1. The first month of the Trump administration has seen a full-scale cave-in by the corporate media, in which major newspapers and television and cable networks have bowed to the demands of the fascist president, muzzling or firing journalists viewed as his critics and backing away from any serious defense of freedom of the press

2. The International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees calls on the working class in the United States to prepare mass action to stop the Trump administration’s rampage against federal jobs

3. The US and Israel turn their sights to better focus on Iran while proceeding with their agenda to take over and rebuild a destroyed Gaza

4. The principles, courage... and limits of academic Norman Finklestein's exposure of Zionist crimes, defense of democratic rights, and criticism of identity politics from the left

5. Pro-government thugs disrupt a farmer organization's political meeting in Sri Lanka

6. Responding to orders from the Trump administration to annul the criminal investigation into the Democratic Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, seven federal prosecutors resign in protest

7. A major poll in Australia indicates the likelihood of a  reviled far-right coalition government returning to power in Australia's federal election in May because of widespread disenchantment with the Albanese Labor government

8. In spite of its huge profits, the world’s largest auto supplier, a division of Robert Bosch GmbH, announces more “painful decisions” for its workforce

9. The pseudo-left Democratic Socialists of America conspire with the Democratic Party and trade union bureaucrats to disarm the effectiveness of striking nurses in Oregon

10. The expanding and profitable regional healthcare giant, Mass General Brigham, Massachusetts’ largest health system, has announced the biggest layoff in its history

11. Teachers at a Melbourne high school pass a resolution opposing the targeted victimization by Zionist groups and the Albanese Labor government of Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah

12. As part of a pro-corporate restructuring of universities across Australia, the University of Newcastle plans to shorten its semesters next year without reducing fees

13. An open-letter appeal to Costco workers from the newly-formed Costco Workers Rank-and-File Committee, implores them to oppose being betrayed by the Teamsters union

14. In advance of federal elections, German politicians whip up hysteria against immigrants in the wake of a terrible rampage, in which a driver in Munich steered his car into demonstrating union members, injuring 38 people

15. In response to a union-sanctioned police raid of Ford's Michigan Assembly Plant, the Ford Workers Rank-and-File Committee issues a statement to warn them of an unfolding conspiracy against them and to make demands for better working conditions

16. A letter to the World Socialist Web Site from a Northern California letter carrier describes what he discovered after he was hired by the USPS: "It’s easier to punch down than to punch up.... We need to move past this outmoded thinking"

17. World Socialist Web Site reporters visit Royal Mail postal distribution sites to better understand workers' distress

18. The American Federation of Government Employees and the AFL-CIO keep low profiles while the Trump administration ruthlessly fires thousands of federal workers

19. Bankrupt political speeches top off the 24th national mass demonstration held in the United Kingdom against Israel's genocide in Gaza

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

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