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Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site.
The California wildfires, climate change and capitalism
The wildfires ripping through California and Oregon have exposed yet again the dangers posed by climate change and the inability of capitalist governments to deal with it.
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Trump, Roger Stone call for violence and repression after Election Day
The US president and his oldest political crony called for a police-military crackdown to back his continued rule.
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University of Michigan graduate students vote to extend strike as opposition erupts at campuses throughout the US
The reopening of campuses is driving an expansion of the coronavirus pandemic, with 19 of the 25 largest outbreaks in communities with colleges that have started in-person learning.
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Autoworkers support University of Michigan strikers
Like the herding of workers into the auto factories, the drive to reopen schools and colleges even as the pandemic continues to rage is entirely driven by profit interests.
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Greece buys billions in French arms amid war tensions with Turkey
The purchase of a squadron of fighter jets and four warships marks a major escalation in the military standoff between Greece, backed by France, and Turkey.
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University of Illinois Hospital nurses strike over staff shortages, unsafe conditions
UIH nurses in Chicago walked out Saturday to demand patient limits and safe work environments.
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University of Illinois at Chicago workers go on strike against low wages and unsafe conditions
Workers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have gone on strike against low wages and unsafe conditions as the COVID-19 pandemic spreads rapidly through college campuses.
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More than 15,000 attend University of Texas football game amidst coronavirus pandemic
A UT Austin spokesperson confirmed that only 1,198 attendees were tested before the game. Out of these, 95 tested positive, or nearly 8 percent.
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Millions in the US choke on hazardous air as West Coast fires continue to rage
With 33 dead and over 4.6 million acres burned, the unprecedented fires in California, Oregon and Washington have quickly spiraled into a catastrophe affecting the lives of millions.
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Wildcat strike over COVID-19 at Lear auto parts plant in Indiana
Lear workers refused to work for several hours Friday night after learning of potential COVID-19 cases in the facility, halting production also at the nearby Ford Chicago Assembly Plant.
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Floods inundate Sudan amid escalating economic crisis
The hardest hit has been the capital Khartoum, where the Blue and White Nile Rivers meet, as the Nile burst its banks, demolishing everything in its way.
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Australian government exploits family funeral to push for end to coronavirus border restrictions
The government aims to shift public opinion against border restrictions, which corporate Australia now wants scrapped.
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Australia: Unions silent as dozens of New South Wales schools are affected by COVID-19
Even teachers over the age of 70, or with serious health conditions, have been forced back to front-line teaching since late May.
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Three postal workers test positive at UK Royal Mail’s Medway Mail Centre
The outbreak at the “state-of-the-art” delivery office demonstrates that workers’ health is being imperilled in an ongoing scramble for profit.
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UK firms announce hundreds of thousands of redundancies
There is a fear among some bourgeois commentators and political representatives that a sudden end to the Jobs Furlough scheme could lead to social upheaval.
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In fascistic Independence Day speech, Brazil’s Bolsonaro condemns “strikes, social disorder”
Bolsonaro’s rant rooted Brazil’s national identity in “fear of god, respect for the family” and the struggle for “liberty” against “communism.”
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Wisconsin Supreme Court blocks mailing out of absentee ballots pending ruling on Green Party ballot access
The Democratic party has led the charge in purging third-party candidates, including the Greens, from the November ballot.
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Tennessee law seeks to criminalize protests on public property
Protests on Tennessee state property could mean up to six years in prison under a new law.
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COVID-19 outbreak at Virginia migrant detention center caused by repression of anti-police brutality protesters
The outbreak at the Farmville detention center demonstrates the capitalist class’s disdain for democratic rights and the lives of the entire population.
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Tens of thousands in southwest Louisiana remain without power two weeks after Hurricane Laura
With Tropical Storm Sally on track to hit Louisiana early this week the social and ecological crisis wrought in the wake of the last major storm is still coming into focus.
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