7 September 2017
Hurricane Irma slams into Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands
By Jerry White, 7 September 2017
Like Houston, the human cost of Irma will be far greater because of the lack of any serious government preparation and the long neglect of physical and social infrastructure.
Miles of devastation along Braes Bayou in Houston
A Hurricane Harvey diary: Part 3
By Charles Abelard, 7 September 2017
Long-term threats to public health follow in Hurricane Harvey’s wake
By Gary Joad, 7 September 2017
Civil engineers’ reports on US flood preparedness: Lessons of Katrina and Sandy ignored
Media and political establishment begin to move on as Houston residents return to devastated city
UN head warns Korean crisis could spiral into world war
By James Cogan, 7 September 2017
Sharp divisions exist between the US, China and Russia over Washington’s demands that the UN impose a total trade embargo on North Korea.
The logic of imperialist aggression:
Will US threats against North Korea yield a global catastrophe?
Danger of global war over Korea shakes Europe
Yemen’s cholera outbreak surpasses 600,000
By Bill Van Auken, 7 September 2017
The United Nations has described Yemen’s humanitarian crisis, the worst on the planet, as an “entirely man-made catastrophe,” the product of the US-backed Saudi war.
San Diego protests against Trump’s repeal of DACA program
By our reporters, 7 September 2017
Protesters and DACA enrollees spoke to the WSWS about their reaction to Trump’s announcement.
Trump rescinds DACA, putting 800,000 youth at risk of deportation
Protesters denounce Trump’s repeal of DACA program
The National Football League’s blacklisting of quarterback Colin Kaepernick
By Alan Gilman, 7 September 2017
Last season, while playing for the San Francisco 49ers, Kaepernick began kneeling during the national anthem in protest against police killings of African Americans in the US.
Burmese military steps up ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims
By John Roberts, 7 September 2017
Aung San Suu Kyi, promoted by the US and its allies as a “democracy icon,” has backed the military’s pogrom at every step.
Macron announces cuts to French social programs
By Francis Dubois, 7 September 2017
In the wake of the decrees against the labor code, the government is launching attacks on unemployment insurance, housing and vocational training.
British soldiers arrested for membership in banned fascist group
By Steve James, 7 September 2017
Four soldiers in the British Army were arrested on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism as members of the outlawed fascist group National Action.
Labour will seek to block Brexit bill
By Julie Hyland, 7 September 2017
As parliament begins its debate today on the second reading of the so-called Great Repeal bill, the Labour Party officially announced it will vote against.
Germany: 60,000 people evacuated as WWII bomb is defused in Frankfurt
By Marianne Arens, 7 September 2017
The largest evacuation in post-war German history led to many lively discussions about war and dictatorship.
US Fed confronts dilemmas over monetary policy
By Nick Beams, 7 September 2017
Despite massive injections of money into global financial markets by the Fed and other central banks, there is no sign of the US and the global economy returning to pre-2008 crisis conditions.
Australian state government and health union shut down pathology strike
By Jason Quill and Oscar Grenfell, 7 September 2017
The Health Services Union welcomed the Victorian Labor government’s application for the federal Fair Work Commission to ban the stoppage.
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Эта неделя в русской революции
21 — 27 августа: Керенский пытается организовать контрреволюцию
7 сентября 2017 г.
Поставив генерала Корнилова во главе армии, Керенский резко поворачивает направо. Поддерживаемый меньшевиками и эсерами, он созывает Государственное совещание в Москве для объединения всех контрреволюционных сил России.
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La lógica de la agresión imperialista:
¿Conllevarán las amenazas de EUA contra Corea del Norte a una catástrofe global?
Por Bill Van Auken, 7 septiembre 2017
Con cada nueva oleada de amenazas de una conflagración nuclear contra Corea del Norte, ¿se irá Washington a la guerra para hacer valer su retórica militarista?
Trump revoca DACA, poniendo a 800 000 jóvenes en riesgo de deportación
Por Genevieve Leigh, 7 septiembre 2017
El Gobierno de Trump eliminará gradualmente un programa que ha protegido limitadamente de la deportación a inmigrantes llevados a EUA como niños.
Candidatos denuncian a refugiados y exigen fortalecimiento del Estado en debate electoral alemán
Por Johannes Stern, 7 septiembre 2017
Merkel y Schulz concuerdan en prácticamente todo y piden un asalto contra los inmigrantes, más policías y una política exterior alemana y europea más agresiva.
New in Turkish
Macron’un iş yasası kararnameleri: Uluslararası toplumsal karşı devrimde yeni bir aşama
Alex Lantier, 7 Eylül 2017
İşçi sınıfı, Macron yönetiminde, temel toplumsal ve demokratik haklarını ortadan kaldırmaya adanmış bilinçli ve amansız bir düşman ile karşı karşıyadır.
Almanya seçimleri: Adaylar sığınmacıları suçlayıp devletin güçlendirilmesini talep ediyorlar
Johannes Stern, 7 Eylül 2017
Başbakan Angela Merkel (Hıristiyan Demokrat, CDU) ile Sosyal Demokrat rakibi Martin Schulz arasında Pazar akşamı yapılan abartılı televizyon tartışması, tiksindirici bir gösteriydi.
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Les médias et l’establishment politique passent à autre chose alors que les résidents de Houston retournent dans leur ville dévastée
Par Tom Hall, 7 septembre 2017
Au fur et à mesure que les eaux de crue baissent, la classe dirigeante s’emploie à dissimuler la catastrophe sociale qui ne fait que commencer à se dérouler dans le sud-est du Texas.
«Ce qui nous arrive va aussi arriver aux autres»
Les grévistes de l’aéroport de Toronto prennent la parole
Par nos correspondants, 7 septembre 2017
Sept-cent travailleurs de Swissport à l’aéroport Pearson de Toronto se dressent contre les attaques du patronat qui veut réduire davantage les salaires déjà peu élevés et attaquer les conditions de travail.
New in German
Die Logik imperialistischer Aggression:
Führen die Drohungen der USA gegen Nordkorea zur globalen Katastrophe?
Bill Van Auken, 7. September 2017
Die ständigen Drohungen der US-Regierung gegen Nordkorea wecken weltweit die Befürchtung, dass die USA tatsächlich einen Krieg mit Atomwaffen vom Zaun brechen könnten.
Der Bundestagswahlkampf und die Gefahr eines atomaren Weltkriegs
Johannes Stern, 7. September 2017
Die Medien und etablierten Parteien haben lange versucht, die Frage von Krieg und Militarismus aus dem Wahlkampf herauszuhalten. Nun werden sie von der Realität eingeholt.
Weltkriegsgefahr wegen Korea erschüttert Europa
Alex Lantier, 7. September 2017
Die USA riskieren in Nordkorea die militärische Konfrontation mit Russland und China. Das könnte Europa in einen Atomkrieg hineinziehen.
Die Bedeutung der Online-Wahlveranstaltung der SGP
Ulrich Rippert, 7. September 2017
Die Online-Veranstaltung zum Wahlkampf der Sozialistischen Gleichheitspartei am Dienstag war ein bedeutender Schritt zum Aufbau einer internationalen sozialistischen Bewegung gegen Krieg.
CDU-Sicherheitspapier: Die Sprache der Diktatur
Peter Schwarz, 7. September 2017
Die Innen- und Justizminister von CDU und CSU haben am 1. September eine Erklärung zur Inneren Sicherheit verabschiedet, die sich wie eine Blaupause für eine Diktatur liest.
Diese Woche in der Russischen Revolution
4.–10. September: Die Kornilow-Affäre
7. September 2017
Angesichts der drohenden Diktatur und Konterrevolution in der Person des Generals Kornilow rufen die Sowjetführer die Arbeiterklasse gezwungenermaßen zur Verteidigung Petrograds auf.
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أجهزة غوغل تسعى لمنع الوصول إلى الموقع العالمي الاشتراكي
٢٧ تموز يوليو ٢٠١٧
إن تفحص تدفق البيانات على الشبكة يظهر بوضوح أن عملاق الإنترنت غوغل يتلاعب بنتائج البحث بهدف منع الوصول إلى صفحة موقع الاشتراكية العالمي.
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- BKA sammelt rechtswidrig Millionen Daten (01.09.2017)
- SGP-Wahlveranstaltung in Duisburg
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- Die Flut von Houston: Gegen die Anarchie des kapitalistischen Markts – für sozialistische Planwirtschaft (31.08.2017)
- Trump droht Nordkorea mit Krieg (31.08.2017)
- Schulz wirbt für eine „gut ausgestattete Bundeswehr“ (31.08.2017)
- SGP-Kandidatin spricht auf Schülerdemo gegen Abschiebung (31.08.2017)
- Die Abschiebepraxis der Linkspartei (31.08.2017)
- Français
- Macron dévoile les ordonnances pour détruire le Code du travail (01.09.2017)
- Nouvelle menace de guerre : Trump refuse de négocier avec la Corée du Nord (01.09.2017)
- Le Pentagone rejette l’appel de l’ONU à une pause dans le siège de Raqqa (01.09.2017)
- La classe ouvrière répond à l’ouragan Harvey (01.09.2017)
- Sommet à Paris : l'UE crée des camps de détention pour les migrants africains (31.08.2017)
- A Barcelone, la colère éclate contre la guerre et les complicités officielles avec le terrorisme (31.08.2017)
- Verdict draconien contre un manifestant anti-G20 à Hambourg (31.08.2017)
- Le NPD au Canada, la guerre en Libye et les mensonges de Niki Ashton (31.08.2017)
- Le désastre des inondations de Houston : un crime social de l’oligarchie américaine (30.08.2017)
- Au milieu de fortes tensions, la Corée du Nord tire un missile de moyenne portée au-dessus du Japon (30.08.2017)
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- Cien mil alumnos sin techo en escuelas públicas de Nueva York (01.09.2017)
- La clase obrera responde al huracán Harvey (01.09.2017)
- Informe del gobierno revela el alcance de la crisis de vivienda en California (31.08.2017)
- Crece la pobreza entre los estudiantes de la Universidad Comunitaria de Los Ángeles (31.08.2017)
- La devastadora inundación en Houston: un crimen social de la oligarquía estadounidense (31.08.2017)
- Estalla la indignación contra la guerra y la complicidad del gobierno con el terrorismo en manifestación en Barcelona (30.08.2017)
- Podemos se une a una coalición regional en España con el Partido Socialista (30.08.2017)
- El indulto de Trump al exsheriff de Arizona: una luz verde para la violencia y la represión contra los inmigrantes (30.08.2017)
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- Эта неделя в русской революции
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Дни испытания (27.07.2017) - Эта неделя в русской революции
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- Novo protocolo de busca do Google está restringindo acesso a 13 web sites socialistas, progressistas e anti-guerra líderes em acessos (25.08.2017)
- O “buscador” Google tenta bloquear o acesso ao World Socialist Web Site (25.08.2017)
- Sob ataque, Trump joga a carta da homofobia para fortalecer sua base fascistóide (25.08.2017)
- Cai a máscara do imperialismo americano em sua guerra de pilhagem no Afeganistão (25.08.2017)
- A reestruturação da Casa Branca: um passo adiante em direção ao governo autoritário (25.08.2017)
- A Casa Branca e o tumulto fascista em Charlottesville (19.08.2017)
- Dezenas de milhares de pessoas procuram emprego na Amazon enquanto Dow Jones alcança recorde de 22 mil pontos (19.08.2017)
- As sanções dos EUA e o perigo de guerra (19.08.2017)
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Perspective
Unite all workers against the attack on immigrants! For a socialist policy of open borders!
7 September 2017
The decision of the Trump administration to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program marks a new stage in the attack on immigrant workers in the United States and internationally.
Commentary
Mélenchon sets nationalist trap for opposition to austerity in France
By Anthony Torres, 7 September 2017
Mélenchon is proposing a populist and nationalist movement, compatible with a strategy of entry into the Macron government that he claims to oppose.
Macron’s labor decrees in France: A new stage in the international social counter-revolution
Child deaths at Gorakhpur hospital highlight grim reality behind “rising India” hype
By K. Ratnayake, 7 September 2017
While India’s capitalist elite has amassed unprecedented wealth, successive Congress and BJP governments have gutted the public health system.
The dual citizenship furore in the Australian parliament: What is at stake for the working class?
By the Socialist Equality Party (Australia), 6 September 2017
Trump and DeVos deepen the assault on public higher education
By Nancy Hanover, 6 September 2017
Australia: Socialist Alternative conference seeks new political trap for rising discontent
Arts
Documenta 14 exhibition in Kassel, Germany: The censorship and defaming of art
By Sybille Fuchs, 6 September 2017
Sean Penn’s The Last Face and Hollywood’s “August Death March”
By David Walsh, 31 August 2017
Ingrid Goes West and Wind River: Hardly scratching the surface
Google Censorship
Sri Lankan students oppose Google’s censorship of the World Socialist Web Site
By our reporters, 5 September 2017
An open letter to Google: Stop the censorship of the Internet! Stop the political blacklisting of the World Socialist Web Site!
25 August 2017
David North, chairperson of the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site, has sent the following open letter to Google executives Sundar Pichai, Lawrence Page, Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt.
Sign the petition and share it as widely as possible through email, online forums, and social media.
Watch: Stop online censorship!
- Antimonopoly researchers say Google CEO pressured leading think tank to fire them
- Facebook, Youtube, other tech giants launch joint, state-backed censorship programs
- 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
Obituary
Cynthia Brust Moore (1944-2017): A steadfast supporter of the Trotskyist movement
By Fred Mazelis, 5 September 2017
Cynthia was the daughter of Bill and Jean Brust, who joined the revolutionary movement in the 1930s and were founding members of the Workers League, predecessor organization of the Socialist Equality Party.
IYSSE
Oppose the militarist high school graduation policy of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel!
By the International Youth and Students for Social Equality, 5 September 2017
Centenary of the Russian Revolution
This week in the Russian Revolution
September 4 – 10: The Kornilov affair
4 September 2017
Confronted with the danger of a full-blooded counterrevolutionary dictatorship and mass repression from General Kornilov, the Soviets are compelled to appeal to the working class to defend the city.
From the archives of the Russian Revolution
On Slogans
By Vladimir Lenin, 2 September 2017
Leaders of the Russian Revolution: Ivar Tenisovich Smilga (1892-1937)
Part one
By Clara Weiss, 31 August 2017
Leaders of the Russian Revolution: Ivar Tenisovich Smilga (1892-1937)
Part two
Professor Sean McMeekin revives discredited anti-Lenin slanders (Part I)
Chronology of the Russian Revolution »
Workers Struggles
Rank-and-file committees needed to take forward UK rail workers' safety fight
By Tony Robson, 6 September 2017
“We don’t know what kind of deal they’ve struck with the breakaway dealerships”
IAM isolates striking Chicago car mechanics, seeks separate agreements
By Jessica Goldstein, 5 September 2017
More on auto workers struggles »
“Whatever happens to us is going to happen to everybody else”
Toronto airport strikers speak out
Sri Lankan university workers defeat union attempts to victimise SEP member
Australia: National Tertiary Education Union attempts to suppress struggle against job cuts at Western Sydney University
Mehring Books
New from Mehring Books
Why Study the Russian Revolution?
Volume I: The February Revolution and the Development of Bolshevik Strategy
28 August 2017
One hundred years after the Russian Revolution, the events of 1917, their consequences and their lessons retain a burning contemporary relevance.
Lessons of Hurricane Katrina
31 August 2017
The World Socialist Web Site pamphlet on the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina 12 years ago is critical reading in light of the current catastrophe in Texas.
International Amazon Workers Voice
Single mother in Pittsburgh fired by Amazon for not working forced overtime
By Samuel Davidson, 1 September 2017
The mother of two was fired even after a supervisor told her it was okay not to work overtime at the end of her 4 am to 8 am shift.
Working life at a Pittsburgh Amazon warehouse
Protests against Amazon’s bid to seize land from historic African-American community in Virginia
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Amazon and the CIA: a match made in hell
Part One: Amazon cashes in on war crimes and mass surveillance
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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