Nov 6, 2024

1. The ending of the 2024 US presidential election: thanks to the Democratic Party, Donald Trump wins

2. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu fires his defense minister, Yoav Gallant; Israel continues its relentless attacks on Palestinians in Gaza who are starving and have nowhere to flee

3. World Socialist Web Site reporters speak to voters exiting election polling stations in Detroit, Michigan and get informative, sobering answers

4. Middle-class radical groups in the United States coalesce in the US 2024 election to lead the working class into political dead ends

5. American actress Teri Garr (1944-2024)

6. The Socialist Equality Party denounces state attacks on anti-genocide protest and demands Britain free the Filton-10!

7. Sri Lanka's new pro-imperialist government declares in essence that all strikes and worker rights to organize will be abolished

8. Wage cuts and job losses mount as unions call off miners' strike in Australia

9. All belligerents maneuver to take political advantage of the entry of North Korean troops on the side of Russia in the US/NATO-proxy war in Ukraine

10. Declaring war on the working class: the German federal finance minister calls for massive tax cuts for the wealthy, a frontal attack on social services, social rights and environmental regulations, and strict austerity measures

11. New UK Labour government will not increase budget to address crumbling, asbestos-laden schools

12. Citing wage pressures and a tight labor market, the Australian central bank punishes workers by keeping interest rates high

13. The Canadian ruling class fosters far-right vigilantes to suppress all opposition to its imperialist drive to war and Israel’s genocide

14. Train and engine service workers at the North American BNSF railroad reject their union's sellout bargain that would eliminate locomotive conductors

15. To spite the claim that the 2023 Teamsters negotiated contract was a “historic” victory for workers, UPS makes plans to shed thousands of jobs