United States
“They said they were going to fix everything—people still are hurting"
One year since the Chicago house fire that killed ten children
By Benjamin Mateus and George Gallanis, 6 September 2019
Since the time of the Little Village fire, the same processes that led to the blaze in one of Chicago’s poor, working-class neighborhoods have led to even more fire tragedies in the city.
The New York Times’s 1619 Project: A racialist falsification of American and world history
By Niles Niemuth, Tom Mackaman and David North, 6 September 2019
The 1619 Project, launched by the New York Times, presents racism and racial conflict as the essential feature and driving force of American history.
Autoworkers must form rank-and-file committees to counter UAW conspiracy
By the WSWS Autoworker Newsletter, 6 September 2019
The entire “negotiation” process between the UAW and the auto companies is illegitimate, tainted by corruption and criminality.
Seattle union pushes through deal that includes hiring and firing of teachers based on race
By Kayla Costa and Alec Andersen, 6 September 2019
The Seattle Education Association forced through a contract last week which does nothing to address subsistence levels of pay, inadequate classroom funding and opens to the door to further layoffs.
Vote “No” on the CWA’s sellout contract with AT&T!
By Casey Gold and Ed Hightower, 6 September 2019
On Friday, August 30, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and global telecom giant AT&T announced a tentative agreement in a contract covering 22,000 AT&T workers across nine southeastern states.
Pentagon begins second phase of diverting funds to Trump’s border wall
By Patrick Martin, 5 September 2019
Defense Secretary Mark Esper has selected $3.6 billion worth of military construction projects that will be deferred to help pay for the wall on the US-Mexico border.
Schools begin in Denver amid sweltering heat and ongoing protests
By Bill Knowles, 5 September 2019
Many Denver teachers, still reeling from the betrayal of their strike last February, have been forced to return to the classrooms in scorching heat.
065 AT&T contract
5 September 2019
Ten days before contract expiration, top aide to UAW GM negotiators pleads guilty to taking $2 million in kickbacks
By Jerry White, 5 September 2019
The plea deal comes as GM CEO Mary Barra is set to meet with President Trump to discuss the upcoming contract battle by autoworkers.
Vast destruction revealed as Hurricane Dorian leaves the Bahamas
By Patrick Martin, 4 September 2019
The two main islands in the northern Bahamas, Abaco and Grand Bahama, have been inundated, with most homes and other structures destroyed or heavily damaged.
Massive blast hits Kabul as US envoy announces draft deal with Taliban
By Bill Van Auken, 4 September 2019
The draft agreement would reportedly include a phased, “conditions-based” withdrawal of US troops.
New York transit agency seeks casualization of its workforce
By Alan Whyte, 4 September 2019
Management’s demands are nothing less than a declaration of war and an attempt to institute slave-labor conditions.
Chicago Cambria Hotel workers continue strike
By Benjamin Mateus, 4 September 2019
Cambria workers remain on strike, their struggle isolated by UNITE HERE, as they battle against the hotel owners, OPERS, the public employee pension fund managed by several unions.
The New York Times’s 1619 Project: A racialist falsification of American and world history—Part Two
By Niles Niemuth, Tom Mackaman and David North, 4 September 2019
The 1619 Project, launched by the New York Times, presents racism and racial conflict as the essential feature and driving force of American history.
“It’s our time”: US autoworkers denounce UAW corruption, vow to fight as contract deadline approaches
By our reporter, 3 September 2019
The exposure of widespread corruption in the United Auto Workers leadership has only hardened the resolve of US autoworkers to make gains in the upcoming contract fight.
Eight dead, 26 missing in deadly boat fire off Southern California coast
By Norisa Diaz, 3 September 2019
Given the high likelihood that the remaining passengers will not be found alive, the fire on the Conception will rank among the deadliest maritime tragedies in California and US history.
Courts back Trump administration as ICE continues to force-feed immigrants
By Adam McLean, 3 September 2019
Force-feeding typically can causes excruciating pain, is dangerous when performed on unwilling participants, and is recognized by international doctors’ associations as a form of torture.
New York cook arrested by ICE after filing lawsuit for $200,000 in stolen wages
By Owen Mullan, 3 September 2019
There is no doubt that the agency was tipped off on Xue Hui Zhang’s whereabouts in order to make his suit for repayment more difficult.
035 Seattle teachers and social equity
3 September 2019
040 AT&T contract
3 September 2019
The New York Times’ 1619 Project: A racialist falsification of American and world history
By Niles Niemuth, Tom Mackaman and David North, 3 September 2019
PART ONE | PART TWO | COMBINED
The 1619 Project, launched by the New York Times, presents racism and racial conflict as the essential feature and driving force of American history.
Roger Waters holds concert on Monday
Take forward the fight to free Julian Assange!
By Joseph Kishore, 2 September 2019
Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning are the victims of a monstrous criminal conspiracy, involving the most powerful governments in the world, the intelligence agencies and the corporate media.
Trump imposes new tariffs on China
By Nick Beams, 2 September 2019
The new measures, to be followed by further imposts in December, have hit a wide range of consumer products, amid growing concerns of a recession in the global economy and the US.
Saudi airstrikes on Yemen prison kill more than 100
By Niles Niemuth, 2 September 2019
Monday’s mass slaughter ranks among the worst in a long string of war crimes carried out by Saudi Arabia with the backing of the American and British governments.
Texas gunman kills seven people before being shot to death by police
By Patrick Martin, 2 September 2019
The bloodbath in the Midland-Odessa area of west Texas brings the death toll from US mass shootings to 142 this year, more than all of 2018.
Twenty-five-year-old miner crushed to death in Pennsylvania coal mine
By Samuel Davidson, 2 September 2019
Tanner Lee McFarland was killed Thursday evening when part of the wall and roof in the area of the mine he was working collapsed, crushing him under tons of coal and rock.
Hurricane Dorian devastates northern Bahamas, reaches Category 5
By our reporter, 2 September 2019
The storm has the potential to be one of the most devastating in modern history, with wind speeds reaching 185 miles per hour.
Trump administration to reverse methane rules for energy industry
By Daniel de Vries, 2 September 2019
EPA’s climate sabotage continues with plans to drop methane leakage rules.
Star quarterback Andrew Luck stuns National Football League by retiring at 29
By Alan Gilman, 2 September 2019
The devastating physical and mental toll that professional football players have to endure is compelling some to retire at the height of their careers.
“The stress in healthcare is at a tipping point”
An interview with nurse scientist Judy Davidson on rising nurse suicides
By Alex Johnson, 2 September 2019
Judy Davidson was part of the psychiatric research team that recently uncovered the high incidence of suicide in the nursing industry.
Autoworkers conclude near-unanimous strike votes as corruption scandal targets charity run by UAW president
By Joseph Kishore, 31 August 2019
Strike votes over the past week have registered autoworkers’ determination to fight, with near unanimous votes in Michigan, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, Tennessee and Kentucky, from 94 to 99 percent to authorize a strike.
Former Fed official calls on central bank to end accommodation to Trump
By Nick Beams, 31 August 2019
An extraordinary intervention by former New York Federal Reserve president Bill Dudley reflects rising political tensions, fuelled by the growing prospect of a US recession.
Chicago-area college advertises for strikebreakers as faculty walkout looms
By Michael Walters, 31 August 2019
After years of pay freezes, hundreds of College of DuPage teachers are determined to restore their wages and prevent further attacks on working conditions.
Home video security systems increasingly linked to US police departments in violation of democratic rights
By Kevin Reed, 31 August 2019
More than 400 police department partnerships have been established by Amazon’s Ring home security system across the US over the past year.
New York Police Department collecting DNA from unsuspecting workers and youth
By Erik Schreiber, 31 August 2019
In violation of Fourth Amendment protection, the policy has targeted individuals who have not been accused of any crime.
Only one-third of Americans believe Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide—so why does the New York Times?
By David Walsh, 31 August 2019
Three weeks of media propaganda to the effect that anyone who doubts the official story are under the influence of “conspiracy theories” has only had a limited effect. A stubborn percentage of the population continues to be skeptical.
Day after FBI raids of UAW, autoworkers cast near unanimous vote to strike
By Jerry White, 30 August 2019
Anger among autoworkers is reaching a boiling point against the corporations and the UAW, which is a bribed tool of corporate management.
Trump promises pardons for crimes committed to build border wall
By Patrick Martin, 30 August 2019
The report in the Washington Post underscores the criminal character of the Trump administration.
Harvard student deported over friends’ social media posts
By Trévon Austin, 30 August 2019
Ismail Ajjawi’s deportation is part of a campaign against immigrants and international students over purported concerns over “national security.”
New Jersey Democrats authorize bonds to cover up Newark water crisis
By Shuvu Batta, 30 August 2019
A bond issue of $120 million was pushed through before residents were given an opportunity to attend hearings or scrutinize details of the proposal to replace all lead service lines in the city.
CWA union prepares sellout contract after ending strike by AT&T workers
By Ed Hightower and Samuel Davidson, 30 August 2019
AT&T views the present contract as an opportunity to restructure its labor force, giving it greater flexibility to fire workers for attendance and not meeting production quotas.
060 Ring working with the police
30 August 2019
The Democratic Socialists of America Convention: A marketing gimmick for the Democratic Party
By Joseph Kishore, 30 August 2019
The main resolutions adopted at the convention centered on the DSA’s political support for the Democratic Party and its dedication to bolstering the anti-working-class trade unions.
FBI examining two cameras that malfunctioned outside Jeffery Epstein’s prison cell
By Kevin Reed, 29 August 2019
The broken cameras were within view of the Manhattan cell where the multimillionaire sex trafficker was being held at the time of his death earlier this month.
Puerto Rico weathers threat from Hurricane Dorian
By Julio Patron, 29 August 2019
Two years after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, the island was once again on the brink of another social disaster due to Hurricane Dorian.
Department of Homeland Security using $155 million in FEMA disaster relief to fund Trump’s immigrant crackdown
By Kevin Martinez, 29 August 2019
The shuffling of funds comes one week after the Trump White House announced an end to the Flores settlement, as a result, the government will be using FEMA funds to imprison immigrant families indefinitely.
FBI raid of UAW president exposes union as criminal syndicate
By Jerry White, 29 August 2019
The raids occur on the eve of a contract battle by autoworkers who are equally hostile to the auto companies and the bribed UAW.
Johnson & Johnson v. State of Oklahoma: How the courts are covering for Big Pharma
By Genevieve Leigh, 29 August 2019
The toothless ruling follows a well-worn pattern in which giant corporations, after committing horrific social crimes, get off with a relatively small fine.
Washington invokes "domestic terrorism" to justify police state rule
By Eric London, 28 August 2019
Trump and the Democrats’ threats to create a new apparatus to combat “domestic terrorism” is part of renewed plans to violently strangle the class struggle.
“The cost of living is constantly going up while the chance to live is going down”
Autoworkers vote overwhelmingly for strike at Ford, GM, and Chrysler plants
By Jerry White, 28 August 2019
Near-unanimous support for strike action has been registered at factory after factory while the auto companies, in partnership with the UAW, are preparing to further slash jobs and labor costs.
CWA shuts down strike of 22,000 AT&T workers across US South
By Samuel Davidson and Ed Hightower, 28 August 2019
The strikebreaking action by the CWA has given the telecom giant a free hand to impose sweeping concession demands on workers.
Prison camera footage outside Epstein’s cell is reported to be “unusable”
By Kevin Reed, 28 August 2019
In further evidence of conspiracy in the death of Epstein, a security camera in the hallway outside his federal prison cell—where he supposedly committed suicide—reportedly “had footage that is unusable.”
New US public charge rule may deter immigrants from vaccinating children
By Meenakshi Jagadeesan, 28 August 2019
Fear of being denied permanent residency for using social services is already causing immigrant parents to avoid accessing essential medical services for their children.
Iowa college professor resigns under pressure after publicly supporting Antifa
By Kristina Betinis, 28 August 2019
Kirkwood President Sundberg affirmed Jeff Klinzman’s right to free speech while justifying the removal of the professor based on the claim that public safety is at risk due to his views.
Vote No! No cuts or layoffs!
Seattle teachers must fight for the defense of public education
By the WSWS Teacher Newsletter, 28 August 2019
Washington state teachers again face a turning point in the fight to defend public education.
As the new US school year begins
The political battle facing teachers
By the WSWS Teacher Newsletter, 28 August 2019
Teachers across the globe are escalating the fight against social inequality, the growing privatization of education and the unrelenting attacks on their standard of living.
Breaking: CWA planning to shut down AT&T strike Wednesday, without any gains for workers
By Ed Hightower, 27 August 2019
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) bargaining unit for the Southeastern US intends to send striking AT&T workers back to work tomorrow morning, according to exclusive footage taken today by a WSWS correspondent.
Newark water crisis: The latest chapter in the capitalist poisoning of America
By Kate Randall, 27 August 2019
Five years after Democratic government officials of Flint, Michigan exposed tens of thousands of people to lead in their drinking water, the residents of Newark, New Jersey are also being poisoned.
AT&T strikers show their power, but face union-company gang-up
By Samuel Davidson and Patrick Martin, 27 August 2019
Even though the the 22,000 AT&T workers on strike in nine states throughout the South are determined to fight, the CWA union is doing everything possible to isolate and contain the struggle.
“We need to be paid back”
Autoworkers vote to strike, denounce UAW treachery ahead of contract deadline with GM, Ford and Chrysler
By our reporters, 27 August 2019
Nearly unanimous votes for strike authorization express the determination of autoworkers to reverse decades of concessions.
Oklahoma judge finds Johnson & Johnson guilty in opioid epidemic
By Benjamin Mateus, 27 August 2019
While the $572 million judgment fell short of the $17 billion sought by the state, the court’s ruling was an unambiguous finding that the giant corporation deliberately downplayed the dangers of the opioids it manufactured.
013 Newark lead crisis
27 August 2019
Tensions rise as unions and district attempt to head off strike by Las Vegas teachers
By Dan Conway, 27 August 2019
After thousands of teachers flooded a meeting of the Clark County School District demanding their contractually-mandated raises, school board members abruptly ended the meeting before being escorted out by police.
US Steel to lay off 150 workers in Indiana as Trump administration escalates trade war
By Jessica Goldstein, 27 August 2019
The announcement of the layoffs in East Chicago follows US Steel’s declaration earlier this month that up to 200 workers will lose their jobs at its Great Lakes Works facility outside Detroit.
“There’s a lot of people who are ready to get rid of them”
GM Wentzville workers speak out against UAW corruption
By Marcus Day, 26 August 2019
The expansion of the corruption scandal to UAW officials for GM has brought to the surface the simmering anger of workers over decades of union-enforced concessions.
Democrats join Trump in fundraising from the moneyed elite
By Patrick Martin, 26 August 2019
Kamala Harris, Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg are raking in the bulk of the high-dollar contributions being collected at fundraisers in the Hamptons and Cape Cod this month.
Del Monte Foods to close plants in Illinois and Minnesota
By Andy Thompson, 26 August 2019
Packaged food company Del Monte will lay off over 800 workers and close two plants in small towns in Illinois and Minnesota.
Two utility workers electrocuted on the job in upstate New York
By Leslie Murtagh, 26 August 2019
Two utility workers conducting maintenance on a transmission power line in New York’s Hudson Valley region died this week when they came into contact with a wire that wasn’t supposed to be carrying electricity.
20,000 AT&T workers strike as GM, Ford and Chrysler contract deadline looms
By Eric London, 26 August 2019
The largest strike in the American South in recent history captures a growing mood of militancy among workers worldwide.
Trump escalates economic confrontation with China
By Andre Damon, 24 August 2019
Trump’s “order” for American companies to leave China marks a milestone in the global descent into economic nationalism and preparations for military conflict.
Wall Street falls as US-China trade conflict intensifies
By Nick Beams, 24 August 2019
Tweets by Trump in response to tariff measures by Beijing were his most belligerent to date, taking aim not only against China, but US corporations and the Federal Reserve.
Strike votes continue as autoworkers gear up for contract fight against GM, Ford, and Chrysler
By our reporters, 24 August 2019
The balloting is taking place under conditions in which the union has been widely discredited by its role in forcing through decades of sellout contracts and an expanding corruption scandal.
Texas prisoner executed despite debunked forensic evidence pointing to his innocence
By Kate Randall, 24 August 2019
The US Supreme Court denied Larry Swearingen’s appeal for a stay, clearing the way for his execution.
Machinists on strike at Berkshire Hathaway-owned Special Metals in New Hartford, New York
By Steve Filips, 24 August 2019
More than 200 workers at Special Metals rejected the company’s last contract proposal and have been on strike since last Saturday.
Hundreds of workers laid off, have healthcare eliminated as Philadelphia refinery closes
By Samuel Davidson, 24 August 2019
Workers at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery, which is being shut down after a major explosion in June, will receive no severance pay and have had their healthcare coverage terminated.
Michigan: Two million gallons of untreated sewage spill into Flint River
By Mitch Marcus, 24 August 2019
Exposure to or ingestion of raw or partially treated sewage, as the city maintains is the case here, can cause immediate harmful effects.
Dear White People Volume 3 and the weaponization of identity politics
By Nick Barrickman, 24 August 2019
In the third season of Justin Simien’s series, events culminate in a #MeToo-style attack on a popular professor.
“We are ready to stay out as long as it takes”
Workers at GM, Ford, and Chrysler ready to strike in contract fight
By Jerry White, 23 August 2019
In front of the factory gates Thursday, Fiat Chrysler workers explained what the most critical issues they want addressed in new labor agreements.
US escalates preparations for nuclear war with Russia and China
By Andre Damon, 23 August 2019
After withdrawing from the INF treaty, the US is accelerating its preparations to fight a nuclear war with China or Russia by testing and stockpiling dangerous new weapons in a nuclear arms race.
Democrats enforce crackdown on vehicular homelessness in Los Angeles
By Rafael Azul, 23 August 2019
Nearly 10,000 people are forced by high rents and stagnant wages to live in their vehicles on the streets of the second largest city in the United States.
Why is the New York Times still trying to sweep the Epstein case under the rug?
By Patrick Martin, 23 August 2019
Amid reports of “stunning” violations of protocol by prison officials in the death of America’s most famous prisoner, the Times claims that questions regarding the well-connected sex trafficker are “conspiracy theories.”
Harlan County, Kentucky workers support coal miners’ blockade
By Samuel Davidson, 23 August 2019
Miners blocking shipments of coal from a bankrupt mine have the backing of other workers and residents in eastern Kentucky
Trump orders indefinite jailing of detained immigrant families, attacks birthright citizenship
By Eric London, 22 August 2019
Democrats have largely backed Trump’s attacks on immigrants, with the New York Times describing his concentration camps as “family detention centers.”
“It’s ludicrous the way they treat the temps”
GM autoworker speaks out on UAW corruption, upcoming contract fight
By Debra Watson, 22 August 2019
Workers at the Big Three in the US begin voting today to authorize strike action if no agreement is reached on deal when their contracts expire next month.
US Steel announces up to 200 layoffs at Great Lakes Works in Ecorse, Michigan
By Jessica Goldstein, 22 August 2019
The recent layoffs in suburban Detroit serve to shatter any illusion that workers' jobs and living standards can be protected through trade war measures.
Voices from Ferguson, Missouri five years after the police murder of Michael Brown
By Zac Corrigan, 22 August 2019
Residents spoke about life in a country where the police kill with impunity to defend a capitalist social order based on historic levels of inequality.
Ann Arbor forum discusses who was responsible for the Flint water crisis
By James Brookfield, 22 August 2019
A Democratic state senator tried to blame the disaster solely on the Republican state government, although the mayor of Flint and other local officials were Democrats.
Autoworkers determined to fight as UAW contract deadline approaches
By Tom Hall, 21 August 2019
The September 14 contract deadline is fast approaching for more than 150,000 hourly workers at Ford, GM and Chrysler operations in the US.
Joe Ashton, UAW VP named in corruption scandal, had long history of selling out auto workers
By Jerry White, 21 August 2019
A lifelong UAW functionary on the payroll of the union’s International staff for 28 years, Ashton epitomizes the social layer at the head of the so-called “American labor movement.”
UAW corruption scandal: Former union VP Joe Ashton reportedly took $550,000 in illegal kickbacks
By Jerry White, 20 August 2019
Ashton would be the highest-ranking UAW officer implicated in the corruption scandal that has already led to the conviction of UAW Vice President Norwood Jewell and three other top UAW officials on the 2015 UAW-Chrysler Bargaining Committee.
Detroit to serve as a cheap labor platform
Behind Fiat Chrysler’s $4.5 billion investment in the Motor City
By Kevin Reed, 20 August 2019
The investment of $4.5 billion by FCA in automotive manufacturing in Detroit is part of a global strategy predicated on further dramatic reductions in labor costs.
New York Police Department fires cop who killed Eric Garner
By Sandy English, 20 August 2019
The NYPD fired officer Daniel Pantaleo over five years after he choked to death Staten Island resident Eric Garner.
Police violence the sixth leading cause of death for young men in the US
By Gary Joad and Kate Randall, 20 August 2019
There were only 22 days in all of 2018 in which someone was not shot dead by police.
“You can’t trust the government”: Flint, Michigan residents speak out on Newark water crisis
By Sheila Brehm, 20 August 2019
The lead-in-water crisis in Newark, New Jersey is evoking angry responses from Flint residents who have gone through similar experiences over the last five years.
Mass layoffs for workers; millions for GM, Ford and Chrysler CEOs
By Andre Damon, 19 August 2019
CEOs in the United States make in one day what most workers make in a year, according to a new report by the Economic Policy Institute.
American media shuts down the Epstein story
By Patrick Martin, 19 August 2019
Despite many unanswered questions, virtually all reporting on the death of multi-millionaire sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has halted following the verdict of suicide by the medical examiner.
Trump administration calls for permanent restoration of bulk phone communications surveillance
By Kevin Reed, 19 August 2019
The outgoing director of National Intelligence appealed to Congress for the restoration of the surveillance program that was exposed by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
“This is corruption, collusion, conspiracy”
Newark, New Jersey residents denounce Democrats over lead-poisoned water
By our reporters, 19 August 2019
The city began distributing bottled water last week after it was revealed that faucet filters were failing to screen toxic lead from home drinking water.
US farm equipment manufacturer John Deere calls for “organizational efficiency,” threatening jobs
By George Gallanis, 19 August 2019
Amid slumps in sales due to escalating trade tensions and low corn and soybean harvests, Deere is intent on cutting production costs.
ArcelorMittal and state officials hid news of Indiana chemical spill
By Jessica Goldstein, 19 August 2019
Despite the posturing of local politicians, ArcelorMittal will likely receive no more than a slap on the wrist for its reckless polluting of the environment.
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