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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.
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US-European relations are teetering on the brink of collapse, amid growing threats of trade and military conflict among the major imperialist powers of the NATO alliance.
Alex Lantier•
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.
Jacob Crosse, Anthony Bertolt•
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.
Jacob Crosse•
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.
David North•
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.
WSWS Editorial Board•
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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.
Speaking in support of the week-long strike by 15,000 nurses, a worker at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital connected the attacks on healthcare workers with the diversion of social resources toward repression and war.
Erik Schreiber•
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.
Kevin Reed•
Workers are opposing ongoing poor working conditions and the Victorian Labor government’s efforts to impose further real pay cuts in a new enterprise agreement.
Clare Bruderlin•
Every teacher, staff member, and child deserves a safe environment—an essential foundation for learning to thrive. However, understanding breakdowns in staff–pupil relationships requires placing them in context.
Margot Miller•
Baumbach satirizes the failings of the contemporary movie industry and mocks the self-involvement of prominent performers.
David Walsh•
The EPA moves to gut the evaluation of the cost of health impacts in regulating toxic industrial emissions.
Philip Guelpa•
Workers at University Hospital Essen participated in a warning strike to protest low wages and intolerable working conditions. In interviews with the WSWS, they linked their struggle to the broader fight against war and social inequality.
Our Reporters•
Public sector workers across Germany have staged warning strikes to demand higher wages, but the unions are working to suppress opposition. The strikes must be expanded into a political fight against the government's pro-war policies and austerity measures.
Katerina Selin•
As scientists report the danger that climate change poses to millions, the Labor government refuses to abandon its support for fossil fuels.
Mark Wilson•
The huge data breach highlights how intimate medical information is placed at the mercy of private corporations whose only concern is profit.
John Braddock•
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.
Socialist Equality Party (US)•
For a general strike to stop Trump’s occupation of Minneapolis!
The call for a one‑day general strike and economic shutdown on Friday, January 23 to oppose the rampage by Trump’s ICE must become the beginning of a broader working class mobilization across the city, state and country against the Trump administration.
Socialist Equality Party (US)•
The Iranian protests, imperialist aggression and the fight for workers’ power
The Iranian working class cannot endure imperialist subjugation nor the economic deprivation and political repression of the Islamic Republic. It must intervene as an independent political force in opposition to imperialism, all the institutions of the Islamic Republic and all factions of the Iranian bourgeoisie.
Keith Jones•
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•
Patrick Martin•
Keith Jones •
Socialist Equality Party (US)•
David North•
Tom Hall•
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•
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•
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.
Evan Blake, David North•
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.
David North•
David North•
Will Lehman•
Ty•
Our reporters•
Socialism AI•
31,000 Kaiser nurses prepare to walk out in California, Hawaii as conditions emerge for a general strike
With 15,000 nurses on strike in New York City and a general strike in Minneapolis set for next Friday, the conditions are rapidly emerging in the United States for a mass movement in the working class against inequality and dictatorship, with healthcare workers at the forefront.
Marc Wells, Tom Hall•
“I support a general strike”: New York nurses call for broader struggle
The WSWS spoke with nurses on the picket line and at a nearby hospital about the conditions they are struggling against and the calls for a general strike in Minneapolis and beyond
Daniel de Vries, Robert Milkowski, Steve Light, Alden Woodson•
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.
Aaron Edwards•
Erfurt, Germany: Mail order fashion company Zalando closes logistics center with 2,700 employees
The case of Zalando highlights the importance of workers taking the defense of jobs into their own hands by setting up rank-and-file committees, joining forces with other workers to organize joint industrial action.
Marianne Arens•
Alan Whyte•
A. Woodson, Alan Whyte, Tim Avery, Rob Milkowski, Sandy English•
Our reporters•
Henry Lee•
Steve James•
Trump’s vendetta against federal death row inmates: Sends prisoners who received commutations to “Alcatraz of the Rockies”
Ten federal prisoners whose death sentences were commuted to life by Biden have been moved to ADX Florence in Colorado, where inmates are kept in concrete cells smaller than a parking space for 22 to 24 hours a day and are subject to near-total social and sensory deprivation.
Kate Randall•
Federal agents in Minneapolis tear gas family, sending 2 children and a baby to hospital
According to the baby’s parents, their infant stopped breathing after ICE thugs deployed a tear gas bomb under their vehicle.
Jacob Crosse•
“We cannot have oligarchy”: Protesters oppose Trump's visit to Detroit
On Tuesday, President Trump paid a visit to the MotorCity Casino in Detroit. Detroiters rallied against him. Mayor Mary Sheffield dispatched the Detroit Police, who arrested at least two protesters.
Our reporters•
Hundreds of Minnesota students march to the Capitol to protest ICE
The walkouts and demonstrations by hundreds of students, combined with the growing protests across Minnesota and the United States, show that the class struggle is entering a new upswing—leading to a direct confrontation with the Trump administration and the American oligarchy.
Leon Fields•
Our reporters•
Marc Wells•
Josh Andrews•
Kevin Reed•
Keith Jones •
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.
Luke Galvin•
Adelaide Writers’ Week cancelled, new board apologises for censorship of Randa Abdel-Fattah
South Australian Labor Premier Peter Malinauskas has intensified his vicious denunciations of the Palestinian academic and writer.
Richard Phillips•
Singers Billie Eilish, Dave Matthews, Neil Young denounce ICE murder, while Golden Globes offers “95 percent cheery pablum”
Prominent figures in film and music, and sports, have not been shy about condemning the Minneapolis killing.
David Walsh•
Australia: Writers’ festival director Louise Adler resigns in protest over Randa Abdel‑Fattah ban
Adelaide Writers’ Week faces collapse after 180 writers and numerous musicians boycotted the event and its director Louise Adler resigned over the Labor‑backed censorship of Palestinian author Randa Abdel‑Fattah.
Richard Phillips•
Joanne Laurier•
Fred Mazelis•
Stefan Steinberg•
Richard Phillips•
David Walsh•
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
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.
James Clayton•
This week in history: January 12-18
Congo President Kabila assassinated; Strikes rock Spanish monarchy; French inflict heavy defeat on Viet Minh forces; Premiere of Eisenstein’s film Battleship Potemkin
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.
Mikhail Pavlovich•
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.
Jordan Shilton•
Federal agents raid Washington Post reporter’s home in crackdown on press freedom
The FBI’s unprecedented raid on Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home is an authoritarian attack on press freedom, whistleblowers and working class social protections.
Nick Barrickman•
Governments advance universal digital identification, mass surveillance and censorship
Major Western governments are coordinating the implementation of universal digital IDs and surveillance frameworks to abolish online anonymity and monitor political dissent under the guise of child safety.
Stephen Parker•
Trump’s “Donroe Doctrine” and the crisis of Canadian imperialism: What way forward for the working class?
The eruption of imperialist barbarism epitomized by Trump’s Donroe doctrine urgently demands an independent political response from the working class in Canada, the United States, and around the world.
Our reporters •
Sandy English•
Tom Hall•
Michael Connolly•
Félix Gauthier•
Andre Damon•
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.
Bryan Dyne•
“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.
Samuel Davidson•
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.
Kathleen Martin•
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.
Kranti Kumara, Tom Hall•
Peter Schwarz•
Kathleen Martin•
Martin Scott•
USPS Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Robert Milkowski, A. Woodson•
Blackout in Berlin: Pretext for erection of a police state
While those politically responsible largely ignored the plight of the population, within hours they began to politically exploit the attack on the power grid. The act of sabotage is being ruthlessly used to advance the expansion of a police state and domestic militarisation.
Carola Kleinert, Andy Niklaus, Peter Schwarz•
US invasion of Venezuela exposes bankruptcy of Mélenchon’s France Unbowed Party
Workers cannot stop imperialism’s accelerating plunge into military dictatorship and wars of plunder without breaking politically with forces like Mélenchon, who calls for them to subordinate themselves to the Venezuelan bourgeois nationalist regime’s negotiations with Trump.
Alex Lantier•
French youth speak out against Trump’s illegal invasion of Venezuela
WSWS reporters interviewed students in the Paris area on Trump’s military operation against Venezuela to kidnap its president and try to seize its oil revenues.
V. Gnana•
Following Trump’s threat: European powers send troops to Greenland
US President Donald Trump's persistent threats to take over Greenland have provoked strong reactions in Europe.
Peter Schwarz•
Our reporters•
Andre Damon•
Johannes Stern•
Robert Stevens•
Jordan Shilton•
Australian government exploits Bondi shootings to launch historic attack on free speech
The Albanese government remains intent on ramming anti-democratic laws through parliament, under the cover of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack.
Mike Head•
Australia: While massive fires continue, Victoria experiences flash floods
Like the bushfires, Victoria’s Great Ocean Road floods expose the criminal indifference of the state Labor government to the mounting toll of climate catastrophe on the working class.
Eric Ludlow•
China trade surplus hits historic record
The record surplus, up from $993 billion in 2024, was achieved despite a 20 percent fall in exports to the US, which was more than compensated for by the increase in exports to the rest of the world.
Nick Beams•
Collapsing crane kills 32 people on train in Thailand
Despite the claims of government officials, nothing will be done to address safety in Thailand’s construction industry.
Ben McGrath•
John Braddock•
Our reporters•
Martin Scott•
Oscar Grenfell•
Martin Scott•
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.
Jean Shaoul•
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.
Jean Shaoul, Kipchumba Ochieng•
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.
Jean de Jager, Alejandro López•
Maoism offered as a bogus alternative to ‘African Socialism’ and Pan-Africanism—Part 1
Drawing a balance sheet of post-colonial rule is indispensable. Clarifying which leaderships and programmes failed, why they failed, and whose class interests they ultimately served is the starting point for meeting the challenges of the new period of revolutionary struggle.
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Jean de Jager, Alejandro López•
Kevin Reed•
Jean de Jager•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
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.
Nick Beams•
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.
Nick Beams•
Political war breaks out between White House and Federal Reserve
The conflict between Trump and Fed Chair Jerome Powell is a dispute within the US ruling class, driven by fear of a mass movement from below against capitalism.
Patrick Martin•
The year 2025 when everything changed in global capitalism
So-called “resilience” in the face of Trump tariff hikes is “deeply misleading” according to a former IMF chief economist.
Nick Beams•
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.
Katerina Selin•
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.
Robert Stevens•
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.
Jason Melanovski•
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.
Clara Weiss•
Barış Demir•
Evgeny Kostrov•
Peter Schwarz•
Jason Melanovski•
Peter Schwarz•
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.
Guilherme Ferreira•
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.
Jules Warren•
In run-up to elections, Peru’s rightist regime faces crisis of rule
Just three months after replacing Peru’s ex-president Dina Boluarte and with barely three months to go until national elections, the rightist regime of President José Jerí is confronting an escalating crisis of bourgeois rule.
César Uco and Armando Cruz•
Trump threatens second strike against Venezuela if interim president does not bow to US demands
In an interview with NBC on Monday, President Donald Trump suggested the US could launch a second military incursion into Venezuela if newly sworn in President Delcy Rodríguez stops cooperating with US officials.
Kevin Reed•
Tomas Castanheira•
Kevin Reed•
Andre Damon•
Mauricio Saavedra•
Socialism AI•
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.
Philip Guelpa•
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.
Philip Guelpa•
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.
Benjamin Mateus •
Measles infections in Australia reach highest level since 2019
The rise in cases of the highly contagious, potentially deadly disease, 10 years after it was eliminated, is due to attacks on vaccination and public health, in Australia and internationally.
Gary Alvernia•
Philip Guelpa•
Benjamin Mateus•
Bryan Dyne•
Thomas Scripps•
Benjamin Mateus•
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.
Andre Damon•
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.
Jacob Crosse•
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.
Jerry White•
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.
Benjamin Mateus•
Jacob Crosse•
Kevin Reed•
Andre Damon•
Aaron Jefferson•
Andre Damon•
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)•
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.
Saman Gunadasa•
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.
Our correspondents•
Estate workers in Sri Lanka’s central district protest, demand decent housing after cyclone
The decades-long demand for decent, livable housing for Sri Lanka’s plantation workers has reemerged with urgency after Cyclone Ditwah devastated estates across all 25 districts.
K. Kandeepan and M. Thevarajah•
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)•
Our reporters•
G. Devakumar, M. Thevarajah•
K. Ratnayake•
Our reporters•
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•
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.
Jerry White•
Jerry White•
Jerry White•
Our reporter•
Our reporters•
Our reporters•
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.
Benjamin Mateus•
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.
Benjamin Mateus•
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.
Benjamin Mateus•
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.
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Robert Stevens•
Benjamin Mateus•
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•
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•
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.
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 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.
David North•
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.
Tom Mackaman•
David North•
Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei•
Tamino Dreisam•
Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei•
Tony Robson•
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.
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.
Sue Phillips•
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.
Thomas Scripps•
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.
Oscar Grenfell•
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.
Robert Stevens•
Mike Head•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (UK)•
Justus Leicht•
IYSSE at the University of Michigan•
Laura Tiernan•
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.
Kevin Reed•
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.
Jean Shaoul•
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.
Jean Shaoul•
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.
Jean Shaoul•
Johannes Stern•
Jacob Crosse•
Kevin Reed•
Andre Damon•
Jordan Shilton•
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.
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•
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.
Clara Weiss•
Clara Weiss•
Young Guard of Bolshevik-Leninists•
Clara Weiss•
Clara Weiss•
WSWS Editorial Board•
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.
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.
Jordan Shilton•
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.
Jean Shaoul•
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.
Andre Damon•
Al-Qaeda-rooted HTS regime escalates its oppression of the Alawite minority in Syria
The Arab Alawite population, concentrated along the country's western coastline and in major cities, finds itself defenseless against the new regime's naked violence.
Hakan Özal•
Barış Demir, Ulaş Sevinç•
Barış Demir•
Keith Jones•
Barış Demir, Ulaş Sevinç•
Barış Demir, Ulaş Sevinç•
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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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•
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•
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•
“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.
Tom Mackaman, Jordan Shilton•
Thomas Scripps•
David North•
Tom Mackaman•
Andrea Peters•
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•
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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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.
our reporters•
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.
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (UK)•
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.
Josh Andrews•
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.
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (Germany)•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (Turkey)•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (Germany)•
Our reporters•
Esther Galen•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (UK)•
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•
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•
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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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.
Aaron Edwards•
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.
Shannon Jones•
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.
Jerry White•
“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.
Jerry White•
Shannon Jones•
Tim Rivers•
Jerry White•
Carl Bronski•
Shannon Jones•
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.
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•
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.
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.
Andre Damon•
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.
Andre Damon•
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.
Don Knowland•
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.
Statement of the World Socialist Web Site Editorial Board•
Robert Stevens•
Our reporters•
Oscar Grenfell•
Alex Lantier •
Our reporters•
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.
View the Timeline
Book Review
Grant’s Enforcer: Taking Down the Klan
Grant’s Enforcer is an important reminder that political reaction is not all-powerful.
Eric London •
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.
David Walsh, Sandy English•
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.
Fred Mazelis•
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.
Jean Shaoul•
James McDonald•
Tom Mackaman•
Clara Weiss•
Sandy English•
James McDonald•
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.
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.
Socialist Equality Party (US)•
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.
Socialist Equality Party (US)•
For a general strike to stop Trump’s occupation of Minneapolis!
The call for a one‑day general strike and economic shutdown on Friday, January 23 to oppose the rampage by Trump’s ICE must become the beginning of a broader working class mobilization across the city, state and country against the Trump administration.
Socialist Equality Party (US)•
Stop the ICE reign of terror in Minnesota!
In the week following the January 7 murder of Renée Nicole Good, Minneapolis has been occupied by thousands of federal paramilitary forces operating under the direction of the president.
Patrick Martin•
Keith Jones •
Tom Hall•
Keith Jones•
Socialist Equality Party (US)•
Jacob Crosse, Joseph Kishore•
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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