21 February 2017
Trump names Iraq war general and militarist as national security adviser
By Patrick Martin, 21 February 2017
The selection of McMaster is seen as a concession to the anti-Russian campaign waged by the intelligence agencies, the Democratic Party and sections of the Republican Party.
Behind the Flynn resignation and Trump crisis: A bitter conflict over imperialist policy
Trump’s Homeland Security memos: Millions at risk of deportation as crackdown looms
By Eric London, 21 February 2017
The Trump administration plans on finalizing and adopting the leaked Department of Homeland Security memos detailing sweeping deportation plans.
Seventy-five years after FDR’s Japanese internment order, Trump prepares mass immigrant roundup
Stop the attacks on immigrants! For a socialist policy of open borders and full rights for all workers!
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Anti-Trump “Not My President’s Day” protests draw thousands across the US
By our reporters, 21 February 2017
WSWS reporters spoke to protesters in New York and Chicago who joined thousands of others to voice their opposition to the policies of the Trump administration.
Workers in US fired for participating in pro-immigrant protests
By Nick Barrickman, 21 February 2017
After one month of the Trump administration, protests continue across the US
The popular movement against Trump vs. the corporate media’s anti-Russia witch-hunt
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North Dakota Senate passes bills criminalizing Dakota Access Pipeline protests
By Shelley Connor, 21 February 2017
As construction moves forward to complete the Dakota Access Pipeline, the bills subject protesters to prosecution and up to 20 years in prison.
MPs debate Trump state visit to Britain as tens of thousands protest
By Julie Hyland, 21 February 2017
Some 1.85 million people signed a petition urging the government not to make the visit by US President Donald Trump an official state affair.
Proposed Trump state visit provokes crisis in British ruling circles
The way forward in the fight against Trump and May
State of Child Health report in UK reveals devastating impact of austerity
By Liz Smith, 21 February 2017
The UK ranks 15 out of 19 Western European countries for infant mortality, with only Denmark, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia having higher death rates.
Left Front, Socialist Party pursue alliance in French presidential elections
By Anthony Torres, 21 February 2017
With the Socialist Party deeply unpopular under President François Hollande, the Left Front is seeking an alliance with it without daring to endorse its policies.
French neo-fascists present anti-EU, anti-immigrant program in 2017 elections
German police warn refugees not to attend carnival in Cologne
By Dietmar Henning, 21 February 2017
A letter from a police department in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) says that “from a police point of view” refugees are undesired at this week’s carnival celebrations.
Huge demonstration in Barcelona in defence of refugees and open borders
Famine threatens millions in the Horn of Africa as Washington prepares expanded war in Somalia
By Thomas Gaist, 21 February 2017
Starvation and malnutrition are menacing the lives of 10-15 million people in the Horn of Africa countries of Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya.
California and federal government ignored numerous warnings about Oroville Dam
By Ben McGrath, 21 February 2017
The Department of Water Resources is engaged in a cover-up of its failure to address basic safety issues that imperiled the lives of thousands of people.
“This is a big kick for families that are already struggling.”
Video report: Oroville dam evacuees criticize state response, remain ready to flee
Oroville Dam crisis highlights deteriorating state of US infrastructure
Union seeks to block strike, impose givebacks on Rockford, Illinois school employees
By George Gallanis, 21 February 2017
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is attempting to force a sellout contract on the 900 bus drivers, paraprofessionals and food service workers.
Plans to expand US Navy highlight vulnerable conditions of shipyard workers
By Toby Reese and Genevieve Leigh, 21 February 2017
In the decade spanning from 2005 through 2015, a total of 76 workers in the private shipbuilding and repair industry were killed on the job.
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf proposes austerity budget
By Douglas Lyons, 21 February 2017
Wolf has proposed a budget for the 2017-2018 fiscal year that does nothing to resolve the state’s education crisis and continues attacks on state workers.
Australian state Labor government strengthens draconian anti-association laws
By Erin Cooke, 21 February 2017
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is revamping notorious laws that provide sweeping powers to the police and courts under the guise of combatting “bikie gangs.”
New Zealand: Taylor Preston meat workers take industrial action
By Tom Peters, 21 February 2017
The Meat Workers Union is seeking to isolate and wear down the workers at the Wellington factory in order to impose a sell-out contract.
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El ejército brasileño sale a las calles de Río en medio de protestas
Por Bill Van Auken, 21 febrero 2017
El gobierno envió 9.000 tropas a Río mientras el estado tambalea al borde de la quiebra y aumenta la oposición a la austeridad y la privatización.
Informe revela tortura generalizada de menores en prisiones mexicanas
Por Alex Gonzalez, 21 febrero 2017
En México, el 57 por ciento de los adolescentes encarcelados son torturados, según un informe publicado por el Centro Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CNDH).
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75 Jahre nach Roosevelts Internierungserlass für Japaner bereitet Trump Massenverhaftung von Migranten vor
Von Eric London, 21. Februar 2017
Die Angriffe auf Einwanderer wurden sowohl von der Demokratischen als auch von der Republikanischen Partei vorbereitet. Sie haben ein fremdenfeindliches Klima geschaffen, um ihre Politik von Krieg und sozialer Konterrevolution voranzutreiben.
Spannungen zwischen USA und Europa auf Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz
Von Bill Van Auken, 21. Februar 2017
Auf der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz beschworen US-Vertreter die Loyalität der Vereinigten Staaten zur Nato und nahmen eine harte Haltung gegenüber Russland ein. Doch das konnte europäische Befürchtungen nicht zerstreuen, dass Trump seine „America First“-Politik auf Europas Kosten durchsetzen will.
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Perspective
How many people would die in a war between the US and Russia?
21 February 2017
Amidst the non-stop anti-Russian hysteria from the media and the Democratic Party, no one is posing the question: What will be the consequences of a war with Russia?
Centenary of the Russian Revolution
This week in the Russian Revolution
February 20-26: War deepens crisis of the Tsarist regime
20 February 2017
The Russian Revolution of 1917 was the greatest event in modern history. Between February and October, Russia passed from the overthrow of the Tsar, through a short episode of bourgeois rule, to the conquest of power by the Bolshevik Party and the establishment of the first workers state. To mark the centenary, the WSWS is publishing a weekly feature that will provide a kaleidoscopic view of the revolution and the global events of 1917, an epochal year in world history.
WSWS Editorial Board Chairman David North discusses upcoming lecture series on Russian Revolution
The ICFI is initiating its commemoration of the centenary of the Russian Revolution of 1917 with a series of online lectures. David North, chairperson of the International Editorial Board of the WSWS, will give the first lecture, “Why Study the Russian Revolution?” The lecture will be streamed on YouTube on Saturday, March 11 at 5:00 pm Eastern (US). Four biweekly lectures will follow.
Register for the lectures today at wsws.org/1917
Socialism and the centenary of the Russian Revolution: 1917-2017
By David North and Joseph Kishore, 3 January 2017
Commentary
Trump’s “America First” policies and the global eruption of economic nationalism
By Nick Beams, 21 February 2017
Speaking on behalf of European capital, the London-based Financial Times has described the trade policies of the Trump administration as a “clear and present danger” to the global trading and monetary system.
As Trump promotes America First nationalism at South Carolina Boeing plant
UAW to launch “Buy American” campaign
A reply to New York Times op-ed author Myles E. Johnson on racialism and “critical thinking”
By David Walsh, 20 February 2017
Columnist Myles E. Johnson on Beyoncé at the Grammys
The New York Times opens its pages to frenzied racialism
US late-night comics fall into (anti-Russian) line
US-European tensions remain despite reassurances on NATO
US conducts show of force in South China Sea
Federal reserve report reveals exploding levels of US household debt
Arizona invites lawyers for death row inmates to provide execution drugs
Workers Struggles
Workers Struggles: The Americas
21 February 2017
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
New York transit union pushes through concessions contract
By Alan Whyte, 20 February 2017
IYSSE
Student representative body denounces right-wing positions of professors at Berlin’s Humboldt University
By our correspondents, 20 February 2017
IYSSE meeting defends Bremen University Student Union against attacks by Jörg Baberowski
The election of Donald Trump, the danger of war and the political tasks facing young people
By International Youth and Students for Social Equality (Australia), 20 February 2017
ISO endorses IYSSE application for club status at New York University
By Isaac Finn, 16 February 2017
Open Letter to the International Socialist Organization
Reverse ISO position supporting political censorship at NYU
Arts
Daniel Barenboim conducts the Bruckner symphony cycle in New York
By Fred Mazelis, 20 February 2017
A late 19th century composer who has some detractors gets his big moment at Carnegie Hall.
British actor John Hurt: 1940-2017
By Kevin Martinez, 17 February 2017
NHS FightBack
Patient at Britain’s Newham Acute Day Hospital launches campaign to fight closure
By our reporters, 18 February 2017
Socialist Equality Party
A wave of class struggles in Sri Lanka: Workers must fight for a socialist program to defend their rights
By the Socialist Equality Party, 18 February 2017
SEP/IYSSE public meetings
Mobilize the working class to defend immigrant rights!
12 February 2017
Socialist Equality Party (UK) public meetings
Trump and Brexit: For a socialist opposition to economic nationalism
11 February 2017
Public meetings in Australia and New Zealand
The political significance of Trump and the accelerated drive to war
10 February 2017
The Trump Presidency
Trump White House under mounting pressure from anti-Russia campaign
By Patrick Martin, 20 February 2017
Democrats seek to channel opposition to Trump behind anti-Russia offensive
By Joseph Kishore, 16 February 2017
Fast-food mogul Andrew Puzder withdraws as Trump labor nominee
By a reporter, 16 February 2017
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History
Eighty years since the victory of the Flint sit-down strike—Part one
By Jerry White, 15 February 2017
Eighty years since the victory of the Flint sit-down strike—Part two
Georgi Valentinovich Plekhanov (1856–1918): His Place in the History of Marxism
This week in history: February 13-19
25 years ago: Pentagon prepares for new wars
Classified documents leaked by the Pentagon, reported in the New York Times and the Washington Post the week of February 17, 1992, revealed that the US was engaged in intensive planning for wars in Europe, Asia and Latin America.
50 years ago: CIA funding of US student and labor groups exposed
The February 13, 1967 admission by leaders of the liberal National Student Association (NSA) that their organization had been receiving funds from the Central Intelligence Agency since the 1950s sparked a series of exposures.
75 years ago: Roosevelt orders internment of Japanese-Americans
On February 19, 1942 US President Franklin Roosevelt, under authority of the War Powers Act, signed Executive Order 9066, which put the Army in charge of uprooting Japanese-Americans and placing them in internment camps for the duration of World War II.
100 years ago: Food riots in Brooklyn, New York
On February 19, 1917, food riots broke out in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, New York, amid mounting anger among workers and the poor over the rising cost of living, including food prices.
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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