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Maxim Goldarb

Mass walkout by tourism workers in Canary Islands over pay; Iran convulsed by ongoing cost-of-living protests; teachers and council workers continue pay strike in Federal Capital territory, Nigeria

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa

Over 80,000 hotel, catering and hospitality workers in the Canary Islands walk out to demand pay increase; cost-of-living protests continue across Iran by pensioners and workers in shadow of growing US war threats; Nigerian teachers and council workers continue stoppage over minimum wage in Federal Capital territory

Fatal police shooting in Melbourne triggers widespread outrage

A critical shortage of affordable housing, grossly inadequate mental health services and escalating poverty rates have seen increasing numbers of homeless people in Footscray and other inner-city meeting points.

Margaret Rees

More than 55,000 Los Angeles County workers set to strike

The struggle, taking place in the midst of mounting opposition to Trump’s authoritarian regime, is also a confrontation with both the Democratic Party machine that governs Los Angeles County and the SEIU bureaucracy.

Marc Wells

The climate change crisis and the Australian election

The Socialist Equality Party is the only party in this election telling workers the truth about the climate crisis and advancing the program needed to end it globally: socialism.

Taylor Hernan, SEP candidate for the Senate in Victoria

Harvard files suit against Trump funding freeze

On Monday, Harvard University sued the Trump administration and demanded an injunction against the government’s cutoff of over $3 billion in grants that are vital to the ongoing research and educational work of the oldest university in the US.

Kevin Reed