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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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Inflation in Germany rises as wages fall

Many households do not have enough left to live on due to rising energy and food prices.

Elisabeth Zimmermann-Modler, SGP candidate for the Bundestag

UK businesses call for prisoners to be used to plug labour shortage

The Ministry of Justice said prisoners hired by meat companies would get paid, unless unpaid work was part of their sentence and that “wages would vary according to which businesses inmates work for” but would “probably be less than what an ordinary member of the public would earn.”

Julie Hyland

Danish nurses defy union and Labour Court and continue walkouts over pay and understaffing; numerous strikes by healthcare workers across France over pay and conditions; UK Sunday rail strikes continue; resident doctors’ strike in Nigeria in danger of union sell-out

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa

Danish nurses defy union and Labour Court and continue one-hour strikes over pay and understaffing after ten-week strike ended; numerous strikes across healthcare system in France over pay and conditions; Sunday rail strikes continue UK’s longest pay dispute after re-ballot by conductors and ticket examiners; resident doctors’ strike in Nigeria in danger of sell-out after union suspends strike awaiting Labour court ruling

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100 years since the birth of Trotskyist Jean Brust

August 31, 2021 marks 100 years since the birth of Jean Brust, a leading figure in the Trotskyist movement whose legacy lives on in the work of the US Socialist Equality Party and the entire International Committee of the Fourth International.

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25 years since the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur

Shakur, perhaps more than any other figure in hip hop, reflected the many contradictions and challenges facing artists in the period immediately following the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the supposed “end of history.”

Nick Barrickman

“He was always smiling”

Coworkers remember Amazon safety team member who died of COVID-19

Amazon workers at the Seattle-area Amazon warehouse BFI4 spoke to the International Amazon Workers Voice about their memories of co-worker Jeff Linnell, who passed away due to COVID-19 earlier this month.

Nick Barrickman

“We have to stand together to push back”

NYU student speaks out on the dangers of in-person classes amidst COVID-19 resurgence

The Socialist Equality Party and the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) are waging an international campaign to provide the scientific information and organizational means to the working class to put an end to the pandemic, using a full eradication strategy.

John Conrad, Owen Mullan

Vote for SEP candidate David Moore in California recall

The Socialist Equality Party calls on working people in California to vote “no” in the election to recall Governor Gavin Newsom, and then to cast a replacement vote for our candidate, educator David Moore, the only socialist running in this election.

Socialist Equality Party

Video: Death of a Dana worker

Danny Walters lost his life after having a seizure at work at Dana's Dry Ridge, Kentucky plant on the night of June 1, 2021. In this video, his widow Marcia speaks out against the sweatshop conditions which contributed to his untimely death.

Zac Corrigan and Eric London

“Every Dana employee is not only fighting the company, they’re fighting the people who are supposed to be fighting for them”

Former Dana worker describes deadly work conditions at Tennessee plant

A former Dana worker in Paris, Tennessee discusses the conditions workers face and why they have taken up a fight against both the company and the UAW.

Zac Thorton
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.

100 years since the Battle of Blair Mountain

Between August 25 and September 2, 1921, as many as 20,000 coal miners in southern West Virginia waged armed combat against a private army employed by the coal companies.

Andy Thompson, Jerry White

This week in history: September 13-19

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.

Israel escalates attack on the Palestinians in Gaza

Recent IDF operations mark the heaviest escalation in hostilities since Israel’s 11-day war on Gaza last May that killed more than 250 Palestinians, including at least 66 children and 41 women.

Jean Shaoul

Concerns grow over where speculative bubble will end

Recalling the high-risk speculation that led to the sub-prime mortgage crisis of 2008, the Wall Street Journal reports that “sales of securities backed by bundles of risky corporate loans set a new monthly record for August.”

Nick Beams

A study in contrasts: Wall Street and the underlying economy

The doubling of Wall Street’s S&P 500 index from its March 2020 level is not on indication of economic health but an expression of the parasitism resulting from the Fed’s trillions of dollars of financial support.

Nick Beams
An interview with David North
The debacle in Afghanistan and the fight against war

The lead candidate of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party), Christoph Vandreier, spoke with North about the debacle for US imperialism in Afghanistan and its implications for the struggle against militarism.

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What the WSWS wrote about the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001

From the outset, the WSWS exposed the lies of Washington that its illegal invasion of Afghanistan was an act of self-defense in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11.

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UK High Court sides with US against Assange

The decision confirms that the January 4 ruling against extradition was only a tactical pause in an ongoing pseudo-legal manhunt, which is again proceeding apace.

Thomas Scripps

Julian Assange’s Ecuadorian citizenship revoked

Assange’s lawyer, Carlos Poveda, will appeal the “purely political” decision, which he argued was based on unsubstantiated allegations. He commented, “More than the importance of nationality, it is a matter of respecting rights and following due process in withdrawing nationality.”

Thomas Scripps

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
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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One year of the coronavirus pandemic

March 11 marks one year since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. We are republishing below statements and articles from the WSWS analyzing the response to the pandemic and calling for emergency measures to contain it.

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WSWS Online Meeting
150 years since the Paris Commune

A discussion about the first time in history that the working class took power.

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Socialist publisher Mehring Books launches Australian website

Mehring Books Australia will feature works by the great socialist fighters and theoreticians of the 19th and 20th centuries, including Leon Trotsky, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin, Georgi Plekhanov and Rosa Luxemburg.

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Video: Death of a Dana worker

Danny Walters lost his life after having a seizure at work at Dana's Dry Ridge, Kentucky plant on the night of June 1, 2021. In this video, his widow Marcia speaks out against the sweatshop conditions which contributed to his untimely death.

Zac Corrigan and Eric London
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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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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Ten years since the Egyptian Revolution

To mark the anniversary of the 2011 revolution in Egypt, we present a selection of key statements and analyses produced by the WSWS in the course of the events of that year and their aftermath.

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A video statement by WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North
Welcoming the relaunch of the World Socialist Web Site

The WSWS has been relaunched with an entirely new design and with vastly enhanced functionality.

From the Marxist Library
Thirty years since the reunification of Germany
To mark the 30th anniversary of the German reunification, the WSWS is presenting a special exhibit of documents and statements produced by the International Committee of the Fourth International amidst the crisis of Stalinism in the former GDR.