1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1684+ words) In Belgium, a movement of secondary-school students began October 1 in Liège. It quickly spread to Charleroi and across Wallonia, with further school blockades and demonstrations reported from October 2 onwards. Liège Mayor Willy Demeyer banned gatherings of more than three people…...

10+ hour, 19+ min ago   (494+ words) When the WSWS asked about Mélenchon, Yassine replied: “If you take any political party, I am not 100 percent with them. It is a matter of trust. But of course I will always feel closer to the left, and so I…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (968+ words) In France, hundreds of high schools have been blockaded or closed. Police have responded with savage violence and mass arrests. More than 6,600 people, overwhelmingly youth and minors, have been arrested, with more than 5,000 placed in police custody in barely two…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1472+ words) Dozens of immigrants launched a hunger strike on October 6 against prolonged imprisonment and torturous conditions at the Folkston D. Ray James Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Processing Center in Georgia. In a courageous video appeal, detainees describe years of confinement, separation…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (490+ words) Olivos was nowhere to be found, but the Mexico City police were. They removed the workers and left riot units posted around the building at midnight. Annual inflation reached 3.42 percent in the first half of September, making the part of…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (353+ words) As state parliament president, he now holds one of the highest-ranking offices in Saxony-Anhalt. He represents the parliament externally, has authority over the state parliament administration, and holds both domestic authority over the premises and police powers in the parliament…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (775+ words) According to the US Embassy in Colombo, Lieutenant General Joel B. “JB” Vowell, Deputy Commanding General of US Army Pacific (USARPAC), is the highest-ranking US Army officer to visit Sri Lanka. His visit from September 29 to October 1 was officially presented as…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (305+ words) On Monday, approximately 500 workers belonging to the AGC Display Glass union in Taiwan launched a three-day strike over low pay and stagnant wages, an issue facing workers throughout the island. Workers at the company produce a glass substrate used in…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (554+ words) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received repeated, detailed warnings about the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks, according to multiple reports published in Israeli and American media outlets over the past month. The reports substantiate the assessment made by the World Socialist Web…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (595+ words) New data has indicated the scale of the Albanese Labor government’s assault on disability funding in schools. More than 300 independent schools have been forced to repay $12 million in funding already, and this is just the start. Schools with high numbers…...