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Wildfires in Greece—the price of austerity

This is the lethal cost of the austerity memorandum demanded by the EU to pay Greece’s debt

New racist laws expose reality of Israeli state

New laws are no aberration, but a consequence of a state based on ethnic cleansing, writes?Nick Clark

International round up: Did Macron cover up for bodyguard?

Plus section of German left turns against refugees

Assad army on verge of victory in Syrian war

Assad’s regime has almost finished off the last pockets of resistance in southern Syria, says?Nick Clark

Chicago cops kill black man

Protesters in Chicago faced down police after cops killed Harith Augustus last Saturday, shooting him in the back.

Two dead after Israel bombards Gaza

Israel launched its biggest bombardment of the Gaza Strip since 2014 over the weekend.

Protests in Iraq demand funding for key services

Iraq’s government has responded with brutality to huge protests over living standards and unemployment

Urgent appeal for South African miner Makhanya Siphamandla

Makhanya Siphamandla faces life imprisonment

How Trump plans to bin key abortion regulations—and how he can be beaten back

Activists are ready to fight the attacks on a woman’s right to choose

European Union leaders unveil new plan to lock out refugees

The European Union (EU) told rescue boats to let refugees drown in the Mediterranean last week.

Borders trap refugees in Syria

Thousands of people have fled after the Syrian regime and Russian forces launched a fresh assault on rebel-held Daraa in south west Syria

The west aims to co-opt Iranian protests

Fresh protests have erupted in Iran over a lack of drinkable water and the plunging value of the currency

A victory for the left in Mexico’s election

Presidential elections have upset the rich—but it isn’t clear what changes will follow

Protests erupt to challenge Trump’s racist border laws

Protests gripped towns and cities across the US on Saturday as hundreds of thousands of people demanded an end to Donald Trump’s brutal border policies. Some 700 demonstrations were recorded.

New York victory shows we need to ‘organise to fight back’ says US socialist

Socialist Worker spoke to Sam Dean, a member of the Los Angeles branch of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). He said Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s victory can act as a focus for resistance.

US activist speaks out about huge victory for socialists in New York

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beat one of the US Democratic Party old guard, Joe Crowley, in an internal party election, a primary, earlier this week. She was endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America, a social-democratic party with ties to the Democrats.