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It is with profound sorrow that the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) announces the death of Comrade Wije Dias, the longtime general secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka) and its forerunner, the Revolutionary Com...

Comrade Wije Dias: A fighter for Trotskyism (August 27, 1941 – July 27, 2022)

It is with profound sorrow that the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) announces the death of Comrade Wije Dias, the longtime general secretary of the Socialist Equality Party...

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Can it be that the Times report indicates US concern over the political fallout from a more recent operation that is of far greater international consequence than the Moscow assassination? The unexplained bombing of the Nordstream pipeline comes to mind.

New York Times acknowledges Ukraine behind assassination of Darya Dugina

Can it be that the Times report indicates US concern over the political fallout from a more recent operation that is of far greater international consequence than the Moscow assassination? The...

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The massive breach points to the danger of placing sensitive data in the hands of vast corporations, whose only concern is profit.

Australia: Optus data breach highlights widespread security vulnerabilities

The massive breach points to the danger of placing sensitive data in the hands of vast corporations, whose only concern is profit.

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The student union is riding roughshod over the democratic rights of students who want to fight for a socialist alternative to war, austerity and dictatorship.

University of Melbourne student union refuses to affiliate IYSSE despite successful affiliation...

The student union is riding roughshod over the democratic rights of students who want to fight for a socialist alternative to war, austerity and dictatorship.

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A pipefitter who worked at the BP Huskey refinery spoke about unsafe practices by management that could have contributed to the September 20 fire that killed Max and Ben Morrissey.

Pipefitter says BP used unskilled contractors on unit before fatal explosion at Toledo, Ohio...

A pipefitter who worked at the BP Huskey refinery spoke about unsafe practices by management that could have contributed to the September 20 fire that killed Max and Ben Morrissey.

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President Joe Biden and Governor Ron DeSantis appeared in Fort Myers on Wednesday to deflect public anger away from their role in facilitating the death toll from the storm.

Biden appears with DeSantis in Fort Myers as death toll from Hurricane Ian continues to rise

President Joe Biden and Governor Ron DeSantis appeared in Fort Myers on Wednesday to deflect public anger away from their role in facilitating the death toll from the storm.

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The UAW apparatus has done everything it can to prevent workers from knowing about the election or understanding the positions of the candidates.

UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman: Form rank-and-file election committees to build workers’...

The UAW apparatus has done everything it can to prevent workers from knowing about the election or understanding the positions of the candidates.

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Wickremesinghe’s new bill is to further strengthen repressive measures in preparation for the re-emergence of mass struggles in response to the next round of IMF austerity.

Sri Lankan cabinet tables repressive “rehabilitation” bureau bill

Wickremesinghe’s new bill is to further strengthen repressive measures in preparation for the re-emergence of mass struggles in response to the next round of IMF austerity.

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According to multiple workers who belong to the IBEW and who personally spoke to IBEW Railroad Department head Al Russo via telephone in recent days, the IBEW has acknowledged that a significant number of ballots were not properly sent to workers.

IBEW acknowledges problems with ballots for rail contact but refuses to conduct re-vote

According to multiple workers who belong to the IBEW and who personally spoke to IBEW Railroad Department head Al Russo via telephone in recent days, the IBEW has acknowledged that a significant...

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Twelve Democrats from a military-intelligence background have entered the House of Representatives since 2018. Their ranks could nearly double this year.

Reinforcements for the CIA Democrats in the 2022 elections: Part one

Twelve Democrats from a military-intelligence background have entered the House of Representatives since 2018. Their ranks could nearly double this year.

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Trump petitioned the US Supreme Court Wednesday to intervene in the special master’s review of documents seized by the FBI at his Mar-a-Lago resort on August 8.

Trump seeks Supreme Court intervention in Mar-a-Lago state secrets dispute

Trump petitioned the US Supreme Court Wednesday to intervene in the special master’s review of documents seized by the FBI at his Mar-a-Lago resort on August 8.

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Pro-investor economic reforms carried out since 1991 by successive Indian governments, led by both the Congress Party and Modi’s BJP, have dramatically deepened social inequality and concentrated wealth in the hands of rapacious billionaires like Adani.

Modi booster, Gautam Adani becomes world’s second richest man amid social misery for Indian working...

Pro-investor economic reforms carried out since 1991 by successive Indian governments, led by both the Congress Party and Modi’s BJP, have dramatically deepened social inequality and concentrated...

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For years, #nurses, #doctors, and other #healthcare workers fought against the pandemic and amid understaffing, burnout, lack of resources, and mismanagement. Healthcare workers are taking a stand not just for themselves, but for patients and society.

Australia: Health workers support Chris O’Brien Lifehouse nurses’ fight against union-management...

"We are starting to see cross-supporting, like doctors supporting nurses on strike, or teachers supporting nurses. Workers have a common enemy in the government and the corporations."

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Management took the vindictive action after around 100 workers at the facility staged a protest in a management office and demanded to be sent home with pay because of unsafe conditions.

Amazon suspends as many as 80 workers who refused to work after a fire in Staten Island warehouse

Management took the vindictive action after around 100 workers at the facility staged a protest in a management office and demanded to be sent home with pay because of unsafe conditions.

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Even as its economic ties with China grow, the Kenyan regime is signing up to the US-NATO war targeting Russia and China.

Kenyan President Ruto auditions for US and British imperialism

Even as its economic ties with China grow, the Kenyan regime is signing up to the US-NATO war targeting Russia and China.

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At the factory meeting on Wednesday, the works council and IG Metall union, supported by Saarland’s Minister President Anke Rehlinger (Social Democrats, SPD), will do everything they can to seal the plant’s closure.

Prevent the Ford Saarlouis plant closure! Unite all Ford workers! No trust in the IG Metall union,...

At the factory meeting on Wednesday, the works council and IG Metall union, supported by Saarland’s Minister President Anke Rehlinger (Social Democrats, SPD), will do everything they can to seal the...

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A breakdown of the 🌍 #strike wave ✊✊🏼✊🏿 - #Lebanon - #teachersStrike - #SouthAfrica - #TransitStrike - #Argentina: #Bridgestone tire workers strike - #Africa - Air traffic controllers in 18 countries - #France - #RefineryStrike - #UK&US - #RailStrike

The global strike wave and the crisis of revolutionary leadership

Across the world, a surge of working-class opposition to inequality and capitalist exploitation is developing in the form of strikes and protests on every continent.

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"Celebrated" by other nazis and the new york times.

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Commanders of Ukraine’s celebrated Azov Battalion have held an emotional reunion with their families in Turkey, Ukrainian officials said, honoring the fighters released from Russian confinement last month. nyti.ms/3SRRlP1

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The Pacific is being transformed for a staging ground for a US war with #China, with island nations being transformed into landlocked aircraft carriers.

US holds anti-China summit with Pacific Island leaders

The summit was a further escalation in Washington’s confrontation with China in the Pacific, aimed at tightening its grip over the strategically significant region.

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Une épidémie d’Ebola dans le district centre-ouest de l’Ouganda a explosé depuis son signalement à la fin septembre. Deux soignants sont morts parmi plus de 25 décès au total.

L'épidémie d'Ebola menace de s'étendre à Kampala, la capitale ougandaise densément peuplée

Une épidémie d’Ebola dans le district centre-ouest de l’Ouganda a explosé depuis son signalement à la fin septembre. Deux soignants sont morts parmi plus de 25 décès au total.

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Will Lehman introductory statement at UAW presidential candidates debate... youtu.be/7-DMHu3ul28 via

#teachers #teachertwitter #teachersoftwitter

Will Lehman introductory statement at UAW presidential candidates...

What the full debate here:https://WillforUAWpresident.org/debate

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We need new organizations of action to stop the spread of COVID, to end the budget cuts and fight for substantial pay increases. "The Crisis in Education and the Case for Rank-and-File Committees" Sat. Oct. 8 at 12 PM ET #NYU #NYC #RestoreTheCuts attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/23303

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22-year-old meatpacking worker Casen Garcia was electrocuted at Tyson Foods in Joslin, Illinois on July 9. Management covered it up and the union is silent. But Casen's family and coworkers are fighting to expose the truth. Read the extended interview: wsws.org/en/articles/20

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"Evacuation efforts" = Waiting to the last minute and then shouting, "Every man for himself!" "Rebuilding efforts" = As detailed in your insurance policy. No insurance? Thoughts and prayers. "Public health" = Pronouncing the public healthy, suppressing all contrary evidence.

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British school children are eating erasers (rubbers) to curb hunger pains while others are hiding at playtime or pretending to eat from empty lunch boxes to disguise that they have no food.

Child hunger “single biggest challenge” facing UK schools

the Chefs in Schools charity reports a “heart-breaking” increase in hungry children, with school chefs “actively going out and finding the kids who are hiding in the playground because they don’t...

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Dietmar Gaisenkersting

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Die neue Erklärung des #Ford -Aktionskomitees. Heute ist Betriebsversammlung in #Saarlouis. Verhindert die Werksschließung! Für Solidarität unter den Belegschaften! Kein Vertrauen in IG Metall, Betriebsrat und Konzern!

Verhindert die Werksschließung! Für Solidarität unter den Belegschaften! Kein Vertrauen in IG Met...

Auf der Betriebsversammlung am Mittwoch werden der Betriebsrat und die IG Metall, unterstützt von der saarländischen Ministerpräsidentin Anke Rehlinger (SPD), alles tun, um die Schließung des Werks...

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The Partido Obrero leadership advanced a failed nationalist strategy oriented to the union bureaucracy and the Peronist government.

Pseudo-left union in Argentina imposes sellout contract on tire workers after following nationalist...

The Partido Obrero leadership advanced a failed nationalist strategy oriented to the union bureaucracy and the Peronist government.

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The DIW (German Institute for Economic Research) study examined who and how many people use food banks in Germany. The results cover the first half of 2020, during which time 1.1 million people who did not have enough money to provide themselves with fo...

In Germany, more and more depend on food banks

As a result of war, inflation and the energy price explosion, the number of people seeking help has doubled in two years from 1.1 million to more than 2 million.

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The chaos at the Conservative Party conference is fundamentally an expression of the crisis wracking British and world capitalism

UK Tory government faces meltdown as Truss faces threat of removal

The chaos at the Conservative Party conference is fundamentally an expression of the crisis wracking British and world capitalism

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The airport’s closure is a devastating blow to the region and will impact thousands of workers in the run-up to Christmas.

Doncaster Sheffield Airport in the UK set to close with 800 job losses

The airport’s closure is a devastating blow to the region and will impact thousands of workers in the run-up to Christmas.

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The World Socialist Web Site condemns the censorship and firing of Katie Halper by The Hill. It must be opposed by the working class and all defenders of free speech as an attack on basic democratic rights.

Journalist Katie Halper censored and fired for telling the truth about Israeli apartheid

The World Socialist Web Site condemns the censorship and firing of Katie Halper by The Hill. It must be condemned by the working class and all defenders of free speech as an attack on basic democra...

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Will Lehman | WillforUAWpresident.org

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Stellantis execs went to Warren Truck Plant, threatened workers w/ job cuts if they don't comply with speedup. UAW is going along with it. Workers can't allow this to happen! Stop the race to the bottom! Build rank-and-file committees to unite workers across plants and borders!

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Will Lehman | WillforUAWpresident.org

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Rank-and-file workers need to dictate the conditions we work under. It's our lives we're risking! We need to be the ones to determine what's safe and what's not, and when it isn't safe we need to shut it down until it is. The unions allowed this to happen and they'll do it again

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22-year-old meatpacking worker Casen Garcia was electrocuted at Tyson Foods in Joslin, Illinois on July 9. Management covered it up and the union is silent. But Casen's family and coworkers are fighting to expose the truth. Read the extended interview: wsws.org/en/articles/20

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On the first day of the trial, Assistant US Attorney Jeffrey Nestler outlined the Oath Keepers’ plan to prevent the transfer of presidential power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden. “These defendants tried to change... history. They concocted a pl...

US attorneys reveal coordination between Stewart Rhodes and Roger Stone following Trump’s defeat

US prosecutors presented text messages Rhodes sent on November 7, 2020 to the “Friends of Stone” chat group, which included Proud Boys leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, and “Stop the Steal” lead...

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Tyson is covering up how he died, but coworkers say that 22-year-old Casen Garcia was electrocuted by faulty machinery, and that management rejected his calls for help and prevented workers from saving his life in order to keep production going.

Young worker killed at Tyson meatpacking, family fights to get the truth out

The family of 22-year-old Casen Garcia speaks out about the terrible conditions at Tyson that led to the young man's death.

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After months of threatening to eliminate the third shift, workers were temporarily laid off this week, allegedly due to parts shortages. According to the United Auto Workers union, however, Deboeuf is currently deciding whether the 2,000 workers on the ...

Will Lehman joins Stellantis workers in denouncing job cut threats at Warren Truck plant

Stellantis’ Chief Manufacturing Officer Arnaud Debouef threatened the jobs of 5,200 workers during a visit to the Warren Truck Assembly Plant in suburban Detroit Tuesday.

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In response, Mississippi Republican Governor Tate Reeves issued a state of emergency, calling on the National Guard to assist in water distribution. Residents by the thousands lined up with buckets or to grab bottles of water in an attempt to get clean ...

“At what point are we safe to drink it, if ever?”: Residents of Jackson, Mississippi, speak about...

The state capital did not have running water for a week last month, rendering the city of more than 160,000 people without the ability to properly hydrate, bathe, or flush toilets.

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As of this writing, at least 103 people have been confirmed dead in Florida and five in North Carolina, though the total is expected to be higher as search and rescue teams are still working through the wreckage. Lee County, which includes Cape Coral an...

Florida Governor DeSantis defends government inaction as Hurricane Ian death toll surpasses 100

Much as in previous responses by the political establishment to storms and the ongoing pandemic, the policy of the government towards Hurricane Ian was one of malign neglect centered around protect...

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