Headlines at the World Socialist Web Site today:
The triple lock maintained the value of the UK state pension, guaranteeing a basic, albeit inadequate pension during retirement.
2. Türkiye unveils its first intercontinental ballistic missile amid an intensifying imperialist war
The massive investments made by the Erdoğan government in an “independent” defence industry must be viewed in the context of the global war that is unfolding, Türkiye’s geopolitical position and the interests of the Turkish ruling class.
A Royal Mail worker told the meeting, “We need a resounding No vote, linked to a vote of no confidence in Ward, Walsh and the Postal Executive who imposed this against us”.
4. A letter from afar by A. Lincoln
The following letter, signed “A. Lincoln” but without a return address or subject line, appeared in my email this morning. No sooner had I made a copy of the letter than it disappeared from my inbox. Despite its strange and unexplained origin, the signature demands that attention be given to the letter; and, for this reason, it is being made available to readers of the WSWS.
5. Bipartisan attack on superannuation looming in New Zealand
The entire ruling elite is declaring that superannuation payments for future generations of workers and retirees are “unaffordable.”
6. Australian Labor government steps up war-related crackdown on university research
A wartime-style atmosphere is being created in Australian universities, backed by threats of punishment of researchers that fail to comply with national security guidelines.
7. Modi demands India’s workers and toilers make “sacrifices” as economic fallout from Iran war expands
India’s far-right BJP government has raised petrol and diesel prices just days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi exhorted Indians to slash energy and fertilizer consumption in response to the ever-widening economic fallout from the illegal US-Israeli war on Iran.
8. Sri Lanka’s JVP government commemorates 17 years since “victory” in racist anti-Tamil war
The capitalist state cannot tolerate the political unity of Tamil and Sinhala workers, which threatens a system based on the exploitation of labor and communal division.
9. United States: Nexteer workers denounce UAW bureaucrats after forcing strike authorization vote
The highly exploited and low-paid workers, who produce critical steering components for some of the Big Three’s most profitable models, erupted in anger at a meeting of UAW Local 699 on Sunday following the overwhelming rejection last week of the second tentative agreement brought by the union.
10. California scholars demand accountability for death of Chinese researcher Danhao Wang
California Scholars for Academic Freedom's Professor Stephen Roddy opposes the McCarthyite witch-hunt targeting Chinese scientists at American universities and calls for transparency over the recent suicide at the University of Michigan of Danhao Wang.
The following statement was issued by the Nexteer Workers Rank-and-File Committee to workers at the Saginaw, Michigan, auto parts plant who forced the UAW to conduct a strike authorization vote on Wednesday and Thursday.
12. G7 imperialist governments line up behind Trump’s threats against Iran as global war escalates
Trump’s gangster-like threats are the authentic voice of world imperialism, which is determined to impose colonial chains on Iran and the entire region as part of the new redivision of the world among the major powers that is already well underway.
13. Zelensky’s former chief-of-staff released from jail on $3.2 million bail amid corruption charges
The rapidly developing corruption crisis in Ukraine has revealed that the Zelensky regime and the ruling oligarchy are steeped in criminality and the plunder of the Ukrainian working class.
14. Voting begins for 42,000 University of California workers, who still have not seen the full deal
Last Thursday, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3299 called off a state-wide strike at around 1:00 in the morning, announcing the deal and a snap vote.
15. UAW Local 180 suppresses strike by CNH Industrial workers in Racine, Wisconsin
A contract locking in 4 percent annualized wage increases was already insufficient the day it was ratified. The war against Iran—a war of aggression waged by US imperialism that is now directly raising the cost of living for workers across the country—makes the inadequacy of this contract all the more stark.
16. Three dead in San Diego mosque attack by teenage neo-Nazis
The killers’ manifesto glorified fascist mass murderers and echoed Republican anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim propaganda.
17. Whitney Biennial 2026: Taking the pulse and finding it feeble
Through the biennial, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City maintains it is taking the pulse of the contemporary art scene in the US.
18. Details emerge of sellout deal as Long Island Rail Road workers return to work
The result of the deal used to betray a three-day strike is that workers will be poorer due to inflation when the contract expires.
Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt and the federal government are driving forward the transformation of Germany into a military state. Under the cynical pretext of “civil protection,” a 10-billion-euro program will integrate society into military war planning, preparing Germany as a central NATO hub for deployment against Russia.
20. Free Ukrainian socialist and anti-war activist, Bogdan Syrotiuk!
"Peace for the world! Down with war!"
