World Socialist Web Site Daily Podcast

Medicaid work requirements take effect: No money for healthcare, $1.5 trillion for war / UAW presidential debate reveals class divide between socialist autoworker Will Lehman and pro-apparatus candidates / German government in crisis

American workers and youth are turning towards socialism / Tens of millions face Medicaid cutoff, as Trump's “Big Beautiful Bill” work requirements lock into place / US resumes strikes on Iran as global war escalates

The witch-hunt against Anthony Fauci and the war on public health / Ukraine's attack on Iranian ship exposes global character of imperialist war

At Lindsey Graham's funeral, Trump hails a senator who “never saw a war he didn't like” / Over 300,000 Haitians targeted for deportation as Trump administration guts asylum rights / India's Cockroach Janata Party suspends student agitation after Modi government makes token concession

Europe's "firewave" and global capitalism's climate crisis / Trump Michigan speech: Trade war and anti-communism / As imperialist wars converge, Ukraine strikes Iranian cargo ship in the Caspian Sea

The debate over Trump's plans for a “massive” escalation in Iran: Everything is discussed except the crime / Democrats reject any appeal to popular opposition to subversion of midterm elections / Wholesale corruption of “the beautiful game”: FIFA's World Cup 2026

Execution in Wisconsin: Only the working class can stop police state terror / US bombards Iran for 13th straight night as White House plans “major” escalation / Jacobin falsifies Trotsky and historical record to promote popular front in Argentina

Trump preparing forces for “massive attack” on Iran / Protests erupt in Madison, Wisconsin following police execution of Corey Ruiz / Volodymyr Zelensky appoints new Commander-in-Chief amid intensifying drone warfare

The specter of “AI communism”: Chinese open-weight models and the crisis of the American AI bubble / Burnham plunges UK deeper into war against Russia and Iran / Trump cuts end food aid for 1.5 million children

Democrats to Trump on Iran: “Win the war!” / Autoworkers denounce threat by UAW official against rank-and-file presidential candidate Will Lehman / How Trump uses Truth Social to manipulate markets and pocket millions

Oppose the death threat against UAW presidential candidate Will Leyman / New UK prime minister Andy Burnham will step up Labour's agenda of austerity and war / Former Trump envoy calls for ground invasion of Iran as US losses mount

As American deaths mount, Trump escalates war against Iran / Trump administration threatens to imprison state officials who resist federal takeover of elections / Germany abandons its post-war nuclear commitments as Merz and Macron forge atomic alliance

Trump's speech on the elections: A ruling class in crisis lurches toward dictatorship / US broadens bombardment of Iran to civilian infrastructure / ”Workers health issues are being ignored for the sake of production” As wildfire smoke engulfs factories and workplaces, workers demand lives before profit

Shut down plants and workplaces amidst spreading toxic air! / White House actively discussing sending ground troops to Iran / Rubio, Miller host fascist conference at State Department

Trump's police state crackdown and the onslaught against Iran: Two fronts of one war / Rank-and-file candidate for UAW president calls for abolition of union bureaucracy as criminal probe of Shawn Fain continues / Australian court upholds censorship of acclaimed pianist for comments about Gaza genocide

The ICE murders in Maine and Texas and the lessons of Minneapolis / Facing debacle in Iran, Trump threatens to attack Iranian power plants and bridges / Unifor springs sell-out tentative agreement on Ford Canada workers over two months ahead of contract expiration

US resumes bombing and blockade of Iran: Mobilize the working class against the war! / Maine father murdered by immigration Gestapo, prompting protests / Department of Justice investigating UAW President Shawn Fain: The crisis of bureaucracy deepens

Mobilize the working class to stop ICE murder and bring Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's killers to justice! / Trump threatens to “decimate and destroy” Iran as US continues onslaught / Trump, Democrats, media mourn right-wing warmonger Lindsey Graham / “We will not work until we have justice for Lorenzo”: Hundreds protest ICE murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, Texas

The mass layoffs in Germany's auto industry and the global war on jobs / ICE killer remains free as witnesses to Houston shooting are held in immigrant prison / 28 killed in shoe factory fire in China

ICE murder in Houston: Trump's war against the working class / Trump bombs Iran for third day amid Khamenei funeral / VW Action Committee calls for strikes and industrial action at all sites. Break the control of the IG Metall union apparatus! Defend every job!

Trump launches new phase of US imperialism's criminal war on Iran / Under guise of relief, Pentagon deploys 2,000 troops to Venezuela, securing semicolonial foothold

Graham Platner and the fraud of “working-class” Democratic Party politics / NATO warmongers meet in Ankara, Turkey / Why the New York Times' list of “definitive” movies about America is so unsatisfactory

The American Revolution and Its Place in History: From the War Against Monarchy to “No Kings” / Thousands feared dead in Venezuela after strongest earthquake in 125 years / SGP and WSWS call for the release of Ercan Akpolat and all political prisoners in Türkiye

Türkiye launches police dragnet ahead of NATO summit: War, dictatorship and permanent revolution / Democrats choose 5 more military-intelligence veterans as congressional candidates

⁨Archie Enots⁩ Ebola passes 1,000 cases in the Congo: Imperialism and the collapse of public health / 450 years for Prairieland, Texas defendants as Trump expands “antifa” crackdown / Ontario's hard-right Tory government unveils plans to massively boost military production to support Canadian imperialism's war machine

Shuffling the deckchairs on Labour's sinking ship./ Anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union : Pistorius prepares war against Russia in Lithuania

Ukrainian-Polish diplomatic crisis over Nazi collaboration exposes NATO war with Russia / With US-Iran negotiations on the verge of breakdown, Democrats, Republicans intensify attack on Iran agreement / Turkish shipyard workers revolt against union sell out on eve of strike

Will Lehman's nomination for UAW president: A milestone in the fight for rank-and-file power / Free Ercan Akpolat, the Turkish mayor of the historic Prinkipo island where Trotsky lived! Stop the political witch hunt by the Erdoğan regime! / US-Iran deal on the verge of breakdown 48 hours after being signed

Democratic condemnation of Trump's Iran deal exposes bipartisan conspiracy for war / US-Venezuelan forces carry out extrajudicial killing of alleged cartel leader as they bomb informal miners / Obama library dedication turns presidency of war, Wall Street bailouts into Democratic Camelot

Shots fired in the Channel—Britain, Russia and the threat of World War III / Mack Trucks worker and socialist Will Lehman nominated for UAW president / Minneapolis anti-ICE protesters face federal felony charges in Trump administration frame-up

G7 powers make new war plans at Évian summit / Wealth of Elon Musk rises $624 billion in 6 days / 2 more University of Michigan anti-genocide protesters released on bond in conspiracy frame-up

US imperialism's debacle in Iran./ UAW convention opens in Detroit amid rebellion by auto parts workers./ Corporate thugs open fire on miners in Turkiye.

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Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire: The SpaceX IPO and the social physiognomy of oligarchy / Text of tentative agreement exposes UAW bureaucracy's effort to betray American Axle strikers / Reinstate Nexteer worker Antwiane Sanders immediately! An injury to one is an injury to all! Remove the company's cops in the UAW bureaucracy! / European Central Bank lifts interest rate amid rising inflation

After week of escalation, Trump threatens ground invasion of Iran / UAW bureaucracy announces deal in bid to end American Axle strike / Nexteer worker fired for opposing UAW sellout

US consumer prices jump as workers pay for American imperialism's war on Iran / Trump orders second day of new strikes on Iran, vowing to attack “very hard”

A tribute to Gordon S. Wood (1933-2026), historian of the American Revolution / “Workers at Flint Assembly and Nexteer should stop production”: Anger mounts against UAW collusion with American Axle strikebreaking

Fired "60 Minutes" journalist reveals pro-Trump censorship at CBS News./ Israel bombs Iran on the 100th day of the US-Israeli war as fighting spreads across Lebanon and Gaza./ Gordon S Wood, 1933-2026 : Leading historian of the American Revolution./ Postal workers demand investigation into Demarcus Little's death ,fourth in two years at Palmetto facility.

100 days of the US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran / Trump denounces California election, defends January 6 attackers / Australia: Poor communities hit by largest diphtheria outbreak on record

How the Democrats enabled the allocation of an extra $70 billion for Trump's immigration Gestapo / Fourth death in 2 years at Palmetto, Georgia, USPS facility: Demarcus Little dies after reporting feeling unwell / Madison, Wisconsin nurses facing harassment over unionization effort after hospital calls union pin "Equivalent to a KKK Pin"

NATO and Ukraine escalate war against Russia / US House approves fraudulent resolution on Iran war / Trump taps personal fixers to lead Justice Department and intelligence apparatus

Elon Musk to become the world's first trillionaire: The case for expropriation / Billionaire Trump backers smash up CBS “60 Minutes” / New EU Return Regulation: attacks on democratic right and mass expulsions

UAW apparatus shuts down grad student strike at Harvard University: The political issues / Democrats enforce crackdown outside Delaney Hall as Congress prepares billions more for ICE and Border Patrol / Trump designates Brazilian gangs as “terrorist organizations” in new imperialist intervention in Latin America

The American Axle strike and the revolt of the auto parts workers / Us Secretary of War again targets China at Shangri-La Dialogue / Australian government echoes US threats against China /

US murder spree in Latin American waters moves beyond 200 killed / New Jersey Democrats unleash police riot against anti-ICE protesters outside Delaney Hall / Australia: Bondi terrorist was on ASIO radar in 2022

The Nexteer rebellion: The working class vs the trade union apparatus / European warmongers seize on Russian drone crash in Romania to escalate war / Labor share of income hits record low as corporate profits soar

Industrial slaughter in Longview: 11 workers killed in Washington's deadliest workplace disaster in nearly 100 years / Under cover of US-Iran negotiations, Israel steps up effort to annex Gaza / War on Iran could trigger a financial crisis, European Central Bank warns

May 29 general strike in Italy: What way forward for the working class? / Mine disaster exposes grim reality facing Chinese workers / The SpaceX IPO: Speculation on steroids

Mine disaster in China: Another tragedy in the global industrial slaughterhouse / Israel escalates rampage in Lebanon

The international significance of Erdoğan's preemptive coup against the CHP in Türkiye / Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda passes 1,000 cases, as Italy reports 2 suspected cases / US launches missile strikes on Iran in advance of talks in Qatar

Gerrymandering in the South: The working class and the defense of democratic rights / China: 82 workers dead in catastrophic mine explosion / Democrats join Republicans to attack Trump over Iran negotiations