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The politics behind the selection of the American-Peruvian Pope
While posturing as a reformer, Prevost was selected to further the Church’s alliance with capital and protect its own extensive financial interests
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The entire population of Gaza is at “critical risk of famine,” according to a report published Monday by the UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification.
Andre Damon•
The alternative to global capitalist exploitation is not protectionism in the service of our ”own” ruling class, but the international unity of workers against a common enemy: the transnational corporations that exploit our labor.
Will Lehman•
Our speakers will pose and answer the question, “Is America going fascist?” They will explain that Trump’s regime poses a threat to the working class all over the world and will outline a strategy to fight.
Socialist Equality Party (UK)•
This speech was given by Keith Jones, National Secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Canada), at the International May Day 2025 Online Rally, held Saturday, May 3.
Keith Jones•
This speech was given by Tom Peters, a leading member of the Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand, at the International May Day 2025 Online Rally, held Saturday, May 3.
Tom Peters•
Lawyers for a Rhode Island Hospital kidney doctor filed an amended lawsuit last week challenging her illegal deportation to Lebanon by CBP agents at Boston Logan International airport.
Chase Lawrence•
An executive order signed on May 5, 2025, weaponizes the false claim that the virus that causes COVID-19 was manufactured in a Chinese laboratory.
Benjamin Mateus•
The documentary shows the settlers in their role as the Israeli state’s advanced guard in the ethnic cleansing and mass murder of the Palestinians.
Paul Bond•
The international assessment by economists is that the US was forced to pull back from its frontal economic assault on China because of the damage this inflicted on itself.
Nick Beams•
For the ruling elite the election was a referendum over geopolitical ties. For the mass of voters it was an expression of anger over the social crisis they confront.
John Malvar•
Since 2016, every right-wing scoundrel in Britain has embraced the anti-immigrant Brexit slogan “Take Back Control”. Starmer’s narrative was that the Brexit pledge had been betrayed by the previous Conservative government.
Robert Stevens•
May Day 2025: Socialism Against Fascism and War
The WSWS is posting here both the video and text of the speech by World Socialist Web Site International Editorial Board chairman David North, which opened the International May Day 2025 Online Rally.
David North•
May Day 2025
Crisis in South Asia and the fight for socialism
This speech on the political situation in Sri Lanka and South Asia was given at the International May Day 2025 Online Rally, held Saturday, May 3.
Deepal Jayasekera, M. Thevarajah•
May Day 2025
The Australian election and plans for war against China
This speech was given by Socialist Equality Party (Australia) assistant national secretary Max Boddy at the International May Day 2025 Online Rally, held Saturday, May 3.
Max Boddy•
May Day 2025
The global implications of the Trump-Kennedy war on science
This speech was given by Evan Blake, Coordinator of the Global Workers' Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic, at the International May Day 2025 Online Rally, held Saturday, May 3.
Evan Blake•
Tomas Castanheira•
Joseph Kishore•
Ulaş Ateşçi•
Darren Paxton•
Nick Beams•
India-Pakistan conflict threatens nuclear catastrophe
India and Pakistan, South Asia’s rival nuclear powers, are on the brink of all-out war. Such a conflict would be catastrophic, not only for the region’s 2 billion people, but for the entire world.
Keith Jones•
“The concluding moves”: Israel launches Trump’s “final solution” in Gaza
On Monday, the Netanyahu government effectively announced the start of the final stage of ethnic cleansing of Gaza with a plan to militarily occupy the entire Gaza Strip and transfer the population into concentration camps under armed guard, in preparation for sending them on forced marches through the desert or loading them onto ships.
Andre Damon•
A tribute to Wolfgang Weber: A Marxist intellectual and fighter for the working class
Wolfgang underwent the “internal revolution” that Trotsky said was necessary for intellectuals to break from their class and fully join the ranks of the working class. He consciously merged all the progressive elements of his humanist education with the revolutionary traditions of the working class and Marxism.
Clara Weiss•
Trump, cryptocurrency and the criminalization of American politics
The corruption of the Trump family is an essential feature of this fascist government.
Patrick Martin•
Statement of the WSWS Editorial Board•
Socialist Equality Party (UK)•
Oscar Grenfell•
Tom Mackaman•
Jerry White, Tom Hall•
Nanda Wickremesinghe (1939-2025): A lifelong Trotskyist leader
Nanda Wickremesinghe’s political life as a Trotskyist spanned nearly seven decades. Right until the end, despite ailments that forced him to withdraw from active party work, our comrade had never lost his revolutionary spirit.
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)•
Sri Lanka: Hundreds pay their last respects to veteran Trotskyist Nanda Wickremesinghe
“Comrades, including Wicks, rejected the populist petty-bourgeois alternatives and turned to the International Committee, to the Sri Lankan and international working class and to building the revolutionary leadership of the working class.”
Our reporters•
International condolences on the death of Sri Lankan Trotskyist Nanda Wickremesinghe
“Comrade Wicks brought to the struggle for Trotskyism an immense array of political gifts. Possessed of an extraordinary intellectual curiosity, Wicks was immersed in the history of the international Trotskyist movement”—David North
Our reporter•
1 year since the arrest of the Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk
Exactly one year ago, the Ukrainian socialist and leader of the Young Guard of Bolshevik-Leninists was arrested by the Ukrainian Secret Service.
Young Guard of Bolshevik-Leninists•
Left Voice calls for release of Ukrainian Trotskyist Bogdan Syrotiuk
One year after the arrest of Ukrainian Trotskyist Bogdan Syrotiuk, Left Voice, which is affiliated with La Izquierda Diario Network, has issued a statement calling for his release.
Clara Weiss•
A provocation that failed: On Alex Steiner’s attempt to discredit the ICFI’s defense of Ukrainian Trotskyist Bogdan Syrotiuk
The WSWS rejects Alex Steiner's dishonest and evasive explanation of his decision to post false information provided by an anti-communist provocateur, aimed at disrupting the defense of Bogdan Syrotiuk.
WSWS Editorial Board•
State prosecution fails to present evidence in trial against Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk
Several months into the trial, the prosecution has failed to present evidence for its charges of "high treason" that served as the basis for Syrotiuk's arrest.
Clara Weiss•
WSWS Editorial Board•
Young Guard of Bolshevik-Leninists•
Clara Weiss•
Socialist Equality Party (UK)•
Thomas Scripps•
Massive price increases, layoffs in the video game industry as trade war escalates
videogames, pc games, Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo, Tariffs, tabletop games, layoffs, development studio closures
Hong Jian•
2025 San Francisco International Film Festival—Part 2
Ricky, Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo) and American social reality, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cloud and Triumph from Bulgaria
To find in reality the basis for changing the existing state of things, the artist has to approach reality with anger and partisanship.
Joanne Laurier•
International backing for Kneecap’s stand against genocide continues to grow
The Irish hip-hop trio’s opposition to Israel’s genocide in Gaza continues to win support from artists across the musical spectrum and around the world.
Steve James•
New York Mayor Eric Adams forces cancellation of concert by anti-genocide singer Kehlani
In the space of two weeks, two of the pro-Palestinian singer’s concerts were cancelled in a brazen attack on freedom of speech.
Erik Schreiber•
Paul Mitchell•
Thomas Scripps•
Kevin Reed•
Erik Schreiber•
Marc Wells•
Ford workers in Cologne vote for all-out strike as IG Metall tries to slam on the brakes
Around 11,500 Ford workers in Cologne voted overwhelmingly last week for an indefinite strike to defend their jobs.
Dietmar Gaisenkersting•
Railroad companies request Trump administration dismantle two-person crew regulations
The railroads are using Trump’s destruction of all corporate regulations to push for what has been a top priority for years and which will cost thousands of jobs and lead to more accidents.
Alex Findijs•
2 more air traffic outages at Newark, New Jersey airport trigger further disruptions, expose National Airspace System on the brink
In the aftermath of events like this, the FAA consistently claims that “safety was never compromised.” This is double-speak for “nothing happened this time.”
Claude Delphian•
University of Rochester graduate workers on indefinite strike
Graduate workers are exploited by a system that pays them in stipends and earn as little as $15,000 a year, in a city that regularly ranks as one of the poorest in the country.
Jonathan White•
Robert Milkowski, Steve Light•
George Kirby•
Marc Wells•
Alan Whyte•
Berlin Senate deepens cuts to the city’s cultural sector
The cuts decided so far are huge: 130 million euros will be slashed this year alone, 149 million in 2026, and another 164 million in 2027.
Markus Salzmann•
No to Labour’s NHS privatisation! Oppose mass staff transfer to private subsidiaries!
NHS Fightback is holding a Zoom meeting on Monday May 19, at 7 p.m. to oppose Labour’s plans to gut and privatise the NHS. All healthcare workers, patients and their families are invited to attend.
NHS FightBack•
How Germany’s Left Party paved the way for Friedrich Merz to become chancellor
The Left Party’s support was decisive in enabling Merz to take office—a politician who openly works with the far-right AfD on key issues and supports the interests of finance capital, aggressive militarism and an authoritarian state like almost no other German politician.
Johannes Stern•
US-UK trade deal points to spiraling trade war with Europe
More than anything, the deal is a signal from Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government that it is prioritising relations with America over those with Europe. And Trump’s White House is eager to use this fact to its advantage in its trade war, against the European Union, but also globally.
Thomas Scripps•
Peter Schwarz•
Santiago Guillen•
Johannes Stern•
Peter Schwarz•
Andrei Tudora•
Australia: Macquarie University Rank-and-File Committee blocked from speaking at rally against cuts
Students and staff joined a protest at Sydney’s Macquarie University to oppose deep cuts to courses and degrees, but the rally organisers presented the cuts as isolated to the university, divorcing them from the wave of job cuts nationally as a result of the Labor government’s policies.
Chris Gordon•
NZ government blocks “pay equity” claims for hundreds of thousands of workers
In order to save billions of dollars, the government has cancelled negotiations for 33 pay equity claims covering teachers and other workers who are alleging underpayment due to gender-based discrimination.
Tom Peters•
Australian construction union boss vows to impose Labor’s restructure plan
The aim of the proposed restructure is to ensure that union officials at every level, from the branch leadership down to site delegates, are committed to carrying out the dictates of the administrator—that is, of the ruling elite.
Martin Scott•
India’s suspension of Indus Waters Treaty escalates threat of all-out war with Pakistan
According to some estimates, 90 percent of Pakistan’s population depends on the waters of the Indus.
Sampath Perera•
Martin Scott•
Tom Peters•
Keith Jones•
Peter Symonds•
Nick Beams•
Sri Lankan union leaders respond to US trade war with class collaboration
The May Day rally of the Joint Trade Union Alliance made crystal clear that its concern is not the jobs and conditions of workers, but to shore up Sri Lankan industries which rely heavily on US markets.
Our reporters•
Sri Lanka: Local government elections reveal growing popular opposition to ruling JVP/NPP
Despite its electoral setback, the ruling JVP/NPP will use the election results to ruthlessly implement IMF austerity and suppress the growing popular opposition of the working people.
Wasantha Rupasinghe•
Sri Lankan plantation union leaders call on European powers to support democratic rights
Opposed to any mobilisation of the working class to defend its wages and conditions, the Tamil Progressive Alliance is appealing to European imperialism to pressure the Sri Lankan government to enact human rights legislation.
W. A. Sunil•
Sri Lanka: Vote SEP in the Local Government elections
The SEP urges working people in Kolonnawa and Karainagar to vote for its candidates in the local government elections. In other areas, we do not endorse a vote for any party or candidate.
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)•
Our reporters•
Garment Workers Action Committee (Sri Lanka)•
Our reporters•
Aruna Malalagama•
Our reporters•
Opposition aide tortured by Museveni’s son as Uganda escalates repression ahead of 2026 elections
General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, son of Uganda’s long-time ruler Yoweri Museveni, has admitted to torturing an opposition aide in his private residence.
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Tanzania’s CCM government suppresses the main opposition CHADEMA
Mounting repression and attacks on democratic rights in Tanzania is part of a broader authoritarian turn across East Africa and globally.
Alejandro López•
Two years on: Sudan’s civil war spreads amid worsening humanitarian disaster
As the gateway to the Sahara, the Sahel and the Horn of Africa, Sudan’s location gives it enormous geostrategic importance for imperialism.
Jean Shaoul•
Kenyan government violently suppresses student play critical of state violence and corruption
Ruto’s crackdown on Echoes of War is a stark warning to artists, youth and workers across Kenya and internationally: any expression of opposition, no matter how symbolic or restrained, will be met with brute force.
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
This week in history: May 12-18
A massive firework explosion in the Netherlands killed 23 people; 41 US Marines killed in SS Mayaguez incident; American Communist Party leader jailed defying HUAC; Virgina Woolf’s novel Mrs. Dalloway published.
250 years since the battles of Lexington and Concord
The shot heard round the world
The battles, which emerged from a gathering revolutionary crisis, predicted the outcome of the war: the victory of the revolution over what was then the world’s greatest power, Great Britain, and the establishment of the world’s first modern democratic republic.
Tom Mackaman•
160 years since the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
What is it about an event that took place so long ago that still, to this day, rouses a sense of loss?
Tom Mackaman•
100 years since the birth of Viola Liuzzo (1925-1965), martyr of the civil rights movement
We are reposting an article from April 10, 2015, on 50 years since Viola Liuzzo’s death, written by Helen Halyard.
Helen Halyard•
Joseph Scalice•
David Walsh•
Landon Gourov•
Eric London•
Lawrence Porter •
Book Review
Biography as demonology: Aidan Beatty’s The Party is Always Right: The Untold Story of Gerry Healy and British Trotskyism
Aidan Beatty's new book is not a biography, but rather a political diatribe against Gerry Healy and Trotskyism.
David North•
“I’ve been very impressed by the articles you’ve published”
Historian Kerby Miller discusses Aidan Beatty and the writing of Irish history
Miller, the preeminent American historian of Irish history, was recently interviewed by the World Socialist Web Site.
Tom Mackaman, Jordan Shilton•
Socialist Equality Party exposes Aidan Beatty’s falsifications in Institute of Historical Research seminar
After Beatty delivered a lengthy diatribe, Barbara Slaughter, David North and Eric London exposed his slanderous allegations against Gerry Healy and the history of the Trotskyist movement.
Slander vs. biography: Aidan Beatty’s falsification of Gerry Healy’s family and childhood in a decade of rebellion and civil war
This essay is devoted to a detailed review of Gerry Healy’s family background and youth, based on research conducted in Ireland, including visits to the relevant archives in Dublin and in Galway where the Healy family lived.
Thomas Scripps•
David North•
Tom Mackaman•
Andrea Peters•
David North•
Steve Long•
Trial of former Grand Rapids, Michigan cop who killed Patrick Lyoya ends in hung jury
The trial of former officer Christopher Schurr, who was charged with murder in the 2022 execution-style shooting of Congolese immigrant Patrick Lyoya in Grand Rapids, Michigan, ended with a hung jury on Thursday.
Ashley O'Hara, Kevin Reed•
Prosecutor seeks death penalty in case of Cincinnati father accused of killing deputy one day after police shot and killed his son
After viewing footage of his son, 18-year-old Ryan Hinton, being gunned down by police while fleeing, Rodney Hinton Jr., 38, is accused of killing a deputy by running him down with his car.
Jacob Crosse•
White House meeting between Trump and Carney underscores historic breakdown in US-Canada relations
While Carney obsequiously flattered Trump, the would-be dictator president reiterated his goal of destroying the Canadian economy so as to take over the country and prepare for world war against China.
Roger Jordan•
3 former Memphis police officers acquitted on state murder charges in death of Tyre Nichols
The acquittal has once again brought to the fore the reality of police violence and murder in America.
Kevin Reed•
Niles Niemuth•
Matt Allen, Tom Eley•
Eddie Haywood•
Nick Barrickman•
Ashley O'Hara•
US immigration Gestapo continues nationwide terror campaign
From Massachusetts to Hawaii, lawless ICE agents are raiding homes and businesses, snatching up workers, and separating families without due process or a shred of humanity.
Jacob Crosse•
ICE raids tear through California despite Democrats’ “sanctuary” promises
The notion of “sanctuary” cities and states—promoted by Democratic officials such as California Governor Gavin Newsom—has proven to be a lie.
Luis Marquez, Marc Wells•
Democratic mayor of Newark arrested by federal agents at protest amidst escalating deportation campaign
Democratic Mayor Ras J. Baraka, the mayor of Newark—New Jersey’s largest city—was arrested by federal agents during a peaceful protest at Delaney Hall.
Jacob Crosse•
White House adviser Stephen Miller: Trump could suspend habeas corpus unless courts “do the right thing”
Stephen Miller’s threat to suspend habeas corpus is a significant escalation of the Trump administration’s erection of a political dictatorship.
Kevin Reed•
Alan Gilman•
Liz Cabrera•
Jacob Crosse•
Bill Shaw•
Nancy Hanover, Coleman Prince•
50,000 protest in Madrid against Gaza genocide of Palestinians and PSOE-Sumar complicity
This protest came amid intensifying atrocities in Gaza, where the Israeli government has launched what it calls the “concluding moves” of its military campaign.
Alejandro López•
Michigan Attorney General drops charges against 7 anti-genocide protesters at U-M, defends decision to prosecute
The fabricated charges and politically motivated prosecution of pro-Palestinian protesters were part of a national, bipartisan campaign to suppress and intimidate opposition to the genocidal war waged by US and Israeli imperialism.
Luke Galvin•
Columbia University deploys NYPD against pro-Palestinian library protest, 78 arrested
On Wednesday afternoon, a group of around 100 anti-genocide student protesters took over the Butler Library’s main reading room and renamed it the “Basel Al-Araj Popular University,” after the Palestinian activist and writer killed by Israeli forces in 2017.
Elliott Murtagh•
Anti-genocide student protesters attacked by police at University of Washington in Seattle
The protest called attention to Shaban al-Dalou, a 19-year-old Gazan who was burned alive by an Israeli Defense Forces attack on October 14, 2024.
Bryan Dyne•
John Conrad•
Our reporters•
Andrew Clyde•
Marc Wells•
After the Australian election—The socialist alternative to Labor’s government of war and austerity
At the online meeting, Thursday May 15 at 7 p.m., the Socialist Equality Party will discuss the way forward for workers after the federal election.
Socialist Equality Party (Australia)•
The Australian election, global opposition to Trump and the need for a socialist perspective
The election was marked by a mass repudiation of Trumpism, but within the framework of parliamentary politics, the outcome is a pro-business, pro-war Labor government that will collaborate with Trump.
Oscar Grenfell•
After the Australian election, what the crisis of the Liberals reveals
The collapse of support for the Liberals is part and parcel of a far broader crisis of the two-party system on which the ruling class has relied since the end of World War II.
Mike Head•
Australian pseudo-left promotes illusions in pro-business, pro-war Labor government
The pseudo-left is peddling the fraud that the new Labor government can be pressured for reforms, when its real agenda will be massive austerity and militarism in preparation for war with China.
Oscar Grenfell•
Our reporters•
Oscar Grenfell•
Our reporters•
Our reporters•
Socialist Equality Party (Australia)•
UN human rights expert calls for prosecution of EU Officials over complicity in Israeli war crimes
On May 3 the United Nations Special Rapporteur for human rights in Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, called for the prosecution of leading European Union officials for complicity in the war crimes committed by Israel.
Stefan Steinberg•
Community kitchens shut down in Gaza, as food runs out
Dozens of community kitchens in Gaza were forced to shut down Thursday due to lack of food amid the ongoing Israeli blockade aimed at starving the Palestinian population and annexing their land.
Andre Damon•
Israeli finance minister pledges Gaza will be “entirely destroyed” and Palestinians sent to “third countries”
One day after Israel's cabinet voted to approve a plan for the full military occupation of Gaza, the internal displacement of its people, and the takeover of food supplies by the IDF, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich made clear the plan would be the next step in the total ethnic cleansing of Gaza.
Andre Damon•
Israel announces military occupation of Gaza in next phase of Trump-Netanyahu ethnic cleansing plan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Monday that Israel’s cabinet had adopted a plan to permanently occupy the Gaza Strip, internally displace its population into concentration camps and enforce a military monopoly on the distribution of food.
Andre Damon•
Robert Stevens•
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Jordan Shilton•
Jean Shaoul•
The origins of wealth inequality as reflected in the archaeological record
A major study using data from more than a thousand archaeological sites examines the transition from primitive egalitarianism to the first class societies around the world.
Philip Guelpa•
James Webb Space Telescope produces most detailed signature of the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System
The boundless potential of astronomical discovery contrasts sharply with the backwardness and reaction promoted by Trump and the entire American oligarchy.
Bryan Dyne•
Antimicrobial resistance crisis a major threat to human health
The emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains threatens to set back the world a hundred years to the age when even a minor infection could result in a life-threatening condition.
Frank Gaglioti•
New study finds that the world’s glaciers are melting at an accelerating rate
The rapid melting of glaciers due to climate change will have disastrous consequences for humanity.
Philip Guelpa•
Philip Guelpa•
Philip Guelpa•
Mark Wilson•
Benjamin Mateus•
Bryan Dyne•
2025 New Year Statement
Socialism against oligarchy, fascism and war
Underlying the interlinked crises of the capitalist system is an oligarchy that subordinates all of society to profit and the accumulation of personal wealth. The fight against the oligarchy is by its very nature a revolutionary task.
US and China in talks on tariff war
The US position was set out by treasury secretary Scott Bessent, who said the international economic system had to be better balanced to serve the interests of the US.
Nick Beams•
Fed warns economic risks rising because of tariff hikes
Fed chair Jerome Powell noted that surveys of households and businesses had reported a “sharp decline in sentiment and elevated uncertainty about the economic outlook largely reflecting trade policy concerns.”
Nick Beams•
Dollar crisis is focus of discussions at IMF meeting
Regulators, government officials and investors would like to think the present financial turbulence is a passing phase, that “normalcy” could return, but they fear a fundamental shift has taken place.
Nick Beams•
China demands withdrawal of all unilateral tariffs if US wants trade talks
Chinese government officials have said claims by the Trump administration that there are “active” discussions between Washington and Beijing are “fake news.”
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Joshua Rodriguez•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Wolfgang Weber (1949-2024): A revolutionary intellectual and fighter for Trotskyism
Wolfgang devoted over 50 years of his life to building the Trotskyist party and fought tirelessly politically and theoretically for the independence of the working class.
Independent soil testing finds staggering levels of toxic contamination in Los Angeles fire zones
Testing shows toxic heavy metals like lead, arsenic, and mercury at levels hazardous to human health, with children and workers bearing the brunt of the risk.
Marc Wells•
The Los Angeles fires: How the Democrats facilitated utility companies’ criminal neglect
Emerging evidence suggests that Assembly Bill 1054, passed by the Democratic Party-dominated legislature and signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom in 2019, played a crucial role in this catastrophe.
Marc Wells•
California governor makes significant concessions to corporate interests in rebuilding wildfire-hit areas
Newsom’s suspension of California’s landmark environmental regulations to fast-track utility infrastructure rebuilding in wildfire-affected areas, is a direct attack on democracy, environmental safeguards and working-class communities.
Marc Wells•
Signs point to Southern California Edison’s negligence and Democrats’ complicity in Los Angeles fire disaster
Edison prioritized profits over maintenance and fire prevention, endangering lives and communities.
Marc Wells•
Marc Wells•
Marc Wells•
Marc Wells•
Kimie Saito, Emily Ochiai, Jacob Crosse•
Marc Wells•
Argentina’s President Milei joins in US preparations for war against China
The establishment of a permanent US naval base in Argentina’s southernmost port, Ushuaia, would be a major departure from Argentina’s supposed neutrality.
Rafael Azul•
Thirteen gold mine workers massacred in Peru
There are suspicions of police complicity in the massacre, which is bound up with the struggle for control of lucrative gold mining operations.
Cesar Uco•
Lula and unions use May Day to divert growing opposition to capitalist exploitation in Brazil
Behind their maneuvers is the discrediting of the Brazilian unions, with their long history of collaboration with the companies and the state.
Guilherme Ferreira•
Strike wave in Panama hits pension cuts and Trump’s threat to “take back” the canal
Despite media claims about Panama’s “economic miracle,” underlying the strikes and protests are obscene levels of social inequality and poverty.
Andrea Lobo•
Eduardo Parati•
Guilherme Ferreira•
Cesar Uco•
Andrea Lobo•
Guilherme Ferreira•
Tüpraş oil refinery workers in Turkey protest trade union’s sell-out agreement
The Tüpraş workers must take matters into their own hands by forming rank-and-file committees to take their struggle forward,
Barış Demir•
Mass arrests ahead of May Day demonstrations in Turkey
Police-state repression is part of the government's drive to crush social and political opposition by establishing a presidential dictatorship.
Barış Demir•
US airstrike massacres 68 people in migrant detention camp in Yemen
A US airstrike killed 68 people Monday in Yemen's Sa'ada province, in one of the greatest massacres of civilians to date in the Trump administration's war on Yemen.
Andre Damon•
Earthquake in Istanbul shows millions at risk
The ruling class and all its parties are indifferent to the fact that earthquakes and similar natural phenomena threaten millions of people. This shows that there is no other way out than for the working class to mobilise and take matters into its own hands.
Hakan Özal•
Kevin Reed•
Barış Demir•
Alex Lantier•
Ulaş Ateşçi•
Barış Demir•
Ukraine, US sign critical minerals deal
At its core, the deal is the pseudo-legal basis for the neocolonial exploitation of the country’s resources.
Clara Weiss•
European powers denounce proposed US ceasefire in Ukraine
Behind the attacks on Trump in the European media lie bitter rivalries between Washington and the European imperialist powers over the plunder of Ukraine and trade war policies.
Alex Lantier•
War fatigue in Ukraine continues to grow amid peace talks
This report on the ongoing military and social crisis in Ukraine was submitted to the WSWS by Ukrainian journalists.
Ukrainian journalists•
Ukrainian forces on the ground in another Russian territory
Against the backdrop of the prospect of a US-brokered peace deal between the Zelensky and Putin governments, the Ukrainian military has launched another incursion into Russian territory.
Andrea Peters•
Maxim Goldarb•
Peter Schwarz•
Jason Melanovski•
Johannes Stern•
Andrea Peters•
The Gaza genocide and the death of Aaron Bushnell: What are the political lessons?
This lecture was given by World Socialist Web Site International Editorial Board Chairman David North at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, March 12.
84 years since the assassination of Leon Trotsky
Trotsky's assassination was the greatest political crime of the 20th century. Alongside Vladimir Lenin, Trotsky was the leader of the 1917 October revolution in Russia, which led to the establishment of the first workers’ state in history, and the preeminent strategist of world socialist revolution.
In response to Trump’s proposed 2026 budget
Congressional Republicans demand more money for military, cruel cuts in healthcare
Although the 2026 budget will be the first to provide more than $1 trillion for the Pentagon, three prominent Senate Republicans issued statements opposing the military portion of the budget as inadequate.
Patrick Martin•
Karen Bass’ “State of the City” speech: A declaration of war on Los Angeles’ working class
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass unveiled a proposed budget that slashes 1,647 city jobs.
Marc Wells•
Pennsylvania governor’s mansion targeted by arsonist attack
A 38-year-old out-of-work vehicle mechanic and former Army reservist, Cody Balmer, has been arrested for the crime.
Nick Barrickman•
Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez resume fraudulent “Fighting Oligarchy” tour in Los Angeles
In contrast to the thousands in attendance looking to fight the system, Democratic politicians and trade union bureaucrats, capped by Sanders and AOC, advanced the dead-end perspective of pressuring the Democratic Party.
Marc Wells, Kimie Saito, Jacob Crosse•
Eddie Haywood•
Patrick Martin•
Fred Mazelis•
Jacob Crosse•
Nick Barrickman•
White House replaces government COVID website with one promoting the Wuhan Lab Leak conspiracy
On Friday, April 18, the Trump White House replaced the COVID.gov site with a web page promoting the lie that the COVID pandemic was the product of nefarious activities conducted by China with the assistance of US scientists.
Benjamin Mateus•
The deepening toll of Long COVID after 5 years of the pandemic
The capitalist response to the pandemic has exacted a stark toll of mass death and disability, while accelerating social inequality and initiating the destruction of the world’s public health infrastructure.
Bill Shaw•
Top FDA vaccine scientist resigns, denouncing Kennedy’s “misinformation and lies”
Dr. Peter Marks made clear that a central impetus behind his resignation was Kennedy’s criminal response to the deepening measles outbreak in the US, which has now infected over 500 people, the vast majority unvaccinated children.
Benjamin Mateus•
5 years of the COVID-19 pandemic: The response of the World Socialist Web Site
The WSWS’ record stands as an irrefutable indictment of the capitalist response to the pandemic and a testament to the necessity for a global socialist public health program to save lives.
WSWS Editorial Board•
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Tamino Dreisam•
Marc Wells•
Evan Blake•
One Hundred Years Since the Death of Lenin
January 21 marked 100 years since the death of Vladimir Lenin in 1924. This page includes a collection of essays reviewing the life and ideas of the great Marxist theoretician, founder of the Bolshevik Party, and co-leader of the Russian Revolution.
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Harvard’s rejection of Trump’s authoritarian demands and the fight to defend academic freedom and democratic rights
The conflict between Harvard and the Trump regime poses fundamental issues of democratic rights, including academic freedom.
David Walsh•
IYSSE holds rally at Texas A&M University against Trump’s efforts to establish a dictatorship
The rally drew around 200 people from the university, including students, graduate students, and some academics, as well as workers and a few retirees in the surrounding Bryan County area on Thursday.
Our reporter•
IYSSE holds meeting opposing mass deportations at Texas A&M University
Last Friday, the IYSSE held a successful meeting at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas opposing the mass deportations by the Trump administration that was attended by almost 30 people.
Chase Lawrence•
Texas A&M students protest Trump’s assault on immigrants, Democrats attempt to ban criticism
Rather than refuting the IYSSE’s exposure of the Democratic Party’s role in enabling Trump’s attacks, the Young Democrats resorted to attempted censorship.
Our reporter•
Matthew Brennan•
John Conrad, Philip Guelpa•
Andy Thompson•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (Australia)•
Phyllis Steele, Nancy Hanover•
The fight against fascism requires a fight against capitalism and war!
Having twice voted with the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in favor of a brutal policy of sealing the borders against refugees, the conservative Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) parliamentary groups in the Bundestag are prepared to accept the far-right party as a government partner.
Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei•
Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei slate in Berlin certified for the federal election
The SGP is standing in the election to oppose war, fascism and genocide.
Tamino Dreisam•
Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei appeal in the German federal election
Oppose imperialist war through the fight for socialism!
The Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party, SGP) is contesting the federal elections to oppose the all-party coalition advocating war and austerity.
Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei•
Tony Robson addresses SEP (UK) Seventh National Congress on the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees
“The potential in the situation must be acted upon consciously by the cadre, in a deeper turn into the working class”
We are publishing the speech given by SEP National Committee member Tony Robson at the Seventh National Congress of the SEP (UK) on the work of the IWA-RFC in the UK.
Tony Robson•
Barbara Slaughter•
Thomas Scripps•
Chris Marsden•
Thomas Scripps•
Socialist Equality Party (UK)•
WSWS hosts webinar with Momodou Taal, target of Trump’s efforts to deport anti-war students
Situating the attacks on Momodou Taal and other student activists in their political and historical context, the speakers urged viewers to become active in the struggle to mobilize the working class against fascism and war.
Evan Blake•
Sounding the Alarm and The Logic of Zionism: A discussion with David North on his two recent books
This discussion with David North, chairman of the World Socialist Web Site International Editorial Board, will focus on his two most recent books, Sounding the Alarm: Socialism Against War and The Logic of Zionism: From Nationalist Myth to the Gaza Genocide.
Of, by and for the oligarchy: Trump’s cabinet & the restructuring of the American state
The election of Trump and his cabinet of reactionaries signifies the brutal restructuring of global society being carried out by the financial oligarchy.
The election debacle and the fight against dictatorship
The election of Donald Trump is a critical event whose political repercussions will be felt throughout the world. This fascist demagogue has won the 2024 election with both an electoral and popular vote majority. He will be re-installed in the White House on January 20, 2025.
Premiere in Berlin of a new documentary–Julian Assange and the Dark Secrets of War
The most telling episodes of the film include the testimony of Ethan McCord who relates that witnessing the savagery of the American military on that day in Iraq had changed his life forever.
Stefan Steinberg•
Julian Assange delivers first speech since release from UK prison: “I pleaded guilty to journalism”
Assange told the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe: “I am not free today because the system worked, I am free today after years of incarceration because I pled guilty to journalism.”
Laura Tiernan•
Australian spooks and their media mouthpieces bemoan Assange’s freedom
The complaints have a pathetic character to them, but also underscore the fact that the assault on democratic rights associated with the persecution of Assange persists and deepens.
Oscar Grenfell•
The Australian Labor Party’s record in the Assange case
The Australian government's involvement in the plea deal arrangements was the result of mass popular pressure. It followed years of Labor actively assisting the persecution of Assange.
Oscar Grenfell•
Oscar Grenfell•
Statement of the World Socialist Web Site editorial board•
Oscar Grenfell•
Thomas Scripps•
Oscar Grenfell•
NOW AVAILABLE
COVID, Capitalism, and Class War: A Social and Political Chronology of the Pandemic
Mehring Books, the publishing arm of the Socialist Equality Party (US), is proud to announce the publication of Volume 1 of COVID, Capitalism, and Class War: A Social and Political Chronology of the Pandemic, a compilation of the World Socialist Web Site's coverage of this global crisis.
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Seminal documents of the Soviet Trotskyist movement from the early 1930s published for the first time
Published for the first time 90 years after they were written, the documents are an irrefutable vindication of the century-long struggle by the Trotskyist movement against Stalinism and for historical truth.
Clara Weiss•
Analyzing a World in Chaos from an Island of Tranquility
This speech was given by David North at the second international commemoration of the work of Leon Trotsky on Büyükada (Prinkipo), Turkey, during the first period of his exile from the Soviet Union between 1929 and 1933.
David North•
A reply to an anarchist’s falsification of the Leon Trotsky commemoration on Prinkipo
The event was covered by many national and local media outlets and widely discussed on social media before and after the event in Turkey. However, a former Maoist and current anarchist published an article on his website denouncing and misrepresenting David North’s remarks.
Ulaş Ateşçi•
On the anniversary of the assassination of Leon Trotsky
Eighty-four years ago today, on August 20, 1940, Leon Trotsky was assassinated by an agent of the Stalinist secret police, the GPU, in his villa in Coyoacan, Mexico, where he spent the final three years of his life as a political exile.
David North•
David North•
David North•
Eric London•
David North•
David North•
Opening report to the Eighth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US)
We are publishing here the opening report to the Eighth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US), given by David North, the national chairman of the SEP. The congress was held from August 4 to August 9, 2024.
David North•
Report to the SEP (US) Eighth National Congress
16 years since the Founding Congress of the Socialist Equality Party
We are publishing here the report to the Eighth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) given by Joseph Kishore, the national secretary of the SEP.
Joseph Kishore•
H5N1 Bird flu, climate change, and the social rights of the working class
The threat of pandemics and the deepening climate crisis raise existential concerns for all life and well-being on the planet, with capitalism bringing the world to the brink of annihilation.
Benjamin Mateus, Bryan Dyne•
Report to the SEP (US) Eighth National Congress
The barbarism of “forever COVID” and the fight for socialist public health
We are publishing here the report to the Eighth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) given by Evan Blake. The congress was held from August 4 to August 9, 2024.
Evan Blake•
Jerry White•
Clara Weiss•
Tom Hall•
Tom Carter•
Tom Mackaman•
Hundreds attend Detroit funeral for Stellantis Dundee Engine worker Ronnie Adams
The 63-year-old skilled tradesman was crushed to death by an automated crane at the Dundee Engine Complex in southeast Michigan on April 7.
Jerry White•
Trump continues Biden’s stonewalling of court-ordered investigation into UAW elections
It is more than nine months since a federal judge ruled in favor of Mack Trucks worker and socialist candidate Will Lehman, ordering the Department of Labor to revisit his challenge to the fraudulent 2022–23 UAW election.
Joseph Kishore•
Stellantis worker crushed to death at Dundee, Michigan engine plant
Sixty-two-year-old skilled tradesman Ronnie Adams was crushed by a motorized arm on an assembly machine he was working on.
Jerry White•
Despite reprieve for Stellantis workers in Toledo, threats to jobs remain
Despite Stellantis rescinding its threat to lay off 1,134 workers at the Jeep complex in Toledo, the looming threat of tariffs and trade war presages a renewed attack on auto jobs.
Logan Buchko, Shannon Jones•
Tim Rivers, Shannon Jones•
Our reporters•
Ludwig Weller•
Robert Campion•
Tony Robson•
May Day 2024: The working class and the struggle against imperialist war
This is the text of the introductory speech delivered by WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North to the 2024 International May Day Online Rally.
David North•
The political significance of the 2024 May Day Online Rally
This is the text of the speech delivered by Johannes Stern, editor of the German-language edition of the WSWS, as a summation to the 2024 International May Day Online Rally.
Johannes Stern•
The struggle against imperialist war among students and youth
This is the text of the speech delivered by Dilaxshan Mahalingam, an IYSSE member in Sri Lanka, to the 2024 International May Day Online Rally.
Dilaxshan Mahalingam•
The fight against imperialist war in New Zealand and the Pacific
This is the text of the speech delivered by Tom Peters, a leading member of the Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand, to the 2024 International May Day Online Rally.
Tom Peters•
Keith Jones•
Max Boddy•
Deepal Jayasekera•
Tomas Castanheira•
Thomas Scripps•
Helen Halyard (1950-2023), a tribute to a life dedicated to the victory of world socialism
We are publishing here the tribute given by David North to Helen Halyard, a leading member of the Socialist Equality Party and the International Committee of the Fourth International for more than half a century, who died suddenly at the age of 73 on November 28. North’s remarks opened a memorial meeting for Helen held Sunday, December 3.
David North•
Remarks by David North at the conclusion of the international memorial meeting for Helen Halyard
We are publishing here the summation given by David North to the memorial meeting for Comrade Helen Halyard held on December 3.
David North•
“Building the world party was Helen’s goal in life, to which she made an indelible contribution”
We are publishing here the tribute to Helen Halyard written by Patrick Martin, a member of the US editorial board of the World Socialist Web Site and a member of the Workers League and Socialist Equality Party for 52 years, and Esther Galen, a member of the Workers League and Socialist Equality Party for 53 years.
Patrick Martin, Esther Galen•
Tribute to Helen: Beverly Lozano, a supporter from California
A tribute to Helen Halyard written by Beverly Lozano, a supporter of the WSWS.
Beverly Lozano•
Patrick Martin•
Richard Phillips•
Ed Bergonzi•
Paul Sherman•
Nancy Hanover•
Report to Sri Lanka meetings
Imperialism, the genocide in Gaza, and the world struggle for socialism
Socialist Equality Party (US) National Secretary Joseph Kishore delivered the following report to a meeting titled “Leon Trotsky and the Struggle for Socialism in the 21st Century” in Colombo on December 10.
Joseph Kishore•
University of Michigan IYSSE protests attack by pro-government thugs on Sri Lankan SEP members
We are publishing here a letter being sent by the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) at the University of Michigan condemning the violent attack on two members of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) in Sri Lanka by pro-government thugs.
International Youth and Students for Social Equality at U-M•
Magistrate court hearing on violent assault on Sri Lankan SEP members
While police have visited the crime scene and recorded witness statements they requested more time to obtain hospital medical reports.
Our reporters•
Academics denounce pro-government thug attack on Sri Lankan SEP members
The SEP is calling on all those who are concerned to defend democratic rights of freedom of expression to register their opposition by sending protest letters to the relevant authorities.
Our reporters•
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Leon Trotsky and the Struggle for Socialism in the Twenty-First Century
The essays in this book, though written over the span of more than 40 years, are connected by a central argument: Leon Trotsky was the most significant figure in the history of socialism during the first four decades of the twentieth century, and his legacy remains the critical and indispensable theoretical and political foundation of the ongoing contemporary struggle for the victory of world socialism.
Order your print or epub version of the book from Mehring Books today.
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Wisconsin documents reveal details of strategy behind Donald Trump’s 2020 fake elector scheme
A trove of court documents released on Monday show Wisconsin attorney Kenneth Chesebro and former judge Jim Troupis were instrumental in formulating the strategy of Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 elections through court cases that generated “a cloud of confusion” combined with the appointment of “alternative” electors in seven key states.
Kevin Reed•
Appellate court rejects Trump’s claim that he cannot be prosecuted for seeking to overthrow the 2020 election
The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled against Donald Trump's assertion of absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for seeking to overthrow the 2020 election.
John Burton•
Third Trump coup lawyer pleads guilty and agrees to testify in Georgia election case
Jenna Ellis is the third lawyer and fourth defendant to plead guilty in relation to the conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
Jacob Crosse•
Trump coup plot accomplice Chesebro pleads guilty in Georgia fake elector case
Kenneth Chesebro, attorney and close associate of Donald Trump, pleaded guilty on Friday to one felony charge in exchange for his agreement to testify against the former-president and 16 other defendants in the fake elector scheme to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia.
Kevin Reed•
Jacob Crosse•
Barry Grey•
Jacob Crosse•
Jacob Crosse•
Jacob Crosse•
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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1985-86: The victory of Trotskyism within the ICFI
The following lecture was delivered by Chris Marsden, the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (UK), and Ulaş Ateşçi, a leading member of the Sosyalist Eşitlik Grubu (Socialist Equality Group) in Turkey, to the SEP (US) International Summer School, held between July 30 and August 4, 2023.
Chris Marsden, Ulaş Ateşçi•
The Workers League’s defence of the Theory of Permanent Revolution against the opportunism of the Workers Revolutionary Party
The following lecture was delivered by Tom Peters, a leading member of the Socialist Equality Group of New Zealand, and Thomas Scripps, a leading member of the Socialist Equality Party (UK), to the SEP (US) International Summer School, held between July 30 and August 4, 2023.
Tom Peters, Thomas Scripps•
1982: Marxism, the revolutionary party, and the critique of Healy’s Studies in Dialectics
The following lecture was delivered by Christoph Vandreier, the national secretary of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party) of Germany to the SEP (US) International Summer School, held between July 30 and August 4, 2023.
Christoph Vandreier•
The role of Security and the Fourth International in the fight for the continuity of the International Committee of the Fourth International
The following lecture was delivered by Eric London, a leading member of the Socialist Equality Party (US), to the SEP (US) International Summer School, held between July 30 and August 4, 2023.
Eric London•
Evan Blake, Tom Mackaman•
Max Boddy•
David North•
Samuel Tissot, Peter Schwarz•
Keith Jones•
25 years since the death of Vadim Rogovin
Vadim Z. Rogovin (10 May 1937 – 18 September 1998) was a Soviet Marxist sociologist and historian. Working in close collaboration with the International Committee of the Fourth International, Rogovin helped lay the foundations for the Trotskyist movement’s fight against the post-Soviet school of historical falsification, including in his six-volume Was There an Alternative? This page collects major essays and commemorations on Rogovin as well as links to his own writings.
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Former Montgomery, Alabama teacher testifies about the forced reopening of schools in 2020-21
In this interview, Tynisa Williams, former teacher in Montgomery, Alabama, describes the experience of being forced to teach in-person in the fall of 2020 and winter of 2021. She and her coworkers waged a courageous struggle to stop the deadly return to in-person learning that cost the lives of eight educators in the district.
Emma Arceneaux, Evan Blake•
Accomplices to social murder
The international pseudo-left and the lifting of Zero-COVID in China: Part 1
The pseudo-left’s hostility to public health and support for imperialism found sharp expression in their universal demand—echoing that of the Western corporate media and political establishment—that China abandon its Zero-COVID strategy.
Evan Blake•
Accomplices to social murder
The international pseudo-left and the lifting of Zero-COVID in China: Part 2
The pseudo-left’s hostility to public health and support for imperialism found its sharpest expression in their demand—echoing that of the Western corporate media and political establishment—that China abandon its Zero-COVID strategy.
Evan Blake•
Immunocompromised mother in Manhattan speaks to Global Workers’ Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic
Melanie, whose children attend public schools in New York City, spoke to the WSWS about the toll the “let it rip” policy toward the pandemic has taken on her and her family.
Tim Avery•
George Kirby•
Tom Peters•
Dylan Lubao•
Evan Blake•
Tom Peters•
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.
The Wuhan “lab leak” fraud: A political witch-hunt against science and public health
The hearings before the House subcommittee have been a bipartisan effort to foment anti-Chinese hysteria.
Benjamin Mateus•
Democrats join with Republican fascists to witch-hunt scientist Peter Daszak
During Wednesday’s House Subcommittee on COVID-19 with Dr. Peter Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance, Democrats joined ranks with fascistic Republican colleagues to promote the Wuhan lab-leak lies.
Benjamin Mateus•
The Wuhan lab lie: “Weapons of mass destruction” redux
In an uncanny instance of history repeating itself, the lies used to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq based on false claims about “weapons of mass destruction” are being used to promote the United States’ unprecedented military buildup around China.
Andre Damon•
A discredited conspiracy theory about the origins of COVID-19
The Wuhan Lab Leak slander being resurrected to bolster US war drive against China
The Wall Street Journal disclosed that the Department of Energy has shifted its opinion on the origin of the coronavirus to it being most likely a result of a lab leak. However, unnamed sources who have read the report indicate the evidence is of low confidence.
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Benjamin Mateus•
Nikole Hannah-Jones’ Center for Democracy and Journalism: Racialist politics in the service of US imperialism
After one year, the Center’s main accomplishment has been to deepen the mutual embrace between sections of the upper middle class and the military-intelligence apparatus.
Dominic Gustavo•
The 1619 Project and the New York Times’ promotion of the racialist ideology of Ukrainian nationalism
The racialist historical revisionism of the Times and the racialist ideology of the Ukrainian neo-Nazis share a common premise: the mythological reimagining of history as a struggle of “the nation” and “the race.”
Tom Carter•
Oppose political censorship of antiwar views at Howard University!
We call on all students, faculty and staff members at Howard University to oppose this censorship and demand that the IYSSE be allowed to hold its planned meeting on campus.
International Youth and Students for Social Equality•
Marcus Garvey and the reactionary logic of racialist politics
More than one hundred years after the formation of his Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), Marcus Garvey's legacy remains highly relevant in the struggle to overcome efforts to divide the working class along racial lines.
Lawrence Porter•
Dominic Gustavo•
Tom Mackaman•
Douglas Lyons•
Tom Mackaman•
Tom Mackaman•
Wije Dias: A fighter for Trotskyism (1941-2022)
Comrade Wije Dias, the longtime general secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka), died in Colombo on July 27, 2022. This exhibit includes two tributes to Wije by WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North as well as a selection of Wije’s most significant articles and speeches.
The arrest of journalist Richard Medhurst and the fight to defend democratic rights
Medhurst said of his detention at the UK’s Heathrow Airport, “I believe I'm the first journalist to be arrested under this provision of the Terrorism Act.”
Robert Stevens•
Instagram shutters account of Palestinian publisher Quds News Network
Instagram shut the account without explanation. Quds is one of the most popular Palestinian networks and has featured on-the-spot exposures of the war crimes in Gaza.
Kevin Reed•
WSWS readers demand Facebook reverse ban on SEG in New Zealand
Readers have expressed outrage at the social media company’s anti-democratic censorship of the Trotskyist Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand.
Facebook blocks Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand from advertising
We call on readers to oppose Facebook’s blatant political censorship of the Trotskyist movement in New Zealand.
Tom Peters•
Kevin Reed•
Kevin Reed•
Kevin Reed•
Dominic Gustavo•
Eric Ludlow•
Forty-five years since the assassination of Tom Henehan (1951-1977): A Revolutionary Life
October 16 marked the 45th anniversary of the assassination of Tom Henehan, a member of the Political Committee of the Workers League—the predecessor of the Socialist Equality Party in the US. We are republishing here a tribute delivered by David North at a meeting in 1997.
Over 80,000 sign petition against NYU Langone’s termination of a pro-Palestinian resident physician
Over 80,000 people have signed a petition opposing the anti-democratic termination of Dr. Zaki Masoud by NYU Langone.
John Conrad•
Report exposes fraudulent antisemitism accusations at UK universities
The report concludes that critics of the Israeli state, advocates for Palestinian rights and those teaching the history and politics of the region have been “subjected to false allegations of antisemitism.”
Thomas Scripps•
An interview with Harvard anthropology Professor John Comaroff—Part one
We spoke recently to South African-born John Comaroff, the Hugh K. Foster Professor of African and African-American studies and of Anthropology, and Oppenheimer Research Fellow in African Studies, Harvard University.
David Walsh•
Harvard UAW, pseudo-left groups organize provocation against professor John Comaroff
The right-wing witch-hunt of John Comaroff at Harvard University continued Tuesday with a stage-managed protest during his first class of the semester.
Mike Ingram•
Socialist Equality Party (US), International Youth and Students for Social Equality•
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
James McDonald, Sam Wayne•
Mike Head•
Israel murders 274 Gazans in a further escalation of the genocidal war
For a demonstration on July 24 in Washington D.C. to protest congressional invitation for Netanyahu
The World Socialist Web Site calls on workers and youth to respond to Congress’ invitation to the war criminal Netanyahu with a demonstration in Washington D.C.
Statement of the World Socialist Web Site Editorial Board•
Leaders of London rally issue dead-end call for Sunak and Starmer to reverse support for Israel’s genocide
The determined opposition of workers and young people is being corralled into a dead-end, with calls that the only way to stop Israel is to put pressure on the Tories and, above all, the Labour Party of genocide apologist in chief, Sir Keir Starmer.
Robert Stevens•
TikTok bans video demanding Bogdan Syrotiuk’s freedom, branding it “hate speech”
The TikTok ban comes just days after the Zelensky regime issued an order banning access to the World Socialist Web Site across Ukraine. The order was issued by the Ukrainian State Special Communications Service, a wing of the country’s military-intelligence apparatus.
Our reporters•
Australian government, opposition launch hysterical attacks on the Greens over Gaza genocide
The Greens are serving as something of a placeholder, with the real target the mass opposition to the genocide among workers and young people.
Oscar Grenfell•
Alex Lantier •
Our reporters•
Andre Damon•
Shannon Jones•
Robert Stevens•
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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Vincent Delecroix’s Small Boat: Sympathy for migrants spiked by misanthropy
Depicting the November 24, 2021 drowning of 27 migrants in the Channel opens a window onto the crimes committed against migrants all over the world.
Thomas Scripps•
Democracy Reborn: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil War America, by Garrett Epps
The Fourteenth Amendment was the product of a democratic revolutionary change that sought to put the Constitution on a genuine egalitarian footing.
Eric London•
Danzy Senna’s Colored Television: Lacking the “pathos of distance”
There is promise in Senna’s demonstrating an awareness that there exists a “racial identity-industrial complex” in the contemporary world of art and culture.
James McDonald•
A conversation with Joseph McBride about his study of Hollywood film director George Cukor: “There are many flawed people in his films, but Cukor understands human imperfection”—Part 2
This is the second part of an interview with Joseph McBride, author of George Cukor’s People. The first part was posted January 8.
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
Thomas Scripps•
Andrea Peters•
Steve Long•
David North•
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 politics behind the selection of the American-Peruvian Pope
While posturing as a reformer, Prevost was selected to further the Church’s alliance with capital and protect its own extensive financial interests
Andrea Lobo•
India-Pakistan conflict threatens nuclear catastrophe
India and Pakistan, South Asia’s rival nuclear powers, are on the brink of all-out war. Such a conflict would be catastrophic, not only for the region’s 2 billion people, but for the entire world.
Keith Jones•
“The concluding moves”: Israel launches Trump’s “final solution” in Gaza
On Monday, the Netanyahu government effectively announced the start of the final stage of ethnic cleansing of Gaza with a plan to militarily occupy the entire Gaza Strip and transfer the population into concentration camps under armed guard, in preparation for sending them on forced marches through the desert or loading them onto ships.
Andre Damon•
Trump, cryptocurrency and the criminalization of American politics
The corruption of the Trump family is an essential feature of this fascist government.
Patrick Martin•
Statement of the WSWS Editorial Board•
Oscar Grenfell•
Tom Mackaman•
David North•
Jordan Shilton•
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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14 years after New Zealand’s Pike River mine disaster, no justice for victims’ families
For 14 years, successive governments, state agencies, the judicial system and the union bureaucracy have worked to prevent anyone being brought to justice for the avoidable deaths of 29 workers in Pike River Coal’s underground mine.
Tom Peters•
New Zealand: Court action continues over Pike River mine disaster
Families of some of the 29 workers killed in the 2010 coal mine disaster are continuing their fight for answers about why authorities dropped charges against Pike River Coal chief executive Peter Whittall over the extremely dangerous conditions in the mine.
Tom Peters•
Police locate more bodies in New Zealand’s Pike River mine
The police investigation into the 2010 disaster that killed 29 mineworkers has been dragged out until at least the end of 2023, with no guarantee that anyone will be charged over the avoidable deaths.
Tom Peters•
New Zealand police extend investigation into Pike River mine disaster until the end of 2023
Police are delaying their decision on whether to lay charges over the 2010 Pike River mine disaster that killed 29 people, until after the October election.
Tom Peters•
Jack Wang•
Tom Peters•
Tom Peters•
Tom Peters•
Tom Peters•