Headlines at the World Socialist Web Site today:
1. Nuclear double standard as the pretext for war against Iran in alliance with Israel
Israel’s nuclear program dates to the 1950s, when Prime Minister David Ben‑Gurion established the Dimona reactor with French assistance, supplemented by heavy water from Norway and the UK.
In working-class areas, anger spilled into the streets. Protesters blocked the Nairobi-Tanzania road in Kitengela and Githurai, while demonstrations also erupted in Madaraka, Nyandarua, Rongai and Narok, where protesters pelted police with stones.
3. Italy: General Strike opposes Gaza genocide
A 24-hour general strike against the Israeli genocide in Gaza, the militarism of the Meloni government and its social implications for the working class brought Italy to a halt on May 18. Its convergence with an Israeli attack on the Global Sumud Flotilla transformed it into a political earthquake.
The banning of the docudrama reveals the depth of relationship now established between Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-supremacist government and the murderous Zionist Netanyahu regime.
5. Mexican economy and investment plans founder amid war against Iran
On May 12, S&P Global Ratings revised Mexico’s credit outlook to negative from stable, citing persistently weak fiscal results, rising debt levels and weak economic growth.
6. Trump threatens renewed attack on Iran as emergency G7 finance summit opens in Paris
The bloody US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran and the resulting blockade of the vital Strait of Hormuz threatens workers around the world with economic and financial collapse.
7. WHO opens annual assembly amid deepening Ebola crisis
With at least 118 dead in the DRC and Uganda and an American physician among the infected, the Trump administration has imposed a Title 42 travel ban while refusing to account for the aid cuts that crippled the international response.
The NDIS Amendment Bill 2026 provides the framework for kicking hundreds of thousands of disabled people off their support and for excluding vast numbers going forward.
9. Australia: Victorian teachers confront another AEU sellout
The Australian Education Union’s “in-principle” agreement amounts to a further real pay cut and does nothing to address the core issues: crushing workloads, oversized classes, burnout, inadequate resources and a deepening staffing crisis.
10. FAA lowers hiring target by more than 2,000 for air traffic controllers
Driven by relentless cuts and generational staffing problems stretching back to Reagan’s crushing of the 1981 PATCO strike, staffing sits at a 21st-century low of approximately 11,000.
Bosch is planning to destroy more than half the jobs at its plant in Schwäbisch Gmünd. This article calls on workers to build an independent rank-and-file action committee, as the IG Metall union and works council are actively collaborating with management to enforce the cuts.
12. Global bond market selloff intensifies
Yields on long-term government debt are now recording some of their highest levels since the lead up to the global financial crisis.
13. Democratic Party, union apparatus conspire to shut down powerful New York rail strike
No worker should be compelled to vote on—or live under—a contract they have not seen, have not read and have not had the time to study and discuss collectively.
14. “We all should unite”: New York bus drivers speak out in support of Long Island Rail Road strike
The powerful support for a wider struggle is precisely why the Democrats and union bureaucrats moved to shut the strike down Monday evening.
15. Trump creates unconstitutional $1.776 billion slush fund to pay off fascist allies
The “Anti-Weaponization Fund” defies Congress’ power of the purse and creates a secretive claims process with no appeal or judicial review.
16. Bolivia’s indefinite national strike faces military repression
A national strike in Bolivia has continued to expand for more than two weeks in opposition to rising fuel costs and the right-wing policies of President Rodrigo Paz.
17. Sri Lanka: Death of Welikada Prison inmate raises serious questions
Until a credible, transparent and independent investigation is conducted, the serious doubts surrounding his death will—and must—persist.
18. Workers Struggles: The Americas
Argentina:
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The fight for the Ukrainian socialist and anti-war activist's freedom is an essential component of the struggle against imperialist war, genocide, dictatorship and fascism.
