6 February 2017
White House appeals ruling against anti-Muslim travel ban
By Tom Carter, 6 February 2017
Trump took to Twitter to denounce the “so-called judge” who struck down the ban, while Trump’s lawyers argued that the president has “unreviewable authority” over immigration and foreign policy.
Canada’s hypocritical response to Trump’s anti-Muslim order
By Roger Jordan, 6 February 2017
While tweeting “support” for refugees, Prime Minster Trudeau has refused to criticize Trump’s discriminatory travel ban or increase Canada’s tiny refugee intake.
US defence secretary backs Japan, threatens war against China over disputed islets
By Peter Symonds, 6 February 2017
Mattis’s remarks were precisely what Tokyo wanted to hear: a US commitment to wage war against China in the event of a conflict over the Senkakus.
Tens of thousands rally in London in second round of anti-Trump protests
By Robert Stevens, 6 February 2017
The protest organisers sought to divert opposition to Trump into appeals to May to end the “special relationship” with the US.
UK protesters speak out against Trump
By our reporters, 6 February 2017
Greens and pseudo-lefts promote Australian nationalism at anti-Trump protests
By our reporters, 6 February 2016
While the demonstrators were animated by opposition to the persecution of refugees and the rise of militarism, protest organisers called for an “independent” Australian foreign policy.
Australian protesters speak on war dangers and Trump immigration ban
By our reporters, 6 February 2017
Veteran of torture program appointed new deputy CIA director
By Fred Mazelis, 6 February 2017
Gina Haspel ran the black site prison in Thailand where waterboarding and other gruesome practices were carried out.
Trump plans rollback of drug industry regulations
By Brad Dixon, 6 February 2017
Trump met with pharmaceutical industry lobbyists and executives at the White House last week.
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EU summit approves sealing off the Mediterranean from refugees
By Martin Kreickenbaum, 6 February 2017
As European governments hypocritically denounce Trump’s anti-immigrant measures, the EU is planning to build up the Libyan coastguard and establish internment camps in North Africa to keep out refugees.
Australian coalition government faces defections
By Mike Head, 6 February 2017
The ruling Liberal-National Coalition is riven with divisions on foreign and domestic policy that have only been intensified by the advent of the Trump administration.
Trump browbeats Australian “ally”
Chile ravaged by fires
By Alexandra del Piano, 6 February 2017
The fires, which have burned over half a million hectares, taken 11 lives and left over 3,000 people homeless, constitute one of the worst disasters in the country’s history.
Officials declare Pittsburgh’s water unsafe to drink
By Samuel Davidson, 6 February 2017
More than 100,000 Pittsburgh residents were advised to boil their water before drinking or using it for other needs.
Chicago Housing Authority refuses to provide housing assistance while homelessness grows
By Alexander Fangmann, 3 February 2017
A newly released report details how the public housing agency fails to provide housing vouchers or construct new units.
Governor Scott Walker attacks Wisconsin’s working poor
By Gary Joad, 6 February 2017
Walker wants to impose draconian work requirements, drug testing and other punitive measures on food stamp recipients.
New in Spanish
Trump intimida a su “aliado” Australia
Por Mike Head, 6 febrero 2017
En tan sólo dos semanas de ejercer la presidencia, Trump ha provocado sismos políticos en todo el mundo con su agresivo programa de “EE.UU. ante todo”.
La amenaza de guerra de Washington contra Irán
Por Bill Van Auken, 6 febrero 2017
Sería un error peligroso creer que las acciones de la Casa Blanca de Trump son el resultado de simples improvisaciones o impulsos. Más bien, son parte de un plan definido.
New in French
Trump intimide son “allié” australien
Par Mike Head, 6 février 2017
Après seulement deux semaines dans ses fonctions, la politique aggressive de “l’Amérique d’abord” de nationalisme économique et de militarisme de Trump, envoient des ondes de choc politiques dans le monde entier.
Le sommet de l’UE marque une escalade du conflit Europe-États-Unis
Par Johannes Stern, 6 février 2017
Au sommet de l’UE à Malte, plusieurs chefs d’État européens, dont la chancelière allemande et le président français, ont vivement critiqué les politiques du gouvernement Trump.
Les manifestations contre la corruption continuent en Roumanie
Par Peter Schwarz, 6 février 2017
Derrière les manifestations se cache une lutte de pouvoir au sein de l’élite dirigeante qui fait rage depuis des années à propos de l’orientation de la politique étrangère et du partage des prébendes.
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بناء حزب المساواة الاشتراكية (فرنسا)
البيان التأسيسي للقسم الفرنسي للجنة الدولية للأممية الرابعة 2016
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قامت اللجنة الدولية للأممية الرابعة بإنشاء حزب المساواة الاشتراكية كفرع لها في فرنسا.
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Perspective
The Democratic Party and the anti-Russia hysteria
6 February 2017
While millions who have demonstrated against Trump are motivated by opposition to national chauvinism and authoritarianism, the criticism of Trump by the Democrats is centered on their demand for aggression against Russia.
IYSSE
Germany: Growing support for campaign at Bremen University against right-wing professor Jörg Baberowski
By our correspondents, 6 February 2017
On February 2, about 100 students at the University of Bremen attended a meeting in support of the General Student Committee, which is the target of legal action by Baberowski.
IYSSE demonstrations in Detroit, New Orleans and Chicago
Unite the working class against the attack on immigrants and refugees!
1 January 2017
The International Youth and Students for Social Equality is organizing protest demonstrations in Chicago and Detroit on February 7 and in New Orleans on February 10.
Hundreds attend IYSSE rallies to defend immigrant rights in New York and San Diego
“This situation is bad for democracy”
New York University students and workers support IYSSE campaign in defense of immigrants
Commentary
Why is the New York Times promoting the “black bloc”?
By Bill Van Auken, 4 February 2017
Trump threatens UC Berkeley funding cut after protest against fascistic provocateur
FBI secret manuals allow for warrantless stalking of journalists
By Zaida Green, 4 February 2017
Theresa May’s White Paper offers no plan for post-Brexit Britain
By Robert Stevens, 4 February 2017
More on the UK Brexit referendum »
EU summit marks escalation of conflict between Europe and US
By Johannes Stern, 4 February 2017
Protests continue against corruption in Romania
By Peter Schwarz, 4 February 2017
GM Canada slashes CAMI workforce in Ontario
By Carl Bronski, 4 February 2017
Pittsburgh community college students and staff speak on hunger
By Evan Winters, 4 February 2017
The Obamas prepare to cash in
Further observations on social inequality and the politics of the pseudo-left
Wealth distribution in the United States and the politics of the pseudo-left
The Trump Presidency
Trump issues orders to roll back bank regulations
By Barry Grey, 4 February 2017
US defence secretary threatens North Korea with “overwhelming” force
By Peter Symonds, 4 February 2017
Democrats back Trump administration’s new sanctions against Iran
By Joseph Kishore, 4 February 2017
Trump threatens to send US troops to Mexico in conversation with Peña Nieto
By Clodomiro Puentes, 4 February 2017
US Congress begins repeal of anti-pollution regulations
Federal employees resist administration attempts to impose media gags
Harley-Davidson execs, union leaders meet with Trump at the White House
Sanders backs Trump’s “America First” economic nationalism
The inauguration of Donald Trump: An event that will live in infamy
More on the Trump presidency »
Arts
Black Mirror: A murky reflection
By Carlos Delgado, 4 February 2017
Lion: A former homeless child searches for his town
American painter Kerry James Marshall’s retrospective, Mastry
Centenary of the Russian Revolution
Socialism and the centenary of the Russian Revolution: 1917-2017
By David North and Joseph Kishore, 3 January 2017
A specter is haunting world capitalism: the specter of the Russian Revolution. This year marks the centenary of the world-historical events of 1917, which began with the February Revolution in Russia and culminated in October with the conquest of political power by the Bolshevik Party, under the leadership of Lenin and Trotsky.
The End of the USSR
By David North, 30 December 2016
On January 4, 1992, David North, national secretary of the Workers League (predecessor of the Socialist Equality Party), delivered a report which explained the historical background and significance of the end of the USSR. To mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of this critical event, the World Socialist Web Site is posting North's report.
Socialist Equality Party
SEP/IYSSE public meetings
The fight against the Trump administration: The way forward
23 January 2017
The SEP and IYSSE begin nationwide meetings on the significance and implications of the Trump election
By a WSWS reporting team, 27 January 2017
The way forward in the fight against Trump
New in Arabic
Arabic translation of “Build the Socialist Equality Party (France)!”
We are publishing here the Arabic translation of the November 16, 2016 statement: Build the Socialist Equality Party (France)!. This was adopted as the historical and political basis for the founding of the Parti de l’égalité socialiste, the French section of the International Committee of the Fourth International.
Arabic translation of the preface to A Quarter Century of War: The US Drive for Global Hegemony 1990–2016
Mehring Books
The Election of Donald Trump: The Insurrection of the Oligarchy
New pamphlet from Mehring Books
25 January 2017
The demonstrations against Trump foreshadow the eruption of class struggle in the US on a massive scale.
100 Years since the Russian Revolution
Mehring Books announces centenary edition of landmark documentary, Tsar to Lenin
History
Seventy-five years since the Wannsee Conference
By Clara Weiss, 25 January 2017
Georgi Valentinovich Plekhanov (1856–1918): His Place in the History of Marxism
By David North and Vladimir Volkov, 5 December 2016
Book Review
J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy: Right-wing propaganda in the guise of personal memoir
By Henry Seward, 25 January 2017
Book review
Lessons from the 1937 Little Steel strike in the US
The Last Great Strike: Little Steel, the CIO, and the Struggle for Labor Rights in New Deal America, by Ahmed White
By Tom Mackaman, 23 January 2017
Security and the Fourth Internaional
Security and the Fourth International
The Smith Act trial and government infiltration of the Trotskyist movement—Part one
By Eric London, 8 December 2016
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