World Socialist Web Site Daily Podcast

The appeal of Bogdan Syrotiuk exposes a political frame-up / Trump presses attack on midterm election as deadline looms for mail ballots / Drone hits Mykolaiv detention center holding Bogdan Syrotiuk—all prisoners reported safe

“Mistakes were made:” The record of the New York Times on the “war on terror” / Trump ends fascist convention by calling on attendees to pledge allegiance to him / The Socialism 2026 conference and the pro-war politics of the Democratic Socialists of America

25 years since the September 11 terrorist attacks / Trump promises $5,000 checks if Republicans win midterm elections, claims Congress may not be needed / APWU bureaucracy enables Trump’s attack on mail voting

The intensifying US-Canada trade war: a product and accelerant of inter-imperialist conflict / Trump administration doubles down on attack on mail ballots

Argentina’s Milei hails the Pinochet coup: A government in crisis turns to dictatorship and nationalism / France Unbowed party calls for the freeing of Bogdan Syrotiuk / Black lung cases surge to highest levels since 1978 among US coalminers

The way forward following the Alternative for Germany's electoral victory / Prominent Tamil newspaper in Sri Lanka publishes article demanding freedom for Bogdan Syrotiuk

Labor Day 2026: The oligarchy demands that workers pay for the crisis of American capitalism / Social Democrats, Left Party, unions responsible for far-right Alternative for Germany’s record election result / The campaign to free Bogdan Syrotiuk launches a new website

The New York Times fabricates a “Russian sabotage” narrative / Millions purged from US food stamp rolls, as Wall Street demands more cuts / Professor Mark Steinberg, leading scholar of Soviet and Russian history, submits letter in defense of Bogdan Syrotiuk

The Mykolaiv court invokes Ukrainian-only language rule to stop the inflow of letters demanding Bogdan’s freedom / New CDC director erases 2 measles deaths from the record / As capitalist crisis deepens, US House again votes to condemn socialism

German government provokes escalation of Ukraine war / Political and media establishment silent on US constitutional implications of Pentagon oil grab in Venezuela

Bond yields surge as governments borrow for war and rearmament / Whistleblower warns Postal Service will deny mail ballots to millions under Trump scheme / Blood on their hands: Trump’s immigration Gestapo drives Haitian student Pierre Damas Bel to suicide

The Roman Space Telescope: The power of science and the bankruptcy of capitalism / Hundreds of workers trapped in flooded tunnels, as Nepal deaths near 1,000 / The deportation of Brian Morales Garcia: The war on immigrants is a war on the entire working class

The Pentagon takes control of Venezuela’s oil: Imperialist thievery and the bankruptcy of bourgeois nationalism / US resumes bombing of Iran

Behind CIA Director Ratcliffe’s secret trip to Russia: The Ukraine war spirals out of control / Fed chief sets the stage for interest rate increase / El-Sayed drops his left rhetoric at Michigan rallies

The Nepal-China flood, climate change and the fight for socialism / California academics and socialist groups in Russia, France and Turkey demand freedom for Bogdan Syrotiuk / US government officially designates Palestine Action as a terrorist organization

Elon Musk becomes the latest Nazi decorated by the Zelensky regime / Supreme Court boosts Trump’s attack on mail-in voting

Oppose the US-Canada trade war! Unite the workers of the Americas against tariffs, war and dictatorship! / With “economic D-Day” against Iran, Washington escalates conflict with China / Electric shock gloves sought by ICE were used on Omaha schoolchildren

Zelensky rules out elections, as Ukraine's dictatorship jails opponents of the war / Left-wing organizations in Latin America, Europe, North America take up the defense of imprisoned Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk / John Deere workers reject 2-year contract extension

Jeffries-Kushner meeting: Democrats prepare deeper collaboration with Trump White House after election / US and Canada “at war” over trade / ICE terrorizes Haitians in Springfield, Ohio; imprisons 5-year-old boy in Texas

The US bond market crisis and the coming eruption of class struggle / Eleven days after his sentencing: Global outpouring of support for imprisoned Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk / Ukrainian parliament approves new SBU-linked defense minister

On the 86th anniversary of the assassination of Leon Trotsky / A case of political sabotage: Duncan Chapel’s filthy provocation against imprisoned Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk

US debt at $40 trillion as financial crisis deepens / Israel builds execution chamber for Palestinian prisoners as Ben-Gvir threatens assassinations in Gaza / Ukraine war-hawk defeated in Florida Democratic primary

Federal monitor allows UAW official who issued death threat against Will Lehman to collect his $200,000 salary / Russia and Ukraine bleed as NATO’s war threatens to engulf Europe / Ex-Left Party leader helps pave the way for far-right rule in eastern Germany

Amid growing support for Ukrainian political prisoner Bogdan Syrotiuk, the New York Times maintains its guilty silence / 645 million go hungry as global military spending hits a record $2.9 trillion / Deadly Indonesian earthquake exposes unsafe housing and rescue cuts

Horrific conditions aboard USS Abraham Lincoln: The ruling class’s contempt for the troops it sends to war / ICE turns state and local police into nationwide deportation force

Bernie Sanders’ AI letter: A bankrupt appeal to the oligarchs / Johannes Stern on RT: Bogdan Syrotiuk convicted “for socialist thoughts” / Sailor jumps overboard in suicide attempt on USS Abraham Lincoln

Disease outbreaks multiply, as Trump and Kennedy wage war on science / Opposition mounts worldwide against 15-year sentence for Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk

Ankara plane incident shows panic and disorientation of Trump White House / Democratic primary elections show volatility amid shift to the left

The sentencing of Bogdan Syrotiuk and the fraud of the “war for democracy” in Ukraine / Family members outraged over unbearable conditions on aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln / Mamdani fires Haitian workers after Trump administration revokes their legal status

Fascist Ukrainian court sentences Bogdan Syrotiuk, socialist opponent of war, to 15 years in prison / Trump's lawless deportation machine: ICE actions ruled illegal 16,000 times / US economy sheds 23,000 jobs in July

Socialist Equality Party (US) holds 9th National Congress amid world war, dictatorship and political radicalization / As Iran crisis deepens, Democrats condemn Trump for having “lost this war”

Ukraine and Iran votes expose support by Democrats and Republicans for global war / CIA launches Cuba task force amid new sanctions and UN warnings of a “silent Gaza” / German government uses discovery of drone in Leipzig to escalate war on Russia

Senate committee holds Fauci in contempt as multiple outbreaks rage across the US / Workers welcome 2-year suspension of UAW International organizer for death threat against Will Lehman / Australian government establishes inquiry to prepare for war

Michigan primary shows continued shift to the left in US / Raymond Jensen suspended from UAW, barred from ever running for office over threat to Will Lehman / Australian military think tank strategises building “social licence” for war

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!