1. Every major European power is accelerating a frantic program of military rearmament. Every major political party and news outlet is spewing forth lies justifying this explosion of militarism
2. The Trump administration’s mass firings of federal workers made this February the worst month for announced job cuts since July 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic
3. Melbourne, Australia: in a disturbing escalation of a crackdown on opposition to the Israeli genocide in Gaza, pro-Palestinian activist Hash Tayeh is charged for declaring at a public protest last year that “all Zionists are terrorists”
4. American actor Gene Hackman, one of the finest performers of his generation, (1930-2025)
5. Dryness, poor forest management, difficult terrain, and ignored global warming all contribute to Japan’s largest wildfire in decades
6. Prime
Minister Anthony Albanese abandons plans to announce an early federal
election after Cyclone Alfred leaves hundreds of thousands without power
in Australia
7. A brutal provocation amid heightened military tensions: the US Trump administration revokes licenses for Chevron and other oil corporations to operate in Venezuela, ending a financial lifeline for the country
8. One among hundreds of thousands experiencing homelessness across Canada, a humanitarian aid worker dies homeless on the streets of its capitol
9. Barnard College administrators at New York City’s Columbia University sic city police on pro-Palestinian students occupying the campus’ library
10. A "sellout" agreement made on behalf of CSX freight rail workers provides modest improvements but provides a two-tier health insurance scheme and anemic wage increases that will be eaten-up by inflation
11. "...like a horror movie." ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) detains a German tourist for over a month in Southern California at a prison run by a for-profit corporation
12. An open letter from the Postal Workers Action Committee in Germany calls for Deutsche Post workers to protect their jobs by rejecting their union's sellout contract
13. Tens of thousands of angry people around the world insist on having their concerns heard by taking part in “Stand Up for Science” protests
A protester in Madison, Wisconsin yesterday
14. An unvaccinated adult in New Mexico is the second person to die of measles in the United States
15. The Health Workers Action Committee in Sri Lanka holds an online meeting to discuss how to oppose wage cuts and growing immiseration exacerbated by IMF-imposed austerity measures
16. “Contra La Jaula de Oro” or “Against the Cage of Gold.” Students at Texas A&M University protest against US President Donald Trump’s fascistic assault on immigrants
17. The International Youth and Students for Social Equality meet at Texas A&M University to discuss how to oppose
the mass deportations of immigrants by the Trump administration
18. Free Ukrainian socialist and anti-war activist, Bogdan Syrotiuk!
19. San Francisco, California city legal resources for immigrants needing help
