Socialist Equality Party

Freedom for Başaran Aksu and all working-class prisoners in Türkiye!

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:22:25 GMT

Ulaş Sevinç, leader of the Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal in Türkiye, released a video statement condemning the arrest of independent union leader Başaran Aksu.

Edwin Soto (1953-2026): Transit worker and lifetime supporter of the fight for socialism

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 03:17:09 GMT

Edwin Soto was part of a generation of working class youth who were won to the cause of socialism in the course of the struggles of the 1960s and 70s.

Tom Henehan: A revolutionary life

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 03:48:56 GMT

Yesterday would have been the 75th birthday of Tom Henehan, a member of the Political Committee of the Workers League who was assassinated in 1977. We are republishing here a tribute delivered by David North at a meeting in 1997.

WSWS emergency webinar articulates socialist strategy to stop US-Israeli war against Iran

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 03:41:40 GMT

Thousands of workers and youth from around the world participated in the event, which identified the international working class as the only force capable of ending the criminal bombardment of Iran and all imperialist wars.

ICE targets Detroit

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 05:54:06 GMT

ICE activity is escalating sharply across the Detroit metropolitan area, marking a new stage in the Trump administration’s nationwide rampage against democratic rights.

Stop ICE murders and dictatorship! Build a rank-and-file movement of the working class for a general strike!

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 04:38:55 GMT

The movement against dictatorship must be armed with a political perspective, a strategy for victory and new forms of organization rooted in the power of the working class.

For a general strike against ICE violence and Trump’s dictatorship!

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 03:44:15 GMT

This statement will be distributed at demonstrations and protests organized in Minneapolis and other cities throughout the US on January 23, 2026.

For a general strike to stop Trump’s occupation of Minneapolis!

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 05:36:00 GMT

The call for a one‑day general strike and economic shutdown on Friday, January 23 to oppose the rampage by Trump’s ICE must become the beginning of a broader working class mobilization across the city, state and country against the Trump administration.

40 years since the suspension of the Workers Revolutionary Party from the ICFI

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 04:05:00 GMT

The suspension of the WRP by International Committee in December 1985 marked a decisive victory for Trotskyism over Pabloite opportunism and opened a new stage in the building of the Fourth International.

Welcome Socialism AI: A historic advance in the political education of the working class

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:24:58 GMT

Socialism AI is a transformative application of advanced technological development to the political education and mobilization of the international working class.

Elisabeth Zimmermann-Modler: November 10, 1956 – November 28, 2025

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 03:20:18 GMT

Elli joined the Bund Sozialistischer Arbeiter, the predecessor organisation of the SGP, in 1975 at the age of 19 and fought continuously for 50 years for the perspectives of the world Trotskyist movement.

Video of David North’s lecture in Berlin: “Where is America going?”

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 22:46:30 GMT

We are posting here the full video of the lecture delivered by David North to a public meeting in Berlin on November 18.

Where is America going?: Oligarchy, dictatorship, and the revolutionary crisis of capitalism

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:41:52 GMT

The WSWS publishes here the text of a lecture delivered by David North in London on November 22 examining the global crisis of capitalism and the Trump administration’s drive to dictatorship.

Indianapolis public meeting shows support for Socialist Equality Party response to Trump’s dictatorship

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 05:23:39 GMT

A well-attended public meeting was held in Indianapolis on Monday to review and discuss the Socialist Equality Party’s program in response to the threat by Donald Trump to establish a fascist dictatorship in the US following the No Kings protest on October 18.

David Neita: January 5, 1948 – October 30, 2025

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 04:05:38 GMT

David Neita, who played a leading role in the Workers League (predecessor of the Socialist Equality Party) during the 1970s, died on October 30 in Los Angeles at the age of 77.

Alan Gelfand: A fighter for socialism and historical truth

Sat, 08 Nov 2025 21:29:51 GMT

Alan Gelfand, whose lawsuit against the US government led to the exposure of high-level agents of the FBI and Soviet secret police in the Socialist Workers Party, died Wednesday, October 29, in Los Angeles. He was 76 years old.

Alan Gelfand: July 28, 1949–October 29, 2025

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 02:02:24 GMT

Accepting calmly and with dignity his approaching death, Alan expressed satisfaction with the course of his life, in which he had devoted 50 years to the struggle for socialism.

A working class fighter for socialism: Joe Parnarauskis, 1954–2025

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 01:55:21 GMT

Parnarauskis is best known to readers of the WSWS for his 2006 campaign for Illinois state senate.

The Historical and International Foundations of the Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal (Socialist Equality Party – Fourth International)

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 19:59:27 GMT

This document traces the central historical experiences of the working class and Marxist movement in the 20th and 21st centuries, and establishes the principled foundations for the building of the Trotskyist movement in Turkey and throughout the region.

Trump prepares martial law, orders invasion of Portland and Chicago

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 04:43:58 GMT

Over the weekend, the Trump administration escalated its war against the American people, launching coordinated military operations in Portland and Chicago.

Trump makes Chicago first target for his Department of Civil War

Mon, 08 Sep 2025 04:50:37 GMT

On Saturday morning, US President Donald Trump declared war on the third-largest city in the country, Chicago.

The corporate-financial interests behind Trump’s executive orders to deploy the National Guard in US cities

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:37:43 GMT

Trump’s program speaks for a ruling class determined to reverse the entire course of modern American history, tearing up every social advance won through struggle since the Civil War.

Origins of the Left Opposition: From Lenin’s Last Struggle to the fight against “Socialism in One Country”

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 21:41:36 GMT

This lecture was delivered by Joseph Kishore, national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (US), to the party’s International Summer School, held August 2-9, 2025.

The theory of Permanent Revolution and the origins of Trotskyism

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 23:39:24 GMT

This lecture was delivered by Christoph Vandreier, national secretary of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Germany), to the Socialist Equality Party (US) International Summer School, held August 2-9, 2025.

Socialist Equality Party holds International Summer School on Security and the Fourth International

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 04:30:10 GMT

Over seven days and 29 lectures, the SEP Summer School reviewed in detail the Security and the Fourth International investigation, situating it within the historical trajectory of the Trotskyist movement.

The place of Security and the Fourth International in the history of the Trotskyist movement

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 01:51:45 GMT

The following report was delivered by David North, national chairman of the Socialist Equality Party (US) and chairman of the World Socialist Web Site, to the opening session of the SEP summer school last week.

IYSSE holds rally at Texas A&M University against Trump’s efforts to establish a dictatorship

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 02:32:47 GMT

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.

Stop Trump’s dictatorship! Build a movement of the working class for socialism!

Sat, 05 Apr 2025 00:05:51 GMT

The situation must be stated with absolute clarity: The Trump administration is moving systematically and deliberately to establish a dictatorship.

Free Mahmoud Khalil! Mobilize the Working Class Against Trump’s Dictatorship!

Sat, 22 Mar 2025 01:33:20 GMT

This report was delivered to a meeting of the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) at University of Michigan on March 20.

SEP meeting in Australia calls for building worker rank-and-file committees to fight CFMEU administration

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 04:20:55 GMT

This report includes videos of speeches delivered by SEP members, explaining the administration and outlining a perspective to fight it.

The fabrication of a slander: Aidan Beatty’s forgery of Gerry Healy’s youth—and Irish history

Mon, 07 Oct 2024 03:38:42 GMT

This supplementary review exposes Beatty’s manipulation of evidence related to Gerry Healy’s youth in Ireland.

Vernon Stevens, long time working class fighter for Trotskyism, dies at age 82

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 02:57:58 GMT

Drawing the lessons of the betrayals of Stalinism and the trade union bureaucracies Vernon joined the Trotskyist movement in a period when workers suffered grave defeats.

H5N1 Bird flu, climate change, and the social rights of the working class

Mon, 16 Sep 2024 04:04:27 GMT

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.

The Socialist Equality Party’s fight to build the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees, 2022-2024

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 02:13:50 GMT

We are publishing here the report to the Eighth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) given by Tom Hall. The congress was held from August 4 to August 9, 2024.

Workers across the US attend rank-and-file meeting on Warren Truck layoffs, Dakkota parts strike

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 02:42:37 GMT

Nearly 150 people registered for Sunday’s meeting, “For global action to defend jobs at Warren Truck and around the world,” sponsored by the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees.

Harris’s concluding speech at DNC embraces agenda of global war

Sat, 24 Aug 2024 02:20:20 GMT

The Democratic National Convention ended with Kamala Harris pledging all-out commitment to wars against Russia in Ukraine as well as in the Middle East.

2014-2024: The ICFI’s response to a decade of global war

Tue, 20 Aug 2024 02:55:48 GMT

We are publishing here the report to the Eighth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) given by Andre Damon, US national co-editor of the World Socialist Web Site.

16 years since the Founding Congress of the Socialist Equality Party

Sat, 17 Aug 2024 01:59:28 GMT

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.

Opening report to the Eighth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US)

Fri, 16 Aug 2024 02:11:41 GMT

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.

Free Bogdan Syrotiuk!

Thu, 15 Aug 2024 02:03:24 GMT

This resolution was unanimously adopted by the Eighth National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US), held from August 4 to August 9, 2024.

The 2024 US elections and the tasks of the Socialist Equality Party

Wed, 14 Aug 2024 02:52:54 GMT

We are publishing here the main resolution adopted by the Eighth National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US), held from August 4 to August 9, 2024.

Socialist Equality Party (US) holds Eighth National Congress

Tue, 13 Aug 2024 03:14:49 GMT

The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) in the United States held its Eighth National Congress from August 4 to August 9, 2024.

Logistics workers: Support the July 24 demonstration against the Gaza genocide!

Mon, 22 Jul 2024 03:16:14 GMT

The ruling elites in every major country, above all the US, are using their governments and their militaries to try to conquer the world and put down unrest at at home. Those who suffer are the workers in every country, who have no interest in war.

Socialist Equality Party candidates submit 20,000 signatures to appear on Michigan presidential ballot

Fri, 19 Jul 2024 04:13:31 GMT

The signatures are an expression of the broad sentiment among workers and youth for a socialist, anti-war and anti-capitalist alternative to the capitalist parties.

Biden proclaims AFL-CIO union bureaucrats as “my domestic NATO” before attending second day of summit

Thu, 11 Jul 2024 03:30:16 GMT

The visit to the AFL-CIO headquarters underscored the role of the unions in preparing the “home front” for war.

Holocaust survivor leads Michigan vigil against US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza

Wed, 03 Jul 2024 03:57:24 GMT

Rene Lichtman, an 86-year-old Holocaust child survivor, led the vigil outside of the Zekelman Holocaust Museum.

ICFI mounts international pickets demanding the Ukrainian government release Bogdan Syrotiuk

Fri, 14 Jun 2024 04:55:22 GMT

The international pickets held in Istanbul, Paris, London, Berlin, Washington D.C., Toronto, Canberra and Sydney marked an important step forward in the building of an international working class campaign demanding Bogdan’s freedom and an end to imperialist war.

Large turnout for WSWS online meeting for working class to support University of California anti-genocide strike

Mon, 27 May 2024 03:54:29 GMT

More than 200 people registered for the meeting from different industries to link the campus protests with workers’ struggles against mass layoffs and other cuts.

“We should have freedom of speech at all costs”: Support builds among Detroit autoworkers for University of California anti-genocide strike

Sat, 25 May 2024 03:59:20 GMT

“I have two words for what is going on at campuses across the country: ‘Kent State,’” one Ford worker said. “Students opposing these wars are being beaten and arrested. I agree with the UC strike and we should support them.”

May Day 2024: The working class and the struggle against imperialist war

Mon, 06 May 2024 02:54:36 GMT

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.