1 March 2018
West Virginia strike continues as teachers reject unions’ back-to-work order
By Joseph Kishore, 1 March 2018
The continuation of the strike requires the formation of independent rank-and-file committees and an urgent appeal to the entire working class to support the West Virginia teachers.
Anger mounts over sellout of West Virginia teachers’ strike
“Stand up for what you believe in and for what you deserve”
Workers, students speak out in support of West Virginia teachers
Demand a statewide vote before any return to work!
Reject the sellout of West Virginia teachers’ strike!
By Jerry White, 28 February 2018
Washington infighting intensifies with resignation of White House communications director
By Patrick Martin, 1 March 2018
Hope Hicks, a longtime aide to the Trump family, was the fifth person to hold the top communications position for Trump in little over a year.
UK university lecturers, college staff and students hold joint protest in London
By our reporters, 1 March 2018
The rally followed the previous day’s talks during which the union signalled its intention to capitulate by offering further concessions over pensions.
UK lecturers and students speak out during second week of strikes over pensions
The UK lecturer’s dispute and the marketisation of higher education
By Thomas Scripps, 1 March 2018
The attack on university lecturers is one element in a far advanced programme aimed at the destruction of higher education as it has been known for decades.
ICE carries out mass immigration roundups in Northern California
By Alec Andersen, 1 March 2018
Since Sunday, dozens of ICE agents have conducted broad sweeps of immigrant communities, knocking on doors and arresting those who were unable to produce proper immigration documents.
Media, Democrats silent as US Supreme Court rules immigrants can be indefinitely detained
Trump’s reign of terror on California immigrants
Skoda workers in the Czech Republic prepare to strike
By Ulrich Rippert, 1 March 2018
The strike preparations at Skoda are part of a growing radicalisation of workers in Eastern Europe, who are no longer willing to accept conditions of extreme exploitation.
Fed’s concern over prospect of a wages movement jolts markets
By Nick Beams, 1 March 2018
One of the key aspects of Fed chief Powell’s question-time comments was his views on the “continuing strength in the labour market.”
German defence minister confirms grand coalition’s rearmament plans
By Johannes Stern, 1 March 2018
Ursula von der Leyen made clear in a recent interview what the central tasks of Germany’s incoming government will be: a major rearmament programme and the waging of war.
Peru’s president proposes minimum wage hike in bid to divert impeachment drive
By Cesar Uco, 1 March 2018
The desperate populist appeal comes as the chances of Kuczynski finishing his term are dwindling, while his approval rating has fallen to 19 percent.
Mass protests in Peru over pardoning of Fujimori
New Zealand government intensifies campaign against Chinese “interference”
By John Braddock, 1 March 2018
The government’s investigation into claims of Chinese “intimidation” of an academic points to a state intelligence operation.
Trump proposes cuts to heating aid while US house fire deaths spike
By Steve Filips, 1 March 2018
This season’s severe winter and frigid temperatures is exacting a brutal toll in fire fatalities.
Security firm Palantir secretly providing New Orleans police with predictive policing software
By Tom Hall, 1 March 2018
The deal concluded in 2012 with mayor Mitch Landrieu handing over the city’s population as guinea pigs for products destined for other police departments and spy agencies.
New in Arabic
الذكرى المئوية الثانية لمولد كارل ماركس
٢ كانون الثاني يناير ٢٠١٨
يصادف هذا العام الذكرى المئوية الثانية لمولد كارل ماركس ، منشئ المفهوم المادي للتاريخ ومؤلف رأس المال، ومؤسس الحركة الاشتراكية الثورية الحديثة بالتعاون مع فريدريك انجلز.
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Доклад уполномоченного парламента Германии по вооруженным силам провоцирует призывы к вооружению страны
Петер Шварц, 1 марта 2018 г.
Годовой отчет создает основу для масштабного увеличения военных расходов недавно созданным правительством «большой коалиции».
75 лет тому назад: Коммунистическая партия США защищает убийство польских социалистов
1 марта 2018 г.
27 февраля 1943 года газета Коммунистической партии США выступила с оправданием действий советского диктатора Иосифа Сталина, касавшихся убийства в 1941 году двух видных польских социалистов.
New in French
Élections italiennes : une perspective pour la classe ouvrière
Peter Schwarz, 1 mars 2018
Tous les problèmes politiques auxquels font face les ouvriers et les jeunes de toute l’Europe trouvent se retrouvent dans les élections qui auront lieu en Italie ce dimanche.
L’avocat d’un syndicat déclare à la Cour suprême des Etats-Unis : « La sécurité syndicale est la contrepartie de l’absence de grèves »
Joseph Kishore, 1 mars 2018
Dans les arguments présentés à la Cour suprême, un avocat pour le syndicat AFSCME des collectivités territoriales a plaidé que sans les syndicats il y aurait « un spectre indescriptible d’agitation sociale à travers le pays ».
Black Panther de Ryan Coogler: Un «moment charnière» vide dissimulé sous la politique identitaire
Nick Barrickman, 1 mars 2018
Célébré comme un «moment charnière» dans l'histoire du cinéma afro-américain, Black Panther est une superproduction de superhéros superficiel qui ne peut faire face à la moindre réflexion critique.
New in Spanish
“La seguridad a los sindicatos es la compensación por no tener huelgas”, dice representante sindical a la Corte Suprema de EUA
Por Joseph Kishore, 1 marzo 2018
En sus argumentos a la Corte Suprema, un abogado del sindicato del sector público AFSCME señaló que sin los sindicatos habría un “espectro inefable de inestabilidad laboral por todo el país”.
Los medios de comunicación y los demócratas se quedan callados mientras la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos dictamina que los inmigrantes pueden ser detenidos indefinidamente
Por Eric London, 1 marzo 2018
La decisión de la Corte establece el marco pseudo-legal para la expansión de los campamentos de internación de inmigrantes.
Ataque aéreo estadounidense mata a decenas de personas en medio de una creciente propaganda de guerra occidental sobre Siria
Por Bill Van Auken, 1 marzo 2018
La protesta orquestada por las muertes de civiles en Ghouta y el estribillo de las denuncias de armas químicas señalan que se está preparando una nueva gran escalada imperialista en el Medio Oriente.
La ira se apodera de la traición a la huelga de docentes de Virginia Occidental
Por Jerry White, 1 marzo 2018
Los líderes sindicales anunciaron el martes por la noche que terminarían la huelga estatal y ordenarían que los maestros regresen a las aulas el jueves.
¡Demanden una votación estatal antes de cualquier regreso al trabajo!
¡Rechacen la traición contra la huelga de los maestros en West Virginia!
Por Jerry White, 1 marzo 2018
Hay un enojo generalizado entre los educadores contra el acuerdo entreguista de la Asociación de Educación de West Virginia y la Federación Estadounidense de Maestros-West Virginia.
¡Apoyo total para los maestros de West Virginia!
Por Jerry White, 1 marzo 2018
El World Socialist Web Site llama a la movilización urgente de todos los sectores de la clase trabajadora para apoyar a los maestros en huelga de West Virginia.
La Corte Suprema de EUA escucha argumentos en caso de cuotas sindicales
Por Shannon Jones, 1 marzo 2018
No hay nada progresista en mantener provisiones que obliguen a los trabajadores a pagar cuotas de agencia a sindicatos que abandonaron hace mucho cualquier defensa de la clase obrera.
El acuerdo judicial del ex asistente de Trump lleva a la investigación sobre Rusia un paso más hacia la Casa Blanca
Por Barry Grey, 1 marzo 2018
El acuerdo judicial de Gates viene en medio de una campaña cada vez más histérica en los medios contra Rusia.
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Verhandlung vor Oberstem Gerichtshof: US-Gewerkschaften sprechen sich gegen Streiks aus
Joseph Kishore, 1. März 2018
Ein Anwalt der größten Gewerkschaft des öffentlichen Dienstes erklärte gegenüber dem Obersten Gerichtshof, ohne die Gewerkschaften drohten „Arbeitskämpfe von noch nie dagewesenem Ausmaß“.
Verteidigungsministerin bekräftigt Aufrüstungspläne der Großen Koalition
Johannes Stern, 1. März 2018
In einem aktuellen Interview stellte Ursula von der Leyen (CDU) erneut klar, was die zentrale Aufgabe der nächsten Bundesregierung sein wird: massive Aufrüstung und Krieg.
Frankreich: Macron wendet sein neues Arbeitsrecht gegen Eisenbahner an
Alex Lantier, 1. März 2018
Am Montag verkündete der französische Premierminister Edouard Philippe seinen Plan, das Statut der französischen Eisenbahner aufzuheben und die Französische Eisenbahngesellschaft SNCF zu privatisieren.
Nordrhein-Westfalen verschärft Sicherheitsgesetze
Elisabeth Zimmermann, 1. März 2018
Die CDU-FDP-Koalition in NRW hat den Einsatz von elektronischen Fußfesseln, eine stärkere Videoüberwachung von öffentlichen Plätzen und die Ausrüstung der Polizei mit Elektroschockpistolen (Tasern) beschlossen.
„Warum die Russische Revolution studieren“ – zweiter Band erhältlich
Mehring Verlag, 1. März 2018
Der zweite Band, „In Richtung Arbeitermacht und sozialistische Weltrevolution“, zeichnet den Verlauf der Revolution von den Julitagen bis zur Machteroberung im Oktober nach.
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Perspective
Xi Jinping’s power grab: Bonapartism with Chinese characteristics
1 March 2018
The same social and economic processes that have led to Xi’s elevation in China—above all, the tensions produced by the enormous gulf between rich and poor—are also driving the ruling classes in so-called liberal democracies to autocratic forms of rule.
Featured Commentary
Union lawyer tells US Supreme Court: “Union security is the tradeoff for no strikes”
By Joseph Kishore, 28 February 2018
In Supreme Court arguments, a lawyer for the public-sector union AFSCME argued that without the trade unions there would be “an untold specter of labor unrest throughout the country.”
Arts Review
A conversation with Raoul Peck, director of The Young Karl Marx
By Fred Mazelis, 1 March 2018
Filmmaker Raoul Peck discusses his portrait of the young Marx and Engels.
Raoul Peck’s The Young Karl Marx
By Peter Schwarz, 15 March 2017
The Young Karl Marx, Raoul Peck's biographical portrait of Marx and Engels between 1843 and 1847, opened in movie theaters in New York City and Los Angeles Friday to be followed by a wider US release. We are re-posting the review which originally appeared on the WSWS last March.
“This is a great loss for both the community of San Diego and Tijuana”
Baja California and San Diego lose sole classical music station
By Norisa Diaz, 1 March 2018
The popular station was eventually forced off the air yesterday after struggling financially for over a decade.
Arts editor David Walsh speaks on the centenary of the October Revolution
What the Russian Revolution meant for modern art and culture
By David Walsh, 28 February 2018
Commentary
UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn slithers toward sellout
By Chris Marsden, 1 March 2018
Corbyn’s speech expresses the role that would be played by any future Labour government, under conditions where a deepening Tory crisis could hasten a general election.
The New York Times procures salacious details of “gray-zone sex”
By Eric London, 1 March 2018
The Times has issued a call for college students to describe and submit images related to sexual encounters.
Multiple reports confirm US killed Russians in Syrian oilfield airstrikes
By Bill Van Auken, 14 February 2018
The Italian elections: A perspective for the working class
By Peter Schwarz, 28 February 2018
Ex-CIA head John Brennan hired as news analyst by NBC
By Julian James, 28 February 2018
Australian and New Zealand transport workers must unite their struggles
By the Socialist Equality Group (New Zealand), 28 February 2018
A reply to a proponent of “Iranian Islamic socialism”
The struggle against imperialism and for workers’ power in Iran
By Keith Jones, 14 February 2018
Twenty years of the WSWS
Twenty years of the World Socialist Web Site: 1998–2018
By David North and Joseph Kishore, 14 February 2018
As the WSWS marks its 20th anniversary of daily posting, it is taking the lead in exposing the conspiracy by governments and corporations to censor the Internet as the ruling class prepares for war and domestic repression.
WSWS/SEP/IYSSE public meetings
Organizing Resistance to Internet Censorship
Opposition grows among students and youth to Internet censorship
For an international coalition to fight Internet censorship
An open letter from the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site to socialist, anti-war, left-wing and progressive websites, organizations and activists
23 January 2018
The Russian meddling fraud: Weapons of mass destruction revisited
WSWS Chairperson David North interviewed on Chris Hedges’ “On Contact”
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New in Arabic
WSWS publishes Arabic translation of “The bicentenary of Marx’s birth, socialism and the resurgence of the international class struggle.”
We are publishing here the Arabic translation of the WSWS perspective article, “The bicentenary of Marx’s birth, socialism and the resurgence of the international class struggle”. This article by WSWS International Editorial Board chairperson, David North, was first published on January 3, 2018.
Book Review
Daniel Golden’s Spy Schools: How the CIA, FBI, and foreign intelligence secretly exploit America’s universities
By Clara Weiss, 28 February 2018
International Committee of the Fourth International
Parti de l'égalité socialiste holds meeting in Paris against militarism and austerity
By our reporters, 27 February 2018
The meeting exposed the militaristic plans underlying attempts to form a Grand Coalition government in Germany working closely with President Emmanuel Macron.
Workers Struggles
India’s highest court upholds life sentences for framed-up Pricol workers
By Kranti Kumara, 28 February 2018
IYSSE
IYSSE meeting draws together Flint, Puerto Rico, Kentucky workers to discuss water crisis
By our reporter, 23 February 2018
The meeting provided a forum for workers and youth to discuss the root causes of the mounting water crisis in the US and internationally and a socialist perspective to fight back.
Students and workers call for the unity of the working class following meeting on Flint water crisis
By our reporters, 23 February 2018
The coal slurry disaster of 2000
The story behind the water crisis in Martin County, Kentucky
This week in history: February 26-March 4
25 years ago: Terrorist bombing of World Trade Center in New York
Far-right Islamic terrorists detonated a bomb in a parking area beneath the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City, causing six deaths and over 1,000 injuries and sicknesses.
50 years ago: Kerner Commission issues report on US riots
The report laid the blame for the 1967 riots on grinding poverty, police brutality and "white racism."
75 years ago: American Communist Party defends murders of Polish socialists
On February 27, 1943, the newspaper of the American Communist Party came to the defense of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin for his 1941 murder of two prominent Polish socialists.
100 years ago: Germany breaks truce, invades Soviet Russia
On March 3, 1918, G.Y. Sokolnikov signed the Brest-Litovsk treaty on terms dictated by German imperialism, officially ending Russia’s participation in World War I.
Socialist Equality Party
Socialist Equality Party public meeting in Melbourne
The class issues behind the racist “African gang” campaign
26 February 2018
The government has promoted a lurid media campaign, seeking to elevate a few instances of petty crime into a virtual national security threat.
Autoworkers Struggles
Canadian auto parts workers set to strike Windsor plants
By Carl Bronski, 26 February 2018
Four months since the death of a young Ford worker
Still no serious investigation into death of Jacoby Hennings
By Jerry White, 22 February 2018
The Grenfell Tower fire
Right-wing media launch witch-hunt against Grenfell activist Joe Delaney
By Barry Mason and Robert Stevens, 28 February 2018
Grenfell Tower combustible cladding was never tested
Grenfell Fire Forum: Failed by the State co-director discusses smear campaign against his documentary
By our reporter, 19 February 2018
Failed by the State co-writer and presenter Ish: “I wasn’t trying to push agendas, I was just trying to tell the truth about Grenfell.”
By Robert Stevens, 16 February 2018
More on the Grenfell Tower fire »
Featured Interview
An interview with David North
Socialism or Barbarism: Reflections on Global Disorder
6 February 2018
In October 2017, David North delivered a lecture on the centenary of the October Revolution at St. Andrews College in Scotland. Prior to the lecture, he was interviewed by Adam Stromme, the editor in chief of the St Andrews Economist, the official publication of the St Andrews Economics Society.
Mehring Books
The Heritage We Defend and other important books by David North and the ICFI published in Turkish
By Halil Celik, 20 January 2018
In a country where the working class and socialist movement in general has been dominated by Stalinism, Maoism and petty-bourgeois nationalist tendencies for decades, these books are of prime importance in developing socialist consciousness among workers and youth.
New publication by Mehring Books (UK)
The falsification of David King’s work
12 January 2018
Mehring Books has produced a new pamphlet to memorialise David King, who devoted his extraordinary artistic gifts to salvaging the historical truth of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and its aftermath.
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