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Workers Struggles: The Americas

Following a 24-hour general strike last week in Argentina, walkouts continued in some areas, while the US Department of Agriculture will permit faster line speeds in meatpacking plants.

Fascist mobilisation after Quentin Deranque’s death

A political front, embracing fascist groups, the Socialist Party, the extreme right National Rally, all the way up to Macron and his government, seeks to clear the way for either of RN’s candidates, Marine Le Pen or Jordan Bardella, to assume power after the current local elections and presidential elections next year.

Anthony Torres

US military buildup in Middle East against Iran largest since 2003

The Trump administration is assembling the largest concentration of American military force in the Middle East since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, placing the United States on the brink of a massive illegal war against Iran that could last weeks or months and engulf the entire region.

Andre Damon

Supreme Court ruling against Trump tariffs exposes ruling class crisis

Friday morning, the United States Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that a 1977 emergency law did not delegate Congressional authority over setting tariffs to the president, revealing sharp divisions among the capitalists and triggering an unprecedented attack on the court and individual justices by Trump.

John Burton

This week in history: February 23-March 1

Supreme Court upholds $45 million fine on pilots union; British government criminalizes Irish Republican activity; 22nd Amendment to US Constitution ratified; American communist tried for blasphemy.

US planes flood UK bases in preparation for attack on Iran

According to an assessment by The i Paper published Saturday, since last Tuesday, “at least 28 US military flights have used airbases in the UK and Cyprus to carry out one of the largest build-ups of US military strength in the Middle East for decades.”

Robert Stevens

Real wages to continue falling in Australia

Wages grew by just 3.4 percent over the past year, well below the annual inflation rate of 3.8 percent, amid warnings of deepening real pay cuts for at least the next two years.

Martin Scott

IMF calls on China to restructure its economy

The IMF said China’s trade surplus, more than $1 trillion last year, was giving rise to “international spillovers and pressures,” an implicit warning of trade war measures.

Nick Beams

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

Taiwan: TaiDoc medical devices plant employees fight exploitation of migrant workers; Bangladeshi hotel and restaurant workers oppose job cuts and demand minimum wage; Sri Lanka: Government doctors’ protest enters fourth week; Victoria: 10,000 health workers strike for higher wages; Queensland health professionals continue industrial action.

Germany: 6 years since the racist murders in Hanau

Six years after the racist murder attack in Hanau, thousands took to the streets again on February 19 to commemorate the victims. A tenth victim has recently succumbed to his injuries.

Marianne Arens

US forces in position for illegal attack on Iran

The United States has positioned its naval and air forces for a massive assault on Iran in the largest military buildup in the Middle East since the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Andre Damon

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa

Tens of thousands of Spanish doctors continue strikes over attacks on pay and conditions; Israeli port workers’ stoppage over threatened job losses; transport workers in North West province, South Africa begin walkout over non-payment of wages

Jesse Jackson: From civil rights to black capitalism

More than any other individual, Jackson embodied the transformation of the civil rights movement—its conversion from a mass working class movement against racial oppression into an “interest group” in the Democratic Party and a tool for the social advancement of a narrow stratum of the black upper middle class.

Tom Mackaman

AI turmoil continues on 2 fronts

With the development of new AI tools disrupting established business models, financial markets are “wracked with uncertainty” about what comes next.

Nick Beams

South Africa’s ANC to deploy army to police the working class

Protests in South Africa, and the conditions that gave rise to them, echo the experience of the youth-led uprisings seen elsewhere on the continent. The deployment of the army is a pre-emptive measure by the ruling class.

Jean de Jager

Royal Mail workers in London oppose CWU union leaders

Royal Mail workers at the Mount Pleasant Mail Centre in central London have been discussing the call by the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee for a fightback against CWU collusion with billionaire Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group and the Starmer government.

Our reporters

ICE targets Detroit

ICE activity is escalating sharply across the Detroit metropolitan area, marking a new stage in the Trump administration’s nationwide rampage against democratic rights.

Socialist Equality Party (US)

The Kremlin bans WhatsApp

WhatsApp was used by over two thirds of the population. For many, it was the main means of communication with friends and family abroad.

Clara Weiss
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