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World Socialist Web Site correspondent. Writer on Marxism and law, and democratic rights.
Joined August 2021
Trump, Epstein and the Democrats: A criminal ruling class
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The scandals connected to deceased sex trafficker and billionaire financial fixer Jeffrey Epstein have touched off a massive political crisis for the Trump administration.
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Australia: Growing unrest among teachers amid union-government talks in Victoria
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Victoria, the country’s second-largest public education system, sits at the centre of a crisis, with some of the lowest school funding and wages after more than 11 years of a state Labor government.
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Capitalism will not stop the climate disaster: COP30 begins in Brazil as Lula faces criticism over environmental policies
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The idea that the dangers of world war and environmental catastrophe can be solved through a pacific restoration of “multilateralism” via the UN is a gross illusion.
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Teachers are angry over another sellout bid: Australia: Queensland Teachers Union calls off strike
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The QTU cancelled a 24-hour stoppage within hours of announcing it, instead asking teachers to join after-school rallies, in their own time.
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This sordid conflict is a devastating indictment of Britain’s pseudo-left groups. The founding conference of Your Party in the UK is scheduled for November 29-30. But factional infighting will split it in two and may prevent it from taking place at all. https://t.co/n62yHrzajn
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The founding conference of Your Party is scheduled for the weekend of November 29-30, in Liverpool. But it will now take place amid factional infighting that will split it in two and may even prevent...
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SOAS student charged with terrorism: “All I ever did was speak about a right that Palestinians have under international law”
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Sarah told WSWS, “I think it's a new height in terms of state repression to have young people, international students, with no track record of causing trouble, to be charged under this legislation.”
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50 Years since the Canberra Coup: A Marxist assessment
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In Australia, a purportedly stable capitalist parliamentary democracy, this entire democratic facade was thrust aside in 1975 in response to what was a potentially revolutionary upsurge of working-...
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Right-wing operation forces resignation of BBC head Tim Davie
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The reason for Davie falling on his sword, when many in the BBC were arguing for opposition to Prescott’s claims, is suggested by his own appointment to head the BBC in 2020 being central to plans to...
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Democrats move to end shutdown, bail out Trump
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The Democratic Party leadership is responding to the mass repudiation of Trump at the “No Kings” protests, in the streets of Chicago and at the polls November 4 by shutting down their phony display...
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In Australia, a purportedly stable capitalist parliamentary democracy, this democratic facade was thrust aside in 1975 in response to a potentially revolutionary upsurge of working-class struggles amid an acute crisis of capitalism internationally. https://t.co/UsZXokFDJw
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In Australia, a purportedly stable capitalist parliamentary democracy, this entire democratic facade was thrust aside in 1975 in response to what was a potentially revolutionary upsurge of working-...
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The true story, and political lessons, of the 1975 Canberra Coup:
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In Australia, a purportedly stable capitalist parliamentary democracy, this entire democratic facade was thrust aside in 1975 in response to what was a potentially revolutionary upsurge of working-...
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This police decision to allow a neo-Nazi rally outside parliament house in Sydney, had the character of a calculated provocation, aimed at providing the pretext for new attacks on the democratic rights to protest and political speech. https://t.co/5vM2Lt18At
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The police decision had the character of a calculated provocation, aimed at providing the pretext for new attacks on the democratic rights to protest and political speech.
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Defend the Socialist Equality Party in Turkey: "We call on readers of the World Socialist Web Site and all defenders of democratic rights to oppose this unacceptable intervention and to share our statement as widely as possible." https://t.co/Vr6vf0an6g
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The Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi, which was officially established in August in Turkey, received a letter from the Supreme Court of Appeals Prosecutor’s Office demanding that it change its program. It...
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A giant Ponzi scheme at the heart of US capitalism: Elon Musk’s $1 trillion payout and the case for expropriation
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The awarding of Musk’s pay package is, at the same time, a declaration of intent by the ruling class to massively impoverish the working class through layoffs, austerity and the destruction of social...
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Video leak by IDF’s chief lawyer of gang rape of Palestinian sparks right-wing defence of torturers
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Despite calls to shut it down, Israel’s High Court refused to close Sde Teiman in September 2024. Instead, the public uproar centres on the fact that the abuse was made public in the first place and...
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New York Mayor-elect Mamdani appoints transition team of right-wing Democratic Party operatives
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In response to attacks from the Trump administration and sections of the corporate oligarchy, Mamdani is lurching rapidly to the right in the immediate aftermath of the election.
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Elon Musk, world’s richest man, awarded $1 trillion pay package
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The massive payout for Musk sends a clear message from Wall Street that the sky is the limit for CEO pay and the enrichment of the financial oligarchy.
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UPS plane crash: The latest in capitalism’s string of industrial disasters
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Whatever chain of events in the aircraft’s systems led to catastrophe, the ultimate cause is ruthless pursuit of profit by the corporate oligarchy which controls every aspect of American and world...
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Capitalism failing on all 45 indicators of climate progress
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The United Nations’ “Emissions Gap Report 2025” shows the planet is on course for 2.8 degrees Celsius of warming above the pre-industrial average by the end of this century based on current policies.
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Another workplace death: 74-year-old Australian postal worker killed in Perth crash
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Neither the Transport Workers Union nor the Communication Workers Union have said a word about Theena Barton’s death.
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