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New Zealand government defends social inequality on Waitangi Day
4+ hour, 11+ min ago (906+ words) Waitangi Day on February 6, New Zealand's national day, commemorates the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 by representatives of the British Empire and several M'ori tribal leaders. Speaking at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds each year, political leaders invariably gloss…...
This week in history: February 9-15
5+ hour, 15+ min ago (581+ words) On February 9, 2001, off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, the US nuclear-powered submarine USS Greeneville collided with the Japanese fishing vessel Ehime Maru, killing nine." On February 13, 1976, General Murtala Ramat Muhammed, the 37-year-old head of the Nigerian Federal Military Government, was…...
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (1657+ words) The Gig and Platform Service Workers Union called a nationwide day-long protest on Tuesday. Workers stopped work in major cities and submitted their demands to the chief ministers of their respective states. Those participating included workers from Zomato, Swiggy, Urban…...
New York City nurses arrested as Mayor Mamdani, Governor Hochul escalate pressure to end 4-week strike
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (726+ words) The arrests underscore that the strike has entered a new stage and pose the necessity for a broader movement of the working class in defense of the nurses. New York City police arrested at least 13 nurses Thursday during Day 25 of…...
Mamdani caps 1 month of betrayal with endorsement of right-wing Democrat Kathy Hochul
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (761+ words) After spending an hour with the newly-elected Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani last November, Donald Trump described him as'very rational'and predicted that he would do'really great'things. Mamdani has not disappointed the fascist president. It has been barely a month since Mamdani…...
Layoffs by US firms tripled in January, as mass job cuts accelerate to Great Recession levels
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (644+ words) In 2025, US companies announced more than 1.2 million layoffs, the highest level since 2020, the first year of the pandemic. The figures for the first month of 2026 already indicate that the pace of job destruction is accelerating into the new year. The…...
Trump calls for country to “move on” from Epstein files, as scale and scope of criminality, cover-up expand
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (827+ words) The haphazard release of millions of documents, emails, pictures and videos as part of the Epstein files last Friday has shaken the rotten foundations of the Trump administration. In a hearing last year before the Senate Judiciary Committee, FBI Director…...
Australia: Labor government pressing ahead with demolition of Melbourne public housing towers
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (1029+ words) Following a December ruling by the Victorian Supreme Court, the state Labor government has escalated its campaign to demolish 44 public housing towers in inner Melbourne and hand the land to private developers." Housing Minister Harriet Shing has announced a second…...
No Other Choice from South Korea: Doesn’t “necessity knows no law” cut both ways?
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (1063+ words) No Other Choice'is a semi-comedy, semi-tragedy, directed by veteran South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook (Joint Security Area, Oldboy, Lady Vengeance, The Handmaiden). It is inspired by Donald Westlake's 1997 novel'The Ax, previously adapted as a film by Greek-French film director Costa-Gavras…...
Trump’s “critical minerals” conference aimed against China
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (1405+ words) The intensification of the economic and tariff war by the Trump regime against China last year revealed a significant weakness in the position of US imperialism. It is now trying to overcome it as the preparations for military conflict'regarded by…...