Washington Post and NPR join right-wing witch-hunt against tech journalist Taylor Lorenz: "The WSWS defends Taylor Lorenz and her right to tell the truth to her readers and followers about the unfolding genocide" wsws.org/en/articles/20…

Sounding the Alarm: Socialism Against War will be published in September by Mehring Books. It consists of my speeches at the annual online May Day rallies of the International Committee. This book will, I hope, strengthen the working-class movement against war and for socialism.

#DNC: IL Gov. Pritzker distinguished himself from Trump saying he is an “actual billionaire”. The Pritzker family’s leading role in Democratic Party & US imperial strategy reveals a great deal. Read “Pritzker dynasty & imperialist plunder of Ukraine” bit.ly/3YU1xg1

Large antiwar march against the #DNC in Chicago.

Chicago police fly surveillance drone above protesters at the DNC.

For millions of people Bisan Owda (Wizard_bisan1) has become their connection with Gaza and a unrelenting symbol of resistance against the US backed Israeli genocide. The attempt to strip her Emmy nomination is nothing short of cowardice. wsws.org/en/articles/20…

Dakkota auto parts workers have courageously rejected a second concessionary UAW tentative agreement, but to carry the fight forward workers need to draw the lessons of the betrayals of the UAW bureaucracy thus far and carry the fight forward ourselves. wsws.org/en/articles/20…

#Dakkota workers in Chicago chanting “Hell NO, we vote NO” at the UAW hall today . After workers voted down a 3rd contract on Friday, the #UAW is forcing workers to vote again on a fourth contract today—without telling workers what’s in it!

Chicago Dakkota auto parts workers reject 4th UAW sellout Only the WSWS has covered this strike relentlessly Workers have asked why the corporate media has maintained a total blackout: Chicago Sun-Times ABC 7 Chicago NBC Chicago Block Club Chicago Chicago Tribune? wsws.org/en/articles/20…

1. The Socialist Equality Party campaign of Joseph Kishore and Jerry White is on the ballot in Michigan! Gaining ballot status in Michigan and overcoming the undemocratic restrictions for third party candidates is a major political victory.

Workers in Chicago at Dakkota autoparts remain on strike after rejecting four UAW backed contracts. Now they are taking matters into their own hands and calling on workers at Ford Chicago to support their strike!

Brendan Gutenschwager Campuses like UofM have become laboratories for the removal of all democratic rights to free speech, protest and due process. The central drive in eliminating democratic rights is to remove any opposition to imperialist war and social inequality. 👇👇 wsws.org/en/articles/20…

Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson told reporters that Chicago Public Schools face a nearly $1 billion deficit in 2025 and "There are sacrifices that will be made.” Johnson is a former teacher union official who was backed by the Democratic Socialists of America. On behalf of the

The WSWS has a new Arabic language X account. Posted today is a translation of David North's, "Analyzing a World in Chaos from an Island of Tranquility."

Last week, I visited the gravesite of the Haymarket martyrs in Chicago, the socialists and left-wing militants who were framed up and murdered for leading the fight for the eight-hour day in the 1880s. The union bureaucracy long ago abandoned this right, and workers, including at