Bill Shaw
@bshawwi.bsky.social
Writer for the World Socialist Web Site (WSWS). Physician. Public health advocate. Scientist. Socialist.
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#Vance promotes fascist right amidst escalating US-Europe conflicts at Munich Security Conference
Under #Trump, the US government is now endeavoring to revive fascism in Europe.
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Under #Trump, the US government is now endeavoring to revive fascism in Europe.
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Vance promotes fascist right amidst escalating US-Europe conflicts at Munich Security Conference
The European powers are neither bastions of democracy nor innocent victims of Trump’s machinations. Rather the rise of Trump in the US is an expression of global processes.
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February 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
#Vance promotes fascist right amidst escalating US-Europe conflicts at Munich Security Conference
Under #Trump, the US government is now endeavoring to revive fascism in Europe.
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Under #Trump, the US government is now endeavoring to revive fascism in Europe.
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February 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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A protracted campaign to falsely brand all opposition to the Israeli genocide as antisemitism is intensifying, with politicians and the media whipping up an atmosphere of hysteria.
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Failed media-Zionist provocation at Sydney restaurant as witch-hunt of Bankstown nurses continues
While the media and politicians have pilloried two young nurses for making stupid and politically backward comments about Israel, another incident last week pointed to the manufactured character of th...
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February 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A protracted campaign to falsely brand all opposition to the Israeli genocide as antisemitism is intensifying, with politicians and the media whipping up an atmosphere of hysteria.
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A one-week-old baby and six other deaths are alleged in a series of new lawsuits filed against Norfolk Southern and the Environmental Protection Agency. The lawsuit was one of many that were filed ahead of the 2nd anniversary of the Norfork Southern train derailment...
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Over 700 residents file additional suits over East Palestine, Ohio train derailment in 2023
A one-week-old baby and six other deaths are alleged in a series of new lawsuits filed against Norfolk Southern and the Environmental Protection Agency.
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February 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A one-week-old baby and six other deaths are alleged in a series of new lawsuits filed against Norfolk Southern and the Environmental Protection Agency. The lawsuit was one of many that were filed ahead of the 2nd anniversary of the Norfork Southern train derailment...
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A critical feature of #fascism is the rejection of modernity, the #Enlightenment and a #scientific, #materialist world outlook, all of which found their highest expression in the development of #Marxism...
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation as Trump’s HHS secretary and the fascist assault on public health
The confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as Trump’s Health Secretary marks a critical milestone in the deepening war on public health and the consolidation of a fascist government in the United Stat...
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February 14, 2025 at 7:13 AM
A critical feature of #fascism is the rejection of modernity, the #Enlightenment and a #scientific, #materialist world outlook, all of which found their highest expression in the development of #Marxism...
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This article was submitted to the WSWS by underground journalists in Ukraine from the assembly.org.ua website.
Ukraine: Growing unrest in the population, army, amid hype of peace talks - World Socialist Web Site
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Ukraine: Growing unrest in the population, army, amid hype of peace talks - World Socialist Web Site
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Ukraine: Growing unrest in the population, army, amid hype of peace talks
This report, submitted to the WSWS by Ukrainian underground journalists, documents the growing disintegration of the army amid preparations for US-Russian talks about a settlement of the conflict.
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February 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM
This article was submitted to the WSWS by underground journalists in Ukraine from the assembly.org.ua website.
Ukraine: Growing unrest in the population, army, amid hype of peace talks - World Socialist Web Site
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Ukraine: Growing unrest in the population, army, amid hype of peace talks - World Socialist Web Site
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The announcement by President Donald Trump that the United States would “immediately” begin negotiations with Russia to end the war in Ukraine has plunged European politics into a deep crisis.
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Trump’s call with Putin plunges European powers into crisis
The announcement by President Donald Trump that the United States would “immediately” begin negotiations with Russia to end the war in Ukraine has plunged European politics into a deep crisis.
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February 14, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The announcement by President Donald Trump that the United States would “immediately” begin negotiations with Russia to end the war in Ukraine has plunged European politics into a deep crisis.
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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to close a “legal loophole” through which a Palestinian family in Gaza were granted the right join a family member and live in Britain.
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UK Labour government seeks to overturn asylum for Palestinian family
Labour intends to tear up the European Convention on Human Rights to which it is a signatory, guaranteeing the right to a family life.
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February 14, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to close a “legal loophole” through which a Palestinian family in Gaza were granted the right join a family member and live in Britain.
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None of the federal trade unions or Democratic politicians have called for strike action, let alone a general strike of all federal workers, to protect jobs and fight the layoffs.
Musk, Trump begin to purge US government workers—except military and police
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Musk, Trump begin to purge US government workers—except military and police
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Musk, Trump begin to purge US government workers—except military and police
Over the last 48 hours, hundreds of probationary government workers at agencies and departments charged with providing safety, oversight, education and consumer protection have been fired.
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February 14, 2025 at 10:46 AM
None of the federal trade unions or Democratic politicians have called for strike action, let alone a general strike of all federal workers, to protect jobs and fight the layoffs.
Musk, Trump begin to purge US government workers—except military and police
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Musk, Trump begin to purge US government workers—except military and police
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The move, which goes beyond the imposition of a flat tariff on all nations, threatens to shatter what remains of the global trading system that has been in operation since 1947.
Trump steps up global economic war with “reciprocal tariffs”
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Trump steps up global economic war with “reciprocal tariffs”
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Trump steps up global economic war with “reciprocal tariffs”
The move, which goes beyond the imposition of a flat tariff on all nations, threatens to shatter what remains of the global trading system that has been in operation since 1947.
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February 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The move, which goes beyond the imposition of a flat tariff on all nations, threatens to shatter what remains of the global trading system that has been in operation since 1947.
Trump steps up global economic war with “reciprocal tariffs”
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Trump steps up global economic war with “reciprocal tariffs”
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#Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Jacobin #DemocraticParty #complicity #Trump #dictatorship #DSA #pseudoleft #January6
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February 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Zionism and its imperialist patrons have no shame.
U.S. instigated wars since 2001 have caused 4.5 million deaths in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Syria and portions of Pakistan.
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It's capitalist barbarism or socialism.
Struggle will decide.
U.S. instigated wars since 2001 have caused 4.5 million deaths in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Syria and portions of Pakistan.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
It's capitalist barbarism or socialism.
Struggle will decide.
February 15, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Zionism and its imperialist patrons have no shame.
U.S. instigated wars since 2001 have caused 4.5 million deaths in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Syria and portions of Pakistan.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
It's capitalist barbarism or socialism.
Struggle will decide.
U.S. instigated wars since 2001 have caused 4.5 million deaths in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Syria and portions of Pakistan.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
It's capitalist barbarism or socialism.
Struggle will decide.
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After Hitler’s defeat in the Second World War, the US government tried leading Nazis in Nuremberg, bringing their crimes to the attention of a wider public. Under Trump, the US government is now endeavoring to revive fascism in Europe.
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Vance promotes fascist right amidst escalating US-Europe conflicts at Munich Security Conference
The European powers are neither bastions of democracy nor innocent victims of Trump’s machinations. Rather the rise of Trump in the US is an expression of global processes.
www.wsws.org
February 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
After Hitler’s defeat in the Second World War, the US government tried leading Nazis in Nuremberg, bringing their crimes to the attention of a wider public. Under Trump, the US government is now endeavoring to revive fascism in Europe.
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The World Socialist Web Site rebuke to the bourgeois media-manipulated hysteria surrounding #KendrickLamar at the #SuperBowl #Halftime show.
“Lamar and much of … hip hop wallow[s] in backwardness and represent[s] the antithesis of opposition to big business.”
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“Lamar and much of … hip hop wallow[s] in backwardness and represent[s] the antithesis of opposition to big business.”
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No, rapper Kendrick Lamar did not “protest” Trump at the Super Bowl—he wallowed in backwardness
Lamar and much of the hip hop world swim in social backwardness and represent the antithesis of opposition to big business and capitalism. Hip hop <em>is</em> big business.
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February 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The World Socialist Web Site rebuke to the bourgeois media-manipulated hysteria surrounding #KendrickLamar at the #SuperBowl #Halftime show.
“Lamar and much of … hip hop wallow[s] in backwardness and represent[s] the antithesis of opposition to big business.”
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“Lamar and much of … hip hop wallow[s] in backwardness and represent[s] the antithesis of opposition to big business.”
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#SocialistSunday #CommunistSunday #MarxistMonday #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #Trotsky #Trotskyism
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February 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Trump vows to continue anti-constitutional rampage, as Democrats do nothing
The Democrats have limited themselves to, at most, minor moaning and groaning.
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The Democrats have limited themselves to, at most, minor moaning and groaning.
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Trump vows to continue anti-constitutional rampage, as Democrats do nothing
As Trump and Musk push forward their agenda of social destruction and executive dictatorship, the Democratic Party remains paralyzed.
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February 10, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Trump vows to continue anti-constitutional rampage, as Democrats do nothing
The Democrats have limited themselves to, at most, minor moaning and groaning.
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The Democrats have limited themselves to, at most, minor moaning and groaning.
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Trump administration rapidly expands Guantánamo migrant concentration camp
A stark warning must be issued to all workers in the United States, irrespective of legal status: Anyone targeted by the Trump administration can be seized...
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A stark warning must be issued to all workers in the United States, irrespective of legal status: Anyone targeted by the Trump administration can be seized...
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Trump administration rapidly expands Guantánamo migrant concentration camp
The Trump administration has ordered the detention of as many as 30,000 undocumented migrants in what is described as a “legal black hole” at the Guantánamo Bay, Cuba US naval base.
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February 11, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Trump administration rapidly expands Guantánamo migrant concentration camp
A stark warning must be issued to all workers in the United States, irrespective of legal status: Anyone targeted by the Trump administration can be seized...
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A stark warning must be issued to all workers in the United States, irrespective of legal status: Anyone targeted by the Trump administration can be seized...
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February 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Israel is making plans to renew its onslaught against Gaza in order to implement Trump’s plan for the ethnic cleansing of the territory.
Trump vows Palestinians will be barred from returning to Gaza after ethnic cleansing - World Socialist Web Site
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Trump vows Palestinians will be barred from returning to Gaza after ethnic cleansing - World Socialist Web Site
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Trump vows Palestinians will be barred from returning to Gaza after ethnic cleansing
US President Donald Trump said in an interview over the weekend that the Palestinian people he is seeking to ethnically cleanse from Gaza would not be allowed to return to their homes. “I’m talking ab...
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February 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Israel is making plans to renew its onslaught against Gaza in order to implement Trump’s plan for the ethnic cleansing of the territory.
Trump vows Palestinians will be barred from returning to Gaza after ethnic cleansing - World Socialist Web Site
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Trump vows Palestinians will be barred from returning to Gaza after ethnic cleansing - World Socialist Web Site
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#Trump’s threat makes clear that the “ceasefire” agreed to by Israel is a complete fraud, aiming only to allow #Israel to rearm for a new, even more violent phase of genocide and ethnic cleansing against the population of #Gaza.
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Trump vows Palestinians will be barred from returning to Gaza after ethnic cleansing
US President Donald Trump said in an interview over the weekend that the Palestinian people he is seeking to ethnically cleanse from Gaza would not be allowed to return to their homes. “I’m talking ab...
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February 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
#Trump’s threat makes clear that the “ceasefire” agreed to by Israel is a complete fraud, aiming only to allow #Israel to rearm for a new, even more violent phase of genocide and ethnic cleansing against the population of #Gaza.
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The political issues & unanswered questions behind the DC airline disaster
"While full details are still emerging, the disaster... already exposes and intersects with a colossal political crisis and instability in the United States."
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"While full details are still emerging, the disaster... already exposes and intersects with a colossal political crisis and instability in the United States."
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Collision over Washington: The political issues and unanswered questions behind the DC airline disaster
While the full details are still emerging, the disaster, the political infighting and cover-up which have followed it already expose and intersect with a colossal political crisis and instability in t...
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February 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The political issues & unanswered questions behind the DC airline disaster
"While full details are still emerging, the disaster... already exposes and intersects with a colossal political crisis and instability in the United States."
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"While full details are still emerging, the disaster... already exposes and intersects with a colossal political crisis and instability in the United States."
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Resistance against the fascists can come only from the working class. It will not allow work colleagues and neighbors to be deported, their wages to be decimated, their jobs destroyed, education and health privatized and pensions and social benefits smashed.
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The fight against fascism requires a fight against capitalism and war!
Having twice voted with the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in favor of a brutal policy of sealing the borders against refugees, the conservative Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/C...
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February 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Resistance against the fascists can come only from the working class. It will not allow work colleagues and neighbors to be deported, their wages to be decimated, their jobs destroyed, education and health privatized and pensions and social benefits smashed.
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