1 April 2017
Trump steps up trade war agenda
By Nick Beams, 1 April 2017
US President Donald Trump signed two protectionist executive orders Friday, signalling a return to the kind of measures that proved so disastrous in the 1930s.
Trump administration document lays out trade war agenda
The UK’s Great Repeal Bill: A bonfire of workers’ rights
By Julie Hyland, 1 April 2017
The bill is framed to meet the demands of banks and big business to end all regulation of their predatory activities.
Triggering of Brexit intensifies national tensions in Europe
Greek Syriza government and European Union finalise more brutal austerity
By John Vassilopoulos, 1 April 2017
Greece’s Syriza-led government has reportedly reached an informal agreement with the European Commission to slash the pensions of 900,000 retirees.
Japan’s ruling party calls for military to have offensive weapons
By Peter Symonds, 1 April 2017
Using the North Korean “threat” as a pretext, the LDP defence policy committee proposed the armed forces acquire a “counter-attack” capability.
Japanese imperialism rearms
US House votes to repeal internet protections
Trump expected to sign anti-privacy measure into law
By Kevin Reed, 1 April 2017
Congress has decided that internet providers own the information that consumers provide when they use the internet to shop, browse or message.
Senate votes to repeal FCC internet privacy regulations
More than 52,000 in the US died from drug overdoses in 2015
By E.P. Milligan, 1 April 2017
Drug overdoses now account for more deaths than from guns or car accidents; 63 percent of overdoses were due to opioids.
Capitalism and America’s addiction epidemic
Highway bridge collapses after fire in Atlanta, affecting over 200,000 commuters
By Shelley Connor, 1 April 2017
The collapse of the I85 overpass highlights the serious decay of America’s infrastructure.
Trump’s education chief touts Uber as model for “school choice”
By Nancy Hanover, 1 April 2017
DeVos hailed Trump’s budget proposal to cut $12 billion from the Department of Education.
German air force provides target coordinates for massacre of civilians in Syria
By Johannes Stern, 1 April 2017
The massacre at Mansoura, with up to 420 killed, recalls the criminal history of Germany’s Luftwaffe.
German foreign minister outlines European strategy
As toll from Peru’s storms mount, capitalists see new source of profits
By Cesar Uco, 1 April 2017
The ravages of El Niño have exposed the stark social inequality that pervades Peruvian society and the indifference of the country’s ruling elite to the conditions of the masses.
Six months after Hurricane Matthew, hunger and desperation grip Haiti’s south
By John Marion, 1 April 2017
While Haiti’s bourgeoisie welcomes new President Jovenel Moïse, workers and peasants face desperate conditions.
Australian government withholds report on death of unemployed teenager
By John Harris and Oscar Grenfell, 1 April 2017
The Liberal-National government is covering-up the dangerous conditions facing unemployed workers and young people forced onto Work for Dole programs.
New in French
Le déclenchement du Brexit intensifie les tensions nationales en Europe
Par Robert Stevens, 1 avril 2017
Les représentants de l'UE et des plus grandes puissances du continent ont réagi avec une hostilité ouverte à la mise en œuvre de l'Article 50 par la première ministre Theresa May.
Après n'avoir pu révoquer Obamacare, l'administration Trump se voit offrir l'aide des démocrates
Par Patrick Martin, 1 avril 2017
Après n'avoir pu révoquer Obamacare, l'administration Trump se voit offrir l'aide des dirigeants démocrates du Congrès pour collaborer dans des réductions d'impôts et des coupes dans le système de santé.
New in German
Trump gibt Pentagon freie Hand für militärische Eskalationen
Von Bill Van Auken, 1. April 2017
Die unausgesetzte Bombardierung von Zivilisten im Irak und Syrien, die erweiterte Intervention im Jemen und die offenen militärischen Drohungen gegenüber dem Irak werden vom Pentagon ohne jede öffentliche Debatte, aber mit uneingeschränkter Billigung der Demokraten vorangetrieben.
Beginn des Brexit-Verfahrens verschärft Spannungen in Europa
Von Robert Stevens, 1. April 2017
Vertreter der EU und der großen europäischen Staaten reagierten auf den Beginn des britischen EU-Austrittsverfahrens mit unverhohlener Feindseligkeit gegenüber Premierministerin Theresa May.
Hoher amerikanischer General fordert militärisches Vorgehen gegen den Iran
Von Peter Symonds, 1. April 2017
General Joseph Votels provokative Bemerkungen und Forderungen nach militärischen Aktionen befeuern das Geschrei in Washington für härtere Maßnahmen gegen den Iran.
Berliner Flughäfen: Stimmt mit „Nein“ gegen den Verdi-Abschluss!
Von Gustav Kemper und Marianne Arens, 1. April 2017
Der Tarifabschluss, den Verdi für die Bodenverkehrsdienste an den Berliner Flughäfen unterzeichnet hat, muss abgelehnt werden. Er zementiert die Billiglohnarbeit und beinhaltet einen dreijährigen Streikverzicht.
New in Greek
Αυξανόμενο σχίσμα και απειλές πολέμου διαφαίνονται πάνω από την Σύνοδο Κορυφής της ΕΕ στη Ρώμη
Του Άλεξ Λαντιέ, 31 Μαρτίου 2017
Η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση ανταποκρίνεται στην έξοδο της Βρετανίας επιζητώντας να μετατραπεί σε ένα επιθετικό στρατιωτικό μπλοκ που θα συναγωνίζεται τις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες.
New in Spanish
Los demócratas le tienden la mano a Trump tras fracasar su proyecto para derogar Obamacare
Por Patrick Martin, 31 marzo 2017
Tras el naufragio del proyecto de ley de Trump para derogar Obamacare, los congresistas demócratas ofrecieron trabajar con él en los temas de salud e impuestos.
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Perspective
Senate committee hearing blames Russian “information warfare” for social discontent in the US
1 April 2017
The line promoted by the political reactionaries speaking at the hearing is that mass political and social discontent is largely attributable to the malevolent actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Free the Maruti Suzuki workers!
Sri Lankan SEP and IYSSE hold picket to demand freedom of Maruti Suzuki workers
By our correspondents, 1 April 2017
The well-attended SEP/IYSSE picket attracted the attention and interest of workers and youth who were returning home from work or school.
India: Stalinist-led unions call token protest against frame up of Maruti Suzuki workers
By Deepal Jayasekera, 1 April 2017
The CPM and CPI and their respective labour federations, the Centre of Indian Trade Unions and the All India Trade Union Congress, have systematically isolated the Maruti Suzuki workers.
Thirteen sentenced to life imprisonment in India
Free the framed-up Maruti Suzuki workers!
International Committee of the Fourth International, 20 March 2017
- Australian workers and youth speak out against Maruti Suzuki frame-up
- Indian auto workers demand release of Maruti Suzuki workers
- International support grows for petition to free framed-up Maruti Suzuki workers
- UK: Strikers at Fujitsu support release of framed-up Maruti Suzuki workers
- South Asian filmmakers Rahul Roy and Prasanna Vithanage back campaign to free Maruti Suzuki workers
More on the frame-up of Maruti Suzuki workers »
Centenary of the Russian Revolution
SEP and IYSSE to screen documentary of Russian Revolution April 4 in Detroit
1 April 2017
Tsar to Lenin is a film that “bears witness to a moment in history when socialist ideals inspired the greatest revolutionary movement in world history.”
This week in the Russian Revolution
March 27-April 2: Trotsky departs for Petrograd
27 March 2017
Parting for Russia with promises to bring down the Provisional Government and stop the war, Trotsky sets sail via Oslo aboard a Norwegian liner, while Lenin remains stranded in Switzerland, where he is feverishly working to shape Bolshevik policy in Petrograd from afar.
This week in the Russian Revolution
March 20-26: Dual Power in Russia
Arts
Once again on Dana Schutz’s painting of Emmett Till: The New York Times intervenes to preserve identity politics
By David Walsh, 31 March 2017
The foul attempt to censor and suppress Dana Schutz’s painting of Emmett Till
Lyrical and left-wing film
Nicholas Ray’s They Live by Night (1948): “They’re thieves, just like us”
NHS FightBack
UK: Health workers denounce attacks on Bournemouth Intermediate Care Service
By our reporters, 1 April 2017
Many workers in BICS, Bournemouth Council and at Bournemouth and Poole hospitals responded enthusiastically to an article by the NHS FightBack campaign, calling for a struggle against redundancies.
Workers Struggles
Pseudo-left cover for dockworkers’ defeat in Spain
By Alejandro López and Paul Mitchell, 1 April 2017
A key role in covering up this treachery of the trade union bureaucracy was played by the pseudo-left groups, which intervened to prevent any independent mobilization of the dockworkers.
UK: Southern GTR train drivers speak in opposition to rail union sell-out deal
By Daniel O'Flynn and Paul Mitchell, 1 April 2017
Many rail workers oppose the government-backed attacks on their jobs and conditions being carried out by Southern GTR and the divisive policies of the various rail trade unions.
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
1 April 2017
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Allegations of vote fraud mount
The UAW betrayal at Caterpillar and the case for rank-and-file committees
By Jerry White, 31 March 2017
“The way I look at it is, the UAW is Caterpillar”
Caterpillar workers in Peoria, Illinois denounce UAW sellout deal
Commentary
Pentagon exercises free rein in global military escalation
By Bill Van Auken, 31 March 2017
Top US general calls for military action against Iran
Washington protests proposal for nuclear disarmament
Arkansas pushes forward with plans to execute eight inmates in eleven days
By Brad Dixon, 31 March 2017
IYSSE
IYSSE member Mitch Abrams wins student senate seat at Eastern Michigan University
By a WSWS reporting team, 1 April 2017
Vote totals have yet to be released, but the results are in as far as the impact the IYSSE is having on the political life of the campus.
What is behind the hysterical defence of Baberowski by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung?
By Christoph Vandreier, 31 March 2017
German daily reacts to Baberowski ruling with campaign of lies against the IYSSE
Jörg Baberowski: A right-wing extremist professor
More on the fight for historical truth »
IYSSE at Geneseo protests attacks on immigrants
By our reporters, 31 March 2017
Photo Essay: Outrage in upstate new York over detention of immigrant family
Stop the attacks on immigrants! For a socialist policy of open borders and full rights for all workers!
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New York University’s ties to Trump, Wall Street banks and Gulf monarchies
By Sandy English, 29 March 2017
“A university should be a place for free speech”
New York University students denounce decision to deny IYSSE club status
New York University Student Activities Board rejects IYSSE appeal on club status: An act of political censorship
More on the fight for democratic rights at NYU »
Writings of Leon Trotsky on The Russian Revolution
Writings of Trotsky from 1917
War and the Revolution
By Leon Trotsky, 27 March 2017
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Obituaries
Beryl Hood: 29 November 1938–21 March 2017
By Mike Head, 25 March 2017
A Trotskyist for four decades, Comrade Beryl was a fine and steadfast representative of the most advanced layers of the working class, attracted, above all, to internationalism.
History
Trump turns to American history
The strange political afterlife of Andrew Jackson
By Tom Mackaman, 21 March 2017
The political art of Jackson, which so inspires the Trump administration, consisted of his ability to obscure powerful contradictions behind a veil of nationalism and populist demagogy.
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