Dick Cheney dead at 84: A war criminal who paved the way for Trump wsws.org/en/articles/20…

Eugene V. Debs (1855)–“Lenin and Trotsky were the men of the hour and under their fearless, incorruptible and uncompromising leadership the Russian proletariat has held the fort against the combined assaults of all the ruling class powers of earth. It is a magnificent spectacle”

Samia Hassan, the Butcher of Tanzania, sworn in as president amid escalating repression wsws.org/en/articles/20…

Only the expropriation of the super-rich can begin to address the climate crisis. The oligarchy's wealth must be seized to give the working class control of the resources and productive forces - Capitalism failing on all 45 indicators of climate progress wsws.org/en/articles/20…

New Zealand: How the 2017–2023 Labour government attacked public health and education workers wsws.org/en/articles/20…

Video leak by IDF’s chief lawyer of gang rape of Palestinian sparks right-wing defence of torturers wsws.org/en/articles/20…

Why Study the Russian Revolution? wsws.org/en/articles/20…

New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union calls off strike wsws.org/en/articles/20…

Elon Musk’s $1 trillion payout and the case for expropriation wsws.org/en/articles/20…

And how does the bourgeoisie get over these crises? On the one hand by enforced destruction of a mass of productive forces; on the other, by the conquest of new markets, and by the more thorough exploitation of the old ones.

The #NZCTU, discredited after decades enforcing attacks on jobs & living standards, is seeking to cement its position as the policeman of the working class under a future Labour-Greens government. This from 2022; #nzpol wsws.org/en/articles/20…

Proxy war for Sudan by regional powers has created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis wsws.org/en/articles/20…

Dmitri Shostakovich, at the age of 18, composed his First Symphony 100 years ago wsws.org/en/articles/20…

Right-wing operation forces resignation of BBC head Tim Davie wsws.org/en/articles/20…

No sooner is the exploitation of the labourer by the manufacturer, so far, at an end, that he receives his wages in cash, than he is set upon by the other portions of the bourgeoisie, the landlord, the shopkeeper, the pawnbroker, etc.

50 Years since the Canberra Coup wsws.org/en/articles/20…

It is discovered that he was no “free agent,” that the time for which he is free to sell his labour-power is the time for which he is forced to sell it, that in fact the vampire will not lose its hold on him so long as there is a muscle, a nerve, a drop of blood to be exploited.

As with Trump, the spectre of Marxism is haunting NZ’s right-wing establishment. The fear is that socialist consciousness will grip workers & youth seeking an alternative to capitalist austerity & war. #nzpol wsws.org/en/articles/20…

"It’s wrong to say that people are 'falling' into homelessness. They’re being pushed" - Brian Goldstone, author of 'There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America': “In America right now, a low-wage job … is homelessness waiting to happen” wsws.org/en/articles/20…

Auguste Rodin (1840) “was a naturalist, more concerned with character and emotion than he was with tradition, idealism or decorative beauty. His work emphasized detailed, textured surfaces and the juxtaposition of light and shadow, a style that was met with criticism initially.”