The University of South Carolina historian holds that the American Revolution was launched to defend the institution of slavery against the British Empire.
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Defend Sri Lankan workers against Rajapakse’s state of emergency!
This state of emergency must be taken as a warning to workers that the capitalist class is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic everywhere by a turn to dictatorship.
Virtually everyone now knows a friend, colleague or family member lost to the deadly contagion.
Bryan Dyne•
The WSWS spoke with Dr. Mike Bedford, a public health expert who has spent decades researching conditions in New Zealand’s early childhood centres.
Tom Peters•
The governments of the two states at the centre of the current outbreak, New South Wales and Victoria, are also those at the forefront of the profit-driven campaign to “reopen the economy.”
Oscar Grenfell•
GM, Ford and Stellantis workers must defend fellow workers at Dana auto parts against the company and the UAW!
World Socialist Web Site Autoworker Newsletter•
The auto parts maker was cited for flouting social distancing and masking standards and for concealing cases in the plants from local health officials.
our reporters•
In a revolt against the United Brotherhood of Carpenters, construction workers in Seattle and across the state have walked out to fight for improved wages, better benefits and safer conditions in one of the industries worst hit by the pandemic.
Jerry White•
The BCTGM is attempting to prevent workers from having adequate time to study what they’re voting on.
James Martin•
A federal judge scheduled a hearing in two weeks, after the Justice Department filed for an emergency stay.
Trévon Austin•
More significant than the minor tax increases on the wealthy that are contained in the House bill is what is omitted.
Barry Grey•
In response to the disintegration of Brazil’s bourgeois regime, the pseudo-left is promoting extreme right movements as their “democratic” allies.
Tomas Castanheira•
Canada’s pandemic election, the resurgence of working class struggle and the fight for socialism
Canada’s September 20 federal election is unfolding amid a global pandemic that has demonstrated the irreconcilable conflict between the ruling capitalist oligarchy, its political representatives and selfish class interests, and the most basic needs of working people.
Socialist Equality Party (Canada)•
Opposing the closure of McVitie's Tollcross, Scotland: The lessons of the destruction of the steel industry
Labour's Paul Sweeney revealed in the Scottish parliament that a Pladis Action Group proposed new biscuit factory could be built at Gartcosh, site of a former steel works, closed in 1986 as part of the destruction of the steel industry in Britain.
Steve James•
Woodward revelations expose Democrats’ calls for “unity” with Republican coup plotters
The Biden White House and Democratic leaders in Congress see any investigation into the January 6 plots as an obstacle to bipartisan collaboration with the Republicans.
Patrick Martin•
Ocasio-Cortez at the Met Gala: The farce, the spectacle, and the politics
The fact that Ocasio-Cortez was even invited to the Gala reveals the degree to which she is integrated into, and accepted by, the political establishment.
Genevieve Leigh•
Tony Robson•
Barry Grey•
Andre Damon•
Jerry White•
Mike Head•
From the WSWS Archives
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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Video: Students and youth support SEP campaign against Australia’s electoral laws
IYSSE members call on all students and young people to oppose these laws and join the SEP
The International Youth and Students for Social Equality (Australia)•
Australia: Why you should become an electoral member of the SEP
“The working class must have a political voice, which the ruling class through its latest legislation is seeking to stifle.”
Socialist Equality Party (Australia)•
Australia’s electoral laws a “naked power grab by the major parties,” say SEP electoral members
“The SEP is the loudest and most principled voice combatting and frustrating this attempt by the major parties to stifle democratic freedoms.”
Our reporters•
Video: The Committee for Public Education opposes anti-democratic electoral laws
CFPE national convener Sue Phillips calls on all educators to become electoral members of the SEP and join the campaign to defeat these laws.
Committee for Public Education•
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Socialist Equality Party (Australia)•
Our reporters•
Socialist Equality Party (Australia)•
Mike Head•
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•
TV election debate in Germany: All candidates stand for herd immunity, mass layoffs and welfare cuts
None of the three candidates hoping to be the next German chancellor explained what he or she is really planning after the September 26 election.
Christoph Vandreier•
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•
20,000 protest against unaffordable rents in Berlin
The question of rents is one of the most urgent social issues in Germany’s capital and also in other major cities. Rents have been rising dramatically for years.
our reporters•
Markus Salzmann, Gustav Kemper•
SGP Leipzig•
Katerina Selin•
Johannes Stern•
Robert Stevens•
Cutoff of federal jobless aid in the US leaves millions of workers scrambling to make ends meet
The ending of federal unemployment programs and eviction moratoriums with the support of both Republican and Democratic officials has left millions of workers in the US desperate as they rush to figure out how they will provide for themselves and their families.
Jessica Goldstein•
Right-wing recall campaign defeated in California
The vote was a blow to the Trump-style campaign waged by the recall supporters and the leading Republican candidate, Larry Elder.
Patrick Martin•
Fraud vs reality—Canada’s New Democrats and the 2021 federal election
After two years of propping up Justin Trudeau’s big business minority Liberal government, the NDP is attempting to market itself as an implacable opponent of the super-rich and ally of workers fighting for the wealthy to pay their “fair share.”
Roger Jordan•
Washington D.C. law enforcement warns of armed violence ahead of Saturday’s fascist “Justice for J6” rally
Persistent threats of fascistic terrorist violence ahead of the far-right rally set for September 18 has prompted the D.C. Metropolitan and Capitol Police to ramp up security measures.
Jacob Crosse•
Kevin Reed•
Louis Girard•
Kevin Reed•
Patrick Martin•
Jacob Crosse•
Two workers at Fayetteville, North Carolina Valley Proteins plant found dead, investigation underway
The two workers at the plant were found unresponsive by coworkers at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, and a HAZMAT team responded, ordering an evacuation of the facility.
Cordell Gascoigne•
Germany: The three-week strike at Teigwaren Riesa and the dead end of the union perspective
The roughly 150 employees at the East German market leader for pasta demonstrated great willingness to fight for better wages, which are currently just above the legal minimum. But the agreement negotiated by the NGG is not the victory for the employees that the union proclaims.
Martin Nowak, Dietmar Gaisenkersting•
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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As unions force Dana auto parts workers to remain on the job after voting down contract
Kentucky distillery workers launch strike after rejecting concessions contract by 96 percent
Heaven Hill workers in Bardstown face rising health insurance payments, forced overtime and weekend work.
Warren Duzak•
Joseph Lorenz•
Martin Nowak, Clara Weiss•
George Gallanis•
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David Fulton•
Oppose Local Working Groups at Australia Post!
Postal workers must build rank-and file-committees and oppose union-management collaboration in restructuring.
Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
US, Britain, Australia announce major military pact against China
The fault lines of a disastrous new world war are rapidly emerging as the Biden administration forges alliances in the Indo-Pacific against China which the US regards as the greatest threat to its global hegemony.
Peter Symonds•
Indian court exhorts Modi to “protect Hindu rights” with further communalist “cow protection” legislation
The Allahabad High Court judgment is emblematic of the extent to which the vile Hindu communalism promoted by Modi and his BJP has become firmly entrenched in India’s supposedly secular judiciary.
Kranti Kumara•
Concerns over financial stability behind Beijing’s moves against Alibaba
The intervention against so-called fin-tech companies follows a call from top levels of the government and the ruling Communist Party for news laws to regulate the digital economy.
Nick Beams•
John Braddock•
Patrick Kelly•
Peter Symonds•
P. T. Sampanthar•
Mike Head•
For a global strategy to eradicate the coronavirus and save lives!
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IYSSE (Sri Lanka) meeting discusses US debacle in Afghanistan
Students from almost all of Sri Lanka’s universities participated in the event, indicating that young people are seeking a serious analysis of crucial international developments.
Our correspondents•
Online public meetings: The socialist perspective in the California gubernatorial elections
At these online town hall meetings, David Moore, the Socialist Equality Party’s candidate for governor of California, will make the case for a socialist response to California’s political crisis and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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SGP election spot: “Life instead of profits!”
We are publishing here the SGP’s official election spot for the German federal election with subtitles in English, French and Turkish.
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“Life Instead of Profits”: Initial election meeting of the SEP in Germany
Last Sunday the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (SGP), the German section of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI), broadcast its initial election rally in advance of the German federal elections on September 26.
Robert Sutherland•
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)•
Socialist Equality Party (US)•
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Wije Dias•
Our Reporters•
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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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•
SEP Summer School 2021 Lecture
From PATCO to Volvo: The resurgence of the class struggle and the tasks of the Socialist Equality Party
This lecture was delivered at the Socialist Equality Party (US) 2021 summer school, held August 1 through August 6, by Jerry White, labor editor of the World Socialist Web Site.
Jerry White•
SEP Summer School 2021 Lecture
Race, class and social conflict in the United States
This lecture was delivered at the Socialist Equality Party (US) summer school, held August 1 through August 6, by Niles Niemuth, a writer for the World Socialist Web Site.
Niles Niemuth•
SEP Summer School 2021 Lecture
The 1619 Project and the attack on the American Revolution
This report was delivered at the Socialist Equality Party (US) 2021 summer school, held August 1 through August 6, by Tom Mackaman, a writer for the World Socialist Web Site.
Tom Mackaman•
Andre Damon•
Tom Carter•
Johannes Stern•
Jacob Crosse•
Benjamin Mateus•
US parents and educators denounce school openings as COVID infections spiral out of control
More than 1.2 million COVID-19 cases among children have been recorded since the beginning of the school year, roughly one-fifth of the pediatric cases since the pandemic began.
Renae Cassimeda•
Texas A&M student dies of COVID-19 as new cases explode at Texas colleges
Students at Texas A&M University protested the administration’s failure to protect students Tuesday following the death of 20-year-old Kirstyn Ahuero.
Chase Lawrence•
Greece reopens schools amid new wave of COVID-19
The Greek government’s forcing students and educators back into schools will lead to a new surge of cases of the more infectious Delta variant.
George Gallanis•
Interview with Dr. Jeremy Fischer, philosophy professor at the University of Alabama at Huntsville, who resigned over COVID-19 safety and morality concerns
Professor of philosophy resigns post at the University of Alabama at Huntsville in protest of the school’s inadequate COVID-19 health and safety measures.
Emma Arceneaux•
Dmitri Church•
Margot Miller•
Alex Johnson•
Shelby Michaels, Kayla Costa•
Shelley Connor•
Never Gonna Snow Again: Polish film combines the social and the supernatural
A mysterious immigrant becomes an indispensable masseur and hypnotist to the residents of a wealthy enclave.
Erik Schreiber•
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•
Actor Michael K. Williams, known for his role in The Wire, dies at 54
The talented Michael K Williams, best known for his role as Omar Little in the television series The Wire, has died tragically at the age of 54.
James Martin•
Grenfell: The Untold Story on Channel 4—“You’ve put profit before people’s well-being”
This footage, by artist Constantine Gras, constitutes vital evidence of KCTMO’s contempt for residents, and of the residents’ fight, long before the fire, for justice and the social right to decent, safe housing.
Paul Bond•
Joanne Laurier•
Paul Bond•
David Walsh•
Ed Hightower•
Hiram Lee•
Interview with Dr. Malgorzata Gasperowicz: “We have to aim for global eradication!”
“Scientists should talk to everybody. They should disseminate the knowledge and become strong advocates for the elimination and eradication of the virus.”—Dr. Gasperowicz
Benjamin Mateus•
ICUs across the United States stretched to capacity by COVID-19 Delta variant surge
The US Department of Health and Human Services reports that ICUs across the country are on average at 80 percent. Many states in the Southeast, the South, especially Texas, and the Midwest are beyond 95 percent capacity leading to significant stress on health care systems.
Benjamin Mateus•
“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•
Reopening amid Delta variant surge deepens contradictions in global economy
Comments from US business executives and economic analysts, reported in a Financial Times article, headlined “US business model darkens as Delta variant upends forecasts,” pointed to a slowdown in economic growth.
Nick Beams•
Oscar Grenfell•
Tom Peters•
Robert Stevens•
Martin Scott•
Omar Ali•
Classes at NYU are not safe! For a full transition to remote learning! Link up with students and educators across the city!
The IYSSE at NYU is hosting a public online meeting Saturday to discuss the science of the pandemic and a political strategy to fight for the safety and lives of students and educators.
IYSSE at NYU•
“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•
Appalachian State faculty call for shift to online classes as COVID-19 cases surge
Over 200 faculty at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina have presented a petition calling for a return to online instruction in the midst of spiraling case numbers.
Appalachian State International Youth and Students for Social Equality•
Stanford University resident assistants strike over COVID-19, wages
The strike by the University’s resident assistants at over two dozen student dormitories sheds light on the increasingly impossible situation facing students and student workers.
Gabriel Black•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (US)•
Jesse Thomas•
Trévon Austin•
James Langley•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality at University of Michigan•
Right-wing recall campaign defeated in California
The vote was a blow to the Trump-style campaign waged by the recall supporters and the leading Republican candidate, Larry Elder.
Patrick Martin•
Town Hall meeting: SEP candidate David Moore urges workers to mobilize to eradicate COVID-19 and save lives
David Moore, SEP candidate for California, held a second Town Hall meeting online to mobilize workers in the fight for socialism
our reporters•
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•
Stop the inundation of California hospitals! Stop community spread and close schools!
A predictable crisis is unfolding throughout California hospitals, which are facing an influx of critically ill COVID-19 patients.
Statement of David Moore—California gubernatorial candidate of the Socialist Equality Party•
Patrick Martin•
Statement of David Moore—California gubernatorial candidate of the Socialist Equality Party•
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Brian Dixon, Kimie Saito•
Statement of David Moore—California gubernatorial candidate of the 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•
COVID-19 spreads at Dana plants as company, unions force workers to stockpile parts
Dana workers are only at work because the UAW and USW have foisted a day-to-day contract extension on them after they repudiated a sellout agreement by wide margins.
Eric London, Tom Hall•
“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•
The UAW and USW are not “negotiating” with Dana, they are conspiring against us! Build rank-and-file strike committees! No more forced overtime!
The recent announcement that the UAW and USW are going to be “reopening negotiations”—at some unnamed date sometime in the future—is a trap aimed at deceiving the working class.
Dana Workers’ Rank-and-File Committee•
Eric London•
Tom Hall•
Eric London•
Dana Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Hiram Lee•
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.
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Eighty-five years since the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War
Eighty-five years ago, on July 17, 1936, the Spanish army launched a fascist coup against the the country’s Republic, provoking the Spanish Civil War.
Alejandro López•
100 years since the founding of the Chinese Communist Party
The world historical significance of the 1921 founding of the Chinese Communist Party stands in stark contrast to the hypocrisy and falsifications that characterise the official centenary celebrations.
Peter Symonds•
Peter Schwarz•
Warren Duzak, Tom Mackaman•
David North•
Clara Weiss•
Carl Bronski•
Israel responds to jail break with dragnet across the occupied West Bank and Israel
Following an unprecedented dragnet operation across Israel and the occupied West Bank, the Israeli authorities captured four of the six Palestinians on the run after their audacious jail break on Monday from the maximum-security jail in Gilboa, Israel.
Jean Shaoul•
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•
Surge in COVID deaths adds to pressure on Iran’s clerical regime
Saturday saw Iran’s highest single-day COVID-19 death toll of the pandemic, as 684 people succumbed to the disease and more than 36,400 new cases were confirmed.
Jean Shaoul•
At least 70 dead, 47 missing as floods hit northern Turkey
The recent disaster in Turkey came as hundreds of millions of people are affected by floods worldwide, from the United States to Europe and East Asia.
Çetin Akın, Ozan Özgür•
Ulaş Ateşçi•
Hasan Yıldırım, Ulaş Ateşçi•
Jean Shaoul•
Jean Shaoul•
Jean Shaoul•
Treasury Secretary Yellen warns US government could run out of money unless debt ceiling is lifted
The Financial Times reports that while the debt ceiling issue is sometimes regarded as “political theatre,” the current standoff is being viewed with “increasing seriousness” by the Biden administration.
Nick Beams•
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•
Nervous financial markets await Fed chief’s speech
There are signs of liquidity problems in the $22 trillion US Treasury market in part because of uncertainty over the direction of the Fed’s monetary policy.
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•
Trévon Austin•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
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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WHO reports fifth “variant of interest” as COVID pandemic worsens
The variant, designated “Mu,” was first identified in Colombia and may be more resistant to vaccines.
Benjamin Mateus•
New rail strike in São Paulo exposes conflict between workers and unions
A rail strike by 2,000 workers in São Paulo paralyzed three railway lines on August 24. It came in the wake of hundreds of transit strikes and work stoppages in Brazil during the pandemic.
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Pseudo-left presidential candidate Gabriel Boric intervenes to close down 83-day strike in Chile
The fraud that the Tottus agreement is an “unprecedented victory” should be treated with contempt. Without invalidating the courageous stand of the 189 Tottus retail workers, it must be stated frankly that the union apparatus transformed the strike into an election campaign stunt.
Mauricio Saavedra•
Teachers denounce homicidal school reopenings across Brazil
August witnessed the largest reopening of schools in Brazil since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tomas Castanheira•
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Miguel Andrade•
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Benjamin Mateus•
Mauricio Saavedra•
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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Supreme Court orders Biden administration to revive Trump’s Remain in Mexico immigration policy
The program, which forced immigrants to stay in Mexico while their asylum cases played out in the US, was rescinded by the Biden Administration this year but was ordered to be reinstated by a 6–3 conservative majority of the Supreme Court.
Kevin Martinez•
US House vote to move forward on budget framework heralds major cuts in $3.5 trillion price tag
To overcome the opposition of the Democratic holdouts, Pelosi made a significant concession, incorporating into the procedural rule a pledge to bring the infrastructure bill to a vote in the House by September 27, regardless of whether the “human infrastructure” budget bill had passed in the Senate.
Barry Grey•
Texas House makes quorum as Democrats return, allowing Republicans to move toward passage of anti-voting rights bill
The end of the Texas Democrats’ quorum break and imminent passage of the anti-democratic voting measures underscore the fraudulent character of the Democratic Party’s “defense” of voting rights.
Trévon Austin•
Michigan Governor Whitmer proposes to use federal pandemic relief money to fund the police
Leading Democrats from Detroit and across the state joined together with the governor to call for $75 million of the federal funds from the American Rescue Plan to be used for beefing up police departments across the state.
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Philip Guelpa, Fred Mazelis•
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Barry Grey•
Patrick Martin•
Alex Findijs•
Richard C. Lewontin, a pioneer in molecular genetics, dies at 92
Lewontin demonstrated that genetic differences between human populations are smaller than had previously been thought, rejecting race as a valid biological category.
Philip Guelpa•
Scientists identify new hominid species Homo longi, or “Dragon man”
The virtually complete skull was found on a riverbank near the city of Harbin nearly 90 years ago but then hidden away for decades.
Frank Gaglioti•
The enduring significance of the Hubble Deep Field
NASA is this week celebrating the advance enabled by the Deep Field and its subsequent scientific results.
Bryan Dyne•
Chinese paleontologists discover fossilized remains of largest land mammal to ever inhabit the Earth
The giant Paraceratherium’s skull alone was roughly the size of a human torso while the animal’s shoulders would have reached five meters above the ground.
Ronan Coddington•
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Alex Johnson•
Thomas Scripps•
Adria French•
Shawn Velia•
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•
UK High Court grants US government right to appeal on Assange extradition
Stella Moris warned yesterday that the High Court’s decision meant her partner, “is still at risk of extradition where he faces a 175-year prison sentence and where according to the magistrate he is almost certain to lose his life.”
Laura Tiernan•
Assange turns 50 in Belmarsh prison, his life still under threat
Assange has now spent more than one fifth of his life persecuted by the US state and its allies.
Thomas Scripps•
Oscar Grenfell•
Oscar Grenfell•
Thomas Scripps•
Julie Hyland•
Clara Weiss•
Woodward revelations expose Democrats’ calls for “unity” with Republican coup plotters
The Biden White House and Democratic leaders in Congress see any investigation into the January 6 plots as an obstacle to bipartisan collaboration with the Republicans.
Patrick Martin•
New book details Trump’s efforts to instigate war with China as part of January 6 coup attempt
The new revelations shatter all attempts to downplay the significance of the events of January 6. Moreover, they emerge just days after Trump used the 9/11 anniversary to deliver fascist rants to police and firefighters in Manhattan.
Barry Grey•
Trump praises Christian-fascist Unification Church leader at “Rally of Hope” conference
The Unification Church and its offshoots are deeply integrated into the Republican Party.
Jacob Crosse•
Republicans plan fascist rally on September 18 in Washington D.C. to back jailed January 6 insurrectionists
Organized by a former Trump campaign staffer, Matt Braynard, the rally in defense of fascist militia members arrested for their actions on January 6 is a continuation of the Republican Party’s defense of Trump’s attempted coup.
Jacob Crosse•
Patrick Martin•
Jacob Crosse•
Jacob Crosse•
Jacob Crosse•
Jacob Crosse•
Canadian imperialism shaken by US debacle in Afghanistan
Outside Washington and Wall Street, the collapse of the Kabul regime has arguably dealt no imperialist ruling elite a bigger blow than Canada’s.
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After two decades of imperialist occupation, Afghanistan faces a “humanitarian catastrophe”
In all the saturation coverage by the mainstream media of the evacuation of foreign nationals and Afghans associated with the US and its allies, little has been said about the economic and social devastation wrought on the country itself.
Jean Shaoul•
US evacuation from Afghanistan nears its end
The bulk of those remaining to be evacuated are the American soldiers who were dispatched to the Kabul airport by President Biden two weeks ago.
Patrick Martin•
US State Department admits few Americans remain to be evacuated from Afghanistan
The statement from the State Department undermines one of the principal pillars of the media campaign for a more aggressive US military intervention at the Kabul airport.
Patrick Martin•
Patrick Martin•
Tom Hall•
Bill Van Auken•
Bill Van Auken•
Jean Shaoul•
The way forward against the Labour government’s sealing of Pike River mine
Only the intervention of the working class, independently of the unions and every party in parliament, can stop the state cover-up of the Pike River mine disaster.
Socialist Equality Group (New Zealand)•
New Zealand government lies about Pike River mine re-entry promises
Andrew Little, Minister for Pike River re-entry, has repeated false statements that it is too dangerous to re-enter the mine workings to discover the precise cause of the 2010 explosion that killed 29 workers.
Tom Peters•
Former deputy PM says New Zealand government is covering up mine disaster
NZ First leader Winston Peters was deputy prime minister in the Labour-led government when it announced it would end the underground investigation of the 2010 Pike River mine disaster which killed 29 people.
Tom Peters•
“The families deserve much better”—Readers demand continued investigation of Pike River mine disaster
The majority of Pike River mine victims’ families are seeking to stop the Labour Party-led government’s plan to permanently seal the mine.
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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•
Why is the World Socialist Web Site still blacklisted on the Reddit r/coronavirus and r/politics forums?
We are calling on Reddit members to demand that the moderators of r/coronavirus and r/politics halt the McCarthyite blacklisting of content links from the World Socialist Web Site .
Kevin Reed•
Stop the censorship of COVID-19 whistleblower Rebekah Jones!
Jones’s suspension from Twitter comes less than 10 days after she was officially designated as a whistleblower by the state of Florida.
Alex Johnson•
Florida data scientist Rebekah Jones granted whistleblower status
The action comes after Jones was fired and witchhunted by Governor Ron DeSantis for opposing his campaign to ignore COVID-19 and reopen schools and workplaces.
Trévon Austin•
WSWS Educators Newsletter•
Jesse Thomas•
Tom Peters•
Tensions high in Volvo Trucks plant at end of first week back after strike
Workers angered over the concessions imposed by the company and the UAW are refusing to volunteer for work over the scheduled maintenance shutdown that begins next week.
Jerry White•
UAW president hails “labor-management” partnership following sellout of Volvo strike
Less than a week after United Auto Workers President Ray Curry conspired with management to shut down the five-week Volvo strike and ram through a contract previously rejected by workers, he wrote a feature column in the Detroit New s titled “UAW works with employers for union members.”
Jerry White•
Valley Labor Report radio program falsifies record of Volvo strike, denounces rank-and-file committees
While mouthing certain criticisms of the conduct of the UAW, the Valley Labor Report program completely falsified the record of the strike, writing out the role of the World Socialist Web Site and the Volvo Workers Rank-and-File Committee.
Tom Hall•
Volvo Group announces $1.1 billion second-quarter profits, after telling Virginia workers it could not afford wage and benefit improvements
Volvo’s substantial earnings contradict the dishonest argument advanced by both the company and the UAW over the course of the past three months that there was simply not enough corporate money to meet workers’ demands.
Marcus Day•
Jerry White•
Barry Grey•
Tom Hall, Ed Hightower•
Marcus Day•
our reporters•
Rand Paul, Anthony Fauci and the witch-hunt against science
Last Tuesday, Senator Rand Paul publicly accused Anthony Fauci of having helped to genetically engineer the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic.
Andre Damon•
Scientists demolish “Wuhan lab” conspiracy theory of coronavirus origins
On Wednesday, 21 of the world’s leading experts on the origins of infectious diseases published a preprint paper demolishing the conspiracy theory promoted by the Biden administration and the US media that COVID-19 was a man-made virus.
Andre Damon•
How science demolishes the right-wing fiction of a Wuhan “lab leak” as the source of coronavirus
The science underlying the origins of SARS-CoV-2 distinctly points to the virus emerging from nature rather than from a laboratory.
Benjamin Mateus•
“Wuhan lab” theory proponent Nicholas Wade pushed racist pseudo-science in 2014 book
The New York Times and Washington Post are citing a serial fabricator whose 2014 book was condemned by the biologists whose research he cited, together with more than 140 other scientists.
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Alice Summers•
Julie Hyland•
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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An Open Letter to Maria Svart, National Director of the Democratic Socialists of America
This letter, by Socialist Equality Party Chairman David North, responds to Twitter posts by DSA leaders in support of the 1940 assassination of Leon Trotsky by an agent of Stalin’s secret police.
David North•
Democratic Socialists of America must issue public apology for celebrating assassination of Leon Trotsky
Historian Victoria Bynum issued the following statement demanding the DSA repudiate and apologize for the leadership’s coordinated celebration of the assassination of Trotsky and discipline those responsible.
Victoria Bynum•
Joseph Kishore and Eric London explain political significance of DSA’s praise for Trotsky assassination on Progressive News Network with Brook Hines
The program addressed the pro-imperialist origins of the DSA and the significance of its present celebration of the crimes of Stalinism.
our reporters•
Joseph Kishore, Eric London discuss DSA’s celebration of Trotsky assassination on “Eclectic Radical with Chris Richards”
On Saturday, June 5, Socialist Equality Party National Secretary Joseph Kishore and WSWS writer Eric London appeared on the podcast “Eclectic Radical” hosted by Chris Richards.
Our Reporters•
Johannes Stern•
Eric London•
our reporters•
David North•
David North•
Nikole Hannah-Jones rejects UNC tenure offer to take position at Howard University, backed by millions in foundation funding
The 1619 Project creator will join writer Ta-Nehisi Coates in founding the Center for Journalism and Democracy at Howard with $20 million in funding from the Knight Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, the Ford Foundation and an anonymous donor.
Niles Niemuth•
1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones granted tenure after weeks of media furor
The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Board of Trustees voted to grant Hannah-Jones’ application for a full tenure professorship after weeks of outrage and accusations of racism over an initial decision to postpone a vote.
Niles Niemuth•
A letter to the Chronicle of Higher Education on the World Socialist Web Site, Nikole Hannah-Jones and the 1619 Project
This letter from WSWS International Editorial Board Chairperson David North was sent to the Chronicle of Higher Education in response to its article, “‘What the Hell Happened?’ Inside the Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure case.”
David North•
Introduction to The New York Times’ 1619 Project and the Racialist Falsification of History
This is the introduction by WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North to a volume, available for delivery in January 2021, containing the main interviews and essays published by the WSWS exposing the New York Times’ racialist falsification of American history.
David North•
Andrea Peters•
Trévon Austin, Tom Mackaman•
Tom Mackaman, David North•
David North, Tom Mackaman•
Tom Mackaman•
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.
Baltimore Amazon workers endorse International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees
The Amazon BWI2 Independent Rank-and-File Safety Committee hereby affiliates itself with the IWA-RFC, and calls for our fellow Amazon workers to do the same.
BWI2 Independent Rank-and-File Safety Committee•
Rank-and-File Committee for Safe Education in Turkey supports call for IWA-RFC
At its latest online meeting, the Rank-and-File Committee for Safe Education in Turkey adopted two important resolutions.
Our reporters•
Forward to the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees!
The International Committee of the Fourth International will mark May Day with an online rally to issue a call for the formation of the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees (IWA-RFC).
Statement of the International Committee of the Fourth International•
May Day 2021 and the global class struggle
We are publishing here the text of the opening report to the 2021 International Online May Day Rally delivered by David North.
David North•
our reporters•
Peter Symonds•
Pennsylvania Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee•
Our reporters•
Joseph Kishore•
Sixty nine dead in Algeria as forest fires devastate the Mediterranean region
Dozens have died in Algeria as forest fires and record temperatures ravage the north of the country and the entire Mediterranean region.
Alex Lantier•
Egypt’s el-Sisi steps up repression as opposition mounts to mass poverty and inequality
Egypt’s military dictator Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is using the courts, new laws and censorship of the internet and social media to suppress all opposition to his brutal regime.
Jean Shaoul•
ANC government roiled by angry protests as South Africans protest worsening social conditions
The protests were initially triggered by last week’s jailing of former president Jacob Zuma, ordered by the Constitutional Court for contempt of court for initially defying its order to appear at an inquiry into corruption during his presidency from 2009 to 2018.
Jean Shaoul•
Ethiopia wracked by internal war and inter-state conflict as famine rages in Tigray
Abiy’s loss of Mekelle marks a turning point in a war that has plunged Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous country of 112 million people, into chaos amid escalating ethnic conflicts around the country.
Jean Shaoul•
Jean Shaoul•
Kumaran Ira•
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Kumaran Ira•
Kumaran Ira•
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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For a globally coordinated emergency response to the coronavirus pandemic!
Vast resources must be immediately mobilized to contain the spread of the disease, treat and care for those who are infected, and secure the livelihoods of the hundreds of millions of people who will be affected by the economic fallout.
International Committee of the Fourth International•
The coronavirus pandemic crisis intensifies
Capitalism is at war with society
The spread of the coronavirus has exposed the disastrous consequences of decades of the massive concentration of wealth and inequality spawned by capitalism.
Joseph Kishore, David North•
The response of the ruling elite to the coronavirus pandemic: Malign neglect
Governments around the world are making a deliberate decision to minimize their response to the pandemic, threatening the lives of millions of people.
Alex Lantier, Andre Damon•
Message from big business on coronavirus pandemic: Save profits, not lives
As the death toll from the coronavirus soars and hospitals fill up, the White House and the US media are insisting that the profits of the corporate-financial elite must take precedence over the lives of millions.
Andre Damon•
Statement of the Socialist Equality Party•
Joseph Kishore•
Andre Damon•
Statement of the Socialist Equality Party (United States)•
The relaunch of the World Socialist Web Site and the future of socialism
The relaunch of the WSWS and the growth of its influence reflect a process of mass political radicalization under conditions of the greatest crisis since the 1930s.
David North•
Closing remarks from SEP national secretary Joseph Kishore
The WSWS has exhaustively documented and analyzed the political crisis and historical decay of American democracy.
Joseph Kishore•
The approach of the World Socialist Web Site to science
The WSWS was the only publication to warn very early on the dangers the working class faced if the coronavirus became a pandemic.
Bryan Dyne•
“The WSWS has not only commented on the struggles of the working class it has been an active participant in them”
In the vast archive of the WSWS, the working class will find the most critical lessons from the history of the global class struggle and an international socialist perspective needed to conduct its fight against world capitalism today.
Jerry White•
Genevieve Leigh•
Niles Niemuth•
Bill Van Auken•
Patrick Martin•
Tomas Castanheira•
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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The historic and contemporary significance of the 1871 Paris Commune
On April 3, the International Committee of the Fourth International held a meeting commemorating 150 years since the Paris Commune, the world’s first workers’ state.
Joseph Kishore•
150 years since the Paris Commune
On March 18, 1871, the armed working class districts of Paris rose up and established the first workers state in world history, the Paris Commune.
Alex Lantier•
Lessons of the Paris Commune
This essay by Leon Trotsky was first published in French as a preface to the book by C. Talès, La Commune de 1871. It was written in the town of Zlatoust, on February 4, 1921, in the lead up to the 50th anniversary of the Paris Commune.
Leon Trotsky•
Paris Workers’ Revolution and Thiers’ Reactionary Massacres
Armed Paris was the only serious obstacle in the way of the counter-revolutionary conspiracy. Paris was, therefore, to be disarmed.
Karl Marx•
Karl Marx•
Friedrich Engels•
Vladimir Lenin•
Barry Grey•
Vladimir Lenin•
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•
Town Hall meeting: SEP candidate David Moore urges workers to mobilize to eradicate COVID-19 and save lives
David Moore, SEP candidate for California, held a second Town Hall meeting online to mobilize workers in the fight for socialism
our reporters•
Video: Attend SEP public meeting opposing Australia’s anti-democratic electoral laws
SEP Assistant National Secretary Max Boddy warns that the new laws are an attempt to deregister political parties and suppress widespread opposition among working people towards the political establishment.
Socialist Equality Party (Australia)•
Interview with David North on the debacle in Afghanistan and the fight against militarism
The lead candidate of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party), Christoph Vandreier, speaks with WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North about the debacle in Afghanistan and what it means for the fight against militarism.
Christoph Vandreier, David North•
Joseph Kishore•
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K. Nesan, Gregor Kahl, Thas Anton, Jan Ritter•
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Autoworker Newsletter•
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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Historian Joseph Scalice exposes the role of Stalinism in the rise of Duterte
What was most significant in the panel was the interaction between Scalice and the second speaker, Walden Bello, who has a prominent international reputation as a figure of the left and an opponent of globalization.
John Malvar•
Watch lecture video “Three Grenades in August: Fifty Years since the Bombing of Plaza Miranda in the Philippines”—another devastating exposure of Stalinism
Scalice demonstrated that the “overwhelming weight of evidence” suggested that the Communist Party of the Philippines was responsible for the bombing and indicted its claims that fascism and martial law are “good for revolution.”
our reporter•
Stalinist CPP attacks Dr. Scalice’s upcoming lecture on the 1971 Plaza Miranda bombing in the Philippines
In a desperate bid to turn people away from this week’s lecture, Marco Valbuena, Chief Information Officer of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), has again slandered Scalice as operating on behalf of the CIA.
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“Falsifications and slander are the weapons of Stalinism”
Joseph Scalice responds to Stalinist attacks over Diliman Commune article
“The honest assessment of history is the bedrock of revolutionary politics. Falsifications and slander, on the other hand, are the primary weapons of Stalinism.”
Joseph Scalice•
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Peter Symonds•
Joseph Scalice•
Peter Symonds•
John Malvar•
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.
Defend Sri Lankan workers against Rajapakse’s state of emergency!
This state of emergency must be taken as a warning to workers that the capitalist class is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic everywhere by a turn to dictatorship.
Deepal Jayasekera•
Woodward revelations expose Democrats’ calls for “unity” with Republican coup plotters
The Biden White House and Democratic leaders in Congress see any investigation into the January 6 plots as an obstacle to bipartisan collaboration with the Republicans.
Patrick Martin•
New book details Trump’s efforts to instigate war with China as part of January 6 coup attempt
The new revelations shatter all attempts to downplay the significance of the events of January 6. Moreover, they emerge just days after Trump used the 9/11 anniversary to deliver fascist rants to police and firefighters in Manhattan.
Barry Grey•
Outbreaks at factories and workplaces fuel COVID-19 surge in the US
While barely reported by the US news media, COVID-19 outbreaks in manufacturing, construction sites and other workplaces are a major driving force for the surge of infections and deaths in the United States.
Jerry White•
Andre Damon•
Bill Van Auken•
Eric London•
Tomas Castanheira•
Socialist Equality Party (US)•
150 years since the birth of Theodore Dreiser, the great American novelist
August 27 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of writer Theodore Dreiser in Terre Haute, Indiana. Dreiser was the author of a number of the most important American novels ever written.
David Walsh•
Class interests and cultural divides
An interview with poet Christopher Kempf, author of What Though the Field Be Lost
The author of the recent collection What Though the Field Be Lost discusses his interest in history and his thoughts about our current cultural and political moment.
Erik Schreiber•
“May our flags / kneel for us.”
What Though the Field Be Lost: Poet Christopher Kempf’s historical view of contemporary America
With Milton as his guide, a poet examines present-day America through the lens of Civil War history.
Erik Schreiber•
The nationalist diatribe of a Left Party leader—a review of the new book by Sahra Wagenknecht
A leading member of the German Left Party, Wagenknecht rages venomously against cosmopolitanism and cultural openness while promoting protectionism and a strong state.
Peter Schwarz•
Peter Schwarz•
Andrea Peters•
Clara Weiss•
Bernd Reinhardt, David Walsh•
David Walsh•
The Political Origins and Consequences of the 1982–86 Split in the International Committee of the Fourth International
This lecture was delivered by David North, chairman of the International Editorial Board of the WSWS, at the opening of the Socialist Equality Party (US) Summer School on July 21, 2019.
David North•
Drawing the lessons of the ICFI split—International Strategy and National Tactics: The change in the ICFI’s approach to national liberation movements
This lecture was delivered to the Socialist Equality Party (US) Summer School on July 25, 2019 by Deepal Jayasekera, Assistant Secretary of the Socialist Equality Party in Sri Lanka
Deepal Jayasekera•
The World Capitalist Crisis and the Tasks of the Fourth International: An analysis of the ICFI Perspectives resolution of 1988
This lecture was delivered to the Socialist Equality Party (US) Summer School on July 23, 2019 by Andre Damon, regular writer for the World Socialist Web Site and leading member of the Socialist Equality Party in the US.
Andre Damon•
The ICFI and the Crisis of Stalinism
This lecture was delivered to the Socialist Equality Party (US) Summer School on July 24, 2019 by Barry Grey, US national editor of the World Socialist Web Site and leading member of the Socialist Equality Party in the US.
Barry Grey•
