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The Workers’ Revolution in 2025: A Detailed Look at the Global Strike Wave

On October 20, 2025, the World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) published a comprehensive exposé titled “The Global Strike Wave: Workers Fight Back Against Capitalist Exploitation”. The piece offers a panoramic view of the worldwide labor unrest that has erupted over the past months, weaving together stories from Europe, North America, Asia, and the Global South. It situates the 2025 strike wave within the larger context of imperialist crises—global climate change, rising debt, and the continued militarization of the international system—while foregrounding the agency of working people and the solidarity that now unites them across borders.

A Rising Tide of Protest

The article begins by charting the sequence of events that led to the 2025 strike wave, starting with the collapse of the “Green New Deal” in the United States and the subsequent announcement of austerity measures by the Trump administration’s successor. Workers in the transportation, healthcare, and manufacturing sectors responded with massive strikes, calling for a 40‑hour workweek, universal healthcare, and the abolition of unpaid overtime. The author notes that the United States now stands at the epicenter of the global movement, with 18 million workers on strike as of early October—a number unprecedented in the post‑war era.

Across the Atlantic, the European Union’s “Recovery Package” sparked widespread dissent. In France, the “Gilets Jaunes” have evolved into a full‑scale strike against the “Green Tax” that disproportionately burdened low‑income households. Germany’s steel and automotive workers joined forces with Spain’s “Solidarity in the Sky” campaign, demanding a re‑investiture of public capital into social infrastructure rather than profit‑driven private entities.

In Asia, the article points out that the strike wave is not confined to the industrial north. In India, the textile unions in Ahmedabad halted production after the government announced a “Made in India” scheme that effectively outsourced jobs to cheaper markets in the Middle East. Similarly, the Philippines’ “Migrant Workers’ Voice” demanded better pay for overseas Filipino workers in the Gulf, who face exploitative labor contracts under the Kafala system.

The Role of International Solidarity

A key theme of the piece is the extraordinary solidarity that has emerged among workers worldwide. The WSWS report cites the recent “International Labor Conference” held in Cairo, where delegates from 74 countries signed the “Cairo Declaration on Global Solidarity.” The declaration calls for a worldwide “universal worker’s charter” and outlines mechanisms for cross‑border coordination of strikes. The author notes that this agreement has been followed by an unprecedented network of online “solidarity chat rooms,” enabling real‑time coordination between workers in the United States and those in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where mining unions are striking against a new gold‑mining policy that threatens local ecosystems.

The article also references a linked statement by the International Confederation of Trade Unions (ICTU) that was published on the WSWS website a week earlier. The ICTU’s declaration specifically calls on workers in the “Global South” to mobilize against the “Corporate Extraction Tax” imposed by multinational corporations, which they claim has led to the loss of 2.4 million jobs across Africa and Southeast Asia. The statement highlights the “cumulative effect” of capital flight, asserting that this has drained the region’s ability to provide basic services, thus fueling the present wave of strikes.

Government Responses and Repression

The WSWS report does not shy away from detailing the harsh responses of governments. In the United Kingdom, the new Prime Minister announced a “Strike Suppression Act” that criminalises picketing outside government buildings, a move that the author argues represents a return to fascist policing tactics. The article quotes the Attorney General’s statement that the act will protect “public order and the national economy.” In the United States, the federal government invoked the “National Emergencies Act” to deploy the National Guard to key transportation hubs in New York and Chicago, where strikers were allegedly prevented from organising.

In contrast, the piece highlights a few governments that have taken more progressive steps. In Uruguay, the president signed a decree that allows unions to negotiate collective contracts without the need for a parliamentary vote, effectively removing a bureaucratic hurdle that had long stifled worker bargaining. In Brazil, the Ministry of Labor announced a “National Labor Fund” to subsidise workers who lose jobs due to strikes, ensuring that the movement does not become a sacrifice for the working class itself.

The Future of the Strike Wave

The article concludes with a call to action, urging readers to join the growing global labour movement and to support the “Universal Worker’s Charter” that the International Labor Conference aims to adopt by the end of 2026. It stresses that the future of the movement depends on sustained solidarity, strategic alliances with environmental organisations, and the persistent rejection of the “new capitalism” that seeks to replace workers with machines and algorithms.

In sum, the WSWS article paints a vivid portrait of a world in flux, where the working class—despite facing state‑backed repression—continues to organise, mobilise, and demand systemic change. The 2025 strike wave, as the piece argues, may well be the first of a sustained revolution that will ultimately reshape the global economic order.