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The World Socialist Web Site Daily Podcast is a must-listen for working people like myself. It provides valuable intersectional perspectives from non-white voices, ensuring a diverse range of viewpoints. The analysis and commentary featured on this podcast are unparalleled in the left-wing podcast world, making it my daily go-to for news and information. While some may find the production quality lacking, with occasional dropouts in the recording, I still make the most of my time with this podcast.
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International opposition to Trump and ICE shape opening of Milan Olympics / Minnesota police riot against protesters outside Whipple Federal building / “They represented Marathon, not us”: Refinery workers denounce USW sellout in national pattern deal / Online meeting: The Nurses' Strikes and the Movement Against Dictatorship

Trump's plan to purge the federal government and the threat of dictatorship / Workers furious after USW announce sellout deal for 30,000 refinery workers

Mamdani caps 1 month of betrayal with endorsement of right-wing Democrat Kathy Hochul / Layoffs by US firms tripled in January, as mass job cuts accelerate to Great Recession levels / Trump calls for country to “move on” from Epstein files, as scale and scope of criminality, cover-up expand

Trump prepares to rig—or cancel—the 2026 elections / Washington Post slashes one-third of its newsroom, as 2026 jobs bloodbath continues / Greek Coast Guard rams refugee boat, killing and injuring dozens

The US nurses' strikes and the call for a general strike against Trump: How workers must prepare / House Democrats ensure passage of Trump's global military rampage and domestic dictatorship / Protests erupt in Italy against ICE presence at Winter Olympics in Milan

Measles outbreak at Dilley concentration camp: An indictment of Trump's war on immigrants and public health / Journalists identify Alex Pretti's killers as immigration Gestapo continues nationwide terror campaign / Music and recording artists denounce ICE and defend immigrants at 2026 Grammys

Epstein files reveal criminality of American oligarchy / Measles outbreak rips through Dilley child detention center, as nationwide epidemic deepens

Chancellor Merz demands German imperialism must “learn to speak the language of power politics” / “We have it in our power to begin the world over again:" 250 years since the publication of Tom Paine's Common Sense / Take a stand for socialism!: Donate to the WSWS New Year fund

Trump administration threatens new war against Iran / Democrats reach deal with White House to keep immigration Gestapo funded / Stop ICE murders and dictatorship! Build a rank-and-file movement of the working class for a general strike!

Amazon, UPS lead new wave of mass layoffs in 2026 / US strike on Iran appears imminent as aircraft carrier task force arrives in Arabian Sea and Trump makes new threats

Was Alex Pretti the subject of a targeted assassination? / Trump administration unleashes paramilitary ICE raids in Maine / Los Angeles County's “accountability” drive masks decades of Democratic complicity in homelessness

Trump's tactical retreat in Minneapolis: The danger of dictatorship remains / Striking Kaiser healthcare workers denounce the ICE murder of nurse Alex Pretti / Trump National Defense Strategy calls for US domination of Western Hemisphere

Trump's “Murder, Inc.” and the execution of Alex Pretti / Protest erupts as immigrant families demand “Let us go” at DHS South Texas detention facility

The January 23 mass protests in Minneapolis mark a turning point in the fight against dictatorship / ICE murders another Minneapolis observer day after mass demonstration / Minneapolis teacher: “Educators are supporting the students using their voice but the unions are telling us not to strike” / Democrats vote to hand Trump hundreds of billions for immigration crackdown and global war

The “rupture in the world order”—World Economic Forum dominated by inter-imperialist conflict / For a general strike against ICE violence and Trump's dictatorship!

Twilight at the Met: Capitalism's contempt for culture / Davos World Economic Forum dominated by Trump threats over Greenland / Online meeting Sunday: The New York nurses' strike and the fight against the financial oligarchy

Oxfam report shows billionaire wealth surged in 2025: The case for expropriation / Support grows for general strike in Minneapolis, as Trump escalates ICE terror campaign / One year after DeepSeek, Chinese AI surges

The eruption of American imperialism reaches: The conflict over Greenland and the fight against imperialist war / US immigration thugs escalate terror campaign, as sentiment for Minneapolis general strike grows among workers / Trump takes Machado's Nobel medal as CIA chief meets with Venezuela's "interim president"

No troops in Minneapolis! For a general strike against Trump's coup! / Trump, EU escalate tariff war as US-European conflict mounts over Greenland / Almost 7 million people threatened by deadly Australian bushfires, according to new climate report

No troops in Minneapolis! For a general strike against Trump's coup! / Trump, EU escalate tariff war as US-European conflict mounts over Greenland / Almost 7 million people threatened by deadly Australian bushfires, according to new climate report

The Minnesota general strike and the re-emergence of class struggle in the United States / Washington menaces Iran at UN Security Council amid mounting signs of an impending US military strike

For a general strike to stop Trump's occupation of Minneapolis! / Following Trump's threat: European powers send troops to Greenland / Governments advance universal digital identification, mass surveillance and censorship

Stop the ICE reign of terror in Minnesota! / New York strike pits nurses against the financial oligarchy / Denmark rejects US “conquering Greenland,” as NATO countries send troops

After Venezuela, Trump targets Iran—the imperialist rampage escalates / “I wish we could pull everybody together and do a general strike”—New York City nurses speak out on their struggle second day into strike / Trump doubles down on threat to seize Greenland, as Danish Foreign Minister set for talks in Washington

New York City nurses strike begins year of growing class struggles / Protests and student walkouts expand, as Trump escalates Minneapolis occupation with 1,000 agents / White House threatens "lethal force" against Iran

The Iranian protests, imperialist aggression and the fight for workers' power / Trump administration dispatches hundreds more federal thugs to Minneapolis / US attack on Venezuela exposes Japan's remilitarization agenda

The killing of Renee Nicole Good, the invasion of Venezuela, Trump's conspiracy for dictatorship and the lessons of the American Revolution / Israel kills 14 Palestinians as Trump prepares imperialist “Board of Peace” for Gaza

Following ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good, Trump officials threaten mass repression / Declaring “I don't need international law,” Trump moves to seize more oil tankers in the Atlantic / The year 2025 when everything changed in global capitalism

ICE murder in Minneapolis: Trump's war comes home / Trump seizes Russian-flagged tanker, plunders Venezuelan oil, threatens to attack Greenland / Europe on brink of war with Russia and America at Paris summit

Trump and Miller's “iron law” of imperialist barbarism / Trump freezes $10 billion in aid to working class families, as deportation raids expand / Zelensky names military spy chief to lead Office of President

5 years since Trump's January 6 coup / US imperialist bandits parade kidnapped Maduro in show trial / "Bold, audacious, stunning": A servile US media hails Trump's Venezuela war crime

After Venezuela attack: Oppose Trump's criminal invasion of Venezuela! Release Maduro! / After Venezuela attack: White House threatens to murder Venezuelan acting president, attack Cuba and annex Greenland / Mass protests erupt in Iran over mounting economic distress

2025: The year of mass layoffs—prepare a global working-class counteroffensive in 2026 / Trump launches aerial strike on Venezuela amid Democratic Party silence / Australian union leaders support anti-protest laws after Bondi shooting

Trump and Netanyahu pledge Middle East bloodbath will continue in 2026 / From Roosevelt to Trump: The Monroe Doctrine and US imperialism's predatory record in Venezuela (Part 1)

Stop Trump's mass immigrant roundups! / Mass layoffs deepen across US economy as job cuts in auto, logistics and tech continue into 2026

Christmas in America: Staggering wealth concentration and deepening social crisis / Denmark summons American ambassador, after Trump appoints special envoy to “make Greenland a part of the US” / High-ranking Russian general killed in Moscow car bombing

Musk's wealth surges to $750 billion after court grants him $150 billion payday / Four immigrants die in four days in ICE private prisons / Australia: NSW premier, police justify violent arrests in Sydney following Bondi shootings

Support the fight for socialism in 2026: Donate to the WSWS New Year Fund! / Wisconsin judge convicted as Trump administration escalates attacks on immigrants and political opponents / Technology and the working class: Responding to an opponent of Socialism AI

Trump delivers fascist diatribe in year-end speech / GM moves to permanently lay off 1,145 workers at Factory Zero amid record profits and UAW silence / Democrats vote to give Trump $1 trillion for global war

For a united global movement against layoffs in the auto industry! / European powers set course for escalation of war in Ukraine against Russia

40 years since the suspension of the Workers Revolutionary Party from the ICFI / In step toward war, Trump orders “a total and complete blockade” of Venezuelan oil

Trump threatens neo-colonial war of plunder against Venezuela / Trump administration ordered TSA to provide passenger travel lists to immigration / How can GM workers at Factory Zero in the US oppose layoffs? Answers from Socialism AI

The anti–public health agenda and the resurgence of measles in America / Reactionary shooting in Sydney kills 15 people / Two longstanding Sri Lankan Trotskyists die

Welcome Socialism AI: A historic advance in the political education of the working class / Democrats join Republicans to grant Trump $1 trillion in military spending for 2026

Australia's social media ban sets global precedent for online censorship / White House plans oil blockade of Venezuela in drive for regime change / European powers strive to prolong war in Ukraine

The case for expropriation: 60,000 multimillionaires own three times more wealth than half the world's population / US seizes Venezuelan oil tanker in act of international piracy, as Trump escalates war preparations / US Federal Reserve cuts interest rate in split decision

Expert report shatters fraudulent case against Bogdan Syrotiuk: Deepen the international campaign for his freedom! / White House doubles down on September 2 boat strike cover-up / Hundreds of high school students in Oregon and Minnesota walk out to protest ICE kidnapping operations

The Bondi memorandum: FBI, DOJ seek to outlaw political opposition / “Our family wants answers that we have not gotten”: 8 months since the death of Stellantis worker Ronald Adams Sr. / Ken Mantell, Australian Trotskyist: November 11, 1945–November 30, 2025

The Bondi memorandum: FBI, DOJ seek to outlaw political opposition / “Our family wants answers that we have not gotten”: 8 months since the death of Stellantis worker Ronald Adams Sr. / Ken Mantell, Australian Trotskyist: November 11, 1945–November 30, 2025

In major attack on public health, CDC recommends delaying Hepatitis B vaccine at birth / Survivors of September 2 boat strike waved for rescue, did not know they had been attacked / Jacobin's defense of the Trump–Mamdani pact and the capitalist state