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The global significance of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria
The earthquake that has had such a devastating impact in Turkey and Syria is a global and historic event, that will have political consequences.
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The meeting was the first time in the month since the February 3 derailment that an official representative from Norfolk Southern attended a town hall in East Palestine.
Samuel Davidson•
The talks, which apparently reached an advanced stage, took place in the weeks after the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
Tom Hall•
On Thursday, on the anniversary of his speech proclaiming a “new era” in foreign policy, Scholz again delivered a government statement in the Bundestag. It lived up to his war speech a year ago, which initiated the massive arms deliveries to Ukraine and the largest German rearmament since Hitler.
Johannes Stern•
Erdoğan and Turkish authorities continue to deny their responsibility in this historic catastrophe, which has officially claimed over 45,000 lives in Turkey.
Bahadır Çelik•
All the parties of the ruling class are implicated in the deaths, having overseen an unsafe rail system for years.
Robert Stevens•
The Caterpillar workers are in a fight that has major significance for the whole working class.
Will Lehman•
The real aim of this ongoing purge is to remove militant workers, lower labor costs, and terrify those remaining to accept worse conditions. This is a lesson in the reality of capitalism.
Eric London•
The return of the Grand Coalition in Berlin reaffirms that it has become impossible to influence political events by means of the ballot box.
Peter Schwarz•
With the growth of popular opposition to NATO’s intensification of the war in Ukraine, war propaganda is assuming hysterical and grotesque forms.
Christoph Vandreier•
Multiple Jewish Michigan officials, some of whom were previously targeted in the 2020 fascist assassination plot, confirmed they were recently contacted by the FBI regarding the alleged terrorist plot.
Jacob Crosse•
On the 25th anniversary of the World Socialist Web Site
Twenty-five years ago, the International Committee of the Fourth International began posting the World Socialist Web Site. In this video, WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North explains the background to the WSWS, reviews its record and contemporary significance and makes an appeal to all readers to donate to the WSWS and expand its readership.
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IYSSE international meeting series
The war in Ukraine and how to stop it
In this series of meetings, the International Youth and Students for Social Equality will explain the evolution of the war in Ukraine and elaborate a socialist and internationalist strategy to end it.
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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•
UAW negotiates massive wage cut for Caterpillar workers
In the first of many major industrial struggles to come this year, Caterpillar workers in the US are squaring up against the global mining and construction equipment maker in a battle that will have far-reaching consequences for workers throughout the country and internationally.
Jerry White•
Chris Hedges’ disoriented concept of “political maturity”
In his book American Fascists, Hedges denounced negotiations with the fascist right. Now Hedges justifies his capitulation to neo-Nazis as “political maturity.”
David North•
The forces behind the “Rage Against the War Machine” rally: Libertarian Party turns to anti-Semites and the fascist right
There is not only a close political kinship but a direct line of communication connecting outright Nazis to the Libertarian Party, the principal organizer of the “Rage Against the War Machine” Rally.
Jacob Crosse•
Johannes Stern•
Eric London•
Andre Damon•
Keith Jones•
Peter Symonds•
2023: The global capitalist crisis and the growing offensive of the international working class
In 2022 the accumulating pressure of these intersecting elements of the world capitalist crisis attained the equivalent of critical mass: that is, they have reached the point where the dynamic of crisis has passed beyond the ability of governments to control the movement toward a social cataclysm.
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The war in Ukraine and how to stop it: Online meeting advances a socialist anti-war strategy for the international working class
Saturday’s meeting, which was attended by a worldwide audience, presented a powerful case for a unified movement of the international working class for socialist revolution as the only realistic strategy to stop World War III.
Jordan Shilton•
The Left Party: Swinging between NATO war policy and German militarism
The Ukraine war has accelerated the decay of the Left Party. Leading members are conducting a bitter slugging match in which the disintegration of the party seems only a matter of time. There is no progressive side to be found.
Peter Schwarz•
Left Party politician Sahra Wagenknecht’s “Revolt for Peace”: German nationalism instead of a fight against war
The “Revolt for Peace” rally was not a call to fight war, but an appeal to the government to protect German interests more consistently.
Gregor Link•
Orion 23: France holds its largest-ever military exercise for war with Russia
The war games come as millions protest Macron’s pension reform, and broader attacks on wages and social spending, designed to fund the state’s rearmament campaign.
Samuel Tissot•
WSWS Editorial Board•
Robert Stevens•
Clara Weiss•
Thomas Scripps•
James Clayton•
Sham motorway toll promises in NSW election
Sydney residents paid about $2 billion in tolls last year, adding to the unbearable cost of living.
Mike Head, SEP candidate for NSW Legislative Council•
Australian state election: SEP raises critical issues on war and floods in northern NSW
The Socialist Equality Party is campaigning in the New South Wales Northern Rivers region, where floodwaters swept through towns and villages a year ago, destroying thousands of homes.
Mike Head, SEP candidate for NSW Legislative Council•
SEP demands billions for health and education, not for war
While virtually limitless funds are being allocated to the war machine, governments proclaim that there is no money for essential social services such as healthcare and education.
Oscar Grenfell, SEP candidate for NSW Legislative Council•
Fake concern about gambling addiction emerges in Australian state election
Under the guise of curbing problem gambling, Labor and the Coalition are proposing policies that will do nothing to limit its impact, let alone address the social crisis driving the growth of gambling in working-class areas.
Stephen Griffiths•
Oscar Grenfell, SEP candidate for NSW Legislative Council•
Our reporters•
Our reporters•
Oscar Grenfell, SEP candidate for NSW Legislative Council•
Max Boddy, SEP candidate for Bankstown•
Striking teachers from Jewish Community Secondary School in north London: “Teachers are at breaking point”
WSWS spoke with striking teachers at a rally of over 200 teachers and supportive parents held in Camden, London.
our reporters•
UK University and College Union presides over 10 percent pay cut at Sheffield’s private college
The UCU sellout at the University of Sheffield International College came as the union suspended the remaining seven days of national strike action over pay, working conditions and pensions.
our reporter•
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand
India: Karnataka health mission workers demand permanency; Philippines: Jeepney drivers to walk out for seven days; Australian Broadcasting Commission journalists to strike for better pay; New Zealand: Auckland University staff strike
Governments make provocative offer to German public sector workers
There is only one way to prevent the biggest real wage cut since the founding of the Federal Republic: The struggle must be organised independently of Verdi and the leadership of the negotiations taken out of the hands of its highly paid union bureaucrats.
Marianne Arens•
Eddie Haywood•
Caterpillar Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Marcus Day•
Our reporters•
Jack Wang•
Leaked UK government messages confirm pandemic crimes
Former health Secretary Matt Hancock leaked WhatsApp messages provide detail of the decisions which turned care homes into killing fields and the constant efforts of sections of the Tory party to pursue an even more socially murderous policy.
Thomas Scripps•
Massive surge in COVID infections across Canada as federal Liberal government suspends dispatch of rapid test kits
The response by the ruling elite to the renewed flood of infections is to try and cover it up and remove the limited services they provided earlier in the pandemic. The CBC reported Thursday that the federal Liberal government suspended the shipment of rapid test kits to the provinces at the end of January.
Steve Hill•
German government ends masking requirement in health and care facilities
At the beginning of February, the obligation to wear a mask in buses and trains was ended throughout Germany, along with the Coronavirus Occupational Health and Safety Ordinance.
Tamino Dreisam•
Turkey, hit by earthquake, conceals mass COVID-19 pandemic deaths
Newly released mortality statistics reveal that Turkey’s government, implicated in tens of thousands of deaths by its handling of long-predicted earthquakes, has covered up mass deaths from COVID-19.
Harun Akın•
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Steve Hill•
Alex Findijs•
Misa Boisseau•
A call to youth throughout the world: Build a mass movement to stop the Ukraine war!
The International Youth and Students for Social Equality—the student and youth movement of the Socialist Equality Parties, the national sections of the International Committee of the Fourth International—calls for the building of a mass global movement of young people to end the reckless escalation toward World War III.
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Thousands join climate change protests in New Zealand
Catastrophic flooding across much of the North Island underscores the urgency of addressing climate change, but the rally organisers promoted illusions that the Labour-Greens government can be pressured to take action.
Tom Peters•
New Zealand’s flooding disaster and the case for socialism
The avoidable devastation caused by Cyclone Gabrielle, which has left thousands of people homeless and threatens to plunge many more into poverty, is an unanswerable indictment of capitalism.
Socialist Equality Group (New Zealand)•
Australia’s largest-ever real wage cut highlights need for rank-and-file committees
The sharpest decline was in the highly unionised public sector, underscoring the role of Labor governments and the union apparatus in spearheading the slashing of wages.
Martin Scott•
One year on—Australia’s floods: An indictment of capitalism
None of the basic failures exposed by last year’s floods crisis has been resolved, and the contemptuous and inadequate response of governments continues, underscoring the need for a social program.
Mike Head, SEP candidate for NSW Legislative Council•
Tom Peters•
Our correspondents•
Nick Beams•
Andre Damon•
Nick Beams•
Sri Lankan trade unions’ treacherous role in suppressing the growing struggles of workers against government austerity
The unions are fearful that the rising wave of strikes and protests will lead to a major confrontation with the Wickremesinghe regime and the bourgeois state.
Wasantha Rupasinghe•
Sri Lankan workers strike in defiance of government’s essential service orders
Wednesday’s strikes and protests powerfully indicate the determination of workers to fight the government’s social attacks. By contrast, the trade unions did everything they could limit to the industrial action.
Our reporters•
Support the strike against government austerity! Withdraw draconian essential service orders! Fight for a socialist program to defend workers’ social and democratic rights!
Workers should take the struggle for their social and democratic rights into their own hands. The SEP urges workers to form their own action committees independent of all capitalist parties and trade unions in every workplace, factory, plantation and neighborhood.
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)•
Sri Lankan SEP denounces police attack on Sunday protest against cancellation of local elections
The massive police assault on the Sunday protest makes clear that the Wickremesinghe government will not tolerate any opposition to its reactionary political, economic and social policies.
Deepal Jayasekera, SEP General Secretary•
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)•
Our correspondents•
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)•
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)•
W. A. Sunil, Socialist Equality Party candidate for the Kolonnawa Urban Council•
Inequality in Sweden reaches highest level in decades
New data from the Swedish government’s statistics agency—Statistics Sweden—shows that income inequality in the country is now higher than at any other point in time since the agency began collecting this information in 1975.
Bran Karlsson•
57 confirmed dead in Greek train crash, as protests and strikes erupt
The Greek train crash deaths are the result of social crimes for which every political party of the ruling elite shares responsibility. It is their leaders who should be in the dock facing charges.
Robert Stevens•
German Foreign Minister Baerbock presents “feminist” war policy
The project, as absurd as it is reactionary, has two goals: it is intended to obscure the real character of Germany’s war policy and mobilize better-off sections of the middle class, who are fixated on questions of identity politics, for German imperialism.
Johannes Stern•
Stripping Shamima Begum of British citizenship a vindictive crime
Begum travelled to Syria from London in 2015, aged just 15, with two friends to become a bride of an Islamic State fighter
Thomas Scripps•
Elisabeth Zimmermann•
Johannes Stern•
Hasan Yıldırım•
Robert Stevens, Steve James•
Thomas Scripps•
Publisher agrees to an uncensored edition of Roald Dahl’s books, but not before PEN America exposes its own hypocrisy
Puffin has announced it will publish another edition of Dahl’s books without changes, but not before the writers' advocacy group, PEN America, exposed itself as a phony opponent of censorship, given that it is a purveyor of Ukraine war propaganda and anti-Russian chauvinism.
Sandy English•
The 73rd Berlin International Film Festival—Part 2
Disco Boy: A remarkable anti-war film from Italian director Giacomo Abbruzzese
Abbruzzese’s film counters the cruelty of war with an appeal for freedom and joie de vivre.
Verena Nees•
Musician Marilyn Manson accuser repudiates earlier #MeToo accusations
Smithline asserts that she was pressured by actress Evan Rachel Wood and Wood’s associates “to make accusations of rape and assault ... that were not true.”
David Walsh•
Vengeance: B.J. Novak’s directorial debut
Novak, best known for his role as the scheming temp Ryan on the television series The Office, wrote and makes his directorial debut with Vengeance.
James McDonald•
Sandy English, Tim Avery•
Joanne Laurier•
David Walsh, Joanne Laurier•
Stefan Steinberg•
Omar Ali•
The growing crisis of declining obstetric services in rural America
More shutdowns of obstetric services at rural hospitals in the US are leading to growing “maternity care deserts,” with serious consequences for the already precarious state of health services for pregnant women in these areas.
Benjamin Mateus•
Heavy rain and snow highlight inequality in California
The unusually heavy winter storms that battered California recently expose social and economic inequality across the state.
Rafael Azul•
Body camera footage shows Knoxville, Tennessee police mocking 60-year-old Lisa Edwards before she died in their custody
The Knox County District Attorney’s office has stated that the four officers, who have been placed on paid administrative leave, will not be criminally charged for Edwards' death.
Zac Thorton•
Second storm in one week knocks out power for tens of thousands again in Michigan
The Democratic Party administration of Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Attorney General Dana Nessel have responded to the collapse of the power infrastructure by calling on the energy monopolies to give customers a pathetic $35 credit on an upcoming electric bill.
Kevin Reed•
Shannon Jones•
Samuel Davidson, Zac Corrigan•
Samuel Davidson•
Kevin Reed•
Tom Hall•
Biden seeks renewal of warrantless spying powers
On Tuesday, the White House launched a campaign to secure congressional reauthorization of the law used to continue mass electronic surveillance of the public that was exposed by Edward Snowden in 2013.
Kevin Reed•
Chicago mayor defeated in municipal elections, challengers Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson advance to April run-off
A leading section of the Democratic Party, assisted by the media, portrayed the election as a referendum on “law and order,” in a city where the police are widely hated and feared.
Kristina Betinis•
US Supreme Court poised to overturn Biden administration’s limited student debt relief plan
Currently, some 43 million borrowers in the United States owe over $1.7 trillion in student federal loan debt representing a massive and looming financial burden for a significant section of the working class.
Jacob Crosse, Our reporters•
Anti-Defamation League: All “extremist” mass killings in the US in 2022 linked to the far right
The ADL report concealed the fact that the three largest mass shootings last year were directly linked to the Republican Party, making the GOP the number one driver of fascist terrorist violence in the United States.
Jacob Crosse•
Kristina Betinis•
Tom Hall•
Patrick Martin•
Patrick Martin•
Patrick Martin•
Financial markets signal more interest rates hikes to come
Wage suppression is the objective of all the central banks with the European Central Bank chief economist Philip Lane making it clear that even if inflationary pressures start to fade it will continue “for the next several years.”
Nick Beams•
US Fed interest rate hikes far from over
The central bank’s monetary policy regime, advanced in the name of fighting inflation, is above all directed to the suppression of wage demands as it continually refers to a “tight” labour market.
Nick Beams•
Report of higher than expected price rises in January points to continued rate hikes
The report of higher than expected inflation in January caused a drop on Wall Street, as investors anticipated that the US Federal Reserve will press on with its program of interest rate increases aimed at triggering a recession to undermine workers' wage demands.
Shannon Jones•
US Fed at the centre of financial crisis
According to analysts at the Better Markets organisation, the Fed’s policies over the past 14 years, the pumping of trillions of dollars into the financial system, mean that in many ways it is “fighting problems of its own creation.”
Nick Beams•
Kevin Reed•
Elisabeth Zimmermann•
Jacob Crosse•
Nick Beams•
Jacob Crosse•
Voting ends in UAW runoff election, with less than 13 percent of rank-and-file workers casting ballots
The large abstention in the second round of voting reflects the mass alienation of workers from the UAW apparatus.
Jerry White•
Will Lehman demands UAW monitor investigate appointment of Vail Kohnert-Yount to leadership post after $25,000 donation to Shawn Fain
In this letter to the court-appointed Monitor, Lehman calls for a "full and transparent investigation into the circumstances behind this appointment... conducted publicly in the view of the rank and file."
Will Lehman•
UAW official appointed to $174,000/year leadership position after donating $25,000 to Shawn Fain’s campaign
As voting in the second round of the UAW national officers election comes to an end, a scandal has broken out that exposes both the fraudulent character of the election and the ongoing rampant corruption and patronage within the UAW bureaucracy.
Eric London•
Abysmal turnout in UAW run-off confirms fraudulent character of election
The date for mailing ballots in the second round of the UAW election has passed, and only 136,114 workers have cast votes, or 12 percent of eligible members.
Will Lehman•
GM Flint Rank and File Committee•
Jane Wise•
Tim Rivers•
Will Lehman•
Tim Rivers•
The Wuhan lab lie: “Weapons of mass destruction” redux
In an uncanny instance of history repeating itself, the lies used to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq based on false claims about “weapons of mass destruction” are being used to promote the United States’ unprecedented military buildup around China.
Andre Damon•
A discredited conspiracy theory about the origins of COVID-19
The Wuhan Lab Leak slander being resurrected to bolster US war drive against China
The Wall Street Journal disclosed that the Department of Energy has shifted its opinion on the origin of the coronavirus to it being most likely a result of a lab leak. However, unnamed sources who have read the report indicate the evidence is of low confidence.
Benjamin Mateus•
Republicans revive discredited Wuhan Lab Leak theory and call Anthony Fauci to testify
Republicans have demanded Former Biden chief medical advisor Dr Anthony Fauci testify on the Wuhan lab leak theory.
Benjamin Mateus•
Anthony Fauci gives aid and comfort to COVID-19 “lab leak” conspiracy theory
Fauci’s aim in lending credence to the conspiracy theory, which he knows to be a lie, is to distract attention from the antiscientific policies carried out under the Trump and Biden administrations that led to the deaths of over a million Americans.
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Benjamin Mateus•
Kevin Reed•
Frank Gaglioti•
Der Spiegel asks: “Is the CIA hunting Assange’s supporters?”
The material in the German newspaper further substantiates claims that the US government has waged an illegal global campaign against Julian Assange, WikiLeaks and their supporters.
Oscar Grenfell, SEP candidate for NSW Legislative Council•
No record of Australian Labor government’s diplomacy to US about Assange
The latest revelation demonstrates that while occasionally making vague statements about Assange’s plight, Labor is continuing the more than ten-year record of Australian governments collaborating in his persecution.
Oscar Grenfell•
Belmarsh Tribunal in Washington D.C. makes bankrupt appeal to Biden to drop charges against Assange
While there were important remarks from a number of journalists and whistleblowers, the tribunal was characterized by the bankrupt orientation of the “Progressive International” to the Biden administration and the Democratic Party.
Dominic Gustavo•
WikiLeaks editor-in-chief warns Assange may be extradited “within weeks”
Hrafnsson’s urgent warnings came during an interview in Brazil with Glenn Greenwald, published Monday on Rumble.
Laura Tiernan•
Oscar Grenfell•
Thomas Scripps•
Oscar Grenfell•
Oscar Grenfell•
The East Palestine disaster: A crime of capitalism
The poisoning of East Palestine, Ohio, is not merely an environmental catastrophe. It is a man-made disaster which raises fundamental questions about the structure of the society which produced it.
The Socialist Equality Party (United States)•
The East Palestine rail disaster and the case for workers’ power
More disasters and more cover-ups are inevitable as long as social decision-making is left in the hands of a tiny capitalist oligarchy.
Tom Hall•
The toxic rail disaster in Ohio: The homicidal indifference of the ruling class laid bare
The focus of Norfolk Southern executives and government regulators was to reopen the rail line and get trains running again as quickly as possible, regardless of the consequences for the people living in the area.
Niles Niemuth•
Video: Residents of East Palestine speak out on poisoning of their town by Norfolk Southern
“I have a 14 year old, she goes to school here. She has no future. You don’t know what the long-term effects are,” one resident told the WSWS.
Samuel Davidson, Zac Corrigan•
Samuel Davidson•
Sheila Brehm•
Tom Hall•
Shannon Jones•
Jerry White•
1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones was paid over $1 million to speak about race at colleges in 2022
The race-obsessed middle class layers which Hannah-Jones epitomizes are fundamentally fearful of and hostile to the growing movement of the working class. The last thing they want is for the party to end when there is yet so much money to be made.
Dominic Gustavo•
Book Review
The New York Times 1619 Project: A New Origin Story: History as the emanation of race
The Times, which wishes readers to take the 1619 Project seriously as a “reframing of American history,” has said more than it intended.
Tom Mackaman•
An interview with Mark Kruger, author of The St. Louis Commune of 1877: Communism in the Heartland
The World Socialist Web Site recently spoke with Mark Kruger about his new book, the 1619 Project, and the current state of American politics.
Douglas Lyons•
Historian Jack Rakove on American history writing and the falsifications of the 1619 Project and its defenders
Professor Jack Rakove is a leading scholar of the American Revolution and the framing of the Constitution.
Tom Mackaman•
Tom Mackaman•
Tom Mackaman•
Niles Niemuth•
Niles Niemuth•
David North•
Israel’s fascist minister Smotrich calls for town of Huwara to be wiped out, anti-Netanyahu opposition grows
Far-right party leaders have called for the Israel Defence Forces to drive out the Palestinians from their homes in an explicit call for the ethnic cleansing of the West Bank.
Jean Shaoul•
Zionist settlers carry out murderous pogrom on Palestinian town
The intention of the attackers is to provoke a wider conflagration and create the basis for stepped up ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from the West Bank and possibly an all-out war by Israel.
Jean Shaoul•
Israel’s murderous assault on Nablus a deliberate provocation
These extra-judicial killings in broad daylight by the Middle East’s strongest war machine in a busy downtown area are nothing short of a war crime by the newly installed coalition government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Jean Shaoul•
Banks burn in Lebanon amid collapse of state institutions
Public anger has been directed at the banks, largely owned by the country’s oligarchs and ruling families, lending vast sums to the government to finance handouts to the plutocracy, while imposing strict controls on withdrawals by workers and their families that make it impossible for them to access their savings.
Jean Shaoul•
Jean Shaoul•
Bill Van Auken•
Jean Shaoul•
Ulaş Ateşçi•
Bill Van Auken•
This week in history: February 27-March 5
This column profiles important historical events which took place during this week, 25 years ago, 50 years ago, 75 years ago and 100 years ago.
The 1619 Project, streaming on Hulu, expands its racialist falsification of history, politics and culture
Once again, it is asserted that all present social problems are the outcome of slavery. This theory imparts to the series its frenetic, almost dizzying and essentially incoherent quality.
Tom Mackaman•
“They had an outsized influence because they had an outsized ambition”
Interview with author Ahmed White on the historical significance of the Industrial Workers of the World
Ahmed White, of the University of Colorado Law School, is the author of Under the Iron Heel: The Wobblies and the Capitalist War on Radical Workers.
Tom Mackaman•
Museum Berlin-Karlshorst commemorates World War II blockade of Leningrad
The focus of the January 17 panel discussion at the former German-Russian Museum was Lasar Mojshes’ wartime diary and the memories of his daughter Anna.
Verena Nees•
Peter Schwarz•
Clara Weiss•
Tom Mackaman•
Steve James•
Clara Weiss•
Strike at Brazil’s Petrobras is suppressed by PT-led unions
The struggle at Refap raises the possibility of a major strike during the first months of the Workers Party (PT) administration of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Eduardo Parati•
Lula government ends daily COVID-19 tracking in Brazil
The announcement of the end of daily pandemic data came just before the PT government completely ignored the threat that Carnival represented for the worsening of the pandemic in Brazil.
Guilherme Ferreira•
US-backed Boluarte regime continues repression as protests spread across north of Peru
For the 10th consecutive week, the wave of mass demonstrations and roadblocks across Peru has continued defying brutal repression by the US-backed coup regime of Dina Boluarte.
Andrea Lobo•
Human rights complaints mount against Bukele’s state of exception in El Salvador
The massive scale of the roundups is comparable to those carried out by the military dictatorships in Central and South America during the 1970s and 1980s.
Andrea Lobo•
Tomas Castanheira•
Roger Jordan, Keith Jones•
Mauricio Saavedra•
Andrea Lobo•
Guilherme Ferreira•
Timothy Snyder’s Bloodlands: Right-wing propaganda disguised as historical scholarship
This five-part series and historical timeline exposes Snyder’s Bloodlands as a work of falsification, aimed at justifying the imperialist proxy war against Russia in Ukraine and the alliance of US imperialism with the Ukrainian far-right.
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Intriguing discovery of ancient tools, butchery, and hominin teeth in Kenya
The discoveries include evidence that Oldowan tools were used to cut and pound animal flesh far earlier than previously known.
Frank Gaglioti•
Intact hominid skull found in China offers insights into human evolution
The most complete skull of Homo Erectus found in the east Asian region could well shed light on the complex evolutionary history of human beings.
Frank Gaglioti•
Ultraviolet light and indoor air disinfection to fight pandemics: A technology long overdue
The ability to disinfect indoor spaces remains a critical public health endeavor. Ultraviolet technology is an important tool that has been employed for more than a century. This report reviews the current issues behind air disinfection and the history of ultraviolet disinfection.
Benjamin Mateus•
The XBB.1.5 “Kraken” subvariant of Omicron takes hold in the US
The latest and most dangerous subvariant of Omicron is leading to high levels of hospitalization across the Northeast. The winter surge of COVID will likely overtake the rest of the country over the next few weeks.
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Bryan Dyne, Don Barrett•
Bryan Dyne•
Philip Guelpa•
The Berlin state election results: A vote against all parties in government
It would be hard to find a previous election in Germany in which the gulf between the interests of the population and the politics of the established parties was as obvious as in the re-run of the Berlin state election last Sunday.
Peter Schwarz•
Speech at the SGP anti-war rally in Berlin
Ulrich Rippert: “The strength of our party is the historical tradition it represents.”
The following speech was given by Ulrich Rippert, the honorary chairman of the Socialist Equality Party and candidate in the Berlin state elections, at the SGP's rally against the war in Ukraine on February 4 at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin.
Ulrich Rippert•
Vote against war! Vote SGP!
The international significance of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei election campaign in Berlin
Against the war madness and social devastation, a powerful movement of the working class is developing all over the world. The SGP election campaign has given it a voice and a socialist perspective.
Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei•
Sosyalist Eşitlik Grubu's Ulaş Ateşçi calls for a vote for the SGP: “An international movement against the war must be built in the working class and youth!”
We publish here an appeal by Ulaş Ateşçi to vote for the Socialist Equality Party (SGP) in the Berlin elections on February 12. Ateşçi is a leading member of the Sosyalist Eşitlik Grubu (Socialist Equality Group) in Turkey.
Ulaş Ateşçi•
Gregor Link•
Christoph Vandreier•
Johannes Stern•
Sudan’s military junta to normalise relations with Israel amid massive crackdown on Palestinians
The deal deepens the treacherous role of the Arab bourgeoisie, which has now formally buried its own “two state” solution and confirms that the nationalist agenda championed by all sections of the Palestinian bourgeoisie provides no way forward for the workers and oppressed masses
Jean Shaoul•
South Africa: Electricity outages compound ANC government crisis
Calls are growing for a national shut down in opposition to Eskom’s blackouts and electricity tariff hikes of 18.6 percent in April and another 12.7 percent next year.
Jean Shaoul•
South Africa: Corruption scandal threatens Ramaphosa’s presidency and the ANC’s grip on power
His election in 2017 promising to root out corruption was a feeble attempt to restore the flagging fortunes of the ANC that has now been blown apart.
Jean Shaoul•
Libyan citizen kidnapped and flown to US to face Lockerbie charges
A 71-year-old Libyan, Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi, appeared in a US federal court in Washington D.C. to face charges related to the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 on December 21, 1988 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Mas'ud has effectively been kidnapped and subjected to extraordinary rendition.
Steve James•
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Kipchuma Ochieng•
Kumaran Ira•
Concluding remarks to the December 10 rally
The International Youth and Students for Social Equality and the fight against war
These are the concluding remarks by WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North to the December 10 rally, “For a Mass Movement of Students and Youth to Stop the War in Ukraine!” organized by the International Youth and Students for Social Equality.
David North•
Youth and students in Berlin respond to the IYSSE rally against war: “In a nuclear third world war, no one would escape unscathed”
The rally on December 10 set out the background to the Ukraine war and provided an international perspective against the threat of nuclear war.
International Youth and Students for Social Equality•
A call to youth throughout the world: Build a mass movement to stop the Ukraine war!
The International Youth and Students for Social Equality—the student and youth movement of the Socialist Equality Parties, the national sections of the International Committee of the Fourth International—calls for the building of a mass global movement of young people to end the reckless escalation toward World War III.
Statement of the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE)•
Speech to the December 10 IYSSE anti-war rally
The position of Latin America in the imperialist redivision of the world
Latin American countries, with deep economic and political ties to both the US and China, will necessarily be drawn into the center of the developing global war.
Eduardo Parati•
Evan Blake•
Evrim Yazgin•
Genevieve Leigh•
Kapila Fernando•
Will Lehman•
Architect of the Capitol fired after Inspector General report revealed complicity in January 6 coup
A scathing, and as-of-yet still unreleased Inspector General report on the Architect of the Capitol, revealed that James Brett Blanton, Trump-appointed member of the Capitol Police Board refused to respond during the siege.
Jacob Crosse•
Three active-duty Marines arrested for storming the Capitol on January 6
The arrests indicate the significant level of support Trump’s coup, and fascism, have within the US military.
Jacob Crosse•
Failed Republican candidate who organized shooting attacks on New Mexico Democratic politicians held without bail
As evidence continues to accumulate against Solomon Peña, the failed Republican state House candidate turned shooter, Democrats issue calls to “agree to disagree.”
D. Lencho•
New Mexico Republican arrested for attempting to kill Democratic office-holders
Solomon Peña, 39, is accused of being the “mastermind” behind at least four shootings in Albuquerque targeting Democratic politicians at their homes.
Jacob Crosse•
Jacob Crosse•
Jacob Crosse•
Jacob Crosse•
Jacob Crosse•
Jacob Crosse•
Open letter to undergraduates of Temple University: Support striking Temple grad students! Fight back against tuition increases!
The struggle must be expanded through the formation of rank-and-file committees representing all sections of the campus workforce and the students.
The International Youth and Students for Social Equality•
Stop the campaign of smears and censorship targeting anti-war meetings on Canadian university campuses!
Canada’s state-owned national broadcaster is trumpeting a foul right-wing smear campaign aimed at silencing any voices critical of the US-NATO instigated war with Russia over Ukraine–a war in which Canadian imperialism is playing an especially provocative role.
James Clayton•
Howard University awarded $90 million contract to conduct military research for the Pentagon
Howard University’s bid to become one of the Pentagon’s higher education affiliates means it will be dedicated to the development of the US military’s killing machines.
Dominic Gustavo•
NYU graduate student loses job, investigated “for anti-Semitism” after writing anti-Israel slogan on trash bag
The actions by the New York University administration against Naye Idriss constitute a fundamental assault on democratic rights and set a dangerous precedent for the victimization and targeting of left-wing students and university employees.
Jesse Thomas •
Alex Findijs•
Alex Findijs•
Our reporters•
Our reporters•
Gregor Kahl•
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
Watch SEP online memorial meeting: A Tribute to Regina Lohr – Australian Trotskyist
The SEP held an online memorial meeting to pay tribute to the life of Regina Lohr, who passed away on October 10 at the age of 66.
Socialist Equality Party (Australia)•
SEP (UK) 2022 Congress Resolution
Build the Assange defence campaign in the working class!
The Socialist Equality Party (UK) Congress resolution states, “The international working class must take the lead in the fight to free Assange. It is the sole constituency for the defence of democratic rights, and it alone has the power to wrest the WikiLeaks founder from his captors.”
SEP (UK) 2022 Congress Resolution
Build the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees in Britain! For a global counteroffensive of the working class!
The International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees (IWA-RFC), is the democratic organ of international working-class struggle in the 21st century.
SEP (UK) 2022 Congress Resolution
The COVID-19 pandemic and the fight for socialism
The Socialist Equality Party (UK) Congress resolution explains: "The two alternatives posed before mankind are either unending mass infection, debilitation and death, or the revolutionary overthrow of capitalism and implementation of a policy of global elimination, to end all human-to-human transmission of COVID-19."
Our reporters•
Cheryl Crisp•
Socialist Equality Party (Australia)•
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.
Read the introduction
Teacher describes struggle to get treated for Long COVID in New Zealand
An Auckland-based teacher told the WSWS how his increasingly severe Long COVID symptoms were misdiagnosed by doctors who said he had mental health issues. He said the government was allowing COVID to spread and ignoring the consequences for people’s health.
Tom Peters•
Alberta nurse speaks about union indifference to mass illness and death
In this interview for the Global Workers’ Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic, Alberta nurse Kerry speaks on her experience with Long COVID and the unions’ complicity in enforcing the government’s “let it rip” pandemic policy.
Dylan Lubao•
“I felt like I was in quicksand… at times it seemed like it was never-ending”
Flight attendant shares his experience being intubated for 19 days with COVID-19
In this interview for the Global Workers’ Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic, flight attendant Tim Yoder shares his experiences in early 2020. Tim caught COVID-19 in mid-March 2020 after being told he was an “essential worker” and had to continue flying despite feeling ill when multiple coworkers had already tested positive for COVID-19.
Evan Blake•
WSWS speaks with New Zealand Long Covid sufferer
Paul, who had to stop work and has lost his home due to Long Covid, denounced the lack of government recognition and support for people with the condition.
Tom Peters•
Erik Schreiber•
George Kirby•
Our reporter•
Richard Phillips•
Margot Miller•
Watch: UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman’s final campaign video
Watch and share the powerful video of Will Lehman, a second-tier worker at Mack trucks in Macungie, Pennsylvania, explaining the basis of his campaign for UAW president, accompanied by statements of support from workers across the US and Mexico.
Judge rejects lawsuit by Trump-endorsed Kari Lake seeking to overturn Arizona election defeat
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson ruled against every single one of Lake’s claims and noted in his decision that none of Lake’s witnesses could point to any intentional misconduct or evidence of a single vote that was changed.
Jacob Crosse•
Democrat Raphael Warnock narrowly wins runoff election for US Senate from Georgia
The US midterms have set the stage for two years of legislative stalemate—except when it comes to funneling billions into the US-NATO proxy war against Russia in Ukraine and passing record Pentagon budgets, or enacting dictatorial laws blocking strikes and imposing corporate-dictated contracts on workers, as with last week’s bipartisan vote banning a strike by rail workers.
Barry Grey•
Trump-endorsed Republicans in Arizona refuse to concede, threaten violence
The same right-wing forces in Arizona that backed Trump’s failed coup and his stolen election narrative are inciting violence against election officials more than a week after all but one of the major races has been decided.
Jacob Crosse•
US 2022 midterm live updates: Congressional elections appear to end in deadlock
The indeterminate outcome has already led to back-biting within both capitalist parties.
Jacob Crosse, Eric London, Patrick Martin•
Barry Grey•
Patrick Martin•
Jacob Crosse•
Patrick Martin•
Barry Grey•
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
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.
Greetings from the ICFI to the SEP (Australia) 2022 Congress
The political crisis in Brazil and the fight for the revolutionary party
These remarks were delivered by Tomas Castanheira to the Sixth National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (Australia), held from September 24 to 27, 2022.
Tomas Castanheira•
Greetings from the ICFI to the SEP (Australia) 2022 Congress
The return of German militarism and the perspective of international socialism
These remarks were delivered by Christoph Vandreier to the Sixth National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (Australia), held from September 24 to 27, 2022.
The fight against war and the global expansion of the ICFI
These remarks were delivered by Ulaş Ateşçi to the Sixth National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (Australia), held from September 24 to 27, 2022.
Ulaş Ateşçi•
Greetings from the ICFI to the SEP (Australia) 2022 Congress
The crisis of bourgeois rule in Sri Lanka and the tasks of the SEP
These remarks were delivered by Deepal Jayasekera to the Sixth National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (Australia), held from September 24 to 27, 2022.
Deepal Jayasekera•
Chris Marsden•
Tom Peters•
Alex Lantier•
Keith Jones•
Joseph Kishore•
On the 82nd anniversary of the assassination of Leon Trotsky
Eighty-two years ago, 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.
Report to Seventh Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US)
The historical and political principles of the socialist opposition to imperialist war and the Putin regime
This report was given by Clara Weiss to the Seventh Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) in support of the resolution, “Mobilize the working class against imperialist war!”
Clara Weiss•
Report to Seventh Congress of Socialist Equality Party (US)
The historical background of the COVID-19 pandemic and the fight for global elimination
This report was given by Evan Blake to the Seventh Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) in support of the resolution titled “The COVID-19 pandemic and the fight for socialism”
Evan Blake•
America’s “New World Order”— The historical and social roots of US plans for war with Russia and China
The following is a report given by Andre Damon to the Seventh Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) in support of the resolution titled “Mobilize the working class against imperialist war!”
Andre Damon•
Report to Seventh Congress of Socialist Equality Party (US)
Build rank-and-file committees, the organs of 21st century working class struggle!
This report was given by Eric London to the Seventh Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) in support of the resolution titled “Build the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees! For a global counteroffensive of the working class!”
Eric London•
Ulaş Ateşçi•
Tom Peters•
Keith Jones•
Tomas Castanheira•
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.
May Day 2022: The revolutionary role of the American working class
This is the report delivered by Joseph Kishore to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Kishore is the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party in the United States.
Joseph Kishore•
May Day 2022: The class struggle in the Asia-Pacific
This is the report delivered by Tom Peters to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Peters is a leading member of the Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand, which is fighting to build a section of the ICFI.
Tom Peters•
May Day 2022: Young people must turn to the working class and the fight for socialism!
This is the report delivered by Gregor Link to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Link is a leading member in Germany of the International Youth and Students for Social Equality, the youth movement of the International Committee of the Fourth International and its affiliated Socialist Equality Parties.
Gregor Link•
May Day 2022: Australian ruling class promotes anti-China campaign
This is the report delivered by Cheryl Crisp to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Crisp is the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party in Australia.
Cheryl Crisp•
Nick Beams•
Ulaş Ateşçi•
Alex Lantier•
Chris Marsden•
M. Thevarajah•
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.
Socialist Equality Party meeting discusses crisis of Australia’s two-party system and the way forward for the working class
The livestreamed event provided a much-appreciated forum for democratic discussion about the election result, Labor’s right-wing program, and the class battles now unfolding in Australia and internationally.
Our reporter•
Australia’s Labor government demands “sacrifices” from workers
Labor claims to have suddenly discovered that the budget situation is “dire” so “significant savings” must be found and “productivity” driven up with the help of the trade unions.
Mike Head•
Australian Labor government already functioning as US attack dog in the Pacific
Labor, before it has even secured a majority government, is on a foreign policy blitz aimed at shoring-up US and Australian hegemony over the Pacific.
Oscar Grenfell•
The international significance of Australia’s crisis election
The outcome reflects, in distorted electoral terms, a political radicalisation of workers and young people that is already finding expression in a development of working class struggles.
Oscar Grenfell•
Our reporters•
Our reporters•
Mike Head•
Our reporters•
Oscar Grenfell•
Global Workers’ Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic
Family of Detroit autoworker who died of COVID-19 demands answers
Autoworker and grandmother Catherine Pace died on March 27, 2020 after contracting COVID-19 in the paint department at the Warren Truck Plant outside Detroit, then operated by Fiat-Chrysler, now Stellantis.
Watch video testimony
Elon Musk’s Twitter abruptly reverses ban on promotion of alternative social media platforms
After instituting a ban on sharing links from competitive social media platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram and Mastodon, Elon Musk canceled the policy less than 24 hours later.
Kevin Reed•
Musk continues to ban from Twitter journalists who criticize him
Twitter owner and fascistic billionaire Elon Musk acknowledged late Thursday that he had shut down the accounts of numerous prominent journalists earlier in the day, claiming falsely that they had violated a new policy on the platform against “doxxing."
Kevin Reed•
Musk’s attack on Twitter workers brings company to the brink of collapse
Media outlets and technology experts are warning that Twitter may collapse or go bankrupt following the mass exodus of another 1,200 employees from the company.
Kevin Reed•
Elon Musk issues ultimatum to Twitter employees: Submit to “extremely hardcore” culture, or face termination
In a rational society, a platform like Twitter would be publicly owned, but under capitalism it has become the plaything of a single billionaire oligarch, and a fascistic buffoon to boot.
Dominic Gustavo•
Eric Ludlow•
Our reporter•
Kevin Reed•
Kevin Reed•
Jacob Crosse•
A video presentation by Evan Blake
What must be done to end the pandemic
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Death of Los Angeles County man infected with monkeypox under investigation by health officials
Los Angeles County health officials reported last week that a man infected with monkeypox had passed away. An investigation is underway to determine the virus’ contribution to his death.
Benjamin Mateus•
Texas public health officials confirm death of immunocompromised man infected with monkeypox
A severely immunocompromised adult male died in Houston on Sunday. Public health officials said he was infected with monkeypox. Still, they stopped short of connecting the infection as a contributory factor in his death, stating they did not know what role the virus played in his demise.
Benjamin Mateus•
Monkeypox reported at General Motors’ Wentzville plant, suspected at Flint Assembly
The UAW has remained silent on the spread of monkeypox in the plants, in line with its efforts to cover up the disastrous toll COVID-19 has had on workers.
Marcus Day, Sheila Brehm•
The CDC minimizes the danger of monkeypox among children as students begin returning to school
The CDC’s cursory guidance posted as answers to Frequently Asked Questions only downplays and minimizes the concerns working families have about the safety of schools for their children.
Aaron Edwards•
Hong Jian, Kimie Saito•
Martin Scott•
Tom Hall•
Tamino Dreisam•
A historic advance in the fight for Trotskyism
The International Committee of the Fourth International accepts application of the Sosyalist Eşitlik Grubu to become its section in Turkey
The June 19 decision followed extensive discussions with representatives of the International Committee in Istanbul on the development of the fight for Trotskyism in Turkey and the Aegean and Black Sea regions.
Read more
May Day 2022: The NATO-Russia war and the tasks of the international working class
In his introduction to the International May Day Online Rally, WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North reviews the historical origins of the US-NATO war drive against Russia and outlines the political strategy of the working class to oppose the danger of World War III.
Watch the recording
The death of Queen Elizabeth II: A major political crisis for British imperialism
With the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the British ruling class has lost its popular head of state on which it has relied to project the myth of national unity and suppress social conflict.
Chris Marsden•
The 1619 Project and the New York Times’ glorification of the monarchy
In its adulation of Queen Elizabeth and all the pageantry of the British monarchy, the newspaper responsible for publishing the 1619 Project has entangled itself in many layers of contradictions.
Tom Carter•
The queen’s funeral and the spectre of war and revolution
The significance of Elizabeth II’s funeral is well illustrated by reference to a previous British royal funeral, more than a century earlier, that of Edward VII.
Chris Marsden•
King Charles addresses UK parliament as workers are subjected to propaganda barrage
What was being celebrated at Westminster Hall is the ability of Britain’s imperialist bourgeoisie to utilise the monarchy as a means of sanctifying and reinforcing its own power.
Chris Marsden•
Chris Marsden•
Robert Stevens•
Jean Shaoul•
Joseph Scalice•
Robert Stevens•
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.
Harvard UAW, pseudo-left groups organize provocation against professor John Comaroff
The right-wing witch-hunt of John Comaroff at Harvard University continued Tuesday with a stage-managed protest during his first class of the semester.
Mike Ingram•
Defend Harvard professor John Comaroff against the right-wing witch-hunt!
This shameful campaign reached new heights Tuesday when concerted efforts were made to prevent Comaroff from teaching. Provocations were organized both inside and outside the classroom.
Socialist Equality Party (US), International Youth and Students for Social Equality•
The politically driven campaign against Harvard anthropologist John Comaroff
The attack on Harvard anthropology professor John Comaroff has taken to a new level the campaign to purge American colleges and universities on the basis of anti-democratic identity politics.
David Walsh•
The concerted, cowardly #MeToo attack on Harvard professor John Comaroff
John Comaroff, professor of African and African American studies and of anthropology at Harvard University, has become the target of what has all the earmarks of another filthy #MeToo witch-hunt.
David Walsh•
James McDonald, Sam Wayne•
Mike Head•
Matthew Brennan, Barry Grey•
Barry Grey•
James McDonald•
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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Pentagon national strategy document targets China
The US military published a series of documents Thursday outlining US plans for war with Russia and China, and asserting the central role of nuclear weapons in US warfighting.
Andre Damon•
Australia dispatching military “trainers” to aid the US-NATO war against Russia
Australia, already the largest non-NATO funder of the war in Ukraine, is escalating its involvement amid warnings that the conflict could result in a nuclear catastrophe.
Oscar Grenfell•
German President Steinmeier delivers war speech to the nation
Steinmeier's remarks to invited soldiers, journalists, think tank representatives and leading politicians can only be described as a “war speech to the nation.” The focus was de facto a declaration of war on Russia and the Russian population.
Johannes Stern, Christoph Vandreier•
One year since the US military's withdrawal from Afghanistan
The Afghan withdrawal represented a debacle for US imperialism, which based its policy throughout thirty years of uninterrupted wars, beginning with the first Gulf War in 1990-91, on the conviction that military force could overcome Washington’s precipitous economic decline.
Jordan Shilton•
Tom Peters•
Jean Shaoul•
Peter Symonds•
Tom Peters•
Mike Head•
Eighty years since the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union
The WSWS has published a feature page incorporating a selection of essential essays from its own archives, and other documents produced contemporaneously by the Fourth International.
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Peace activist sentenced for criticizing German war policy in Ukraine
The Berlin-Tiergarten District Court has sentenced peace activist Heinrich Bücker for a speech he gave on the anniversary of Nazi Germany’s invasion on the Soviet Union.
Justus Leicht•
Large-scale raid against right-wing terrorist network reveals the extent of the fascist danger in Germany
Around 3,000 officers from the special police forces stormed 137 locations in 11 federal states on Wednesday morning and arrested 25 people. Another 27 people are being investigated. The state prosecutor has accused them of being members or supporters of a terrorist organisation.
Peter Schwarz•
German secret service operates hundreds of far-right social media profiles
Regardless of whether the pending investigations can demonstrate that the agents gave the impetus to the planned terrorist attacks, a picture emerges of a right-wing extremist milieu organized and controlled by the state.
Christoph Vandreier•
German Interior Minister Faeser wants to fight climate change activists “with all her might”
While right-wing extremist terrorist networks operate unhindered in Germany’s state apparatus and are covered up by the highest authorities, federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (Social Democrats) has called for a fight against alleged “left-wing extremists” and young climate change activists.
Christoph Vandreier•
Justus Leicht•
Statement of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei•
Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee (UK)•
Peter Schwarz•
Christoph Vandreier•
100 years since the birth of Jean Brust
August 31, 2021 marks 100 years since the birth of Jean Brust, a leading figure in the Trotskyist movement. Comrade Jean, who died November 24, 1997 at the age of 76, joined the Trotskyist-led Young Peoples Socialist League as a teenager in 1937.
The global significance of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria
The earthquake that has had such a devastating impact in Turkey and Syria is a global and historic event, that will have political consequences.
David North•
UAW negotiates massive wage cut for Caterpillar workers
In the first of many major industrial struggles to come this year, Caterpillar workers in the US are squaring up against the global mining and construction equipment maker in a battle that will have far-reaching consequences for workers throughout the country and internationally.
Jerry White•
White House and US media revive the Wuhan lab lie
The US government’s renewed promotion of the Wuhan lab conspiracy theory is aimed at demonizing China and preparing public opinion for the Biden administration’s escalating trade and military buildup targeting China.
Andre Damon•
The international significance of the developing revolutionary confrontation in Sri Lanka
Eight months after a mass uprising chased Sri Lanka’s hated President Gotabhaya Rajapakse from power, the working class is coming into headlong confrontation with his successor, the notorious IMF-enforcer and pro-US imperialist stooge, Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Keith Jones•
Patrick Martin•
Jordan Shilton•
Evan Blake•
WSWS Editorial Board•
Eric London•
Twenty years since the September 11 terror attacks
The horrific massacre of civilians was immediately exploited by the imperialist powers, led by the United States government itself, to justify far-reaching attacks on the democratic rights of their own populations, and the launching of decades-long wars in the Middle East and Africa.
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Socialist Equality Party summer school prepares membership for growth of class struggle
The Socialist Equality Party in the United States held a summer school from August 1 through August 6. It was devoted to an analysis of the major social and political events in the US and internationally since the previous SEP school, held in July of 2019.
Barry Grey•
SEP Summer School 2021 Lecture
The historical background and initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic
This report to the 2021 SEP summer school was delivered by Dr. Benjamin Mateus, who has led the coverage on the WSWS of the scientific and medical issues posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Benjamin Mateus•
SEP Summer School 2021 Lecture
January 6, 2021: Donald Trump’s plot against America
The following lecture was delivered at the Socialist Equality Party (US) 2021 summer school by Eric London, a writer for the WSWS and author of Agents: The FBI and GPU Infiltration of the Trotskyist Movement.
Eric London•
The lessons of the 2021 Volvo strike
This lecture was delivered at the Socialist Equality Party (US) 2021 summer school, held August 1 through August 6, by Marcus Day, a writer for the World Socialist Web Site .
Marcus Day•
Tom Carter•
Jerry White•
Tom Mackaman•
Andre Damon•
Patrick Martin•
Cliff Slaughter: A political biography (1928-1963)
By David North
Cliff Slaughter died on May 3, 2021, in Leeds, England, at the age of 92. His enduring contribution in the 1960s to the defense of Trotskyism stands in tragic contrast with his subsequent political opportunism and repudiation of revolutionary Marxism.
New Zealand: Court action over Pike River mine disaster
The fathers of two of the 29 workers killed in the 2010 Pike River mine disaster are campaigning for the release of documents and correspondence relating to a 2013 decision to drop charges against Pike River CEO Peter Whittall.
Tom Peters•
New Zealand police to drill more boreholes at Pike River mine
Police have made no guarantee that there will be any prosecution for the 2010 Pike River coal mine disaster, which killed 29 workers.
Tom Peters•
NZ government’s “Working with Survivors” continues cover-up of Pike River mine disaster
The Labour Party government’s promises to “be upfront” and “empower” the survivors of catastrophic events are a fraud, as the experience of the Pike River victims’ families makes clear.
Tom Peters•
Pike River mine disaster families seek answers about unlawful payment to avoid prosecution of CEO
In 2013, Pike River Coal chief executive Peter Whittall made an unsolicited and unlawful payment to the 29 families of the 2010 mine disaster, in exchange for the New Zealand government dropping charges against him.
Tom Peters•
Socialist Equality Group (New Zealand)•
Tom Peters•
Tom Peters•
Tom Peters•
Tom Peters•
Sylvia Ageloff and the assassination of Leon Trotsky
With David North and Eric London
North and London discussed the significance of the latest revelations of the the Security and the Fourth International investigation into Trotsky’s assassination.
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Publisher agrees to an uncensored edition of Roald Dahl’s books, but not before PEN America exposes its own hypocrisy
Puffin has announced it will publish another edition of Dahl’s books without changes, but not before the writers' advocacy group, PEN America, exposed itself as a phony opponent of censorship, given that it is a purveyor of Ukraine war propaganda and anti-Russian chauvinism.
Sandy English•
Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague—A portrait of a 17th century lockdown
Drawing on original historical records, Geraldine Brooks has written an absorbing account of how a small village tried to combat the bubonic plague in 17th century England.
Margaret Rees•
Novelist Russell Banks (1940-2023): “Go, my book, and help destroy the world as it is.”
The American writer Russell Banks, who wrote about the lives of working-class people and historical figures such as John Brown, died on January 3 at the age of 82.
Sandy English•
The Best American Short Stories 2022
With a couple of exceptions, the editor has chosen stories that in their form, language and examination of thematic ideas are highly accomplished, even if the collection as a whole bumps its head against certain objective limits.
James McDonald•
Tom Mackaman•
Carola Kleinert, Verena Nees•
Margaret Rees•
James McDonald•
Ela Maartens, Verena Nees•
150 years since the birth of Rosa Luxemburg
The meeting examined Luxemburg’s role as a Marxist theoretician and political leader, and discussed the significance of her legacy to the contemporary struggle to build a Marxist leadership.
Watch the video