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Julian Assange is free, but the struggle to defend democratic rights continues
On Monday, Julian Assange walked out of the UK’s Belmarsh Prison a free man, following five years of imprisonment and nearly 15 years of persecution by a cabal of imperialist governments led by the United States which hounded him for exposing their crimes.
The opposition is led by millionaire Raila Odinga and has no fundamental differences with the Ruto government’s economic programme. Odinga’s concern is that the current government is incapable of implementing the required austerity measures in the face of rising opposition.
Although assaults continued around the synagogue and the nearby neighborhood for several hours, the only arrest reported was a pro-Israeli counter demonstrator for carrying a sharp pole.
Mélenchon could not make it clearer that he sees his task as promoting the completely discredited politicians of the Socialist Party.
Everything indicates that the imperialist powers were involved in the attack which serves their war aims and strategy in several respects.
In comments to an investors meeting in Milan, Italy, Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares pledged to shift the company’s supplier base “from the Western world to the best-cost countries.”
In a country with a history of industrial disasters, the tragedy raises further questions about unsafe and exploitative conditions in the facilities feeding corporate global supply chains.
Workers and youth in Turkey demand release of Bogdan Syrotiuk
The campaign for the freedom of Bogdan Syrotiuk, the anti-war socialist imprisoned by the Zelenskiy regime, has seen many workers and youth from Turkey post messages calling for his immediate release.
An Open Letter to the Ukrainian government: Release Bogdan Syrotiuk!
On Thursday, June 13, the following letter from the Socialist Equality Party and the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site will be delivered to Oksana Markarova, the ambassador of Ukraine, in Washington, D.C.
ICFI mounts international pickets demanding the Ukrainian government release Bogdan Syrotiuk
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.
Campaign to free Bogdan Syrotiuk spreads amid official media blackout
Amidst a near-complete blackout by the mainstream media, the campaign to free Bogdan Syrotiuk continues to find support throughout the world.
David North’s The Logic of Zionism: From Nationalist Myth to the Gaza Genocide addresses the disastrous consequences of nationalist political programs
The series of lectures on the historical development of Zionism exposes the bankruptcy of all politics based on nationalism and race—and points the way forward for all those who want to fight against genocide, war and dictatorship.
Washington rolls out the red carpet for war criminal Gallant, as US imperialism prepares to endorse Israel’s war in Lebanon
Far from being held accountable for his barbaric crimes, Gallant was welcomed in the cockpit of world imperialism with open arms by fellow war criminals drenched in the blood of Palestinians, Iraqis, Afghans, Ukrainians and Russians.
An actor of the anti-establishment, Donald Sutherland, dies aged 88
Unlike Jane Fonda, who has done everything in her power to make the public forget her onetime radical days and views, Sutherland retained a general hostility to capitalism until his death.
The Muñoz case: Biden administration joins forces with far-right Supreme Court majority to dismantle democratic rights
The Supreme Court’s decision Friday upholds the Biden administration’s claim of unrestricted powers to separate married US citizens from their immigrant spouses, preparing the way for a vast escalation of attacks on basic rights.
Julian Assange freed after plea deal with the US
The arrangement represents a massive victory for Assange, whose liberation will be welcomed by defenders of democratic rights and opponents of imperialist war around the world.
The fight to free Assange is the fight against war!
At this critical juncture, it is urgently necessary to unite the fight against war with the struggle to free Julian Assange.
Four years since the arrest and imprisonment of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange
Assange has spent almost a third of his adult life in detention, for the “crime” of exposing illegal wars, diplomatic conspiracies and mass surveillance.
The betrayers of Julian Assange
This comment is an abridged version of an address by John Pilger in Sydney on 10 March to mark the launch in Australia of Davide Dormino’s sculpture of Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden, ‘Figures of Courage’.
US missiles massacre beachgoers in Crimea, as US says Ukraine can strike “anywhere” in Russia
Four people were killed and 144 were injured Sunday, when a US-made long-range missile fired from Ukraine released cluster bomblets over a busy beach in Sevastopol.
War against Russia and sharing the spoils: Left Party supports “Ukraine Recovery Conference”
Under conditions in which the imperialist powers are once again plunging the world into the abyss, organising genocide in the Middle East and escalating the NATO war against Russia, the Left Party stands “united on the side of imperialism."
Putin meets North Korea’s Kim for summit as US, NATO threats of global war grow
The Putin-Kim summit was a response to the attempts of the US and NATO to link the proxy conflict in Ukraine to a war drive in the Indo-Pacific.
Putin launches purge of military
Shortly after the inauguration of his fifth term as President in late April, Vladimir Putin has initiated a far-reaching purge of the military leadership.
Roger Waters, Yusuf/Cat Stevens and Lowkey perform in London: “Tonight is for Palestine”
These are important, socially committed artists, determined to take a stand against the mass murder and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians.
Australian Labor government, union bureaucrats, up in arms over minor pro-Palestinian graffiti
The furore has served to further bury the reality of what is occurring in Gaza, while the Labor government that is complicit in the mass murder has presented itself as a wounded party.
New York City schools chancellor removes pro-Palestine parent from education committee
David Banks, the Chancellor of Schools in New York City removed Tajh Sutton, a well-known education advocate and parent leader in New York City from her elected role as president of Community Education Council 14 in Brooklyn for her opposition to Israel's genocide in Gaza.
University of California Los Angeles chancellor to be replaced by pro-Zionist corporate shill
The appointment is an indication that UCLA intends to escalate attacks on campus protests against the US-backed genocide in Gaza.
Tish Murtha, photographic chronicler of unemployed youth in England’s north east
Tish Murtha wrote of the unemployed youth she photographed: “The sense of aimlessness and pent-up frustrations are reaching critical levels where they will be transformed into an explosive anger, directed against the establishment that has been so careless of their hopes and needs.”
An actor of the anti-establishment, Donald Sutherland, dies aged 88
Unlike Jane Fonda, who has done everything in her power to make the public forget her onetime radical days and views, Sutherland retained a general hostility to capitalism until his death.
Richard Linklater’s Hit Man: A light touch, a dark problem
Gary Johnson poses as a hired killer, using various disguises and personae, and helps prosecute dozens of people who seek out his services over the course of a number of years.
Amazon Prime reverses itself on censorship of poster for Full Metal Jacket
Actor Matthew Modine’s public criticism forced the corporate giant to give way in suppressing anti-war sentiment.
What’s at stake in the contract for US rural letter carriers
The next contract covering nearly 130,000 workers, is an opportunity for rural carriers to mobilize a rank-and-file rebellion to fight the destruction of the post office, which is being carried out with the support of both big-business parties and the postal union bureaucracy.
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“Oversized classes in middle school and high school must be addressed”: Detroit teacher speaks out as contract expires
As the June 30, 2024 contract deadline approaches for the Detroit Federation of Teachers (DFT), educators spoke with the WSWS about conditions in the Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) and the issues they feel must be addressed in a new contract.
Teamsters union president to speak at Republican National Convention, in another sign of growing alliance with extreme right
O’Brien will be speaking at a meeting that will be, for all intents and purposes, a fascist rally put on by one of the two main political parties.
Victorian nurses: Reject rejigged union-government sellout! Form rank-and-file committees to fight for pay and conditions!
The principled stand taken by workers at the May 20 meeting, in opposition to the ANMF bureaucracy, was important, but it is only a first step.
High levels of toxic PFAS chemicals found in Australia’s drinking water
The so-called “forever chemicals” pose a considerable health threat, causing thyroid cancer and liver damage. High exposure can lead to decreased fertility, developmental delays in children, as well as increased risk of prostate, kidney and testicular cancer.
Putin meets Vietnamese leaders as US accelerates military build-up in Asia
The Russian president’s trip to Vietnam was aimed at countering Washington’s aggressive actions throughout the Indo-Pacific aimed against both Russia and China.
Australia: Queensland Labor government’s desperate “cost-of-living” budget fails to reverse collapsing support
Facing electoral defeat, and increasing hostility among workers, the Queensland budget’s token measures attempt to mask a big business agenda.
New Zealand strengthens military, intelligence ties with Japan
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has announced more New Zealand military forces will be deployed to Japan and South Korea, as part of US-led preparations for war against China.
Bernie Sanders stumps for Jamaal Bowman, defends Israel at sparsely attended Bronx rally with Ocasio-Cortez
The tiny crowd for Saturday’s rally is of objective significance. The “left” face of the Democratic Party stands exposed in the minds of millions as supporters of genocide and war.
US Supreme Court upholds Biden administration’s claim of unrestricted power to separate families
The Supreme Court ruled that a US citizen does not have a constitutional right to challenge the State Department summary denial of a visa for her husband, one of several cases decided over the last two days as the current term approaches its end, with more than a dozen major decisions, including Trump’s broad immunity claim, remaining.
US Surgeon General and Democrats launch campaign against youth access to social media and smartphones
Dr. Vivek Murthy launched a campaign calling for a health warning label requirement to be imposed on social media platforms by Congress.
D.C. Council Democratic primary elections: Candidates fall all over themselves to promote pro-police policies
Candidates for Washington, D.C.’s legislative branch are touting their plans to be “tough on crime”—a clear sign of a continued rightward shift for the Democratic Party.
Tom Scripps wins support for socialist anti-war campaign in Holborn and St Pancras, London
Teams on Camden Town High Street, in Kentish Town, and at workplaces including Royal Mail offices and hospitals, have distributed thousands of copies of the SEP’s manifesto and sold literature.
Germany’s Reichsbürger trials: Terrorist network with deep roots in the state apparatus
The indictment makes clear that this is far from being a radical but harmless group of nutcases, but rather is a networked organisation with a lot of money, a lot of weapons, the expertise to use them and detailed plans to commit massive, murderous terror.
German Chancellor Scholz joins forces with Argentine fascist President Milei
The SPD and the German government are working to strengthen the far right in Germany and internationally, as shown by the meeting between Scholz and Argentina’s Milei in Berlin on Sunday.
On World Refugee Day: German chancellor and state premiers discuss measures to increase deportations
On World Refugee Day, of all days, politicians from Germany’s federal and state governments discussed how they could deport refugees even more effectively and keep them out of Germany.
US billionaires fund both candidates in the oligarchs’ election
Campaign finance reports for May filed June 20 with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) document the domination of the US presidential election, both candidates, their parties and the entire political system by rival factions of billionaire oligarchs.
Campaigning in Detroit, Trump incites violence against immigrants
Speaking at a church in Detroit, Trump blamed immigrants for the poverty and unemployment caused by capitalism.
Nevada Democrats sue secretary of state and Green Party to block Jill Stein from ballot
In a bid to block all challenges to the two preferred parties of the financial oligarchy, the Democrats filed the lawsuit less 24 hours after members of the Green Party submitted over 29,000 signatures, nearly three times the minimum requirement, to appear on the ballot.
Cornel West adapts to far-right in interview on Musk-boosted X program
West assured cryptocurrency entrepreneur Mario Nawfal’s right-wing audience that he opposed open borders, socialism and Marxism.
Argentine union bureaucracy asks fascist Milei for “dialogue” after facilitating June 12 repression
Pablo Moyano, a co-leader of the CGT and Trucker’s Union, withdrew from the June 12 demonstration after security forces warned him that a police onslaught was about to begin.
Argentina’s Milei government brutally represses protests against draconian anti-worker bill
The government of President Javier Milei is resorting increasingly to open repression to impose the diktats of the IMF and big business.
Strike at Renault in Brazil demands more jobs
The struggle of the Renault workers in Brazil unfolds in the context of the restructuring of the auto industry with a focus on electric and hybrid vehicles, leading to a jobs bloodbath internationally.
Brazil and US mark 200 years of diplomatic ties as Washington drags Latin America into global war
The anniversary was overshadowed by a US offensive on multiple fronts— diplomatic, economic and military—against China, Brazil’s leading trade partner.
US debt warnings grow louder
Questions are being raised in media and financial circles about who is going to buy the Treasury bonds being issued to finance the growing government debt.
UN report details developing countries’ rising debt burden
The public debt of less developed countries has reached $29 trillion and is rising rapidly exacerbated by “inequality in the international financial architecture.”
European Union joins US economic war against Chinese electric vehicles
The push for the tariff increases has been led by Spain and France with the claim that state subsidies to Chinese manufactures had created unfair competition in the European market, but also has led to opposition from Germany.
US Fed pushes back on interest rate cuts
After anticipating three rate cuts over the year back in March, most Fed officials now expect one at most.
Québec Solidaire complicit in ruling-class’ intensifying campaign of chauvinist, anti-immigrant incitement
Workers and young people must reject Quebec nationalism and anti-immigrant prejudice—both in the unabashedly chauvinist forms advocated by the Parti Québécois and the CAQ government, and the hypocritically “polite,” ostensibly “inclusive” variant promoted by the pseudo-left Québec Solidaire.
The climate crisis and the struggle for socialism
As temperatures soar, governments abandon pledges to fight climate change
Governments and corporations are abandoning their climate pledges while hundreds of millions of people suffer through record-breaking heat waves.
For a political struggle against Canada Post and the Trudeau Liberal government! Stop CUPW’s sellout of our contract struggle!
If Canada Post’s sweeping concession demands are to be successfully resisted, power must be placed back in workers' hands through the establishment of a network of rank-and-file committees.
“Name names”—Canada’s anti-China foreign interference furor reaches new McCarthyite frenzy
From the outset, the spy agency-incited furor over "foreign interference" has served as a means to poison public opinion against China and push official politics and government policy sharply further right.
This week in history: June 24-30
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.
After the Slaughter: Political Lessons of the Balkan War
The capitulation of Serbia to the US-NATO onslaught brings to an end the last major strategic experience of the twentieth century. Its bloody conclusion endows the century with a certain tragic symmetry. It began with the suppression of the anti-colonial uprising of the Chinese Boxers. The century closes with a war that completes the reduction of the Balkans to the status of a neo-colonial protectorate of the major imperialist powers.
80 years since the mass murder in Ozarichi, Belarus carried out by the German military
One of the worst war crimes committed by Hitler’s army during World War II occurred in March 1944: the mass murder of thousands of women, old people and children at the Ozarichi death camp in Belarus.
The racial quota law that inspired Hitler
100 years since the passage of the Immigration Act of 1924
The act, a response to the Russian Revolution, was an attack on the entire working class.
With US support, Israel continues Rafah massacre
Israel intensified its displacement, ethnic cleansing and mass murder in Rafah, the southernmost city in the Gaza Strip, on Friday, killing 25 people in a strike on a refugee camp north of the city.
UN inquiry concludes Israeli army is “one of the most criminal armies in the world”
The official United Nations inquiry into violations of international law by Israel in Palestine submitted its findings yesterday, accusing Israeli leaders of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including the "extermination" of Palestinians in the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Israeli regime preparing for all-out war with Hezbollah in Lebanon
Following Israel’s assassination of a senior Hezbollah commander and a retaliatory rocket barrage fired on northern Israel, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) released a statement Tuesday declaring that operational plans for a war in Lebanon have been approved.
Benny Gantz resigns from Netanyahu’s war cabinet, calls for a better strategy for genocide and war
The record of Gantz and Eisenkot, which the mainstream media continues to describe as a restraining hand on Netanyahu that will be sorely missed, is of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Both were war criminals long before October 7.
Thousands of university employees in Sri Lanka demonstrate to demand wage rise
While the Wickremesinghe government has made clear that there will be no salary increase, the University Trade Union Joint Committee (UTUJC) leadership is backing away from its original demands.
Sri Lankan government pushes electricity privatisation through the parliament
The main purpose of the “reform” bill is to open the way for profit-hungry international and local investors to exploit Sri Lanka’s highly lucrative electricity industry.
SEP/IYSSE online public meeting: The way forward for striking university workers in Sri Lanka
Union leaders are isolating a strike by 13,000 non-academic workers that began on May 2, and are trying to create the conditions to shut it down altogether.
Cyclone Remal hits Sri Lanka, affects thousands and kills over 30 people
The desperate situation facing flood survivors is the result of the refusal of Sri Lankan governments to address basic issues of social infrastructure.
Mass protests against Kenyan President Ruto’s IMF-dictated Finance Bill
Cutting across the tribal divides that the Kenyan ruling class systematically cultivates, tens of thousands demonstrated across the whole country.
African National Congress strikes coalition deal with apartheid-era party
Ramaphosa’s embrace of the Democratic Alliance—until now the official opposition party—and other right-wing parties, at the risk of splintering his faction-ridden ANC, is the logical expression of its pro-capitalist agenda.
Nigeria’s trade union leaders sabotage general strike over minimum wage
The unions are intent on suppressing massive opposition within the working class to Nigeria’s atrocious living conditions, intensified by the ruling class’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the soaring of prices due to the US-NATO war against Russia in the Ukraine and the government’s disastrous austerity policies.
Failed pro-imperialist coup targets Democratic Republic of Congo
The coup took place as Washington and its NATO allies wage a bitter struggle for influence in Africa with China and Russia, amid the NATO-Russia war in Ukraine.
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.
Finding by UK disease tracker Airfinity
Infectious diseases skyrocket worldwide fueled by COVID-19 pandemic
There has been a global surge of infectious diseases attributable to the anti-public health policies that have placed profits over lives.
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic
Washington conducted secret global anti-vaccine disinformation campaign against China
Murderous in its own right, the anti-vaccine crusade of the Pentagon is part of a vast online apparatus of lies and propaganda run by the US government.
Scientists and infectious disease experts warn about the growing danger of bird flu
Scientist and infectious disease experts warn that the ongoing spread and adaptation by the bird flu virus poses as an existential threat to human populations.
The National Academy of Sciences issues a damning report on Long COVID in the United States
A long overdue report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine on the state of Long COVID in the US was finally released last week. This exhaustive research and investigation provides a devastating overview of the impact of Long COVID on the population.
Fifty years after Chile’s horrific September 11 coup, its political relevance is becoming ever more urgent as the specter of dictatorship once again haunts the political life of Latin America.
Socialist Equality Party wins warm response in Holborn and St Pancras, London
“We have to fight the capitalist ruling class which is waging the war against the Palestinians, and now they’re trying to attack Iran and Russia.”
Socialist Equality Party June 30 London election rally features international speakers
US Presidential candidate Joseph Kishore and leading European Trotskyists Alex Lantier and Christoph Vandreier will join SEP candidates Tom Scripps and Darren Paxton to discuss the international struggle against capitalism, genocide and war and for socialism.
Socialist Equality Party general election candidate Tom Scripps wins support at Westminster Kingsway College hustings in London
To sustained applause and cheering, Scripps concluded, “The SEP is fighting to mobilise a mass socialist anti-war movement and to build a socialist alternative to the Labour Party.”
Socialist Equality Party candidate Tom Scripps speaks at London hustings
“We’re standing to fight for a different, socialist strategy—one that is based on mobilising the international working class in a struggle against war and the imperialist powers.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Political prisoners mount hunger strike as state repression grows in Turkey
Police raids and arrests have expanded after May Day protests in Istanbul. Political prisoners subjected to isolation and ill-treatment are on hunger strike.
Iranian president killed in helicopter crash
The death of President Ebrahim Raisi could trigger a political crisis and lead to sharp infighting in the country’s Islamic bourgeois clerical regime.
Tenth anniversary of the death of 301 miners in the Soma disaster in Turkey
The last decade has witnessed a deepening of the ruling elite's disregard for the safety of workers for the sake of profit, let alone the necessary occupational safety measures, in Turkey and around the world.
Fire disaster in Istanbul kills 29 workers
This fire disaster is an indictment of the entire ruling elite, including business owners and officials.
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.
IYSSE secures representation in Humboldt University student parliament for 10th time with record result of 7.7 percent and 5 seats
The political significance of the IYSSE’s strong election result extends far beyond the campus of Humboldt University. At HU, the extremely acute situation in Germany and internationally finds concentrated expression.
Moves to change Selective Service rules in the US prompt outpouring of opposition to reintroduction of the draft
Last week, the House of Representatives voted to make enrollment in the US Selective Service database automatic, prompting a flood of worried statements by young people and parents on social media about the reimposition of the draft.
Stop the genocide in Gaza! Stop police violence against anti-war students!
In the following, we document the IYSSE Humboldt University election statement, which will be printed in the student election brochure. The elections are on 18 and 19 June.
Berlin police brutally assault students occupying Humboldt University to protest against the genocide in Gaza
On Wednesday, dozens of students occupied Humboldt University's Department of Social Sciences to protest against the genocide in Gaza and the complicity of the university administration.
Death toll from global heat wave climbs as 1,000 die from extreme heat in Mecca
Extreme heat events are becoming more common and more extreme as climate change warms the planet
Auroral display dazzles millions around the globe
Vivid displays of the aurora borealis and aurora australis were visible to millions of people around the world on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.
Human-to-human transmission with a novel Mpox virus identified in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
The recent outbreak of a novel Mpox (formerly called monkeypox) virus, showing sustained transmission between humans with the deadlier clade I lineage, poses a public health to the DRC, the region and the globe.
Scientific—and social—dimensions of the 2024 total solar eclipse
The second total eclipse across North America in seven years has drawn the interest of millions across the continent.
Thousands more jobs to be destroyed at Ford Cologne
As in the last year, IG Metall and its works council representative are preparing a few hollow protests. At the same time, behind the backs of the workforce, they are conspiring with management to implement a jobs massacre.
Hundreds attend Detroit funeral for Ford worker Tywaun Long
The 46-year-old worker collapsed on the assembly line at the Dearborn Truck Plant on April 17 and reportedly died of a heart attack.
Stellantis Kokomo Rank-and-File Committee founded in opposition to UAW betrayals and war
“With our brothers and sisters of the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees (IWA-RFC), we are for abolishing, not reforming, the UAW bureaucracy, to put power into the hands of the workers.”
Stellantis Warren Stamping workers approve strike over health and safety
The strike vote at Warren Stamping, a critical components plant, comes as anger is seething among rank-and-file workers over layoffs and a host of issues.
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.
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.
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.
“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.
Tribute to Helen: Beverly Lozano, a supporter from California
A tribute to Helen Halyard written by Beverly Lozano, a supporter of the WSWS.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Republicans revive discredited Wuhan Lab Leak theory and call Anthony Fauci to testify
Republicans have demanded Former Biden chief medical advisor Dr Anthony Fauci testify on the Wuhan lab leak theory.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Elon Musk’s Twitter abruptly reverses ban on promotion of alternative social media platforms
After instituting a ban on sharing links from competitive social media platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram and Mastodon, Elon Musk canceled the policy less than 24 hours later.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
David North’s The Logic of Zionism: From Nationalist Myth to the Gaza Genocide addresses the disastrous consequences of nationalist political programs
The series of lectures on the historical development of Zionism exposes the bankruptcy of all politics based on nationalism and race—and points the way forward for all those who want to fight against genocide, war and dictatorship.
Nathan Thrall’s Pulitzer Prize-winning A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy–A case study in dehumanization
The bus accident proves to be a major news event with political implications. The accident exposes the fundamental injustices blighting Palestinian life in Israel.
Interview with historian Dan Okrent on the centenary of the Immigration Act of 1924
Okrent’s book The Guarded Gate examines an episode of anti-immigration frenzy that resembles in many ways the current environment in bourgeois politics.
Ghassan Zeineddine’s Dearborn: Short stories about Arab-American life
Zeineddine’s stories concern immigrants who escaped the civil war in Lebanon (1975-90) and their children, who are negotiating their own escapes.
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.
Julian Assange is free, but the struggle to defend democratic rights continues
On Monday, Julian Assange walked out of the UK’s Belmarsh Prison a free man, following five years of imprisonment and nearly 15 years of persecution by a cabal of imperialist governments led by the United States which hounded him for exposing their crimes.
Washington rolls out the red carpet for war criminal Gallant, as US imperialism prepares to endorse Israel’s war in Lebanon
Far from being held accountable for his barbaric crimes, Gallant was welcomed in the cockpit of world imperialism with open arms by fellow war criminals drenched in the blood of Palestinians, Iraqis, Afghans, Ukrainians and Russians.
The Muñoz case: Biden administration joins forces with far-right Supreme Court majority to dismantle democratic rights
The Supreme Court’s decision Friday upholds the Biden administration’s claim of unrestricted powers to separate married US citizens from their immigrant spouses, preparing the way for a vast escalation of attacks on basic rights.
The climate crisis and the struggle for socialism
As temperatures soar, governments abandon pledges to fight climate change
Governments and corporations are abandoning their climate pledges while hundreds of millions of people suffer through record-breaking heat waves.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Nine dead, 44 still missing in mine collapse in China
The disaster tragically exposes the brutal working conditions faced by miners in China in the reckless drive for profits ahead of lives and safety.