18 March 2017
Merkel and Trump hold crisis talks in Washington
By Johannes Stern, 18 March 2017
Tensions between Germany and the US have risen to their highest point since the end of the Second World War.
Indian prosecutors seek death penalty for framed-up Maruti Suzuki workers
By Keith Jones, 18 March 2017
India’s ruling elite is determined to impose savage punishments on the Maruti Suzuki workers to intimidate the working class and reassure investors that they will enforce sweatshop conditions.
Indian court to hear sentencing arguments against framed-up Maruti Suzuki workers
India: 31 victimized Maruti Suzuki workers convicted on frame-up charges
Israel air raid targets government positions as Syrian conflict intensifies
By Jordan Shilton, 18 March 2017
Syrian government forces fired anti-aircraft missiles at Israeli aircraft carrying out air strikes near Palmyra, amid reports that the US bombed a mosque near Aleppo, killing 46 civilians.
Letter from a Syrian reader: “There is a new sentiment of solidarity in the ranks of the poor people”
18 March 2017
The WSWS has received the following correspondence from a reader and supporter in Damascus on the situation in Syria after six years of a civil war instigated and abetted by the major imperialist powers.
Pentagon prepares to send a thousand more troops into Syria
Trade talks in Chile on continuing TPP without the US
By James Cogan, 18 March 2017
Despite concerns expressed about protectionism, the most obvious feature of the Chile summit was the manner in which various states pursued their own national trade agendas.
US immigration bars Canadian nurses employed at Michigan hospitals
By Shannon Jones, 18 March 2017
Some Canadian nurses employed in the US have been blocked from entering the country by a more restrictive interpretation of US immigration policy.
Trump taunts judicial branch as judges block second travel ban
More on the attacks on immigrants »
Coal miner killed at mine owned by West Virginia governor
By Clement Daly, 18 March 2017
Jason Kenneth Matthews was killed at the Bishop Preparation Plant, owned by Jim Justice, West Virginia’s governor and richest man.
Sanders seeks to cast the Democrats as ally of coal miners at West Virginia town hall
Los Angeles school district sends layoff notices to 1,600 administrators
By Dan Conway, 18 March 2017
The layoffs are part of an ongoing attempt to gut public education in the nation’s second largest school district.
Assault on boat off coast of Yemen kills over 40 Somali refugees
By Niles Niemuth, 18 March 2017
Friday’s assault highlights the historic humanitarian crisis which is engulfing a significant portion of the African continent and Middle East.
Saudi king postpones visit to Maldives
By Rohantha De Silva, 18 March 2017
The postponement took place amid intensifying conflicts within the Maldivian ruling elite, bound up with the geo-political rivalry between the US, India and China.
Netherlands: Following elections, estabablishment parties shift to the right
By Peter Schwarz, 18 March 2017
The defeat of Geert Wilders in the Dutch election has not stopped the growth of nationalism and xenophobia; it has amplified it in the establishment parties.
Dutch Prime Minister Rutte wins out against far-right challenger
The Dutch elections and the danger of fascism
UK: Labour-led Lewisham council attempt land-grab involving football ground
By Simon Whelan, 18 March 2017
The plan by Labour-run Lewisham borough council to seize Millwall’s football ground and sell it on to an offshore-registered developer has only been put on hold.
Amid economic disaster, Brazilian unions promote Lula da Silva 2018 presidential bid
By Miguel Andrade, 18 March 2017
The number of unemployed, including those who have abandoned the search for a job after prolonged inability to find work, has risen to 23 million.
Garbage dump landslide kills over 110 in Ethiopia
By Eddie Haywood, 18 March 2017
A landslide on the outskirts of Addis Ababa buried a number of makeshift homes under tons of refuse, claiming scores of lives and leaving many others injured.
A new wave of job cuts at Australian universities
By Mike Head, 18 March 2017
Staff and students suffer as universities axe hundreds more jobs, usually via “voluntary” redundancy schemes, assisted by the trade unions.
Australian media directs anti-Muslim witch-hunt at primary school children
New in Russian
Эта
неделя в русской революции
13-19 марта: Царь Николай
отрекается от престола
18 Март 2017 г.
Династия Романовых, правившая Россией с 1613 года, сметена революцией, начавшейся в Петрограде. Наступает период «двоевластия» Временного правительства и Советов.
Сочинения Троцкого 1917 год
Неспокойно в
Европе
Лев Троцкий, 18 Март 2017 г.
Эта статья была опубликована в нью-йоркской газете «Новый мир» 15 марта 1917 года. Позднее она вошла в книгу Троцкого «Война и революция» (1923), том 2, с. 419-421.
New in Spanish
Trabajadores inmigrantes en EE.UU. se preparan para más redadas de deportación en el lugar de trabajo
Por Jerry White, 18 marzo 2017
Las deportaciones masivas se utilizan para aterrorizar a los trabajadores inmigrantes y dar a los empleadores una mano libre para socavar los salarios y condiciones de todos los trabajadores.
Ecuador se va a la segunda vuelta con un derechista desafiando al sucesor escogido de Correa
Por Cesar Uco y Armando Cruz, 18 marzo 2017
El Ecuador está fuertemente polarizado, con la derecha tratando de capitalizar los ataques perpetrados por el gobierno de Correa a los derechos sociales y democráticos.
El primer ministro holandés Rutte gana contra el retador de extrema derecha
Por Peter Schwarz, 18 marzo 2017
El resultado peor de lo esperado de Wilders no señala un fin al cambio brusco a la derecha en la política europea.
New in French
Le Premier ministre néerlandais s’impose contre le concurrent d’extrême-droite
Par Peter Schwarz, 18 mars 2017
Les résultats plus médiocres que prévus de Wilders ne signent pas la fin du virage prononcé vers la droite de la politique européenne.
L’alliance corporatiste de l’UAW avec Trump
Par Niles Niemuth, 18 mars 2017
La présence du Président du syndicat UAW Dennis Williams mercredi auprès du président Donald Trump et des patrons des trois grandes sociétés d’automobiles américaines pour promouvoir le nationalisme de « l’Amérique d’abord » est une confirmation supplémentaire du caractère anti-ouvrier des syndicats.
L’élite dirigeante des États-Unis veut en finir avec les acquis des années 1960
Par Patrick Martin, 18 mars 2017
Jouissant de l’opposition purement symbolique des démocrates, l’administration Trump et les républicains au Congrès sont en train d’éviscérer tout ce qui reste des acquis de la classe ouvrière qui remontent à la dernière période de réforme sociale.
New in German
Autogewerkschaft und Donald Trump: Eine korporatistische Allianz
Von Niles Niemuth, 18. März 2017
Gemeinsam mit US-Präsident Donald Trump und den drei großen Autobossen beteiligte sich Gewerkschafts-Präsident Dennis Williams an einer Kundgebung für Trumps nationalistische „America first“-Politik. Das zeigt einmal mehr den arbeiterfeindlichen Charakter der Gewerkschaften.
Krisengespräche: Merkel trifft Trump in Washington
Von Johannes Stern, 18. März 2017
Noch nie seit dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs waren die Spannungen zwischen Deutschland und den USA so große wie heute.
Niederlande: Rechtsruck der etablierten Parteien
Von Peter Schwarz, 18. März 2017
Die Wahl in den Niederlanden hat das Anwachsen von Nationalismus und Ausländerfeindlichkeit nicht gestoppt; es spielt sich nur verstärkt innerhalb der etablierten Parteien ab.
US-Haushalt: Trump will Krieg durch Sozialkürzungen finanzieren
Von Patrick Martin, 18. März 2017
Trumps Haushaltsplan sieht eine Erhöhung der Ausgaben für Militär und innere Sicherheit um fast sechzig Milliarden Dollar vor. Dafür werden Umwelt- und Sozialprogramme zerschlagen.
Berlin: Was steckt hinter dem Rückkauf der Charité-Tochter CFM?
Von Markus Salzmann, 18. März 2017
Mit dem Rückkauf sollen nicht die prekären Arbeitsbedingungen verbessert, sondern verschärfte Arbeitsbedingungen in der gesamten Charité festgeschrieben werden.
Vereinigung Cockpit kapituliert vor Lufthansa-Vorstand
Von Marianne Arens, 18. März 2017
Der jüngste Abschluss im Tarifstreit der Lufthansa muss abgelehnt werden. Mit seinem Streikverzicht bindet er den Piloten fünf Jahre lang die Hände.
New in Urdu
یونان میں سیریزاکی غداری کے سیاسی اسباق
13نومبر2015ء
آئی سی آئی ایف ہی وہ واحد گروپ تھا جس نے عالمی محنت کشوں کو متنبہ کیا تھا کہ سیریزا کوئی انقلابی پارٹی نہیں بلکہ سرمایہ داری کی حامی اور مزدور دشمن پارٹی ہے.وقت نے سیریزا پر آئی سی آئی ایفکی طرف سے ہونے والی تنقید کو سچ ثابت کر دیا۔
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US threats against North Korea and the danger of war in Asia
18 March 2017
As the Trump administration charts a course toward war in the Asia-Pacific, there is no discussion within the American media and political establishment of the catastrophic consequences.
Writings of Leon Trotsky on The Russian Revolution
Writings of Trotsky from 1917
Two Faces (Internal Forces of the Russian Revolution)
18 March 2017
The WSWS is publishing new translations of Trotsky’s writings from February-March 1917. In many cases, these articles are now in English for the first time. In this article, Trotsky writes, “The masses have rebelled with demands for bread and peace. The appearance in power of a few liberals has neither fed the starving nor healed anyone’s wounds.”
Writings of Trotsky from 1917
The Growing Conflict
18 March 2017
In this article, Trotsky writes, “An open conflict between the forces of the revolution, headed by the urban proletariat, and the anti-revolutionary liberal bourgeoisie, temporarily in power, is absolutely inevitable.”
Writings of Trotsky from 1917
Under the Banner of the Commune
The Revolution in Russia
Unease in Europe
On the Threshold of Revolution
Centenary of the Russian Revolution
The Legacy of 1905 and the Strategy of the Russian Revolution
Second lecture marking centenary of the Russian Revolution in one week
18 March 2017
Fred Williams, translator of many Russian-language works of history and literature, will speak on the Russian revolution of 1905, the first great revolutionary upheaval of the twentieth century.
This week in the Russian Revolution
March 13-19: Tsar Nicholas abdicates
13 March 2017
The Romanov Dynasty, which has ruled Russia since 1613, is swept aside by the revolution originating in Petrograd, initiating a period of “dual power” between the Duma and the Soviets.
Commentary
International Socialist Organization, Socialist Alternative promote Democrats and courts as defenders of immigrants
By Eric London, 18 March 2017
The pseudo-left’s attempts to block an independent movement of the working class against capitalism facilitate Trump’s plans to deport millions of undocumented immigrants living in the US.
Canadian media denounces exposure of foreign minister’s grandfather as Nazi collaborator
By Roger Jordan and Keith Jones, 18 March 2017
Canada’s media has labelled as a Russian smear the revelation that Freeland’s grandfather edited a Ukrainian nationalist daily in Nazi-occupied Poland that published fascist propaganda.
Trump budget to fund wider wars by slashing domestic spending
By Patrick Martin, 17 March 2017
The UAW’s corporatist alliance with Trump
By Niles Niemuth, 17 March 2017
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US secretary of state ramps up pressure on China over North Korea
By Mike Head, 17 March 2017
History
Trump’s anti-immigrant orders and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
By Tom Mackaman, 14 March 2017
There are many parallels—and even a direct connection—between the notorious Fugitive Slave Act and Trump’s executive orders attacking immigrants.
Eighty years since the victory of the Flint sit-down strike—Part one
Georgi Valentinovich Plekhanov (1856–1918): His Place in the History of Marxism
Arts
Bitter Harvest: Ukrainian nationalist fantasy as film
By Jason Melanovski, 18 March 2017
Russophobia and historical misrepresentation abound in George Mendeluk’s pseudo-historical drama.
Revolution: New Art for a New World—A careless, unserious treatment of Russian Revolutionary art
By Joanne Laurier and David Walsh, 17 March 2017
Raoul Peck’s The Young Karl Marx
By Peter Schwarz, 15 March 2017
The Settlers: Israel’s movement toward an apartheid state
IYSSE
Free speech under attack at NYU: IYSSE appeals second rejection of club status
By Isaac Finn, 18 March 2017
On Wednesday, the International Youth and Students for Social Equality appealed a recent decision by the New York University Student Activities Board’s denying the group club status.
New York University students denounce decision against IYSSE club status
New York University rejects club status for IYSSE for second semester
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Workers Struggles
Workers have the right to study the full contract!
Caterpillar-UAW deal: An anti-worker conspiracy
By Marcus Day, 18 March 2017
In an attempt to overcome worker opposition to further concessions, the UAW and Caterpillar are coordinating an information blackout over details of a proposed six-year contract announced Wednesday.
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
18 March 2017
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
New Greek Translation
Greek translation of “Socialism and the centenary of the Russian Revolution: 1917-2017”
We are publishing here the Greek translation of the January 3 perspective article “Socialism and the centenary of the Russian Revolution: 1917-2017” by David North and Joe Kishore.
Obituary
Civil liberties lawyer Lynne Stewart dies at 77
By Fred Mazelis, 11 March 2017
The defense of immigrant rights
Protesters in Rochester, New York oppose detention of José Coyote Pérez
By our reporters, 14 March 2017
"Anyone whom ICE suspects of crime can be deported"
Interview with Alan Diamante, attorney for detained immigrant Romulo Avelica-Gonzalez
By Zac Corrigan, Marc Wells and Kevin Martinez, 11 March 2017
“This is class warfare!”
Video: Protesters oppose deportation of Rómulo Avelica-González
Video: Daughters of Rómulo Avelica-González, detained for deportation in Los Angeles, speak out
Immigration under capitalism: Life and death along the US-Mexico border
Part Four
By Eric London, 7 March 2017
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Socialist Equality Party
German ICFI section adopts new name
By Socialist Equality Party (Germany), 28 February 2017
Book Review
Secret Affairs: Britain’s collusion with radical Islam
A revealing insight into political criminality and warmongering—Part 2
By Jean Shaoul, 6 March 2017
Secret Affairs: Britain’s collusion with radical Islam
A revealing insight into political criminality and warmongering—Part 1
The Trump Presidency
Nominee for US Food and Drug Administration commissioner has deep ties to drug industry
By Brad Dixon, 15 March 2017
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