August 19, 2022 at 8:24:40 PM UTC
VERIFY
Websites
Runtime: 6.8s
On August 19, 2022 at 8:24:40 PM UTC, https://www.wsws.org/en?redirect=true/ was accessible when tested on AS4788 in Malaysia.
Failures
HTTP Experiment
null
DNS Experiment
null
Control
null
DNS Queries
Resolver:
202.188.1.176
Query:
IN A www.wsws.org
Engine:
system
Name
Class
TTL
Type
DATA
Answer IP Info
@
IN
A
116.203.123.237
AS24940 (Hetzner Online GmbH)
TCP Connections
116.203.123.237:443: succeeded
HTTP Requests
URL
GET https://www.wsws.org/en
Response Headers
Accept-Ranges:bytesAge:57Connection:keep-aliveContent-Length:2700914Content-Type:text/html; charset=utf-8Date:Fri, 19 Aug 2022 20:24:37 GMTEtag:"293672-6CuNpo4m527URaTkCxgfYeTQ07Q"Server:nginx/1.18.0
Response Body
<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><meta charSet="utf-8"/><meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0, width=device-width"/><meta name="id" content="9a1d3873-d720-43ec-aa18-b26bdd8c2576"/><title>World Socialist Web Site - Marxist analysis, international working class struggles & the fight for socialism</title><meta name="robots" content="index,follow"/><meta name="googlebot" content="index,follow"/><meta name="description" content="Marxist analysis, international working class struggles & the fight for socialism"/><meta name="twitter:site" content="@WSWS_Updates"/><meta property="og:title" content="World Socialist Web Site - Marxist analysis, international working class struggles & the fight for socialism"/><meta property="og:description" content="Marxist analysis, international working class struggles & the fight for socialism"/><meta property="og:url" content="https://www.wsws.org/en"/><meta property="og:image" content="https://www.wsws.org/img/open-graph-icon.png"/><meta property="og:site_name" content="World Socialist Web Site"/><link rel="canonical" href="https://www.wsws.org/en"/><meta name="next-head-count" content="14"/><meta charSet="utf-8"/><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/nprogress.css"/><script type="text/javascript">
var _paq = window._paq || [];
_paq.push(["setCookieDomain", "*.wsws.org"]);
_paq.push(['trackVisibleContentImpressions']);
_paq.push(['enableHeartBeatTimer']);
(function() {
var u="https://piwik.wsws.org/analytics/piwik/";
_paq.push(['setTrackerUrl', u+'matomo.php']);
_paq.push(['setSiteId', '1']);
var d=document, g=d.createElement('script'), s=d.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
g.type='text/javascript'; g.async=true; g.defer=true; g.src=u+'matomo.js'; s.parentNode.insertBefore(g,s);
})();
</script><script type="text/javascript">
(function(w,d,t,u,n,a,m){w['MauticTrackingObject']=n;
w[n]=w[n]||function(){(w[n].q=w[n].q||[]).push(arguments)},a=d.createElement(t),
m=d.getElementsByTagName(t)[0];a.async=1;a.src=u;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,'script','https://mautic.wsws.org/mtc.js','mt');
</script><script async="" src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-121098080-1"></script><script type="text/javascript">
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}
gtag('js', new Date());
gtag('config', 'UA-121098080-1', {
send_page_view: false,
anonymize_ip: true
});
</script><script type="text/javascript">
(function() {
var host = 'wsws.org';
var element = document.createElement('script');
var firstScript = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
var url = 'https://quantcast.mgr.consensu.org'
.concat('/choice/', 'JH3fNnZC0zWt-', '/', host, '/choice.js')
var uspTries = 0;
var uspTriesLimit = 3;
element.async = true;
element.type = 'text/javascript';
element.src = url;
firstScript.parentNode.insertBefore(element, firstScript);
function makeStub() {
var TCF_LOCATOR_NAME = '__tcfapiLocator';
var queue = [];
var win = window;
var cmpFrame;
function addFrame() {
var doc = win.document;
var otherCMP = !!(win.frames[TCF_LOCATOR_NAME]);
if (!otherCMP) {
if (doc.body) {
var iframe = doc.createElement('iframe');
iframe.style.cssText = 'display:none';
iframe.name = TCF_LOCATOR_NAME;
doc.body.appendChild(iframe);
} else {
setTimeout(addFrame, 5);
}
}
return !otherCMP;
}
function tcfAPIHandler() {
var gdprApplies;
var args = arguments;
if (!args.length) {
return queue;
} else if (args[0] === 'setGdprApplies') {
if (
args.length > 3 &&
args[2] === 2 &&
typeof args[3] === 'boolean'
) {
gdprApplies = args[3];
if (typeof args[2] === 'function') {
args[2]('set', true);
}
}
} else if (args[0] === 'ping') {
var retr = {
gdprApplies: gdprApplies,
cmpLoaded: false,
cmpStatus: 'stub'
};
if (typeof args[2] === 'function') {
args[2](retr);
}
} else {
queue.push(args);
}
}
function postMessageEventHandler(event) {
var msgIsString = typeof event.data === 'string';
var json = {};
try {
if (msgIsString) {
json = JSON.parse(event.data);
} else {
json = event.data;
}
} catch (ignore) {}
var payload = json.__tcfapiCall;
if (payload) {
window.__tcfapi(
payload.command,
payload.version,
function(retValue, success) {
var returnMsg = {
__tcfapiReturn: {
returnValue: retValue,
success: success,
callId: payload.callId
}
};
if (msgIsString) {
returnMsg = JSON.stringify(returnMsg);
}
event.source.postMessage(returnMsg, '*');
},
payload.parameter
);
}
}
while (win) {
try {
if (win.frames[TCF_LOCATOR_NAME]) {
cmpFrame = win;
break;
}
} catch (ignore) {}
if (win === window.top) {
break;
}
win = win.parent;
}
if (!cmpFrame) {
addFrame();
win.__tcfapi = tcfAPIHandler;
win.addEventListener('message', postMessageEventHandler, false);
}
};
makeStub();
var uspStubFunction = function() {
var arg = arguments;
if (typeof window.__uspapi !== uspStubFunction) {
setTimeout(function() {
if (typeof window.__uspapi !== 'undefined') {
window.__uspapi.apply(window.__uspapi, arg);
}
}, 500);
}
};
var checkIfUspIsReady = function() {
uspTries++;
if (window.__uspapi === uspStubFunction && uspTries < uspTriesLimit) {
console.warn('USP is not accessible');
} else {
clearInterval(uspInterval);
}
};
if (typeof window.__uspapi === 'undefined') {
window.__uspapi = uspStubFunction;
var uspInterval = setInterval(checkIfUspIsReady, 6000);
}
})();
</script><link rel="preload" href="/_next/static/css/bcc7acefb6a7bcf8.css" as="style"/><link rel="stylesheet" href="/_next/static/css/bcc7acefb6a7bcf8.css" data-n-g=""/><noscript data-n-css=""></noscript><script defer="" nomodule="" src="/_next/static/chunks/polyfills-5cd94c89d3acac5f.js"></script><script src="/_next/static/chunks/webpack-83a49066bc2bfdec.js" defer=""></script><script src="/_next/static/chunks/framework-3f6ca6aeff951304.js" defer=""></script><script src="/_next/static/chunks/main-1c8027b6545dfd2f.js" defer=""></script><script src="/_next/static/chunks/pages/_app-dabb4b4d3dc8ff44.js" defer=""></script><script src="/_next/static/chunks/127-13a774d6fd65ecc8.js" defer=""></script><script src="/_next/static/chunks/7139-d4d29d781a939b44.js" defer=""></script><script src="/_next/static/chunks/3836-68ec2a2016aa1209.js" defer=""></script><script src="/_next/static/chunks/8072-2149319f431d75f4.js" defer=""></script><script src="/_next/static/chunks/4846-326fb3b1ac68663a.js" defer=""></script><script src="/_next/static/chunks/4584-6e89efb97e23cddc.js" defer=""></script><script src="/_next/static/chunks/pages/%5Blocale%5D-6ab3c55fdc118c8c.js" defer=""></script><script src="/_next/static/4919873/_buildManifest.js" defer=""></script><script src="/_next/static/4919873/_ssgManifest.js" defer=""></script><script src="/_next/static/4919873/_middlewareManifest.js" defer=""></script></head><body><div id="__next" data-reactroot=""><div lang="en"><style>
.topnav-enter {
opacity: 0;
}
.topnav-enter .wsws-header {
opacity: 0;
}
.topnav-enter.topnav-enter-active {
opacity: 1;
transition: opacity 200ms ease-out ;
}
.topnav-enter.topnav-enter-active .wsws-header {
opacity: 1;
transition: opacity 300ms ease-out;
transition-delay: 200ms;
}
.topnav-exit {
opacity: 1;
}
.topnav-exit .wsws-header {
opacity: 1;
}
.topnav-exit.topnav-exit-active {
opacity: 0;
transition: opacity 250ms ease-in;
}
.topnav-exit.topnav-exit-active .wsws-header {
opacity: 0;
transition: opacity 250ms ease-in;
}
</style><style>
.headroom {
top: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
zIndex: 1;
z-index: 2147483647;
}
.headroom--unfixed {
position: relative;
// transform: translateY(0);
transform: translateY(-100%);
}
.headroom--scrolled {
transition: transform 200ms ease-in-out;
}
.headroom--unpinned {
position: fixed;
transform: translateY(-100%);
}
.headroom--pinned {
position: fixed;
transform: translateY(0%);
}
</style><div style="position:absolute" class="headroom-wrapper"><div class="headroom headroom--unfixed"><div class="dn-p bg-white w-100 shadow-2 bb b--black-10 pv1 _pv2-m"><div class="wsws-header mw9-m center"><section><div class="mw-75rem-m center"><div class="w-100 flex items-center ph3 ph4-m ph1-xl"><div class="dn-p flex items-center"><a class="db items-center-l f4 b lh-solid black no-underline pointer flex-l"><svg class="db dn-l" version="1.1" id="Layer_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="12 12 24 24" style="width:1rem;enable-background:new 0 0 48 48" xml:space="preserve"><g id="menu-hamburger"><path d="M13,18.5c0,0.275,0.225,0.5,0.5,0.5h21c0.275,0,0.5-0.225,0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.275-0.225-0.5-0.5-0.5h-21 c-0.275,0-0.5,0.225-0.5,0.5V18.5z M13,25.5c0,0.275,0.225,0.5,0.5,0.5h21c0.275,0,0.5-0.225,0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.275-0.225-0.5-0.5-0.5 h-21c-0.275,0-0.5,0.225-0.5,0.5V25.5z M13,32.5c0,0.275,0.225,0.5,0.5,0.5h21c0.275,0,0.5-0.225,0.5-0.5v-3 c0-0.275-0.225-0.5-0.5-0.5h-21c-0.275,0-0.5,0.225-0.5,0.5V32.5z"></path></g></svg><svg class="dn db-l" version="1.1" id="Layer_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="12 12 24 24" style="width:1rem;enable-background:new 0 0 48 48" xml:space="preserve"><g id="menu-hamburger"><path d="M13,18.5c0,0.275,0.225,0.5,0.5,0.5h21c0.275,0,0.5-0.225,0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.275-0.225-0.5-0.5-0.5h-21 c-0.275,0-0.5,0.225-0.5,0.5V18.5z M13,25.5c0,0.275,0.225,0.5,0.5,0.5h21c0.275,0,0.5-0.225,0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.275-0.225-0.5-0.5-0.5 h-21c-0.275,0-0.5,0.225-0.5,0.5V25.5z M13,32.5c0,0.275,0.225,0.5,0.5,0.5h21c0.275,0,0.5-0.225,0.5-0.5v-3 c0-0.275-0.225-0.5-0.5-0.5h-21c-0.275,0-0.5,0.225-0.5,0.5V32.5z"></path></g></svg><span class="dn _dib-xl ml2-l avenir f7 b lh-solid black ttu tracked-half">Menu</span></a><a class="dn _db-ns _flex-l items-center-l f4 b lh-solid black no-underline pointer ml3-ns ml4-m" href="/en/search"><svg class="db dn-l" version="1.1" id="Layer_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="12 12 24 24" style="width:1rem;enable-background:new 0 0 48 48" xml:space="preserve"><g id="search"><path d="M35.602,32.755l-5.878-5.879c0.956-1.481,1.521-3.24,1.521-5.132c0-5.235-4.262-9.494-9.496-9.494 c-5.236,0-9.494,4.259-9.494,9.494c0,5.236,4.258,9.495,9.494,9.495c1.891,0,3.649-0.562,5.132-1.519l5.878,5.878 c0.195,0.196,0.518,0.196,0.712,0l2.132-2.132C35.799,33.271,35.799,32.951,35.602,32.755z M15.269,21.744 c0-3.571,2.906-6.479,6.479-6.479c3.573,0,6.479,2.907,6.479,6.479c0,3.573-2.905,6.479-6.479,6.479 C18.176,28.224,15.269,25.317,15.269,21.744z"></path></g></svg><svg class="dn db-l" version="1.1" id="Layer_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="12 12 24 24" style="width:1rem;enable-background:new 0 0 48 48" xml:space="preserve"><g id="search"><path d="M35.602,32.755l-5.878-5.879c0.956-1.481,1.521-3.24,1.521-5.132c0-5.235-4.262-9.494-9.496-9.494 c-5.236,0-9.494,4.259-9.494,9.494c0,5.236,4.258,9.495,9.494,9.495c1.891,0,3.649-0.562,5.132-1.519l5.878,5.878 c0.195,0.196,0.518,0.196,0.712,0l2.132-2.132C35.799,33.271,35.799,32.951,35.602,32.755z M15.269,21.744 c0-3.571,2.906-6.479,6.479-6.479c3.573,0,6.479,2.907,6.479,6.479c0,3.573-2.905,6.479-6.479,6.479 C18.176,28.224,15.269,25.317,15.269,21.744z"></path></g></svg><span class="dn dib-xl ml2-l avenir f7 b lh-solid black ttu tracked-half">Search</span></a></div><div class="w-100 flex flex-column flex-row-p items-center pv3 pv3-p ph3 ph4-m ph0-p"><a class="db no-underline " href="/en"><img class="db dn-m _pb1" src="/static/img/wswslogo4red.png" style="max-height:1.0rem"/><img class="dn db-m dn-l" src="/static/img/wswslogo4red.png" style="max-height:1.0rem"/><img class="dn db-l" src="/static/img/wswslogo4red.png" 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Scripps</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="nowrap mr2"><time dateTime="2022-08-18T21:12:27.000Z">18 August 2022</time></span></div></div></div></article></div><div class="w-100 w-25-m bt bt-0-m bl-m b--black-10 pt3 pt0-m pl3-m mt3 mt0-m"><article class="_flex _flex-wrap relative"><div class="pa2 pa0-ns w-100"><div class="relative _pr4"><div><h2 class="_balance-text avenir f5 f5-l f4-xxl lh-title measure _mt2 ma0" style="line-height:1.2"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" href="/en/articles/2022/08/18/vgcx-a18.html"><span>UK rail workers speak from the picket line</span></a></h2><h4 class="relative avenir f7 f6-ns f5-xxl _b normal black-70 lh-title ma0 mb1 _nowrap _truncate"><span>“Going forward we’re going to end up with what’s essentially like a revolution… I think the Tories are on borrowed time”</span></h4></div></div><div><p class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-short measure-wide _bg-white ma0 pt2">World Socialist Web Site </em>reporters spoke with pickets on the first day of resumed national rail strikes.</p><div class="avenir f7 black-60 lh-title mt2"><span>our reporters</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="nowrap mr2"><time dateTime="2022-08-18T21:13:30.000Z">18 August 2022</time></span></div></div></div></article></div></div></section><section class="a75i50r-a25 relative cb pa3 pa0-ns bt b--black-10 pt3-ns mt3-ns"><div class="flex-m flex-wrap-m _mt3"><div class="w-100 w-75-m pr3-m"><article class="_flex _flex-wrap relative"><figure class="ma0 nt3 mt0-ns nr3 mr0-ns nl3 nl0-ns pb3 fr-m pl3-m _w-100 w-50-m"><a class="pointer" href="/en/articles/2022/08/19/mbcq-a19.html"><img class="db w-100 bn" loading="lazy" src="https://www.wsws.org/asset/b6490b36-e687-4b4d-bb62-a3d5c3cdecef?rendition=image640"/></a></figure><div class="pa2 pa0-ns w-100 w-50-m"><div class="relative _pr4"><div><h2 class="_balance-text avenir _f5 f4 f4-l f3-xxl lh-title measure _mt2 ma0" style="line-height:1.2"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" href="/en/articles/2022/08/19/mbcq-a19.html"><span>Judge orders DoJ to produce redacted version of affidavit in state secrets investigation of Trump</span></a></h2></div></div><div><p class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-short measure-wide _bg-white ma0 pt2">The events of the past two weeks have brought the crisis of the US political system to a new and unprecedented stage.</p><div class="avenir f7 black-60 lh-title mt2"><span>Barry Grey</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="nowrap mr2"><time dateTime="2022-08-19T04:00:50.000Z">18 August 2022</time></span></div></div></div></article></div><div class="w-100 w-25-m bt bt-0-m bl-m b--black-10 pt3 pt0-m pl3-m mt3 mt0-m"><article class="_flex _flex-wrap relative"><div class="pa2 pa0-ns w-100"><div class="relative _pr4"><div><h2 class="_balance-text avenir f5 f5-l f4-xxl lh-title measure _mt2 ma0" style="line-height:1.2"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" href="/en/articles/2022/08/19/eyyw-a19.html"><span>Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg pleads guilty to tax fraud</span></a></h2></div></div><div><p class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-short measure-wide _bg-white ma0 pt2">Despite pleading guilty to multiple crimes, the nearly 50-year employee of the Trump family is expected to spend a mere 100 days in jail.</p><div class="avenir f7 black-60 lh-title mt2"><span>Jacob Crosse</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="nowrap mr2"><time dateTime="2022-08-19T03:41:29.000Z">18 August 2022</time></span></div></div></div></article></div></div></section><section class="a75i50r-a25 relative cb pa3 pa0-ns bt b--black-10 pt3-ns mt3-ns"><div class="flex-m flex-wrap-m _mt3"><div class="w-100 w-75-m pr3-m"><article class="_flex _flex-wrap relative"><figure class="ma0 nt3 mt0-ns nr3 mr0-ns nl3 nl0-ns pb3 fr-m pl3-m _w-100 w-50-m"><a class="pointer" href="/en/articles/2022/08/19/ogcj-a19.html"><img class="db w-100 bn" loading="lazy" src="https://www.wsws.org/asset/84d922f6-4ac5-4418-bc35-0c9447337044?rendition=image640"/></a></figure><div class="pa2 pa0-ns w-100 w-50-m"><div class="relative _pr4"><div><h2 class="_balance-text avenir _f5 f4 f4-l f3-xxl lh-title measure _mt2 ma0" style="line-height:1.2"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" href="/en/articles/2022/08/19/ogcj-a19.html"><span>CDC director announces reorganization of agency after COVID-19 debacle</span></a></h2><h4 class="relative avenir f7 f6-ns f5-xxl _b normal black-70 lh-title ma0 mb1 _nowrap _truncate"><span>Only cosmetic changes are being proposed</span></h4></div></div><div><p class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-short measure-wide _bg-white ma0 pt2">The internal review was mainly concerned with the agency’s failures in communication to the public, not its capitulation to the demands of big business and the Biden and Trump administrations to reopen schools and workplaces when it was unsafe to do so.</p><div class="avenir f7 black-60 lh-title mt2"><span>Benjamin Mateus</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="nowrap mr2"><time dateTime="2022-08-19T02:17:20.000Z">18 August 2022</time></span></div></div></div></article></div><div class="w-100 w-25-m bt bt-0-m bl-m b--black-10 pt3 pt0-m pl3-m mt3 mt0-m"><article class="_flex _flex-wrap relative"><div class="pa2 pa0-ns w-100"><div class="relative _pr4"><div><h4 class="relative avenir f7 f6-ns f5-xxl _b normal dark-red lh-title ma0 mb1 _nowrap _truncate" style="color:#cc0000"><a class="black-70 no-underline"><span>As schools begin to reopen nation-wide</span></a></h4><h2 class="_balance-text avenir f5 f5-l f4-xxl lh-title measure _mt2 ma0" style="line-height:1.2"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" href="/en/articles/2022/08/18/9695-a18.html"><span>New study reveals potentially “life-altering” neurologic complications in children hospitalized with COVID-19</span></a></h2></div></div><div><p class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-short measure-wide _bg-white ma0 pt2">The shocking information revealed in this study emerges just days before school districts across the US reopen their doors to tens of millions of students, teachers, and other school staff for fully in-person learning.</p><div class="avenir f7 black-60 lh-title mt2"><span>Genevieve Leigh</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="nowrap mr2"><time dateTime="2022-08-18T20:07:44.000Z">18 August 2022</time></span></div></div></div></article></div></div></section><section class="a100i40r-a66 relative cb pa3 pa0-ns bt b--black-10 pt3-ns mt3-ns "><div class="w-100 _mt3"><article class="_flex _flex-wrap relative"><figure class="ma0 nt3 mt0-ns nr3 mr0-ns nl3 nl0-ns pb3 fr-m pl3-m _w-100 w-40-m"><a class="pointer" href="/en/articles/2022/08/18/bhwj-a18.html"><img class="db w-100 bn" loading="lazy" src="https://www.wsws.org/asset/be90a26c-0570-41fa-99d0-35bded29564a?rendition=image640"/></a></figure><div class="pa2 pa0-ns w-100 w-60-m"><div class="relative _pr4"><div><h2 class="_balance-text avenir _f5 f4 f4-l f3-xxl lh-title measure _mt2 ma0" style="line-height:1.2"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" href="/en/articles/2022/08/18/bhwj-a18.html"><span>AMLO transfers National Guard to military in a threat against Mexican working class</span></a></h2></div></div><div><p class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-short measure-wide _bg-white ma0 pt2">López Obrador is consolidating a garrison state and establishing an authoritarian precedent of ruling by decree as part of the preparations of Mexico’s ruling elite for dictatorship.</p><div class="avenir f7 black-60 lh-title mt2"><span>Andrea Lobo</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="nowrap mr2"><time dateTime="2022-08-18T21:56:04.000Z">18 August 2022</time></span></div></div></div></article></div></section><section class="a75i50r-a25 relative cb pa3 pa0-ns bt b--black-10 pt3-ns mt3-ns"><div class="flex-m flex-wrap-m _mt3"><div class="w-100 w-75-m pr3-m"><article class="_flex _flex-wrap relative"><figure class="ma0 nt3 mt0-ns nr3 mr0-ns nl3 nl0-ns pb3 fr-m pl3-m _w-100 w-50-m"><a class="pointer" href="/en/articles/2022/08/18/burt-a18.html"><img class="db w-100 bn" loading="lazy" src="https://www.wsws.org/asset/adc6a3d8-263c-4f5c-9783-cc9c25d7053d?rendition=image640"/></a></figure><div class="pa2 pa0-ns w-100 w-50-m"><div class="relative _pr4"><div><h2 class="_balance-text avenir _f5 f4 f4-l f3-xxl lh-title measure _mt2 ma0" style="line-height:1.2"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" href="/en/articles/2022/08/18/burt-a18.html"><span>Biden administration agrees arms sales to Riyadh and Abu Dhabi to counter China’s growing influence<strong> </strong></span></a></h2></div></div><div><p class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-short measure-wide _bg-white ma0 pt2">The sales were announced as China’s President Xi Jinping prepares to visit Saudi Arabia as early as this week—his first overseas visit since the COVID pandemic—where he is expected to be given an extravagant welcome, in contrast to its low-key reception of Biden in July.</p><div class="avenir f7 black-60 lh-title mt2"><span>Jean Shaoul</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="nowrap mr2"><time dateTime="2022-08-18T18:48:42.000Z">18 August 2022</time></span></div></div></div></article></div><div class="w-100 w-25-m bt bt-0-m bl-m b--black-10 pt3 pt0-m pl3-m mt3 mt0-m"><article class="_flex _flex-wrap relative"><div class="pa2 pa0-ns w-100"><div class="relative _pr4"><div><h2 class="_balance-text avenir f5 f5-l f4-xxl lh-title measure _mt2 ma0" style="line-height:1.2"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" href="/en/articles/2022/08/18/grtu-a18.html"><span>Turkish drillship sails to Mediterranean amid tensions with Greece</span></a></h2></div></div><div><p class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-short measure-wide _bg-white ma0 pt2">As the US-NATO war on Russia in Ukraine inflames the Greek-Turkish conflict, Ankara has sent off a new drillship into the eastern Mediterranean.</p><div class="avenir f7 black-60 lh-title mt2"><span>Ozan Özgür</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="nowrap mr2"><time dateTime="2022-08-18T19:29:58.000Z">18 August 2022</time></span></div></div></div></article></div></div></section><section class="a100i50r-a66 relative cb cf pa3 pa0-ns bt b--black-10 pt3-ns mt3-ns"><article class="_flex _flex-wrap relative"><figure class="ma0 nt3 mt0-ns nr3 mr0-ns nl3 nl0-ns pb3 fr-m pl3-m _w-100 w-50-m"><a class="pointer" href="/en/articles/2022/08/19/hubg-a19.html"><img class="db w-100 bn" loading="lazy" src="https://www.wsws.org/asset/dedc0b28-afd5-4324-946e-77dabffc8269?rendition=image640"/></a></figure><div class="pa2 pa0-ns w-100 w-50-m"><div class="relative _pr4"><div><h2 class="_balance-text avenir _f5 f4 f4-l f3-xxl lh-title measure _mt2 ma0" style="line-height:1.2"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" href="/en/articles/2022/08/19/hubg-a19.html"><span>Pandemic-driven teacher shortage in US reaches crisis levels as school year begins </span></a></h2></div></div><div><p class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-short measure-wide _bg-white ma0 pt2">A teacher shortage more than a decade in the making has hit unprecendented levels, dramatically worsened by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. </p><div class="avenir f7 black-60 lh-title mt2"><span>Harvey Simpkins</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="nowrap mr2"><time dateTime="2022-08-19T02:38:50.000Z">18 August 2022</time></span></div></div></div></article></section></div><div class="dn db-l w-third-l pl3-l"><div class="_relative _h-100 sticky ba b--black-10 overflow-hidden" style="top:4rem;height:calc(100vH - 5rem)"><div 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class="avenir f5 f4-l black-70 lh-title mt3"><div type="text-block"><p>Comrade Wije Dias, the longtime general secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka), died in Colombo on July 27, 2022. This exhibit includes two tributes to Wije by WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North as well as a selection of Wije’s most significant articles and speeches.</p></div></div></div></div></section></a><section class="featured mt3 mt4-ns mt5-xl ph3 ph4-m" style="background:#fff"><div class="mw6 _mw9-m mw-75rem-m center"><div class="dn-ns"><div class="bb b--black-10 nl3 nl0-ns nr3 nr0-ns"></div><div class="bg-black-05 bb bw1 nl3 nl0-ns nr3 nr0-ns" style="background-image:url("/static/img/border_diagonal.png");background-repeat:repeat;background-position:0px top"><div class="pb3 bg-white-70"></div></div></div><div class="ph3 ph0-ns nl3 nl0-ns nr3 nr0-ns _ph4-m bb b--black-10 bn-ns mb3 mb0-m"><div class="dn db-ns dn-m bt bw1 mb2"></div><div class=""><div class="w-100 bt-m bw2"></div></div><div class="relative cf avenir ph2 ph0-ns"><div class="" style="max-width:80%"><div class="dib pt3 pb3 pt0-ns pb3-ns pt3-m pb4-m _bt bw2"><span class="dib f7 f4-m f3-m f3-l b black lh-title ttu tracked-half _pt3 _bt bw3">Critical Stories</span></div></div><a class="dib absolute top-0 right-0 _right-1-ns f7 b black-60 lh-solid ttu tracked-half hover-black-70 mh3-m mt3 mt0-ns mt3-m no-underline pointer tr"><span class="dib v-mid"></span><span class="dib v-mid"><svg version="1.1" id="Layer_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 48 48" style="width:1.5em;fill:currentColor;enable-background:new 0 0 48 48" xml:space="preserve"><g id="chevron-up"><path d="M34.492,27.324L30.816,31L24,24.184l-6.821,6.812l-3.672-3.672L24,16.83L34.492,27.324z"></path></g></svg></span></a></div></div><div class="bb b--black-10 pb4 _ph3 _ph0-ns _ph4-m"><div class="pa2 pa0-ns"><style>
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politicians have responded with a storm of indignation to a statement by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas comparing Israeli massacres of Palestinians with the Holocaust that would be hard to beat for its mendacity.</p></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 tc"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span>Peter Schwarz</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib nowrap"><time dateTime="2022-08-19T04:05:02.000Z">18 August 2022</time></span></span></div></article></div><div class="w-100 w-two-thirds-l flex-m bt bt-0-l bl-l b--black-10 pt3 pt0-l pl3-l pl4-xxl mt3 mt0-l"><div class="w-100 w-two-thirds-m pr3-m pr4-xxl"><article class="cf pt3 pt0-ns bt bn-ns b--black-10"><div class="_flex-ns _flex-row-reverse-ns"><div class="fr w-40 ml3 mb3"><div class="w-100 aspect-ratio aspect-ratio--16x9"><a class="pointer" href="/en/articles/2022/08/18/pers-a18.html"><figure class="aspect-ratio--object bg-black ma0 overflow-hidden"><img class="db h-100 center" loading="lazy" src="https://www.wsws.org/asset/9d2b87e8-bb2f-4c66-b8a8-6ce9255e6b85?rendition=image640"/></figure></a></div></div><div class="_pr3 _w-two-thirds-ns"><h2 class="_balance-text avenir lh-title measure ma0 f5 f4-m _f5-ns"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" style="transition:color 0.5s" href="/en/articles/2022/08/18/pers-a18.html"><span class="">Dropping pretense of “non-involvement,” US seeks to escalate war with Russia</span></a></h2><p class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-short lh-copy-ns measure-wide mv3">The series of major explosions at Russian military bases on the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea over the past week mark the beginning of a new, even more dangerous phase in the imperialist war waged on Ukrainian territory against Russia.</p></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 mt2 mt0-m"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span>Clara Weiss</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib nowrap"><time dateTime="2022-08-18T04:21:27.000Z">17 August 2022</time></span></span></div></article><article class="cf pt3 bt b--black-10"><div class="_flex-ns _flex-row-reverse-ns"><div class="fr w-40 ml3 mb3"><div class="w-100 aspect-ratio aspect-ratio--16x9"><a class="pointer" href="/en/articles/2022/08/18/dzeq-a18.html"><figure class="aspect-ratio--object bg-black ma0 overflow-hidden"><img class="db h-100 center" loading="lazy" src="https://www.wsws.org/asset/a0850900-fc39-4a8e-90d7-26ba4626908c?rendition=image640"/></figure></a></div></div><div class="_pr3 _w-two-thirds-ns"><h2 class="_balance-text avenir lh-title measure ma0 f5 f4-m _f5-ns"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" style="transition:color 0.5s" href="/en/articles/2022/08/18/dzeq-a18.html"><span class="">German Interior Minister Faeser wants to fight climate change activists “with all her might”</span></a></h2><p class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-short lh-copy-ns measure-wide mv3">While right-wing extremist terrorist networks operate unhindered in Germany’s state apparatus and are covered up by the highest authorities, federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (Social Democrats) has called for a fight against alleged “left-wing extremists” and young climate change activists.</p></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 mt2 mt0-m"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span>Christoph Vandreier</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib nowrap"><time dateTime="2022-08-18T01:44:00.000Z">17 August 2022</time></span></span></div></article><article class="cf pt3 bt b--black-10"><div class="_flex-ns _flex-row-reverse-ns"><div class="fr w-40 ml3 mb3"><div class="w-100 aspect-ratio aspect-ratio--16x9"><a class="pointer" href="/en/articles/2022/08/17/per1-a17.html"><figure class="aspect-ratio--object bg-black ma0 overflow-hidden"><img class="db h-100 center" loading="lazy" src="https://www.wsws.org/asset/4e3b942e-e521-4e44-8c6d-f43dd4534fe4?rendition=image640"/></figure></a></div></div><div class="_pr3 _w-two-thirds-ns"><h2 class="_balance-text avenir lh-title measure ma0 f5 f4-m _f5-ns"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" style="transition:color 0.5s" href="/en/articles/2022/08/17/per1-a17.html"><span class="">Britain’s strike wave escalates as millions push for action</span></a></h2><p class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-short lh-copy-ns measure-wide mv3">The growing mass movement brings the working class into a direct confrontation with trade unions working desperately to contain and sabotage their struggle and a Conservative government seeking to impose the full weight of the crisis on workers and their families by any means necessary, with the active collusion of the opposition Labour Party.</p></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 mt2 mt0-m"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span>Thomas Scripps</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib nowrap"><time dateTime="2022-08-17T00:35:29.000Z">16 August 2022</time></span></span></div></article></div><div class="w-100 w-third-m pb3 pl3-m pl4-xxl bl-m b--black-10"><article class="mt3 mt0-m pt3 pt0-m bt bn-m b--black-10" styyle="[object Object]"><div class="relative"><div class="relative"><h2 class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-title measure ma0"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" style="transition:color 0.5s" href="/en/articles/2022/08/17/uvpc-a17.html"><span class="">Shawn Fain: A longtime cog in the UAW bureaucracy’s machine</span></a></h2></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 mt2 _mt0-m"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span>Jerry White</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib nowrap"><time dateTime="2022-08-17T03:41:11.000Z">16 August 2022</time></span></span></div></article><article class="mt3 pt3 bt b--black-10" styyle="[object Object]"><div 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Build the Ontario Education Workers Rank-and-File Committee!</span></a></h2></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 mt2 _mt0-m"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span>Ontario Education Workers Rank-and-File Committee</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib nowrap"><time dateTime="2022-08-16T01:37:45.000Z">15 August 2022</time></span></span></div></article><article class="mt3 pt3 bt b--black-10" styyle="[object Object]"><div class="relative"><div class="relative"><h2 class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-title measure ma0"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" style="transition:color 0.5s" href="/en/articles/2022/08/15/smef-a15.html"><span class="">Jacobin, Morenoites foster illusions that incoming Colombian government can be pressured to defend workers</span></a></h2></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 mt2 _mt0-m"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span>Andrea Lobo</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib nowrap"><time dateTime="2022-08-15T22:00:52.000Z">15 August 2022</time></span></span></div></article><article class="mt3 pt3 bt b--black-10" styyle="[object Object]"><div class="relative"><div class="relative"><h2 class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-title measure ma0"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" style="transition:color 0.5s" href="/en/articles/2022/08/15/xsat-a15.html"><span class="">The Workers’ Movement and Salman Rushdie (1989)</span></a></h2></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 mt2 _mt0-m"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span></span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib nowrap"><time dateTime="2022-08-15T00:54:38.000Z">14 August 2022</time></span></span></div></article></div></div></div></div></div></div></section><a class="no-underline pointer" href="/en/articles/2022/06/29/meun-j29.html"><section class="bg-black-05 pv3 pt4-m mt4 ph3 ph4-m" data-track-content="true" data-content-name="Frontpage ad to /en/articles/2022/06/29/meun-j29.html" data-content-piece="/en"><div class="mw6 mw-75rem-m center pa2 cf flex-m items-center"><div class="w-100 w-40-m w-40-l"><div class="center"><div><figure class="relative ma0 overflow-hidden "><div class="relative overflow-hidden "><img class="db relative center" src="https://www.wsws.org/asset/5c367b6a-2bef-487d-93a6-5d30e06702ba?rendition=image1280"/></div></figure></div></div></div><div class="w-100 pl4-m pl5-l mt0-m mt2 w-60-m w-60-l"><div class="f4 f3-l lh-title ma0 georgia"><span type="text-line">A video presentation by Evan Blake</span></div><div class="db f3 f2-l b -ttu lh-title ma0 mt2 georgia"><span type="text-line">What <em>must</em> be done to end the pandemic</span></div><div class="tc tl-m"><div class="b white bg-black dib ph3 pv3 avenir tracked-half grow ttu f6 f5-l bw1 bn br2 no-underline mt3">Watch</div></div></div></div></section></a><section class="custom-topic mt3 mt4-ns mt5-xl ph3 ph4-m" style="background:#fff"><div class="mw6 _mw9-m mw-75rem-m center"><div class="dn-ns"><div class="bb b--black-10 nl3 nl0-ns nr3 nr0-ns"></div><div class="bg-black-05 bb bw1 nl3 nl0-ns nr3 nr0-ns" style="background-image:url("/static/img/border_diagonal.png");background-repeat:repeat;background-position:0px top"><div class="pb3 bg-white-70"></div></div></div><div class="ph3 ph0-ns nl3 nl0-ns nr3 nr0-ns _ph4-m bb b--black-10 bn-ns mb3 mb0-m"><div class="dn db-ns dn-m bt bw1 mb2"></div><div class=""><div class="w-100 bt-m bw2"></div></div><div class="relative cf avenir ph2 ph0-ns"><div class="" style="max-width:80%"><div class="dib pt3 pb3 pt0-ns pb3-ns pt3-m pb4-m _bt bw2"><a class="dib f7 f4-m f3-m f3-l b black lh-title ttu tracked-half no-underline pointer _pt3 _bt bw3" href="/en/topics/campaigns/global-workers-inquest-coronavirus-pandemic">The Global Workers' Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic</a></div></div><a class="dib absolute top-0 right-0 _right-1-ns f7 b black-60 lh-solid ttu tracked-half hover-black-70 mh3-m mt3 mt0-ns mt3-m no-underline pointer tr"><span class="dib v-mid"></span><span class="dib v-mid"><svg version="1.1" id="Layer_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 48 48" style="width:1.5em;fill:currentColor;enable-background:new 0 0 48 48" xml:space="preserve"><g id="chevron-up"><path d="M34.492,27.324L30.816,31L24,24.184l-6.821,6.812l-3.672-3.672L24,16.83L34.492,27.324z"></path></g></svg></span></a></div></div><div class="bb b--black-10 pb4 _ph3 _ph0-ns _ph4-m"><div class="pa2 pa0-ns"><style>
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She also raises concerns about the “disciplinary” action against Dr David Berger for his zero-COVID advocacy on social media.</p></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 tc"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span>Richard Phillips, Gary Alvernia</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib"><time dateTime="2022-08-19T04:01:32.000Z">18 August 2022</time></span></span></div></article></div><div class="w-100 w-two-thirds-l flex-m bt bt-0-l bl-l b--black-10 pt3 pt0-l pl3-l pl4-xxl mt3 mt0-l"><div class="w-100 w-two-thirds-m pr3-m pr4-xxl"><article class="cf pt3 pt0-ns bt bn-ns b--black-10"><div class="_flex-ns _flex-row-reverse-ns"><div class="fr w-40 ml3 mb3"><div class="w-100 aspect-ratio aspect-ratio--16x9"><a class="pointer" href="/en/articles/2022/08/18/zowu-a18.html"><figure class="aspect-ratio--object bg-black ma0 overflow-hidden"><img class="db h-100 center" loading="lazy" src="https://www.wsws.org/asset/f6989f14-49d0-4451-b386-9b96baf7a521?rendition=image640"/></figure></a></div></div><div class="_pr3 _w-two-thirds-ns"><h2 class="_balance-text avenir lh-title measure ma0 f5 f4-m _f5-ns"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" style="transition:color 0.5s" href="/en/articles/2022/08/18/zowu-a18.html"><span class="">Survey of Brazilian workers gathers critical information for Global Workers’ Inquest into COVID-19 Pandemic</span></a></h2><p class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-short lh-copy-ns measure-wide mv3">The survey exposed the consequences of the criminal pandemic policies promoted by all the ruling political parties and capitalist companies.</p></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 mt2 mt0-m"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span>Rank-and-File Committee for Safe Education in Brazil</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib"><time dateTime="2022-08-18T22:11:12.000Z">18 August 2022</time></span></span></div></article><article class="cf pt3 bt b--black-10"><div class="_flex-ns _flex-row-reverse-ns"><div class="fr w-40 ml3 mb3"><div class="w-100 aspect-ratio aspect-ratio--16x9"><a class="pointer" href="/en/articles/2022/08/05/lbuk-a05.html"><figure class="aspect-ratio--object bg-black ma0 overflow-hidden"><img class="db h-100 center" loading="lazy" src="https://www.wsws.org/asset/b8ce0de9-1683-42a0-bb94-0d9e73128f35?rendition=image640"/></figure></a></div></div><div class="_pr3 _w-two-thirds-ns"><h2 class="_balance-text avenir lh-title measure ma0 f5 f4-m _f5-ns"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" style="transition:color 0.5s" href="/en/articles/2022/08/05/lbuk-a05.html"><span class="">Global Workers’ Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic: How a young Tesco worker was victimised for whistleblowing</span></a></h2><p class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-short lh-copy-ns measure-wide mv3">I had no intention of bowing down to such outrageous demands for secrecy, so I went on Snapchat to publicise that there was a case of COVID within the store.</p></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 mt2 mt0-m"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span>Jordan Harrison</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib"><time dateTime="2022-08-05T19:08:12.000Z">5 August 2022</time></span></span></div></article><article class="cf pt3 bt b--black-10"><div class="_flex-ns _flex-row-reverse-ns"><div class="fr w-40 ml3 mb3"><div class="w-100 aspect-ratio aspect-ratio--16x9"><a class="pointer" href="/en/articles/2022/08/02/fsam-a02.html"><figure class="aspect-ratio--object bg-black ma0 overflow-hidden"><img class="db h-100 center" loading="lazy" src="https://www.wsws.org/asset/0149dc86-af6e-49aa-b3a2-ec1d190473bd?rendition=image640"/></figure></a></div></div><div class="_pr3 _w-two-thirds-ns"><h2 class="_balance-text avenir lh-title measure ma0 f5 f4-m _f5-ns"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" style="transition:color 0.5s" href="/en/articles/2022/08/02/fsam-a02.html"><span class="">Canadian neurocognitive disorder expert speaks to Global Workers Inquest into the Pandemic: “To say ‘they are old, they can die’—it’s criminal”</span></a></h2><p class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-short lh-copy-ns measure-wide mv3">“We now know how to eliminate this virus. Why not give ourselves the best chance so that our children can live a normal life, so that we can go to work without stress, go shopping without the fear of catching a deadly disease?”</p></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 mt2 mt0-m"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span>Laurent Lafrance</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib"><time dateTime="2022-08-02T00:11:36.000Z">1 August 2022</time></span></span></div></article></div><div class="w-100 w-third-m pb3 pl3-m pl4-xxl bl-m b--black-10"><article class="mt3 mt0-m pt3 pt0-m bt bn-m b--black-10" styyle="[object Object]"><div class="relative"><div class="relative"><h2 class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-title measure ma0"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" style="transition:color 0.5s" href="/en/articles/2022/08/02/amau-a02.html"><span class="">Australian educator speaks to Global Workers’ Inquest: “The biggest lie was that kids didn’t get COVID, did not transmit it, and then if they did become infected it was mild.”</span></a></h2></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 mt2 _mt0-m"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span>Sue Phillips</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib"><time dateTime="2022-08-02T03:48:39.000Z">1 August 2022</time></span></span></div></article><article class="mt3 pt3 bt b--black-10" styyle="[object Object]"><div class="relative"><div class="relative"><h2 class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-title measure ma0"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" style="transition:color 0.5s" href="/en/articles/2022/06/25/lobr-j25.html"><span class="">New Brunswick educator speaks to the Global Workers’ Inquest on the abandonment of pandemic protections: “All decisions were made above our heads. We had no say”</span></a></h2></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 mt2 _mt0-m"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span>Dylan Lubao</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib"><time dateTime="2022-06-25T00:53:50.000Z">24 June 2022</time></span></span></div></article><article class="mt3 pt3 bt b--black-10" styyle="[object Object]"><div class="relative"><div class="relative"><h2 class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-title measure ma0"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" style="transition:color 0.5s" href="/en/articles/2022/06/06/swed-j06.html"><span class="">How Swedish authorities worked to export “herd immunity” to other countries</span></a></h2></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 mt2 _mt0-m"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span>Keith Begg, Virpi Flyg</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib"><time dateTime="2022-06-06T01:57:47.000Z">5 June 2022</time></span></span></div></article><article class="mt3 pt3 bt b--black-10" styyle="[object Object]"><div class="relative"><div class="relative"><h2 class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-title measure ma0"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" style="transition:color 0.5s" href="/en/articles/2022/06/06/tkyp-j06.html"><span class="">CP Rail worker speaks to the Global Workers Inquest about his experience with COVID-19 on the job</span></a></h2></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 mt2 _mt0-m"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span>Penny Smith</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib"><time dateTime="2022-06-06T23:54:31.000Z">6 June 2022</time></span></span></div></article><article class="mt3 pt3 bt b--black-10" styyle="[object Object]"><div class="relative"><div class="relative"><h2 class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-title measure ma0"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" style="transition:color 0.5s" href="/en/articles/2022/06/06/kocs-j06.html"><span class="">Canadian restaurant worker speaks to the Global Workers Inquest</span></a></h2></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 mt2 _mt0-m"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span>Malcolm Fiedler</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib"><time dateTime="2022-06-06T01:13:02.000Z">5 June 2022</time></span></span></div></article></div></div></div></div></div></div></section><section class="featured mt3 mt4-ns mt5-xl ph3 ph4-m" style="background:#fff"><div class="mw6 _mw9-m mw-75rem-m center"><div class="dn-ns"><div class="bb b--black-10 nl3 nl0-ns nr3 nr0-ns"></div><div class="bg-black-05 bb bw1 nl3 nl0-ns nr3 nr0-ns" style="background-image:url("/static/img/border_diagonal.png");background-repeat:repeat;background-position:0px top"><div class="pb3 bg-white-70"></div></div></div><div class="ph3 ph0-ns nl3 nl0-ns nr3 nr0-ns _ph4-m bb b--black-10 bn-ns mb3 mb0-m"><div class="dn db-ns dn-m bt bw1 mb2"></div><div class=""><div class="w-100 bt-m bw2"></div></div><div class="relative cf avenir ph2 ph0-ns"><div class="" style="max-width:80%"><div class="dib pt3 pb3 pt0-ns pb3-ns pt3-m pb4-m _bt bw2"><span class="dib f7 f4-m f3-m f3-l b black lh-title ttu tracked-half _pt3 _bt bw3">Will Lehman campaign for UAW President</span></div></div><a class="dib absolute top-0 right-0 _right-1-ns f7 b black-60 lh-solid ttu tracked-half hover-black-70 mh3-m mt3 mt0-ns mt3-m no-underline pointer tr"><span class="dib v-mid"></span><span class="dib v-mid"><svg version="1.1" id="Layer_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 48 48" style="width:1.5em;fill:currentColor;enable-background:new 0 0 48 48" xml:space="preserve"><g id="chevron-up"><path d="M34.492,27.324L30.816,31L24,24.184l-6.821,6.812l-3.672-3.672L24,16.83L34.492,27.324z"></path></g></svg></span></a></div></div><div class="bb b--black-10 pb4 _ph3 _ph0-ns _ph4-m"><div class="pa2 pa0-ns"><style>
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</style><div class="flex-l"><div class="w-100 w-third-l pr3-l pr4-xxl mb3 mb0-l"><article class="flex flex-column justify-between pb3 pb4-l "><div class="relative"><a class="pointer" href="/en/articles/2022/08/18/lehm-a18.html"><figure class="relative ma0 mb3 aspect-ratio aspect-ratio--16x9"><div class="aspect-ratio--object bg-black overflow-hidden"><img class="db h-100 center" loading="lazy" src="https://www.wsws.org/asset/c30e15f8-fc03-4b0b-8a8e-11e4a44a7311?rendition=image1280"/></div></figure></a><div class="relative pv3 ph3 tc"><h2 class="balance-text avenir f4 f4-ns f3-l lh-title measure ma0 center"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" style="transition:color 0.5s" href="/en/articles/2022/08/18/lehm-a18.html"><span class="">UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman: Mobilize the entire working class against the Biden administration’s assault on rail workers!</span></a></h2><p class="balance-text avenir f6 lh-short lh-copy-ns measure mv3 center">This statement was issued by UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman in response to the Biden administration’s recommendations for a settlement in the rail industry.</p></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 tc"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span>WSWS Autoworker Newsletter</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib nowrap"><time dateTime="2022-08-18T03:17:33.000Z">17 August 2022</time></span></span></div></article></div><div class="w-100 w-two-thirds-l flex-m bt bt-0-l bl-l b--black-10 pt3 pt0-l pl3-l pl4-xxl mt3 mt0-l"><div class="w-100 w-two-thirds-m pr3-m pr4-xxl"><article class="cf pt3 pt0-ns bt bn-ns b--black-10"><div class="_flex-ns _flex-row-reverse-ns"><div class="fr w-40 ml3 mb3"><div class="w-100 aspect-ratio aspect-ratio--16x9"><a class="pointer" href="/en/articles/2022/08/12/hnqf-a12.html"><figure class="aspect-ratio--object bg-black ma0 overflow-hidden"><img class="db h-100 center" loading="lazy" src="https://www.wsws.org/asset/62d76589-64ca-4828-976a-87751ef27bc2?rendition=image640"/></figure></a></div></div><div class="_pr3 _w-two-thirds-ns"><h2 class="_balance-text avenir lh-title measure ma0 f5 f4-m _f5-ns"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" style="transition:color 0.5s" href="/en/articles/2022/08/12/hnqf-a12.html"><span class="">The American trade unions and the parasites who run them</span></a></h2><p class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-short lh-copy-ns measure-wide mv3">A new report published by Radish Research includes data of union finances that sheds light on both the anti-working class character of the trade unions today and the parasitic role played by the tens of thousands of executives who staff them.</p></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 mt2 mt0-m"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span>Eric London</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib nowrap"><time dateTime="2022-08-12T02:15:11.000Z">11 August 2022</time></span></span></div></article><article class="cf pt3 bt b--black-10"><div class="_flex-ns _flex-row-reverse-ns"><div class="fr w-40 ml3 mb3"><div class="w-100 aspect-ratio aspect-ratio--16x9"><a class="pointer" href="/en/articles/2022/08/18/nlli-a18.html"><figure class="aspect-ratio--object bg-black ma0 overflow-hidden"><img class="db h-100 center" loading="lazy" src="https://www.wsws.org/asset/9b64e08a-7c5e-4214-ad20-e9fda82ccf23?rendition=image640"/></figure></a></div></div><div class="_pr3 _w-two-thirds-ns"><h2 class="_balance-text avenir lh-title measure ma0 f5 f4-m _f5-ns"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" style="transition:color 0.5s" href="/en/articles/2022/08/18/nlli-a18.html"><span class="">Workers at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art plan one-day strike</span></a></h2><p class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-short lh-copy-ns measure-wide mv3">Despite workers’ demonstrated willingness to fight for a living wage in this expensive state, the United Auto Workers has kept them on the job without a contract for a year.</p></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 mt2 mt0-m"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span>Erik Schreiber</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib nowrap"><time dateTime="2022-08-18T04:00:10.000Z">17 August 2022</time></span></span></div></article><article class="cf pt3 bt b--black-10"><div class="_flex-ns _flex-row-reverse-ns"><div class="fr w-40 ml3 mb3"><div class="w-100 aspect-ratio aspect-ratio--16x9"><a class="pointer" href="/en/articles/2022/08/12/lett-a12.html"><figure class="aspect-ratio--object bg-black ma0 overflow-hidden"><img class="db h-100 center" loading="lazy" src="https://www.wsws.org/asset/7416c48b-c6a3-4c9d-b341-210e4186de2f?rendition=image640"/></figure></a></div></div><div class="_pr3 _w-two-thirds-ns"><h2 class="_balance-text avenir lh-title measure ma0 f5 f4-m _f5-ns"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" style="transition:color 0.5s" href="/en/articles/2022/08/12/lett-a12.html"><span class="">Will Lehman, socialist candidate for UAW president, answers questions from autoworkers</span></a></h2><p class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-short lh-copy-ns measure-wide mv3">The WSWS has endorsed Lehman’s campaign. We are publishing here a selection of letters and responses from Lehman. The letters have been edited to ensure the anonymity of the workers. </p></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 mt2 mt0-m"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span>WSWS Autoworker Newsletter</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib nowrap"><time dateTime="2022-08-12T02:17:00.000Z">11 August 2022</time></span></span></div></article></div><div class="w-100 w-third-m pb3 pl3-m pl4-xxl bl-m b--black-10"><article class="mt3 mt0-m pt3 pt0-m bt bn-m b--black-10" styyle="[object Object]"><div class="relative"><div class="relative"><h2 class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-title measure ma0"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" style="transition:color 0.5s" href="/en/articles/2022/07/30/lehm-j30.html"><span class="">Following nomination for UAW president, Will Lehman appeals for support: “We can’t fight for what we need without organizing ourselves”</span></a></h2></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 mt2 _mt0-m"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span>WSWS Autoworker Newsletter</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib nowrap"><time dateTime="2022-07-30T04:02:03.000Z">29 July 2022</time></span></span></div></article><article class="mt3 pt3 bt b--black-10" styyle="[object Object]"><div class="relative"><div class="relative"><h2 class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-title measure ma0"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" style="transition:color 0.5s" href="/en/articles/2022/07/21/leh1-j21.html"><span class="">Will Lehman’s letter to UAW members: “I am running for president to transfer power to the rank-and-file”</span></a></h2></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 mt2 _mt0-m"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span>WSWS Autoworker Newsletter</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib nowrap"><time dateTime="2022-07-21T22:53:55.000Z">21 July 2022</time></span></span></div></article><article class="mt3 pt3 bt b--black-10" styyle="[object Object]"><div class="relative"><div class="relative"><h2 class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-title measure ma0"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" style="transition:color 0.5s" href="/en/articles/2022/07/22/krxn-j22.html"><span class="">UAW denies WSWS press credentials to cover Detroit convention</span></a></h2></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 mt2 _mt0-m"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span>Our reporter</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib nowrap"><time dateTime="2022-07-22T04:45:36.000Z">21 July 2022</time></span></span></div></article><article class="mt3 pt3 bt b--black-10" styyle="[object Object]"><div class="relative"><div class="relative"><h2 class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-title measure ma0"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" style="transition:color 0.5s" href="/en/articles/2022/08/12/shap-a12.html"><span class="">Two new monkeypox cases reported at Sterling Heights Assembly Plant</span></a></h2></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 mt2 _mt0-m"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span>Tom Hall</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib nowrap"><time dateTime="2022-08-12T04:14:54.000Z">11 August 2022</time></span></span></div></article><article class="mt3 pt3 bt b--black-10" styyle="[object Object]"><div class="relative"><div class="relative"><h2 class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-title measure ma0"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" style="transition:color 0.5s" href="/en/articles/2022/08/11/efuy-a11.html"><span class="">UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman: “Halt production at SHAP to stop monkeypox spread!”</span></a></h2></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 mt2 _mt0-m"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span></span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib nowrap"><time dateTime="2022-08-11T03:09:14.000Z">10 August 2022</time></span></span></div></article></div></div></div></div></div></div></section><section class="custom-topic mt3 mt4-ns mt5-xl ph3 ph4-m" style="background:#fff"><div class="mw6 _mw9-m mw-75rem-m center"><div class="dn-ns"><div class="bb b--black-10 nl3 nl0-ns nr3 nr0-ns"></div><div class="bg-black-05 bb bw1 nl3 nl0-ns nr3 nr0-ns" style="background-image:url("/static/img/border_diagonal.png");background-repeat:repeat;background-position:0px top"><div class="pb3 bg-white-70"></div></div></div><div class="ph3 ph0-ns nl3 nl0-ns nr3 nr0-ns _ph4-m bb b--black-10 bn-ns mb3 mb0-m"><div class="dn db-ns dn-m bt bw1 mb2"></div><div class=""><div class="w-100 bt-m bw2"></div></div><div class="relative cf avenir ph2 ph0-ns"><div class="" style="max-width:80%"><div class="dib pt3 pb3 pt0-ns pb3-ns pt3-m pb4-m _bt bw2"><a class="dib f7 f4-m f3-m f3-l b black lh-title ttu tracked-half no-underline pointer _pt3 _bt bw3" href="/en/topics/site_area/workers">Global class struggle</a><ul class="dn 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</style><div class="flex-l"><div class="w-100 w-third-l pr3-l pr4-xxl mb3 mb0-l"><article class="flex flex-column justify-between pb3 pb4-l "><div class="relative"><a class="pointer" href="/en/articles/2022/08/19/kais-a19.html"><figure class="relative ma0 mb3 aspect-ratio aspect-ratio--16x9"><div class="aspect-ratio--object bg-black overflow-hidden"><img class="db h-100 center" loading="lazy" src="https://www.wsws.org/asset/81d77d56-7696-4e4a-ace4-41a22963d2fb?rendition=image1280"/></div></figure></a><div class="relative pv3 ph3 tc"><h2 class="balance-text avenir f4 f4-ns f3-l lh-title measure ma0 center"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" style="transition:color 0.5s" href="/en/articles/2022/08/19/kais-a19.html"><span class="">Striking California Kaiser mental health workers call for expanding their strike, as 50 Kaiser workers in Hawaii are set to join them on the picket lines</span></a></h2><p class="balance-text avenir f6 lh-short lh-copy-ns measure mv3 center">The scheduled strike in Hawaii is a welcome development, but also throws into sharp relief the fact that the unions are keeping thousands of other Kaiser workers on the job.</p></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 tc"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span>David Levine, Gabriel Black</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib"><time dateTime="2022-08-19T04:01:41.000Z">18 August 2022</time></span></span></div></article></div><div class="w-100 w-two-thirds-l flex-m bt bt-0-l bl-l b--black-10 pt3 pt0-l pl3-l pl4-xxl mt3 mt0-l"><div class="w-100 w-two-thirds-m pr3-m pr4-xxl"><article class="cf pt3 pt0-ns bt bn-ns b--black-10"><div class="_flex-ns _flex-row-reverse-ns"><div class="_pr3 w-100"><h4 class="_balance-text avenir f6 normal black-60 lh-title ma0 mb2 truncate"><span class="pv1">Airport and airline workers continue wave of pay strikes in Europe; UK postal workers to begin stoppages over pay and conditions; pensioners’ protests at cost-of-living crisis continue across Iran; Lebanese public sector strike over collapse in living standards continues; electricity workers across Nigeria take indefinite national strike over pay and conditions</span></h4><h2 class="_balance-text avenir lh-title measure ma0 f4"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" style="transition:color 0.5s" href="/en/articles/2022/08/18/wxer-a18.html"><span class="">Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa</span></a></h2><p class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-short lh-copy-ns measure-wide mv3">Airport and airline workers continue wave of pay strikes in Spain, France and Portugal; UK postal workers to begin stoppages over pay and conditions as rail strikes continue and dockers plan strikes; pensioners’ protests at cost-of-living crisis continue across Iran, with protests in Shahrekord after nine days without piped water; Lebanese public sector strikes over collapse in living standards enters third month; electricity workers across Nigeria take indefinite national strike over pay and conditions causing outages</p></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 mt2 mt0-m"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span></span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib"><time dateTime="2022-08-18T20:54:15.000Z">18 August 2022</time></span></span></div></article><article class="cf pt3 bt b--black-10"><div class="_flex-ns _flex-row-reverse-ns"><div class="fr w-40 ml3 mb3"><div class="w-100 aspect-ratio aspect-ratio--16x9"><a class="pointer" href="/en/articles/2022/08/18/rail-a18.html"><figure class="aspect-ratio--object bg-black ma0 overflow-hidden"><img class="db h-100 center" loading="lazy" src="https://www.wsws.org/asset/e4ced471-10f1-486c-aa8d-51a59392b365?rendition=image640"/></figure></a></div></div><div class="_pr3 _w-two-thirds-ns"><h2 class="_balance-text avenir lh-title measure ma0 f5 f4-m _f5-ns"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" style="transition:color 0.5s" href="/en/articles/2022/08/18/rail-a18.html"><span class="">Railroaders demand strike action as pro-management Presidential Emergency Board declares workers have “no claim to share” in record profits</span></a></h2><p class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-short lh-copy-ns measure-wide mv3">Since the PEB issued its recommendations, the rail unions have maintained a guilty silence.</p></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 mt2 mt0-m"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span>Tom Hall</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib"><time dateTime="2022-08-18T03:37:47.000Z">17 August 2022</time></span></span></div></article><article class="cf pt3 bt b--black-10"><div class="_flex-ns _flex-row-reverse-ns"><div class="fr w-40 ml3 mb3"><div class="w-100 aspect-ratio aspect-ratio--16x9"><a class="pointer" href="/en/articles/2022/08/17/feli-a17.html"><figure class="aspect-ratio--object bg-black ma0 overflow-hidden"><img class="db h-100 center" loading="lazy" src="https://www.wsws.org/asset/85988bb3-0aa9-472d-b6ee-2b4f54f3e463?rendition=image640"/></figure></a></div></div><div class="_pr3 _w-two-thirds-ns"><h2 class="_balance-text avenir lh-title measure ma0 f5 f4-m _f5-ns"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" style="transition:color 0.5s" href="/en/articles/2022/08/17/feli-a17.html"><span class="">Port workers' strike at Felixstowe docks threatens to bring UK economy to a standstill</span></a></h2><p class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-short lh-copy-ns measure-wide mv3">The eight-day strike would immediately have a huge impact on the UK economy and global maritime trade.</p></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 mt2 mt0-m"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span>Robert Stevens</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib"><time dateTime="2022-08-17T21:49:07.000Z">17 August 2022</time></span></span></div></article></div><div class="w-100 w-third-m pb3 pl3-m pl4-xxl bl-m b--black-10"><article class="mt3 mt0-m pt3 pt0-m bt bn-m b--black-10" styyle="[object Object]"><div class="relative"><div class="relative"><h2 class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-title measure ma0"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" style="transition:color 0.5s" href="/en/articles/2022/08/18/nlli-a18.html"><span class="">Workers at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art plan one-day strike</span></a></h2></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 mt2 _mt0-m"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span>Erik Schreiber</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib"><time dateTime="2022-08-18T04:00:10.000Z">17 August 2022</time></span></span></div></article><article class="mt3 pt3 bt b--black-10" styyle="[object Object]"><div class="relative"><div class="relative"><h2 class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-title measure ma0"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" style="transition:color 0.5s" href="/en/articles/2022/08/18/fmay-a18.html"><span class="">Rolls-Royce locks out 530 Montreal airplane engine plant workers for 5 months</span></a></h2></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 mt2 _mt0-m"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span>Laurent Lafrance</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib"><time dateTime="2022-08-18T00:33:21.000Z">17 August 2022</time></span></span></div></article><article class="mt3 pt3 bt b--black-10" styyle="[object Object]"><div class="relative"><div class="relative"><h2 class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-title measure ma0"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" style="transition:color 0.5s" href="/en/articles/2022/08/17/gebz-a17.html"><span class="">Locked-out Montreal Rolls-Royce aeronautics workers denounce multinational’s concession demands</span></a></h2></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 mt2 _mt0-m"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span>Éric Marquis, Laurent Lafrance</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib"><time dateTime="2022-08-17T22:25:27.000Z">17 August 2022</time></span></span></div></article><article class="mt3 pt3 bt b--black-10" styyle="[object Object]"><div class="relative"><div class="relative"><h2 class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-title measure ma0"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" style="transition:color 0.5s" href="/en/articles/2022/08/18/pgbm-a18.html"><span class="">Ford Action Committee (Germany): For an international fight to defend our jobs and livelihoods</span></a></h2></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 mt2 _mt0-m"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span>Ford Action Committee (Germany)</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib"><time dateTime="2022-08-18T03:36:21.000Z">17 August 2022</time></span></span></div></article><article class="mt3 pt3 bt b--black-10" styyle="[object Object]"><div class="relative"><div class="relative"><h2 class="_balance-text avenir f6 lh-title measure ma0"><a class="black _hover-black-70 _bg-white no-underline underline-hover" style="transition:color 0.5s" href="/en/articles/2022/08/18/tire-a18.html"><span class="">Bridgestone, Michelin tire workers speak out against USW sellout agreements</span></a></h2></div></div><div class="black-50 pb3 _bb b--black-10 mt2 _mt0-m"><span class="avenir f7 lh-title date"><span>Marcus Day</span><span class="dib mh1">•</span><span class="dib"><time dateTime="2022-08-18T03:27:16.000Z">17 August 2022</time></span></span></div></article></div></div></div></div></div></div></section><section class="custom-topic mt3 mt4-ns mt5-xl ph3 ph4-m" style="background:#fff"><div class="mw6 _mw9-m mw-75rem-m center"><div class="dn-ns"><div class="bb b--black-10 nl3 nl0-ns nr3 nr0-ns"></div><div class="bg-black-05 bb bw1 nl3 nl0-ns nr3 nr0-ns" style="background-image:url("/static/img/border_diagonal.png");background-repeat:repeat;background-position:0px top"><div 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