Sep 27, 2024

1. After NATO expresses approval of Ukraine firing missiles into Russian territory, President Putin issues his most blunt and concrete threat to date to use nuclear weapons

 2. In the face of vicious attacks by pro-Zionists pressuring community organizations and anti-genocide protesters,  Palestinian Bisan Owda wins an Emmy award for her journalism

3. While its imperialist backers issue toothless calls for a ceasefire, Israel presses forward with its bloodthirsty plans for Lebanon

4. Protests organized by trade unions under conditions of growing social anger and opposition in Turkey are aimed at controlling the working class

5. Scandal reveals relationship between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Office, the British government and media (including the BBC), and Zionist lobby groups masquerading as Jewish community groups

6. VW's longstanding “employment security agreement” to be terminated; 3,000 German workers go on strike

7. Toronto International Film Festival bravely screens Russians at War, a movie its director describes as being about “the small man who is a cog in every war machine"

8. Police shootings highlight ongoing turmoil in New Caledonia where independence prospects dim after French President Macron's government turns rightward

9. Labor government's reform bills "just a drop in the ocean compared to the acute shortage of affordable housing" available in Australia

10. With no investigation, nor a chance to yet respond to allegations against him, Momodou Taal faces suspension and deportation from the US if a Cornell University provost rules against him

11. By endorsing Missouri Josh Hawley for reelection, the SMART bureaucracy, which controls over 200,000 railworkers, is only the latest union to throw in its lot with fascism

12. The World Socialist Web Site speaks to a veteran worker from the Stellantis Warren Truck plant who is willing to fight for his job: "Nobody trusts the union. Even the local"

13. Republicans' campaign against immigrants serves two main purposes: to divide the working class and to create conditions for Trump to incite violence and change the results of the US election

14. The culmination of a virtual collapse of the Democratic political machine in New York City: Mayor Eric Adams faces bribery charges

15. Part of a global upsurge of the working class, Michigan hospital workers speak out before voting to authorize a strike  

16. Stakeholders (management, union, and government officials) negotiate behind the backs of striking Boeing workers

17. Report about dangerous drinking water from Australia's Blue Mountain region exposes an official cover-up going back decades

18. Inaugural address by Sri Lankan president indicates his government's first order of business will be to impose savage austerity measures

19. Playing all sides, UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer dines with Donald Trump at Trump Tower

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