Robert B. Livingston

1. David North, chairman of the Socialist Equality Party in the United States and the chairman of the World Socialist Web Site editorial board, introduces his latest book, Sounding the Alarm: Socialism Against War, at the Leipzig Book Fair in Germany:

Humanity is confronting the danger of a descent into the abyss. The only way out of this crisis is through the ending of the capitalist system. The alternative as posed by Rosa Luxemburg, “Socialism or Barbarism,” confronts us all today. The alarm has been sounded. Now we must respond to it.

2. The administrations of the major universities in the United States are playing an absolutely foul role in facilitating the reign of terror against free speech and democratic rights being implemented by the fascist Trump administration

3. US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance double down on their threats to annex Greenland, which Trump previously threatened to conquer by force

4. The heads of state of 30 European powers meet in Paris with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky-- France and Britain pledge to send troops to Ukraine, risking total war with Russia

5. The US Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee holds an online meeting against Trump’s threats to privatize the United States Postal Service (USPS)

Postal workers, outraged at the betrayals of the trade unions, discussed what needed to be done now to protect jobs and unify all sections of the working class in a common struggle against oligarchy and dictatorship.

6. The United Auto Workers trade union's endorsement of US President Trump’s auto tariffs amounts to a declaration of support for a world war to dominate global markets and supply chains

7. In an interview on the CBS program Face the Nation, United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain reiterates his support for the tariff and trade war policies of the fascist US President Donald Trump

Some of the more than 230 films shown at the recent Berlin international film festival are true discoveries, but receive little attention from the mainstream media and fail to find their way into cinemas or streaming services due to a lack of financing and marketing opportunities

One such film is the gripping Egyptian film The Settlement

9. In the United States, the Los Angeles City Council moves ahead to dismantle its lead homeless agency to shift control of hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to private homeless service providers, ensuring corporate profiteers will control the flow of resources

10. A humanitarian disaster is unfolding in Myanmar following the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake there

11. Dr. Peter Marks makes clear that the central impetus behind his resignation as the US FDA's top vaccine scientist was Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s criminal response to the deepening measles outbreak in the US

12. Marking a complete capitulation to the fascist Trump administration in the US, the president of the University of Michigan announces the immediate ending of all facets of its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) program

13. What is behind Boeing being selected to build latest the US fighter jet, the Next-Generation Air Dominance F-47?

During the announcement from the Oval Office, Trump attempted to assert that the jet was named after him, in honor of being the 47th president of the United States. He claimed, “It’s a beautiful number.” In reality, the jet’s designation had been decided beforehand as a grotesque celebration of the head of the American state and would have applied to Democrat Kamala Harris had she won the 2024 election.

14. As part of a massive attack on the freedoms of association, assembly and expression, and fundamental rights, German public prosecutors have charged the “Last Generation” climate protection group with forming a criminal organization

15. Within a mile of the prime minister's residence in London, England, up to 30 police officers, some armed, smash their way into a meeting of Youth Demand, an environmental and political activist group

16. The International Youth and Students for Social Equality in Sri Lanka issues a statement denouncing ongoing political repression in the United States and declaring support for Mahmoud Khalil, Momodou Taal, and others in the US, who are in the forefront of defending the democratic rights of students, youth and immigrants, and all workers facing the Trump administration’s savage assault on jobs

17. The corporate media barrage against the construction division of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union in Australia, resumes in earnest

Labor’s claim to be cleansing the union of rogue elements was always a fraud. The allegations of corruption, which remain untested and unsubstantiated to this day, were nothing more than a front for a massive attack on the wages, conditions and basic rights of building workers.

18. The Australian Electoral Commission rejects a Freedom of Information request from the Socialist Equality Party for evidence to justify the its refusal to grant the party official recognition

19. Effectively banned from officially appearing on Australia's May 3 federal election ballots, the Socialist Equality Party will nevertheless field candidates to speak on issues that the capitalist political parties ignore

20. In the United Kingdom, lecturers strike at Sheffield Hallam University over unpaid wages

21. An eight-part BBC radio series about a cluster of birth defects that were a consequence of a negligent cleanup in the UK town of Corby, is available as a complement to the Netflix series, Toxic Town

22. In Spain: Hundreds of actors, filmmakers, singers, and other cultural workers— joined by more than 16,000 signatories and over 850 social organizations— have launched the manifesto “We refuse to accept rearmament and war in Europe”