1 December 2017
Senate races to pass Trump tax cut for corporate America
By Barry Grey, 1 December 2017
A measure that will further restructure American society to benefit the ruling oligarchy at the expense of the mass of the population is being rushed through Congress without so much as a public hearing.
The US tax bill: A massive handout to the financial elite
New York Times outlines Democrats’ “compromise” tax windfall for the rich
Graduate students protest Republican tax bill
By our reporters, 1 December 2017
Demonstrations took place at more than 40 universities over plans to treat tuition waivers as income and compel students to pay taxes on them.
The government attack on US college students
Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi demands Representative John Conyers resign over harassment claims
By Andre Damon, 1 December 2017
Conyers, the longest serving member of the House of Representatives, has been targeted in an expanding purge of Congress carried out on the pretext of fighting "sexual misconduct."
US sexual witch-hunt
NBC’s “Today” co-anchor Matt Lauer and “Prairie Home Companion” creator Garrison Keillor latest to be purged
Repressive political agenda of the “sexual harassment” campaign comes into the open
US initiates trade war investigation into Chinese aluminium imports
By Nick Beams, 1 December 2017
The aggressive content of the last US move is indicated by the fact that it is the first “self-initiated” trade measure by the Commerce Department in more than a quarter of a century.
Xenophobic attack on mayor of German city
By Marianne Arens, 1 December 2017
The knife attack on the mayor of the German town of Altena, north of Cologne, is the product of the anti-refugee climate created by the political parties and media.
German court releases far-right army officer
By Dietmar Henning, 1 December 2017
The far-right German army officer Franco A. has been freed from custody. The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) withdrew his arrest warrant on Wednesday.
French campaign on violence against women intensifies police repression
By Francis Dubois and Alex Lantier, 1 December 2017
The campaign launched in France in the aftermath of the Weinstein affair in the United States marks a further shift to the right by President Emmanuel Macron.
UK Labour staffer death is second linked to unproved allegations of sexual harassment
By Julie Hyland, 1 December 2017
The presumption of innocence until proven guilty has been jettisoned based on unsubstantiated allegations, rumour, innuendo and gossip.
Undocumented workers in Houston face hazardous conditions and unpaid wages
By Trévon Austin, 1 December 2017
The wage theft and abysmal working conditions facing undocumented relief workers in Houston is part of the criminality and negligence of the American ruling class’s response to natural disasters.
Hurricane Harvey three months on: Tens of thousands still homeless from worst natural disaster in US history
Brooklyn College students oppose NYPD spying on campus
By Josh Varlin, 1 December 2017
The showing of Watched, a film about police infiltration of Muslim student groups, sparked widespread discussion about the presence of the New York police on campus.
Australian banking inquiry backflip intensifies political crisis
By Mike Head, 1 December 2017
The royal commission is an attempt to divert back into official channels widespread public hostility toward the rapacious operations of the banks and finance houses.
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Trump partage un tweet de vidéos antimusulmanes fascistes de Grande-Bretagne
Fred Mazelis, 1 décembre 2017
La Maison-Blanche accentue les appels à sa base fanatique d’extrême droite et prépare ainsi le terrain pour un mouvement de masse fasciste
Trois mois depuis l'ouragan Harvey: des dizaines de milliers de personnes sont toujours sans demeure après la pire catastrophe naturelle de l'histoire des États-Unis
Joseph Kishore, 1 décembre 2017
La catastrophe en cours causée par les ouragans Harvey, Irma et Maria en dit long sur le capitalisme américain et l'oligarchie financière qui dirige les États-Unis.
New in Spanish
Tres meses desde el huracán Harvey: decenas de miles todavía sin hogar después del peor desastre natural en la historia de EUA
Por Joseph Kishore, 1 diciembre 2017
La crisis ocasionada por los huracanes Harvey, Irma y María expone de forma incriminatoria al capitalismo estadounidense y a la oligarquía financiera que maneja el país.
España acusa a Rusia de interferir en crisis catalana
Por Alejandro López, 1 diciembre 2017
En solo dos meses, El País ha publicado 47 artículos que vinculan a Rusia con la crisis catalana, incluyendo 5 editoriales.
Todo el establishment político peruano envuelto en escándalo de soborno
Por Cesar Uco, 1 diciembre 2017
Un escándalo creciente que involucra cientos de millones de dólares en sobornos de contratistas brasileros está implicando a políticos de alto nivel en el Gobierno peruano.
Los estándares de vida en Reino Unido confrontan el declive más grande en más de 60 años
Por Julie Hyland, 1 diciembre 2017
Se espera que los ingresos reales en el 2021 sean menores en términos reales que en el 2008.
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Wachsende Besorgnis über Finanzkollaps
Scheidende Fed-Vorsitzende Yellen warnt vor Schuldenkrise und sozialer Ungleichheit
Nick Beams, 1. Dezember 2017
Vor dem Hintergrund steigender Aktienkurse und der Gefahr einer neuen Finanzblase, erschien die scheidende Vorsitzende der amerikanischen Zentralbank Federal Reserve (Fed), Janet Yellen, zum letzten Mal vor dem Kongress.
Bundeswehrführung fordert massive Aufrüstung
Johannes Stern, 1. Dezember 2017
Während die politischen Parteien um die nächste Bundesregierung feilschen, arbeiten führende Militärs an einem umfassenden Rüstungsprogramm, das an die Hochrüstung der Wehrmacht in den 1930er Jahren erinnert.
Trump twittert faschistische und islamfeindliche Videos aus Großbritannien
Fred Mazelis, 1. Dezember 2017
Das Weiße Haus verdoppelt die Bemühungen um seine fanatisch ultrarechte Anhängerschaft und legt die Grundlage für eine faschistische Massenbewegung.
Der Kampf gegen Prof. Rauscher und die Rechtswende an den Universitäten erfordert eine sozialistische Perspektive
den International Youth and Students for Social Equality, 1. Dezember 2017
Die rechten Professoren können nur deshalb so dreist auftreten, weil sie im politischen Establishment Unterstützung finden.
University of California, Berkeley:
Campuspolizei erhält Vetorecht für Veranstaltungen auf dem Unigelände
Gabriel Black und Joseph Santolan, 1. Dezember 2017
Nach dem neuen Zulassungsverfahren müssen Hochschulgruppen ihre Veranstaltungspläne der Polizei vorlegen und für die Kosten eventueller Polizeieinsätze selbst aufkommen.
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Trump administration escalates threat to “utterly destroy” North Korea
1 December 2017
The United States is in the advanced stage of planning some form of military operation against North Korea, which, if carried out, would imperil millions of lives.
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Commentary
Choreographed media fawning over Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
By Robert Stevens and Julie Hyland, 1 December 2017
The engagement has much to do with well-placed concerns in ruling circles that when the 91-year-old reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth, dies, this could fuel republican sympathies.
Trump retweets fascist anti-Muslim videos from Britain
By Fred Mazelis, 30 November 2017
Amid mounting fears of financial turmoil
Departing Fed chairwoman seeks to reassure markets while warning of debt crisis and social inequality
By Nick Beams, 30 November 2017
“We’re human beings, not slaves and animals”
UK newspaper exposé details Amazon’s super-exploitation of workforce
By Robert Stevens and John Newham, 30 November 2017
German Left Party calls for rapid formation of new government
Ten weeks since Hurricane María: Scientists say real death toll in Puerto Rico over 1,000
Democratic Party-aligned groups organize protests at University of Michigan against fascist Richard Spencer
Warnings of new financial bubble as bitcoin price hits $10,000
The New York Times promotes an American Nazi
Jeff Bezos’ $100 billion: The case for expropriation
Socialist Equality Party
Oppose Trudeau and Trump, the Canada-US alliance, and imperialist war!
For a working class counter-offensive based on socialist internationalism!|Part two
By SEP (Canada), 1 December 2017
If the working class is to mount a successful counter-offensive against the ruling class assault on its living standards and democratic rights, and Canadian imperialism’s reckless drive to war, a new political perspective and new organizations of struggle are necessary.
Oppose Trudeau and Trump, the Canada-US alliance, and imperialist war!
For a working class counter-offensive based on socialist internationalism!|Part one
Arts Review
“The subjects that interest us are connected with social issues and the lack of equality”
An interview with Iranian filmmaker Ali Asgari, co-director of The Silence and Disappearance
By David Walsh, 30 November 2017
Ali Asgari and Farnoosh Samadi are Iranian filmmakers working sensitively on social subjects. The Silence, a short work filmed in Italy, is their latest effort.
Radical Russia: Art, Culture and Revolution
How the Bolshevik Revolution saved avant-garde art
By Paul Mitchell, 30 November 2017
“The Bolshevik Revolution liberated art and artists”
Radical Russia: an interview with curator Peter Waldron
James Cameron’s 1997 film showing in the US for one week
What the WSWS said about Titanic 20 years ago
Why are the critics lauding Titanic?
By David Walsh, 29 November 2017
What the WSWS said about Titanic 20 years ago
Titanic as a social phenomenon
Workers Struggles
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
One day strike hits German and Italian Amazon distribution centres
1 December 2017
About 2,000 Amazon workers in Germany and another 500 in Italy walked out on “Black Friday”, November 24, traditionally the busiest shopping day of the year, over pay and working conditions.
Centenary of the Russian Revolution
New Zealand: Socialist Equality Group holds meeting on Russian Revolution in Auckland
By our reporters, 30 November 2017
Russian television’s Trotsky serial: A degraded spectacle of historical falsification and anti-Semitism
By Fred Williams and David North, 25 November 2017
The eight-part serial is an exhibition of the political, intellectual and cultural depravity of all those involved in its production.
This week in the Russian Revolution
November 27-December 3: Soviet government steps up call for end to war
27 November 2017
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The Place of the October Revolution in World History and Contemporary Politics
By David North, 13 November 2017
On the Centenary of the October Revolution
By David North, 7 November 2017
Meetings in Newcastle and Brisbane on December 3
100 years on: The significance of the 1917 Russian Revolution for today
Autoworkers Struggles
Woodhaven Ford workers speak on still unexplained death of Jacoby Hennings
By Jerry White, 29 November 2017
“We have to make sure Jacoby Hennings didn’t die in vain”
Workers denounce scourge of suicides inside US auto plants
75 years since the release of Hollywood classic Casablanca
“And what if you track down these men and kill them? ... Even Nazis can’t kill that fast”
Death of Jacoby Hennings highlights UAW collusion with auto companies
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IYSSE
Oppose right-wing censorship at Leipzig University!
By the International Youth and Students for Social Equality, 23 November 2017
Christian Democratic student association calls for the banning of the IYSSE at German universities
By Christoph Vandreier, 22 November 2017
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.
Google Censorship
Net neutrality and the drive to censor the internet
By Andre Damon, 25 November 2017
Google’s Eric Schmidt admits political censorship of search results
By Niles Niemuth, 22 November 2017
Sri Lankan students and workers oppose Google censorship of the WSWS
By our correspondents, 22 November 2017
Google announces moves to censor RT and Sputnik
By Trévon Austin, 21 November 2017
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
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Book Review
The Republic For Which It Stands: The United States During Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896
Ida B. Wells, democratic rights, and lynch mob sexual assault accusations against African-Americans
By Eric London, 21 November 2017
The fight for the democratic rights of black men accused of rape is an essential issue highlighted by Richard White in his 941-page history of the post-Civil War period.
Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House
An insider’s view of the crisis-ridden Democratic Party
By Andre Damon, 20 November 2017
Socialist Equality Party
Free the Maruti Suzuki autoworkers
Indian ICFI supporters to hold a public meeting in Sriperumbudur
27 November 2017
The meeting will discuss the internationalist foundations of the struggle to release the framed-up Maruti Suzuki workers. The speeches will be given in Tamil and English and streamed live via Facebook on December 10 at 10am.
Meeting of Grenfell Fire Forum in London on December 9
22 November 2017
The Grenfell Fire Forum is holding the fourth in a series of regular meetings on December 9 at 2 p.m. at the Maxilla Hall Social Club, North Kensington, in London.
International Amazon Workers Voice
Amazon builds low-wage Maryland plant on ashes of largest steel mill in US
By Adam Soroka, 27 November 2017
Amazon announces new cloud to host “Secret” government data
By Evan Blake, 24 November 2017
House to vote on giving Amazon $53 billion deal to become main Pentagon supplier
By Evan Blake, 11 November 2017
Watch: How can Amazon workers fight back?
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