The July 24 demonstration will give voice to the mass opposition throughout the world to the criminal alliance between US imperialism and its agents in the Israeli state.
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On the attempted assassination of Donald Trump
Whatever the provenance of the attack, one thing is certain: It will produce a further sharp lurch to the right of the entire political establishment.
On Saturday, Israel launched a massive airstrike on a humanitarian zone in the coastal town of al-Mawasi where Palestinians had sought refuge from the relentless bombing of Gaza. The Health Ministry said it was one of the deadliest attacks in the nine-month siege, with 92 killed and 300 wounded.
Kevin Reed•
The SGP and the WSWS strongly condemn the deployment of long-range US precision weapons in Germany, directed against Russia.
Johannes Stern•
With the summit’s bellicose attack on China, the US-led NATO powers are forging closer ties with countries in the Indo-Pacific to prepare for war on a global scale.
John Braddock•
On every front, Starmer’s appearance at the NATO summit confirmed that he is the leader of a government of war and political and social reaction.
Robert Stevens•
The crisis of the Biden election campaign has shed light on a fundamental feature of American politics—the domination by a financial oligarchy over what passes for “democracy.”
Barry Grey•
It was the revelation that the police and district attorney had “buried,” i.e., deliberately concealed, evidence that led to the judge’s action.
David Walsh•
The summer surge of COVID is seeing infections climb across the country, along with emergency room visits, hospitalizations and deaths.
Benjamin Mateus•
In 2014, a United Nations working group found that their convictions had been “based on charges of acts that would fall under the rights to freedom of expression and of assembly,” and that their detention had been “arbitrary.”
Jean Shaoul•
Milei’s agenda echoes the “National Reorganization Process” (el Proceso) initiated by Argentina’s murderous military dictatorship.
Rafael Azul•
SEP/IYSSE (Sri Lanka) holds powerful meeting to demand the immediate release of Bogdan Syrotiuk
The Colombo public meeting, which was streamed on the party’s Facebook page, has been viewed so far by over 2,200 and shared by nearly 200 people.
Eastern European workers in Offenbach, Germany support the fight to free Bogdan Syrotiuk: “I have respect for him”
A WSWS team spoke to workers from Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Moldova and the former Yugoslavia about the campaign to free Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk.
Marianne Arens•
Workers and youth in Britain demand freedom for Bogdan Syrotiuk: “These charges are bogus!”
A supporter from Sheffield wrote: “His arrest by the Security Service of Ukraine is part of a huge global suppression of free speech and protest”.
Our reporters•
German historian Mario Kessler denounces persecution of Bogdan Syrotiuk
Mario Kessler is an expert in Jewish history and the history of the workers movement.
Evan Blake•
David North•
Our reporters•
Tamino Dreisam, Clara Weiss•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (Australia)•
Biden’s press conference and the war hysteria of American imperialism
Far more significant than the semi-senility of Biden is the political madness expressed in his policies and his statements, a madness shared by the entire ruling class political establishment.
Barry Grey•
Biden’s “domestic NATO”: The trade union bureaucracy backs escalating global war
Biden’s comparison raises the obvious question: Against whom is this “domestic NATO” at war? Above all, it is the American working class, which is fed up with poverty and inequality and despises the whole capitalist political setup.
Tom Hall•
US-German missile plans at NATO summit threaten cities deep inside Russia
The decisions taken as the NATO summit in Washington closed Thursday show the NATO imperialist powers are planning direct military intervention against nuclear-armed Russia.
Johannes Stern, Alex Lantier•
NATO war summit prepares direct entry into Ukraine war
This week's NATO summit heralds a new phase in the war with Russia, in which the NATO military alliance will openly take charge of arming, funding and directing the Ukrainian military.
Andre Damon•
Jean Shaoul•
Alex Lantier•
Eric London•
Shannon Jones•
Jordan Shilton•
John Deere to lay off a further 345 workers, adding to its bloodletting of over 1,500 jobs
The layoffs can and must be stopped through the independent intervention of Deere workers by forming rank-and-file committees across state lines and internationally to unite workers against the cuts.
George Gallanis•
Unite calls off south Wales steelworkers strike, partnering with Labour government and Tata Steel UK
Action had been planned against Tata Steel UK’s plans to cut 2,800 jobs at the plants in Port Talbot and Llanwern, South Wales, announced last September.
Simon Whelan, Tony Robson•
Western Australian teachers’ union pushes through sell-out wages and conditions deal
The union apparatus worked to intimidate teachers and school workers who were outraged by the deal, threatening an even worse outcome through government-mandated arbitration if it was voted down.
Sue Phillips•
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
South Korean metal workers strike for new labour law; India: 10,000 Tamil Nadu power distribution workers protest privatisation; Bangladesh university workers’ strike in second week; Australia: Serco workers strike at naval bases.
Our correspondents•
Dietmar Gaisenkersting•
Renae Cassimeda, Nancy Hanover•
Educators Rank-and-File Committee•
China experiencing torrential rain and major floods
Extreme weather events and floods have become the annual norm in China in recent years amid ongoing climate change.
Ben McGrath•
Two Russian-Australians arrested on vague charges of “preparing for espionage”
From what has been reported, this is a politically manufactured case, seeking to cultivate a wartime atmosphere against Russia.
Mike Head•
Indonesian government attacks wages through phony public housing scheme
Workers already face precarious employment and low wages as the capitalist class seeks to extract greater profits.
Aditya Syed•
Samsung Electronics workers in South Korea stage first-ever strike in company’s 55-year history
Even as workers’ conditions decline, none of the unions in South Korea will wage a struggle against Samsung, any other company, or the government.
Ben McGrath•
Vicki Mylonas•
John Braddock•
John Malvar•
Mike Head•
Mike Head•
Public health crisis deepens as many doctors leave Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s limited free public health system, like public education, has been systematically run down and undermined by consecutive Colombo governments.
Rohantha De Silva•
Sri Lankan public sector workers take national industrial action over pay
The unions are desperate to prevent a political confrontation with the Wickremesinghe government, which has refused to grant any pay rise and threatens to ban all strike action.
Wimal Perera•
Action committee denounces Sri Lankan president’s threats against teachers
The struggle for a decent salary and to defend public education is part of a broader political fight against the government’s austerity measures.
Teachers, Students and Parents Action Committee to Defend Free Education•
Sri Lankan president threatens the Supreme Court
Wickremesinghe and his government—for that matter every faction of the ruling elite—are well aware that it is impossible to continue IMF austerity by peaceful means, and that they need dictatorial rule.
Saman Gunadasa•
Action Committee of Teachers, Students and Parents for the Defence of Education (Sri Lanka)•
Statement of the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)•
Our correspondents•
Dehin Wasantha•
Wimal Perera•
Reject IATSE sellout contract—Organize rank-and-file committees!
The two Memorandums of Agreement were released July 10 on IATSE websites, only four days before entertainment workers were scheduled to begin voting on the deals.
Hong Jian, David Walsh•
New York Times attempts to keep the #MeToo pot simmering
Sorry/Not Sorry: The continuing campaign against comedian Louis C.K.
Through a new documentary, the New York Times seeks to keep the #MeToo pot simmering, divert the attention of as many people as possible from big social issues and prepare the ground for further attacks on democratic rights.
Erik Schreiber•
David Fincher’s The Killer: Why this film? Why now?
This is not a good film, it is misguided from beginning to end. Why should anyone care about the central character or most of the others?
David Walsh•
Acclaimed Indian author Arundhati Roy to be prosecuted under India’s draconian anti-terror law for 2010 remarks on Kashmir
Delhi’s Lieutenant-Governor, an appointee and toady of India’s far-right BJP-led government, endorsed Roy’s prosecution under the UAPA on June 14, in order to circumvent the statute of limitations that governs prosecutions under normal Indian Penal Code provisions.
Rohantha De Silva, Keith Jones•
Joanne Laurier•
Matthew Taylor•
Fred Mazelis•
David Walsh•
Clare Hurley•
UN experts confirm famine throughout Gaza, condemn Israel’s starvation policy
The group's statement is an indictment all the imperialist powers, above all the United States, that have backed to the hilt Israel’s barbaric onslaught in Gaza which has reduced its buildings to rubble and its people to refugees constantly facing death by starvation, disease and bombardment.
Peter Symonds•
Australia’s new “special envoy” on antisemitism supported Israel’s bombing of hospitals
Jillian Segal is a pro-Israeli lobbyist who has explicitly supported the fascistic actions of the Zionist regime, while demanding repression of those who oppose its war crimes.
Oscar Grenfell•
Lancet warns Gaza death toll could be over 186,000
This staggering figure amounts to 8 percent of the population of Gaza.
Andre Damon•
Netanyahu’s far-right government pursues its dictatorial agenda to consolidate its Greater Israel policy
The government has introduced a raft of new anti-democratic laws, increasing surveillance over the Palestinians and of Israeli citizens and restricting freedom of speech.
Jean Shaoul•
Andre Damon•
Tom Peters, Jean Shaoul•
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Johannes Stern•
Canada’s ruling elite deploys court injunction and police violence to crush two anti-genocide student encampments
Using a court injunction and police violence, authorities in Ontario and Quebec succeeded in shutting down the student encampments at University of Toronto and McGill University, without any of their demands being met.
James Clayton, Roger Jordan•
Palestinian-Australian under police investigation for protests against Gaza genocide
What has been reported makes clear that Hash Tayeh is being targeted for political speech condemning Israeli war crimes and for organising mass protests against them.
Oscar Grenfell•
Hundreds protest in Stuttgart, Germany against the genocide in Gaza
“Germany is not interested in human lives, but in power, gas and oil,” explained one young demonstrator.
Florian Hasek, Tamino Dreisam•
Lessons of the witch-hunt against Australian Senator Fatima Payman: Labor is a party of war and repression
Labor’s support for the Gaza genocide is inseparable from its commitment to imperialist war globally.
Oscar Grenfell•
Zac Corrigan•
Our reporters•
Robert Stevens•
Graham Beverly•
Our reporters•
Democratic Party crisis intensifies as first senator calls for Biden to drop re-election bid
Public opposition among Democratic Party officeholders to the renomination of President Joe Biden has continued to grow, despite efforts by the White House to suppress it.
Patrick Martin•
Democratic-controlled North Carolina election board continues to block third parties from ballot
At a meeting on Tuesday, the board voted to approve ballot access for the far-right Constitution Party, but neglected to hold a vote on We the People Party and the Justice for All Party, leaving Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West off the ballot for now.
Jacob Crosse•
Donald Trump’s lawyers and right-wing supporters seek to prevent US distribution of the docudrama The Apprentice
The distribution of the new film The Apprentice, about Donald Trump’s rise as a New York City real estate swindler with the help of his gangster fixer attorney Roy Cohn, is being blocked by the former president and his supporters.
Kevin Reed•
DSA Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and fellow “Squad” members spearhead Biden rescue operation
As Democrats tied to the military-intelligence apparatus continue to defect from Biden, AOC and other “Squad” members have emerged as his most ardent defenders.
Jacob Crosse, Barry Grey•
Jacob Crosse•
Patrick Martin•
Jacob Crosse•
Jacob Crosse•
Jacob Crosse•
Political and media accomplices of Gaza genocide condemn Russian missile strike on Ukrainian hospital
While shedding crocodile tears over the deaths of two people and injury of 16 others in Kiev, the cynical hypocrites occupying government offices and media editorial boards in the imperialist centres have said virtually nothing about The Lancet’s estimate that Israel has killed 186,000 people.
Jordan Shilton•
Washington summit will announce plans to set up NATO office inside Ukraine
US national security advisor Jake Sullivan signaled a major escalation of the conflict with Russia in Ukraine and plans to significantly increase NATO's capabilities to fight a full-scale war throughout Europe.
Andre Damon•
New York Times reveals Ukrainian war crimes, remains silent on paramilitaries’ ties to US state
Composed of volunteers from 30 countries, the “Chosen Company” executed surrendering and captured Russian soldiers during a number of operations last year, reports the New York Times, which fails to mention that the leader of the unit involved met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill in March.
Andrea Peters•
UK Labour Defence Secretary visits Ukraine to back escalated war
The first foreign trip of top officials of the new Labour government was to Kiev to reassure the right-wing Zelensky regime of continuing UK support for war with Russia.
Robert Stevens•
Johannes Stern•
Andre Damon•
Andrea Peters•
Stefan Steinberg•
Peter Schwarz•
Zelensky government prepares further social cuts ahead of new debt negotiations
Ukraine is now the second largest debtor to the IMF after Egypt. Its agreements entail mass privatizations and further reductions in already minimal social spending.
Jason Melanovski•
Starmer’s UK Labour government escalates offensive against immigrants and asylum seekers
Labour committed to more tightly policing the UK borders in its manifesto, along with setting up a Returns and Enforcement Unit to swiftly deport anyone deemed a “failed” asylum seeker.
Robert Stevens•
Fatal accidents at work in Germany: What is a worker’s life worth?
Almost every four days a construction worker dies in Germany. After a decline in the number of industrial accidents, with the coronavirus pandemic and the introduction of pro-war policies, indications are that this trend is reversing.
Marianne Arens•
Socialist Workers Party “Marxism 2024” festival promotes Jeremy Corbyn as leader of a “left” regroupment
Corbyn was featured speaker at the SWP’s festival on Saturday, with its members giving him a hero’s welcome.
Laura Tiernan, Michael Barnes•
Alex Lantier•
Anthony Torres•
John Vassilopoulos•
Daniel Woreck, Parwini Zora •
Simon Whelan•
European Central Bank official sounds warning on growth of private credit
Private credit institutions in Europe hold more financial assets than banks and other traditional sources of finance.
Nick Beams•
US Fed chair takes a step towards interest rate cut
The clearest indication of the move was Powell’s reference to the “cooling” of the labour market.
Nick Beams•
BIS report points to mounting economic and financial instability
The Bank for International Settlements annual review said central banks had to be alert to the dangers of inflation and not hesitate to raise interest rates again if necessary.
Nick Beams•
IMF says growing US debt must be “urgently” dealt with
The IMF’s prescription is for an austerity program extending over “multiple years.”
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
This week in history: July 8-14
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.
David North•
This week in history: July 1-7
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
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.
Verena Nees•
Eric London•
Patrick Martin•
our correspondent•
Martina Inessa, Yuvan Darwin, Kranti Kumara•
Chris Marsden, Julie Hyland•
Biden proclaims AFL-CIO union bureaucrats as “my domestic NATO” before attending second day of summit
The visit to the AFL-CIO headquarters underscored the role of the unions in preparing the “home front” for war.
Tom Hall•
On eve of NATO summit, conflict within Democratic Party over Biden’s nomination intensifies
Whatever the outcome of the present crisis, if Biden maintains his grip or is forced out, the Democratic nominee will continue the current president's policies of war, genocide and austerity.
Jacob Crosse•
Biden admits to seeing doctor after debate debacle
In a meeting held with 22 Democratic governors, Biden admitted to seeing a physician after the debate, contradicting previous statements given by his White House press secretary.
Jacob Crosse•
Political prisoner and Native American activist Leonard Peltier denied parole again
Native American activist and political prisoner Leonard Peltier, 79, who was framed up for the death of two FBI agents in 1975 and has been in prison for nearly 50 years, was denied his request for parole on Tuesday.
Kevin Reed•
Barry Grey•
Barry Grey•
John Burton•
Jacob Crosse•
Jacob Crosse•
Mass outrage after Kenya’s opposition Azimio party joins Ruto’s “dialogue” initiative
The Ruto-Odinga unification is designed to impose severe cuts, tax hikes, and privatizations demanded by the banks and global financial capital, spearheaded by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), by ending the mass protests against the government.
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Thousands mourn those slain by Kenya’s Ruto government, as health workers strike
Workers are now mobilizing to fight for better wages and against precarious working conditions, despite trade union efforts to suppress opposition to Ruto.
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Spreading protests demand Kenyan president “Ruto must go!”
According to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR), at least 39 people have been killed, and another 361 injured in clashes with the police. KNCHR said this was not a final count.
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kenyan President Ruto imposes savage austerity as High Court upholds military deployment
The Kenyan government has deployed heavily armed troops throughout the country in anticipation of continuing mass protests against its drive to impose IMF-dictated austerity measures.
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Jean Shaoul•
Jean Shaoul•
Boeing near-disasters continue to pile up in wake of sweetheart plea deal
Boeing’s $243 million fine is barely a slap on the wrist for the aerospace giant and an insult to the families of the 346 men, women and children who died after the company knowingly put the faulty 737 MAX 8 into service.
Bryan Dyne•
Extreme heat wave claims 33 lives in western US as Biden administration promotes inadequate “heat protection rules”
At least 33 people have tragically died since the beginning of July in California and Oregon as some 161 million people remain under heat advisory warnings.
Edmundo Beltran•
Report reveals nearly one quarter of Canadians are living in poverty
The growth of poverty, and the staggering fortunes of the corporations and the rich are not unrelated processes. They arise out of the inner workings of the capitalist system, and political decisions made by all of Canada’s major parties, including the Liberals and NDP.
Dylan Lubao•
Power still out for 1.5 million Texans amid deadly heat wave in aftermath of Hurricane Beryl
Days after Hurricane Beryl hit Texas, more nearly 1.5 million people in the southeast region of the state are without power or air conditioning as an intense and dangerous heat wave continues in the region.
Kevin Reed•
Kevin Reed•
Samuel Davidson•
Niles Niemuth•
Kevin Reed•
Alex Findijs•
Educators in Turkey protest draft anti-labor law
While the Turkish political establishment and the trade union apparatus have been working to suppress the growing discontent of the working class against the ongoing cost of living crisis, the police attacked a protest by educators in Ankara against the new anti-labor law.
Barış Demir•
West Nile fever epidemic in Israel
There has as yet been no mention of the implications of the WNV outbreak for the population of Gaza, suffering an Israeli genocide that has included the decimation of health infrastructure.
Benjamin Mateus•
Anti-refugee attacks in Turkey claim life of Syrian child worker
The entire political establishment is waging a dirty propaganda campaign against the refugees, who are victims of the regime change war launched by the US and its allies, including Turkey, in Syria in 2011.
Barış Demir•
Iran’s run-off presidential election won by “reformer” advocating rapprochement with US imperialism as it sets Mideast ablaze
None of the competing factions of Iran’s bourgeois-clerical regime has any progressive answer to the mounting imperialist aggression against Iran and Israel’s genocidal assault on the Palestinians.
Keith Jones•
Sosyalist Eşitlik Grubu•
Barış Demir•
Keith Jones•
Hakan Özal•
Peter Symonds•
Washington uses Panama’s new government to attack migrants crossing deadly Darien jungle
Washington is seeking to create a bottleneck for hungry and desperate migrant workers escaping from the impact of imperialist oppression and war in dozens of countries.
Andrea Lobo•
Peru’s President Boluarte visits China amid domestic crises and global tensions
Two days after she left for China, human rights NGOs asked the International Criminal Court to investigate the massacre of 49 Peruvians following the December 2022 coup that brought Boluarte to power.
Armando Cruz•
As Venezuela’s election campaign kicks off, US-backed opposition appeals to military
Neither Maduro nor the US-backed opposition have anything to offer but a turn to open military dictatorship and fascistic forms of rule.
Andrea Lobo•
Cuban government declares “war economy”, deepening austerity measures
Cuba’s economy deteriorates as Washington continues sanctions aimed at starving the country into submission.
Alexander Fangmann•
Alex Findijs•
Rafael Azul•
Andrea Lobo•
Guilherme Ferreira•
Johannes Stern•
Fourth US dairy farm worker infected with bird flu virus
While testing of farm workers and broader serological surveillance remain essentially non-existent, the extent of potential infections is unknown.
Benjamin Mateus•
Bheed: The plight of India’s migrant workers during the COVID-19 lockdown
The film exposes the nightmarish difficulties suffered by the Indian masses after the Modi government imposed a COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020.
Yuan Darwin, Kranti Kumara•
New COVID-19 surge driven by KP.2 and KP.3 variants
The emergence of the new viral variants and the consequent surge of COVID-19 that is currently underway has been enabled by a ruling class indifferent to the suffering caused by the virus.
Bill Shaw•
Threat posed by H5N1 bird flu deepens, as public health authorities delay action
A growing number of scientists have sounded the alarm that immediate action to eliminate bird flu is necessary before it develops into a human pandemic.
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
John Malvar•
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Bill Shaw•
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.
On the 50th anniversary of the Chilean coup
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.
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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•
Julian Assange arrives in Australia free
In a press conference, Stella Assange hailed a global support movement for creating the conditions for Assange's freedom, while warning of an ongoing assault on press freedom that had to be fought.
Oscar Grenfell•
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.
Statement of the World Socialist Web Site editorial board•
Oscar Grenfell•
Thomas Scripps•
Oscar Grenfell•
John Pilger•
Julian Assange•
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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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UK Socialist Equality Party election rally advances socialist and internationalist opposition to war
The meeting’s platform featured many of the principal leaders of the party that the working class needs in the battles ahead—the International Committee of the Fourth International, the world party of socialist revolution founded by Leon Trotsky.
Our reporters•
Attendees at UK general election rally speak: “The Socialist Equality Party is what I want to dedicate my efforts to building.”
WSWS reporters spoke to some of those in attendance on their response to the Socialist Equality Party (UK) general election rally held in London on Sunday.
Our reporters•
Billions for education not war! Support the Socialist Equality Party (UK) campaign for a unified struggle against capitalism and war!
Teachers in the UK must prepare to take on Labour as it prepares to take office. This requires a break from the trade union bureaucracy whose function, in order to secure their privileged existence, is to block the development of a struggle in defence of educators’ independent interests.
Statement of the Educators Rank-and-File Committee (UK)•
Socialist Equality Party candidate Darren Paxton speaks at Inverness Trades Council general election hustings
Apart from a passing reference by the Scottish National Party to ceasefire calls, Paxton was the only candidate to even mention Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza and the rapidly escalating war in Ukraine against Russia.
Steve James•
Our reporters•
Our reporters•
Our reporters•
Our reporters•
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•
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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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.
IYSSE Humboldt University•
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.
Andre Damon•
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.
IYSSE Humboldt University•
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.
Our reporters•
Our reporters•
Eric Ludlow, Oscar Grenfell•
Dilaxshan Mahalingam•
Our correspondents•
Andy Thompson•
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
Alex Findijs•
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.
Bryan Dyne, Don Barrett•
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.
Benjamin Mateus•
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.
Bryan Dyne•
Mark Wilson•
Frank Gaglioti•
Bryan Dyne•
Bryan Dyne•
Mark Wilson•
UAW monitor demands court intervention as Fain administration blocks investigation into bureaucracy
The UAW has refused to send the monitor documents that refer to open threats or acts of criminal violence, including “cut throat,” “slit throat,” “punch,” “smack,” “knock out,” and, ominously, “kill.”
Eric London•
Autoworkers support call for new UAW elections: “This time everybody’s vote should count”
Amid new revelations of UAW corruption, Stellantis, Ford and GM workers supported the call by the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees for a new union elections.
Shannon Jones•
“These layoffs are like a bomb going off in people’s lives”: Stellantis workers denounce plans to cut second shift at Warren Truck
The ending of the second shift, scheduled for July 1, comes as Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares has launched a “cost-cutting" race in the EV transition.
Shannon Jones•
Federal court orders Labor Department to review rank-and-file protests over UAW elections
The court decision characterizes the Biden administration’s pseudo-legal efforts to sidestep claims of voter suppression as “pedantic” and “inherently illogical and textually unsupported.”
Eric London•
Jerry White•
Dietmar Gaisenkersting•
Jerry White•
Stellantis Kokomo Rank-and-File Committee•
Shannon Jones•
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.
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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.
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“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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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•
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.
Kevin Reed•
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Dominic Gustavo•
Eric Ludlow•
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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.
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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 •
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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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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.
Tom Peters•
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.
James McDonald•
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.
Eric London•
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.
James McDonald•
James McDonald•
Mike Head•
Erik Schreiber•
James MacDonald, Sandy English•
Helen Halyard•
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.
On the attempted assassination of Donald Trump
Whatever the provenance of the attack, one thing is certain: It will produce a further sharp lurch to the right of the entire political establishment.
WSWS Editorial Board•
Biden’s press conference and the war hysteria of American imperialism
Far more significant than the semi-senility of Biden is the political madness expressed in his policies and his statements, a madness shared by the entire ruling class political establishment.
Barry Grey•
Biden’s “domestic NATO”: The trade union bureaucracy backs escalating global war
Biden’s comparison raises the obvious question: Against whom is this “domestic NATO” at war? Above all, it is the American working class, which is fed up with poverty and inequality and despises the whole capitalist political setup.
Tom Hall•
NATO war summit prepares direct entry into Ukraine war
This week's NATO summit heralds a new phase in the war with Russia, in which the NATO military alliance will openly take charge of arming, funding and directing the Ukrainian military.
Andre Damon•
Alex Lantier•
Jordan Shilton•
Statement of the World Socialist Web Site Editorial Board•
Thomas Scripps•
International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees•
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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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•
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.
Jack Wang•
Tom Peters•
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Socialist Equality Group (New Zealand)•