30 July 2016
US warplanes kill at least 28 more civilians in northern Syria
By Barry Grey, 30 July 2016
The latest mass killing occurred in the same region where, nine days before, the US military bombed a group of houses, killing as many as 200 civilians.
Pentagon accuses Russia of targeting US-British Special Forces base in Syria
More on the war in Iraq and Syria »
Anger mounts over government handling of floods in China
By John Braddock, 30 July 2016
With widespread media and internet reports accusing officials of negligence, Beijing is increasingly nervous about deepening social opposition.
Australian PM sinks Rudd’s bid for UN secretary general
By Peter Symonds, 30 July 2016
The fracas this week over former Prime Minister Rudd has not only highlighted deep divisions in the Coalition government, but also raises a question about Washington’s hand in events.
Germany’s Chancellor Merkel announces drastic increase in state powers
By Ulrich Rippert, 30 July 2016
In a press conference, Merkel proclaimed a “war on terrorism” and a sweeping increase in state powers.
A week before Rio games, protesters extinguish Olympic flame
By Bill Van Auken, 30 July 2016
The Olympics are being held in a Brazil wracked by political and economic crisis as well as mounting social unrest.
US army threatens whistleblower Chelsea Manning with indefinite solitary confinement
By Isaac Finn, 30 July 2016
According to the ACLU, Manning could face added time and other punishments on the basis of charges related to a failed suicide attempt.
Texas recorded almost 7,000 deaths in custody since 2005
By Shannon Jones, 30 July 2016
Between 2005 and 2015, an average of 628 people a year died while in the custody of police or state corrections officials.
Maryland state’s attorney clears police officers involved in killing of Freddie Gray of all charges
More on police violence in America »
Michigan attorney general charges six more state officials in Flint water crisis
By James Brewer, 30 July 2016
These six indictments bring the number of criminal indictments to nine.
Water officials envision doubling of city of Flint water rates
State officials work to obscure water crisis in Flint
More on the Flint water crisis »
UK workers’ pay plummets since 2008 global financial crash
By Richard Tyler, 30 July 2016
Unlike their members, whose incomes fell by over 10 percent in real terms, trade union bosses saw their own pay packets rise collectively between 2007 and 2015 by 18 percent.
New in French
La guerre et la Convention nationale démocrate
Par Andre Damon, 30 juillet 2016
Le grand secret dans l’élection américaine de 2016 est la préparation bien avancée des États-Unis pour le conflit militaire contre la Russie et la Chine.
New in Turkish
Bir Türk gazetesi başarısız askeri darbenin arkasındaki ABD’li generalin kimliğini belirtti
Johannes Stern, 30 Temmuz 2016
Cumhurbaşkanı Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’ı devirme yönündeki başarısız askeri darbeden iki hafta sonra, ABD'nin olaylara önemli ölçüde dahil olduğuna ilişkin daha fazla bilgi açığa çıkıyor.
Muhalefet partileri Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan’la bir araya geldi
Halil Çelik, 30 Temmuz 2016
Erdoğan, muhalefet partileriyle bir mutabakat aracılığıyla hükümetinin egemenliğini pekiştirmeye çalıştığı sırada, 9 Ağustos’ta St. Petersburg’a resmi bir ziyaret planladı.
Münih’teki büyük çaplı polis operasyonu: Demokrasiye yönelik bir saldırı
Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi (Almanya), 30 Temmuz 2016
Alman yetkililer, 18 yaşındaki bir gencin Münih’teki silahlı saldırısını, 1,5 milyon nüfuslu bir kenti saatlerce kilitleyecek ve korku ve panik yayacak şekilde, büyük çaplı bir olağanüstü hal ve iç savaş tatbikatı gerçekleştirmek için bahane olarak kullandılar.
New in Spanish
La promoción de la política racial y las elecciones de EE.UU.
Por Barry Grey, 30 julio 2016
Hay un implacable esfuerzo por del Partido Democrático y de la mayoría de los medios para presentar a la raza como la cuestión social y política predominante en los EE.UU. La lucha contra la brutalidad policial y la violencia del estado capitalista, así como la lucha para acabar con todas las formas de racismo y discriminación, está completamente unida a la lucha contra la explotación de clase, la desigualdad social y el sistema capitalista que es su fuente.
Música-Cantante M.I.A. excluida del Festival Afropunk por criticar al Grupo ‘La Vida de los Negros Importa’
Por David Walsh y Zac Corrigan, 30 julio 2016
M.I.A., la Británica-Sri Lanquesa artista de hip hop, será retirada del acto principal que tendrá lugar en Londres el 24 de septiembre. Tomaron la decisión después que M.I.A. fuera atacada por fuerzas racistas cuando criticó al movimiento ‘La Vida de los Negros Importa’ por su estrechez e indiferencia hacia el destino de los refugiados y desplazados en todo el mundo.
El tiroteo en Múnich y la americanización de la sociedad alemana
Por Christoph Vandreier y Peter Schwarz, 30 julio 2016
La enorme operación policial, mano con mano con la reacción de los medios de difusión, demuestra que este acontecimiento es pretexto de una campaña de mano dura contra obreros, jóvenes e inmigrantes.
Se da inicio a la Convención Republicana: un espectáculo obsceno en Cleveland
Por Patrick Martin, 30 julio 2016
Donald Trump, una celebridad estafadora con una perspectiva racista y autoritaria, personifica la decadencia política de la clase dominante estadounidense.
Huelga de doctores contra el gobierno de Papua Nueva Guinea
Por John Braddock, 30 julio 2016
Después de reunirse el fin de semana con pilotos, trabajadores marítimos y trabajadores energéticos, la Asociación Nacional de Doctores apoyó demandas de que el primer ministro Peter O'Neill renunciara y enfrentara interrogaciones sobre alegaciones de corrupción.
La Campaña de Donald Trump: Una Nueva Etapa en la Crisis de la Democracia en Estados Unidos
Por Comité de Redacción del WSWS, 30 julio 2016
Que detone la violencia en las movilizaciones políticas de Trump es señal de una etapa de desintegración política en Estados Unidos.
New in German
Obamas Vermächtnis: Identitätspolitik im Dienste des Kriegs
Von Bill Van Auken, 30. Juli 2016
Die Regierung Obama war der Wendepunkt für die Rückkehr der Demokraten zu ihren Wurzeln als der führenden Partei des US-Imperialismus.
Berliner Abgeordnetenhauswahl 2016
Stimmt gegen Krieg! Wählt PSG!
Wahlaufruf der Partei für Soziale Gleichheit, 30. Juli 2016
Die PSG tritt mit einer Landesliste und Direktkandidaten in Wedding, Tempelhof-Schöneberg und Friedrichshain zur Berliner Abgeordnetenhauswahl am 18. September an.
Die verlogene und hohle Rede Hillary Clintons
Von David Walsh, 30. Juli 2016
Auf dem Parteitag der Demokraten klang Hillary Clintons Rede, mit der sie ihre Nominierung als Präsidentschaftskandidatin annahm, vollkommen hohl und verlogen.
Bundesarbeitsgericht erklärt Streik der Vorfeldlotsen für „rechtswidrig“
Von Marianne Arens, 30. Juli 2016
Nun soll die Lotsengewerkschaft GdF Schadenersatz in Millionenhöhe an den Flughafenbetreiber Fraport AG bezahlen.
Partitur des Krieges
Ein Eindringlicher Dokumentarfilm zur Ukraine
Von Bernd Reinhardt, 30. Juli 2016
April vergangenen Jahres machte sich der ukrainische Geiger und Komponist Mark Chaet, begleitet von einem kleinen Dreh-Team von Berlin aus auf den Weg in seine ost-ukrainische Heimat.
In Spanien droht dritte Wahl
Von Alejandro López, 30. Juli 2016
Die Lage in Spanien ist beispielhaft für die Krise des traditionellen bürgerlichen politischen Systems in Europa seit dem Ausbruch der Weltwirtschaftskrise 2008.
Rassistische Angriffe auf den Film Free State of Jones
Von David Walsh, 30. Juli 2016
Der Film Free State of Jones über einen weißen Farmer in Mississippi, der sich im Bürgerkrieg gegen die Konföderierten auflehnt, wird von Vertretern der Identitätspolitik und der amerikanischen „Neuen Rechten” heftig angegriffen.
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- La fin de la campagne de Sanders : Les leçons politiques (29.07.2016)
- Unifor et les Trois Grands de l'automobile utilisent les menaces de licenciements pour repousser les demandes des travailleurs de l'automobile canadiens (29.07.2016)
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Perspective
After the Democratic and Republican conventions
For a socialist alternative to the parties of austerity and war!
30 July 2016
In the face of an immense economic, social and political crisis, neither Clinton nor Trump has anything to offer but austerity, war and the continued assault on democratic rights.
Commentary
US media celebrates Democratic Party warmongering
By Patrick Martin, 30 July 2016
Leading columnists for the New York Times and Washington Post have hailed Hillary Clinton as a more consistent and ruthless advocate of US foreign policy interests.
Socialist Alternative promotes Sanders’ “political revolution” without Sanders
By Tom Hall, 30 July 2016
Socialist Alternative's role in helping to organize a walkout of a section of Sanders delegates at the Democratic convention was aimed at promoting Green Party candidate Jill Stein, the next political trap being laid for the working class.
The end of the Sanders campaign: The political lessons
“Socialist Convergence”: A gathering of political bankrupts in Philadelphia
The pro-capitalist program of the US Green Party
Obama’s legacy: Identity politics in the service of war
By Bill Van Auken, 29 July 2016
The New York Times, the state and the making of an amalgam
Who is James Bennet?
By Tom Hall, 29 July 2016
New York Times concocts amalgam to link Trump and Putin in Democrats’ email scandal
German Left Party leader polemicises against refugees
Calls for more police, signals support for NATO war policy
By Johannes Stern, 29 July 2016
Turkish newspaper identifies US general behind failed military coup
By Johannes Stern, 28 July 2016
The Turkish coup, US militarism and the collapse of democracy
The political bankruptcy of filmmaker Michael Moore and his “5 Reasons Why Trump Will Win”
By David Walsh, 28 July 2016
Socialist Equality Party
After Brexit: The struggle for socialism in Britain
By Chris Marsden, 30 July 2016
The following is a speech delivered by Chris Marsden, national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (UK), at public meetings held this month in London and Sheffield.
Labour donor’s legal effort to oust Corbyn fails
SEP Australia holds Third National Congress
By the Socialist Equality Party Australia, 27 July 2016
The Socialist Equality Party and the fight to build an international anti-war movement
SEP public meetings review political lessons of Australian election
Australian workers and youth voice interest in SEP’s perspective
SEP public meeting in Colombo: Halt the attacks on living conditions! Fight for socialist policies!
By the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka), 27 July 2016
Arts Review
Captain Fantastic: An anti-establishment superhero?
By Joanne Laurier, 30 July 2016
Writer-director Matt Ross’s film is a semi-anarchistic tale about a family’s “off-the-grid” existence in the Pacific Northwest.
Chasing Asylum: Exposing Australia’s brutal refugee-detention regime
By Richard Phillips, 29 July 2016
Documentary director Eva Orner discusses Chasing Asylum
By Richard Phillips, 29 July 2016
Alexander Sokurov’s Francofonia: The Louvre during the Nazi occupation
The 2016 US elections
Hillary Clinton’s dishonest, empty acceptance speech
By David Walsh, 29 July 2016
With platform changes, Democrats seek to conceal record of attacks on public education
War and the Democratic National Convention
Democratic convention opens: An agenda of militarism and war
More on the 2016 US elections »
Workers Struggles
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
30 July 2016
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
The political issues facing California teachers
By Kimie Saito, 29 July 2016
SEP 2016 US Election Campaign
“We should have socialized medicine in the United States”
Socialist Equality Party campaigns in San Diego, California
By our reporters, 28 July 2016
Sanders heaps praise on the “billionaire class’s” chosen candidate
By Jerry White—SEP (US) candidate for president, 27 July 2016
More on the SEP 2016 US election campaign »
Book Review
Bitterly Divided: The South’s Inner Civil War
By Eric London, 26 July 2016
SEP (Germany) Election Campaign
Massive police operation in Munich—an attack on democracy
By Socialist Equality Party (Germany), 25 July 2016
The Munich shooting spree and the Americanization of German society
Socialist Equality Party (Germany) placed on ballot for Berlin election
Support the election campaign of the Socialist Equality Party in Berlin! Vote against war and militarism!
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.
International Youth and Students for Social Equality
Take up the fight against war, austerity and dictatorship!
Build the IYSSE on Australian campuses and schools!
By the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (Australia), 25 July 2016
Developments since the Australian federal election have underscored the preparations by the ruling elite for war with China and authoritarian forms of rule.
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