In a powerful lecture at Friedrich-Alexander University in Nuremberg, David North demonstrated that the US-Israeli war against Iran constitutes a crime against peace under the legal standards established at the Nuremberg Trials.
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This lecture by WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North examines the historical background of the war against Iran in relation to the strategy of American imperialism.
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In genocidal rant, Trump vows to send Iran “back to the Stone Ages”
In a prime-time television address Wednesday, US President Donald Trump declared that the goal of the United States in the Iran war is the destruction of Iranian society.
The would-be dictator in the White House seeks to strip millions of their citizenship and rig the 2026 elections.
Patrick Martin•
WSWS video reporters spoke to protesters at the massive "No Kings" rallies held across the US on March 28.
Our reporters•
Eleven parties, including Kurdish nationalists and nominally “left-wing” groups in Türkiye, issued a statement appealing to the Erdoğan government for "peace" without addressing US imperialist aggression against Iran and across the Middle East.
Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal•
The UAW, which pledged to defend jobs in the transition to electric vehicles, has offered workers nothing but platitudes and silence.
Jerry White•
Jürgen Habermas, who died on March 14 in Starnberg at the age of 96, occupied for more than half a century a position of extraordinary influence in German intellectual and political life.
D. Szejnman, Steve Long•
As the war enters its second month, the price of Brent crude, the global benchmark, has risen by 63 percent from its pre-war level, eclipsing the previous record monthly rise of 46 percent following Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990.
Nick Beams•
A video of WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North speaking outside the Nuremberg Palace of Justice on the criminality of the US war against Iran has been viewed nearly 200,000 times across social media platforms, generating an outpouring of support.
Evan Blake•
The public meeting was addressed by a panel of speakers, including David North, chairperson of the World Socialist Web Site and of the Socialist Equality Party of the United States. As the leader of the US Workers League, forerunner of the US SEP, North played the leading role in the struggle against the political degeneration of the WRP leadership.
our reporter•
Patrick Martin, David North•
The force, the genius, of Emily Brontë’s novel is totally absent, wholly unexplored in this adaptation.
Paul Bond•
Ahmad Othman, an activist against the genocide of the Palestinians, has successfully sued against his second dismissal by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Dietmar Gaisenkersting•
In the third round of negotiations, the German mining and chemical union IGBCE (Industrial Union of Mining, Chemistry, and Energy) reached an agreement with the employers' association BAVC on real wage cuts for the 585,000 employees in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry nationwide in Germany.
Dietmar Gaisenkersting•
Six thousand DHL workers in the US had authorized strike action by 96 percent against the global logistics giant earlier in March.
Alex Findijs•
Ash Field is a specialist school for children aged four to 19 with complex medical conditions, serious physical disabilities, leading to Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties and/or Moderate Learning Difficulties.
Judith Lomax, Tania Kent•
US begins B-52 bombing flights over Iran after Trump threatens to “completely obliterate” civilian infrastructure
The United States has begun bombing Iran with B-52 bombers, setting the stage for a massive increase in the US saturation bombing of the country of 90 million, as the US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran intensifies.
Andre Damon•
The Iran war and the erosion of international law
Among the first victims of the Iran war is international law, as it was developed after the Second World War. Almost all legal experts agree that there is no basis in international law for the war being waged by the US and Israel.
Peter Schwarz•
Arab regimes’ backing for US-Israel war on Iran preparing region-wide conflagration
Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Qatar, Saudia Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have signalled their impending intervention as active belligerents against Iran.
Jean Shaoul•
Australian government distances itself from illegal war on Iran that it supports
Albanese’s comments, which do not include even slight criticism of the US-Israeli war of aggression, are a cynical attempt to distance his government from a war that it is participating in.
Oscar Grenfell•
Kevin Reed•
Patrick Martin•
Kevin Reed•
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Introduction to the book presentation: “Where Is America Going? Fascism or Socialism” with David North at Humboldt University in Berlin
We are publishing here the remarks by Johannes Stern introducing the book presentation Where Is America Going? Fascism or Socialism with David North at Humboldt University in Berlin. David North’s lecture at Humboldt University, titled “American Imperialism and the Subjugation of Iran,” is published here. In the coming days, the WSWS will also publish a video of the event.
Johannes Stern•
Zionist assassination plot against Nerdeen Kiswani is a warning to the working class
The plot to kill Kiswani was not an isolated act, but the product of a political environment in which opposition to genocide has been criminalized and democratic rights are under sustained attack.
Jacob Crosse•
As ground troops arrive in the Middle East, Trump threatens “obliteration” of Iran’s infrastructure
On Monday, the 30th day of the US-Israeli war against Iran, US President Donald Trump threatened to destroy all of Iran’s energy generation and water desalination plants unless it surrendered to his demands.
Andre Damon•
David North’s Nuremberg video on US war against Iran evokes powerful response
A video of WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North speaking outside the Nuremberg Palace of Justice on the criminality of the US war against Iran has been viewed nearly 200,000 times across social media platforms, generating an outpouring of support.
Evan Blake•
Barry Grey•
International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees•
Socialist Equality Party (US)•
David North•
Jacob Crosse•
Gino Paoli, leading voice of postwar Italian popular music, dies at 91
Paoli’s work helped define the “cantautore” tradition and expressed Italy’s complex cultural transformation amid postwar reconstruction and social change.
Marc Wells•
Actors, performers oppose Trump at No Kings protests and elsewhere–the question of the Democratic Party looms large
Actors, musicians and others have raised their voices in protests in recent months, and specifically on March 28.
David Walsh•
Defending political and artistic dissent: Why Banksy’s anonymity matters
Banksy’s anonymity has allowed him to indict the crimes of the powerful in a mass popular medium without facing immediate legal sanction, corporate blacklisting, far-right threats and state surveillance.
Paul Mitchell•
The 76th Berlin International Film Festival—Part 6
More Berlinale short films: Cosmonauts, With a Kind Regard, Graft Versus Host
In the face of official prejudice and indifference, filmmakers fight for solidarity and compassion in a series of short films at the Berlin film festival.
Max Linhof, Verena Nees•
Ray Coleman, Nick Barrickman•
Isabel Roy•
Andrea Peters•
Max Linhof, Verena Nees•
James Brewer•
The campus tour of Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and the dead end of pseudo-left politics
Abdul El-Sayed, “progressive” Democratic Party candidate for US Senate in Michigan, is holding rallies at Michigan State University and the University of Michigan on April 7 as part of an effort to corral students behind his pro-capitalist politics.
Shane Latrobe, Kevin Reed•
DSA declines to endorse its own members in Los Angeles mayoral race
The DSA's role in the Los Angeles mayoral race exposes its function as an appendage of the Democratic Party in blocking the independent political mobilization of the working class.
Marc Wells•
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will cut school and homeless programs to balance budget
Less than a year after his election, Mamdani is moving to implement austerity to meet the legal requirements of a budget “balanced” on behalf of the bond markets and the financial aristocracy.
Sandy English•
Morenoites rebrand as “Permanent Revolution Current”: A conspiracy against Trotskyism and the coming socialist revolution
At the center of the Morenoite conference was a reactionary theoretical revision aimed at eviscerating Trotsky’s Theory of Permanent Revolution.
Statement of the Socialist Equality Group in Brazil (GSI)•
Barry Grey•
David Fitzgerald, Bryan Dyne, Barry Grey•
Steve James•
K. Ratnayake•
Jacob Crosse•
Bath Iron Works naval shipyard strike betrayed as UAW subordinates workers to the war effort
Neither the Trump administration, General Dynamics management nor the union bureaucracy could allow this strike to continue.
Mike Ingram•
Workers strike auto parts manufacturer in Findlay, Ohio
Located about 60 miles south of Toledo, parts from the Findlay plant make their way into the final assembly of engines, cars and light trucks produced by General Motors, Ford and Stellantis throughout the Great Lakes region.
Samuel Davidson•
Resident doctors to strike, Starmer threatens—Time for a unified fightback to defend the NHS!
Labour’s paltry offer is not only an insult to resident doctors. It is an indictment of the course of action pursued by the Resident Doctors Committee.
NHS FightBack•
Australia: What has happened to the enterprise agreement at Western Sydney University?
Two months on, no copy of an agreement has been provided to NTEU members, let alone voted on.
A Western Sydney University Rank-and-File Committee member•
Tom Hall•
Lucy Connell•
Martin Scott•
Jacob Crosse•
Storm clouds gather over global financial system
Trump’s efforts to placate markets are wearing thin as investors focus on energy shortages and troop movements rather than statements from the White House or the social media account of the president.
Nick Beams•
Trump to put his signature on the dollar crisis
While it will be greeted with outrage, Trump’s decision to fix his signature to the dollar may well come to be regarded as a fitting symbol of the economic, financial, cultural and political decline of US capitalism, of which he is the personification.
Nick Beams•
Major financial fallout from US war on Iran
Bond prices have been falling, lifting their yields or interest rate, reflecting a growing fear of stagflation: the combination of higher prices and a slowing economy, even recession.
Nick Beams•
US Fed gripped by uncertainty as war dominates the economy
The overriding impression from Fed chair Jerome Powell is that the central bank is like an animal trapped in the headlights of a massive truck hurtling towards it, not knowing which way to turn.
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Jean Shaoul•
Nick Beams•
More Canadian workers support Will Lehman’s campaign for UAW presidency
The WSWS continues to receive statements of support from workers across Canada for Will Lehman’s campaign for the presidency of the UAW in the United States. Lehman is running as a socialist on a program to abolish the union bureaucracy and place power back in the hands of workers on the shop floor.
Our reporters•
Militant support for strike grows at GM Silao Complex in Mexico
Workers describe widespread support for a March 25 strike at GM’s Silao Complex in Mexico as they demand a 20 percent increase in wages.
Andrea Lobo•
UAW acting as “management’s enforcer” at Columbia University, says UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman
The statement calls the UAW apparatus “complicit” in political repression at the campus and urges that rank-and-file workers take control of their own struggle.
Our reporters•
UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman calls for rank-and-file slate as delegate elections begin
Elections are currently taking place at UAW locals for delegates to the Constitutional Convention schedule for June 15-18 in Detroit.
Jerry White•
Andre Damon•
George Kirby•
Dietmar Gaisenkersting•
Andrea Lobo•
Our reporters•
Carney government asks Canada’s Supreme Court to overturn rulings against use of Emergencies Act to end 2022 “Freedom Convoy”
The Liberals are intent on ensuring that they and future governments retain the broadest possible latitude to invoke emergency powers in political and social crises, in particular against the working class and a developing movement against austerity and war.
Pierre Lajeunesse, Keith Jones•
Canada’s NDP to pick new leader one year after election debacle
Whatever their tactical disagreements, all of the candidates for the NDP leadership are staunch defenders of Canadian capitalism and its state, inveterate opponents of class struggle and determined to contain and neuter social opposition by shackling it to the pro-employer trade unions and parliamentary-electoral politics.
Keith Jones•
Fascist local sheriff Chad Bianco seizes ballots cast in recent California referendum on redistricting
Riverside County, California, Sheriff Chad Bianco, a former Oath Keeper and outspoken supporter of Donald Trump, seized ballots cast in the recent special election that gerrymandered California congressional districts to favor Democrats.
Isaac de Vries•
What is behind the Corpus Christi water crisis?
The city of 300,000 is projected to run out of water this year without intervention, with the state and corporations attempting to get the working class to foot the bill
Chase Lawrence•
Steve Hill•
Jacob Crosse•
Omri Wolfe•
Patrick Martin•
James Clayton•
Ukraine announces military deals with UAE, Saudi Arabia for war on Iran
The military collaboration underscores that the wars in Ukraine and Iran are essentially part of a global conflict, in which the fronts in Eastern Europe and the Middle East are closely interlinked.
Jason Melanovski•
Berlin welcomes Syrian interim president and intensifies war and deportation campaign
The reception of Islamist leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Berlin exposes the hypocrisy of German war propaganda and underlines its imperialist goals in the Middle East.
Johannes Stern•
Zack Polanski’s Greens block anti-Zionist motion at conference
Polanski made clear that he was opposed to the motion’s description of Zionism as racist.
Thomas Scripps•
Germany: Verdict in trial for death of railway apprentice Simon Hedemann
A Deutsche Bahn signal mechanic has been sentenced to a fine of €6,300 for negligent manslaughter.
Marianne Arens•
Peter Schwarz•
Thomas Scripps•
Clara Weiss•
Markus Salzmann•
Harvey Thompson, Robert Stevens•
Dolores Huerta’s allegations against Cesar Chavez and the political bankruptcy of the United Farm Workers
Revelations of abuse and rape expose the UFW’s decay, cynically weaponized by fascistic forces to intensify attacks on farmworkers and immigrant communities nationwide.
Marc Wells•
Socialism in the “reactionary” Southwest: Lessons from James Green’s Grass-Roots Socialism
Green's book shows that, beneath the familiar myth of the reactionary Southwest, there lay a vibrant world of tenant-farmer revolt, labor militancy, and interracial socialist organizing.
Andrea Peters•
The life and legacy of a dissident historian of Stalinism
Roy Medvedev (1925–2026): A critical assessment
A critical assessment of Soviet dissident historian Roy Medvedev (1925–2026), examining both his courageous exposure of Stalinist crimes in Let History Judge and the political limitations that led him from reform-minded dissent to support for the Putin regime.
M. Szejnman•
This week in history: March 30-April 5
Milošević arrested in Serbia; General strike by Israeli Palestinians; Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death; Communal rioting in West Bengal
Artem Mikhailov•
Tom Mackaman•
Ulaş Sevinç•
Tom Mackaman•
Tom Mackaman•
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.
WSWS International Editorial Board•
Answers from Socialism AI
The war on Iran: How did we get here, and what must the working class do?
This feature highlights selected questions and answers from Socialism AI—concise, clear and politically insightful responses to some of the most pressing issues of our time.
Socialism AI•
Answers from Socialism AI
What must be done to prepare a nationwide general strike against the Trump administration?
This feature highlights selected questions and answers from Socialism AI—concise, clear and politically insightful responses to some of the most pressing issues of our time.
Socialism AI•
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.
Socialism AI•
Evan Blake, David North•
David North•
David North•
Will Lehman•
Ty•
Australian government’s fuel plan offers workers no real relief from Iran war impact
None of the measures outlined will meaningfully ease the cost-of-living crisis and supply shortages resulting from the increasingly catastrophic US-Israeli war on the people of Iran.
Mike Head•
India roiled by economic shocks from criminal US-Israeli war on Iran
The war’s most immediate impact has been on India’s liquid petroleum gas supply, but its fallout threatens to spread across the economy, driving up inflation, especially the cost of food and transport.
Yuvan Darwin•
War on Iran deepens social crisis in New Zealand
In response to soaring prices, the National Party-led government announced a pitiful $50 weekly payment for some families, while making clear that workers must sacrifice their living standards because of the war.
Tom Peters•
Australia’s Labor government bars entry to Iranians trapped in US-Israeli carnage
Labor’s specific travel ban on Iranians further demolishes its claim to be supporting the illegal war in order to free them from oppression or protect people in the Persian Gulf region.
Mike Head•
John Malvar•
John Braddock•
Our reporters•
Oscar Grenfell•
Mike Head•
Failure to nominate CDC director exposes Trump-Kennedy war on public health
The Trump administration’s deliberate refusal to nominate a CDC director, combined with a federal injunction against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine advisory panel, exposes a systematic capitalist assault on working class public health.
Benjamin Mateus•
Billionaires target Social Security for cuts
The campaign was kicked off by Larry Fink, head of the $14 trillion investment fund BlackRock, and Jeff Bezos, the longtime boss of Amazon and owner of the Washington Post.
Patrick Martin•
Trump tightens the screws on student loan holders as he breaks up the Department of Education and deepens the “default cliff”
The federal government is demanding some $1.7 billion for war, while exacting more than a pound of flesh from cash-strapped student loan borrowers.
Noah Prince, Nancy Hanover•
Trump sends ICE thugs into major airports, threatens National Guard deployment ahead of 2026 midterms
Trump made clear that the ICE airport occupation is not about shortening lines but about leveraging a manufactured crisis to expand repression and attack democratic and voting rights.
Jacob Crosse•
Patrick Martin•
Benjamin Mateus•
Patrick Martin•
Peter Symonds•
Patrick Martin•
Uganda military chief says would join Iran war if Israel faced defeat
General Muhoozi Kainerugaba is grovelling, to signal the loyalty of the Ugandan regime to US imperialism.
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Communist Party Marxist-Kenya leader Booker Omole released on bail, others arrested
Omole’s KES 500,000 bond (about $3,850) represents more than six months’ pay for the average formal sector worker and nearly two years’ income for many Kenyans.
Kipchumba Ochieng•
South Africa: ANC-led government roiled by Iran war
The ANC is incapable of even characterising a criminal war carried out by Washington and Tel Aviv. Indeed, its statement, expressing “deep concern at the escalating tensions in the Middle East” does not mention the United States or Israel once.
Jean de Jager•
Communist Party Marxist-Kenya leader Booker Omole faces fraudulent charges as detention continues
Omole has been transferred to Kitengela Remand Prison with a broken arm. He faces trumped-up charges of connections to drug cartels, assaulting a police officer and possession of a firearm.
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Statement of the International Committee of the Fourth International•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Jean de Jager•
Jean Shaoul•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
US allows Russian oil tanker to dock in Cuba even as Trump threatens military action
Letting in a single Russian oil tanker, while simultaneously boasting that “Cuba’s next” shows that the regime-change operation is only accelerating.
Andrea Lobo•
Flávio Bolsonaro’s rise in polls exposes political debacle of PT and persistent fascist threat in Brazil
The PT and the pseudo-left’s argument that the conviction of Bolsonaro and his military coup cabal “buried” the fascist threat in Brazil proves to be not only false, but politically complicit in its resurgence.
Guilherme Ferreira, Tomas Castanheira•
Hundreds of thousands demonstrate in Argentina on 50th anniversary of US-backed military coup
The marches reflected both a living identification with the tens of thousands murdered between 1976 and 1983 and a mounting anger over the Milei administration’s authoritarian measures.
Andrea Lobo•
Purge of military, government advances US regime change operation in Venezuela
The Chavista regime’s sweeping overhaul under Acting President Delcy Rodríguez marks the consolidation of the US‑orchestrated regime change operation.
Andrea Lobo•
Andrea Lobo•
Andrea Lobo•
Cesar Uco•
Andrea Lobo•
Rafael Azul, Andrea Lobo•
How humans’ capacity for cultural adaptation allowed them to spread across the planet
A comparison with the environmental settings and biological adaptations of nearly 6,000 terrestrial mammalian species demonstrates the profound advantages of human cultural adaptations.
Philip Guelpa•
Peter Daszak and the scientific verdict on the origins of COVID-19
New peer-reviewed studies continue to build an overwhelming case for the natural origin of COVID-19, vindicating the life’s work of Dr. Peter Daszak—the scientist who predicted this pandemic and was then witch-hunted for it.
Benjamin Mateus•
The rate of global warming is accelerating, approaching a dangerous tipping point
Multiple recently published scientific studies all point to the increasing pace of global warming, driven by the mounting contradictions and irrationality of the capitalist system.
Philip Guelpa•
Trump attacks National Institutes of Health researchers’ union in latest assault against federal workers and science
Trump’s NIH move to decertify the research fellows’ union exposes a broader drive to smash federal worker protections, weaponize the bureaucracy politically and deepen the assault on science.
Nick Barrickman•
Bill Shaw•
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Alex Findijs•
Philip Guelpa•
Sri Lankan government institutes huge fuel price increases
The government’s decision to reduce subsidies and hike fuel prices is driven by its determination to implement the IMF’s austerity program requiring huge cuts to public spending.
Saman Gunadasa•
IYSSE Public Meeting in Sri Lanka
Stop the US–Israeli War Against Iran!
To defend the Iranian people and defeat the US-Israeli war criminals, it is necessary to politically mobilize the international working class against global capitalism on the basis of a socialist perspective.
IYSSE (Sri Lanka)•
“We should not be in a ‘non-aligned’ position, but in an anti-war position”
Sri Lanka: Workers and students call for mobilization against the US-Israeli war on Iran
The Socialist Equality Party and the International Youth and Students for Social Equality in Sri Lanka are campaigning ahead of a public meeting against the US-Israeli war on Iran, to he held on April 7.
Our correspondent•
Sri Lankan fake-left FSP calls for sham “global people’s power” against Iran war
The Frontline Socialist Party is not calling for an international anti-war movement based on the working class, but an international coalition of opportunist groups dressed up as “Global People’s Power.”
K. Ratnayake•
Our correspondent•
Our reporters•
Wasantha Rupasinghe•
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)•
Saman Gunadasa•
Zionist assassination plot against Nerdeen Kiswani is a warning to the working class
The plot to kill Kiswani was not an isolated act, but the product of a political environment in which opposition to genocide has been criminalized and democratic rights are under sustained attack.
Jacob Crosse•
ICE black sites exposed: Secret detention network operated for years under both parties
ICE is operating a network of clandestine detention sites in which people are confined for weeks or months without basic sanitation, legal access or public accountability.
Anthony Callahan•
Federal judge delays sentencing of Chinese researcher Youhuang Xiang despite “time served” plea agreement
A right-wing judge has stalled sentencing to probe fines and finances, extending Xiang’s four- month incarceration amid a DOJ/university witch-hunt of Chinese scientists.
Stephen St. Clair•
Expansion of Kansas detention facilities; protests against Missouri police serving as ICE enforcement
The expansion of immigration detention facilities is a multibillion-dollar industry dominated by a handful of private corporations.
Julian Blackwood•
Samuel Davidson•
Anthony Callahan•
Mike Ingram•
Jane Wise•
Chase Lawrence•
Boilermaker Simon Mukwarami killed at Worsley Alumina refinery in Western Australia
The 47-year-old contractor died after falling while doing maintenance work at the South32-owned facility near Collie, south of Perth.
Leonard Johns•
US Department of Labor reports 5,070 US workers killed on the job in 2024
The US Department of Labor’s annual report on worker deaths for 2024 reveals 5,070 preventable workplace fatalities, a figure that will surely rise as safety protections are eviscerated.
Steve Filips•
53-year-old Flint worker crushed to death in scrap yard
The worker was killed when a crane crushed him between its excavator arm and the bucket of the front-end loader.
Luke Galvin•
California worker killed in US Foods distribution facility
A veteran worker’s death exposes deadly yard conditions, corporate indifference and the Teamsters’ role in enforcing contracts that sacrifice workers’ safety.
Marc Wells•
Robert Milkowski•
John Vassilopoulos•
George Marlowe•
John Vassilopoulos, Robert Stevens•
Martin Scott•
11 months since the death of Stellantis worker Ronald Adams Sr.: “We need an explanation,” says widow
The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) have issued no findings. The United Auto Workers (UAW) has said nothing. The engine plant is back in full production.
Jerry White •
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.
Jerry White •
“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.
Jerry White•
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.
David North•
Jerry White•
Jerry White•
Jerry White•
Our reporter•
Our reporters•
Black Sea turns into a battlefield: A Turkish-operated tanker carrying Russian oil was hit
The attack—carried out during the US-Israel war of annihilation against Iran, Türkiye’s eastern neighbor—points to the danger of escalation and expansion in the Ukraine war.
Barış Demir•
British military to seize Russian ships, threatening shoot-outs
Labour’s position is that a shooting war can be started with Russia without so much as a press conference.
Thomas Scripps•
Ukrainian President Zelensky pledges elections, quickly backtracks
The fight for democracy and to end the war in Ukraine is inseparable from the struggle to mobilize the working class in Ukraine and internationally against capitalism.
Jason Melanovski•
New Ukrainian Defense Minister reveals scale of desertions, draft dodgers
Fedorov’s comments underscore that beneath the propaganda and government lies, huge numbers of Ukrainian working class youth refuse to sacrifice their lives in the ongoing imperialist proxy war.
Jason Melanovski•
Katerina Selin•
Robert Stevens•
Jason Melanovski•
Clara Weiss•
Barış Demir•
The COVID-19 pandemic at 6 years: Mass death, debilitation and media silence
As the sixth anniversary of the WHO pandemic declaration passes with total media silence, wastewater data, excess death estimates and new research on Long COVID reveal an ongoing public health catastrophe sustained by bipartisan political decisions.
Benjamin Mateus•
Deadly meningitis outbreak in UK due to erosion of public health
Professor Paul Hunter, an expert in infectious diseases, explained: “This is… one of the greatest clusters of cases outside of Africa that I can recall.”
Margot Miller•
Fiji’s HIV epidemic worsens amid deepening social crisis
The impoverished Pacific island nation has one of the world’s fastest growing HIV epidemics.
John Braddock•
Great Barrington Declaration author Jay Bhattacharya takes control of CDC as measles cases surge
The Trump administration has placed a Stanford economist who championed mass infection policies during COVID-19 as the single official in charge of both the NIH and CDC.
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Henry Lee•
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Socialism against oligarchy, fascism and war
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.
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.
Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal•
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.
Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal•
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.
Ulaş Sevinç•
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.
Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi•
David North•
Statement of the International Committee of the Fourth International•
Wolfgang Weber (1949-2024): A revolutionary intellectual and fighter for Trotskyism
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.
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.
David North•
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.
Eric London•
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.
Thomas Scripps•
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.
John Burton•
Tom Carter•
Norisa Diaz•
Patrick Martin•
Andrea Lobo•
International Committee of the Fourth International•
Edwin Soto (1953-2026): Transit worker and lifetime supporter of the fight for socialism
Edwin Soto was part of a generation of working class youth who were won to the cause of socialism in the course of the struggles of the 1960s and 70s.
Fred Mazelis•
Tom Henehan: A revolutionary life
Yesterday would have been the 75th birthday of Tom Henehan, a member of the Political Committee of the Workers League who was assassinated in 1977. We are republishing here a tribute delivered by David North at a meeting in 1997.
David North•
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.
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)•
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 North•
David North•
Tom Mackaman•
David North•
Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei•
Tamino Dreisam•
Zionist assassination plot against Nerdeen Kiswani is a warning to the working class
The plot to kill Kiswani was not an isolated act, but the product of a political environment in which opposition to genocide has been criminalized and democratic rights are under sustained attack.
Jacob Crosse•
Australia: Anti-genocide protesters arrested in Brisbane under “hate speech” laws
Police in Queensland last week arrested two participants in a Students for Palestine rally for saying or displaying the anti-genocide slogan “from the river to the sea.”
Antony Walsh•
UN report warns of ethnic cleansing in Gaza, West Bank
The UN human rights office said the cumulative impact of Israel’s military conduct during its war against the Palestinians, along with its blockade of the territory, had inflicted living conditions “increasingly incompatible with Palestinians’ continued existence as a group in Gaza.”
Jean Shaoul•
Mass protest against Israeli war criminal Herzog in Melbourne
Thursday’s large turnout was a response to the brutal police rampage orchestrated by the NSW Labor government in Sydney days earlier.
Eric Ludlow•
Our reporters•
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Oscar Grenfell•
Oscar Grenfell•
Our reporters•
After devastating expert report
Ukrainian state intensifies pressure on Bogdan Syrotiuk by withholding medical care
With the case of the prosecution against Bogdan Syrotiuk shattered, the Ukrainian state is deliberately withholding urgently necessary medical care.
Clara Weiss•
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.
Johannes Stern•
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.
Clara Weiss•
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.
Clara Weiss•
Clara Weiss•
Clara Weiss•
Young Guard of Bolshevik-Leninists•
Clara Weiss•
Clara Weiss•
The Gaza genocide and the death of Aaron Bushnell: What are the political lessons?
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.
Istanbul Mayor İmamoğlu on trial: A political, not legal, case
The corruption trial involving 402 defendants, including arrested Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, who is seen as President Erdoğan's main political rival, began this week.
Barış Demir•
Oppose the pro-imperialist Kurdish nationalist coalition in Iran
The “coalition of political forces of Iranian Kurdistan” represents yet another episode in the protracted and disastrous alignment of Kurdish bourgeois nationalist organizations with American imperialism.
Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal•
US begins pulling staff from Beirut embassy amid Iran attack buildup
The State Department ordered the evacuation of non-essential personnel and family members from the U.S. Embassy in Beirut on Monday, amid a major buildup of forces in the Middle East and intensifying preparations for war against Iran.
Andre Damon•
US military buildup in Middle East against Iran largest since 2003
The Trump administration is assembling the largest concentration of American military force in the Middle East since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, placing the United States on the brink of a massive illegal war against Iran that could last weeks or months and engulf the entire region.
Andre Damon•
Graham Beverley•
Barış Demir, Ulaş Sevinç•
Keith Jones•
Ulaş Sevinç•
Ulaş Sevinç•
84 years since the assassination of Leon Trotsky
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.
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.
David North•
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.
Thomas Scripps•
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.
Keith Jones•
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.
Tom Peters•
Deepal Jayasekera, M. Thevarajah•
Max Boddy•
Evan Blake•
Tomas Castanheira•
Joseph Kishore•
One Hundred Years Since the Death of Lenin
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.
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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.
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)•
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.”
Our reporters•
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
Our reporter•
London meeting marks 40 years since the expulsion of the Workers Revolutionary Party
The Workers Revolutionary Party’s expulsion from the International Committee of the Fourth International in the mid-1980s was a defining moment in the history of the international socialist movement. At stake was the survival of Trotskyism, of revolutionary Marxism as an organised political tendency.
Our reporters•
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.
Peter Schwarz•
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.
International Committee of the Fourth International•
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.
David North•
Tom Mackaman, Jordan Shilton•
Thomas Scripps•
David North•
Tom Mackaman•
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.
Mike Head•
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.
Max Boddy, Oscar Grenfell•
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.
Oscar Grenfell•
Liberal leadership contest marked by factional divisions after Australian election rout
The much diminished party-room was split down the middle, presaging further ructions.
Oscar Grenfell•
Mike Head•
Mike Head•
Oscar Grenfell•
Our reporters•
Oscar Grenfell•
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.
Marc Wells•
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.
Marc Wells•
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.
Marc Wells•
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.
Marc Wells•
Marc Wells•
Marc Wells•
Marc Wells•
Kimie Saito, Emily Ochiai, Jacob Crosse•
Marc Wells•
Australian and New Zealand university students oppose US-Israeli war on Iran and Labor government complicity
“The timeline of it, how things have gone this year, and how there are all these Western countries supporting the bombing of Iran and other wars—this is a lead-up to world war.”
Our reporters•
Royal Oak High School students in Detroit suburb walk out to defend immigrants
Dozens of students staged a spirited protest in defense of immigrants at Royal Oak High School in suburban Detroit Monday.
Shannon Jones, Noah Prince, Valery Tsekov•
Carson High School students walk out against ICE raids, dictatorship and war
At Friday’s protest, students marched and carried handmade signs that read “No one is illegal on stolen land,” “The revolution is in the hands of the youth” and “It was never about criminals.”
Jessica Gateu, Marc Wells•
IYSSE meeting: For a socialist perspective against the reintroduction of conscription in Germany
While wars are being stoked and escalated in the Middle East, Latin America and worldwide, thousands of young people in Germany are currently receiving letters to register for military service.
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE)•
our reporters•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (UK)•
Josh Andrews•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (Germany)•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (Turkey)•
NOW AVAILABLE
COVID, Capitalism, and Class War: A Social and Political Chronology of the Pandemic
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.
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David North to speak at two universities in Ankara, Turkey: “The American volcano and the global tsunami”
David North, Chairman of the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site and National Chairman of the Socialist Equality Party (United States), will deliver lectures via video conferences.
Our reporters•
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.
Evan Blake•
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.
Stefan Steinberg•
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.”
Laura Tiernan•
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.
Oscar Grenfell•
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.
Oscar Grenfell•
Oscar Grenfell•
Statement of the World Socialist Web Site editorial board•
Oscar Grenfell•
Thomas Scripps•
Oscar Grenfell•
Leon Trotsky and the Struggle for Socialism in the Twenty-First Century
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.
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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.
Clara Weiss•
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.
David North•
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.
Ulaş Ateşçi•
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.
David North•
David North•
David North•
Eric London•
David North•
David North•
Statement of the Editorial Board
For a Global Workers’ Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic
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.
Find out more
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.
Joseph Kishore•
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.
International Youth and Students for Social Equality at U-M•
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.
Our reporters•
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.
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25 years since the death of Vadim Rogovin
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.
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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.
Emma Arceneaux, Evan Blake•
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.
Evan Blake•
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.
Evan Blake•
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.
Tim Avery•
George Kirby•
Tom Peters•
Dylan Lubao•
Evan Blake•
Tom Peters•
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.
Dominic Gustavo•
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.”
Tom Carter•
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.
International Youth and Students for Social Equality•
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.
Lawrence Porter•
Dominic Gustavo•
Tom Mackaman•
Douglas Lyons•
Tom Mackaman•
Tom Mackaman•
Wije Dias: A fighter for Trotskyism (1941-2022)
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.
Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy and the militarization of Canadian society
Ottawa plans to more than double the defence workforce, pour hundreds of billions into war production and reorganize industry around militarism, with workers to pay through austerity and repression.
Pierre Lajeunesse•
Trump poised to launch criminal war on Iran behind smokescreen of talks
Having amassed vast military power in the Middle East spearheaded by two aircraft carrier strike groups and scores of warplanes, US imperialism is locked and loaded to unleash a criminal war on Iran in the coming days, if not hours.
Keith Jones•
US planes flood UK bases in preparation for attack on Iran
According to an assessment by The i Paper published Saturday, since last Tuesday, “at least 28 US military flights have used airbases in the UK and Cyprus to carry out one of the largest build-ups of US military strength in the Middle East for decades.”
Robert Stevens•
US draws up plans for “leadership change” and “targeting individuals” in Iran strike
The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, the largest warship ever built, transited the Strait of Gibraltar on Friday and entered the Mediterranean, placing the United States within days of having the military force in position for a massive illegal assault on Iran.
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Don Knowland•
Forty-five years since the assassination of Tom Henehan (1951-1977): A Revolutionary Life
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.
Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights: Is this all that we can expect?
The force, the genius, of Emily Brontë’s novel is totally absent, wholly unexplored in this adaptation.
Paul Bond•
Video: Strong interest in “Where Is America Going? Fascism or Socialism” at the Leipzig Book Fair
The presentation of 'Where Is America Going? Fascism or Socialism', featuring David North at the Leipzig Book Fair, met with strong interest and underscored the growing interest in a socialist perspective against fascism and war.
David North, Johannes Stern•
Say Nothing: Everything essential about the Northern Ireland conflict left unsaid
A serious artistic appraisal of the Troubles, and serious attempts to understand their effect at a personal level, would have to begin from a historical and political understanding both of British imperialism and the limitations of bourgeois nationalism.
Paul Bond•
The Artamonov Business (1925): Maxim Gorky and the Russian Revolution
Gorky’s novel, chronicling the vast social changes and processes that led to the 1917 October Revolution, deserves the widest possible rediscovery and recognition today, a century after being published.
Owen Howell•
Stefan Steinberg, Clara Weiss•
James McDonald•
Eric London •
David Walsh, Sandy English•
Fred Mazelis•
Timeline of thirty years of war: The historical background to the US-NATO conflict with Russia
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.
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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.”
Robert Stevens•
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.
Kevin Reed•
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.
Tom Peters•
Kevin Reed•
Kevin Reed•
Kevin Reed•
Dominic Gustavo•
Eric Ludlow•
The fight for Trotskyism and the political foundations of the World Socialist Web Site
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.
In genocidal rant, Trump vows to send Iran “back to the Stone Ages”
In a prime-time television address Wednesday, US President Donald Trump declared that the goal of the United States in the Iran war is the destruction of Iranian society.
Andre Damon•
Zionist assassination plot against Nerdeen Kiswani is a warning to the working class
The plot to kill Kiswani was not an isolated act, but the product of a political environment in which opposition to genocide has been criminalized and democratic rights are under sustained attack.
Jacob Crosse•
As ground troops arrive in the Middle East, Trump threatens “obliteration” of Iran’s infrastructure
On Monday, the 30th day of the US-Israeli war against Iran, US President Donald Trump threatened to destroy all of Iran’s energy generation and water desalination plants unless it surrendered to his demands.
Andre Damon•
The March 28 “No Kings” demonstrations: The political lessons
The third round of “No Kings” demonstrations on March 28 drew millions of people into the streets across the United States in what was the largest single-day protest in American history.
Joseph Kishore•
Barry Grey•
Socialist Equality Party (US)•
International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees•
David North•
Andre Damon•
WSWS Review
Thirty years since the dissolution of the USSR
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.
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