Feb 13, 2025

1. A socialist perspective that explores the tragic deaths of a homeless Detroit woman's children and the outrage of many people who can identify with the mother because they know they are one or two paychecks from a similar catastrophe

2. David Walsh of the World Socialist Web Site interviews musician, journalist, and author Elijah Wald who talks about the economics behind folk and pop music, Dave Von Ronk, and Bob Dylan

3. Bus, tram, and subway services in Berlin, Germany come to a standstill after the Verdi union that represents BVG commuter rail service workers calls a limited 24-hour strike

4. The Rail, Tram and Bus Union representing commuter train workers in Sydney, Australia postpones planned rolling work stoppages for 48 hours to extend negotiations with the state Labor government

5. With union leaders embracing US President Trump's contradictory nationalistic tariffs, East and Gulf Coast dockworkers, who will vote on a contract soon, face significant challenges (such as increasing job losses and more inflation) along with the entire working class

6. President Donald Trump orders a halt to the prosecution of New York Mayor Eric Adams on bribery charges, in return for Adams agreeing to fully cooperate with the Trump administration’s onslaught on migrants and refugees

7. Daybreak photo essay at the World Socialist Web Site:  the physically taxing work of Sri Lanka's Nattami who manually load, unload and transport goods

8. To keep corporate profits growing, Brazil's pseudo-leftist president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, implements austerity measures aimed at the poor and working class 

9. New York University, one of the largest private universities in the United States, has made clear its intentions to fully comply with the fascistic policies of the Trump administration

10. Posturing as Captain Canada, Ontario, Canada's Premier Doug Ford, endorsed by the Unifor union, calls for a snap election to secure a cynically-motivated mandate

11. A continuing cost of living crisis coupled with government austerity measures that reduce workers' real wages is creating enormous feelings of social opposition in Turkey

12. In line with other governments tilting rightward around the world, Sir Keir Starmer's Labour government introduces a Border Security, Asylum, and Immigration Bill in the UK to present itself as clamping down on “illegal” migration

13. A video of an online exchange between an Israeli “social media influencer” and two nurses at in Sydney has triggered an outpouring of hysteria from the Australian political and media establishment because of the nurses' backward, reactionary statements

14. San Francisco, California city resources for immigrants needing legal help 

15. Free Ukrainian socialist and anti-war activist, Bogdan Syrotiuk!