Sep 23, 2024

1. At this week's upcoming meeting of its General Assembly, the United Nations will provide a reliable stage for imperialist nations and their promotion of war

2. To win in presidential elections, pseudo-leftists were able to exploit Sri Lankans' mass opposition to the political establishment

3. Do the guardians of the capitalist financial system have things in hand? Talk behind the curtain suggests perhaps not

4. A “hot mic” moment exposes the hidden agenda behind the recent Biden-hosted Quadrilateral Security Dialogue 

5. Why is Seattle planning to close between 17 and 21 public elementary schools next year?

6. As part of a ruling class counteroffensive against demands for higher wages by workers, tech companies downsize by laying off thousands of workers

7. Corporate and financial interests fear a looming East and Gulf Coast dockworkers' strike and pen letter to Biden administration to intervene more heavily

8. 5,000 machinists at Textron Aviation in Wichita, Kansas go on strike after rejecting IAM contract

9.  Defend Berlin public bus driver Andy Niklaus who was suspended from his job, then warned, for speaking out against Israeli genocide

10. Romania beset with problems: highest European inflation, looming war with Russia, and "forever" COVID-19 pandemic policies

11. The pretense that the ethnic cleansing of Gazans can be ended by pressuring Keir Starmers' Labour Party: 19th national rally opposing Israeli genocide is held in Liverpool, England

12. World Socialist Web Site reporters interview participants at weekend Gaza protest in Liverpool, England 

13. How the US political establishment reacts to the vile lieutenant governor of North Carolina, Mark Robinson

14. A "complex issue": cast, crew and director all angry after their modern adaption of a Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream is cancelled at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester

15. Amid a developing political crisis, a former Australian Council of Trade Unions secretary is wheeled out in the corporate media to promote a big business push for the Albanese Labor government to more aggressively attack the wages and conditions of workers

16. South Carolina executes prisoner even after a key witness issues a sworn statement saying he had lied at the inmate's trial

17. Vote for Joseph Kishore and Jerry White in 2024!