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The company’s announcement this week of yet another round of devastating cutbacks exposes the incapacity of American capitalism to sustain even its most celebrated cultural institutions.
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Oxfam report shows billionaire wealth surged in 2025: The case for expropriation
In 2025, global billionaire wealth grew at three times the rate of the previous five years, reaching a record $18.3 trillion, an 81 percent increase since 2020.
Initial reports point to a catastrophic infrastructure failure due to poor maintenance amid the rail privatization program overseen by Spain’s Socialist Party (PSOE)-Sumar government.
The budget presented by Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu confirms the crisis of French democracy and the complicity of Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s New Popular Front.
A January 20 online meeting hosted by PayDay Report exposed the hostility of the union bureaucracy to independent working-class action, as officials rejected mass meetings, strike action and rank-and-file decision-making in the face of ICE repression.
The World Socialist Web Site, the Socialist Equality Party in the US and the International Committee of the Fourth International unequivocally denounce the invasion of Venezuela and the criminal abduction of President Nicolás Maduro.
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From Roosevelt to Trump: The Monroe Doctrine and US imperialism’s predatory record in Venezuela
Part 1
Washington’s aims encompass far more than Venezuela, amounting to a drive for the recolonization of Latin America and the subordination of the region to US profit interests and preparation for world war.
The WSWS publishes here the text of a lecture delivered by David North in London on November 22 examining the global crisis of capitalism and the Trump administration’s drive to dictatorship.
Facing a January 30 deadline for another federal government shutdown, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Tuesday that the Democratic leadership would not seek to block funding of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other units of the Department of Homeland Security.
Another inquiry is not a solution but a smokescreen: a mechanism to channel anger into years of hearings and reports, while the same underlying policies remain untouched.
The nurses’ strike, located in the center of world finance, is part of a broader movement of the working class, whose logic culminates in a national and international movement against oligarchy and dictatorship.
The USPS Workers Rank-and-File Committee also calls for mass participation in the Minnesota strike, part of a wave of class struggle across the country which has the potential to change the country.
The deals are part of a rapidly growing set of military agreements with the Philippines concluded by the United States and other imperialist powers in preparation for war with China.
The break-up of the Coalition is not only a crisis of that right-wing formation, but of the whole political order that has defended capitalist rule for the past 80 years.
On Tuesday, the dollar fell by 0.9 percent against a basket of currencies, continuing its slide of 9 percent for 2025. Gold went well over $4,700 per ounce, a new record, while the yield longer-term Treasuries rose.
There will be no genuine opposition to wars of plunder from a government that is also working to loot Venezuela—whether through sanctions, diplomatic activities, or active complicity with Trump.
London bus workers condemn US aggression against Venezuela, Trump’s domestic repression
“Stand firm, don’t let them divide you, unity and solidarity in the fight against Trump.”
The Socialist Equality Party statements were welcomed by workers, who opposed the imperialist banditry of the Trump administration and declared their solidarity with US workers mounting a struggle against the would-be dictator.
Bill 3 will impose stricter state oversight over the province’s trade unions with the aim of smothering working class opposition to the CAQ’s right-wing, class-war agenda.

Oxfam report shows billionaire wealth surged in 2025: The case for expropriation
In 2025, global billionaire wealth grew at three times the rate of the previous five years, reaching a record $18.3 trillion, an 81 percent increase since 2020.
The eruption of American imperialism reaches Europe: The conflict over Greenland and the fight against imperialist war
The answer to Trump’s fascistic policy of “might makes right” is not European rearmament but the international mobilization of the working class against all imperialist warmongers.
No troops in Minneapolis! For a general strike against Trump’s coup!
The Pentagon has placed 1,500 active-duty soldiers on alert for deployment against protests over ICE violence in Minneapolis.
The Minnesota general strike and the re-emergence of class struggle in the United States
The United States has reached a point where the scale of political breakdown and the ferocity of class tensions are generating profound shifts in consciousness.
Welcome Socialism AI: A historic advance in the political education of the working class
Socialism AI is a transformative application of advanced technological development to the political education and mobilization of the international working class.
Trump’s January 6 coup: Answers from Socialism AI
This is a report drawn up by Socialism AI on the background and course of the January 6, 2021 coup, which took place five years ago.
Technology and the working class: Responding to an opponent of Socialism AI
This response seeks to clarify important issues related to the technical and political development of Socialism AI.
Science vs. suspicion and fear: An Open Letter to a critic of Socialism AI
This is an Open Letter responding to several harsh criticisms of Socialism AI posted by Professor Tony Williams in the comments section of the WSWS.
“There is power and unity”
New York nurses remain defiant as hospitals dig in
As hospital executives again slander nurses as irresponsible, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders intervened at the picket lines on Tuesday to make appeals for negotiations.
UK National Coal Mining Museum management issues disciplinary threats against strikers
The strike at the mining museum raises point blank the necessity for a contemporary fight against those who co-authored the defeat of the heroic 1984–85 miners’ strike against Thatcher’s state orchestrated attacks – the Labour and trade union bureaucracy.
Strike authorization vote coming for 40,000 University of California academic workers
This strike vote is unfolding amid a rapidly escalating and explosive wave of working class opposition across the United States, raising the potential for a general strike.
Ford Kentucky Truck workers respond to exposure of union corruption and unsafe conditions
“The UAW is stealing from the retired,” a worker said.
Bolivian union bureaucracy calls off general strike, betraying workers and peasants
The COB ended the strike to prevent it turning into a struggle to bring down the government.
Trump takes Machado’s Nobel medal as CIA chief meets with Venezuela’s “interim president”
The debacle in Venezuela is the product not only of criminal US aggression but also of a turn to the right by the chavista government and the bourgeois layers it represents under the unrelenting pressure of imperialism.
Lula government marks 3 years since Brazil’s January 8 coup, as Trump intensifies offensive against Latin America
The fate of Nicolás Maduro foreshadows an escalation of direct intervention by US imperialism in Brazilian politics.
Trump’s military strikes against boats in Caribbean target Latin American working class
US forces kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife after blockading and terrorizing the working class in the region.
Ongoing fiasco at the “Kennedy-Trump” center: Musicians, dance companies and others reject effort to associate the US president with the arts
The decision to add “Donald Trump” to the name of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts reflects the isolation of the American oligarchy as well as its social and political self-delusion.
Bruce Springsteen denounces ICE “Gestapo tactics” in Minneapolis occupation
The celebrated singer-songwriter dedicated a surprise performance to ICE murder victim Renee Nicole Good.
Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly: A veteran film star undergoes a crisis
Baumbach satirizes the failings of the contemporary movie industry and mocks the self-involvement of prominent performers.
Squid Game 3: Ending not with a bang, but a bleak (and lucrative) whimper
With its explosive entry into social consciousness looking ever smaller in the rearview mirror, Squid Game’s third season sets out to close its story saga while seeding potential for a financially lucrative successor.
The Zweibrücken scandal: Right-wing extremism in the armed forces and the return of German militarism
The latest right-wing extremism scandal in the German army is not an isolated case, but the expression of a deeply rooted development that has taken on a new quality with the return of German militarism and the preparation for war against Russia.
Pro-Zionist campaign ousts West Midlands Police chief who banned Maccabi thugs from UK football match
During their rampage in Amsterdam, a year prior, Maccabi’s hooligans tore up Palestinian flags, hit taxis driven by Arabic drivers with crowbars, and chanted pro-genocide slogans.
As World Economic Forum in Davos opens, a major shift in Swiss security policy underway
Switzerland is implementing a far-reaching security-policy shift, marked by massive increases in military spending, the erosion of neutrality and closer integration with NATO, all justified by exaggerated claims of external threats.
Chega’s Ventura faces Socialist Party’s Seguro in run-offs of Portugal’s presidential election
Portugal’s 2026 presidential election has delivered a stark warning about the state of the country’s political system.
New Zealand PM promises deeper austerity and military build-up
After promising greater military spending, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon expressed support for US imperialism’s criminal attack on Venezuela.
Australia: Bipartisan deal exploits Bondi shootings to impose expanded “hate crime” laws
The Labor government’s bill allows for the outlawing of political groups and imprisonment of their supporters on the false basis that opposition to the ongoing Gaza genocide constitutes antisemitic hatred of Jews.
New Zealand foreign minister publicly rebukes Reserve Bank governor for criticising Trump
Peters’ extraordinary public rebuke exposes the sham of “central bank independence” and lays bare the social class interests at stake in monetary policy.
36 workers killed in huge landfill collapse in the Philippines
Entirely preventable, the recent tragedy in Cebu is the result of capitalism’s drive for profit at the expense of workers’ safety and lives.
Support grows for general strike in Minneapolis, as Trump escalates ICE terror campaign
On Tuesday, protests continued across the city, with growing support for a general strike on Friday, January 23, to force the removal of Trump’s paramilitary forces.
US immigration thugs escalate terror campaign, as sentiment for Minneapolis general strike grows among workers
As support grows for mass collective action to drive ICE out of Minnesota and the fascists out of the White House, Minnesota trade union bureaucrats made clear at a press conference Monday that they would not lead any strike action.
“We do outnumber them”
Students and workers support call for a general strike to oppose federal occupation of Minneapolis
At a rally Sunday in Minnesota, postal workers, students, and community members spoke with WSWS reporters about the murder of Renee Good and the way forward for the working class.
US appeals court overturns judge’s ruling that blocked arrest and deportation of Mahmoud Khalil
The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals’ 2-1 decision sends the case back to immigration court and overturns the ruling by a New Jersey judge that Khalil’s rights had been violated when he was apprehended in New York City and sent to a DHS detention center in Louisiana for three months.
Kenyan Stalinist CPM-K attacks WSWS while praising Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez ahead of CIA talks
The Venezuelan regime’s attempts to work out military and economic collaboration with Trump are exposing forces like the CPM-K who promoted it as an “anti-imperialist” force.
Israel’s recognition of breakaway Somaliland fuels the fires of regional conflict
Israel—and the UAE’s—efforts to secure recognition for Somaliland highlight and enflame the enormous geopolitical tensions in the Horn of Africa, a region that is already contending with multiple crises amid drought and famine.
Uganda goes to the polls under the shadow of repression and the backdrop of US attack on Venezuela
Calls for “Gen-Z style” mobilisations under the political leadership of the NUP and other factions of the Ugandan bourgeoisie subordinate the social demands of youth and workers to a programme that leaves capitalist exploitation, imperialist domination and the repressive state apparatus intact.
South Africa’s ANC clings to “non-alignment” after US attack on Venezuela
The US attack on Venezuela is exposing the collapse of the African National Congress’ post-apartheid “non-alignment” strategy, intensifying internal divisions within South Africa’s ruling elite as Washington pressures Pretoria to choose either itself or China.
Under threat from Trump, Ottawa unveils new trade deal with China
Carney’s rhetoric cannot conceal the fact that his trade deal with Beijing is extremely modest. Nonetheless, it threatens to exacerbate tensions with Washington, and deepen the regional cleavages within the Canadian ruling class.
Fascist run out of Minneapolis while attempting to lead pro-ICE, anti-immigrant hate rally
Jake Lang was pardoned by Trump for his role in the failed coup of January 6, 2021, when he was in the mob which stormed the Capitol.
Trump’s EPA places a zero-dollar value on human life and health
The EPA moves to gut the evaluation of the cost of health impacts in regulating toxic industrial emissions.
Washington menaces Iran at UN Security Council amid mounting signs of an impending US military strike
Washington’s preparations for a military onslaught on Iran have nothing to do with alleged concern for the democratic rights of its 93-million-strong population.
This week in history: January 19-25
Estrada ousted in the Philippines; Civil war breaks out in Lebanon; US uses napalm in Korean War; Textile strike in Passaic, New Jersey
Revolutionary leadership and the Minneapolis general strike of 1934
The events in Minneapolis in 1934 show what the working class can accomplish when it fights based on an independent class perspective.
Introduction: Ukraine as the Object of World Counterrevolution, by Mikhail Pavlovich
We hope that the publication of this translation and the rediscovery of Mikhail Pavlovich will contribute to the political education of the working class, now confronted, once again, with imperialist war and fascist barbarism.
Ukraine as the Object of World Counterrevolution
This is the first English translation of Mikhail Pavlovich's 1920 pamphlet on the civil war in Ukraine.
NASA closes Goddard Space Flight Center library as it dismantles astronomy infrastructure
The closure of NASA's largest research library at Goddard Space Flight Center represents a deliberate attack on scientific infrastructure and marks another step toward the privatization of space exploration.
New evidence of the possible coexistence of two separate early human species
The analysis of dental remains from Dmanisi in the Republic of Georgia has important implications regarding the balance and connection between biology and culture in human evolution.
New evidence for the earliest intentional human fire-making
The knowledge of how to make fire rather than relying on the exploitation of naturally occurring fire marked a key development in human cultural evolution.
The anti–public health agenda and the resurgence of measles in America
The measles outbreak in South Carolina exposes the social and political roots of vaccine refusal and the broader assault on public health institutions in the United States.
After Venezuela attack: White House threatens to murder Venezuelan acting president, attack Cuba and annex Greenland
The day after the US carried out an illegal military attack on Venezuela and kidnapped its president, the Trump administration unleashed a torrent of threats against countries around the world.
After receiving endorsement from Erika Kirk
JD Vance calls for fascist unity at Turning Point USA conference
In his speech, Vance rejected any “purity tests” within the MAGA movement.
Mamdani appoints Julie Su, who worked to suppress class struggle under Biden, to major economic post
The record of Julie Su reveals the role she will play at City Hall: promoting the labor bureaucracy and collaborating with the unions to suppress class conflict and impose Wall Street’s dictates.
CDC-funded study in Guinea-Bissau exposes criminal character of Kennedy’s vaccine agenda
A CDC-funded trial withholding timely Hepatitis B vaccination from newborns in the tiny African country echoes historical abuses of vulnerable populations.
NTSB report reveals Boeing knew of fatal defect in UPS plane that killed 14 in Louisville
Despite the pattern of repeated failures in a component that secures a multi-ton engine to the wing, Boeing ignored the danger.
“I just watched it move from symptoms to long-term illness. Now we're already seeing terminal illnesses.”
East Palestine, Ohio residents report long-term health problems from 2023 Norfolk Southern rail disaster
Following a massive derailment in February 2023, the railroad and government released 1.1 million pounds of toxic chemicals from the train in a bid to reopen the tracks as quickly as possible.
Workers must demand answers
Autopsy reveals Atlanta USPS worker Russell Scruggs, Jr. suffered “cardiac event” at work; Detroit worker Nick Acker died of mechanical asphyxiation
While the manner of death can medically be classified as “natural,” the circumstances leading up to Russell’s death were entirely preventable.
USPS worker fell into coma, was denied workers’ comp and fired after inhaling dust at Georgia distribution facility
The worker submitted testimony to the independent investigation by the USPS Workers Rank-and-File Committee into dangerous conditions at the post office.
Sri Lanka’s new “anti-terror laws” foreshadow sweeping attacks on democratic rights
Colombo’s draft legislation reproduces all the essential features of the existing draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act.
Leela Balasuriya (1946–2025): A veteran Trotskyist fighter in Sri Lanka
Comrade Leela’s death is a sad loss for the SEP, but the memory of this courageous fighter lives on today in the party’s struggle.
Sri Lankan government cynically evades US criminal assault on Venezuela
Opposing imperialist war and defending the oppressed is the task of the working class, guided by a Marxist—that is Trotskyist—perspective that rejects nationalism, unmasks the UN, and fights for world socialism.
SEP Sri Lanka holds public meeting on death of two plantation workers
Vijayakumar was killed after being struck by a tea-leaf grinding machine that lacked safety guards; Rajinikantha died when a decades-old boiler, which had not been properly maintained, exploded.
One year after DeepSeek, Chinese AI surges
The Microsoft chief has warned that US AI firms are being outpaced by their Chinese rivals in global markets.
Under threat from Trump, Ottawa unveils new trade deal with China
Carney’s rhetoric cannot conceal the fact that his trade deal with Beijing is extremely modest. Nonetheless, it threatens to exacerbate tensions with Washington, and deepen the regional cleavages within the Canadian ruling class.
Amid conflict over Powell indictment, attention turns to Supreme Court decision on Fed governor Lisa Cook
Amid conflict over the Powell indictment, attention turns to the Supreme Court decision on Fed governor Lisa Cook.
Trump attack on Fed chief sparks deep concern in financial institutions
Fearing the consequences of Trump’s actions, central bankers from around the world have declared their “full solidarity” with Jerome Powell.
9 months since death of Michigan autoworker Ronald Adams
Nine months after the preventable death of 63‑year‑old machine repairman Ronald Adams Sr. , the silence from the company, the United Auto Workers and state remains deafening.
“Our family wants answers that we have not gotten”: 8 months since the death of Stellantis worker Ronald Adams Sr.
Adams’ killing on the shop floor—crushed while performing maintenance on a gantry hoist that suddenly activated—continues to be shrouded in silence.
Remarks to IWA-RFC hearing
The death of autoworker Ronald Adams Sr. and the law of capitalist profit
It is the capitalist system that produces tragedies like the death of Ronald Adams Sr., a system that operates in the interests of the ruling class, which derives value and profit from the labor of workers.
6 months since the death of Stellantis worker Ronald Adams Sr., widow asks: “Why don’t I have answers?”
Stellantis, the United Auto Workers and Michigan safety officials continue to remain silent on the death of the 63-year-old skilled tradesman, even as full production at the engine plant has resumed.
Europe’s cannon fodder: Introduction and expansion of conscription in numerous EU countries
The reintroduction and expansion of conscription is a direct result of the military rearmament in the NATO war against Russia and the preparation for a Third World War.
Starmer’s agreement to send UK troops to Ukraine fuels demands for urgent military expansion
The most hawkish elements demand the UK government immediately start coughing up staggering sums to reach NATO’s new target of 5 percent of GDP spent on the military.
Zelensky names military spy chief to lead Office of President
Budanov was trained by the CIA, maintains ties to the Trump administration and is known for his particular close ties to Ukrainian neo-fascists.
High-ranking Russian general killed in Moscow car bombing
There is little question that Ukraine is behind the assassination, which took place against the backdrop of the US-Russia negations over a peace deal and an intensifying drone war by Ukraine on Russian territory.
Public health collapsing as COVID pandemic enters its 7th year
The systematic dismantling of public health services in the United States, including childhood vaccinations that have saved millions of lives, is a historic crime committed by the US ruling elite.
CDC slashes vaccine schedule: Trump-Kennedy atrocity against children’s lives and health
The January 5, 2026 decision to revise the US childhood vaccine schedule marks a turning point in the destruction of public health.
Former CDC epidemiologist Dr. Fiona Havers speaks on the collapse of evidence-based vaccine policy
The scientist quit the CDC in protest after Trump-appointed Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removed every member of the Advisory Community on Immunization Practices.
6 years of COVID-19
Long COVID and the concealment of pandemic harm
As COVID completes its sixth year, official statistics obscure the scale of harm, while Long COVID and excess deaths reveal the pandemic’s continuing public health consequences as well as the impact of social inequality.
Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi defies Turkish state’s intervention on its program
The Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi, which was officially established in August in Turkey, received a letter from the Supreme Court of Appeals Prosecutor’s Office demanding that it change its program. It categorically rejected this political intervention.
The Historical and International Foundations of the Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal (Socialist Equality Party – Fourth International)
This document traces the central historical experiences of the working class and Marxist movement in the 20th and 21st centuries, and establishes the principled foundations for the building of the Trotskyist movement in Turkey and throughout the region.
Opening Report to the Founding Congress of the Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal
This report explains the historical and international foundations and political perspectives of the Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi, placing them in the context of the deepening crisis of the global capitalist system and the struggle for socialist revolution today.
Statement of Principles of the Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal (Socialist Equality Party – Fourth International)
At its founding congress held on June 13–15, 2025, the Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi unanimously adopted this Statement of Principles.
The place of Security and the Fourth International in the history of the Trotskyist movement
The following report was delivered by David North, national chairman of the Socialist Equality Party (US) and chairman of the World Socialist Web Site, to the opening session of the SEP summer school last week.
Sylvia Ageloff and the assassination of Leon Trotsky
In a four-part series published in February 2021, the WSWS refuted the 80-year-old unchallenged narrative that Sylvia Ageloff was an innocent dupe who was used by Mercader to gain access to Trotsky.
Lecture to the 2025 SEP Summer School
Joseph Hansen—the FBI’s asset in the SWP
This lecture examines material which has been published in recent years regarding FBI investigation and infiltration of the SWP, and the additional light it shines on the findings of Security and the Fourth International.
Lecture to the SEP 2025 Summer School
The Gelfand Case: Depositions and the fight against summary judgement
This lecture outlines the legal struggle of Alan Gelfand to expose the penetration of the Trotskyist movement by agents of the Stalinist GPU, and reviews the successful brief against the SWP’s motion for summary judgment.
Underlying the interlinked crises of the capitalist system is an oligarchy that subordinates all of society to profit and the accumulation of personal wealth. The fight against the oligarchy is by its very nature a revolutionary task.
Leela Balasuriya (1946–2025): A veteran Trotskyist fighter in Sri Lanka
Comrade Leela’s death is a sad loss for the SEP, but the memory of this courageous fighter lives on today in the party’s struggle.
Alan Gelfand: A fighter for socialism and historical truth
Alan Gelfand, whose lawsuit against the US government led to the exposure of high-level agents of the FBI and Soviet secret police in the Socialist Workers Party, died Wednesday, October 29, in Los Angeles. He was 76 years old.
David Neita: January 5, 1948 – October 30, 2025
David Neita, who played a leading role in the Workers League (predecessor of the Socialist Equality Party) during the 1970s, died on October 30 in Los Angeles at the age of 77.
A working class fighter for socialism: Joe Parnarauskis, 1954–2025
Parnarauskis is best known to readers of the WSWS for his 2006 campaign for Illinois state senate.
Wolfgang devoted over 50 years of his life to building the Trotskyist party and fought tirelessly politically and theoretically for the independence of the working class.
Australia: Antisemitism Education Taskforce to attack democratic rights and academic freedom
Just four days after the Bondi attack, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the creation of the Antisemitism Education Taskforce, chaired by corporate figure David Gonski and featuring the government’s Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal.
Former Guantánamo detainees and other political prisoners defend UK’s pro-Palestine hunger strikers
Starmer’s authoritarian agenda could soon add the bodies of three British citizens to the toll of its genocide-supporting, militarist foreign policy.
Australian Labor government calls Royal Commission to witch-hunt opposition to the Gaza genocide
The Commission has nothing to do with uncovering the truth of the Bondi terror attack. Its role is to witch-hunt mass opposition to the genocide in Gaza.
Palestine Action political prisoners starving to death as Labour government refuses to intervene
Starmer’s Labour Party is less concerned to show a trace of sympathy and concern than even Margaret Thatcher’s government was at the height of British imperialism’s “Dirty War” against the Irish Republican Army.
Israel kills 14 Palestinians as Trump prepares imperialist “Board of Peace” for Gaza
Israel launched strikes on Thursday and Friday that killed at least 14 Palestinians, including children, as the White House organizes its “Gaza Board of Peace,” made up of imperialist war criminals including former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Israel’s far-right government seeks to tighten its grip on power
The measures are aimed at strengthening the powers of the Netanyahu government as it continues its wars in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen and prepares for another offensive against Iran, amid plunging living standards.
Storm Byron compounds catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza
At least 17 Palestinians have died due to the storm, including at least 11 people killed when damaged buildings collapsed on those sheltering inside and a 29-day-old baby and three small children from severe hypothermia.
Israel tightens its grip on West Bank
Functioning as Israel’s subcontractor in policing the Palestinians, President Mahmoud Abbas and the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority have not lifted a finger to oppose any of Israel’s expansionist actions.
This lecture was given by World Socialist Web Site International Editorial Board Chairman David North at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, March 12.
Expert report shatters fraudulent case against Bogdan Syrotiuk: Deepen the international campaign for his freedom!
The campaign to free Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk has reached a decisive turning point with the publication of a forensic linguistic analysis that shatters the fraudulent case against him.
Leading Ukrainian criminologist finds charges of “state treason” against Bogdan Syrotiuk baseless
The linguistic examination by Yuri Irkhin, one of Ukraine’s leading criminologist, marks not only a major setback for the prosecution. It is also a powerful vindication of the principled opposition by the Trotskyist movement to the war in Ukraine.
Ukrainian court rejects motion to dismiss judge for bias as Bogdan Syrotiuk is barred from accessing dental care
The decision to not dismiss the judge for bias underscores yet again that, within the Ukrainian court system, everything is stacked against Bogdan.
Nikolaev appeals court rules to prolong detention of Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk
The Nikolaev appeals court based its argumentation on a distortion of a previous ruling by the European Court of Human Rights.
Trotsky's assassination was the greatest political crime of the 20th century. Alongside Vladimir Lenin, Trotsky was the leader of the 1917 October revolution in Russia, which led to the establishment of the first workers’ state in history, and the preeminent strategist of world socialist revolution.
Syrian HTS forces escalate military offensive against Kurdish SDF
The only way to fight the Al-Qaeda regime in Syria is to fight imperialism
As a result of an imperialist-backed proxy war, HTS was brought to power in Damascus with the support of Washington and Ankara and now it seeks to consolidate its control of the country by violently suppressing all minorities, including the Kurds.
Washington menaces Iran at UN Security Council amid mounting signs of an impending US military strike
Washington’s preparations for a military onslaught on Iran have nothing to do with alleged concern for the democratic rights of its 93-million-strong population.
Israel’s recognition of breakaway Somaliland fuels the fires of regional conflict
Israel—and the UAE’s—efforts to secure recognition for Somaliland highlight and enflame the enormous geopolitical tensions in the Horn of Africa, a region that is already contending with multiple crises amid drought and famine.
White House threatens “lethal force” against Iran
Nine days after launching an assault on Venezuela that killed over 100 people and kidnapped President Nicolás Maduro, the Trump administration is openly threatening strikes against Iran, using as a pretext mass protests that have erupted across the country.
January 21 marked 100 years since the death of Vladimir Lenin in 1924. This page includes a collection of essays reviewing the life and ideas of the great Marxist theoretician, founder of the Bolshevik Party, and co-leader of the Russian Revolution.
May Day 2025: Socialism Against Fascism and War
The WSWS is posting here both the video and text of the speech by World Socialist Web Site International Editorial Board chairman David North, which opened the International May Day 2025 Online Rally.
May Day 2025
Join the Trotskyist movement to fight for socialism
This summation was given by Socialist Equality Party (UK) assistant national secretary Thomas Scripps at the International May Day 2025 Online Rally, held Saturday, May 3.
May Day 2025
The socialist response to the breakdown in Canada-US relations
This speech was given by Keith Jones, National Secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Canada), at the International May Day 2025 Online Rally, held Saturday, May 3.
May Day 2025
Unite the New Zealand and Pacific working class against war!
This speech was given by Tom Peters, a leading member of the Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand, at the International May Day 2025 Online Rally, held Saturday, May 3.
Nanda Wickremesinghe (1939-2025): A lifelong Trotskyist leader
Nanda Wickremesinghe’s political life as a Trotskyist spanned nearly seven decades. Right until the end, despite ailments that forced him to withdraw from active party work, our comrade had never lost his revolutionary spirit.
Sri Lanka: Hundreds pay their last respects to veteran Trotskyist Nanda Wickremesinghe
“Comrades, including Wicks, rejected the populist petty-bourgeois alternatives and turned to the International Committee, to the Sri Lankan and international working class and to building the revolutionary leadership of the working class.”
International condolences on the death of Sri Lankan Trotskyist Nanda Wickremesinghe
“Comrade Wicks brought to the struggle for Trotskyism an immense array of political gifts. Possessed of an extraordinary intellectual curiosity, Wicks was immersed in the history of the international Trotskyist movement”—David North
40 years since the suspension of the Workers Revolutionary Party from the ICFI
The suspension of the WRP by International Committee in December 1985 marked a decisive victory for Trotskyism over Pabloite opportunism and opened a new stage in the building of the Fourth International.
From the Archives
Documents of the International Committee of the Fourth International on the suspension of the WRP
We are reposting here two documents, the resolution of the ICFI on the suspension of the WRP from December 16, 1985 and a statement adopted the following day.
Book Review
Biography as demonology: Aidan Beatty’s The Party is Always Right: The Untold Story of Gerry Healy and British Trotskyism
Aidan Beatty's new book is not a biography, but rather a political diatribe against Gerry Healy and Trotskyism.
“I’ve been very impressed by the articles you’ve published”
Historian Kerby Miller discusses Aidan Beatty and the writing of Irish history
Miller, the preeminent American historian of Irish history, was recently interviewed by the World Socialist Web Site.
Australian Electoral Commission blocks evidence on its SEP ballot access ban
The AEC’s escalated reasons for refusing to release the information—claiming that it would not be in the “public interest” to do so—further underscore the anti-democratic nature of its ban on the SEP registration.
The significance of the Socialist Equality Party’s vote and campaign in the Australian election
The vote for the SEP was small, but significant, revealing a growing constituency for a revolutionary, socialist alternative to the program of war, austerity and authoritarianism advanced by Labor and the entire capitalist establishment.
The Australian election, global opposition to Trump and the need for a socialist perspective
The election was marked by a mass repudiation of Trumpism, but within the framework of parliamentary politics, the outcome is a pro-business, pro-war Labor government that will collaborate with Trump.
Liberal leadership contest marked by factional divisions after Australian election rout
The much diminished party-room was split down the middle, presaging further ructions.
Independent soil testing finds staggering levels of toxic contamination in Los Angeles fire zones
Testing shows toxic heavy metals like lead, arsenic, and mercury at levels hazardous to human health, with children and workers bearing the brunt of the risk.
The Los Angeles fires: How the Democrats facilitated utility companies’ criminal neglect
Emerging evidence suggests that Assembly Bill 1054, passed by the Democratic Party-dominated legislature and signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom in 2019, played a crucial role in this catastrophe.
California governor makes significant concessions to corporate interests in rebuilding wildfire-hit areas
Newsom’s suspension of California’s landmark environmental regulations to fast-track utility infrastructure rebuilding in wildfire-affected areas, is a direct attack on democracy, environmental safeguards and working-class communities.
Signs point to Southern California Edison’s negligence and Democrats’ complicity in Los Angeles fire disaster
Edison prioritized profits over maintenance and fire prevention, endangering lives and communities.
Mehring Books, the publishing arm of the Socialist Equality Party (US), is proud to announce the publication of Volume 1 of COVID, Capitalism, and Class War: A Social and Political Chronology of the Pandemic, a compilation of the World Socialist Web Site's coverage of this global crisis.
RT Interview with Tamino Dreisam on school strike against conscription in Germany
IYSSE in Germany: “We do not want to die for the interests of the rich”
An interview with IYSSE spokesperson Tamino Dreisam exposes the class interests behind Germany’s reintroduction of conscription, placing it within a broader drive toward militarisation, social cuts and imperialist war.
Stop David Lammy killing political prisoners! Release all Palestine protesters!
These are the vindictive, lawless actions of a police state. Labour has branded Palestine Action and its supporters “terrorists” to justify swallowing innocent people into the prison system and subjecting them to cruel and unusual punishment.
Texas A&M University bans “race and gender ideology”
The fascistic administration of Governor Greg Abbott, at the behest of Trump, is seeking to ensure that the approximately 1.6 million students attending public universities in Texas only come into contact with instructional material acceptable to the far right.
Stop the censorship of anti-fascist meetings at Berlin universities!
While students face ever greater restrictions on their right to freedom of expression, German universities themselves are by no means neutral. They increasingly take sides with German militarism and defend far-right political positions.
WSWS hosts webinar with Momodou Taal, target of Trump’s efforts to deport anti-war students
Situating the attacks on Momodou Taal and other student activists in their political and historical context, the speakers urged viewers to become active in the struggle to mobilize the working class against fascism and war.
Sounding the Alarm and The Logic of Zionism: A discussion with David North on his two recent books
This discussion with David North, chairman of the World Socialist Web Site International Editorial Board, will focus on his two most recent books, Sounding the Alarm: Socialism Against War and The Logic of Zionism: From Nationalist Myth to the Gaza Genocide.
Of, by and for the oligarchy: Trump’s cabinet & the restructuring of the American state
The election of Trump and his cabinet of reactionaries signifies the brutal restructuring of global society being carried out by the financial oligarchy.
The election debacle and the fight against dictatorship
The election of Donald Trump is a critical event whose political repercussions will be felt throughout the world. This fascist demagogue has won the 2024 election with both an electoral and popular vote majority. He will be re-installed in the White House on January 20, 2025.
Premiere in Berlin of a new documentary–Julian Assange and the Dark Secrets of War
The most telling episodes of the film include the testimony of Ethan McCord who relates that witnessing the savagery of the American military on that day in Iraq had changed his life forever.
Julian Assange delivers first speech since release from UK prison: “I pleaded guilty to journalism”
Assange told the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe: “I am not free today because the system worked, I am free today after years of incarceration because I pled guilty to journalism.”
Australian spooks and their media mouthpieces bemoan Assange’s freedom
The complaints have a pathetic character to them, but also underscore the fact that the assault on democratic rights associated with the persecution of Assange persists and deepens.
The Australian Labor Party’s record in the Assange case
The Australian government's involvement in the plea deal arrangements was the result of mass popular pressure. It followed years of Labor actively assisting the persecution of Assange.
Seminal documents of the Soviet Trotskyist movement from the early 1930s published for the first time
Published for the first time 90 years after they were written, the documents are an irrefutable vindication of the century-long struggle by the Trotskyist movement against Stalinism and for historical truth.
Analyzing a World in Chaos from an Island of Tranquility
This speech was given by David North at the second international commemoration of the work of Leon Trotsky on Büyükada (Prinkipo), Turkey, during the first period of his exile from the Soviet Union between 1929 and 1933.
A reply to an anarchist’s falsification of the Leon Trotsky commemoration on Prinkipo
The event was covered by many national and local media outlets and widely discussed on social media before and after the event in Turkey. However, a former Maoist and current anarchist published an article on his website denouncing and misrepresenting David North’s remarks.
On the anniversary of the assassination of Leon Trotsky
Eighty-four years ago today, on August 20, 1940, Leon Trotsky was assassinated by an agent of the Stalinist secret police, the GPU, in his villa in Coyoacan, Mexico, where he spent the final three years of his life as a political exile.
The essays in this book, though written over the span of more than 40 years, are connected by a central argument: Leon Trotsky was the most significant figure in the history of socialism during the first four decades of the twentieth century, and his legacy remains the critical and indispensable theoretical and political foundation of the ongoing contemporary struggle for the victory of world socialism.
Order your print or epub version of the book from Mehring Books today.
While Ford Kentucky Truck UAW officials pad their salaries, conditions at plant worsen
Major financial irregularities at UAW Local 862 in Louisville take place as rank-and-file anger continues to simmer over deteriorating conditions, including safety issues and management harassment.
Major shakeup at UAW headquarters as crisis of bureaucracy deepens
Amid seething rank-and-file anger over job cuts and collapsing living standards the UAW apparatus has purged DSA operatives Chris Brooks and Jonah Furman while restoring the duties of Secretary Treasurer Margaret Mock and Vice President Rich Boyer.
GM workers look to fight layoffs at Factory Zero in Detroit
In recent days many workers have reached out to the WSWS to express their anger and frustration with both GM and the UAW.
“The union lets them get away with everything”: GM Factory Zero workers denounce UAW complicity, call for fight against mass layoffs
With the permanent layoff of 1,140 workers at assembly plant scheduled for January 5, workers are looking for a way to defend their jobs.
The Inquest is necessary to break through the cover-up, lies and misinformation that have been used to justify policies responsible for the avoidable deaths of millions.
Report to Sri Lanka meetings
Imperialism, the genocide in Gaza, and the world struggle for socialism
Socialist Equality Party (US) National Secretary Joseph Kishore delivered the following report to a meeting titled “Leon Trotsky and the Struggle for Socialism in the 21st Century” in Colombo on December 10.
University of Michigan IYSSE protests attack by pro-government thugs on Sri Lankan SEP members
We are publishing here a letter being sent by the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) at the University of Michigan condemning the violent attack on two members of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) in Sri Lanka by pro-government thugs.
Magistrate court hearing on violent assault on Sri Lankan SEP members
While police have visited the crime scene and recorded witness statements they requested more time to obtain hospital medical reports.
Academics denounce pro-government thug attack on Sri Lankan SEP members
The SEP is calling on all those who are concerned to defend democratic rights of freedom of expression to register their opposition by sending protest letters to the relevant authorities.
Vadim Z. Rogovin (10 May 1937 – 18 September 1998) was a Soviet Marxist sociologist and historian. Working in close collaboration with the International Committee of the Fourth International, Rogovin helped lay the foundations for the Trotskyist movement’s fight against the post-Soviet school of historical falsification, including in his six-volume Was There an Alternative? This page collects major essays and commemorations on Rogovin as well as links to his own writings.
Former Montgomery, Alabama teacher testifies about the forced reopening of schools in 2020-21
In this interview, Tynisa Williams, former teacher in Montgomery, Alabama, describes the experience of being forced to teach in-person in the fall of 2020 and winter of 2021. She and her coworkers waged a courageous struggle to stop the deadly return to in-person learning that cost the lives of eight educators in the district.
Accomplices to social murder
The international pseudo-left and the lifting of Zero-COVID in China: Part 1
The pseudo-left’s hostility to public health and support for imperialism found sharp expression in their universal demand—echoing that of the Western corporate media and political establishment—that China abandon its Zero-COVID strategy.
Accomplices to social murder
The international pseudo-left and the lifting of Zero-COVID in China: Part 2
The pseudo-left’s hostility to public health and support for imperialism found its sharpest expression in their demand—echoing that of the Western corporate media and political establishment—that China abandon its Zero-COVID strategy.
Immunocompromised mother in Manhattan speaks to Global Workers’ Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic
Melanie, whose children attend public schools in New York City, spoke to the WSWS about the toll the “let it rip” policy toward the pandemic has taken on her and her family.
The definitive left-wing critique of the 1619 Project. This volume includes interviews with eminent historians and essays from the World Socialist Web Site exposing the New York Times’ racialist falsification of history.
Nikole Hannah-Jones’ Center for Democracy and Journalism: Racialist politics in the service of US imperialism
After one year, the Center’s main accomplishment has been to deepen the mutual embrace between sections of the upper middle class and the military-intelligence apparatus.
The 1619 Project and the New York Times’ promotion of the racialist ideology of Ukrainian nationalism
The racialist historical revisionism of the Times and the racialist ideology of the Ukrainian neo-Nazis share a common premise: the mythological reimagining of history as a struggle of “the nation” and “the race.”
Oppose political censorship of antiwar views at Howard University!
We call on all students, faculty and staff members at Howard University to oppose this censorship and demand that the IYSSE be allowed to hold its planned meeting on campus.
Marcus Garvey and the reactionary logic of racialist politics
More than one hundred years after the formation of his Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), Marcus Garvey's legacy remains highly relevant in the struggle to overcome efforts to divide the working class along racial lines.
Comrade Wije Dias, the longtime general secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka), died in Colombo on July 27, 2022. This exhibit includes two tributes to Wije by WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North as well as a selection of Wije’s most significant articles and speeches.
The arrest of journalist Richard Medhurst and the fight to defend democratic rights
Medhurst said of his detention at the UK’s Heathrow Airport, “I believe I'm the first journalist to be arrested under this provision of the Terrorism Act.”
Instagram shutters account of Palestinian publisher Quds News Network
Instagram shut the account without explanation. Quds is one of the most popular Palestinian networks and has featured on-the-spot exposures of the war crimes in Gaza.
WSWS readers demand Facebook reverse ban on SEG in New Zealand
Readers have expressed outrage at the social media company’s anti-democratic censorship of the Trotskyist Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand.
Facebook blocks Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand from advertising
We call on readers to oppose Facebook’s blatant political censorship of the Trotskyist movement in New Zealand.
October 16 marked the 45th anniversary of the assassination of Tom Henehan, a member of the Political Committee of the Workers League—the predecessor of the Socialist Equality Party in the US. We are republishing here a tribute delivered by David North at a meeting in 1997.
White House threatens “lethal force” against Iran
Nine days after launching an assault on Venezuela that killed over 100 people and kidnapped President Nicolás Maduro, the Trump administration is openly threatening strikes against Iran, using as a pretext mass protests that have erupted across the country.
Survivors of September 2 boat strike waved for rescue, did not know they had been attacked
The survivors of the US military's September 2 drone murder in the Caribbean attempted to wave to US military aircraft for rescue, the New York Times reported Friday.
President Sheinbaum minimizes growing US threats to bomb Mexico
In response to continuing US threats to bomb drug cartels in Mexico, President Claudia Sheinbaum has issued unconvincing and toothless denials that they will ever be carried out.
Israel murders 274 Gazans in a further escalation of the genocidal war
For a demonstration on July 24 in Washington D.C. to protest congressional invitation for Netanyahu
The World Socialist Web Site calls on workers and youth to respond to Congress’ invitation to the war criminal Netanyahu with a demonstration in Washington D.C.
This interactive timeline presents some of the most important events that have brought humanity to the brink of World War III. It includes links to critical articles and statements produced by the International Committee of the Fourth International over the past 30 years.
Book Review
Grant’s Enforcer: Taking Down the Klan
Grant’s Enforcer is an important reminder that political reaction is not all-powerful.
The centenary of Theodore Dreiser’s An American Tragedy
The most serious artists in the 1920s and early 1930s anticipated or often even assumed that society was proceeding to a new and higher stage.
A lawyer’s account of his struggle on behalf of a victim of the “war on terror”
Through the Gates of Hell: American Injustice at Guantanamo Bay
Jaber Mohammed, only one among hundreds of prisoners who faced a similar fate, lost five years of his life to a regime of abuse and torture, part of the imperialist reaction to the 9/11 attacks.
Peter Oborne’s Complicit: Britain’s role in the destruction of Gaza
While Oborne offer a biting and passionate critique of the UK’s support for Israel and complicity in its genocidal war against the Palestinians in Gaza, his disgust and moral outrage is no substitute for explaining its causes.
The WSWS is publishing the report delivered by David North 25 years ago, on February 1, 1997, motivating the proposal to end publication of the SEP’s printed newspaper and replace it with an international website; as well as North’s reply to the National Committee ‘s discussion of the proposal.
Twilight at the Met: Capitalism’s contempt for culture
The company’s announcement this week of yet another round of devastating cutbacks exposes the incapacity of American capitalism to sustain even its most celebrated cultural institutions.
Oxfam report shows billionaire wealth surged in 2025: The case for expropriation
In 2025, global billionaire wealth grew at three times the rate of the previous five years, reaching a record $18.3 trillion, an 81 percent increase since 2020.
The eruption of American imperialism reaches Europe: The conflict over Greenland and the fight against imperialist war
The answer to Trump’s fascistic policy of “might makes right” is not European rearmament but the international mobilization of the working class against all imperialist warmongers.
No troops in Minneapolis! For a general strike against Trump’s coup!
The Pentagon has placed 1,500 active-duty soldiers on alert for deployment against protests over ICE violence in Minneapolis.
Review the most critical essays, lectures and letters produced by the ICFI in the course of its intervention in response to the crisis of Stalinism and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
