31 July 2017
Trump slams China over North Korean missile
By Peter Symonds, 31 July 2017
Trump’s tweets are another sign that the White House is actively considering far more aggressive methods, including military strikes against North Korea.
US generals discuss “military options” after North Korean missile test
US military declares “time is running out” before war with North Korea
Putin confirms expulsion of US diplomats from Russia
By Nick Beams, 31 July 2017
Speaking Sunday on state television, Putin indicated that the sanctions and Trump’s decision not to block the legislation represented a tipping point in relations with the US.
Russia expels US diplomats in retaliation for sanctions bill
European Union threatens retaliation over US sanctions bill against Russia
Terrorist plot allegedly prevented in Australia
By James Cogan, 31 July 2017
It is necessary for people to keep a grip on their critical faculties and their adherence to the fundamental democratic principle: innocent until proven guilty.
Australian government implements far-reaching restructure of intelligence agencies
By Mike Head, 31 July 2017
The state apparatus is being prepared to repress political disaffection over deepening social inequality, austerity and the drive to war.
New US provocation in Persian Gulf as Washington expands Iran sanctions
By Bill Van Auken, 31 July 2017
The strategy of the Trump White House and Pentagon is to provoke Iran either into abrogating the nuclear accord, or into an outright military clash with the US.
Trump threatens Iran, plots to scuttle nuclear accord
Election of constituent assembly in Venezuela takes place amid intensified violence and US threats
By Andrea Lobo, 31 July 2017
The conflict between the rival sections of the ruling class is reaching a breaking point.
Residents in London district of Ladbroke Grove speak out on Grenfell fire
By our reporters, 31 July 2017
A Socialist Equality Party campaign team spoke to local residents in London’s Ladbroke Grove on Saturday about the Grenfell Tower fire.
Police announce possible manslaughter charges in connection with Grenfell Fire
Grenfell Tower fire survivors reject local authority, police cover-up
Grenfell fire witness Johnny Regasa: “You saw so many people at their windows burning alive”
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German politicians call for quicker deportations after attacks in Hamburg and Konstanz
By Justus Leicht, 31 July 2017
The blood of the victims in Hamburg and Konstanz has barely had time to dry and the background to both attacks remains unclear, but politicians from all of the major parties are already seeking to outdo each other with right-wing demagogy.
France nationalizes STX shipyards in Saint-Nazaire
By Anthony Torres, 31 July 2017
Paris wants to prevent Italy’s Fincantieri from taking control of the shipyard at Saint-Nazaire, the only one in France capable of building aircraft carriers.
Pakistan plunges deeper into crisis as prime minister ousted on corruption charges
By Sampath Perera, 31 July 2017
The immediate beneficiary of Sharif’s ouster and the weakening of the PML (N) government is Pakistan’s politically powerful military.
“This only verifies what so many of us thought was happening before and after our so-called contract negotiations”
Indiana Fiat Chrysler workers react to UAW bribery indictment
By Jerry White, 31 July 2017
Workers at the Kokomo casting plant spoke out on the charges that company officials handed more than $1 million to the United Auto Workers’ top negotiator between 2009 and 2014.
“Every contract we wonder how we are going to get shafted”
US autoworkers speak on bribing of UAW official
Federal indictment charges Fiat Chrysler paid top UAW negotiator $1.2 million in bribes
Manhattan couple commit suicide due to “financial spiral”
By Isaac Finn, 31 July 2017
Glenn Scarpelli and Patricia Colant jumped to their deaths from a building in mid-town Manhattan on Friday. In their suicide notes, the couple explain they “cannot live with” their “financial reality.”
Foxconn gets $3 billion in tax subsidies to build plant in Wisconsin
By George Marlowe, 31 July 2017
The Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn has worked a deal to get up to $3 billion in tax subsidies for a promise of creating 3,000 jobs.
South Haven, Mississippi police accused of executing auto mechanic in address mix-up
By Matthew MacEgan, 31 July 2017
On Friday, an attorney representing the family of Ismael Lopez contacted the Justice Department to demand an investigation, arguing that the man’s death was an execution and that the officers involved should face criminal charges.
Maldives president mobilises military and police against opposition MPs
By Wasantha Rupasinghe, 31 July 2017
Intense political infighting in Maldives is driven by US-India geo-political manoeuvres against China.
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Köşeye sıkışan Trump faşizan tabanını güçlendirmek için homofobi kartını oynuyor
Eric London, 31 Temmuz 2017
Siyasi gericilik, gücünü, kapitalizm altındaki toplumsal eşitsizliğin ve servet yoğunlaşmasının çarpıcı genişlemesinden kaynaklanan bir takım ekonomik ve toplumsal ilişkilerden almaktadır.
Google WSWS’ye erişimi engellemek için aramalara hile karıştırıyor
WSWS Yayın Kurulu, 31 Temmuz 2017
İnternet ağı trafiği verilerine ilişkin bir inceleme, Google’ın WSWS'ye erişimi engellemek için arama sonuçlarını manipüle ettiğini açık bir şekilde gösteriyor.
Google’a göre, WSWS Lev Troçki hakkında yazı yazmıyor
Joseph Kishore, 31 Temmuz 2017
“Leon Trotsky” için yapılan Google araması, insanları gerici, komünizm karşıtı, Musevi karşıtı, iftiracı ve saçma sapan birçok sayfaya yönlendirmekte, ancak WSWS bulunamamaktadır.
Venezuela hükümeti ile muhalefet arasındaki çatışma iç savaş tehdidi yaratıyor
Andrea Lobo, 31 Temmuz 2017
Venezuela egemen sınıfının iki ana hizbi, Pazar günkü kurucu meclis seçimlerine hazırlık olarak, paralel hükümet altyapıları kurma mücadelesi veriyor.
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La Russie expulse des diplomates américains en représailles aux sanctions
Par Alex Lantier, 31 juillet 2017
Le projet de loi de sanctions adopté par le Congrès américain cette semaine, et la réponse russe, marquent une intensification majeure du conflit entre les plus grandes puissances nucléaires.
Mélenchon nie la responsabilité de la France dans la rafle du Vél' d'Hiv
Par Alexandre Lantier, 31 juillet 2017
Le mouvement d'opposition à Macron que Mélenchon veut lancer serait nationaliste et petit-bourgeois, hostile à la vérité historique et à la classe ouvrière.
Macron nationalise les chantiers navals STX de Saint Nazaire
Par Anthony Torres, 31 juillet 2017
Paris veut empêcher la société italienne Fincantieri d'acquérir le contrôle des chantiers navals à St Nazaire, les seuls en France capables de construire des porte-avions.
Les sociaux-démocrates allemands adoptent la politique de droite de l’AfD
Par Peter Schwarz, 31 juillet 2017
Quiconque croit que le SPD s’est fixé une limite au virage droitier de sa campagne électorale aura dû se raviser dimanche. Le parti s’adonne actuellement publiquement à une propagande contre le réfugiés.
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Schreibt die WSWS über Leo Trotzki? Nicht, wenn es nach Google geht.
Von Joseph Kishore, 31. Juli 2017
Eine Google-Suche nach „Wer ist Leo Trotzki“ führt Anwender nicht zu den Artikeln der meistgelesenen trotzkistischen Seite im Internet.
Gewalttaten in Hamburg und Konstanz: Politiker rufen nach schnellerer Abschiebung und Präventivhaft
Von Justus Leicht, 31. Juli 2017
Das Blut der Opfer der Gewalttaten von Hamburg und Konstanz ist kaum getrocknet, die Hintergründe der Taten noch nicht aufgeklärt, schon überbieten sich Politiker der großen Parteien in rechter Demagogie.
Linken-Politiker Lafontaine unterstützt deutsche Großmachtinteressen
Von Johannes Stern, 31. Juli 2017
Oskar Lafontaine versucht die weitverbreitete Ablehnung der US-Kriegspolitik in Unterstützung für den deutschen und europäischen Imperialismus zu verwandeln.
Vergeltung für Sanktionen: Russland weist amerikanische Diplomaten aus
Von Alex Lantier, 31. Juli 2017
Die Sanktionen, die letzte Woche vom US-Kongress verabschiedet wurden, und Russlands Reaktion darauf sind Ausdruck einer deutlichen Eskalation des Konflikts zwischen den beiden größten Atommächten der Welt.
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Perspective
White House shakeup: A further step toward authoritarian rule
31 July 2017
The installation of retired Marine General John Kelly as White House chief of staff is part of a broader turn by President Trump to the military and police apparatus.
Google Censorship
Google’s chief search engineer legitimizes new censorship algorithm
By Andre Damon, 31 July 2017
Using the fraudulent pretext of blocking access to “fake news,” Google has implemented a vastly expanded program of Internet censorship.
Does the WSWS write about Leon Trotsky? Not according to Google
By Joseph Kishore, 29 July 2017
Google rigs searches to block access to World Socialist Web Site
New Google algorithm restricts access to left-wing, progressive web sites
Centenary of the Russian Revolution
This week in the Russian Revolution
July 31—August 6: The nightmare in Flanders
31 July 2017
Perhaps more than any other battle in world history, the Third Battle of Ypres will endure for generations as a symbol of pointless and fratricidal barbarism. While popular moods continue to turn against the war, counterrevolution is in full swing in Russia.
From the archives of the Russian Revolution
Letter to the Provisional Government
By Leon Trotsky, 31 July 2017
This is a new translation of an open letter Trotsky addressed to the Provisional Government on the arrest of Bolshevik leaders, which took place during the crackdown that followed the July Days.
Professor Sean McMeekin revives discredited anti-Lenin slanders (Part I)
By David North, 30 June 2017
Chronology of the Russian Revolution »
Commentary
Mélenchon denies France’s responsibility for the Nazi-era deportation of the Jews
By Alex Lantier, 31 July 2017
The social movement Mélenchon aims to launch would be a nationalist and petty-bourgeois movement hostile to historical truth and the working class.
Embattled Trump plays homophobia card to strengthen his fascistic base
By Eric London, 29 July 2017
Trump shifts retired Marine general from Homeland Security to replace fired White House chief of staff
US Senate fails to pass Obamacare repeal legislation
Indian Stalinists support Modi government in military standoff with China
By Wasantha Rupasinghe and Keith Jones, 29 July 2017
After the Papua New Guinea election: The way forward for the working class and rural poor
By the Socialist Equality Party (Australia), 29 July 2017
Japan’s defense minister resigns in wake of scandal
By Ben McGrath, 29 July 2017
Trump Justice Department: Corporations can fire employees based on sexual orientation
Dropping the mask: A war of plunder in Afghanistan
Lessons from the Pink Tide period
Jacobin defends bourgeois rule and US imperialism in Latin America
NHS Fightback
UK: More nurses and midwives quit as onslaught against NHS intensifies
By Ajanta Silva, 31 July 2017
The exodus of nurses and midwives takes place amid a broader shortage of 40,000 nurses and 3,500 midwives in England alone.
Workers Struggles
Sri Lankan government deploys army to break oil workers’ strike
By Shree Haran and W. A. Sunil, 27 July 2017
The Australian Education Union’s 2017 campaign of misinformation and censorship
By Susan Allan and Linda Tenenbaum, 26 July 2017
Arts
Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit: Mind-numbing violence and racial politics
By Joanne Laurier, 28 July 2017
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City—Documentary on the life and times of urban activist Jane Jacobs
By Clare Hurley, 27 July 2017
Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk: The outbreak of World War II without history or politics
By David Walsh, 26 July 2017
Maruti Suzuki
Aisin Automotive workers in India’s Haryana state face a new company-government witchhunt
By Jai Sharma, 28 July 2017
Five years since company-provoked incident used to frame up Maruti Suzuki workers
By Shannon Jones, 21 July 2017
The Maruti Suzuki frame-up and the history of international labor defense campaigns
Lawyer for framed up Maruti Suzuki workers: The court “committed violence” to the “principles” of law
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Science
Evidence of early rice domestication found in southern China
By Philip Guelpa, 25 July 2017
History
Part one: An uprising of the oppressed
Fifty years since the Detroit rebellion
By Barry Grey, 21 July 2017
The WSWS is posting a three-part series originally published in July of 1987 under the title “Twenty years since the Detroit rebellion.”
Mehring Books
Preface to the Turkish edition of The Heritage We Defend
By David North, 23 June 2017
A Turkish language edition of The Heritage We Defend by David North will be released next month by Mehring Yayıncılık, the publishing house of the Socialist Equality Group (Toplumsal Esitlik), the Trotskyist organization in Turkey working in political solidarity with the International Committee of the Fourth International. The Heritage We Defend was originally published in 1988. We are posting the preface for the Turkish edition written by David North.
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