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Chicago officials plan to reopen schools for 20,000 students

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Russian court extends prison sentence for historian of Stalinist terror to 13 years

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Catastrophic increase of coronavirus infections in Germany

Boogaloo adherent charged by FBI with shooting Minneapolis police precinct during George Floyd protests

As US election approaches, New York Times intensifies its anti-Russia disinformation campaign

Modern Monetary Theory and the crisis of capitalism: Part one

Thousands of furloughed US aviation workers see no relief from US Congress

Public webinar: For a socialist program against the New Zealand Labour government's right-wing agenda

Thai protesters demand the resignation of the prime minister

Canada’s trade unions and NDP rush to the rescue of the big-business Liberal government

Detroit City government insists demolitions go forward, ignoring health dangers and unmet housing needs

Spain’s “left populist” Podemos separates migrant children from their parents

Right-wing groups sue Michigan over ban on weapons at polling stations

Worker in UK speaks out on the unsafe reopening of schools

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UK COVID-19 deaths surge to more than 1,100 over last week

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Over 100 teachers launch wildcat sickout strike in Houston

Electoral defeat in Vienna for Austria’s far-right Freedom Party

Final presidential debate: Candidates silent on Trump threat of political coup

New Zealand markets, business welcome Labour’s election victory

Australian universities pseudo-left “network” postpones forum at NTEU’s behest

GM announces new investments in electric vehicles as job cuts loom

Fiat Chrysler covered up dozens of infections and two deaths at Jefferson North Assembly Plant

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Goldman Sachs fined $2.9 billion over role in 1MDB corruption case

Anti-Muslim hysteria dominates French political establishment after terrorist killing of Samuel Paty

Germany’s Left Party embraces “herd immunity” policy

Trump storms out of interview when asked about ties to Michigan conspiracy

Record wildfires continue to expand across Colorado

Support for socialism jumps by nearly 10 percent among US youth amid pandemic depression

50 years since Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invoked the War Measures Act

Catastrophic job losses continue in the US as nearly 800,000 new unemployment claims reported

OSIRIS-REx spacecraft touches an asteroid, attempts sample collection

Corporate America puts its money on Biden and the Democrats

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UK parent speaks out about catastrophic “herd immunity” policy of Johnson government

Israel’s growing anti-Netanyahu protests face increasing right-wing and police attacks

Nigerian government clamps down on protests

The pianist Igor Levit and the defense of culture against fascism

Sri Lankan workers must rally the rural poor against Rajapakse’s “herd immunity” policies

No to police-state rule after the terrorist killing of French teacher Samuel Paty!

Statements from Canada, India and Sri Lanka in support of Dr. Scalice

Sri Lankan SEP to hold online meeting on a socialist program to fight COVID-19

Australian corporate elite demands lifting of all coronavirus safety restrictions

US Justice Department and eleven states file antitrust lawsuit against Google

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GM victimizes Mexican worker for quarantining after catching COVID-19

Woman died from COVID-19 on Spirit Airline flight in July

Houston schools reopen as COVID-19 surges in Texas

Service employees union shuts down nursing home strike in Detroit suburb

Why does Jacobin Magazine downplay the danger of fascist violence?

COVID-19 pandemic surges despite limited curfew measures across Europe

Australia joins “Quad” military exercises directed against China

Ten percent of US households face eviction by year’s end

Marcus Rashford’s fight against child poverty exposes Labour and trade unions’ partnership with Johnson government

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Hundreds of migrant children torn from their families under Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy yet to be reunited with parents

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Nursing home workers take strike action in Detroit suburb

Unions trying to suppress workers’ opposition to pro-business restructure at Australia Post

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Breonna Taylor grand jury was never given option to indict killer cops

Australian unions offer to protect employers from “wage theft” penalties

David North presents Thirty Years of War at Frankfurt Book Fair

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Missouri coronavirus infection rates spike, creating havoc in schools, economy

School nurse dies from COVID-19 as officials in Baltimore–Washington region reopen schools

Washtenaw County issues stay-at-home order at University of Michigan campus in the wake of campus COVID outbreak

Fair Wayne Bryant, jailed for life for stealing hedge clippers, granted parole by Louisiana Pardon Board

Workers’ struggles grow as Turkish government pursues “herd immunity” policy

Northern Virginia Community College faculty and staff speak out about loss of work due to budget crisis

UK government steps up attacks on asylum seekers and refugees

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