World Socialist Web Site Daily Podcast

July 20, 2020

Trump’s police-state attack in Portland, Oregon / Millions in the US face disaster as $600 federal unemployment aid set to end this week

July 18, 2020

US pushes fabricated claims of Russian hacking of virus research / Brazil surpasses two million coronavirus cases as reopening drive continuesUS hits record 74,987 new daily COVID-19 cases

July 17, 2020

July 17 2020 (World Socialist Web Site)

July 16, 2020

Markets soar as the corpses pile up / COVID-19 out of control at Toledo Jeep plant / Verfassungsschutz Report 2019: German secret service downplays threat of Nazi terrorism and attacks socialist politics

July 15, 2020

US-led “back to work” drive spreads death across Latin America / Record single-day COVID-19 deaths in Florida, Alabama and Utah / US government carries out first execution of federal prisoner in 17 years

July 14, 2020

Bipartisan back-to-work campaign produces catastrophe / Meatpacking, auto and health care workers take action to protect lives as pandemic surges in US

July 13, 2020

US ruling class demands deadly reopening of schools / Florida sees one-day high of 15,300 COVID-19 cases as pandemic inundates health care infrastructure / Trump commutes prison term for political crony Roger Stone

July 11, 2020

Sanders-Biden task forces and the debacle of Sanders’ “political revolution” / North American autoworkers expand fight against unsafe conditions amid COVID-19 nightmare

July 10, 2020

Michigan court rules that SEP must gather signatures despite pandemic / Joblessness soars as COVID-19 pandemic accelerates across US / Spain imposes regional lockdowns amid resurgence of COVID-19

July 9, 2020

Trump’s back-to-work diktat threatens teachers’ lives / Mexican president kowtows to his “friend” Donald Trump / Federal judge backs Democrats, rules against SEP challenge to Michigan ballot access requirements during pandemic

July 8, 2020

US war drive against China accelerates / US coronavirus case count soars past 3 million / Florida orders schools to reopen as COVID-19 cases surge

July 7, 2020

Democrats’ denunciation of America’s revolutionary heritage provides an opening for Trump / As cutoff of $600 weekly benefit and wave of evictions loom, Congress takes a holiday

July 6, 2020

The significance of the July 4 online discussion, “The Place of the Two American Revolutions: Past, Present and Future” / Over 700 Joliet, Illinois nurses go on strike for better wages and safe working conditions

July 4, 2020

The Two American Revolutions in World History / Trump holds Mount Rushmore event in defiance of health experts

July 3, 2020

July 2, 2020

The inequality pandemic: How American capitalism puts profits over lives / As COVID-19 cases surge, Texas GM workers demand closure of factory / SEP presidential candidates Kishore and Santa Cruz file federal lawsuit challenging ballot access restrictions in California

July 1, 2020

Gilead Sciences cashes in on the pandemic / Record 47.2 percent of working-age Americans without jobs / As COVID-19 infections explode in the US, Fauci warns of 100,000 new cases a day

June 30, 2020

Worker opposition grows as coronavirus spirals out of control / Fiat Chrysler threatens to fire workers who stop production over COVID-19 concerns

June 29, 2020

Autoworkers initiate new wave of struggles in fight against COVID-19 pandemic / Pandemic surpasses 10 million COVID-19 cases and over 500,000 deaths globally

June 27, 2020

“Back-to-work” campaign in the US has led to surge in COVID-19 / Detroit Fiat Chrysler workers halt production for second day to demand COVID-19 protection / Brazilian health care workers strike for PPE and risk bonus

June 26, 2020

As COVID-19 cases triple in a month, Latin American elites press ahead with back-to-work campaign / US Supreme Court rules recent asylum seekers have no right to habeas corpus or due process / Coronavirus spreads across US, surging to highest single-day count of new cases

June 25, 2020

Racial-communalist politics and the second assassination of Abraham Lincoln / The United States nears a new one-day high of COVID-19 infections

June 24, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic and the global plight of refugees and migrant workers / As the pandemic spirals out of control, Trump attacks testing, holds indoor rally in Phoenix / France backs Egypt’s threat to intervene against Turkey in Libyan war

June 23, 2020

For international working-class action against the COVID-19 pandemic! / COVID-19 rages through food processing plants, warehouses and manufacturing facilities

June 22, 2020

Hands off the monuments to Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Grant! / Trump in Tulsa: Fascist ranting and political debacle

June 20, 2020

Socialist Equality Party challenges undemocratic ballot access laws in Michigan / WHO warns coronavirus pandemic entering a “dangerous phase” / Global outrage over violent police arrest of 50-year-old French nurse Farida

June 19, 2020

One month after the reopening: COVID-19 rips through US states and workplaces / New unemployment claims point to prolonged US recession / Mass protests against police violence expand in advance of Juneteenth rallies across the US

June 18, 2020

The India-China border clash and the inflammable state of world geopolitics / Sharp rise in new coronavirus cases in US south and west / UK: COVID-19 killing the working class at more than twice the rate of the wealthiest

June 17, 2020

Police violence and class rule / Dozens die in India-China border clash / North Korea blows up liaison office to send message to Trump

June 16, 2020

White House demands end to $600 per week emergency unemployment pay / Atlanta police killing of Rayshard Brooks ruled a homicide as Democrats posture as reformers

June 15, 2020

The protests against police murder: The way forward / Workers’ anger grows as auto companies continue coverup of COVID-19 in the factories

June 13, 2020

As pandemic surges, White House presses ahead with back-to-work campaign / US Navy deploys three aircraft carriers to Pacific against China / Trump steps up provocations and threats of military force

June 12, 2020

Would-be führer Trump steps up coup plotting / COVID-19 cases spike across the United States / Washington steps up strategic bomber flights threatening Russia, China

June 11, 2020

Social class, capitalism and the murder of George Floyd / Growing anger among US workers as COVID-19 rips through workplaces

June 10, 2020

The paradox of the Wall Street surge / George Floyd laid to rest as nationwide protests over police violence continue / COVID-19 eruptions increasing in US meatpacking plants, logistics centers

June 9, 2020

A reality check on the ongoing spread of the coronavirus pandemic / Thousands pay respects to George Floyd as Minneapolis cop is arraigned on murder charges / New York Times editor James Bennet resigns over fascist op-ed

June 8, 2020

The global protests and the fight against capitalism / Millions march in cities and towns in every part of the US to oppose racism and police violence

June 6, 2020

The police murder of George Floyd sparks mass protests throughout the world / Encouraged by Trump, police rampage leaves protesters dead and wounded across the US / New York Times in crisis over op-ed backing military takeover

June 5, 2020

Trump intensifies campaign to brand domestic opposition as terrorism / Mass reopenings worldwide have accelerated the coronavirus pandemic / Ten thousand people have been arrested across the US as protests against police violence continue to expand

June 4, 2020

A call to the working class! Stop Trump’s coup d’état! / Nearly half a million health care workers worldwide infected with coronavirus / As protests grow, corporate CEOs hypocritically declare opposition to “racism and injustice”

June 3, 2020

Democrats cover for Trump’s coup d’état / Protesters defy Trump’s threats, expand nationwide movement against police killings / Protests in Louisville continue day after local restaurant owner killed

June 2, 2020

Coup d’état in Washington: Trump declares war on the Constitution / COVID-19 pandemic exposes a rapidly developing global health crisis

June 1, 2020

Trump incites violent police rampage against protesters / New COVID-19 infections worldwide hit record levels / Nationwide protests continue over police murder as state violence mounts

May 30, 2020

Hundreds of thousands stage multiracial demonstrations against police violence in a powerful show of working-class unity / Mass protests voice outrage over police murder of George Floyd

May 29, 2020

American ruling class exploits the pandemic to escalate assault on jobs and wages / Rise in deaths attributed to pneumonia suggests official US coronavirus death toll is grossly undercounted / Cop who killed George Floyd in Minneapolis had record of brutality

May 28, 2020

The murder of George Floyd and the fight against police violence in the US / Over 62,300 US health workers infected and 291 dead from COVID-19 / Trump bizarrely accuses television talk show host Joe Scarborough of 2001 murder

May 27, 2020

Dow Jones hits 25,000 as pandemic death toll reaches 100,000 / Police in the US fire tear gas on protest against brutal Memorial Day murder / FBI investigating Georgia officials who failed to arrest Ahmaud Arbery’s killers

May 26, 2020

The global pandemic and global war on immigrants and refugees / Coronavirus spreads into rural America Trump cheers on mass gatherings as US pandemic death toll hits 100,000 / Hundreds of thousands of Americans face homelessness during pandemic as states begin lifting restrictions on evictions

May 25, 2020

Memorial Day in America: 100,000 COVID-19 deaths surpass combined combat fatalities in Korea and Vietnam / COVID-19 spreads, deaths rise in US following return to work

May 23, 2020

Wealth of US billionaires soars as pandemic expands, nearly 40 million unemployed / Hospitals overwhelmed in California and Alabama as national death toll approaches 100,000 / South America a “new epicenter” of COVID-19 pandemic, WHO warns