4 January 2018
Trump threatens North Korea with nuclear war
By Peter Symonds, 4 January 2018
Trump’s “nuclear button” remark is aimed not just at North Korea, but any country that poses a challenge to American global hegemony.
North and South Korea propose to hold talks
US president accuses China of illegal oil transfer to North Korea
More on the war threat against North Korea »
Romanian Ford workers defiant as company seeks to impose blackmail contract
By Jerry White and Eric London, 4 January 2018
Workers returned from their holiday break in a rebellious mood with sporadic work stoppages and a growing determination for collective resistance.
Romanian Ford workers must make international appeal!
Germany’s “Network Enforcement Law” goes into effect: A move to censor the Internet
By Johannes Stern, 4 January 2018
The new law is part of an international offensive to attack free speech online, aimed at suppressing left-wing and socialist views.
Facebook deleted accounts at the behest of US, Israeli and German governments
By Niles Niemuth, 4 January 2018
The social media company has deleted the accounts of Palestinian activists. journalists and the former leader of Chechnya in a campaign of international political censorship.
More Britons than ever forced into homelessness due to rent increases
By Tom Pearce, 4 January 2018
The horror stories featured in this year’s report by the local government and social care ombudsman reveal a situation comparable to Victorian slum housing.
UK: Thousands to see in the New Year sleeping rough on the streets
Deaths continue to mount amid freezing temperatures across much of the US
By Trévon Austin, 4 January 2018
The rising number of deaths from cold at the beginning of this year has exposed the severity of the affordable housing crisis in the United States.
Record low temperatures kill at least nine people in US
Australian Council of Trade Unions launches cynical campaign against casual employment
By Oscar Grenfell, 4 January 2018
The unions, working with successive Labor and conservative governments, have played the central role in the destruction of full-time jobs.
New Zealand government prepares attack on foreign students
By Sam Price, 4 January 2018
The Labour-led government is scapegoating international students, along with immigrants, to divert attention from the real source of the social crisis.
President-elect George Weah opens Liberia for plunder
By Eddie Haywood, 4 January 2018
As a wealthy ex-footballer and businessman, Weah's claims of being antiestablishment are a fraud.
New in Romanian
Un muncitor de la Ford SUA sprijină greva muncitorilor auto din România: „Trebuie să ia legătură cu noi”
De Tim Rivers, 29 decembrie 2017
Muncitorul primi călduros rebeliunea împotriva birocraților sindicali români, declarând, „Sunt sigur că în toate aspectele, întregul lanț de comandă al sindicatului este cumpărat”.
Muncitorul la Ford România vorbește cu WSWS despre greva neoficială la Uzina din Craiova
De Eric London, 27 decembrie 2017
Un muncitor la uzina Ford din România care a participat la greva neoficială de joi, văzând videoclipul difuzat de WSWS despre lupta muncitorească de acolo a vorbit cu acest reporter despre strategia pe care el și colegii săi de lucru o vor urma de-acum încolo.
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Ekim Devrimi’nin yüzüncü yıldönümünün son yansımaları
David North, 4 Ocak 2018
Uluslararası Komite, geçtiğimiz yılın tüm eğitim faaliyetini, 2018’in en çarpıcı siyasi özelliği olacak olan uluslararası sınıf mücadelesinin yeniden canlanmasına temel bir hazırlık olarak görmektedir.
Kemer sıkmaya ve toplumsal eşitsizliğe karşı kitlesel protestolar İran yönetimini sarsıyor
Keith Jones, 4 Ocak 2018
İran, son altı gündür, gıda fiyatı artışlarına, kitlesel işsizliğe, durmadan büyüyen toplumsal eşitsizliğe; İslam Cumhuriyeti’nin sert kemer sıkma politikasına ve siyasi baskısına karşı protestolarla sarsılıyor.
Romanyalı Ford işçileri uluslararası çağrı yapmalı!
Dünya Sosyalist Web Sitesi Otomotiv İşçileri Bülteni, 4 Ocak 2018
Dünya Sosyalist Web Sitesi (WSWS) Otomotiv İşçileri Bülteni, Romanya Craiova’da bulunan Ford fabrikası işçilerinin militan başkaldırısını memnuniyetle selamlar; Avrupa, Kuzey Amerika ve Asya genelindeki otomotiv işçilerini onların cesur mücadelesini desteklemeye çağırır.
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Massenproteste gegen Sparpolitik und soziale Ungleichheit erschüttern iranisches Regime
Keith Jones, 4. Januar 2018
Die Proteste sind Ausdruck der explosiven Klassenspannungen im Iran, wo die Jugendarbeitslosigkeit bei fast 40 Prozent liegt und die Hälfte der Bevölkerung unter der Armutsgrenze lebt.
Nord- und Südkorea wollen Gespräche führen
Peter Symonds, 4. Januar 2018
Der Vorschlag zu Gesprächen steht im Kontext der großen Spannungen auf der koreanischen Halbinsel, die sich seit den Kriegsdrohungen der USA und den verheerenden Sanktionen gegen Nordkorea verschärft haben.
neues deutschland veröffentlicht Interview mit WSWS-Chefredakteur David North
unserem Korrespondenten, 4. Januar 2018
Unter der Überschrift „Socialism is coming back“ hat die Tageszeitung neues deutschland am 3. Januar ein ganzseitiges Interview mit dem führenden Trotzkisten David North veröffentlicht.
Die IYSSE an der HU Berlin erläutern ihr Programm zur StuPa-Wahl
„Kein Problem kann gelöst werden, ohne die Macht der Konzerne zu brechen“
den International Youth and Students for Social Equality, 4. Januar 2018
Die Studierendenorganisation der Vierten Internationale erklärt in zwei Interviews die Bedeutung ihrer Kandidatur zu den StuPa-Wahlen an der Humboldt-Universität in Berlin.
Simbabwe: Grafit-Minenarbeiter im Streik
Dietmar Henning, 4. Januar 2018
Über 200 Arbeiter einer Grafit-Mine im Norden Simbabwes legten am Freitag letzter Woche die Arbeit nieder. Sie protestieren dagegen, dass sie seit über einem Jahr keine Löhne mehr bekommen haben.
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مكانة ثورة أكتوبرعلى مستوى تاريخ العالم وفي السياسات المعاصرة
١٢ تشرين الثاني نوفمبر ٢٠١٧
إن برنامج الثورة الاشتراكية العالمية الذي طرحه لينين و تروتسكي مثل الاستراتيجية الوحيدة القابلة للحياة في مواجهة انهيار النظام الذي بدأ مع اندلاع الحرب الأوروبية.
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Эта
неделя в русской революции
18–24 декабря: В Брест-Литовске
начались мирные переговоры
29 декабря 2017 г.
Троцкий позднее писал: «История сложилась так, что делегатам самого революционного режима, который когда-либо знало человечество, пришлось заседать за общим дипломатическим столом с представителями самой реакционной касты среди всех правящих классов».
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- Massenproteste gegen Sparpolitik und soziale Ungleichheit erschüttern iranisches Regime (04.01.2018)
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- neues deutschland veröffentlicht Interview mit WSWS-Chefredakteur David North (04.01.2018)
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„Kein Problem kann gelöst werden, ohne die Macht der Konzerne zu brechen“ (04.01.2018) - Simbabwe: Grafit-Minenarbeiter im Streik (04.01.2018)
- Deutschland: Gesetz zur Internetzensur tritt in Kraft (03.01.2018)
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- Marokko: Proteste nach zwei Todesfällen in stillgelegtem Bergwerk (03.01.2018)
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- Los accidentes mortales en el lugar de trabajo en Estados Unidos aumentaron un 7 por ciento en 2016 (31.12.2017)
- Macron dirige sus decretos laborales contra los trabajadores automotrices (30.12.2017)
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- O Zimbábue pós-Mugabe e suas perspectivas (19.12.2017)
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Perspective
Working class opposition erupts in Iran: A harbinger for the world in 2018
4 January 2018
The working class unrest in Iran has already upset the calculations not just of the Iranian elite, but of governments around the world.
Featured Commentary
The bicentenary of Marx’s birth, socialism and the resurgence of the international class struggle
3 January 2018
The year 2018—the bicentenary of Marx’s birth—will be characterized, above all, by an immense intensification of social tensions and an escalation of class conflict around the world.
Final reflections on the centennial year of the October Revolution
By David North, 30 December 2017
Mehring Books
WSWS publishes Urdu translation of Trotsky’s Lessons of October
Preface to the Urdu edition of Lessons of October
WSWS Online Webinar
Featured Video
Interview: Rómulo Avelíca, undocumented worker released from detention following protests
Rómulo Avelíca-Gonzalez was abducted by ICE agents as he dropped off his daughter at school.
Arts Review
Director of A World Not Ours, A Man Returned and A Drowning Man
An interview with Palestinian filmmaker Mahdi Fleifel: “A film is like a historical document, it should be solid enough to endure”
By David Walsh, 4 January 2018
Fleifel’s A World Not Ours (2012), Xenos (2014), A Man Returned (2016) and A Drowning Man (2017) are some of the important films currently being made.
Short films considered for Academy Award nominations: Emmett Till, a Jack London story and an isolated child
By Joanne Laurier, 3 January 2018
Workers Struggles
As teachers face new battles against Trump
Lessons of the fight against Obama’s “school reform”—Part 1
By Nancy Hanover and Jerry White, 4 January 2018
Taken together, the seminal struggles of teachers and other public-sector workers in Wisconsin (2011), Chicago (2012) and Detroit (2015-16) have powerful political lessons for the defense of education and workers’ rights.
Strikes against austerity throughout Israel’s public and private sector
By Jean Shaoul, 3 January 2018
Macron turns France’s labor decrees on auto workers
By Alex Lantier, 29 December 2017
Commentary
Mass protests against austerity and social inequality shake Iranian regime
By Keith Jones, 3 January 2018
Seattle councilperson Kshama Sawant targeted by defamation lawsuit for calling police “murderers”
By Eric London, 3 January 2018
As US Congress reconvenes
Democrats looking for deal with Trump on social cuts, increased military spending
By Patrick Martin, 3 January 2018
Drexel University professor resigns amid death threats from right-wing forces
By Trévon Austin, 30 December 2017
The oligarchy versus society
By Barry Grey, 28 December 2017
Science
Insights into a new class of HIV retroviral drugs
By Benjamin Mateus, 30 December 2017
Recent investigation into the process of the HIV virus capsid maturation suggests a new method of disrupting its ability to infect.
Puerto Rico
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“The government has done nothing”
Months after hurricane, Puerto Rican workers face worsening jobs crisis
Puerto Rico governor orders review of official hurricane death toll
Socialist Equality Party
Indian ICFI supporters call public meeting in Kolkata to mark Russian Revolution centenary
29 December 2017
The Kolkata meeting will discuss the political and theoretical struggles led by Lenin and Trotsky and their significance for today.
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka) stands for local government elections
By our correspondents, 23 December 2017
SEP in Sri Lanka pays tribute to Keerthi Balasuriya
By our correspondent, 20 December 2017
On the 30th anniversary of the death of Comrade Keerthi Balasuriya
By David North, 19 December 2017
Keerthi’s death on December 18, 1987 was an irreplaceable loss to the International Committee of the Fourth International and its Sri Lankan section.
Australian and New Zealand Trotskyists hold powerful Russian Revolution centenary meetings
SEP meeting attendees speak about the Russian Revolution
Centenary of the Russian Revolution
Arabic translation of “The Place of the October Revolution in World History and Contemporary Politics”
This week in the Russian Revolution
December 25-31: Soviet government nationalizes the banks
27 December 2017
The year 1917 closes with the Russian Revolution in a precarious situation. The new Soviet government is menaced on all sides by hostile armies. Meanwhile, the imperialist war rages on, and the October insurrection catalyzes revolutionary struggles around the world.
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.
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
- Lessons of October: The political crisis within the Bolshevik Party on the eve of the seizure of power
- On the eve of revolution: The Bolshevik Party, factory committees, and the mass movement of the working class
- From the July Days to the Kornilov coup: Lenin’s The State and Revolution
Chronology of the Russian Revolution »
History
How former Nazi official Reinhard Gehlen erected a state within a state in post-war Germany
By Wolfgang Weber, 27 December 2017
Over 100,000 pages of documents relating to the post-World War II head of the German Federal Intelligence Service and ex-Nazi official Reinhard Gehlen have been leaked to the Süddeutsche Zeitung.
International Amazon Workers Voice
Amazon begins operations in Australia
By Patrick Kelly, 28 December 2017
Amazon worker dies after vomiting blood at Sacramento, California fulfillment center
By Kristina Betinis, 23 December 2017
OSHA dragging its feet investigating death of Pennsylvania Amazon worker Devan Shoemaker
Amazon conducts total surveillance of workers in new German plant
By Marianne Arens, 16 December 2017
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
One day strike hits German and Italian Amazon distribution centres
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Google Censorship
Net neutrality and the drive to censor the internet
By Andre Damon, 25 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
Sign the petition and share it as widely as possible through email, online forums, and social media.
Watch: Stop online censorship!
IYSSE
IYSSE mounts campaign against university police censorship at University of California, Berkeley
By Evan Blake, 2 December 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.
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