3 July 2018
Mexico’s election deals devastating blow to old ruling parties
By Don Knowland, 3 July 2018
The sweep by López Obrador and his MORENA-led coalition is a debacle for the PRI, which governed the country from 1929 to 2000, and again for the last six years.
Massive victory for Andrés Manuel López Obrador in Mexican elections
The elections in Mexico and the political tasks of the working class
Voices of the June 30 protests: Stop Trump's persecution of immigrants!
By a reporting team, 3 July 2018
Hundreds of thousands turned out Saturday in demonstrations across the United States to defend the rights of immigrants and asylum seekers. Below we publish interviews with protesters from Chicago, Boston, Pittsburgh and other cities.
Hundreds of thousands march against Trump’s persecution of immigrants
“This is like the 1930s. We have to come together and oppose it”
Protesting workers and youth defend immigrants
Mobilize the working class against the bipartisan attack on immigrants!
Statement of the Socialist Equality Party
More on North American immigration issues »
Left Party supports anti-refugee policies of German government
By Johannes Stern, 3 July 2018
At the EU summit last week, measures against refugees were discussed that recall the darkest period of German and European history.
“They want us divided. Workers need to unite everywhere”
In wake of Lordstown layoffs, UAW stokes anti-Mexican nationalism
By Shannon Jones, 3 July 2018
The UAW is denouncing GM’s decision to build its new Chevrolet Blazer SUV in Mexico in order to divert attention from the union’s complicity in the wiping out of 1,500 jobs at the Lordstown, Ohio assembly plant.
Escalating trade war starts to make economic impact
By Nick Beams, 3 July 2018
Chinese stock markets have continued the fall over the first six months of the year that has wiped some $2 trillion off market valuations.
European Union warns of global trade war if US auto tariffs go ahead
Europe’s unions pledge unity with big business as trade war escalates
Tensions deepen between Beijing and Taipei
By Robert Campion, 3 July 2018
The growing conflict over Taiwan is the result of a US campaign to step up direct economic and military pressure on Beijing.
After a protracted delay, full Malaysian ministry sworn in
By Peter Symonds, 3 July 2018
The fact that it has taken nearly two months to assemble a full ministry is a sign of the deep, underlying divisions within the five-party ruling coalition.
London’s Grenfell Tower disaster: The cost of cuts and privatisation in firefighting
By Paul Bond, 3 July 2018
The treatment of firefighter Dowden at the Grenfell Tower Inquiry points again to attempts to shift responsibility for the events of June 14, 2017 onto the very people who faced impossible odds to control the escalating blaze.
Grenfell Tower inferno: Experts’ reports highlight “culture of non-compliance” on fire safety
Police to investigate London Fire Brigade over Grenfell fire: The real criminals remain at large
More on the Grenfell Tower inferno »
UK: Inquest rules Rashan Charles died “accidentally” following attack by Metropolitan Police
By Alice Summers, 3 July 2018
The inquest found that the brutal and unnecessary assault on Charles, who was unarmed and unknown to the police, was a “justified use of force” and that his tragic death was nothing more than an “accident.”
European defence ministers sign on to European Intervention Initiative
By Peter Schwarz, 3 July 2018
The initiative aims to enable European powers to intervene militarily and wage wars with a “coalition of the willing.”
European Union intensifies campaign of terror against refugees
Killing of 45-year-old postal worker by Portland State University police draws protests
By Kayla Costa, 3 July 2018
The tragic murder of Jason Washington is a direct result of the militarization of campuses across the country.
GE dropped from the Dow Jones Industrial Average
By John Marion, 3 July 2018
The removal of the last of the original 12 Dow Jones components is a symbolic milestone in the financialization of the American economy.
Less than 100 days before elections, half of Brazilians support no candidate
By Miguel Andrade, 3 July 2018
With just a 3 percent approval rating for current president Michel Temer, there is widespread distrust in the entire political system, which is moving sharply to the right.
Bazaar merchants protest against government in Iran
By Jean Shaoul, 3 July 2018
Recent protests reflect sharp tensions and divisions within the regime due to the developing economic crisis inside Iran.
Outrage over union’s cancellation of New Zealand nurses’ strike
By Tom Peters, 3 July 2018
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation has cancelled one of two scheduled strikes and is seeking to impose a sell-out deal, virtually identical to that rejected by nurses and other health workers last month.
Union tries to contain staff anger at Australia’s University of Newcastle
By John Harris, 3 July 2018
The NTEU is isolating the struggles of its members, university by university, against deepening attacks on their conditions and pay.
New in Spanish
La Unión Europea intensifica campaña para aterrorizar a refugiados
Por Andre Damon, 3 julio 2018
La cumbre de la Unión Europea a fines de la semana pasada marcó un punto de inflexión peligroso en la historia de la posguerra en Europa.
Victoria abrumadora de Andrés Manuel López Obrador en las elecciones mexicanas
Por Rafael Azul, 3 julio 2018
El amplio apoyo para AMLO y su partido Morena es el producto de la hostilidad generalizada a la pobreza, la desigualdad, la corrupción y la militarización de la sociedad.
La junta financiera de los EUA debate con las autoridades puertorriqueñas sobre la mejor manera de saquear la isla
Por Genevieve Leigh, 3 julio 2018
Wall Street exige una nueva ronda de recortes presupuestarios mientras la crisis social se profundiza en el territorio estadounidense.
El vicepresidente Pence amenaza a inmigrantes, Assange y Venezuela en viaje a Latinoamérica
Por Andrea Lobo, 3 julio 2018
Enfrentándose a una indignación popular hacia el trato inhumano de inmigrantes, Pence demandó políticas que solo recrudecerán las desesperadas condiciones que obligan a miles a escapar al norte.
El caso de Belhaj devela las guerras sucias británicas de cambio de régimen: Segunda Parte
Por Jean Shaoul, 3 julio 2018
El trato entre el Gobierno británico y Belhaj buscaba prevenir cualquier otra divulgación vergonzosa sobre la colusión del gobierno con las fuerzas islamitas.
New in German
204 Menschen ertrinken am Wochenende im Mittelmeer
Marianne Arens, 3. Juli 2018
Damit steigt die Zahl der in diesem Jahr ertrunkenen Menschen laut IOM auf mehr als tausend. Seit den jüngsten EU-Beschlüssen werden die NGO-Schiffe systematisch an der Seenotrettung gehindert.
EU warnt für den Fall von US-Autozöllen vor globalem Handelskrieg
Nick Beams, 3. Juli 2018
In einer an das US-Handelsministerium gerichteten Stellungnahme warnt die EU vor massiven Vergeltungsmaßnahmen für den Fall, dass die Trum-Regierung wie geplant Autozölle verhängt.
Mexiko: Deutlicher Wahlsieg für López Obrador
Rafael Azul, 3. Juli 2018
Der große Rückhalt für López Obrador und seine Partei Morena geht auf den weit verbreiteten Widerstand gegen Armut, soziale Ungleichheit, Korruption und die Militarisierung der Gesellschaft zurück.
Aufwachsen in Armut
Anna Rombach, 3. Juli 2018
Der neuen IAB-Studie „Aufwachsen in Armutslagen“ zufolge benötigen Arbeiterfamilien heute zwei „normale“ Einkommen und ausreichend Kita- und Krippenplätze, um über die Runden zu kommen.
New in Russian
ПСР Шри-Ланки проводит успешный митинг в честь своего 50-летия
От нашего корреспондента, 2 июля 2018 г.
Митинг начался с того, что была отдана дань памяти первому генеральному секретарю Кирти Баласурия, Вильфреду Перейре и всем тем, что отдал свою жизнь борьбе за троцкизм на Шри-Ланке и в Южной Азии.
New in Italian
La classe lavoratrice e la guerra globale contro gli immigrati
Bill Van Auken, 2 luglio 2018
La brutalità e illegalità del governo Trump nello strappare bambini dai genitori al confine statunitense è parte di una guerra globale dei governi capitalisti contro I profughi.
New in Arabic
آلاف اللاجئين أجبروا على مسيرة موت في الصحراء
٢٥ حزيران يونيو ٢٠١٨
أكثر من 13,000 لاجئ ومهاجر ، بما في ذلك النساء الحوامل والأطفال ، قد أجبروا على السير إلى الصحراء من قبل قوات الأمن الجزائرية على مدى الأشهر الأربعة عشر الماضية ، حيث مات العديد منهم بسبب الجوع والتعرض.
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Perspective
Democrats fast-track Trump’s Supreme Court pick
3 July 2018
The announcement by the Democrats that they will not seek to block Trump’s Supreme Court appointee reveals certain truths about the two-party system.
SEP 2018 Election Campaign
“I want a political organization that acknowledges that capitalism is not working”
SEP, IYSSE campaign for congressional candidate Niles Niemuth at pro-immigrant protest in Ann Arbor, Michigan
By our reporters, 2 July 2018
SEP candidate Niles Niemuth says “the attacks on immigrants are aimed at the entire working class”
Watch: SEP member Carlos Delgado addresses pro-immigrant rally in Ann Arbor
Socialist Equality Party to run Niles Niemuth for Michigan’s 12th Congressional district
Commentary
Ocasio-Cortez on “Meet the Press”: Double-talk, evasion and a disavowal of socialism
By Barry Grey, 2 July 2018
What the New York primary victory of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez means
Leadership of Argentina’s Partido Obrero maintains silence on ties to right-wing Russian nationalism
By Bill Van Auken, 29 June 2018
Workers Party in Argentina seeks to “refound” Fourth International in alliance with Stalinism
The Demise of Savas Michael’s “New Era”
Who are Trump’s 25 candidates for the Supreme Court?
By Ed Hightower, 30 June 2018
Supreme Court vacancy exposes bankruptcy of the Democratic Party
Supreme Court rules against unions in Janus case
Socialist Equality Party
SEP (Australia) to hold meetings on “foreign interference” laws: A move towards dictatorship and war
3 July 2018
The new legislation has been imposed amidst xenophobic hysteria in the parliament and the media over “Chinese influence” and “interference.”
Anti-China “foreign interference” bills rammed through Australian parliament
SEP in Sri Lanka holds powerful 50th anniversary meeting
By our correspondents, 27 June 2018
Workers Struggles
Confrontation between Lima police and striking Peruvian teachers
Workers Struggles: The Americas
3 July 2018
At least 5,000 teachers from the metropolitan Lima area have had their salaries withheld because of strike activity and authorities have begun replacing striking teachers with scabs.
“Teachers will be in the classroom…there will be no labor activity”
Pennsylvania judge breaks teachers’ strike
By Adam Mclean, 29 June 2018
Teamsters resort to lies and intimidation to push sellout deal at UPS
By Hector Cordon, 29 June 2018
Britain's National Health Service
The NHS 70th anniversary rally in London: A vote of no confidence in Labour and the trade unions
By Paul Mitchell and Robert Stevens, 2 July 2018
“I believe the NHS is the greatest thing about British society”
British workers speak out in defence of public healthcare
Stop the NHS sell-off: Build rank-and-file committees
Statement of the Socialist Equality Party (UK)
More on Britain's National Health Service »
Arts Review
An interview with Mexican documentarian Juan Francisco Urrusti, director of In Exile: A Family Film
“The world should not be closing itself in—my father’s struggle was against all walls.”
By Kevin Mitchell, 2 July 2018
The WSWS spoke recently with the director of In Exile: A Family Film, a film about the Spanish Civil War and its consequences.
The Seagull: Is there a “Chekhovian mood” at present?
By David Walsh, 30 June 2018
Defend Julian Assange!
Vice-President Pence threatens immigrants, Assange, and Venezuela during Latin America tour
By Andrea Lobo, 2 July 2018
US Democratic senators demand eviction of Julian Assange from Ecuador’s London embassy
Sri Lankan artists, translators and workers endorse international campaign to defend Julian Assange
By our correspondents, 25 June 2018
“Julian fights for peace and defends democratic rights”
Watch: Workers at SEP rally in Sydney demand freedom for Julian Assange
By our reporters, 22 June 2018
Ecuadorian foreign minister warns that Julian Assange’s political asylum is “not forever”
By Oscar Grenfell, 22 June 2018
The Turnbull government must act to repatriate Australian citizen Julian Assange to Australia
By James Cogan, 19 June 2018
This speech was delivered by James Cogan, the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) in Australia, to a rally organised by the SEP in defence of Julian Assange last Sunday in Sydney.
Bringing Julian Assange Home
By John Pilger, 19 June 2018
Addressing last Sunday's SEP rally in Sydney, well-known filmmaker and documentarian, John Pilger exposed the role of Labor and Coalition governments, along with prominent journalists and editors in the ongoing persecution of Julian Assange.
- Assange is being punished for exposing state secrecy and the reality of war
- The persecution of Assange is an attempt to silence mass anti-war sentiment
- Educators internationally must stand up for Julian Assange
- Socialist Equality Party leader Julie Hyland speaks at London vigil to demand freedom for Julian Assange
The Sydney rally to defend Julian Assange: An important step forward
By Linda Tenenbaum, 18 June 2018
More on the campaign to free Julian Assange »
This week in history: July 2-8
25 years ago: Aristide signs US-brokered deal in Haiti
July 3, 1993: Deposed Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide signed an agreement brokered by the US State Department granting a full amnesty to the military thugs responsible for the coup of September 30, 1991.
50 years ago: Israel artillery barrages kill 31 Egyptian civilians and wound 58
July 8, 1968: Artillery shells fired by Israel across the Suez Canal landed in a populated area of Suez city, killing 31 Egyptian civilians and wounded another 58.
75 years ago: Nazi Germany launches Kursk offensive
July 5, 1943: German Armed Forces launched a major offensive code-named Operation Citadel, aimed at encircling and destroying Soviet forces in the Kursk Salient.
100 years ago: Left Social Revolutionaries assassinate German ambassador in Moscow and stage revolt
On July 6, 1918, two members of the Left Social Revolutionary Party (Left SRs) assassinated Count Wilhelm von Mirbach, the German Ambassador in Moscow.
Science
Physics, poetry and the search for quantum gravity: Carlo Rovelli’s Reality Is Not What It Seems
By Bryan Dyne, 29 June 2018
Rovelli’s works on modern physics combine a materialist approach to science with a popular approach of explanation that is informed by a knowledge of literature and philosophy.
International Committee of the Fourth International
Preface to the thirtieth anniversary edition of The Heritage We Defend
By David North, 21 June 2018
We are posting the new preface written by David North for the soon to be released thirtieth anniversary edition of The Heritage We Defend: A Contribution to the History of the Fourth International.
Support the Socialist Equality group in Turkey!
Statement of the SE group, in sympathy with the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI), on the snap elections in Turkey
International Youth and Students for Social Equality
Oppose right-wing censorship at Frankfurt University
By International Youth and Students for Social Equality, 23 June 2018
With this open letter, the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) is protesting against the banning of its meeting on the contemporary relevance of Marxism by the student union at the University of Frankfurt.
New in Arabic
Arabic translation of “May Day 2018 and the bicentenary of the birth of Karl Marx”
The following is an Arabic translation of the speech to the International Committee of the Fourth International's Online May Day Rally by David North.
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
WSWS 20th Anniversary Fund
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Autoworkers struggles
Detroit autoworkers speak out on UAW corruption scandal
Read the WSWS Autoworkers Newsletter: wsws.org/autoworkers
“They’re getting more money and we’re losing workers”
In wake of UAW convention, Lordstown GM workers speak out on layoffs
By a WSWS reporting team, 16 June 2018
“Everything they took from us needs to be returned, plus the money they stole”
Growing outrage from autoworkers over UAW bribery scandal
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
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
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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