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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.
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With the full support of the Democratic mayor of Akron, police indiscriminately assaulted journalists attempting to cover the peaceful protest.
Jacob Crosse•
The rogue’s gallery of right-wing ideologues in the running for party leader underscores the underlying issues in a conflict shrouded in hypocritical denunciations of Johnson’s lack of “honesty and integrity”.
Chris Marsden•
BA workers are opposing the provocative decision of the UK’s leading airline to reverse wage cuts for managers but not ground staff.
By Tony Robson•
As more states end regular reporting of COVID-19 data, the American Academy of Pediatrics announced in June that it will no longer track child hospitalizations and deaths in its weekly report.
Emma Arceneaux•
New details reveal the shooter fled to Wisconsin’s capital and seriously contemplated committing a second mass shooting as Democrats continue to spew empty rhetoric.
William Quartermaine•
Yesterday, a doctor was killed in an armed attack by a patient’s relative, triggering broad social anger in the working class and a two-day strike by health workers.
Ulaş Ateşçi•
The entire political and media establishment has been relentlessly waging an anti-refugee campaign and bears political responsibility for this incident.
Hasan Yıldırım•
Far from being exceptional, Tuesday’s events in Norway are increasingly the norm across Europe and North America, as deeply unpopular governments, sitting atop unprecedented levels of social inequality, trample basic democratic and social rights under foot at home and wage war abroad.
Jordan Shilton•
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•
“We had it twice in two days. We cleaned Sunday-Monday, then it came back in again with vengeance. We’ve all had it, we’ve had enough.”
Martin Scott•
The tragic death of a five-year-old resulted from systematic underfunding and the hospital staffing crisis, intensified by COVID-19.
Gary Alvernia•
Accelerating melting of glaciers and continental ice caps are but one of the catastrophic consequences of global warming.
Philip Guelpa•
A video presentation by Evan Blake
What must be done to end the pandemic
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Support Will Lehman’s campaign for UAW president!
Lehman’s campaign for the UAW’s top position is taking place under conditions of an extraordinary and intensifying crisis, one which is gripping virtually all elements of the world capitalist system and is fueling the growth of the class struggle.
WSWS Editorial Board•
An American massacre on the Fourth of July
The deadly mass shooting on a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago, is the latest in a string of horrific massacres that continue to plague American society.
James Martin•
From the Fourth of July to the Sixth of January
The working class—in the US and internationally—must be warned of the ongoing danger of dictatorship and mobilized in time to stop it.
Eric London•
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•
Our reporters•
Marcus Day•
David Walsh•
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)•
Chris Marsden, Julie Hyland•
US paramilitary forces on the ground in Ukraine
The New York Times reported Monday that dozens of US ex-military personnel are operating on the ground in Ukraine and that retired senior US officers are directing portions of the Ukrainian war effort from within the country.
Andre Damon•
Who will pay for Biden’s new “forever war”?
The global war being initiated by the Biden administration is at the same time a war against the working class of the United States.
Andre Damon•
NATO prepares for “warfighting against nuclear-armed peer-competitors”
NATO has adopted a new strategy document outlining plans to militarize the European continent, massively escalate the war with Russia, and prepare for war with China.
Andre Damon•
New army chief General Sanders urges Britain to prepare for total war with Russia
The new head of the British Army, General Sir Patrick Sanders, gave a blood-curdling speech Tuesday, insisting that the UK and its NATO allies must prepare to wage war against Russia.
Robert Stevens•
Andre Damon•
Clara Weiss•
Gabriel Black•
David North•
Ozan Özgür•
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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“We need at least 50 percent, minimum, over 5 years”—Railroaders explain their demands as nationwide balloting for strike continues
Rail workers at Class 1 railroads in upstate New York contacted the WSWS to speak out about the conditions they face with the company and union.
Steve Filips•
Train drivers and salaried staff in UK balloted for strikes as unions block united fight
The rail unions—and the entire TUC—are sitting on a social volcano. They are doing everything in their power to stem the tide of resistance.
Laura Tiernan•
“I fully support the workers taking a stand to ask for better treatment”
Health care workers at Providence St. Vincent oppose efforts by Oregon Nurses Association to sabotage scheduled strike
Nurses at St. Vincent hospital who have been working without a contract since December 2021, describe their atrocious working conditions and voice their anger with the ONA.
David Fitzgerald•
UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman calls for support for Ventra and GM Subsystems workers
Will Lehman, a Mack Trucks worker who is running for president of the United Auto Workers union, called for support to Ventra and GM Subsystems workers who are facing attacks on their pay and conditions.
our reporters•
Tony Robson•
J. L’Heureau•
Margaret Rees•
Saman Gunadasa•
George Kirby•
Why Australia’s Labor government refuses to defend Julian Assange
The Labor government is hostile to Assange, in direct proportion to its support for US-led militarism, including the confrontations with Russia and China that threaten nuclear war.
Oscar Grenfell•
Workers and students demand freedom for Assange at Melbourne protest
The Socialist Equality Party is holding an online meeting this Sunday, 3 p.m. (AEST), to discuss how to take forward the fight for the WikiLeaks founder’s freedom.
our reporters•
Assange submits extradition appeal to UK High Court as events held to mark his 51st birthday
Such an appeal would likely begin to address the real issues of democratic rights at stake in the more than a decade long persecution of Assange, which the US government and British courts have largely contrived to exclude from proceedings.
Thomas Scripps•
SEP (Australia) public meeting: Oppose British extradition order: Fight to free Julian Assange!
The Socialist Equality Party calls on workers, students and professional people to attend its online meeting on Sunday July 10, at 3 p.m. AEST to mobilise to defend and free Julian Assange.
Socialist Equality Party (Australia)•
Kevin Reed•
Oscar Grenfell•
Oscar Grenfell•
Oscar Grenfell•
Oscar Grenfell•
Pandemic is driving poverty in Germany to new highs
The poverty rate in Germany in the pandemic year 2021 reached 16.6 percent of the population, a new record. This means there are 13.8 living in poverty, 600,000 more than before the pandemic began.
Elisabeth Zimmermann•
COVID surges in New Zealand, fuelled by new variants
There are now nearly 1,600 COVID-related deaths in New Zealand, and warnings that the annual toll could reach 5,000 if nothing is done to stop the spread of the virus and alleviate the crisis in the health system.
Tom Peters•
Amid looming vaccine shortage
Official monkeypox cases surpass 6,000 as model projects over 1 million cases globally by this fall
The unprecedented global outbreak of monkeypox is deepening throughout the world, raising concerns among scientists and physicians internationally that another pandemic is now unfolding alongside the COVID-19 pandemic.
Benjamin Mateus•
Almost 200,000 dead as new COVID wave rips through UK population
July 19 will be the first anniversary of what Conservative government Prime Minister Boris Johnson dubbed “Freedom Day”, as he tore up almost all COVID safety measures. Since then, almost 45,000 more have died from COVID.
Robert Stevens•
Clare Bruderlin•
Benjamin Mateus•
Ozan Özgür•
Ben McGrath•
Benjamin Mateus•
Australian foreign minister continues US-instigated anti-China campaign in Southeast Asia
During Wong’s visit, the Malaysian government restated its fears that the AUKUS military pact will result in a region-wide arms race.
Oscar Grenfell•
Australia: Sydney again hit by devastating floods
In the fourth major flood event to hit Sydney in 18 months, many residents are seeing their homes inundated again, even before they had finished cleaning up from the last disaster in April.
Martin Scott•
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•
Workers and students demand freedom for Assange at Melbourne protest
The Socialist Equality Party is holding an online meeting this Sunday, 3 p.m. (AEST), to discuss how to take forward the fight for the WikiLeaks founder’s freedom.
our reporters•
Our correspondents•
Mike Head•
Tom Peters•
Saman Gunadasa•
Margaret Rees•
Cabinet resignations seek ouster of Boris Johnson
Bringing down Johnson and his despised government is the responsibility of the working class.
Chris Marsden•
Greece forces refugees to participate in brutal “pushbacks” on Turkish border
The pushback operations are conducted not against the EU’s wishes but with its direct approval and participation.
John Vassilopoulos•
Ukrainian ambassador to Germany Andrey Melnyk defends Nazi collaborator and anti-Semite Stepan Bandera
The German government's silence on Melnyk's recent remarks is not simply a scandal. It is part of a deliberate campaign to rehabilitate fascism and ultimately Hitler himself.
Johannes Stern•
40,000 BT workers in UK vote to strike, but Communication Workers Union pledges no “knee jerk reaction”
The mood of workers to fight means that as soon as the unions move to sabotage one dispute, another breaks out.
Robert Stevens•
Thomas Scripps•
Tony Robson•
Ulaş Ateşçi•
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Ruling sorcerers turn impoverished humans into monsters and mushrooms … that is the anime Dorohedoro!
Dorohedoro is set partially in a post-apocalyptic industrial world, known as the Hole, where humans face the constant threat of being “practiced on” by sorcerers.
Luke Galvin•
Stranger Things, Season 4 embraces psychological horror
The popular science-fiction series goes in a new direction.
Emma Arceneaux•
Opera star Anna Netrebko files grievance against the Metropolitan Opera
The Met Opera banned Netrebko in early March following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, claiming she had not done enough to disassociate herself from the Putin regime.
David Walsh•
Ukraine bans import of Russian books and performances of Russian music
The crackdown is a continuation of the attempt by the Ukrainian regime at “ethno-cultural cleansing” of Russian literature, of any period or political persuasion.
Sandy English•
Joanne Laurier•
Erik Schreiber•
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
Joanne Laurier•
Texas Supreme Court lifts stay on anti-abortion law
Texas' high court reversed a Houston judge's order allowing clinics to stay open after the overturning of Roe v Wade.
Trévon Austin•
Tennessee Republican Governor silent as ultra-conservative charter school peddler calls public school teachers “dumb”
Democrats and the Tennessee Education Association ask for an apology but propose no action to oppose the privatization drive and the assault on teachers.
Jane Wise•
Akron, Ohio mayor declares “state of emergency” as protests continue in the wake of police murder of Jayland Walker
Democratic Mayor Dan Horrigan issued the emergency declaration Monday morning after police rioted against protesters the night before.
Jacob Crosse•
Body camera footage confirms
Akron police executed unarmed, fleeing Jayland Walker in a hail of gunfire
Seeking to avert a social explosion, the police have refused to release footage of the initial police stop or the immediate aftermath of the killing of Walker.
Jacob Crosse•
Michael Anders•
Luke Galvin•
Matthew Richter•
Jacob Crosse•
Trévon Austin•
Prisoners in Haiti’s Les Cayes National Penitentiary being starved to death
Horrific footage from the Les Cayes Penitentary publicized in a tweet by HaitiInfoProj shows multiple prisoners in an advanced state of starvation.
Alex Johnson•
Ecuador shaken by anti-government protests, mass strikes over inflation
Extreme social inequality exacerbated by spiraling inflation, especially food and gas prices, triggered a social explosion in Ecuador.
Dominic Gustavo•
50,000 Chilean copper miners launch strike against Boric government
The country’s first national miners’ strike in 20 years is an industrial rebellion against Gabriel Boric and his pseudo-left-backed government.
Eric London•
Pseudo-left president-elect Gustavo Petro: “We will develop capitalism in Colombia”
Petro will take over a country going through the deepest economic, social and political crisis.
Tomas Castanheira•
Alex Johnson•
Socialist Equality Group (Brazil)•
Eduardo Parati•
Tomas Castanheira•
Alex Johnson•
Recession storm clouds gathering
The chief factor in provoking the downturn is the determination of the US Federal Reserve to keep lifting interest rates to cut demand and even provoke a recession to suppress the growing movement of the working class for wage demands to compensate for escalating prices.
Nick Beams•
Australian central bank raises interest rates again to drive down wages
Having kept rates at near-zero for 18 months—giving the financial elite access to billions of dollars in virtually free money—the bank is sharply increasing rates in order to crash the economy enough to quash wage claims.
Mike Head•
Half year of financial turbulence set to worsen
Interest rate hikes are hitting financial operations which depended on the continuation of the Fed’s ultra-easy monetary policies which sent interest rates to historic lows as central banks pumped trillions of dollars into the financial system.
Nick Beams•
Central bankers commit to rate hikes amid growing signs of recession
The most aggressive response to what ECB president Christine Lagarde said was a “massive geopolitical shock,” leading to high and rising inflation, was delivered by US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell.
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
This week in history: July 4-10
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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The lessons of the 1984-5 miners’ strike for the UK rail strikes
The World Socialist Web Site is reposting an essay first published in 2004, “20 years since the year-long miners’ strike", to assist workers internationally who are coming into struggle.
Chris Marsden, Julie Hyland•
This week in history: June 27-July 3
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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New York Times series The Ransom absolves capitalism for Haiti’s oppression
It is well known that Haiti has been looted by foreign governments, banks and comprador leaders since its birth. However, the Times cannot even pose the question why, let alone answer it, because this leads in a revolutionary direction.
Alex Johnson•
Chris Marsden•
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Shannon Jones•
Douglas Lyons•
Tom Mackaman•
Workers and youth explain why they are attending Sri Lankan SEP’s online public meeting
“We were really confronted with the question, who would replace Gotabhaya [Rajapakse] but we cannot accept [opposition SJB leader] Sajith Premadasa.” – Imasha, post-graduate law student
Our reporters•
Sri Lankan government declares virtual national lockdown! Fight for a socialist program to end the social calamity
As the SEP has explained, there is no solution within the capitalist system for the workers and the poor, nor is there a national solution to the economic and social crisis.
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)•
Strong interest in SEP meeting on the mass uprising in Sri Lanka
“I read the WSWS article on how big companies in Sri Lanka have made profits in the midst of this crisis. I felt really angry when I went through the numbers. That is the wealth that can solve the problems of the suffering people.”
Our correspondents•
Sri Lankan corporations reap large profits as workers and rural toilers face poverty and starvation
The Lanka Hospitals Corporation, one of the largest of the more than 140 private hospitals in Sri Lanka, recorded a 2.8 billion-rupee turn over in the first quarter of this year, a 27 percent increase on the same period last year.
N. Ranges•
Rory Woods•
W.A. Sunil•
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Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)•
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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House Select Committee likely to issue criminal referral against Trump
The evidence provided by White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson confirms that Trump planned to lead the mob which stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Patrick Martin•
One year since President Biden declared “independence” from COVID-19
Biden said Americans could declare independence from the coronavirus during last year’s July 4 celebrations. Since then, more than a half-million Americans have died.
Benjamin Mateus•
Who will pay for Biden’s new “forever war”?
The global war being initiated by the Biden administration is at the same time a war against the working class of the United States.
Andre Damon•
Biden, Democrats seek to channel outrage over abortion bans into midterm election campaigns
President Biden indicated that his primary concern following the Dobbs decision is its impact on the ability of Washington to maintain NATO unity in conducting the widening war against Russia and confrontation with China.
Barry Grey•
Alex Findijs•
Patrick Martin•
Tom Carter•
By our reporters•
Barry Grey•
How Swedish authorities worked to export “herd immunity” to other countries
This submission to the Global Workers’ Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic documents the attempts made by the Swedish government to export its “herd immunity” strategy of mass infection to countries throughout the world.
Keith Begg, Virpi Flyg•
CP Rail worker speaks to the Global Workers Inquest about his experience with COVID-19 on the job
This testimony demonstrates how the Class I railroad has shown total disregard for the health and safety of rail workers during the pandemic, with the aid of the trade unions and state safety institutions that serve the interests of big business.
Penny Smith•
“We were asking people to come to restaurants and risk community health, just to ensure businesses stayed open”
Canadian restaurant worker speaks to the Global Workers Inquest
Robin, a restaurant worker from Vancouver, recently spoke to the Global Workers Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic about dangerous working conditions in the hospitality sector and his experience with being twice infected by COVID-19.
Malcolm Fiedler•
Canadian education worker infected by COVID-19 speaks to the Global Workers Inquest: “An indifferent, sociopathic regime equal to any despotic cabal in any era”
“I was denied a medically justified request for accommodation. Then, when incapacitated by the very malaise I had asked to be spared exposure to, I was left too sick to work and without medical benefits,” the worker said.
Malcolm Fiedler•
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Dylan Lubao•
Guilherme Ferreira•
Emma Arceneaux•
Evan Blake•
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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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•
A pair of experiments reveal new details regarding the origin of life on Earth
Separate teams of researchers in Japan and Germany have experimentally demonstrated key elements in the chemical processes that led to the appearance of living systems 4 billion years ago.
Philip Guelpa•
Molar of ancient human Denisovan species discovered in northern Laos
The tooth of a young Denisovan female was found after local children directed archaeologists to a cave in northern Laos.
Frank Gaglioti•
The imaging of Sagittarius A*: A monumental scientific achievement
The imagery of the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy is a brilliant demonstration of the possibilities engendered by human labor coordinated on an international and scientific basis.
Bryan Dyne•
Bryan Dyne•
Philip Guelpa•
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Bryan Dyne•
Bryan Dyne, Barry Grey•
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.
Cheryl Crisp•
Nick Beams•
Ulaş Ateşçi•
Alex Lantier•
Chris Marsden•
M. Thevarajah•
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.
Jean Shaoul•
Alex Findijs•
Johannes Stern•
Jean Shaoul, Chris Marsden•
Jean Shaoul•
Jean Shaoul•
The unanswered questions about Trump’s January 6 coup
The exposure of Trump’s plan to go to the Capitol and lead the mob assault on Congress raises critical issues about the threat to democracy in America.
Patrick Martin•
Testimony exposes Trump’s plan to declare himself dictator
Explosive testimony given Tuesday to the House Select Committee investigating the events of January 6, 2021 establishes beyond a shadow of a doubt that what occurred on that day was a full-scale attempt to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictatorship, headed by the defeated but still sitting president, Donald Trump.
Barry Grey•
As Trump looks on, Illinois Republican hails overturn of Roe as “victory for white life”
The Supreme Court decision abolishing the constitutional right to abortion has put wind in the sails of the fascist forces headed by Donald Trump that dominate the Republican Party.
Barry Grey•
As FBI begins enforcing subpoenas on Trump co-conspirators
January 6 hearing reveals multiple Republican congressmen sought pardons for participating in Trump’s coup
Contradicting the committee’s intent to present Trump’s coup as the result of the ex-president and a few outliers, Thursday’s hearing exposed the wide support the plot had throughout the Republican Party.
Jacob Crosse•
Patrick Martin•
Barry Grey•
Jacob Crosse•
Jacob Crosse•
Jacob Crosse•
“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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“I needed to use this to make a stand against the system we have in place”
LAUSD high school valedictorian rips into the erosion of public education in graduation speech, sparking mass support
Reporters with the World Socialist Web Site spoke with Axel Brito about his impassioned speech which has been viewed nearly 3 million times on social media.
Renae Cassimeda, Kimie Saito•
Student parliament elections at Humboldt University of Berlin
For a socialist movement against fascism and war! Vote IYSSE on July 12th!
On the basis of the following statement, the IYSSE are running in this year's Student Parliament elections at Humboldt University of Berlin on July 12.
International Youth and Students for Social Equality, Humboldt University•
Open Letter to the Presidium of Humboldt University in Berlin
Stop right-wing violence against student criticism! Stop supporting the radical right-wing professor Baberowski!
The Humboldt University Presidium is responsible for a climate of violence and the intimidation of students who oppose the return of militarism and right-wing extremism.
Sven Wurm•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (US)•
Arun Kumar•
Our reporters•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality at UIC•
Gregor Link, Christoph Vandreier•
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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UN investigation finds Israeli forces killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh with “seemingly well-aimed bullets”
A UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) investigation has shown that the bullets that killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and injured her colleague Ali Sammoudi, were fired by Israeli forces.
Jean Shaoul•
Israel’s government collapses after one year in power
Israel’s deepening political crisis flows from the rapid escalation of class tensions within Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, the Middle East and internationally.
Jean Shaoul•
Turkey arrests Kurdish journalists, politicians and prepares to invade Syria
Amid escalating social crises and class struggles, the Turkish government is preparing for war in Syria and escalating attacks on democratic rights at home.
Ulaş Ateşçi•
US and Israel ratchet up threats and aggression against Iran
The Biden administration is escalating pressure on Iran with provocations that seem designed to blow up the nuclear talks taking place in Vienna.
Jean Shaoul•
Jean Shaoul•
Barry Grey•
Jean Shaoul•
Jean Shaoul•
Jean Shaoul•
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.”
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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”
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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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NATO summit to embrace US-led confrontation with China
What is proposed is an extraordinary expansion of NATO’s scope across the entire world, making clear that the rapidly expanding US-NATO proxy war against Russia is not a limited, episodic conflict in Europe, but global in character.
Peter Symonds•
NATO announces plan for massive European land army
The US-led NATO alliance has announced plans to build a massive standing land army in Europe, numbering in the hundreds of thousands.
Andre Damon•
New army chief General Sanders urges Britain to prepare for total war with Russia
The new head of the British Army, General Sir Patrick Sanders, gave a blood-curdling speech Tuesday, insisting that the UK and its NATO allies must prepare to wage war against Russia.
Robert Stevens•
Australian universities further integrated into military build-up
The push for universities to sign lucrative deals with defence contractors is bound up with placing the country on the frontlines of US-led war plans against China.
Eric Ludlow•
Jean Shaoul•
Peter Symonds•
Andre Damon•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality, Humboldt University•
Andre Damon•
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.
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•
Support Will Lehman’s campaign for UAW president!
Lehman’s campaign for the UAW’s top position is taking place under conditions of an extraordinary and intensifying crisis, one which is gripping virtually all elements of the world capitalist system and is fueling the growth of the class struggle.
WSWS Editorial Board•
An American massacre on the Fourth of July
The deadly mass shooting on a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago, is the latest in a string of horrific massacres that continue to plague American society.
James Martin•
From the Fourth of July to the Sixth of January
The working class—in the US and internationally—must be warned of the ongoing danger of dictatorship and mobilized in time to stop it.
Eric London•
Andre Damon•
David Walsh•
Patrick Martin•
Barry Grey•
Jordan Shilton•
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•
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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•