23 May 2018
US Supreme Court eliminates workers’ right to collectively sue corporations
By Eric London, 23 May 2018
The ruling in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis will result in the transfer of billions of dollars from the working class to the oligarchy that controls the government and the courts.
As US banks report record profits
Regulators, Congress move to end all restraints on Wall Street speculation
By Barry Grey, 23 May 2018
As the tenth anniversary of the September 2008 Wall Street crash approaches, the token restrictions on the banks that were passed during the Obama administration are being dismantled.
As unions try to block further walkouts
US education secretary pledges to escalate war on teachers
By Jerry White, 23 May 2018
In remarks before the House Education and Workforce Committee, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos outlined the administration’s plans to accelerate the war against teachers and public education.
Over 100,000 teachers march in Mexico, warn of “indefinite strike”
Teachers and public workers protest in South Carolina
US education secretary attacks separation of church and state
Trump offers North Korea “incremental” denuclearisation ahead of planned summit
By James Cogan, 23 May 2018
Trump and the South Korean president both exuded optimism that talks would ultimately proceed on US terms, even if not on June 12.
As US applies “painful pressure” to North Korea
Tensions mount over South China Sea
Italy: Most right-wing government since Mussolini
By Peter Schwarz, 23 May 2018
On Sunday, the protest Five Star Movement (M5S) and the right-wing extremist Lega agreed on a joint government programme.
French public sector workers strike against austerity and attacks on conditions
By Kumaran Ira, 23 May 2018
The strikes and the 130 protests across France are a sign of growing opposition to the militarist and austerity policies of Macron and the European Union.
Toyota plans massive cost cutting
By Keisha Gibbs, 23 May 2018
The carmaker is implementing a new manufacturing system to cut costs by an estimated 20 percent, or around $1.22 billion this year.
In wake of recent workplace accidents US autoworkers speak out on safety conditions
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White House press release on MS-13 backs Trump’s labeling immigrants as “violent animals”
By Meenakshi Jagadeesan, 23 May 2018
The White House press release continues the administration’s policy of dehumanizing immigrants.
Border Patrol agent detains two US citizens in Montana for speaking Spanish
Needed upgrades to Boston transit system threatened by capitalist financing schemes
By John Marion, 23 May 2018
The unelected board that governs the MBTA recently reviewed upgrades that would take 15 or more years to complete while funneling hundreds of millions into the coffers of Wall Street.
The fraud of the Ontario NDP’s “left” election platform
By Roger Jordan, 23 May 2018
The unions and pseudo-left are touting the NDP platform’s meagre social spending promises as a bold “left turn” and a return to the party’s social-democratic roots.
Members of Windrush generation speak out against UK government persecution
By Margot Miller, 23 May 2018
Governments of all persuasions have deliberately cultivated a climate of fear and intimidation against immigrants.
Scientists reveal global warming’s impact on Great Barrier Reef
By Frank Gaglioti, 23 May 2018
Warming events are becoming more frequent, giving coral insufficient time to recover.
Report highlights growing child hunger in Australia
By John Harris, 23 May 2018
Increases to the cost of living, including housing and utility costs, are fuelling a social crisis.
New in French
Le secrétaire d’Etat américain Pompeo présente un ultimatum de guerre à l’Iran
Bill Van Auken, 23 mai 2018
Le « plan B » de Washington après avoir abandonné l’accord nucléaire est d’intensifier les sanctions économiques et la pression militaire visant à renverser le gouvernement iranien.
Les fonctionnaires manifestent contre l’austérité et la casse des statuts
Kumaran Ira, 23 mai 2018
La grève et la manifestation soulignent la profonde opposition qui se développe aux politiques militaristes et austéritaires de Macron et de l'Union européenne.
Il y a 50 ans : de Gaulle lance un appel à la fin de la grève générale
23 mai 2018
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El militarismo y la demagogia fascista en el Parlamento alemán
Por Johannes Stern, 23 mayo 2018
La facción neofascista del Parlamento alemán abrió el primer debate general del periodo legislativo con una diatriba racista, ignorada por la canciller Angela Merkel, quien ha adoptado en gran medida un programa fascista contra los refugiados.
El Secretario de Estado de los Estados Unidos, Pompeo, presenta un ultimátum de guerra a Irán
Por Bill Van Auken, 23 mayo 2018
El “plan B” de Washington después de rechazar el acuerdo nuclear es intensificar las sanciones económicas y la presión militar con el objetivo de derrocar al gobierno iraní.
El venezolano Maduro es reelegido con un récord de baja participación
Por Alexander Fangmann, 23 mayo 2018
En medio de la crisis económica cada vez más profunda, ha habido una desafección masiva con el gobierno en la clase trabajadora.
New in German
Die Gesetze des Kapitalismus und der Zusammenbruch der Weltwirtschaft
Nick Beams, 23. Mai 2018
Die folgende Rede hielt Nick Beams, ein führendes Mitglied der Socialist Equality Party in Australien, anlässlich der Online-Kundgebung des IKVI zum Maifeiertag 2018.
Italien: Rechteste Regierung seit Mussolini
Peter Schwarz, 23. Mai 2018
Die Protestbewegung Fünf Sterne und die rechtsextreme Lega haben sich am Sonntag auf ein gemeinsames Regierungsprogramm geeinigt.
US-Außenminister Pompeo stellt dem Iran ein Kriegs-Ultimatum
Bill Van Auken, 23. Mai 2018
Nach dem Ausstieg aus dem Atomabkommen besteht Washingtons „Plan B“ darin, die Wirtschaftssanktionen und den militärischen Druck zu verschärfen, um die iranische Regierung zu stürzen.
Zwei Großbritannien: Die Grenfell-Untersuchung und die königliche Hochzeit
Thomas Scripps, 23. Mai 2018
Keine einzige große Zeitung hielt es für nötig, auf der Titelseite auf die Untersuchung zum Großbrand im Grenfell Tower hinzuweisen. Hauptthema war stattdessen die königliche Hochzeit in Windsor.
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Perspective
Ken Livingstone forced out of British Labour Party
23 May 2018
The witch-hunt and expulsions within Labour will be held up as an example to follow by right-wing forces all over the world, above all in Israel and the United States.
Commentary
Militarism and fascist demagogy in the German parliament
By Johannes Stern, 22 May 2018
US Secretary of State Pompeo presents war ultimatum to Iran
By Bill Van Auken, 22 May 2018
White House meeting on probe of Trump campaign informant
By Patrick Martin, 22 May 2018
The US political police and the 2016 elections
More on the crisis of the Trump administration »
Two Britains: The Grenfell inquiry and the royal wedding
By Thomas Scripps, 22 May 2018
Britain’s royal wedding: Recasting the monarchy in the age of identity politics
UK: Tories seek to defuse anger over Grenfell fire ahead of official public inquiry
More on the Grenfell Tower fire »
Sunday Times Rich List: Wealth of Britain’s richest grew 10 percent
By Simon Whelan, 22 May 2018
Wealth-X report shows billionaires gained $1.8 trillion in 2017
Bernie Sanders defends American imperialism at town hall on Iran
By Tom Hall, 22 May 2018
An aging liar peddles his wares
By David North, 17 May 2018
Google, drone murder and the military-intelligence-censorship complex
By Andre Damon, 19 May 2018
Academics protest Google’s role in drone murder
May Day 2018 International Online Rally
May Day 2018 and the bicentenary of the birth of Karl Marx
By David North, 6 May 2018
Opening the ICFI’s International Online Rally on Saturday, May 5, David North, chairman of the international editorial board of the WSWS and national chairman of the Socialist Equality Party (US), spoke on the historical significance of Karl Marx, the founder of scientific socialism, 200 years after his birth.
- A balance sheet of the betrayals of left nationalism in Latin America
- Anti-migrant measures and the assault on workers’ jobs and living standards: Two sides of the same class policy
- Lessons of the May–June 1968 general strike in France
- For a socialist movement against war throughout the Asia-Pacific region
- The death of reformism: Corbyn and the “broad left”
- The role of the youth in the fight for socialism
- The laws of capitalism and the breakdown of the global economy
- The global significance of the resurgence of class struggle in the United States
- Socialism and the struggle against Internet censorship
- The struggle against militarism and the far right in Europe
- Against imperialism, counterrevolution and war! For a socialist Middle East!
- The Maruti Suzuki workers and the re-emergence of class struggle across South Asia
Arabic translation of “Against imperialism, counterrevolution and war! For a socialist Middle East!”
The following is an Arabic translation of the speech, "Against imperialism, counterrevolution and war! For a socialist Middle East!", delivered to the ICFI’s International Online Rally on May 5 by Johannes Stern, a leading member of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei, the German section of the ICFI, and the World Socialist Web Site editorial board in Germany.
Trotskyism is the Marxism of the 21st Century
By Joseph Kishore, 7 May 2018
May Day 2018
By Joseph Kishore and David North, 1 May 2018
Arts Review
Sri Lankan filmmaker Lester James Peries dies at 99
By Pani Wijesiriwardane and Gamini Karunatileka, 23 May 2018
Peries’s best films, like the great dramas directed by India’s Satyajit Ray and Japan’s Akira Kurosawa, have left their mark on Asian and world cinema.
Corporate: Offensive, pointed satire for a change
By Ed Hightower, 22 May 2018
#MeToo at the Cannes Film Festival: All about money and power
By Stefan Steinberg, 21 May 2018
Music streaming service Spotify initiates censorship against R. Kelly and XXXTentacion
Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard: The cruelty of the motion picture business
Science
Climate scientists warn about “methane time bomb”
By Matthew MacEgan, 23 May 2018
Climate scientists are warning that human-driven atmospheric changes could lead to a mass extinction event rivaling the one that killed the dinosaurs.
Investigative Report
A sweatshop for Victoria’s Secret and Calvin Klein
Sri Lanka: Kilinochchi garment workers denounce harsh working conditions
By R. Sudarshan and Vimal Rasenthiran, 22 May 2018
The MAS Holdings factories are sweatshops, established after the government’s bloody war against the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tami Eelam.
Mehring Books
New from Mehring Books: Flint: A Crime of Capitalism
22 May 2018
Now available! This pamphlet exposes the social and political forces behind the lead poisoning of the water supply in Flint, which was rooted in the subordination of all aspects of social life to the profit drive of business.
Mehring Books publishes The CIA Democrats
Workers Struggles
AT&T; Midwest workers press for strike action as CWA seeks to block struggle
By Jerry White and Zac Corrigan, 22 May 2018
France: PSA uses labor law to sack workers, boost working times in Vesoul plant
By Anthony Torres, 22 May 2018
Organizing Resistance to Internet Censorship
Australian workers and youth defend Julian Assange
By our reporters, 21 May 2018
The support for Assange stands in stark contrast to the venomous hostility to the WikiLeaks editor from governments and the corporate media.
Germany’s Süddeutsche Zeitung fuels the campaign against Julian Assange
UK meetings against war, lies and censorship: Free Julian Assange!
Spain: Facebook to install its “Ministry of Truth” in Barcelona
By Alejandro López, 14 May 2018
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
This week in history: May 21-27
25 years ago: Eritrea wins independence from Ethiopia after 30-year civil war
On May 24, 1993, Eritrea was declared an independent and sovereign republic. Four days later the new country was admitted to the United Nations.
50 years ago: De Gaulle makes television appeal for end to French general strike
On May 24, 1968, French President Charles de Gaulle appeared on national television to plead for an end to the general strike by 10,000,000 workers, the largest and most widespread walkout in world history.
75 years ago: The Stalinist bureaucracy dissolves the Comintern
On May 22, 1943, the ruling bureaucracy in the Soviet Union, headed by Joseph Stalin, formally dissolved the Communist International (Comintern).
100 years ago: The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established under Menshevik rule
On May 26, 1918, the republic of Georgia declared its independence, coinciding with the dissolution of the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic.
New in Urdu
Urdu translation of WSWS Perspective on bicentenary of Marx’s birth
We are pleased to publish the Urdu translation of the perspective written by WSWS Chairman David North, “The bicentenary of Marx’s birth, socialism and the resurgence of the international class struggle.”
SEP 2018 Election Campaign
Oppose the slaughter of Palestinians! Oppose imperialist war!
By David Moore—SEP candidate for Senate in California, 17 May 2018
The Democratic senator from California, Dianne Feinstein, has a long record of support for the Israeli government’s war crimes.
- Stop the raids on immigrants! For a socialist policy of open borders!
- Who is Democratic Congressman Juan Vargas?
- For a political movement of the entire working class against inequality and capitalism!
- Unite the working class against police killings!
- Oppose California Democratic Governor Jerry Brown’s national guard deployment!
International Youth and Students for Social Equality
Over 100 attend IYSSE meeting at Ruhr-University Bochum in Germany
By our correspondents, 14 May 2018
Internet Censorship and Workers' Struggles
Facebook censors Arizona educators’ rank-and-file committee group
By Jerry White, 7 May 2018
Facebook has disabled the Arizona Educators Rank and File Committee group, which provided a forum for teachers to oppose the betrayal of their struggles by the unions.
WSWS 20th Anniversary
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.
History
Lenin, Trotsky and the Marxism of the October Revolution
By David North, 19 March 2018
David North, chairperson of the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site and of the Socialist Equality Party (US), delivered this lecture at the University of Leipzig on March 16.
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