History
Seventy years since the outbreak of World War II: Causes, Consequences and Lessons
By David North, October 29, 2009
The following is adapted from a lecture given by SEP National Chairman and WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North to meetings held in October in California and Michigan.
75 years since the San Francisco general strike
By Marge Holland and Robert Louis, September 18, 2009
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the San Francisco general strike, which began as a strike of longshoremen.
Defending historical truth
Stalin’s Terror of 1937-1938: Political Genocide in the USSR, by Vadim Rogovin
By Andrea Peters, September 9, 2009
Vadim Rogovin’s Stalin’s Terror of 1937-1938: Political Genocide in the USSR is a seminal study of the purges that wiped out the entire generation of Bolshevik leaders and socialist workers and in...
Seventy years since the beginning of World War II
By Nick Beams, September 3, 2009
Today marks the 70th anniversary of the onset of World War II.
Revolutionary leadership and the struggle of 1934
75th anniversary of the Minneapolis truck drivers’ strike
By Ron Jorgenson, August 31, 2009
We are posting here an article on the 1934 Minneapolis general truck drivers’ strike, originally published in four parts. It is also available in PDF.
Revolutionary leadership and the struggle of 1934
75th anniversary of the Minneapolis truck drivers’ strike—Part four
By Ron Jorgenson, August 29, 2009
The final part of a four-part series on the 1934 Minneapolis general truck drivers’ strike.
Revolutionary leadership and the struggle of 1934
75th anniversary of the Minneapolis truck drivers’ strike—Part three
By Ron Jorgenson, August 28, 2009
The third part of a four-part series on the 1934 Minneapolis general truck drivers’ strike.
Revolutionary leadership and the struggle of 1934
75th anniversary of the Minneapolis truck drivers’ strike—Part two
By Ron Jorgenson, August 27, 2009
The second part of a four-part series on the 1934 Minneapolis general truck drivers’ strike.
Revolutionary leadership and the struggle of 1934
75th anniversary of the Minneapolis truck drivers’ strike–Part one
By Ron Jorgenson, August 26, 2009
The first part of a four-part series on the 1934 Minneapolis general truck drivers’ strike.
Corazon Cojuangco Aquino, 1933-2009
Part two
By Joseph Santolan, August 5, 2009
Corazon Aquino, former president of the Philippines, died of colon cancer on August 1. She had scarcely been dead for thirty minutes when eulogies and encomia began to flood the mainstream media.
Corazon Cojuangco Aquino, 1933-2009
Part one
By Joseph Santolan, August 4, 2009
Corazon Aquino, former president of the Philippines, died of colon cancer on August 1. She had scarcely been dead for thirty minutes when eulogies and encomia began to flood the mainstream media.
The Vietnam War and the decline of American imperialism
In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam, Robert S. McNamara (1995, Times Books)
By Patrick Martin, July 8, 2009
The following review of Robert McNamara's 1995 memoir originally appeared in the June 19, 1995, edition of the International Workers Bulletin, the forerunner of the World Socialist Web Site.
