19 June 2017
US shoots down Syrian government aircraft
By Peter Symonds, 19 June 2017
The US is prepared to resort to the most reckless means to defend its footholds in Syria and lay the basis for a broader war.
US preparing to send up to 5,000 more troops to Afghanistan
Washington’s war crimes in Syria
US-backed siege batters Old City of Mosul
By Bill Van Auken, 19 June 2017
US-backed Iraqi forces began their siege of Mosul eight months ago. Since then, thousands of Iraqi civilians have died under US bombs, rockets and shells.
Record abstention overshadows Macron victory in French legislative election
By Alex Lantier, 19 June 2017
The Socialist Party, which has dominated what passed for the French “left” since its founding in 1971, suffered a historic collapse.
On the eve of the second round of the French legislative elections
François Ruffin runs populist campaign in Amiens for France’s legislative election
London protests demand “Justice for Grenfell!”
By our reporters, 19 June 2017
Hundreds gathered outside Kensington Town Hall, while thousands more marched on the government district of Whitehall.
Corporate mass murder in London
UK: May forced to call public inquiry into Grenfell Tower fire
On-the-spot report
From the scene of the deadly London fire: “They’re putting money before lives”
By Alice Summers and reporters, 19 June 2017
Hundreds came to the site from across London throughout the day to pay their respects to the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire and to offer assistance to the community’s own relief efforts.
Trump clamps down on US-Cuban travel and trade
By Alexander Fangmann, 19 June 2017
US imperialism’s most rapacious layers are convinced that, without Venezuelan support, the Cuban economy will collapse, allowing American corporations to reassert their dominance over the island.
Conference on Central America outlines plans for militarization and escalating assault on immigrants
By Andrea Lobo, 19 June 2017
Discussion of the desperate social conditions in the countries comprising the Northern Triangle of Central America was virtually excluded from the summit, mentioned only as a lure for investments.
US Treasury releases plan to roll back Dodd-Frank bank regulations
By Gabriel Black, 19 June 2017
Stripping away parts of Dodd-Frank will remove its minimal restrictions on Wall Street’s speculative activities.
San Diego immigrant mother released from detention, father remains in custody
By our reporters, 19 June 2016
To describe the Otay Mesa Detention Facility in California as Orwellian is an understatement.
Trump administration withdraws Obama order protecting immigrant parents of US children
New York mayor rejects discount transit fares plan for poor residents
By Isaac Finn, 19 June 2017
New York Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio declined last week to fund a $50 million pilot program to provide half-priced fares for poor New Yorkers, as part of the fiscal 2018 budget.
After Syriza pushes through more austerity, EU approves loan to Greece
By John Vassilopoulos, 19 June 2017
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras boasted that “in the two years that our government is in office, we have implemented more reforms than all the other European states combined.”
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Дворцовый переворот или классовая борьба: Политический кризис в Вашингтоне и стратегия рабочего класса
Джозеф Кишор и Дэвид Норт от имени Политического комитета Партии Социалистического Равенства, 17 июня 2017 г.
Рабочий класс не может оставаться сторонним наблюдателем в борьбе между Трампом и демократами. Он должен развить свою борьбу против Трампа под собственным знаменем и со своей собственной программой.
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Un golpe palaciego o la lucha de clases: La crisis política en Washington y la estrategia de la clase obrera
Por Joseph Kishore y David North en nombre del Comité Político del Partido Socialista por la Igualdad, 17 junio 2017
La clase obrera no puede permanecer siendo una espectadora más ante la disputa entre Trump y los demócratas. Tiene que desarrollar su propia lucha contra Trump bajo su propia bandera y programa.
Los crímenes de guerra de Washington en Siria
Por Bill Van Auken, 17 junio 2017
Un investigador de la ONU de crímenes de guerra encontró que el ejército estadounidense ha infligido “pérdidas impactantes de vidas civiles” con sus constantes ataques aéreos en la ciudad siria de Raqa y sus alrededores.
Gobierno de Syriza en Grecia aprueba más medidas de austeridad
Por John Vassilopoulos, 17 junio 2017
El proyecto de ley está diseñado para facilitar despidos masivos y ventas de bienes públicos.
Redadas migratorias llegan a Detroit: decenas de personas detenidas para ser deportas a las zonas de guerra en Irak
Por Eric London y Niles Niemuth, 17 junio 2017
La decisión del gobierno de Trump de deportar refugiados a Irak socava el argumento que las guerras estadounidenses en Irak y Siria son intervenciones “humanitarias” para proteger a la población.
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Le PS laminé, l'abstention record éclipse la victoire de Macron aux législatives
Par Alexandre Lantier, 19 juin 2017
Le projet antidémocratique présenté par Emmanuel Macron suscite l'hostilité ou l'indifférence d'une large majorité de l'électorat.
Meurtre capitaliste de masse à Londres
Par Robert Stevens, 19 juin 2017
Des milliers de personnes ont protesté vendredi à Londres pour demander la justice, et la punition des responsables de meurtres de masse dans le pire feu de logement dans l’histoire britannique moderne.
L’Allemagne s’oppose durement aux sanctions américaines contre la Russie
Par Johannes Stern, 19 juin 2017
Vingt-cinq ans après la dissolution de l’Union soviétique, les conflits entre les grandes puissances impérialistes qui avaient causé deux guerres mondiales refont surface.
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Der Hochhausbrand in London: Massenmord aus Habgier
Von Robert Stevens, 19. Juni 2017
Tausende demonstrierten in London für Gerechtigkeit und die Bestrafung der Schuldigen für den schlimmsten Wohnhausbrand in der neueren Geschichte Großbritanniens.
Zum Tod von Helmut Kohl
Von Peter Schwarz, 19. Juni 2017
Mit dem wirklichen Helmut Kohl, der von 1982 bis 1998 deutscher Bundeskanzler war und im Alter von 87 Jahren starb, haben die Lobeshymnen auf ihn wenig zu tun, umso mehr dagegen mit den Bedürfnissen der heutigen Politik.
USA wollen weitere 5000 Soldaten nach Afghanistan schicken
Von Jordan Shilton, 19. Juni 2017
Der längste Krieg in der US-Geschichte wird erneut ausgeweitet. Das krisenhafte Marionettenregime in Kabul verliert immer mehr Gebiete an die aufständischen Taliban.
Baberowski bekennt sich zu seinen rechtsextremem Vorbildern
Von Peter Schwarz, 19. Juni 2017
Zwei Wochen nach seiner juristischen Niederlage in Köln bekennt sich Jörg Baberowski in der Basler Zeitung zu Armin Mohler, einem Vordenker der Neuen Rechten.
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Social inequality and the Grenfell Tower inferno
19 June 2017
Thousands have met Prime Minister May’s promise to hold a public inquiry with denunciations of yet another cover-up, while Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn gives his full support.
Centenary of the Russian Revolution
This week in the Russian Revolution
June 19-25: Bolshevik antiwar demonstration banned by Congress of Soviets
19 June 2017
The Provisional Government is preparing a major military offensive, backed by the Menshevik, petty-bourgeois, and populist leaders. However, masses of workers, peasants, and soldiers oppose the planned offensive and demand peace.
From the archives of the Revolution
From the Kronstadt Sailors, Soldiers, and Workers—To the Revolutionary People of Petrograd and All Russia
By Leon Trotsky, 13 June 2017
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Obituary
On the death of former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl
By Peter Schwarz, 19 June 2017
The hymns of praise for Helmut Kohl, who served as German Chancellor from 1982 to 1998 and died Friday aged 87, have less to do with the real Kohl than with the current requirements of the ruling elite.
Featured Comment
Palace coup or class struggle: The political crisis in Washington and the strategy of the working class
By Joseph Kishore and David North on behalf of the Socialist Equality Party Political Committee, 13 June 2017
The working class cannot remain a bystander in the fight between Trump and the Democrats. Rather, it must develop its struggle against Trump under its own banner and with its own program.
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Arts
My Cousin Rachel: Was she innocent or guilty—and what would it signify?
By David Walsh, 17 June 2017
Roger Michell’s film, based on the 1951 novel by Daphne du Maurier set in the 19th century, follows a callow young man who falls for his sophisticated, perhaps calculating older “cousin.”
Theater professionals address the Flint water disaster
Public Enemy: Flint, an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play: A remarkable artistic event
By Joanne Laurier, 15 June 2017
Interviews with actors in Public Enemy: Flint
By Joanne Laurier, 15 June 2017
Commentary
The Guardian’s Owen Jones: A political health warning
By Julie Hyland, 17 June 2017
The political significance of the shooting attack on US congressmen
By Eric London, 16 June 2017
International Amazon Workers Voice
Amazon’s monopoly swells with $13.7 billion offer to buy Whole Foods
By Evan Blake, 17 June 2017
California Amazon worker speaks out
“They told us to work harder, promised ‘a cookie’ to fastest worker”
By Marc Wells, Toby Reese and Kevin Martinez, 7 June 2017
Striking German Amazon workers describe grueling conditions and digital surveillance
By Dietmar Henning, 7 June 2017
Socialist Equality Party launches International Amazon Workers Voice newsletter
By the Socialist Equality Party, 24 May 2017
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Free the Maruti Suzuki workers!
On-the-spot report from India
Maruti Suzuki worker condemns court verdict as “pre-determined”
By our correspondents, 16 June 2017
Indian authorities seek to imprison more Maruti Suzuki workers on frame-up charges
By Shannon Jones, 13 June 2017
Sri Lankan students demand release of framed-up Maruti Suzuki workers
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Workers Struggles
Los Angeles and San Diego teachers’ contracts set to expire at the end of the month
By Jake Dean, 15 June 2017
Socialist Equality Party
Socialist Equality Party stands candidates in German election: Against militarism and war! For socialism!
By Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party of Germany), 5 June 2017
Floods in Sri Lanka: Government responsible for another social disaster
By the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka), 5 June 2017
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