____ (2022-05-25). Who is responsible for starvation and rising food prices? wsws.org The feigned concern of the capitalist class over mass starvation is criminal hypocrisy in the first degree. The reality is that the architects of the US-NATO proxy war against Russia are prepared to sacrifice the lives of billions of working people—both through hunger and nuclear catastrophe.

____ (2022-05-25). Australian election: Workers and youth speak out over rising inflation, war dangers and COVID-19. wsws.org "The unity of the working class is a must. There's power in numbers and it's better to be backed up by different people and groups that all want the same thing. That's where we get our real power" — Jorella, a Sydney railway worker.

____ (2022-05-25). Gray report allows UK Prime Minister Johnson to brush off partygate scandal. wsws.org Hostile to any mobilising of the working class that would bring Johnson and his entire government to account for the crime of overseeing almost 200,000 deaths from COVID, Starmer insisted for months that Johnson's removal be organised by "decent, honourable" Tory MPs in a palace coup.

____ (2022-05-25). Ontario unions hail NDP for putting "working people first"—Who do they think they're kidding? wsws.org The OFL's support for the pro-austerity, pro-war NDP is the political expression of its systematic suppression of the class struggle, imposition of concession-filled contracts and policing of the ruling class' profits-before-lives pandemic policy.

____ (2022-05-25). Striking Wisconsin CNH workers speak from the picket line: "What I make is not a livable wage in this day and age" wsws.org While workers continue to voice their determinations for a $10 raise, COLA, pensions and more, the UAW is working to keep the strike isolated and is starving workers on just $275 a week.

____ (2022-05-25). Biden, port officials and the ILWU close ranks as West Coast dock contract expiration looms. wsws.org Since last year, the Biden White House has been working behind-the-scenes with the ILWU union and the ports to ensure the ports remain open and dockworkers are on the job, with or without a contract.

____ (2022-05-25). Germany: Vote "NO" to the sell-out contract in education and social services! wsws.org The agreement is not worth the paper it is written on. It can only be described as a sellout of the struggle that thousands have been waging since the beginning of March for improvements in the working conditions in the social work and education professions.