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CDC guidelines deepen Biden’s “forever COVID” policy
The CDC stands totally discredited as a political instrument of the ruling class, aligned with the Democratic Party and the Biden administration.
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On day four of the retrial of Adam Fox and Barry Croft, an FBI informant who infiltrated the Wolverine Watchmen gave a first-hand account of the activities of the men who were planning to take the governor of Michigan hostage.
Kevin Reed•
While the Kremlin has deliberately sought to downplay the significance of the incident, more and more information has emerged indicating that it was far more serious than Russian officials have been willing to admit.
Clara Weiss•
The crackdown on protests by bank depositors prevented from withdrawing their funds sparked a tsunami of public criticism and comment on the Chinese internet.
Jerry Zhang•
A leaflet distributed by the workers demanded, “We deserve a decent pay rise” and opposed a “real terms pay cut of at least 10 percent.”
Thomas Scripps, Steve James•
In Turkey, whose government has declared that “the pandemic is over,” official numbers of cases and deaths, which are underestimates, are rapidly rising.
Harun Akın•
The revival of polio, declared eradicated in the US more than three decades ago, is emblematic of the decay of the public health system.
Philip Guelpa•
The effort to present this pro-corporate bill as a major piece of social reform legislation is a desperate attempt to reverse Biden’s collapsing popular support in the run-up to the midterm elections.
Barry Grey•
Since Tuesday, thousands of additional hectares of vegetation have burned in Gironde, just three weeks after wildfires devastated the region in late July.
Samuel Tissot•
His voters hardly thought that Petro’s “love politics” would in fact be directed to the old right-wing politicians and the murderous military.
Tomas Castanheira•
The devastating fire at the Matanzas Supertanker Base dealt a serious blow to Cuba’s electric power generating system, fueling the social and political crisis on the island.
Alexander Fangmann•
The WSWS has endorsed Lehman’s campaign. We are publishing here a selection of letters and responses from Lehman. The letters have been edited to ensure the anonymity of the workers.
WSWS Autoworker Newsletter•
Two new monkeypox cases reported at Sterling Heights Assembly Plant
UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman demands emergency shutdown
The apparent spread of the disease at the largest plant in Detroit raises serious concerns of a looming outbreak throughout the Detroit area.
Tom Hall•
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 American trade unions and the parasites who run them
A new report published by Radish Research includes data of union finances that sheds light on both the anti-working class character of the trade unions today and the parasitic role played by the tens of thousands of executives who staff them.
Eric London•
The Mar-a-Lago raid and Trump’s ongoing coup plot
President Joe Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland have refused to explain the reasons behind the FBI raid, in an attempt to disguise Trump and the Republicans' ongoing coup plotting and to downplay the threat of dictatorship.
Jacob Crosse•
Democrats cover up reasons for FBI raid on Trump estate
President Biden has an obligation to tell the American people why the action was carried out and what the government knows about the ongoing plot against democratic rights.
Barry Grey•
Reject all-party regime! No to IMF austerity! Fight to build Democratic and Socialist Congress of Workers and Rural Masses!
The SEP in Sri Lanka calls on workers and rural toilers to build their own independent action committees to fight for their rights in opposition to President Wickremesinghe’s effort to consolidate the entire Colombo political establishment behind the ruling class agenda of austerity and repression.
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)•
Peter Schwarz•
Patrick Martin•
Andre Damon•
David Walsh•
Andre Damon•
Will Lehman, socialist candidate for UAW president, answers questions from autoworkers
The WSWS has endorsed Lehman’s campaign. We are publishing here a selection of letters and responses from Lehman. The letters have been edited to ensure the anonymity of the workers.
WSWS Autoworker Newsletter•
Two new monkeypox cases reported at Sterling Heights Assembly Plant
The apparent spread of the disease at the largest plant in Detroit raises serious concerns of a looming outbreak throughout the Detroit area.
Tom Hall•
UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman: “Halt production at SHAP to stop monkeypox spread!”
In a statement posted on Twitter, Lehman called for emergency measures following a reported case of monkeypox at the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant in Michigan.
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Following nomination for UAW president, Will Lehman appeals for support: “We can’t fight for what we need without organizing ourselves”
On Friday, Lehman issued a statement directed to all workers in the UAW, calling for support for his campaign.
WSWS Autoworker Newsletter•
WSWS Autoworker Newsletter•
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Sri Lankan plantation, health and educators action committees•
Carl Bronski, Roger Jordan•
Eric London•
Motown songwriting legend Lamont Dozier dies at 81
Dozier was a key artistic contributor to the flourishing of the “Motown Sound” during the 1960s, which had an enormous impact on global popular culture.
Matthew Brennan•
Roger Waters refutes US war propaganda in CNN interview and World Beyond War webinar
Roger Waters, the internationally renowned artist and founding member of Pink Floyd, took time away from his “This is Not a Drill” tour to debunk the lies being spread by US imperialism and the mainstream media about the NATO proxy war with Russia in Ukraine and the expanding conflict with Beijing over Taiwan and the South China Sea.
Kevin Reed•
Why ancient drama speaks to our time: An interview with Joel Christensen and Paul O'Mahony of Reading Greek Tragedy Online
Reading Greek Tragedy Online brings together leading classical scholars and actors to discuss and perform excerpts from Greek drama.
Andre Damon•
Ali & Ava: A love story between people “ordinarily overlooked”
The film documents the developing relationship between the unusual pair, which encounters a number of obstacles, including family members and different tastes in music.
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
Joanne Laurier•
Peter Schwarz•
David Walsh•
United Steelworkers president Tom Conway intervenes to block strike by Tenneco auto parts workers in Van Wert, Ohio
After workers voted for strike action, Conway and other officials intervened on the grounds that the “company didn’t have any more to give” and tried to scare workers with a possible closure of the plant.
George Kirby•
Union bargaining for 55,000 Ontario education support staff strikes militant pose while it prepares to sell out their struggle
The Canadian Union of Public Employees, which sabotaged a strike at the last minute in 2019 so as to ram through Doug Ford’s 1 percent per year wage cap, now claims it is demanding an 11 percent annual pay increase for caretakers, education assistants, and other support staff.
Sterling Oliver, Roger Jordan•
New Zealand firefighters to hold nationwide one-hour strike
Firefighters are angry over unsafe conditions, including a lack of equipment and severe understaffing, as well as stagnant rates of pay amid soaring living costs.
Tom Peters•
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand
Hundreds of thousands of India Post workers strike against corporatisation; Bangladeshi tea garden workers hold two-day strike for wage rise; South Korean bank workers protest peak-wage system; Australia: Nurses strike in Queensland and Tasmania for higher pay and staffing levels: Qantas Group engineers to strike; New Zealand paper mill workers locked out
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Robert Stevens•
Erik Schreiber•
German police kill four people in just one week
The latest police murder highlights the increased readiness of the German police to use violence. Four missions in just one week, as different as they were, all ended in the use of deadly force.
Marianne Arens•
Italy faces the threat of a far-right government
Seven weeks before the election, Giorgia Meloni, the 45-year-old chairwoman of the neo-fascist Fratelli d’Italia, is regarded as the most likely candidate to become the next head of Italy’s government.
Peter Schwarz•
Scotland and Northern Ireland council and National Health Service workers in growing pay battle
The disputes involving tens of thousands of local authority workers are driven by soaring living costs.
Steve James•
Discovery of polio virus in London sewers prompts urgent vaccination of children
The move to vaccinate nearly a million children over the next four weeks follows the declaration by the government of a “national incident” in June.
Robert Stevens•
Charles Hixson and Robert Stevens•
Markus Salzmann•
Ulaş Ateşçi•
Chris Marsden•
Clara Weiss•
Australia: Melbourne bus drivers face real wage cuts under union-backed deals
The Transport Workers Union has rammed through sell-out deals at four major bus companies, over the opposition of up to 48 percent of workers.
John Wilson•
Australian media responds to Chinese ambassador’s address with militarist hysteria
The Australian media transformed the National Press Club event into a hostile barrage, and then lied about what had transpired in their coverage of it.
Oscar Grenfell•
Australian Labor government promotes indigenous “Voice” amid mounting class tensions
More than 200 years of Australian capitalism has demonstrated the utter incapacity and opposition of the ruling class to put an end to the oppression of Aboriginal people, any more than it can end the oppression of the working class as a whole.
Mike Head•
Australian Education Union conference underscores collusion with state Labor government after wage cutting agreement
The affluent bureaucracy that controls the AEU has nothing but contempt for the concerns and sentiments of ordinary school workers.
Sue Phillips•
Andre Damon•
Oscar Grenfell•
John Braddock•
Peter Symonds•
Oscar Grenfell•
Facebook assists police in prosecuting mother, teen seeking abortion
This case foreshadows further efforts by states to spy on women who have miscarriages.
Chase Lawrence•
Mississippi grand jury fails to indict woman whose accusations led to murder of Emmett Till 67 years ago
The brutal killing of the 14-year-old black youth helped spark the mass civil rights movement in the US.
Fred Mazelis•
Anger grows at Illinois Tyson food plant where 22-year-old worker was killed: “This stuff needs to change”
The company has sought to evade responsibility for the death, claiming it was the result of a “medical episode.” However, reports continue to emerge of the lack of safety in the plant and in the area where Garcia was working.
Andy Thompson•
Canada’s Liberal government allows CP Rail to draw up its own safety rules following report into Field train derailment
After sacrificing the lives of three workers to maximize profits, CP Rail management is being given the chance to write new regulatory guidelines, which the Liberal government will rubber stamp.
Steve Hill•
Rafael Azul•
Emma Arceneaux•
Marcus Day•
Adria French•
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Pseudo-left slate wins union election after wildcat strike at Brazil’s CSN steel mill
Three months after a wildcat strike at one of Latin America’s largest steel mills, the elections reaffirm a deep rejection by the workers of the union bureaucracy.
Brunna Machado•
Bolsonaro calls for mass fascist demonstration against Electoral Court on Brazil’s Independence Day
A week before the official launching of Bolsonaro’s reelection bid, Defense Minister Gen. Paulo Sergio de Oliveira announced the military would do a parallel counting of ballots, siding with the president against the Electoral Court.
Miguel Andrade•
Seventeen dead, dozens rescued after Haitian migrant boat capsizes in the Bahamas
The boat’s overturn represents the latest and deadliest marine incident, as dozens of Haitian migrants have drowned at sea on the Caribbean coast in recent months.
Alex Johnson•
Threats of “Capitol scenario” coup mount with approach of Brazil's general elections
Bolsonaro’s elder son, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, has told the press his family cannot take responsibility for the actions of supporters in the aftermath of the elections, as his father tells supporters “they know what to do”.
Miguel Andrade•
Eduardo Parati, Guilherme Ferreira•
Alex Johnson•
Dominic Gustavo•
Eric London•
Tomas Castanheira•
A video presentation by Evan Blake
What must be done to end the pandemic
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CDC drops quarantine guidelines for those exposed to COVID-19
According to the CDC, tens or hundreds of thousands of cases and hundreds or thousands of deaths each day from COVID-19 will be “here to stay.”
Bryan Dyne•
The devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Canada’s young people
Demonstrating the immense toll the pandemic has taken on the mental health of young people, a University of Calgary study of 80,000 youth across the globe discovered that rates of anxiety and depression among young people have doubled since the pandemic began in 2020.
Dylan Lubao•
Dr David Berger: A principled advocate for equality and science in healthcare
David Berger has consistently exposed the socially criminal and unscientific responses to COVID-19 by governments in Australia and internationally.
Gary Alvernia, Richard Phillips•
Australian COVID-19 death toll passes 12,500 as monkeypox concerns grow
Governments are continuing to rollback the most minimal COVID safety measures, while they promote complacency and medical misinformation in response to growing monkeypox infections.
Clare Bruderlin•
Tom Peters•
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Tamino Dreisam•
Our reporters•
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The Mar-a-Lago raid and Trump’s ongoing coup plot
President Joe Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland have refused to explain the reasons behind the FBI raid, in an attempt to disguise Trump and the Republicans' ongoing coup plotting and to downplay the threat of dictatorship.
Jacob Crosse•
Retrial opens of two men who plotted to kidnap the governor of Michigan in 2020
The second trial of Adam Fox and Barry Croft, two men accused of plotting to kidnap and kill Michigan Governor Whitmer in October 2020, began on Tuesday in a Grand Rapids federal court.
Kevin Reed•
Top Trump officials at Department of Defense erased text messages following January 6 coup
The latest example of Trump appointees deleting evidence underscores the support Trump’s coup had within broad sections of the state.
Jacob Crosse, Patrick Martin•
Fascistic Trump supporters win most Republican primary contests—with Democratic Party support
One of the 10 Republican representatives who voted to impeach Trump for the January 6 attack on the Capitol was defeated by a QAnon advocate.
Patrick Martin•
Patrick Martin•
Barry Grey•
Patrick Martin•
Jacob Crosse•
Barry Grey•
Attorney General Garland calls for release of search warrant for Trump’s estate
Attorney General Merrick Garland spoke for only two minutes and did not deal with the central issue: what ongoing threat to democracy made a raid on the estate of the ex-president necessary.
Patrick Martin•
Latest primaries tighten Trump's control over Republican Party
The Republcan Party continues to evolve in a distinctly fascist direction.
Patrick Martin•
Democratic Party schemes to remove COVID-19 whistleblower, Green Party candidates from the ballot
Democrats succeeded in removing geographer Rebekah Jones from Florida’s congressional nominations and are seeking to deny Green Party candidates in North Carolina ballot access.
Alex Johnson•
Senate passes Democrats’ fraudulent climate and “tax fairness” bill
The "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" is a miserable climb-down from earlier versions of the Biden administration’s domestic agenda, purged of any significant social measures, restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions or corporate tax hikes.
Barry Grey•
Trévon Austin•
Jacob Crosse•
Barry Grey•
David North•
Jacob Crosse•
The US-NATO war in Ukraine must be stopped!
The US-led war against Russia is unfolding as a monumental conspiracy against the populations of the United States and Europe.
Andre Damon•
Biden administration approves $1 billion military aid package for Ukraine, the largest yet
The latest US weapons delivery announcement comes after Amnesty International and the United Nations have confirmed that the Ukrainian military is using tactics that serve to drive up civilian casualties.
Clara Weiss•
Letter to a Young Trotskyist in Russia
This letter, written by David North to a Trotskyist in Russia, reviews the historical and political foundation of the ICFI's opposition to the US-NATO war against Russia.
David North•
Ukraine’s International Socialist League whitewashes crimes of Ukrainian fascism
The ISL employs the Stalinist methods of historical lies and amalgams in order to sow historical confusion and cover up the crimes of the far right.
Clara Weiss•
Johannes Stern•
Emanuele Saccarelli•
Clara Weiss•
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Two new monkeypox cases reported at Sterling Heights Assembly Plant
The apparent spread of the disease at the largest plant in Detroit raises serious concerns of a looming outbreak throughout the Detroit area.
Tom Hall•
UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman: “Halt production at SHAP to stop monkeypox spread!”
In a statement posted on Twitter, Lehman called for emergency measures following a reported case of monkeypox at the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant in Michigan.
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Germany becomes global monkeypox hotspot
Monkeypox is spreading worldwide, and Germany is becoming an international hotspot. Despite this, the government is downplaying the danger of the virus and doing next to nothing to curb its spread.
Tamino Dreisam•
As COVID-19 spread deepens, Arkansas reports a dozen cases of monkeypox
The Arkansas Department of Health reported last Thursday that the state has recorded 12 cases of monkeypox, while COVID-19 continues to spread throughout the state.
Cordell Gascoigne•
Shannon Jones•
Bryan Dyne•
Evan Blake•
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Reject all-party regime! No to IMF austerity! Fight to build Democratic and Socialist Congress of Workers and Rural Masses!
The SEP in Sri Lanka calls on workers and rural toilers to build their own independent action committees to fight for their rights in opposition to President Wickremesinghe’s effort to consolidate the entire Colombo political establishment behind the ruling class agenda of austerity and repression.
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)•
For a Democratic and Socialist Congress of Workers and Rural Masses in Sri Lanka!
The working class must establish its own centre of political power in opposition to the anti-democratic conspiracies of the political establishment and the capitalist state. That is the significance of the SEP’s call for the Democratic and Socialist Congress of Workers and Rural Masses.
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)•
Sri Lanka: Protesting health workers in Colombo expose deplorable conditions facing patients and staff
World Socialist Web Sitereporters spoke with Colombo health workers during recent protests who explained the dangerous and disastrous situations in their workplaces.
Ajanta Silva•
Protests held across Sri Lanka against Wickremesinghe government repression
Wickremesinghe’s denunciations of anti-government protesters as “fascists” and “terrorists,” and the ongoing arrests, are not isolated actions but preparation for far broader attacks on democratic rights.
Our reporters•
Saman Gunadasa•
Our correspondents•
Peter Symonds•
Saman Gunadasa•
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)•
This week in history: August 8-14
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.
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This week in history: August 1–7
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.
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This week in history: July 25-31
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.
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This week in history: July 18-24
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.
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Clara Weiss•
David North•
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Chris Marsden, Julie Hyland•
Australian Prime Minister Albanese refuses to meet with Assange’s family
The Labor government is more and more open in its hostility to the courageous Australian journalist, who is being persecuted for exposing US-led war crimes.
Oscar Grenfell•
An interview with John Pilger: “Assange is the courageous embodiment of a struggle against the most oppressive forces in our world”
"Remember the pursuit of Julian is a measure of his achievements. He informed millions about the deceptions of governments too many trusted; he respected their right to know."
Oscar Grenfell•
Australian workers and youth speak out: “If there was democracy Assange would never have gone to jail”
"The attack on Assange is being used as a warning against any journalist, including future journalists to be careful as to what they bring to the attention of the general public."
Our reporters•
Documents show Australian Labor government does not oppose Assange’s extradition to the US
The Labor government documents accept Assange’s extradition to the US and his prosecution in a kangaroo court, as a fait accompli.
Oscar Grenfell•
Kevin Reed•
Oscar Grenfell•
Eric Ludlow, Oscar Grenfell•
Our reporter•
Socialist Equality Party (Australia)•
IYSSE establishes club at Australia’s La Trobe University in meeting defending zero-COVID campaigner Dr David Berger
The third IYSSE club in Melbourne was built after months of campaigning among students for a socialist, anti-war perspective and in defence of democratic rights.
Eric Ludlow•
IYSSE video statement on its electoral success at Humboldt University
All three candidates of the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) at Humboldt University are set to enter student parliament.
IYSSE at Humboldt-University of Berlin•
All IYSSE candidates elected to Berlin’s Humboldt University student parliament
The IYSSE’s strong result is also an expression of the growing support for a socialist and internationalist perspective among students and young people.
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“100 billion euros for education and health, instead of rearmament!”
“Stop the war!”: Successful IYSSE meeting with students at Humboldt University, Berlin
The International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) organized an online discussion event at Humboldt University (HU) in Berlin last Monday, in which about 60 students participated.
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Renae Cassimeda, Kimie Saito•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality, Humboldt University•
Sven Wurm•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (US)•
Arun Kumar•
“People can hardly afford to eat”: US inflation continues to hammer workers
While the White House and sections of the corporate media seized on the latest inflation data to claim that price increases are easing up, anger continues to build among workers over the soaring cost of living.
Marcus Day•
Record second quarter profits for US oil corporations
The two largest US oil monopolies, Exxon and Chevron, reported record quarterly profits on Friday as they cashed in on a strategy of cutting refining capacity while the price of oil shot up from the US-NATO proxy war against Russia in Ukraine.
Kevin Reed•
US economy starting to move into recession
According to Commerce Department data released yesterday, US gross domestic product contracted at an annualised rate of 0.9 percent in the three months to June, following a 1.6 percent contraction in the first quarter.
Nick Beams•
Fed lifts interest rate in the face of growing signs of economic slowdown
During his press conference, Fed chair Jerome Powell made clear the key determinant of the central bank’s decision was the drive to clamp down on workers’ wage demands in response to inflation now running at more than 9 percent.
Nick Beams•
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Terry Cook•
Nick Beams•
Mike Head•
Shannon Jones•
NASA releases first images and data from the James Webb Space Telescope
The initial images and accompanying data released by the JWST are a first glimpse of the full capabilities of the new astronomical observatory and mark a major step forward in humanity’s ability to understand the Universe and our place within it.
Bryan Dyne•
Large Hadron Collider resumes collecting data at new record energy
The high-energy particle collider first confirmed the existence of the Higgs boson almost exactly 10 years ago, completing the Standard Model of Particle Physics and opening a new era of scientific inquiry.
Bryan Dyne•
At least seven Alpine climbers killed and many injured by a glacial avalanche, the result of rapid melting due to global warming
Accelerating melting of glaciers and continental ice caps are but one of the catastrophic consequences of global warming.
Philip Guelpa•
Indian government proposal to study “racial purity” draws widespread attack from scientists
Any proposed attempt to define rigid racial distinctions among India’s 1.4 billion people, even if honestly undertaken, would quickly run counter to well-established scientific research that has demonstrated the immense diversity of India’s population, as well as the world’s population as a whole, with respect to genetics, language, and culture.
Philip Guelpa•
Philip Guelpa•
Frank Gaglioti•
Bryan Dyne•
Bryan Dyne•
Philip Guelpa•
Gaza slaughter: Israel’s war crimes and US hypocrisy
The three-day bloodbath is an indictment of Zionism, imperialism and the venal and corrupt Arab bourgeoisie.
Patrick Martin•
Israeli airstrikes massacre Palestinian children in Gaza
Israel’s air strikes have killed at least 43 Palestinians since Friday, including 15 children and four women.
Jean Shaoul•
Israel’s cover up of the 1956 Kafr Qasem massacre: “The commander said fatalities were desirable”
The Kafr Qasem massacre was one of scores of killings of defenceless Palestinians by Israeli military forces, aimed at establishing the State of Israel.
Jean Shaoul•
Al-Sadr supporters storm parliament to prevent formation of Iraqi government
The turmoil underscores the worsening political crisis in Washington’s puppet state that has become a proxy battle ground for regional and international political conflicts.
Jean Shaoul•
Jean Shaoul•
Ulaş Ateşçi•
Jean Shaoul•
Jean Shaoul•
Patrick Martin•
Global Workers’ Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic: How a young Tesco worker was victimised for whistleblowing
I had no intention of bowing down to such outrageous demands for secrecy, so I went on Snapchat to publicise that there was a case of COVID within the store.
Jordan Harrison•
Canadian neurocognitive disorder expert speaks to Global Workers Inquest into the Pandemic: “To say ‘they are old, they can die’—it’s criminal”
“We now know how to eliminate this virus. Why not give ourselves the best chance so that our children can live a normal life, so that we can go to work without stress, go shopping without the fear of catching a deadly disease?”
Laurent Lafrance•
Australian educator speaks to Global Workers’ Inquest: “The biggest lie was that kids didn’t get COVID, did not transmit it, and then if they did become infected it was mild.”
Amanda became active in the Committee for Public Education (CFPE) at the beginning of the pandemic and after being victimised at her school for speaking in defence of educator and student health and safety.
Sue Phillips•
New Brunswick educator speaks to the Global Workers’ Inquest on the abandonment of pandemic protections: “All decisions were made above our heads. We had no say”
Mina recently spoke about her experiences as an educator during the pandemic, her view of her union’s and the government’s pandemic policy, and what she thinks is in store for the province when classes resume in fall 2022.
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Malcolm Fiedler•
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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•
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Mike Head•
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Oscar Grenfell•
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.
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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.
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Nick Beams•
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Sudan’s military junta launches brutal crackdown on protests
The deadliest violence since near weekly mass protests began last October over the military’s ouster of the interim government of Dr Abdulla Hamdok brings the total number killed since the coup to 114, including 18 children.
Jean Shaoul•
Massacre in Morocco: The ugly face of European imperialism
The cold-blooded killing of at least 37 migrants underscores that as the US-NATO war with Russia escalates into a global conflagration, and workers across the continent move into struggle against the unbearable cost of living, the major European powers are resurrecting forms of state-organised violence and political reaction not seen since the 1930s.
Jordan Shilton•
Tunisian workers hold one-day general strike against rising food prices
Workers across Tunisia walked out in protest of President Kaïs Saïed’s plan to rewrite the constitution and slash vital subsidies that keep wheat and bread affordable.
Alex Lantier•
Somalia pushed closer to famine by US/NATO sanctions on Russia, international speculation and drought
Despite the gravity of the crisis, the US, other major powers and financial institutions have ignored the UN’s humanitarian appeal as they turn their attention and resources to the war in Ukraine.
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Timeline of thirty years of war: The historical background to the US-NATO conflict with Russia
This interactive timeline presents some of the most important events that have brought humanity to the brink of World War III. It includes links to critical articles and statements produced by the International Committee of the Fourth International over the past 30 years.
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Workers and youth condemn Facebook censorship of Socialist Equality Party’s anti-war video
“This censorship is not only directed against us, but against the mass opposition to a world war,” says Vandreier. The socialist anti-war perspective of the SGP “is to be banned and censored in the midst of deafening war propaganda for a third world war.”
Our reporters•
Socialist Equality Party discusses building an anti-war movement with UK workers
Workers including bus drivers, healthcare staff and teachers active in rank-and-file committees in the UK were invited by the SEP to discuss a fight against war based on the working class and socialism.
Richard Tyler•
Sri Lankan SEP/IYSSE holds well attended online meeting against US-NATO war drive and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
The speakers emphasized that the opposition of the working class to the war is needed to be developed as a conscious political movement for socialism.
our correspondents•
Sri Lanka: SEP/IYSSE meeting participants denounce US-NATO war and Russian invasion of Ukraine
“The destruction created by the COVID-19 pandemic and the drive towards a third world war clearly shows that capitalism neither wants nor is able to resolve the basic questions faced by mankind”
Our correspondents•
David Walsh•
Marianne Arens•
Our reporter•
Helen Hayes, Usman Khan•
Shannon Jones•
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.
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•
The New York Times’ Jake Silverstein concocts “a new origin story” for the 1619 Project
Having previously disregarded historiography, Silverstein now falsifies it—and admits to privileging “narrative” over “actual fact.”
Tom Mackaman•
Tom Mackaman•
Niles Niemuth•
Niles Niemuth•
David North•
David North•
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.
Stop censoring the opponents of war!
On Saturday, Facebook deleted a video posted by the Socialist Equality Party of Germany opposing the German government’s participation in the US-led NATO proxy war against Russia in Ukraine.
Christoph Vandreier•
Social media platforms expand censorship of anti-war and anti-imperialist voices
Six years of Chris Hedges’ On Contact program erased by YouTube
YouTube deleted the archive of Chris Hedges’ On Contact television program from its platform with no explanation.
Kevin Reed•
Whistleblower testimony launches bipartisan campaign for Facebook censorship
The Senate testimony by former Facebook employee Frances Haugen has intensified the bipartisan drive to clamp down on left-wing and socialist political content on social media platforms.
Kevin Reed•
US seizes PressTV.com and 32 other Iranian media website domains
In a provocative act of censorship and imperialist gangsterism, the Biden administration took control of three dozen internet domains and shut down websites affiliated with Iran-based media organizations on unsubstantiated grounds of “disinformation campaigns and malign influence operations.”
Kevin Reed•
Kevin Reed•
Alex Johnson•
Trévon Austin•
WSWS Educators Newsletter•
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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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•
Campus opposition at University of Michigan mounts to victimization of Bright Sheng
Professors and students continue to speak out against the anti-democratic victimization of University of Michigan professor and composer Bright Sheng.
James McDonald, Sam Wayne•
Australian High Court sets precedent for sacking dissenting academics
The judges effectively cleared the way for universities to dismiss staff for criticising management or breaching confidentiality rules.
Mike Head•
Matthew Brennan, Barry Grey•
Barry Grey•
James McDonald•
David Walsh•
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UN documents civilian deaths in Syrian war, ignoring their cause
At no point does the UN even hint at the role the US and its allies played in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of civilians, or in the transformation of Syria from a middle-income country into the hell hole it is today.
Jean Shaoul•
US extends economic war on Russia to China
Increasingly openly the US is treating the military war against Russia and the mounting confrontation with China as part of a far broader conflict to weaken and subjugate potential rivals.
Peter Symonds•
At NATO summit, New Zealand PM backs war with Russia, military build-up against China
With staggering hypocrisy, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern presented NATO as a bastion of peace and democracy, even as the military alliance openly prepares for nuclear war against Russia and China.
Tom Peters•
Australian PM commits to NATO war offensive against Russia and China
Albanese directly linked the US-NATO proxy war against Russia, triggered by goading Moscow into a reactionary invasion of Ukraine, to the mounting campaign by the US and its allies to ignite a similar war against China over Taiwan.
Mike Head•
Peter Symonds•
Andre Damon•
Robert Stevens•
Eric Ludlow•
Jean Shaoul•
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.
Berlin Administrative Court affirms secret service observation of left-wing newspaper junge Welt
On 18 March, the Berlin Administrative Court rejected an emergency application by junge Welt that it no longer be described as “left-wing extremist” in the secret service annual report.
Justus Leicht•
Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei lawsuit against the Secret Service
Berlin Administrative Court declares criticism of capitalism unconstitutional
The German court judgement and its written grounds represent a fundamental attack on democratic rights. The aim is to ban socialist ideas and any criticism of capitalism.
Statement of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei•
UK Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee denounces court ruling upholding designation of Germany's Socialist Equality Party as “left wing extremists”
The Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee (UK) passed a resolution Monday condemning the ruling of the Berlin Administrative Court, which on November 18, 2021, upheld the designation of the German security service of the German section of the ICFI as “left wing extremists”.
Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee (UK)•
Berlin Administrative Court rules socialist ideas are “anti-constitutional”
The court’s ruling against the Socialist Equality Party stands in the tradition of National Socialist ideological jurisprudence and Bismarck’s anti-socialist laws, and opens the door for the surveillance and suppression of all opposition to capitalism and arbitrary state power.
Peter Schwarz•
Christoph Vandreier•
Christoph Vandreier•
our reporters•
Christoph Vandreier•
Wolfgang Weber•
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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Washington Post promotes Trump’s other “big lie”: The Wuhan Lab theory
The same day that the House Select January 6 Committee documented how Trump used his “big lie” about the 2020 election to justify an attempted fascist coup, the Washington Post published an editorial promoting Trump’s other big lie: The claim that COVID-19 is a man-made virus created by China.
Andre Damon•
Three international studies into the origins of coronavirus refute the fabricated Wuhan “lab leak” claim
Three just-released studies provide substantive evidence for the natural origin of SARS-CoV-2, with the Huanan market in Wuhan, China the location of the first zoonotic (animal to human) transfer.
Benjamin Mateus•
Promoters of “Wuhan lab” conspiracy theory fume as their claims fall apart
As scientific studies continue to undermine the conspiracy theory that SARS-CoV-2 is a genetically engineered virus, journalist Glenn Greenwald has accused the New York Times and Washington Post of being insufficiently faithful to the lab leak “theory.”
Andre Damon•
A disgraced liar accuses scientists: Matt Ridley’s Viral
In the most systematic defense of the Wuhan lab libel to date, Matt Ridley proves only the falsehood of his bad-faith attack on science.
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
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.
CDC guidelines deepen Biden’s “forever COVID” policy
The CDC stands totally discredited as a political instrument of the ruling class, aligned with the Democratic Party and the Biden administration.
Emma Arceneaux•
The American trade unions and the parasites who run them
A new report published by Radish Research includes data of union finances that sheds light on both the anti-working class character of the trade unions today and the parasitic role played by the tens of thousands of executives who staff them.
Eric London•
The Mar-a-Lago raid and Trump’s ongoing coup plot
President Joe Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland have refused to explain the reasons behind the FBI raid, in an attempt to disguise Trump and the Republicans' ongoing coup plotting and to downplay the threat of dictatorship.
Jacob Crosse•
Democrats cover up reasons for FBI raid on Trump estate
President Biden has an obligation to tell the American people why the action was carried out and what the government knows about the ongoing plot against democratic rights.
Barry Grey•
Patrick Martin•
Andre Damon•
Patrick Martin•
Evan Blake•
Andre Damon•
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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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•
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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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•
Online book launch: Political lessons of the Pike River disaster and cover-up
The SEG and the WSWS are holding an online meeting on June 4 to discuss the new book Pike River: The Crime and Cover-up by Tom Peters, about the 2010 mine disaster in New Zealand.
Socialist Equality Group (New Zealand)•
Introduction to new book Pike River: The Crime and Cover-up
Pike River: The Crime and Cover-up, published by Mehring Books, examines the causes of the 2010 New Zealand mine disaster, which killed 29 people, and the decade-long cover-up by successive governments and the judicial system, which have shielded the company leadership from prosecution.
Tom Peters•
Son of New Zealand mine disaster victim denounces lack of accountability
Ben Joynson was 10-years-old when his father William died, with 28 other workers, in the 2010 Pike River coal mine disaster. He said the trauma suffered by the victims’ families has been made worse by the lack of accountability.
Tom Peters•
Tom Peters•
Tom Peters•
Tom Peters•
Tom Peters•
Tom Peters•
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.
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Josef Braml’s The Transatlantic Illusion: Why Germany is rearming
The central thesis of Braml’s book is that Germany must once again pursue its economic and geostrategic interests on its own—not only against Russia and China, but also and above all against the US.
Peter Schwarz•
Harlem Nights: The shadowy state operation to ban black jazz musicians performing in Australia
Deirdre O’Connell’s detailed and well-researched 400-page book examines the political forces behind the frame-up and deportation from Australia of Sonny Clay’s Colored Idea, a black American jazz troupe, in 1928.
Frank Gaglioti, Richard Phillips•
Lawrence Tabak’s Foxconned: A valuable forensic analysis of a disastrous, politically motivated scam
Tabak crafts a commendable and thorough charting of the reckless Foxconn debacle in Racine, Wisconsin but political conclusions must be drawn.
William Quartermaine•
“Take my lie in your arms”
Real Phonies and Genuine Fakes: New poems by Nicky Beer
In this new collection, the stated theme of illusion is not always probed deeply—nor is it the only theme.
Erik Schreiber•
Sandy English•
Erik Schreiber•
Eric London•
James McDonald, David Walsh•
Tom Mackaman•