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Texas students speak in defense of historian Tom Alter The attack on Alter is an assault on democratic rights and the ability of the working class to learn the history of its own class struggle.

Texas students speak in defense of historian Tom Alter

"It’s not just Texas that I feel like is limiting freedom of speech. I feel like America in general, that we can’t even support Palestine and we will get banned from social media..."

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Andrew stripped of his royal titles: a toxic representative of a toxic institution The royal family has moved to cut all Andrew’s titles in hopes of preserving the monarchy as a whole.

Andrew stripped of his royal titles: a toxic representative of a toxic institution

The revulsion Andrew arouses is natural and welcome, but this crisis cannot be swept aside by the cosmetic airbrushing of titles and stately homes. It is systemic.

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UN accuses US of violating human rights laws in Caribbean and Pacific airstrikes In a statement Friday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said there was “no justification in international law” for the missile strikes that have killed over 60 people.

UN accuses US of violating human rights laws in Caribbean and Pacific airstrikes

For the last two months, the US government has been conducting an illegal murder spree in international waters under the pretext of combating “narco-terrorists.”
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Trump announces resumption of US nuclear weapons testing Nuclear testing, beyond scattering deadly radiation into the atmosphere and contaminating groundwater, is universally understood as a massively escalatory gesture, expanding the possibility of nuclear...

Between the deployment of short-range nuclear weapons on the borders of Russia and China, the lobbing of NATO-supplied long-range weapons into Russian cities, and the resumption of nuclear testing, the whole world will be on a nuclear hair trigger.

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Between the deployment of short-range nuclear weapons on the borders of Russia and China, the lobbing of NATO-supplied long-range weapons into Russian cities, and the resumption of nuclear testing, the whole world will be on a nuclear hair trigger.

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YouTube video by atomcentral Ivy Mike Countdown and detonation

At this moment in 1952 (7:14:59 AM November 1, local time), the United States tested the first true (albeit undeliverable, weighing a massive 82 tons) hydrogen bomb at Enewetak Atoll. The 10.4-Megaton MIKE explosion vaporized Elugelab Island, leaving behind a crater 1.2 miles wide and 164 feet deep.

Alan Gelfand: July 28, 1949–October 29, 2025 Accepting calmly and with dignity his approaching death, Alan expressed satisfaction with the course of his life, to which he had devoted 50 years to the struggle for socialism.

Alan Gelfand: July 28, 1949–October 29, 2025

Alan’s hatred of injustice and passionate defense of democratic rights and equality found expression not only in his politics, but also in his professional career as a public defender in Los Angeles.
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Rest in peace comrade.

Trump administration revokes visa of Wole Soyinka, first African writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature Soyinka, 91, has repeatedly criticized the Trump administration over its inhumane treatment of immigrants.

Trump administration revokes visa of Wole Soyinka, first African writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature

“Human beings deserve to be treated decently wherever they are”

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The class issues in the New York City mayoral election Support for the Mamdani campaign reflects a shift to the left among workers and youth, but Mamdani’s program does not represent a way forward in the fight against oligarchy and dictatorship.

The Socialist Equality Party does not call for a vote for Mamdani, or for any of his rivals.

Mamdani’s platform and program do not represent a way forward in the fight against oligarchy and dictatorship, but a political trap.
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Hundreds of Michigan high school students walk out to oppose fascist Turning Point USA club Some 277 students at Royal Oak High School conducted a walkout/sit-in last Wednesday, after news got around that a Turning Point club had been established at their school.

Hundreds of Michigan high school students walk out to oppose fascist Turning Point USA club

To fight fascism, build the IYSSE at your high school now!

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Lula kisses Trump’s ring as US prepares war on Latin America The Brazilian president raised the subject of Venezuela with Trump, not to confront, but rather to collaborate with US imperialism.

Lula kisses Trump’s ring as US prepares war on Latin America

The Brazilian president raised the subject of Venezuela with Trump, not to confront, but rather to collaborate with US imperialism.

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Democrats, Sanders, Jacobin defend Maine’s Graham Platner following Nazi tattoo revelation Self-identified “progressive” Democrats and <em>Jacobin</em> magazine are defending the longtime soldier for US imperialism even as more information emerges confirming his pro-war politics.

In defending Platner, Jacobin is not defending a confused veteran but a man who glorified genocide, served US imperialism for pay and now seeks political office to continue that service by other means.

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Why the poor die 9 years earlier than the rich: An interview with Dr. Marc Cohen Dr. Cohen is co-director of LeadingAge LTSS Center at University of Massachusetts Boston and has long studied the crisis of longevity in the US.

Why the poor die 9 years earlier than the rich: An interview with Dr. Marc Cohen

"The problem with averages is that they hide enormous variability. Averages can make inequality invisible."

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A working class fighter for socialism: Joe Parnarauskis, 1954–2025 Parnarauskis is best known to readers of the WSWS for his 2006 campaign for Illinois state senate.

A working class fighter for socialism: Joe Parnarauskis, 1954–2025

Parnarauskis and supporters of the SEP fought off efforts to keep him off the ballot by the Illinois Democratic Party—whose most prominent member was then-US Senator Barack Obama.
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Gangster Trump unleashes Murder Inc. against Latin America Monday marked the deadliest day yet in the barbaric campaign of extrajudicial assassinations carried out by the US military in Latin American waters.

Gangster Trump unleashes Murder Inc. against Latin America

The same military and intelligence apparatus deployed to murder fishermen and migrants in the Caribbean and Pacific is being mobilized to round up and deport millions of immigrants within the US.
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Houston 28-year veteran postal worker dies in fatal road accident Marks was delivering mail along the 11700 block of Antoine Drive, an area where he had worked for years, when a speeding pickup truck slammed into the back of his vehicle.

Houston 28-year veteran postal worker dies in fatal road accident

Citizens on Steven Mark's usual route described him braving Houston’s blistering summers and unpredictable storms and greeting neighbors by name, pausing to share a smile or a joke.

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US ICE agents seize British journalist and political commentator Sami Hamdi London-based Hamdi appears regularly as an expert Middle East analyst and commentator on British TV networks including the BBC, Sky News and Channel 4. He is a frequent guest on Al Jazeera English, a ...

US ICE agents seize British journalist and political commentator Sami Hamdi

As do millions internationally, Hamdi describes Israel’s onslaught against the Palestinians as a genocide.

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At election rally, DSA candidate Mamdani embraces right-wing Democratic Party establishment By joining hands with New York Governor Kathy Hochul, who refuses to raise taxes on the wealthy, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani demonstrated the fraudulence of his avowed “socialism.”

At election rally, DSA candidate Zohran Mamdani embraces right-wing Democratic Party establishment

Mamdani’s supporters who are looking for a way to fight must be warned that the candidate is laying a political trap.
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Trump purges top ICE officials, replacements to be vetted by Border Patrol <em>Obergruppenführer</em> Gregory Bovino Impressed by the mass illegal roundups of immigrants and citizens alike conducted by Customs and Border Protection thugs under Bovino’s command, the Trump administration is replacing several ICE direc...

Trump purges top ICE officials, replacements to be vetted by Border Patrol Obergruppenführer Gregory Bovino

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Gregory Bovino, fascist chief patrol agent of the El Centro Sector, standing for a photograph for CNN in a hallway wearing a Nazi-like Customs and Border Protection trench coat.

Gregory Bovino, who is currently overseeing the Nazi-like occupation of Chicago dubbed “Midway Blitz,” has impressed the Trump administration and Republican Party with his thuggish, partisan and illegal tactics.

Trump’s threats against food stamps: A weapon of class war Trump’s threat to starve 42 million Americans expresses the fact that the capitalist ruling class’s interests are incompatible with even the most basic necessities of human life.

The Trump administration’s declaration that it will allow food stamp funding to expire on November 1 unless the Democrats surrender to end the shutdown is an act of sheer cruelty.

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“Trump did a better job”: Bernie Sanders praises Trump’s anti-immigrant pogrom on The Tim Dillon Show Sanders might not be a fascist, but his defense of Trump and the capitalist nation state echo arguments made by the Nazis.

Bernie Sanders praises Trump’s anti-immigrant pogrom

While Sanders’ congratulation of Trump for his fascist immigrant agenda was the most significant aspect of his appearance, he also advanced several other right-wing & pro-imperialist positions
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<em>Orwell: 2+2=5</em>–Raoul Peck’s film about George Orwell and contemporary events What is one to make of the events referenced to in <em>2+2=5</em>, many of them disturbing or even horrifying? And what is to be done about them?

𝕆𝕣𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕝: 𝟚+𝟚=𝟝–Raoul Peck’s film about George Orwell and contemporary events

Is this true, that Orwell revealed the world as it really was? It is not possible to accept this, based on the historical record.

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Fascist conspirator Steve Bannon tells The Economist “We have a plan” for a 3rd Trump term Trump is implementing the goals of his failed January 6, 2021 putsch, enabled by the cowardice and complicity of the Democrats.

Fascist conspirator Steve Bannon tells The Economist “We have a plan” for a 3rd Trump term

No faction of the Democrats, including its so-called “progressive” wing, will lift a finger to stop Trump’s drive for dictatorship.

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Following “No Kings” protests, organizers call on participants to subordinate themselves to the Democratic Party In the first mass call following Saturday’s protest, which drew an estimated 7 million people, speakers called on participants to support their local Democratic Party politicians.

Following “No Kings” protests, organizers call on participants to subordinate themselves to the Democratic Party

In the face of coming dictatorship, the Democratic Party-aligned speakers proposed no actions to actually remove Trump from office.
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Workers threatened with hunger as Trump’s class war shutdown continues Federal food stamps funding is a few days from being exhausted, while thousands of federal employees lined up Tuesday outside of a DC-area food bank.

Workers threatened with hunger as Trump’s class war shutdown continues

The impact on food security underscores that Trump’s plan for dictatorship is aimed above all against the working class.

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Trump demanding $230 million from Justice Department over past investigations In a mafia-style shakedown, President Donald Trump is demanding that his hand-picked Justice Department appointees approve some $230 million, paid for by taxpayers, in compensation for investigations ...

Trump demanding $230 million from Justice Department over past investigations

If and when a cash settlement of Trump’s claims is awarded, neither the Justice Department nor the White House is under any legal requirement to inform the public.
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Bernie Sanders, Ro Khanna, defend endorsement of Maine Democrat Graham Planter after Nazi tattoo revealed Planter, a US veteran and mercenary, has continued to receive support from “progressive” Democrats even after it was revealed he had a <em>Totenkopf,</em> the favored symbol of Hitler’s SS, on his che...

Bernie Sanders, Ro Khanna, defend endorsement of Graham Planter after Nazi tattoo revealed

Despite apparently knowing since at least 2012 that he had Nazi imagery on his body, Platner did not seek to remove or cover up the tattoo until yesterday
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<em>Eddington</em>: Lost in the desert A filmmaker seeking to dramatize the explosive political climate in 2020 would be faced with significant artistic challenges, but also major opportunities.

Eddington: Lost in the desert

Eddington meanders from one ugly encounter to the next without making any effort to probe the roots of the crisis that has suddenly befallen the small town.

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Bernie Sanders, Ro Khanna, defend endorsement of Maine Democrat Graham Planter after Nazi tattoo revealed Planter, a US veteran and mercenary, has continued to receive support from “progressive” Democrats even after it was revealed he had a <em>Totenkopf,</em> the favored symbol of Hitler’s SS, on his che...

Bernie Sanders, Ro Khanna, defend endorsement of Graham Planter after Nazi tattoo revealed

Despite apparently knowing since at least 2012 that he had Nazi imagery on his body, Platner did not seek to remove or cover up the tattoo until yesterday
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