20 August 2016
American jets scramble against Syrian aircraft bombing Kurdish rebels
By Alex Lantier, 20 August 2016
As US-backed Kurdish forces in Syria clash with pro-regime forces backed by Russia, Iran and China, the Middle East war threatens to escalate into all-out global conflict.
“Human rights” propaganda campaign paves way for military escalation in Syria
Putin visits Crimea amid rising tensions with Ukraine
By Bill Van Auken, 20 August 2016
Ukrainian President Poroshenko threatened to impose martial law and conscription in response to what he claimed was the threat of a Russian invasion.
The provocation in Crimea and the threat of world war
Government indifference in the midst of historic Louisiana flooding
By Tom Hall, 20 August 2016
The federal government has promised only paltry sums to compensate flood victims, while Obama has delayed any visit until after his lavish vacation in Martha’s Vineyard.
The Louisiana flooding—a failure of American capitalism
Trump chairman Paul Manafort resigns amidst campaign shift to the right
By Patrick Martin, 20 August 2016
Paul Manafort has been displaced by Stephen Bannon, chairman of the ultra-right Breitbart News, giving the Trump campaign its third chief in three months.
Green Party candidates at CNN town hall: Promoting illusions in the capitalist system
The 2016 elections and the crisis of American democracy
More on the 2016 US elections »
UK media denounces Corbyn’s refusal to support war with Russia
By Robert Stevens and Chris Marsden, 20 August 2016
Corbyn’s comments occasioned a slew of articles and commentary declaring that he could not be trusted with the reins of power if he were not ready for all-out war.
Britain’s Financial Times calls on anti-Corbyn plotters to prepare Labour split
By Julie Hyland, 20 August 2016
The FT said the Labour right must think “through what a new party of the centre-left would stand for” and make “serious preparation” for a breakaway.
Spain: Pseudo-left concedes to right wing over street name changes
By Alejandro López, 20 August 2016
The Stalinists, Socialist Party and the pseudo-left have strengthened the right’s efforts to rehabilitate Franco and his fascist regime.
Venezuela opens border with Colombia in order to alleviate growing social tensions
By Alexander Fangmann, 20 August 2016
The border, which has been largely closed since last September, is being opened gradually in order to stem anger arising from shortages of medicine and other basic necessities.
Indian PM Modi “plays Balochistan card” against Pakistan
By Deepal Jayasekera and Keith Jones, 20 August 2016
In a highly provocative shift, Modi has denounced Pakistan for “atrocities” in Balochistan—a strategic province that has long been convulsed by a secessionist insurgency.
Mounting evidence Canadian police summarily executed terror suspect
By Roger Jordan, 20 August 2016
The account of the taxi driver at the scene when Aaron Driver was killed and the autopsy of his corpse strongly suggest the 24-year-old was summarily executed by police.
Decades-long cover-up of “black lung” among Australian miners
By Oscar Grenfell, 20 August 2016
Reports of cases pre-date the official rediscovery of the disease in Queensland last year.
Full-time jobs and wages falling in Australia
By Mike Head, 20 August 2016
Part-time work is becoming the “new normal” for growing layers of workers, with devastating consequences for living standards.
New in Spanish
El Gigante Dormido: El engaño y las mentiras acerca de la "nueva" clase obrera
Por Nancy Hanover, 20 agosto 2016
Un libro nuevo de la editora del grupo de expertos Demos, Tamara Draut, busca renovar al Partido Demócrata y a los sindicatos a través de la promoción de la política de identidad.
New in Russian
25 лет назад: Попытка «августовского путча» в СССР терпит неудачу
20 августа 2016 г.
Утром 19 августа 1991 года группа советских политических и военных деятелей с участием КГБ во главе с вице-президентом Геннадием Янаевым совершила государственный переворот, отстранив от власти президента Михаила Горбачева и введя чрезвычайное положение.
50 лет назад: Начало «культурной революции» в Китае
20 августа 2016 г.
18 августа 1966 года председатель Коммунистической партии Китая Мао Цзэдун организовал массовый митинг в Пекине, чтобы продемонстрировать низовую поддержку так называемой «Великой пролетарской культурной революции».
New in French
Alep: la propagande « Droits de l’homme » prépare le terrain pour une escalade militaire
Par Bill Van Auken, 20 août 2016
Il faut comprendre la saturation des ondes et de la presse avec les images d’un enfant de cinq ans d’Alep comme un avertissement que Washington prépare l’opinion publique à une escalade militaire majeure.
Allemagne: un rapport critiquant la Turquie met en évidence la montée des tensions dans l'OTAN
Par Johannes Stern, 20 août 2016
Quatre semaines après le coup d'Etat militaire manqué contre le président turc Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, les relations au sein de l'OTAN sont au point le plus bas.
Avec la montée de la spéculation
Le marché obligataire international devient «surréaliste»
Par Nick Beams, 20 août 2016
La décision de la Banque d'Angleterre de poursuivre «l’assouplissement quantitatif» a entraîné encore plus de spéculation dans les marchés financiers, tandis que l'état de l’économie réelle s'aggrave.
Le New York Times blanchit l'impérialisme américain au Moyen-Orient
Par Eric London, 20 août 2016
Une série publiée dans le Times conclut que l'effondrement des gouvernements nationalistes du Moyen-Orient démontre la nécessité d'une division sectaire de la région.
New in German
„Menschenrechts“-Propaganda soll Eskalation des Kriegs in Syrien den Weg ebnen
Von Bill Van Auken, 20. August 2016
Die Bilder eines Fünfjährigen aus Aleppo, die pausenlos über alle Medien verbreitet werden, lassen vermuten, dass Washington die öffentliche Meinung auf eine größere militärische Eskalation vorbereiten will.
Stellungnahme der Bundesregierung zur Türkei verdeutlicht Spannungen innerhalb der Nato
Von Johannes Stern, 20. August 2016
Die Beziehungen zwischen Berlin und Ankara haben vier Wochen nach dem gescheiterten Putsch in der Türkei einen Tiefpunkt erreicht.
Zum Tod von Ernst Nolte
Von Christoph Vandreier und Peter Schwarz, 20. August 2016
Obwohl sich Nolte nach dem Historikerstreit nur noch in ultrakonservativen und offen rechtsextremen Kreisen bewegte, erfolgte seine ideologische und politische Rehabilitierung bereits vor seinem Tod.
Lebhafte Diskussion auf PSG-Wahlversammlung
Von unseren Korrespondenten, 20. August 2016
Angesichts der verschärften Kriegsgefahr in Syrien und der Ukraine, mit der eine offene Konfrontation zwischen der Nato und Russland in greifbare Nähe rückt, erzielt der PSG-Wahlkampf große Aufmerksamkeit.
Katastrophale Verhältnisse in griechischen Flüchtlingslagern
Von Katerina Selin, 20. August 2016
In den Massenmedien ist es still geworden um die Flüchtlinge in Griechenland. Doch das Elend dieser Menschen, die vor Krieg und Armut auf der Flucht sind, geht ununterbrochen weiter.
Japan plant Stationierung von Raketen im Ostchinesischen Meer
Von Ben McGrath, 20. August 2016
Tokio will eine Mittelstreckenrakete entwickeln und bauen, um damit die Senkaku/Diaoyu-Inseln erreichen zu können, und riskiert damit weitere Zusammenstöße mit Peking.
Zeit für Legenden
Jesse Owens und die Olympiade von 1936
Von Alan Gilman und David Walsh, 20. August 2016
Der Film von Stephen Hopkins dreht sich um die entscheidenden Ereignisse im Leben der afroamerikanischen Sportlegende Jesse Owens, der bei der Olympiade 1936 in Berlin vier Goldmedaillen gewann.
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- „Menschenrechts“-Propaganda soll Eskalation des Kriegs in Syrien den Weg ebnen (20.08.2016)
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- Zum Tod von Ernst Nolte (20.08.2016)
- Lebhafte Diskussion auf PSG-Wahlversammlung (20.08.2016)
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Jesse Owens und die Olympiade von 1936 (20.08.2016) - Die US-Wahlen von 2016 und die Krise der amerikanischen Demokratie (19.08.2016)
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PSG diskustiert mit türkischen Arbeitern in Berlin (19.08.2016)
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- Alep: la propagande « Droits de l’homme » prépare le terrain pour une escalade militaire (20.08.2016)
- Allemagne: un rapport critiquant la Turquie met en évidence la montée des tensions dans l'OTAN (20.08.2016)
- Avec la montée de la spéculation
Le marché obligataire international devient «surréaliste» (20.08.2016) - Le New York Times blanchit l'impérialisme américain au Moyen-Orient (20.08.2016)
- Les élections de 2016 et la crise de la démocratie américaine (19.08.2016)
- L’inquiétude monte à Washington sur les actions russo-iraniennes en Syrie (19.08.2016)
- Après une bagarre dans la ville de Sisco, La France lance une campagne pour interdire le burkini (19.08.2016)
- Le ministre de la Défense du Canada fait une tournée en Afrique pour préparer le terrain à des interventions militaires (19.08.2016)
- Berlin: « La guerre n’est jamais la solution » (19.08.2016)
- Les médias allemands accentuent l'agitation anti-russe (18.08.2016)
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- El Gigante Dormido: El engaño y las mentiras acerca de la "nueva" clase obrera (20.08.2016)
- Río 2016: El “ideal olímpico” y la realidad del capitalismo (17.08.2016)
- El Estado de seguridad nacional y las elecciones en Estados Unidos (12.08.2016)
- El Partido Demócrata prepara escalada en Siria con retórica contra Putin (12.08.2016)
- El desplome de la productividad en EE.UU.: otro síntoma de la crisis capitalista (12.08.2016)
- Una semana antes de los juegos de Río, manifestantes extinguen la llama Olímpica (09.08.2016)
- El tiroteo en Múnich y la americanización de la sociedad alemana (30.07.2016)
- Se da inicio a la Convención Republicana: un espectáculo obsceno en Cleveland (30.07.2016)
- Huelga de doctores contra el gobierno de Papua Nueva Guinea (30.07.2016)
- La Campaña de Donald Trump: Una Nueva Etapa en la Crisis de la Democracia en Estados Unidos (30.07.2016)
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- 25 лет назад: Попытка «августовского путча» в СССР терпит неудачу (20.08.2016)
- 50 лет назад: Начало «культурной революции» в Китае (20.08.2016)
- Антинаучный характер понятия «раса» (17.08.2016)
- Провокация в Крыму и угроза мировой войны (16.08.2016)
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Часть 2: Империалистическая эксплуатация этнической напряженности в Крыму — в прошлом и настоящем (13.08.2016) - Что стоит за империалистической кампанией по поводу крымских татар?
Часть 1: Русская революция и судьба крымских татар (10.08.2016) - Конец кампании Сандерса: Политические уроки (29.07.2016)
- «Социалистическая конвергенция»: Сборище политических банкротов в Филадельфии (28.07.2016)
- Девяносто лет с момента переворота Пилсудского
Стратегия «Междуморья» — Часть 4
Подготовка НАТО к войне с Россией (26.07.2016) - Попытка переворота в Турции, американский империализм и распад демократии (23.07.2016)
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- Socialismo e a luta contra a guerra
Construir um Movimento Internacional da Classe Trabalhadora e da Juventude Contra o Imperialismo! (25.04.2016) - A pressão pelo impeachment e os perigos com que se defronta a classe trabalhadora brasileira (25.04.2016)
- Os cinco anos da Revolução Egípcia (12.02.2016)
- Governo brasileiro reprime protestos em São Paulo contra o aumento do transporte (30.01.2016)
- Estudantes brasileiros ocupam escolas de São Paulo contra plano de reorganização (22.12.2015)
- As lições políticas da traição do Syriza na Grécia
Declaração do Comitê Internacional da Quarta Internacional (08.12.2015) - Vinte e cinco anos desde a queda do Muro de Berlim: uma avaliação (10.10.2015)
- O caminho para os trabalhadores automotivos dos EUA (03.10.2015)
- Um mundo convulsionado por crises (23.09.2015)
- Desastres da “Fortaleza Europa”: refugiados morrem na terra e no mar (23.09.2015)
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Perspective
The ruling class and the spectre of Leon Trotsky
20 August 2016
Seventy-six years after his assassination at the hands of a Stalinist agent, Trotsky remains not only a towering historical personality, but also a figure of acute contemporary political relevance.
Obituary
On the death of German historian Ernst Nolte
By Christoph Vandreier and Peter Schwarz, 20 August 2016
Nolte is infamous for initiating the Historikerstreit (Historians’ Dispute) in 1986 with his downplaying of National Socialism and the worst crimes in human history.
Arts Review
A portrait of photographer Robert Frank
By C.W. Rogers, 20 August 2016
Don’t Blink––Robert Frank, is a very personal and generally engaging documentary of the life and career of the acclaimed photographer and filmmaker.
The Score of War: A haunting documentary film on Ukraine
SEP (Germany) Election Campaign
Berlin Election 2016
Socialist Equality Party campaigners speak with Turkish workers in Berlin
By our correspondents, 20 August 2016
The discussions with workers at the Crellemarkt outdoor market in Berlin focused on the attempted coup in Turkey on July 15.
Report on the SEP’s election campaign in Berlin
“War is never the solution”
By our correspondents, 18 August 2016
Berlin state election 2016
Vote against war! Vote PSG!
Election manifesto of the Socialist Equality Party
Socialist Equality Party
Sri Lanka: SEP meeting advances socialist program to fight government attacks
By our correspondents, 20 August 2016
The Colombo meeting discussed the growing popular opposition to the Sirisena-Wickremesinge regime and the necessity for a socialist and internationalist perspective.
After Brexit: The struggle for socialism in Britain
By Chris Marsden, 30 July 2016
Workers Struggles
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
20 August 2016
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
“The union signed away their rights”
Verizon strikers remain victimized 12 weeks after end of strike
By Shannon Jones, 19 August 2016
West coast dockworkers’ union to discuss contract extension
By Hector Cordon, 19 August 2016
Commentary
The pseudo-left and identity politics: RIO solidarizes itself with “Gina-Lisa” and promotes law and order
By Johannes Stern, 19 August 2016
Japan plans missile deployment in East China Sea
By Ben McGrath, 19 August 2016
After brawl in town of Sisco, France launches campaign to ban burkini
Cohen of the Times on Rio Olympics: “I’m tired of reading about anger in the slums”
The New York Times whitewashes US imperialism in Middle East and contemplates ethnic cleansing
SEP 2016 US Election Campaign
Socialist Equality Party vice presidential candidate Niles Niemuth condemns US-backed war in Yemen
19 August 2016
SEP campaigns in Leechburg and Brackenridge, Pennsylvania
By Evan Winters, 18 August 2016
ATI workers speak to SEP campaigners
Facebook livestream
SEP US vice presidential candidate Niles Niemuth discusses the police killing in Milwaukee
17 August 2016
More on the SEP 2016 US election campaign »
The 2016 US Elections
Trump and Democrats compete on militarism and war
By Patrick Martin, 16 August 2016
The real issues in the 2016 US elections
By Patrick Martin, 15 August 2016
Tax return places Clintons in the top 0.02 percent of Americans
After the Sanders debacle
“Socialist Convergence” meets to prepare a new trap for the working class
By Gabriel Black and David Brown, 12 August 2016
More on the 2016 US elections »
History
An interview with David Williams, author of Bitterly Divided: The South’s Inner Civil War
By Eric London, 16 August 2016
Bitterly Divided: The South’s Inner Civil War
“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
Science
Astronomers reveal most detailed map of galaxy distribution
By Joe Mount, 15 August 2016
Book Review
Sleeping Giant: Deception and lies about the “new” working class
By Nancy Hanover, 11 August 2016
A new book by Demos editor Tamara Draut seeks to refurbish the Democratic Party and the trade unions by promoting identity politics.
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