Sam Wayne

Writer for the World Socialist Web Site // University of Michigan student and @iysseum member

[David North @DavidNorthWSWS]

A legal appeal from #Djokovic is being heard by the Federal Court with an urgency that would be unthinkable were he an impoverished immigrant, or a persecuted refugee fighting for his life, rather than an irresponsible and obscenely wealthy tennis player.
https://t.co/WpUAx8a3LX

[Andre Damon (WSWS) @Andre__Damon]

☁ Good news! #Omicron is mild! ☁

The CDC projects #COVID19 will very mildly kill 3,500 people every day within a month.

Src: https://t.co/4kP596pt8o

[David North @DavidNorthWSWS]

"Ye shall know them by their fruits". #CDC will be used as an acronym for Criminals Defend Capitalism.

[David North @DavidNorthWSWS]

Thus, a picket line is an extreme exercise of authority, involving a direct and physical infringement on the "bodily autonomy" of the would be strikebreaker. The greater the mass action, the greater the restrictions imposed on "bodily autonomy." 11/

[David North @DavidNorthWSWS]

The traditional purpose of a picket line is to enforce the shutdown of a plant. This involves, to the extent that the strike is conducted with the intention of winning, dissuading individuals from entering the plant, by force if necessary. 10/

[David North @DavidNorthWSWS]

Greenwald's anarchistic principle of "bodily autonomy" ignores not only the reality of modern social organization. It is oblivious to the reality of the class struggle. A strike is a form of collective action that involves the exercise of authority and disciplined action. 9/

[David North @DavidNorthWSWS]

Greenwald draws inspiration for his rightwing anti-vax orientation from the pathetic example of Jeremy Corbyn, whom he glorifies, in true toady style, as "one of the international left's most beloved political figures" and "one of the world's most admired leftist icons." 1/

[Andre Damon (WSWS) @Andre__Damon]

No worker or small business should lose income because of necessary #COVID19 shutdowns. Not one cent. Make the billionaires and corporations cover the cost. #omicron

[Jude Jackson #FreePalestine! 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 @JudeJack]

So this is how education is funded in the US…

Unspeakably degrading.

[Clara Weiss @claraweiss_wsws]

Very powerful statement by Stella Moris on the utterly shameful UK court decision to extradite Assange: "We will fight. Every generation has an epic fight to fight, and this is ours... Julian represents all our liberties and all our rights." https://t.co/g3m8SHSCn2

[David North @DavidNorthWSWS]

Youth depression, anxiety, and suicide are tragic symptoms of a diseased social order. The mental health crisis that young people face today is a byproduct of a social system that is predicated on sacrificing lives for the sake of profit and wealth.
https://t.co/BmkwFSW5OI

[IYSSE at University of Michigan @iysseum]

We’re holding a meeting TONIGHT @ 8pm to discuss the social and political roots of the #OxfordHighSchool shooting.

Details and registration here:
https://t.co/mjEIv7INTn

[Joseph Kishore @jkishore]

It started with praising Dore's interview with a Bugaloo Boi, and the claim that this was not an alliance with the far right. And it has developed into open promotion of the fascistic Alternative for Germany.

[Joseph Kishore @jkishore]

The examples of imperialist hypocrisy are rife, but the US government denouncing China for "human rights" abuses as it stands atop a mountain of more than 800,000 dead from COVID-19 perhaps takes the gold medal.

[Andre Damon (WSWS) @Andre__Damon]

1/ @ggreenwald In all seriousness I have a question for you. In what context has your ability to communicate your views on the origins of COVID-19 ever been impeded? Have you, for instance, ever had any of your articles banned on Facebook? Is Google targeting you?

[Sam Wayne @SamWayneWSWS]

@MediaPowerless @IAsocialist @Fiorella_im Translation: Try to ignore the prominent Nazi sympathizers in the AfD and the party’s blatantly racist and fascistic platform. That’s not at all important.

[Stephen Goldstein @stgoldst]

Glenn Greenwald has the thinnest possible understanding of these issues, topped off with a brazen lie that proposing a lab leak was censored. The most vocal lab leak proponent got a book deal with a major publisher - the opposite of censorship. Greenwald thinks you’re suckers.

[David North @DavidNorthWSWS]

Occasionally the NY Times - perhaps by accident - publishes something intelligent and worth reading. Such is the case with playwright David Hare's review of Matthew Sturgiss' biography of Oscar Wilde. There are passages that flew over the heads of NYT Book Review editors. 1/

[Joseph Kishore @jkishore]

This is crazy. Michigan is at the center of the pandemic in the US, and this is the UM football game. Today was a good day for #Omicron in Michigan.

[Dr. Deepti Gurdasani @dgurdasani1]

For 19 months, I've been constantly attacked for advocating for elimination, and saying SARS-CoV-2 isn't a virus we can and should live with. It's been evolving in one direction from the start- greater transmissibility, escape & virulence. 🧵