Federal judge finds Trump defied injunction to unfreeze funds

Dozens of lawsuits have been filed in response to Trump’s provocative executive orders. In a case to enjoin Trump’s freezing of federal funding, the trial judge determined that Trump violated his order but has not attempted to sanction Trump or any members of his administration.

Trump floats deporting US citizens with criminal backgrounds

Trump's announcement confirms that the attack on birthright citizenship is aimed at paving the way for sweeping attacks on the democratic rights of the entire population.

The Los Angeles fire disaster and the necessity of socialist planning

The fires raging out of control in Los Angeles underscore how the socialist transformation of society by the international working class is not only possible but urgently necessary.

In memory of Larry Moore, 1948-2024

Everyone who knew and worked with Larry waves a fond and sad goodbye to an outstanding representative of the international working class—and an all-around decent and good person.

Report to the SEP (US) Eighth National Congress

The twilight of American democracy (1991-2024)

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

Supreme Court declares America a presidential dictatorship

In what amounts to an American version of the 1933 Enabling Act that gave Hitler dictatorial powers, the Supreme Court announced that the US president must enjoy immunity from prosecution to be able to engage in “bold and unhesitating action.”

Socialist autoworker Will Lehman wins lawsuit against Biden’s Secretary of Labor over 2022 UAW elections

This victory vindicates the protracted and principled struggle waged by Lehman and thousands of his supporters to uphold the democratic rights of more than 1 million rank-and-file autoworkers, academic workers and retirees.

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.

A bipartisan celebration of genocide

Congress invites mass murderer Netanyahu to address a special joint session on July 24

The invitation, one of the highest honors that can be extended to a foreign head of state, identifies the entire US political establishment and both imperialist political parties with genocide.

“They were jabbing us with their batons”: Arrested UC Santa Cruz student describes police rampage

A UC Santa Cruz student described how after approximately 80 arrests at a peaceful anti-genocide protest encampment Friday, many students were vindictively banned from campus by the university.

Invoking Genocide Convention, International Court of Justice orders Israel to halt Rafah offensive

The ICJ ruling, together with the ferocious response of US and Israeli officials, massively discredits and exposes US-NATO imperialism while vindicating the mass protests against the Gaza genocide.

As 2,000 out of 48,000 set to strike Monday

Regents and UAW bureaucracy seek to contain political rebellion of UC academic workers

The powerful movement for a political strike is already confronting both the intransigence of the university authorities and the UAW bureaucracy.

International Court of Justice hearings expose “coordinated plan aimed at the destruction of the essential foundations of Palestinian life”

The hearings this week featured devastating presentations of what the South African ambassador called the “continuing annihilation of the Palestinian people.”

In Supreme Court arguments, Biden administration demands unrestricted power to separate families “without judicial oversight”

In arguments Tuesday, the Biden administration argued that a US citizen has no right whatsoever to challenge the denial of her spouse’s visa, and that she does not even have a right to be provided with any specific reason why.

Jeopardizing the right to protest, Supreme Court refuses to block lawsuit by police officer against demonstration organizer

Effectively jeopardizing the right to organize any large protest in the US, the Supreme Court refused to intervene Monday to stop a lawsuit by a police officer seeking to hold a protest organizer liable for the act of one of the protesters.

University of Florida eliminates all “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” positions, Texas shuts DEI offices

The campaign against “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” pits the far-right “America First” forces gathered around Trump against one of the key institutional bastions of identity politics, itself a reactionary ideology promoted by the Democratic Party.

Targeting opposition to Gaza genocide, University of Michigan proposes policy to suppress protests

The University of Michigan unveiled a proposal for a new administration policy that could be used to effectively prohibit public protests on campus. It is part of an escalating nationwide and global crackdown on opposition to Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Liberal cowards join in the Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling in favor of Trump

The unanimous ruling in favor of Trump, clearing the way for him to appear on the ballot in the 2024 US presidential election despite the fact that he led a violent coup attempt after he lost the 2020 election, is another milestone in the decay of American democracy and in the normalization of the far right.

US Supreme Court unanimously rules in favor of Trump, restoring him to Colorado primary ballot

The Supreme Court’s decision Monday is a milestone in the decay of democratic norms in the United States, as well as in the legitimization of the fascistic far right.