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4 July 2020

As COVID-19 pandemic explodes out of control
Trump gives fascistic rant at Mount Rushmore event held in defiance of health experts

By Barry Grey, 4 July 2020

Trump sought to use recent attacks on monuments to leaders of the American Revolution and Civil War to brand protesters against police killings as "far-left fascists," while hailing the police and right-wing militia groups and pledging to crack down on opponents of his authoritarian and pro-corporate policies.

Millions in the US face catastrophe as federal unemployment relief set to expire amid surging pandemic

By Kevin Reed, 4 July 2020

The combined economic impact of the raging pandemic and the imminent cutoff of $600 weekly federal assistance is leading to a social catastrophe for millions across the US.

Pandemic spirals out of control in South Africa, India, Brazil

By Bryan Dyne, 4 July 2020

The official tallies in each country of daily confirmed coronavirus cases have become exponential, indicating that whatever containment measures were implemented to halt the spread of the virus have essentially collapsed.

Thousands of delivery workers strike across Brazil and other Latin American countries

By Brunna Machado and Letícia Silva, 4 July 2020

Thousands of delivery workers engaged in a strike on Wednesday to demand better working conditions in more than 10 Brazilian capitals, as well as in cities in Argentina and Mexico.

Zimbabwe nurses strike as economic crisis brings threat of second coup and military dictatorship

By Stephan McCoy, 4 July 2020

Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government is preparing to confront mounting opposition in the working class through dictatorial forms of rule and the abrogation of democratic rights—even as it is threatened by the possibility of a coup.

Naming new French prime minister, Macron coordinates austerity with unions

By Alex Lantier, 4 July 2020

Jean Castex is being brought in to coordinate with the unions the draconian austerity policies that Macron and the banks will impose amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Spain participated in failed 2019 US coup in Venezuela

By Alejandro López, 4 July 2020

New information emerging about the coup exposes Spain’s ruling “left populist” party, Podemos, as a tool of imperialism’s bloody foreign policy in Latin America.

Bath Iron shipyard workers face stepped-up attacks as strike continues

By Shannon Jones, 4 July 2020

Management is mobilizing additional strikebreakers as the walkout by 4,300 workers at the Bath Iron Works heads toward its third week.

Riverside, California: HCA nurses strike continues as coronavirus takes its toll

By Alex Johnson, 4 July 2020

According to health officials, the confirmed active case count in Riverside bloated to 10,059 on Thursday, compared to 9,532 on Wednesday. The number of deaths due to COVID-19 stands at 465.

Riverside, California Nurses strike continues as ICU beds reach capacity

Respiratory therapist at New York’s Elmhurst Hospital describes horrors during COVID pandemic:
“The patients in March didn’t have to die like this, if we would have had more staff and better equipment to work with”

Southeastern US continues to mark substantial rise in coronavirus cases

By Cordell Gascoigne, 4 July 2020

As with much of the country, cases continue to rise rapidly across the region as a result of the push to reopen the economy in the middle of the still raging pandemic.

HPAE union betrays New Jersey nurses’ fight for PPE and better pay

By Erik Schreiber, 4 July 2020

New Jersey nurses must not allow their struggles to be strangled by the Health Professionals and Allied Employees union.

UAW and General Motors downplay outbreaks of COVID-19 at US auto plants

By Jessica Goldstein, 4 July 2020

As the UAW and auto corporations to play down the health crisis, workers’ anger is at breaking point as they demand the plants be shut down for their safety.

“The company is taking risks with the lives of 5,000 workers”
As COVID-19 cases surge, Texas GM workers demand closure of factory

Caterpillar slashes jobs in Illinois, rewards corporate shareholders

Workers in Germany express their solidarity with striking Fiat Chrysler workers

As union works with companies to beat back wildcat strikes
UAW president meets with prosecutor to avoid government takeover

More on autoworkers struggles »

French unions collaborate with employers to impose mass layoffs as COVID-19 crisis deepens

By Will Morrow, 4 July 2020

As an international wave of layoffs and plant closures comes in France, the trade unions are working closely with the Macron government and employers to suppress workers’ opposition to this assault.

Residents of Sheboygan, Wisconsin protest police murder of man with mental illness history

By Jacob Crosse, 4 July 2020

Over 100 protesters took to the streets Thursday evening after Kevan Ruffin, 32, was shot multiple times by an unnamed Sheboygan police deputy earlier in the day.

Trump administration gives private equity firms access to 401(k) retirement funds

By Gabriel Black, 4 July 2020

The $7.9 trillion in 401(k) retirement funds will be used to buttress private equity markets and further enrich the financial oligarchy.

City University of New York lays off 2,800 adjuncts in wave of austerity

By Elliott Murtagh, 4 July 2020

These actions will have a devastating effect on the largest urban university system in the US, forcing faculty, students, and staff to bear the brunt of the current pandemic-triggered state and city financial crisis.

UK pubs reopen in “Super Saturday”: A criminal act

By Thomas Scripps, 4 July 2020

The inevitable deadly consequences of the Johnson government’s latest move will be fully revealed in the weeks and months to come.

Tories resurrect cynical “Clap for Carers” on 72nd anniversary of the NHS

By Rory Woods, 4 July 2020

Sunday’s event insults the memory of hundreds of health and social care workers who died of COVID-19 trying to save the lives of others.

Back-to-work policy accelerates spread of COVID-19 in Israel

By Jean Shaoul, 4 July 2020

The number of new coronavirus cases has doubled every 12 days over the last month and now averages more than 500 a day.

German defence minister plans more effective organization of army’s far-right elite force

By Peter Schwarz, 4 July 2020

After new details came to light about the far-right terrorist networks inside the Special Forces Command, the German defence minister announced the restructuring of the army’s 1,600-strong elite unit.

Australian government seeks to place country on war footing

By Mike Head, 4 July 2020

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has identified the Indo-Pacific as the likely arena for another world war, directed against China.

Australia: Melbourne’s coronavirus outbreak continues to spread despite localised lockdown

By Oscar Grenfell, 4 July 2020

It only took days for the Victorian Labor government’s lockdown of ten Melbourne postcodes to be exposed as an ineffectual and punitive response to the rise in infections.

“Deep cleaning” in Australian schools: Image and reality

By Carolyn Kennett, 4 July 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic spread, governments promised thoroughly cleaned classrooms, but school cleaners have neither the resources nor hours to conduct the necessary cleaning.

Sri Lankan president orders Central Bank to give more credit to big business

By Saman Gunadasa, 4 July 2020

While providing huge financial concessions to the banks and big business, the government is imposing greater economic burdens on workers and the poor.

3 July 2020

US unemployment rate dips, but millions remain jobless or face wage cuts

By Jerry White, 3 July 2020

As pandemic accelerates in US, young people made the scapegoat of ruling elite’s malicious return to work policy

By Benjamin Mateus, 3 July 2020

Arizona Department of Health Services activates plan to ration healthcare for COVID-19 patients

“We are at our breaking point”
FCA Toledo Jeep workers support call for rank-and-file safety committees

By Marcus Day, 3 July 2020

“Chrysler was telling everybody that it was safe to come back to work, and it’s not.”
Autoworkers at FCA Trenton Engine call for rank-and-file safety committees to fight COVID-19

Worker opposition grows as coronavirus spirals out of control

Meat processing plants spread the coronavirus in North Carolina

By Rosa Shahnazarian, 3 July 2020

COVID-19 danger persists in South Korea

By Ben McGrath, 3 July 2020

Hundreds of thousands of Indian coal miners launch three-day strike against privatisation

By Arun Kumar, 3 July 2020

Letter from a New York City transit worker on miscarriages and pregnancy on the job

By our reporters, 3 July 2020

New York City transit worker suffers miscarriage on the job

Tens of thousands of jobs at risk as works council at German automaker Daimler announces layoffs

By Dietmar Gaisenkersting, 3 July 2020

US Fed official warns of potential for a financial crisis

By Nick Beams, 3 July 2020

An assault on separation of church and state as well as public education
US Supreme Court rules in favor of religious schools

By John Burton and Ed Hightower, 3 July 2020

City of Chicago announces plan for mass arrest and detention of youth over holiday weekend

By Andy Thompson, 2 July 2020

Jeffrey Epstein confidante Ghislaine Maxwell arrested in New Hampshire

By Kevin Reed, 3 July 2020

Primaries show deepening political polarization in US

By Patrick Martin, 3 July 2020

US anti-China campaign intensifies factional conflicts within Canada’s ruling elite

By Roger Jordan, 3 July 2020

The Assange precedent in action
Australian journalist threatened with prosecution for exposing war crimes in Afghanistan

By Oscar Grenfell, 3 July 2020

The vote on the constitutional amendments in Russia:
Kremlin pushes to massively strengthen power of the president

By Vladimir Volkov and Clara Weiss, 3 July 2020

Floods inundate Western Ukraine amid renewed spike in COVID-19 cases

By Jason Melanovski, 3 July 2020

British government ramps up campaign against China

By Jean Shaoul, 3 July 2020

UK government’s guidance on school reopening: Back to “normal” from September

By Tania Kent, 3 July 2020

Strike against Tower Hamlets Labour council’s “fire and rehire” of 4,000 employees

By Alice Summers, 3 July 2020

More migrants speak out against New Zealand’s visa-processing delays

By Tom Peters, 3 July 2020

Hundreds of jobs axed as Australian Broadcasting Corporation imposes government cuts

By Richard Phillips, 3 July 2020

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支持国际工人阶级对抗COVID-19大流行病的行动！

第四国际国际委员会的声明, 2020年6月29日

只有一场来自国际工人阶级的反对资本主义的独立政治干预 才能结束COVID-19大流行带来的大规模死亡

工人阶级、社会主义与抗击大流行病

David North, 2020年6月18日

在第四国际创始文件《过渡纲领》中，列昂·托洛茨基将1936-1937年大萧条期间在美国爆发的静坐罢工描述为 “美国工人为了将自己提升到历史给予他们的那些任务的水准所做的本能努力”。

华尔街以死亡为宴

大卫.诺斯, 2020年5月3日

昨天，4月14日，全球因COVID-19大流行造成的死亡总数超过126,000。在美国，周二有2400多人死亡，使全国受害者总数达到26000。这些官方数字无疑大大低于因冠状病毒感染而死亡的实际人数。

伦敦工人拼死与冠毒作战 富豪纷纷撤离

Michael Barnes, 2020年5月9日

早在新冠病毒大流行之前，伦敦就已是英国丑恶的不平等的中心。如今它不可避免地成为英国疫情的震中。这座城市是整个英国社会阶级分化的集中范例。

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İsrail Batı Şeria’nın geniş bölümünü ilhak etmeye hazırlanıyor

Jean Shaoul, 4 Temmuz 2020

Başbakan Binyamin Netanyahu, bu hafta, Filistin’in Batı Şeria topraklarının en önemli kısımlarını ilhak etme niyetini ilan etmeye hazırlanıyor.

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Greve massiva de entregadores se espalha pelo Brasil e países da América Latina

Brunna Machado e Letícia Silva, 4 Julho 2020

Milhares de entregadores de aplicativo fizeram uma greve, na última quarta-feira, para exigir melhores condições de trabalho, em mais de 10 capitais brasileiras, além de cidades da Argentina e do México.

Tirem as mãos de Lincoln e da Estátua da Emancipação! Defender o legado da Guerra Civil!

Niles Niemuth, 4 Julho 2020

A decisão unânime da Comissão de Arte de Boston de remover a estátua de Abraham Lincoln e um escravo liberto que comemora o fim da escravidão é um ataque reacionário ao legado progressista da Guerra Civil.

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Castex à Matignon: Macron prépare l’austérité avec les syndicats français

Alexandre Lantier, 4 juillet 2020

Jean Castex a comme mission de coordonner avec les syndicats l’austérité draconienne que Macron compte imposer au milieu de la pandémie de COVID-19.

dans un article va-t-en-guerre
Le New York Times invente un complot meurtrier russe

Patrick Martin, 4 juillet 2020

La frénésie de Washington contre la Russie a été déclenchée par une campagne de propagande mensongère lancée par le New York Times.

Le taux de chômage américain baisse, mais des millions de personnes restent sans emploi ou face à des baisses de salaire

Jerry White, 4 juillet 2020

Malgré les affirmations de Trump selon lesquelles «l’économie est en plein essor», le chômage reste à un niveau de dépression alors que la réouverture des entreprises a produit une vague de cas COVID-19.

Des centaines de milliers de mineurs de charbon indiens lancent une grève de trois jours contre une privatisation

Arun Kumar, 4 juillet 2020

Face à une crise économique énormément exacerbée par la pandémie et la réponse de classe égoïste de l’élite dirigeante, le gouvernement Modi avance à marche forcée son “saut quantique” de “réformes” en faveur des investisseurs.

La nouvelle inculpation de Julian Assange aux États-Unis n'a pas été signifiée aux tribunaux britanniques

Thomas Scripps, 4 juillet 2020

Dans un autre tournant kafkaïen, la procédure judiciaire britannique se poursuit sur la base d'un acte d'accusation qui a été remplacé et n'a donc aucune valeur juridique aux États-Unis.

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El New York Times inventa un complot asesino ruso

Patrick Martin, 4 julio 2020

El frenesí en Washington contra Rusia ha sido desatado por una campaña propagandística de mentiras iniciada por el New York Times.

La tasa de desempleo en Estados Unidos baja, pero millones siguen desempleados o enfrentan recortes salariales

Jerry White, 4 julio 2020

A pesar de las afirmaciones de Trump de que "la economía está volviendo a rugir", el desempleo se mantiene en niveles de depresión, mientras que la reapertura de empresas ha producido una oleada de casos de COVID-19.

El precedente Assange en acción
Periodista australiano amenazado con ser procesado por exponer crímenes de guerra en Afganistán

Oscar Grenfell, 4 julio 2020

Al igual que Assange, el periodista de la Corporación Australiana de Radiodifusión, Dan Oakes, se enfrenta a un proceso judicial por publicar pruebas de crímenes de guerra en el Afganistán.

"Vuelve a ser como antes de que revelara las cosas", dice denunciante
A medida que los vuelos aumentan, los trabajadores de las aerolíneas se enfrentan a más peligros por COVID-19

Steve Filips, 4 julio 2020

A pesar de que la pandemia sigue aumentando, las aerolíneas siguen presionando para que se aumenten los vuelos. American Airlines ha reanudado la reserva de sus vuelos a su capacidad el 1 de julio. United Airlines, que nunca bloqueó asientos ni limitó su capacidad, añadirá 25.000 vuelos en agosto.

Un funcionario de la Reserva Federal de EE.UU. advierte de la posibilidad de una crisis financieras

Nick Beams, 4 julio 2020

Habiendo aumentado la riqueza de la oligarquía financiera, en medio de la devastación económica para la gente trabajadora, la Reserva Federal está considerando activamente dar a los ricos aún más apoyo.

Las plantas de procesado cárnicas propagan el coronavirus en Carolina del Norte

Rosa Shahnazarian, 4 julio 2020

Tanto los demócratas como los republicanos son cómplices de ocultar la magnitud de la crisis del coronavirus en las instalaciones rurales de envasado de carne y aves de corral de Carolina del Norte y sus alrededores.

Gobierno australiano revela aumento de gasto militar dirigido contra China

Mike Head, 4 julio 2020

En la próxima década se gastarán 575.000 millones de dólares en las fuerzas armadas, incluyendo una ampliación de 270.000 millones de dólares en armamento militar, con "capacidades de ataque de largo alcance".

Primarias en EE.UU. muestran una mayor polarización política

Patrick Martin, 4 julio 2020

Mientras ambos partidos patronales, tanto los demócratas como los republicanos, se trasladan a la derecha, el grueso de la población gira hacia la izquierda.

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Die New York Times erfindet ein russisches Mordkomplott

Patrick Martin, 4. Juli 2020

Auslöser der antirussischen Raserei in den USA ist eine lügnerische Propagandakampagne der New York Times.

Wie Konzerne und Regierung die Gewerkschaften finanzieren

Ulrich Rippert und Marianne Arens, 4. Juli 2020

Die Unternehmen nutzen die Corona-Krise für den massenhaften Abbau von Arbeitsplätzen und drastische Sozialkürzungen. Sie können sich dabei auf eine enge Zusammenarbeit mit den Gewerkschaften und ihren Betriebsräten stützen.

Auch BMW kündigt Milliardenkürzungen an

Dietmar Gaisenkersting, 4. Juli 2020

Auf die gut 90.000 BMW-Arbeiter in Deutschland kommen Lohnkürzungen zu, tausende Leiharbeiter verlieren ihren Job.

Abstimmung über Verfassungsänderungen in Russland:
Kreml will Befugnisse des Präsidenten stärken

Wladimir Wolkow und Clara Weiss, 4. Juli 2020

Am 1. Juli ging eine siebentägige Abstimmung über Verfassungsänderungen zuende, die der russische Präsident Wladimir Putin im Januar vorgeschlagen hatte.

„So viele Patienten hätten nicht sterben müssen“
Interview mit einer Atemtherapeutin über den Horror der Covid-19-Pandemie am Elmhurst-Krankenhaus in New York

Clara Weiss, 4. Juli 2020

„Im März hätten nicht so viele Patienten sterben müssen, wenn wir mehr Personal und bessere Beatmungsgeräte gehabt hätten“ – das sagte eine Atemtherapeutin in einem Bericht über die erschreckenden Zustände unter Corona-Bedingungen am New Yorker Elmhurst-Krankenhaus.

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Верховный суд США постановил, что запрашивающие статус беженца не имеют права habeas corpus или на надлежащую правовую процедуру

Эрик Лондон, 27 июня 2020 г.

Как и в деле «Дред Скотт против Сэндфорда», Верховный суд вынес самое радикальное антидемократическое решение из всех возможных.

Сибирская Арктика фиксирует температуру выше 37 градусов по Цельсию

Брайан Дайн, 27 июня 2020 г.

Таяние вечной мерзлоты в Арктике является одним из нескольких «переломных моментов», которые могут спровоцировать еще большие климатические катастрофы.

Эта неделя в истории
75 лет назад: В Москве состоялся Парад Победы, празднующий поражение нацистской Германии

27 июня 2020 г.

24 июня 1945 года около 40 тысяч солдат Красной армии прошли маршем в Москве во время одного из крупнейших военных парадов, проведенных на тот момент в Советском Союзе.

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Etabler grunnplankomitéer på fabrikker og arbeidsplasser for å forhindre overføring av Covid-19-virus og redde liv!

Uttalelse fra Socialist Equality Party (USA), 22. mai 2020

Regjeringen og selskapene krever gjenopptakelse av arbeid midt under en pandemi, som hver uke krever flere tusen liv. Deres pådriv for profitter prioriterer ikke arbeideres og deres familiers helse og sikkerhet.

Trump-administrasjonen gjør Taiwan til sin seneste front i antiKina-kampanjen

Peter Symonds, 22. mai 2020

USA har provoserende hyllet gjenvalget av den taiwanske presidenten Tsai Ing-wen og presset på for Taiwans sak under det årlige ministermøtet for Verdens helseorganisasjon (WHO).

USA forbereder antiRussland-krigsspill midt under pandemien

Andrea Peters, 22. mai 2020

Om litt mer enn to uker vil 6 000 amerikanske og polske tropper simulere bakke og luftbårne angrep ca. 56 kilometer fra det russiske territoriet Kaliningrad.

Covid-19-pandemien avslører Frankrikes Nytt Antikapitalistisk Parti

Alex Lantier, 22. mai 2020

Pandemien setter arbeidere i alle land opp i en uforsonlig konflikt med de pro-imperialistiske middelklassepartiene som styringsklassen lenge har fremstilt som venstresiden.

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La classe lavoratrice, il socialismo e la lotta contro la pandemia

David North, 1 aprile 2020

Gli scioperi e le proteste dei lavoratori di Instacart, Amazon e Whole Foods sono in risposta alla criminale subordinazione della sicurezza dei lavoratori ai profitti aziendali.

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