18 April 2016
US-Russia tensions flare in Baltic Sea
By Jordan Shilton, 18 April 2016
Washington’s aggressive military build-up throughout Eastern Europe, in close collaboration with its NATO allies, has brought the entire region to the brink of war between nuclear powers.
US defence secretary sends menacing message to China
War: The great unmentionable in the 2016 US elections
Brazilian congress votes to impeach PT President Rousseff
By Miguel Andrade, 18 April 2016
The PT’s inability to counter the reactionary alliance of forces with a “there will be no coup” campaign leading up to the vote is an indictment of the party and its politics.
The drive to impeachment and the dangers facing the Brazilian working class
Unions try to isolate embattled Verizon strikers
By Jerry White, 18 April 2016
As 39,000 workers fight the telecom giant, the trade unions are doing everything they can to isolate workers and force them into submission.
Verizon workers speak as strike enters new week
By our reporters, 18 April 2016
The political issues in the Verizon strike
“Not just for us, but for other workers too”
Verizon workers discuss political issues in strike
Socialist Alternative’s Kshama Sawant stumps for Sanders at New York rally
By Sandy English, 18 April 2016
Sawant’s remarks on Saturday underscored the integration of Socialist Alternative into the Sanders campaign and the Democratic Party.
The social reality behind the US elections
Where’s the socialism in the Sanders campaign?
Ecuador earthquake kills hundreds
By Tom Eley, 18 April 2016
Hindered by an absence of earthmoving equipment, desperate residents dug through debris with their hands, as those trapped under rubble called out for help.
Earthquakes in Japan kill 42 people, injure 1,000
By Peter Symonds, 18 April 2016
The response of the Japanese government has been a military one—despatching some 20,000 troops as part of rescue and relief operations.
Eighteen teachers jailed as police crack down on protests in Mexico
By Neil Hardt, 18 April 2016
Thousands of teachers mobilized across the states of Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guerrero, Michoacán and Veracruz against President Peña Nieto’s education reform plan.
People’s Assembly demonstration promotes Corbyn’s anti-austerity fraud
By Paul Mitchell, 18 April 2016
Large numbers of junior doctors currently involved in industrial action took part in the protest, which also included student nurses and steelworkers.
People’s Assembly London demonstration: Protesters speak on austerity, war and EU referendum]
By Our reporters, 18 April 2016
World Socialist Web Site reporters spoke to participants in Saturday’s People’s Assembly march in London.
VW hands out massive bonuses to company executives
By Dietmar Henning, 18 April 2016
The granting of bonuses to executives at VW illustrates how management is reacting to the exhaust emissions scandal, which has resulted in losses and potential fines.
Moody’s warns Australian government of credit downgrade
By Mike Head, 18 April 2016
The warning highlights the crisis of the Coalition government which is under mounting pressure to implement deeply unpopular austerity measures.
Wave of closures and job cuts under way in New Zealand
By John Braddock, 18 April 2016
The global slowdown is impacting across the board with jobs being destroyed in the public sector, manufacturing and retail.
New in Turkish
Belçikalı hava trafik denetçileri Brüksel havaalanında izinsiz grev başlattı
Robert Stevens, 18 Nisan 2016
Belçika’nın ana havacılık merkezi olan Brüksel Havaalanı’ndaki hava trafik denetçileri, Çarşamba ikinci gününe giren, sendikadan bağımsız resmi olmayan bir eyleme başladılar.
Avrupalı çelik işçileri, işleri ve emekliliklerine yönelik devasa saldırılarla karşı karşıya
Dietmar Henning, 18 Nisan 2016
ABD, Güney Amerika, Çin, Japonya, Rusya, Avrupa ve diğer birçok ülkedeki yüz binlerce iş tehlikede.
New in French
Message menaçant du secrétaire américain à la Défense à l’adresse de la Chine
Par Peter Symonds, 18 avril 2016
Carter a profité de sa visite aux Philippines pour dévoiler le stationnement de forces militaires dans ce pays et rendre à nouveau la Chine responsable des tensions croissantes en mer de Chine méridionale.
Où est le socialisme dans la campagne de Bernie Sanders?
Par Patrick Martin, 18 avril 2016
Jeudi 14 avril, dans le débat qui s’est tenu à Brooklyn comme tout au long de sa campagne, Sanders n’a proposé que de petites réformes du système capitaliste.
Il faut s’opposer à la chasse aux sorcières du gouvernement indien contre les étudiants de l’université JNU
l’International Youth and Students for Social Equality (Sri Lanka), 18 avril 2016
La chasse aux sorcières menée par le gouvernement BJP contre les étudiants de l’Université Jawaharlal Nehru est partie intégrante de la décision d’avoir recours à des méthodes autoritaires de gouvernement.
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Perspective
The political significance of the campaign for an active boycott of the Brexit referendum
18 April 2016
The SEP urges a rejection of both the defenders of the European Union and the advocates of a British exit from the EU in the official Remain and Leave campaigns.
Socialism and the Fight Against War
Build an International Movement of the Working Class and Youth Against Imperialism!
Statement of the International Committee of the Fourth International, 18 February 2016
Book Review
Stephen Parker’s Bertolt Brecht. A Literary Life—a welcome biography that raises big historical issues
By Sybille Fuchs, 18 April 2016
Brecht’s arguments about Stalin’s “realism” or the supposed “necessary evil” of the Soviet bureaucracy are indefensible.
Commentary
German Chancellor Merkel gives green light for prosecution of satirist Jan Böhmermann
By Peter Schwartz, 16 April 2016
UK Brexit referendum campaigns officially begin
By Jordan Shilton, 16 April 2016
Behind the designation of Russia and China as “imperialist”: A case study in theoretical charlatanry
By Johannes Stern, 14 April 2016
Zika, social inequality and capitalism
White Paper 2016: Blueprint for a new German police and military state
Arts Review
Colonia: Under Pinochet, a disposal center for enemies of the state
By Joanne Laurier and David Walsh, 16 April 2016
Midnight Special: “Shining the light” on unfreedom in America
By Joanne Laurier, 15 April 2016
The 2016 US elections
Thousands attend Sanders rally in New York ahead of primary
By a WSWS reporting team, 15 April 2016
US elections: Republican crisis deepens over prospect of contested convention
By Patrick Martin, 14 April 2016
Is Sanders’ call to “break up the banks” a socialist demand?
By Barry Grey, 12 April 2016
Paul Krugman smears Bernie Sanders
By Barry Grey, 9 April 2016
More on the 2016 US elections »
Workers Struggles
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
16 April 2016
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
The crisis in Detroit and Flint
Research team confirms dangerous levels of lead still contaminate Flint water supply
By Carlos Delgado, 14 April 2016
More on the water crisis in Flint, Michigan »
Socialist Equality Party
SEP/IYSSE meetings in California: Art, War and Social Revolution
14 April 2016
SEP public meetings: For an active boycott of the Brexit referendum! For the United Socialist States of Europe!
SEP meetings in the US: Socialism and the fight against war
International Youth and Students for Social Equality
Oppose the drive to war, austerity and the assault on democratic rights!
Build the International Youth and Students for Social Equality!
By the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (Australia), 13 April 2016
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