“To oppose fascism at its roots is to oppose the economic foundations upon which fascism develops”

An interview with David North on fascism, Trump and the lessons of history

In this critical interview, North addresses the Marxist understanding of fascism, the historical processes that led to the rise of Hitler and the relevance for today amid the Trump administration’s efforts to establish a fascist dictatorship.

The historic significance of Trump’s fascist assault on science

The initiation of mass firings of over 20,000 scientists and public health workers at the Department of Health and Human Services marks a historic turning point in the collapse of American democracy and the Trump administration’s efforts to establish a fascist dictatorship in the United States.

WSWS hosts webinar with Momodou Taal, target of Trump’s efforts to deport anti-war students

Situating the attacks on Momodou Taal and other student activists in their political and historical context, the speakers urged viewers to become active in the struggle to mobilize the working class against fascism and war.

5 years of the COVID-19 pandemic: The origins of a social catastrophe

The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the incapacity of capitalism to deal with the problems of mass society, and that this social system is in an advanced state of regression.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation as Trump’s HHS secretary and the fascist assault on public health

The confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as Trump’s Health Secretary marks a critical milestone in the deepening war on public health and the consolidation of a fascist government in the United States.

Trump’s assault on public health and the growing threat of an H5N1 bird flu pandemic

Over the past week, a series of developments have reaffirmed the imminent danger of an H5N1 “bird flu” pandemic, for which American and world capitalism are wholly unprepared.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Senate confirmation hearing and the rise of anti-science quackery

Backed by dozens of ultra-right anti-vaccine zealots in the audience, Kennedy engaged in over three hours of lies, half-truths, and disinformation in his effort to become the top general in Trump’s war on public health.

Trump declares all-out war on public health and science

The initial architect of the horrific “herd immunity” mass infection policy towards the COVID-19 pandemic, Trump is picking up where he left off four years ago and escalating far further.

5 years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the return of Trump and the war on public health

Trump returns to the White House as the tenth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic once again inundates hospitals, while the last vestiges of public health are set for destruction.

Trump selects anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head Dept. of Health and Human Services

The elevation of Kennedy to head the HHS will represent a massive social retrogression, akin to sending the United States—the world’s richest capitalist country—back to the Middle Ages.

Report to the SEP (US) Eighth National Congress

The barbarism of “forever COVID” and the fight for socialist public health

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

Declaring COVID-19 “endemic,” Biden administration oversees policy of forced mass infection

The United States is currently mired in its ninth wave of mass infection since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the population now completely abandoned by the powers that be.

Socialist Equality Party (US) holds Eighth National Congress

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

Money over lives: The tragic case of Noah Lyles’ collapse at the Paris Olympics

The horrific collapse of American sprinter Noah Lyles at the Paris Olympics due to his infection with COVID-19 is a graphic exposure of the reality that the pandemic is ongoing and remains dangerous for the entire population.

“Pandemics are the symptoms of the earth sick with capitalism. They will relapse until we have a better, nature-compatible society.”

Turkish infectious diseases specialist Dr. Esin Davutoğlu Şenol speaks out on the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic

Dr. Şenol, a leading specialist in infectious diseases and clinical microbiology at Gazi University Medical Faculty in Ankara, Turkey, denounces the cover-up of the COVID-19 pandemic and stresses the ongoing dangers facing humanity.

The latest wave of COVID-19 and Biden’s destruction of public health

The Biden administration has issued no public statements on the latest surge of the pandemic, and not a single public health official or politician has encouraged Americans to wear high quality N95 masks to protect themselves.

Socialist Equality Party holds demonstration in Washington D.C. against the Gaza genocide and imperialist war

Wednesday’s rally and meeting hosted by the SEP marked a milestone in the development of a socialist anti-war movement in the center of world imperialism.

The destruction of public health and the growing threat of an H5N1 bird flu pandemic

The deepening threat of a bird flu pandemic is now concentrated in the United States, where the response of the dairy industry, in collusion with the Biden administration and all responsible federal agencies, has been nothing short of criminal.

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.