unprepared for future COVID-19 outbreaks.

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华尔街以死亡为宴

大卫.诺斯, 2020年5月3日

昨天，4月14日，全球因COVID-19大流行造成的死亡总数超过126,000。在美国，周二有2400多人死亡，使全国受害者总数达到26000。这些官方数字无疑大大低于因冠状病毒感染而死亡的实际人数。

伦敦工人拼死与冠毒作战 富豪纷纷撤离

Michael Barnes, 2020年5月9日

早在新冠病毒大流行之前，伦敦就已是英国丑恶的不平等的中心。如今它不可避免地成为英国疫情的震中。这座城市是整个英国社会阶级分化的集中范例。

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Правительства по всему миру реагируют на COVID-19, спасая прибыли, а не жизни

Джозеф Кишор — кандидат в президенты США от Партии Социалистического Равенства, 13 июня 2020 г.

Усилия правящей элиты по принуждению людей к возвращению на работу — и навязыванию масштабной перестройки классовых отношений, чтобы компенсировать расходы по спасению Уолл-стрит, — столкнутся с огромным сопротивлением со стороны рабочего класса.

Эта неделя в истории
100 лет назад: Красная армия отвоевывает Киев

13 июня 2020 г.

13 июня 1920 года войска Красной армии вошли в украинскую столицу Киев и вытеснили оттуда польские и украинские националистические войска.

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Classe social, capitalismo e o assassinato de George Floyd

Niles Niemuth, 13 Junho 2020

Como aconteceu tantas vezes no passado, o establishment político e a imprensa estão promovendo uma narrativa racial para ocultar a base social e econômica da brutalidade policial e desviar a raiva popular do sistema capitalista.

O paradoxo da alta em Wall Street

Nick Beams, 13 Junho 2020

A alta no mercado de ações, ocorrendo em meio à maior crise de saúde em um século, contrasta enormemente com a economia real subjacente.

Pandemia e guerra global contra imigrantes e refugiados

Bill Van Auken, 13 Junho 2020

Assim como com os ataques à toda a classe trabalhadora e o impulso em direção à guerra, as classes dominantes capitalistas em todo o mundo responderam à pandemia intensificando o ataque brutal aos trabalhadores imigrantes.

Defensores das políticas raciais têm reação hostil a protestos multirraciais contra o assassinato policial de George Floyd

Nick Barrickman, 13 Junho 2020

Políticos do Partido Democrata e seus apoiadores defensores do nacionalismo negro denunciaram brancos como "agitadores externos".

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Führer en herbe, Trump intensifie son complot pour un coup d'État

Patrick Martin, 13 juin 2020

Le président cherche à fabriquer un prétexte pour la répression violente et l’établissement d’un régime autoritaire en Amérique.

Selon Le Figaro, Macron envisagerait de démissionner

Alexandre Lantier, 13 juin 2020

La pandémie du COVID-19 et les manifestations internationales contre les meurtres policiers de George Floyd et d’Adama Traoré ont profondément déstabilisé l’exécutif.

Washington intensifie ses vols de bombardiers stratégiques menaçant la Russie et la Chine

Alex Lantier, 13 juin 2020

Alors que la colère sociale monte en réponse à la violence policière et à la pandémie de COVID-19, il y a aussi un plus grand danger que l’élite dirigeante essaye d’étouffer les conflits de classe en lançant des guerres à l’étranger.

Anticapitalistas quitte le gouvernement espagnol du Parti socialiste et de Podemos

Alejandro López et Alex Lantier, 13 juin 2020

Anticapitalistas quitte Podemos pour servir d’agence politique de l'État, intervenant dans les manifestations et les grèves qui éclatent contre Podemos afin de les étrangler.

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La Casa Blanca exige finalizar pago de emergencia por desempleo de $600 por semana

Por Andre Damon, 17 junio 2020

El plan del Gobierno de Trump de recortar la asistencia por desempleo en julio es una confabulación abierta para obligar a que los trabajadores regresen a fábricas que son focos de contagio del COVID-19.

Los estudios sobre la respuesta de anticuerpos COVID-19 socavan la política de "inmunidad colectiva" de los EE. UU.

Por Benjamin Matteus, 17 junio 2020

La respuesta de los anticuerpos al coronavirus no es muy robusta, lo que socava las afirmaciones de que si un número suficiente de personas se infectan, la pandemia se quemará a sí misma.

Informe de la OCDE apunta a un impacto de largo plazo de la pandemia

Por Nick Beams, 17 junio 2020

El informe califica el panorama económico de "excepcionalmente incierto". Advierte que cualquier recuperación será "vacilante" y estará sujeta a la interrupción por otro brote de la pandemia.

Macron anuncia quiebras masivas y despidos al terminar las restricciones del coronavirus

Por Alex Lantier, 17 junio 2020

Con el breve discurso televisado de Macron, la clase dominante está declarando una guerra de clases internacional contra los trabajadores.

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Möchtegern-Führer Trump intensiviert Putschversuche

Patrick Martin, 13. Juni 2020

Der US-Präsident versucht, einen Vorwand für gewaltsame Unterdrückung und die Errichtung eines autoritären Regimes in Amerika zu fabrizieren.

Washington verschärft Drohkulisse gegen Russland und China mit vermehrten Flügen strategischer Bomber

Alex Lantier, 13. Juni 2020

Mit der sozialen Wut über Polizeigewalt und die Corona-Pandemie verschärft sich auch die Gefahr, dass die herrschende Elite versucht, den Klassenkampf durch externe Kriege zu unterdrücken.

Bildungsministerium sabotiert finanziell schwache Studierende

Christopher Lehmann und Noah Windstein, 13. Juni 2020

Karliczeks Paket bietet den Studierenden keine rasche Hilfe, es ist in jeder Hinsicht gegen sie gerichtet.

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Trump, muhalefeti terörizmle damgalama kampanyasını yoğunlaştırıyor

Patrick Martin, 6 Haziran 2020

Polis şiddetine karşı kitlesel protestolarda yer alan milyonlarca işçi ve genç, Trump yönetiminin gangster yöntemlerine karşı siyasi talepler yükseltmeye başlamalı ve Trump’ın, Pence’in ve diğer komplocuların görevden alınmasını istemelidir.

New in Norwegian

Etabler grunnplankomitéer på fabrikker og arbeidsplasser for å forhindre overføring av Covid-19-virus og redde liv!

Uttalelse fra Socialist Equality Party (USA), 22. mai 2020

Regjeringen og selskapene krever gjenopptakelse av arbeid midt under en pandemi, som hver uke krever flere tusen liv. Deres pådriv for profitter prioriterer ikke arbeideres og deres familiers helse og sikkerhet.

Trump-administrasjonen gjør Taiwan til sin seneste front i antiKina-kampanjen

Peter Symonds, 22. mai 2020

USA har provoserende hyllet gjenvalget av den taiwanske presidenten Tsai Ing-wen og presset på for Taiwans sak under det årlige ministermøtet for Verdens helseorganisasjon (WHO).

USA forbereder antiRussland-krigsspill midt under pandemien

Andrea Peters, 22. mai 2020

Om litt mer enn to uker vil 6 000 amerikanske og polske tropper simulere bakke og luftbårne angrep ca. 56 kilometer fra det russiske territoriet Kaliningrad.

Covid-19-pandemien avslører Frankrikes Nytt Antikapitalistisk Parti

Alex Lantier, 22. mai 2020

Pandemien setter arbeidere i alle land opp i en uforsonlig konflikt med de pro-imperialistiske middelklassepartiene som styringsklassen lenge har fremstilt som venstresiden.

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La classe lavoratrice, il socialismo e la lotta contro la pandemia

David North, 1 aprile 2020

Gli scioperi e le proteste dei lavoratori di Instacart, Amazon e Whole Foods sono in risposta alla criminale subordinazione della sicurezza dei lavoratori ai profitti aziendali.

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