7 November 2017
Twenty-six dead in Texas church massacre: A society ravaged by pathological violence
By Kate Randall, 7 November 2017
Although the perpetrators of mass shootings are invariably deranged individuals, there are always deeper societal issues at work.
New government data show 64,000 Americans died due to drug overdose in 2016
By Tom Hall, 7 November 2017
US airstrikes kill dozens of Afghan civilians
By Bill Van Auken, 7 November 2017
The air war has been stepped up as the International Criminal Court reviews potential war crimes charges against the US military and CIA in Afghanistan.
Trump encourages Japanese militarism against North Korea and China
By James Cogan, 7 November 2017
Trump displayed complete indifference to anti-war sentiment in Japan, as he strutted alongside right-wing nationalist prime minister Shinzo Abe.
Trump in Asia: On the eve of war
More on the war threat against North Korea »
NATO intensifies its preparations for war with Russia
By Philipp Frisch, 7 November 2017
Against the backdrop of US aggression against North Korea, NATO is intensifying its preparations for war with Russia, the world’s second largest nuclear power.
Kentucky authorities considering stiffer charges in assault on US Senator Rand Paul
By Barry Grey, 7 November 2017
The news of the attack on a sitting US senator was initially downplayed by the major newspapers.
More revelations in UAW corruption scandal
Fiat Chrysler CEO Marchionne met with federal investigators last year
By Shannon Jones, 7 November 2017
The reports of Marchionne’s meeting with prosecutors follow reports that the investigation of the illegal diversion of funds from training centers has expanded to Ford and General Motors.
UAW-corporate corruption scandal spreads to Ford and GM
More on auto workers struggles »
LAPD arrests after Trump election exposed as political repression
By John Burton, 7 November 2017
Los Angeles police arrested hundreds in the post-election protests, but presented only a handful of cases to prosecutors.
Corporate interests, racial politics dominate Detroit mayoral election
By Tyler Van Dyke, 7 November 2017
With the backing of the city’s major corporations and the Democratic political establishment, incumbent Mayor Mike Duggan is expected to be reelected in today’s mayoral election.
New Zealand: Labour-led government promotes nationalism and militarism
By Tom Peters, 7 November 2017
The recently-installed Labour-New Zealand First-Greens coalition is scapegoating immigrants for the social crisis, while promoting militarism and war.
Complaints soar against Australian government’s welfare agency
By Mike Head, 7 November 2017
Millions of welfare recipients were unable to contact Centrelink, the agency that administers their payments, causing enormous frustration and anger.
New in Portuguese
Trump para o devastado Porto Rico: é preciso pagar Wall Street!
Bill Van Auken, 7 de novembro de 2017
O tuíte brutal e ignorante do presidente dos EUA expressa a verdadeira postura da oligarquia dominante dos EUA em relação a uma população de 3.5 milhões que enfrenta uma catástrofe humanitária.
A ascensão da AfD e a guinada à direita da política oficial na Alemanha
Peter Schwarz, 7 de novembro de 2017
Pela primeira vez desde a queda do Nazismo, um partido extremista de direita está entrando no parlamento nacional da Alemanha.
A censura da Internet e os planos de guerra do governo dos EUA
Andre Damon, 7 de novembro de 2017
Samantha Power, embaixadora dos EUA para as Nações Unidas sob barack Obama, escreveu uma coluna no New York Times defendendo o uso de “porteiros profissionais” para policiar debate público na Internet.
O momento “Mein Kampf” de Trump na ONU
Bill Van Auken, 7 de novembro de 2017
O presidente americano ameaçou publicamente lançar uma guerra genocida, declarando que estava “pronto, motivado e capacitado” para “destruir totalmente a Coreia do Norte e seus 25 milhões de habitantes.
Os 150 anos da publicação d’O Capital
Nick Beams, 7 de novembro de 2017
O dia 14 de setembro marcou os 150 anos da publicação do primeiro volume de O Capital por Karl Marx. A obra representou um ponto de inflexão no desenvolvimento intelectual e histórico da humanidade.
New in Norwegian
Fransk unntakstilstand utløper, men politistaten består
Paul Mitchell og Alex Lantier, 4 November 2017
Utløpet av Frankrikes toårige nødstilstand betyr ikke at landet går tilbake til forholdene før 2015, men strammer grepet på demokratiske rettigheter.
Demokratenes McCarthy-heksejakt
Andre Damon, 3 November 2017
Denne ukens kongresshøringer om «ekstremistisk innhold» markerer et nytt stadium i kampanjen demokratene i kongressen fører for å legitimere sensur og kriminalisere dissens, i samarbeid med etterretningstjenestene og ledende medier.
Den spanske hæren truer med å intervenere - katalanske ministre fengsles
Paul Mitchell og Alex Lantier, 3 November 2017
Ifølge sjefen for den spanske hæren er hans planer om å gripe inn i Catalonia del av tilsvarende planlegging for NATO-landene i Europa.
New in Russian
Документы русской революции
Искусство восстания
Лев Троцкий, 6 ноября 2017 г.
Мы публикуем шестую главу из второй части второго тома «Истории русской революции» Троцкого под названием «Искусство восстания».
Эта неделя в русской революции
30 октября — 6 ноября: Большевики собирают силы для революции
6 ноября 2017 г.
Военно-революционный комитет открыто противопоставляет себя государственной власти. Лояльность ключевых частей рабочих и солдат по отношению к авторитету ВРК проверена ходом событий и несомненна. Силы Временного правительства изолированы и тают.
New in Spanish
Trump en Asia: en las vísperas de la guerra
Por James Cogan, 7 noviembre 2017
El comportamiento de Trump personifica tanto la decadencia del imperialismo estadounidense como los cálculos criminales de sus estrategas sobre frenar este declive por medios militares.
Crisis libanesa ligada a guerra contra Irán
Por Bill Van Auken, 7 noviembre 2017
El primer ministro Hariri anunció su renuncia en Riad, haciéndose eco de la virulenta retórica anti-iraní de la monarquía saudita.
Republicanos del Congreso abren investigación sobre el papel de Clinton en la adquisición rusa de minas de uranio en EE. UU.
Por Niles Niemuth, 7 noviembre 2017
El asunto de Uranium One demuestra que los demócratas no menos que los republicanos tienen lazos corruptos con intereses comerciales en todo el mundo, incluso en Rusia.
El depuesto presidente regional catalán se entrega a la policía belga
Por Alex Lantier, 7 noviembre 2017
Críticas al manejo de la crisis catalana por parte de España desde el interior de círculos gobernantes europeos reflejan la preocupación de que las acciones de Madrid puedan provocar una resistencia popular explosiva.
New in German
Jamaika: Ruf nach Großmachtpolitik und Aufrüstung wird lauter
Peter Schwarz, 7. November 2017
Die Stimmen, die von einer zukünftigen Jamaika-Koalition aggressive Außenpolitik und eine massive Aufstockung des Militärhaushalts verlangen, werden zunehmend lauter.
Abgesetzter katalanischer Regierungschef stellt sich der belgischen Polizei
Alex Lantier, 7. November 2017
Die Kritik an Spaniens Umgang mit der katalanischen Krise widerspiegelt die Besorgnis herrschender Kreise Europas, dass Madrids Vorgehen explosiven Widerstand in der Bevölkerung auslösen könnte.
Trump in Asien: Am Vorabend eines Krieges
James Cogan, 7. November 2017
Donald Trumps Verhalten in Japan, dem ersten Ziel seiner Asien-Reise, deutet stark darauf hin, dass er sich auf einen Krieg gegen Nordkorea vorbereitet.
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- Trump nutzt Asienreise zur Bildung von Kriegskoalition gegen Nordkorea (06.11.2017)
- NATO verstärkt Kriegsvorbereitungen gegen Russland (06.11.2017)
- Frankreich: Ausnahmezustand offiziell beendet, doch der Polizeistaat bleibt (06.11.2017)
- Filmempfehlung der Woche
Die einmalige Filmdokumentation der Russischen Revolution: „Tsar to Lenin“ (06.11.2017) - Der reaktionäre McCarthyismus der US-Demokraten (04.11.2017)
- Minister inhaftiert: Spanische Armee droht mit Intervention in Katalonien (04.11.2017)
- Air-Berlin-Pleite: Die Belegschaft zahlt die Kosten (04.11.2017)
- US-General verrät versehentlich militärische Eskalation in Syrien (03.11.2017)
- Madrids Repression: Katalanische und spanische Arbeiter stehen vor großen Gefahren (03.11.2017)
- Jamaika auf Kriegskurs (03.11.2017)
- Français
- Le scandale sur la corruption entre le syndicat UAW et les grandes entreprises s’étend à Ford et GM (06.11.2017)
- France : fin de l’état d’urgence, mais l’état policier reste (06.11.2017)
- Trump entame une tournée de 12 jours en Asie pour construire une coalition de guerre contre la Corée du Nord (06.11.2017)
- La chasse aux sorcières maccarthyste des Démocrates (04.11.2017)
- L’armée espagnole menace d’intervenir en Catalogne et les ministres sont emprisonnés (04.11.2017)
- Fallon, ministre britannique de la défense, démissionne dans un scandale antidémocratique sur la « perversion sexuelle » (04.11.2017)
- Les leçons de la grève des travailleurs de l'usine CAMI au Canada (04.11.2017)
- Un général révèle sans le vouloir l'escalade américaine qui prend place en Syrie (03.11.2017)
- Les travailleurs catalans et espagnols gravement menacés par la répression de Madrid (03.11.2017)
- «Ils font la guerre quand c’est nécessaire»
Le ministre de la Défense du Niger révèle le rôle militaire des États-Unis en Afrique de l’Ouest (03.11.2017)
- Español
- La expresidenta del Comité Nacional Demócrata revela que Clinton manipuló la campaña de nominación del 2016 (06.11.2017)
- El jefe de Gabinete de la Casa Blanca responsabiliza de la Guerra Civil al fracaso para “negociar” (06.11.2017)
- “Este es un tío listo”
La dirigente sindical de los docentes estadounidenses Randi Weingarten mantuvo un encuentro secreto con Steve Bannon (06.11.2017) - El presidente Xi preside sobre un frágil régimen chino (06.11.2017)
- Los trabajadores automotrices toman a las redes sociales para defender al joven trabajador de Ford asesinado en aparente suicidio (06.11.2017)
- El escándalo de corrupción en el UAW se esparce a Ford y GM (06.11.2017)
- Los trabajadores catalanes y españoles se enfrentan a graves peligros por la represión de Madrid (04.11.2017)
- El ejército español amenaza con intervenir en Cataluña mientras se encarcela a ministros (04.11.2017)
- Audiencias anti-rusas en los EUA:
Los legisladores exigen a las empresas tecnológicas que censuren a periodistas y que lleven a cabo una vigilancia masiva (04.11.2017) - La caza de brujas mccarthista de los demócratas (04.11.2017)
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16–22 октября: Большевики во главе с Троцким выходят из Предпарламента (26.10.2017) - После жестоких репрессий Мадрида
Независимая классовая стратегия для испанского и каталонского рабочего класса! (17.10.2017) - Сочинения Троцкого 1917 года
Декларация фракции большевиков на Демократическом совещании (14.10.2017) - Социальная патология бойни в Лас-Вегасе (06.10.2017)
- New York Times публикует статью о выдвинутых Мировым Социалистическим Веб Сайтом обвинениях против компании Google в цензуре и составлении «черных списков» (04.10.2017)
- Сочинения Троцкого 1917 года
На чистую воду! (04.10.2017)
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- Dos furacões aos cortes de impostos: a classe dominante volta-se aos negócios (03.11.2017)
- Por que o capitalismo americano foi incapaz de se preparar para o furacão Irma? (03.11.2017)
- Pela união de todos os trabalhadores contra o ataque aos imigrantes! Por uma política socialista de fronteiras abertas! (03.11.2017)
- A lógica da agressão imperialista: resultarão as ameaças dos EUA à Coreia do Norte em uma catástrofe global? (03.11.2017)
- Trump, a Coréia do Norte e o perigo de uma guerra mundial (03.11.2017)
- DreamHost recebe mandado para entregar dados sobre site anti-Trump: a criminalização da dissidência política (27.10.2017)
- Grandes empresas e os militares aumentam seu controle sobre Washington (27.10.2017)
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- O colapso do Sindicato dos Trabalhadores Automotivos na fábrica da Nissan no Mississipi (27.10.2017)
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Perspective
On the Centenary of the October Revolution
7 November 2017
The October Revolution ranks among the greatest and most progressive events in world history.
Centenary of the Russian Revolution
Documents of the Russian Revolution
To the Citizens of Russia!
By the Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, 7 November 2017
On the hundredth anniversary of the October Revolution we are publishing the proclamation issued on November 7 (October 25, O.S.), 1917 by the Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet.
This week in the Russian Revolution
November 6-12: Bolsheviks come to power in Petrograd
6 November 2017
The final online lecture in the ICFI's series on the centenary of the Russian Revolution, "The Place of the October Revolution in World History and Contemporary Politics" will be held on November 11 at 1:00 pm EST. For full information and to register, visit wsws.org/1917.
Lessons of October: The political crisis within the Bolshevik Party on the eve of the seizure of power
By Chris Marsden, 3 November 2017
US public meeting series: Why Study the Russian Revolution?
Commemoration meetings in Australia and New Zealand
100 years on: The significance of the 1917 Russian Revolution for today
Sri Lankan SEP/IYSSE calls public meetings to mark the centenary of the Russian Revolution
Chronology of the Russian Revolution »
History
100 years since the Balfour Declaration
By Jean Shaoul, 7 November 2017
This is the first of a two-part article on the Balfour Declaration that was to lead to the establishment of the state of Israel in Palestine.
Commentary
One hundred years after the October Revolution
Majority of young Americans prefer socialism or communism to capitalism
By Niles Niemuth, 7 November 2017
The report from the right-wing Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation points to the widespread hostility to capitalism, which finds no expression within official politics.
Democratic Party crisis explodes in wake of Brazile revelations
By Patrick Martin, 6 November 2017
Lebanese crisis bound up with war drive against Iran
By Bill Van Auken, 6 November 2017
Deposed Catalan premier hands himself in to Belgian police
By Alex Lantier, 6 November 2017
Germany: “Jamaica coalition” on a course towards war
French state of emergency expires in name, but police state remains
IYSSE
International Youth and Students for Social Equality launches new website
6 November 2017
The IYSSE’s newly designed website includes an updated Statement of Principles for its US section. We urge all youth and students to join the IYSSE and take up the fight for socialism.
Education is a social right!
Students must come to the defense of Ontario’s striking college teachers!
By International Youth and Students for Social Equality (Canada), 7 November 2017
The struggle must be broadened, mobilizing students as well as teachers and other workers across Canada in a political struggle to defend public education and win decent-paying, secure jobs for all.
Socialist Equality Party
SEP national secretary proposes “Capitalism Has Failed” at St Andrews University Union Debating Society
By our reporter, 7 November 2017
Chris Marsden, the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party in Britain, won substantial support for the proposition that capitalism is an “abject failure.”
Strong turnout at San Diego campuses for lectures by David North on Russian Revolution
By our reporter, 2 November 2017
New Zealand: Socialist Equality Group meeting discusses new Labour-NZ First government
By our reporters, 2 November 2017
Arts Review
George Clooney’s Suburbicon: A misanthropic take on 1950s’ America
By David Walsh, 7 November 2017
A would-be “black comedy,” directed and co-written by George Clooney, Suburbicon is set in 1959 in a bland suburban community.
Remembering Fats Domino
By Hiram Lee, 4 November 2017
Dominique Morisseau’s Skeleton Crew in Detroit: A drama about the working class
By David Walsh, 3 November 2017
May a word be spoken on behalf of Kevin Spacey?
By David Walsh, 1 November 2017
Sean Baker’s The Florida Project: “The joy and heart and humor of being a child”
Revoliutsiia! Demonstratsiia! Soviet Art Put to the Test at the Art Institute of Chicago—an introductory comment
Russian Revolutionary art exhibition opened October 29
Workers Struggles
24-hour strike by Argentine airline staff
Workers Struggles: The Americas
7 November 2017
Pilots and ground crew are calling for a 26 percent pay increase to keep pace with inflation.
“This is one smart guy”
US teachers union chief Randi Weingarten held secret meeting with Steve Bannon
By Jerry White, 4 November 2017
Billionaire CEO Joe Ricketts shuts down DNAinfo and Gothamist after unionization vote
By Michael Walters and Alexander Fangmann, 4 November 2017
International Amazon Workers Voice
Temp work past the age of retirement
Amazon’s CamperForce program exploits elderly workers
By Evan Blake, 6 November 2017
Trudeau courts Amazon CEO to locate its second headquarters in Canada
Amazon workers force company to rehire unjustly fired worker after IAWV exposure
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Google Censorship
The Democrats’ McCarthyite witch hunt
By Andre Damon, 3 November 2017
Anti-Russia hearings in the US:
Lawmakers demand tech companies censor journalists and conduct mass surveillance
The conspiracy to censor the Internet
By Andre Damon and Joseph Kishore, 18 October 2017
The elites “have no credibility left:” An interview with journalist Chris Hedges
An open letter to Google: Stop the censorship of the Internet! Stop the political blacklisting of the World Socialist Web Site!
25 August 2017
Google escalates blacklisting of left-wing web sites and journalists
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Sign the petition and share it as widely as possible through email, online forums, and social media.
Watch: Stop online censorship!
Featured Video
On the spot report: Five hundred workers who lack access to basic health care attended a free charity health clinic in Charleston, West Virginia.
The Grenfell Tower fire
Art auction for Grenfell fire survivors raises £2 million
By Paul Bond, 30 October 2017
Grenfell Fire Forum launches Facebook page
By our reporters, 26 October 2017
More on the Grenfell Tower fire »
Book Review
Thomas Mackaman’s New Immigrants and the Radicalization of American Labor, 1914-1924
Immigration and socialist strategy in America, past and present
By Eric London, 24 October 2017
Thomas Mackaman’s New Immigrants and the Radicalization of American Labor, 1914-1924 is an essential contribution not only to labor history, but also toward the development of a strategy of social revolution today.
Interview
“This anti-Russian campaign is horrible”: An interview with antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan
By David Walsh, 23 October 2017
Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a US soldier killed in Iraq in 2004, has had many bitter experiences with the Democratic Party.
Science
Neutron star merger observed through gravitational waves and light
By Don Barrett, 18 October 2017
Observation of gravitational waves wins Nobel Prize in physics
Featured Commentary
Forty years since the assassination of Tom Henehan (1951-1977)
Tom Henehan: A revolutionary life
By David North, 16 October 2017
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Tom Henehan, a member of the Political Committee of the Workers League—the predecessor of the Socialist Equality Party in the US. We are republishing here a tribute delivered by David North at a meeting in 1997.
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