1. The United Auto Workers’ endorsement of US President Donald Trump’s auto tariffs amounts to a declaration of support for world war
2. The anemic response by Hollywood's Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to the savage treatment of film director Hamdan Ballal after winning an Oscar provokes widespread disgust and reaction around the world
3. US President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance double down on their threats to annex Greenland, which Trump previously threatened to conquer by force
4. Speaking of “preparing for war” and “war plans", US Secretary of Defense Hegseth’s press conference in the Philippines is indicative of the naked aggression of US imperialism under Trump
5. In a massive attack on workers’ rights, US President Donald Trump signs an executive order to abolish previously negotiated federal union contracts under the pretext of defending “the national security of the United States”
6. Republicans in the US House of Representatives summon public broadcasting executives from NPR and PBS and subject them to fascist lies and conspiracy theories
7. The United States and Russia agree to halt hostilities between Kiev and Moscow in the Black Sea... now what?
8. The Serbian capital Belgrade witnesses the biggest protest demonstrations since the breakup of Yugoslavia more than 30 years ago
9. Lawyers renew their efforts to halt the Trump administration's detention and potential removal of Cornell PhD student Momodou Taal from the United States
10. Unifor, the largest private-sector union in Canada, embraces Liberals and pushes Canadian nationalism in response to Trump’s auto tariffs
11. A close look at how US President Donald Trump's tariffs are effecting the global auto industry
12. The Department of Health and Human Services and its secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announce a program of job cuts and agency reorganization aimed at dismantling what remains of the public health infrastructure in the US
13. The suffering Tamil masses in Sri Lanka cannot achieve justice through a superficial "Truth and Reconciliation Commission" or win their democratic rights through the JVP/NPP government or any other capitalist regime
14. The call for an election on May 3rd is a conspiracy, involving Labor, the Liberal-National Coalition and all the parliamentary parties, to hide Australia's political and economic crisis from the working class as much as possible
15. Rescue operations get underway in Myanmar, where the death toll from an earthquake centered there could rise into the thousands
16. Rewriting history: New York Times reporters air a special episode of their podcast The Daily titled, “Were the COVID lockdowns worth it?” to which the their answer is “No”
17. Three workers are only the most recent to lose their lives in horrific accidents in Italy where occupational safety is sacrificed at the altar of profit
18. The Verdi union negotiates behind closed doors while BVG public transit workers briefly strike in Berlin, Germany
19. Teachers in São Paulo, Brazil are fighting not only against the local allies of the fascist ex-president Bolsonaro, but also against the unions that have isolated and betrayed their struggles
20. Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
South Korea: Hyundai Steel workers strike again over wages; Philippines: Jeepney drivers hold three-day national strike; Pakistan: Punjab health workers protest privatization; Australia: Healthscope nurses continue rolling stoppages; New Zealand medical lab workers strike
21. Criticism of a pseudo-leftist, Stalinist political party in Kenya, the CPM-K, by the World Socialist Web Site strikes a nerve
22. As the wave of unlawful arrests and detentions launched by Turkey's government to suppress mass protests continues, videos and testimonies of brutal police violence and torture are emerging
23. Members of the University and College Union at Sheffield Hallam University in Britain hold a two-day strike Monday and Tuesday to demand unpaid wages
24. Free Ukrainian socialist and anti-war activist, Bogdan Syrotiuk!
25. San Francisco, California city legal resources for immigrants needing help
