As European governments demand population “live with” COVID-19 surge, workers must take up a socialist strategy
The pandemic in Europe has already led to over 1.1 million deaths and almost 50 million people infected. It is set to drastically worsen as a new COVID-19 wave sweeps the continent.
The rampant spread of the virus in the UK portends events across the continent. There are dire predictions that millions more will be infected in Britain in a matter of weeks, where the more infectious Delta variant already accounts for almost all cases
Dr. Michael Ryan (left) at a conference in 2020 when the WHO declared the pandemic a Public Health emergency of International Concern [Credit: Fabrice Coffrini]
Workers in Britain support striking US Volvo workers
WSWS reporters spoke to workers in Britain who sent their support and solidarity to Volvo workers.
Around 400 bus drivers employed at
Go North West’s Queens Road depot in Manchester recently mounted an indefinite strike against their employer s plans to “fire and rehire” them on inferior contracts. After 11 weeks on strike, the Go North West action ended on May 17 after the Unite union reached a sellout agreement with the company, owned by global transport conglomerate Go-Ahead.
The Go North West strikers picket line at the Queen’s Road depot (credit: WSWS Media)
May Day Online Rally calls for formation of International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees
On Saturday May 1, the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) and the
World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) held the annual International Online May Day Rally. The rally motivated the formation of the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees (IWA-RFC).
The rally was a major international event. It attracted a global audience of over 2,000 participants from 73 countries. There were attendees from the United States, Great Britain, Sri Lanka, Australia, Canada, India, France, Brazil, the Philippines, Turkey, Thailand, Spain, Pakistan, Japan, Mexico, Iran, Israel, Russia, South Africa, Nigeria, and many other countries.
Workers and youth in Britain on why they are attending the International Online May Day Rally
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ite about why they are attending the International Online May Day Rally being held by the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) on Saturday, May 1. We urge all to attend this important event by registering here.
Bryan, a teacher from Merseyside in North West England said, “I think it’s really important to be part of the International Workers Alliance of Rank and File Committees and to attend the May Day meeting on the
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“Workers here in the UK as well as internationally have been let down by the main political parties and the union organisations, as they all work together to support the greed of the super-rich at the expense of the lives and health of workers and their families. We have been spun a web of lies by the corporate backed media, telling us that ‘everything is safe’ and we need to ‘learn to live