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Australia: What the proposed enterprise agreements at Western Sydney University reveal
3+ hour, 4+ min ago (1357+ words) A closer examination of the enterprise agreements that the trade unions are trying to impose quickly at Western Sydney University (WSU)as a model for wider use at Australia's 38 other public universitiesis uncovering the full extent of the attack on…...
With the World Cup final approaching, is now the time for New York transit workers to prepare a strike?
3+ hour, 32+ min ago (461+ words) Meanwhile, the eyes of the world are on New York. The 2026 FIFA World Cup is by some measures the largest sporting event ever hosted in North America. The New York/New Jersey region is among the tournament's principal venues, culminating…...
National Guard soldiers kill 20-year-old Tyrin Johnson in Memphis, Tennessee
4+ hour, 14+ min ago (445+ words) Two Tennessee National Guard soldiers shot and killed 20-year-old Tyrin Johnson in downtown Memphis early Sunday morning, July 5, the latest and deadliest result of the Trump administration's military-police occupation of the city. Memphis Mayor Paul Young, a Democrat, issued a…...
Geethananda Balasuriya Jayasekara (19552026): A fighter for Trotskyism
4+ hour, 26+ min ago (815+ words) The last rites for comrade Geethananda Balasuriya Jayasekara, a longtime member of the Socialist Equality Party in Sri Lanka and its predecessor Revolutionary Communist League (RCL), known as Geetha in the party, were held on July 1 in Colombo. Around one…...
Workers Struggles: The Americas
4+ hour, 49+ min ago (1108+ words) The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature Mass demonstrations took place on Tuesday June 30 in many cities across Brazil, including all 14 provincial capitals, during Mobilization Day for A Shorter Work Week....
As they escalate war against Russia, imperialist powers greenlight Erdo'an's police-state crackdown
4+ hour, 57+ min ago (1074+ words) World Socialist Web Site In preparation for the 36th NATO Summit in Ankara on July 78, President Recep Tayyip Erdo'an's government has declared war on basic democratic rights in T'rkiye. The Erdo'an government has implemented a de facto state of emergency in…...
Far-right Alternative for Germany holds party congress: Police violence and political support pave the way to government
4+ hour, 57+ min ago (492+ words) The venue and date of the party conference were chosen deliberately. Exactly 100 years ago to the day, on July 3 and 4, 1926, the first Reich Party Congress of the re-established NSDAP took place in nearby Weimar, at which the party reorganised itself…...
Prevent closure, defend every job at the Zalando logistics hub in Erfurt, Germany!
6+ hour, 30+ min ago (883+ words) At the beginning of the year, Zalando announced that it would close its logistics centre near Erfurt, Germanyby September 2026, eliminating around 2, 700 jobs. The company, one of Germany's largest online fashion retailers, justified the mass layoff by citing a "reorientation" of…...
Trump calls FIFA chief to lift suspension on US player: chauvinism and corruption permeate World Cup
6+ hour, 34+ min ago (499+ words) President Donald Trump has personally intervened with FIFA President Gianni Infantino to overturn a one-game suspension handed to US forward Folarin Balogun, in an episode that lays bare, more crudely than at any previous point in the 2026 World Cup, the…...
Everything Is Great! : Carsie Blanton and the Burning Hell call for the overthrow of capitalism
6+ hour, 29+ min ago (569+ words) World Socialist Web Site Despite such steps backward, the songs on Blanton's album generally capture, usually in a humorous way, popular anger at war, exploitation and inequality. "Peace and Freedom" mocks official denunciations of political violence (including one by Senator…...