16 July 2016
Military faction attempts coup in Turkey
By James Cogan, 16 July 2016
The political upheaval in Turkey is testimony to the generalised breakdown taking place internationally in the political institutions and mechanisms of bourgeois rule.
The Istanbul airport bombing: Blowback from the war in Syria
Incomes declining or stagnant for the vast majority in “rich” countries
By Gabriel Black, 16 July 2016
A new report from McKinsey Global Institute finds that for most people in the advanced capitalist countries there has been no recovery from the 2008 Wall Street crash.
In bid to save proxy forces in Syria, US discusses pact with Russia
By Thomas Gaist, 16 July 2016
The Obama administration has suggested a military cooperation pact with Russia aimed at salvaging the remnants of the Islamist forces it has backed against the Assad regime.
Behind US proposal for military cooperation with Russia
Washington plans escalation of war for regime-change in Syria
UK parliamentary debate buries Iraq War inquiry
By Robert Stevens, 16 July 2016
This week’s parliamentary debate on the Chilcot inquiry demonstrated that the ruling elite have no intention of allowing the war’s architects to be brought to justice.
The Chilcot verdict on Iraq: A war crime by British and US imperialism
Major police operation in Berlin prepares law-and-order election campaign
By Verena Nees, 16 July 2016
Last weekend, 1,000 police were illegally deployed in Berlin against 1,800 protesters, provoking a street battle.
White Paper 2016: Another step in the revival of German militarism
Trump chooses right-wing Indiana governor as running mate
By Patrick Martin, 16 July 2016
The announcement came on the eve of the Republican National Convention, as the last organized opposition to Trump’s nomination was brushed aside.
After endorsement, Sanders attempts to convince angry supporters to back Clinton
The predictable and pathetic end of Sanders’ “political revolution”
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US Interior Department issues first oil drilling rules in US Arctic Seas
By Gary Joad, 16 July 2016
The White House timed the announcement so that it would have minimal impact on petroleum company plans for US Arctic Ocean exploration.
Japan exploits violence in South Sudan to dispatch military
By Ben McGrath, 16 July 2016
While portrayed as a rescue mission, the deployment of additional Japanese troops to Africa marks an expansion of Japan’s role on the continent.
Indian troops kill dozens of protesters in Kashmir
By Kranti Kumara, 16 July 2016
The past week of mass protests in Kashmir has rattled India’s Hindu supremacist BJP government and laid bare Kashmiris’ deep disaffection from the Indian state.
Papua New Guinea government faces strikes, no-confidence motion
By John Braddock, 16 July 2016
The country’s Supreme Court ordered a one-week delay before the vote of no-confidence, giving the opposition time to gather support to bring down the government.
New in Russian
Предсказуемый и жалкий конец «политической революции» Сандерса
Патрик Мартин, 15 июля 2016 г.
Кампания Сандерса служит важнейшим политическим уроком для миллионов молодых людей и рабочих, которые поддержали его призывы к «политической революции» против «класса миллиардеров».
New in French
Il y a un an: la trahison de Syriza en Grèce
Par Bill Van Auken, 16 juillet 2016
L’incessante collaboration de Syriza avec l’UE et la bourgeoisie grecque pour mettre en œuvre de brutales mesures d'austérité a confirmé les avertissements faits par le WSWS avant même que ce parti pseudo de gauche n'arrive au pouvoir.
New in German
Ein Jahr seit Syrizas Verrat in Griechenland
Von Bill Van Auken, 16. Juli 2016
Die Umsetzung der brutalen Spardiktate in Griechenland bestätigt die Warnungen der WSWS vor der Regierungsübernahme von Syriza.
Gysi und Cohn-Bendit: Kriegshetze nach dem Anschlag von Nizza
Von Johannes Stern, 16. Juli 2016
Das Blut der zahlreichen unschuldigen Opfer war kaum getrocknet, da forderten Daniel Cohn-Bendit (Grüne) und Gregor Gysi (Die Linke) ein verstärktes militärisches Eingreifen in Syrien und im Irak.
„Nie wieder Krieg!“
PSG stellt Plakate zur Berlinwahl vor
Partei für Soziale Gleichheit, 16. Juli 2016
Am Freitag hat die Partei für Soziale Gleichheit ihre Wahlplakate für die Wahlen zum Berliner Abgeordnetenhaus am 18. September vorgestellt.
Berlin: Abschiebungen verdreifacht
Von Carola Kleinert, 16. Juli 2016
Von Januar bis Ende Juni 2016 wurden aus Berlin nach Angaben des Innensenats 1068 Personen abgeschoben.
Was steckt hinter dem Streit über die Fusion von Edeka und Tengelmann?
Von Marianne Arens, 16. Juli 2016
Das Düsseldorfer Oberlandesgericht hat die Ministererlaubnis von Sigmar Gabriel für die Übernahme von Kaiser’s Tengelmann durch Edeka für Null und Nichtig erklärt.
Trotz der Krise im Südchinesischen Meer vertieft die EU ihre Beziehungen zu China
Von Alex Lantier, 16. Juli 2016
Offizielle Vertreter der EU weigern sich demonstrativ, die Ansprüche der USA und der Philippinen gegenüber China im Südchinesischen Meer zu unterstützen.
Video zeigt Ermordung von Dylan Noble in Fresno
Von Patrick Martin, 16. Juli 2016
Zwei Polizisten schossen zweimal auf einen weißen Jugendlichen, der nur wenige Schritte von ihnen entfernt stand. Danach feuerten sie noch zweimal, als er auf dem Boden lag. Ein Schuss wurde mit einer Schrotflinte abgegeben.
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Perspective
US releases Saudi documents: 9/11 coverup exposed
16 July 2016
The declassification of the section of the 9/11 commission report on Saudi ties to 9/11 point to a deliberate distortion and exploitation of the attacks as a pretext for war.
Mehring Books
New book by David North
A Quarter Century of War: The US Drive for Global Hegemony 1990–2016
By David North, 11 July 2016
We publish here the preface to A Quarter Century of War: The US Drive for Global Hegemony, 1990-2016 by David North, the chairman of the international editorial board of the World Socialist Web Site. The book is available for preorder today at Mehring Books.
Commentary
UK Guardian’s Owen Jones offers apologia for anti-Corbyn coup
By Julie Hyland, 16 July 2016
Jones’ criticism of the right-wing Labourites is not with their coup against Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn per se, but rather its timing.
One year since Syriza’s betrayal in Greece
By Bill Van Auken, 15 July 2016
Dozens murdered in possible terrorist attack in Nice, France
By Oscar Grenfell, 15 July 2016
Global trade stagnates amid wave of protectionism
By Nick Beams, 15 July 2016
Fresno video shows police murder of Dylan Noble
By Patrick Martin, 15 July 2016
Race, class and police murder in America
More on police violence in America »
The New York Times, Michael Eric Dyson and the politics of race
By Barry Grey, 14 July 2016
SEP (Germany) Election Campaign
Socialist Equality Party (Germany) files over 3,000 signatures for Berlin state election
By our reporters, 16 July 2016
With the filing of more than 3,000 signatures, the PSG has now fulfilled all the conditions necessary to participate with a state-wide list in the elections for the Berlin legislature.
SEP 2016 US Election Campaign
SEP candidate Niemuth discusses attacks on public education with Erie residents
By Evan Winters, 16 July 2016
SEP (US) vice presidential candidate spoke with residents of Erie, Pennsylvania about social inequality, the US election and recent threats to end public education beyond eighth grade in the city.
After Sanders, Green Party seeks to trap workers and youth within capitalist politics
By Jerry White, 15 July 2016
SEP candidate for vice president takes socialist campaign to western Pennsylvania
Supporters of SEP presidential campaign achieve write-in ballot status in Kentucky
More on the SEP 2016 US election campaign »
History
Part 1: The Russian Revolution and the fate of the Crimean Tatars
What is behind the imperialist campaign over the Crimean Tatars?
By Clara Weiss, 16 July 2016
Since the beginning of the crisis in Ukraine, leading media outlets of the imperialist powers, in particular the New York Times, have been waging a campaign ostensibly directed at defending the Crimean Tatars from oppression by Russia.
A reply to our critics
In Defense of the American Revolution
By Tom Mackaman, 14 July 2016
Two hundred forty years since the Declaration of Independence
“Ordinary people truly imbibed the principles of the American Revolution”
An interview with Victoria Bynum, historian and author of The Free State of Jones—Part 2
By David Walsh and Joanne Laurier, 13 July 2016
Arts Review
A tribute to German Sinto musician Häns’che Weiss
By Bernd Reinhardt, 16 July 2016
In addition to a remarkable command of his instrument, guitarist Häns’che Weiss was distinguished by his thrilling musicality.
The life and career of Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami
By David Walsh, 14 July 2016
Workers Struggles
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
16 July 2016
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
Science
One year since the New Horizons flyby of Pluto
By Bryan Dyne, 15 July 2016
Socialist Equality Party
Socialist Equality Party (UK) public meetings
The way forward after the Brexit vote
13 July 2016
Halt the attacks on living conditions! Fight for socialist policies!
By the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka), 12 July 2016
SEP public meetings: The Australian election crisis and the way forward for the working class
9 July 2016
The UK Brexit crisis
New UK Prime Minister Theresa May to head austerity government
By Chris Marsden, 14 July 2016
The anti-working class politics of the pseudo-left
Left Unity endorses pro-EU offensive to overturn Brexit referendum
By Chris Marsden, 9 July 2016
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