22 August 2017
Trump gives military green light to escalate Afghanistan war
By Patrick Martin, 22 August 2017
The nationally televised address to a military audience sets the stage for a massive increase in bloodshed in a country where the United States has waged war for 16 years.
One week after Charlottesville
Big business, military tighten their grip on Washington
Diplomatic row escalates tensions as US limits visa services in Russia
By Niles Niemuth, 22 August 2017
The US Embassy in Moscow announced Monday that it would curtail the issuance of nonimmigrant visas in response to the expulsion of hundreds of US diplomats and contractors.
US sanctions against Russia intensify conflict with Europe
US naval collision raises questions about morale, training
By Peter Symonds, 22 August 2017
The USS John S. McCain collided with an oil tanker yesterday morning in waters near Singapore, leaving five sailors injured and 10 missing.
Vice President Pence visits Latin America amid deepening Venezuelan crisis
By Andrea Lobo, 22 August 2017
Pence compared Trump’s “vision” to that of Theodore Roosevelt, making clear that Washington intends to reassert US hegemony in the region.
Growing signs of constitutional breakdown follow repeal of corruption charges against Brazil’s President Temer
By Miguel Andrade, 22 August 2017
The Workers Party attacks Temer’s government not as an opponent of capitalism, but as a defender of the interests of a “national bourgeoisie.”
Polish government demands war reparations from Germany
By Clara Weiss, 22 August 2017
Especially since the inauguration of US president Donald Trump, the relations between Warsaw and Berlin have considerably deteriorated.
Youth clashes with police in Paris suburbs point to explosive social tensions
By Francis Dubois, 22 August 2017
The incidents at Aulnay-sous-Bois point to growing tensions between police and the population of the estate where police sexually assaulted a youth in February.
“If you don’t stand up, nothing happens”
Union isolates Chicago-area auto mechanics strike in its fourth week
By Jessica Goldstein and George Marlowe, 22 August 2017
Rank-and-file mechanics of in the Chicago area spoke out against poverty wages and unfair labor practices, as the union attempts to shut down the strike.
Nearly 10 million US seniors food-insecure
Worsening hunger for older Americans
By Gary Joad, 22 August 2017
Some 14.7 percent of US seniors are food-insecure, a rise of 37 percent over 2001.
Papua New Guinea government deploys troops to quell opposition
By Oscar Grenfell, 22 August 2017
The government is expanding the military and police presence in the Highlands region to crackdown on opposition to an election that was dominated by accusations of fraud.
Young doctor suicides point to deteriorating conditions in Australia’s health system
By Ed Ballesteros, 22 August 2017
The ostensible concern of governments for the well-being of health professionals is belied by funding cuts that have stretched public hospitals to breaking point.
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Une semaine après Charlottesville
Le grand patronat et l’armée renforcent leur emprise sur Washington
Par Patrick Martin et Joseph Kishore, 22 août 2017
La classe dirigeante cherche à détourner l’opposition populaire à Trump derrière un coup de palais visant à consolider la domination politique de l’armée et de l’élite financière et patronale.
Incidents entre jeunes et police à Aulnay, symptôme d’une situation sociale explosive
Par Francis Dubois, 22 août 2017
Les incidents à Aulnay-sous-bois mettent en évidence les tensions entre la police et la population de la cité où a eu lieu l’agression du jeune Théo en février.
Le Parti de l’égalité socialiste tient une réunion publique sur l’incendie de la tour Grenfell à Londres
Par Notre correspondant, 22 août 2017
Pour s’assurer que tous se sentaient libres de parler, le SEP avait refusé une demande de Sky News de filmer l’événement et a dit aux policiers qui demandaient à y assister qu’ils n’étaient pas les bienvenus.
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Trump’ın Bannon’u kovması: Ordu denetim iddiasında bulunuyor
Barry Grey, 22 Ağustos 2017
Trump’a karşı çıkmanın tek ilerici yolu, işçi sınıfının tüm siyaset kurumuna ve onun savunduğu kapitalist sisteme karşı bağımsız seferberliğidir.
Trump’ın Nazi şiddetini savunması: Maske düştü
Joseph Kishore, 22 Ağustos 2017
Her iki partiye ve tüm siyaset kurumuna karşı bağımsız kitlesel bir işçi sınıfı hareketinin yokluğunda, Amerika’da faşizmin yükselmesi yönünde gerçek bir tehlike söz konusudur.
ABD’deki faşist şiddetin siyasal ve toplumsal kökenleri
Joseph Kishore, 22 Ağustos 2017
Uzun tarihsel deneyim, faşizm ile yalnızca işçi sınıfının sosyalist ve devrimci bir program temelindeki seferberliği yoluyla mücadele edilebileceğini göstermiştir.
Güney Asya’nın topluluksal temelde bölünmesinin yetmişinci yılı
Keith Jones, 22 Ağustos 2017
Topluluk temelindeki bölünme, 20. yüzyılın en büyük suçlarından biriydi. O, Güney Asya’nın sonraki tüm tarihini biçimlendiren, daha doğrusu biçimsizleştiren bir suçtu.
Rajoy Barselona saldırısının ardından orduyu İspanya içinde konuşlandırma tehdidinde bulunuyor
Alex Lantier ve Alejandro López, 22 Ağustos 2017
Barselona’daki saldırının ardından ordunun İspanya içine konuşlandırılması, her şeyden önce işçi sınıfını hedef alacaktır.
Barselona’daki IŞİD saldırısında 13 kişi öldü, 80’den fazla kişi yaralandı
Alejandro López ve Alex Lantier, 22 Ağustos 2017
Barselona’daki saldırı, son 13 ay içinde Avrupa’da gerçekleşen bu türde altıncı saldırıdır. Önceki saldırıların birçoğunda, teröristler, istihbarat kurumlarınca oldukça iyi tanınıyordu.
Google’ın WSWS’yi kara listeye almasına son vermesi talebine 1.000’den fazla imza
Isaac Finn, 22 Ağustos 2017
WSWS, tüm okurlarını, makalelerimizi sosyal medyada paylaşarak, dilekçemizi imzalayarak ve kampanyamızda aktif şekilde yer alarak internet sansürüne karşı mücadele etmeye çağırıyor.
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Eine Woche nach Charlottesville
Großkapital und Militär vergrößern ihren Einfluss in Washington
Von Patrick Martin und Joseph Kishore, 22. August 2017
Die herrschende Klasse versucht, den Widerstand der Bevölkerung gegen Trump für eine Palastrevolte auszunutzen und so die politische Herrschaft des Militärs und der Wirtschafts- und Finanzelite zu festigen.
Bundeswehr-General fordert massive Aufrüstung nach den Wahlen
Von Johannes Stern, 22. August 2017
Der pensionierte General Hans-Lothar Domröse fordert, dass Deutschland als größte Wirtschaftsmacht Europas auch angemessen ausgerüstete Streitkräfte vorhält.
Veranstaltung der Socialist Equality Party in London zum Brand im Grenfell Tower
Von unserem Reporter, 22. August 2017
Jeder sollte frei sprechen dürfen. Daher hatte die SEP die Anfrage von Sky News abgelehnt, die Veranstaltung filmen zu dürfen, und Polizeibeamten erklärt, dass sie nicht erwünscht sind.
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Perspective
Behind the political warfare in the US: Rising fears of financial collapse, social unrest
22 August 2017
There are growing concerns in US and global financial circles that the rise in the US stock market that accelerated with the election of Donald Trump is heading for a major downturn.
Google Censorship
More than two thousand sign petition to stop Google censorship
By Zac Corrigan, 22 August 2017
The number of signatures jumped over the weekend, after WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange tweeted a link to the WSWS’s exposure of Google’s actions.
Watch: Stop online censorship!
Google’s new search protocol is restricting access to 13 leading socialist, progressive and anti-war web sites
Google blocked every one of the WSWS’s 45 top search terms
Evidence of Google blacklisting of left and progressive sites continues to mount
Commentary
Trump, Charlottesville and Jorg Baberowski
By Johannes Stern, 22 August 2017
The same German media outlets and politicians who denounce Donald Trump for his support for the extreme right defend academic Jorg Baberowski for making even more egregious statements.
Trump deepens appeal to fascist right
US pushes ahead with provocative war games in South Korea
By Peter Symonds, 21 August 2017
US takes major step toward trade war with China
By Nick Beams, 21 August 2017
Spain deploys police as interior minister claims Barcelona terror cell dismantled
By Alejandro López, 21 August 2017
Democratic gubernatorial town hall in Flint: No policies to address lead poisoning disaster
Amid India-China war crisis, Washington boosts strategic ties with New Delhi
The Grenfell Fire
Anatomy of the Grenfell Tower fire
Speech given by Thomas Scripps at Socialist Equality Party public meeting
22 August 2017
Scripps: “It is politically vital to establish why this one event is a crime perpetrated by capitalism against the working class…and to explain why we have declared Grenfell to be an act of social murder.”
Socialist Equality Party holds public meeting on Grenfell fire in London
By our reporter, 21 August 2017
Grenfell Tower fire: “I believe that it is social cleansing, and we are now seeing the result of it”
More on the Grenfell Tower fire »
Workers Struggles
More charges in Fiat Chrysler corruption scandal
UAW executives accepted bribes “to take company-friendly positions”
By Joseph Kishore, 21 August 2017
Company faces allegations of abuse by both management and UAW officials
Ford settles claims over sexual and racial harassment at Chicago auto plants for $10 million
UAW debacle at Mississippi Nissan plant
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Centenary of the Russian Revolution
This week in the Russian Revolution
August 21-August 27: Kerensky attempts to marshal the counterrevolution
21 August 2017
With the installation of General Kornilov at the head of the army, Kerensky has turned sharply to the right. Supported by the Mensheviks and Socialist Revolutionaries, he convenes the Moscow State Conference to unite all of the counterrevolutionary forces in Russia.
Professor Sean McMeekin revives discredited anti-Lenin slanders (Part I)
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Arts
HBO’s Westworld: Blood, guts and pseudo-philosophy
By Carlos Delgado, 21 August 2017
Early Women Filmmakers: An International Anthology—A largely untold story
By Charles Bogle, 17 August 2017
Science
Millions travel to view 2017 total solar eclipse
By Don Barrett, 21 August 2017
Greenland is burning
By Daniel de Vries, 21 August 2017
International Amazon Workers Voice
Protests against Amazon’s bid to seize land from historic African-American community in Virginia
By Nick Barrickman and Alex González, 21 August 2017
Amazon to seize the land of freed slaves’ descendants to lay power lines
Working life at a Pittsburgh Amazon warehouse
By Samuel Davidson, 10 August 2017
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Amazon and Foxconn in Kenosha, Wisconsin: The new American “special economic zone”
“It’s like we are going back to the early 1900s before workers had any rights”
Amazon job applicants speak on social crisis in US
Amazon Jobs Day: A Tale of Two Americas
Amazon and the CIA: a match made in hell
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Socialist Equality Party
SEP meeting in Jaffna: Reject Tamil bourgeois nationalism. Build the Socialist Equality Party!
19 August 2017
Public meeting in Chennai, India: Oppose the US-led imperialist war drive!
7 August 2017
Socialist Equality Party of Germany presents its posters for September federal election
By our reporters, 7 August 2017
Maruti Suzuki
Sri Lankan free trade workers express solidarity with framed-up Maruti Suzuki workers in India
By our reporters, 1 August 2017
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