4 July 2018
Social Democrats back conservative parties’ plan for concentration camps in Germany
By Johannes Stern, 4 July 2018
Leading SPD politicians have welcomed the reactionary agreement by conservative parties for concentration camps for refugees.
German government settles dispute at refugees’ expense
Left Party supports anti-refugee policies of German government
More than 200 people drown in the Mediterranean at the weekend
By Marianne Arens, 4 July 2018
Since the beginning of this year, the number of people drowning while attempting to enter Europe has risen to over a thousand.
Private prison companies thrive as thousands of immigrants detained
By Shelley Connor, 4 July 2018
The Trump administration’s detention of hundreds of thousands of migrants has been a windfall for private prison companies.
Voices of the June 30 protests: Stop Trump’s persecution of immigrants!
3 July 2018
Hundreds of thousands march against Trump’s persecution of immigrants
Mobilize the working class against the bipartisan attack on immigrants!
Statement of the Socialist Equality Party
More on North American immigration issues »
US ruling class takes measure of AMLO’s victory in Mexico
By Bill Van Auken, 4 July 2018
All three major US newspapers “of record” responded with the same fear, not of López Obrador, but rather of the tens of millions of Mexicans who voted for him.
Mexico’s election deals devastating blow to old ruling parties
The elections in Mexico and the political tasks of the working class
Trudeau beats nationalist drum as Canada imposes retaliatory tariffs against US
By Roger Jordan, 4 July 2018
Ottawa is waging trade war not to defend workers and their livelihoods, but to protect the markets and profits of Canadian big business.
Escalating trade war starts to make economic impact
Two XPO Logistics workers killed near Buffalo, New York
By Steve Filips, 4 July 2018
Two warehouse workers unloading 800 pound slabs of Dupont countertop material were killed when the slabs toppled over onto them.
Trump’s attack on the Department of Education
By Nancy Hanover, 4 July 2018
Trump and Education Secretary DeVos are calling for the merger of the Departments of Education and Labor in the name of “shrinking government” and “workforce development.”
Killing of 45-year-old postal worker by Portland State University police draws protests
Right-wing German army officer Franco A: No charges for terrorist plans
By Sven Heymann, 4 July 2018
All the evidence indicates that Franco A. and his accomplices are only a small part of a much larger neo-Nazi network within the German military and state apparatus.
Homeless man jailed for picking up London Marathon number and crossing finishing line
By Barry Mason, 4 July 2018
Stanislaw Skupian is a victim of vindictive class justice, punished for his poverty and for problems that spiralled out of his control.
Australian teenager sentenced to 12 years in prison on trumped-up terror charges
By Oscar Grenfell, 4 July 2018
The case is the latest in a series of high-profile “terror” prosecutions which have not revealed any specific terror attack or plan.
Australia: Prosecutors drop blackmail charges against construction union officials
By Terry Cook, 4 July 2018
The CFMMEU had worked to prevent the eruption of a struggle by construction workers against the laying of the criminal charges.
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1968: Всеобщая забастовка и восстание студентов во Франции
Часть 7: Центристская линия OCI (3)
Петер Шварц, 4 июля 2018 г.
Пятьдесят лет назад, в мае-июне 1968 года, всеобщая забастовка поставила Францию на грань пролетарской революции. Данная серия статей, состоящая из восьми частей, описывает эти события и рассматривает их политические уроки для сегодняшнего дня.
New in French
Des centaines de milliers de personnes manifestent contre la persécution des immigrants par Trump
Patrick Martin, 4 juillet 2018
Des manifestations ont eu lieu à plus de 700 endroits, les plus importantes étant à Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington et New York.
Die Linke soutient les politiques anti-réfugiés du gouvernement allemand
Johannes Stern, 4 juillet 2018
Lors du sommet de l’UE la semaine dernière, des mesures contre les réfugiés ont été discutées qui rappellent la période la plus sombre de l’histoire allemande et européenne.
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Demokraten winken Trumps Kandidaten für den Obersten Gerichtshof durch
Eric London, 4. Juli 2018
Die Entscheidung der US-Demokraten, den von Trump gewählten Obersten Richter nicht zu blockieren, sagt alles über das Zwei-Parteien-System in den USA.
SPD unterstützt Unionsvorschlag für Konzentrationslager in Deutschland
Johannes Stern, 4. Juli 2018
Am Dienstag haben führende Sozialdemokraten die reaktionäre Einigung im Streit zwischen CDU und CSU begrüßt, die die Einrichtung von De-facto-Konzentrationslagern für Flüchtlinge in Deutschland beinhaltet.
Die Wahl in Mexiko – ein verheerender Schlag für die alten Regierungsparteien
Don Knowland, 4. Juli 2018
Der Erdrutschsieg von López Obrador und seiner Koalition ist ein Debakel für die PRI, die das Land von 1929 bis 2000 und nochmals ab 2012 regierte.
Wien: 100.000 demonstrieren gegen Arbeitsgesetz der Regierung
Markus Salzmann, 4. Juli 2018
Am vergangenen Samstag fand in der österreichischen Hauptstadt die größte Demonstration seit den Protesten gegen die Rentenreform 2003 statt.
Demonstration von 18.000 Bauarbeitern in Zürich
unseren Korrespondenten, 4. Juli 2018
Die Bauarbeiter kämpfen für die Beibehaltung einer Frührente mit 60, die der Schweizer Baumeisterverband abschaffen oder massiv beschneiden will.
NSU-Brandexperte gestorben – Todesursache unklar
Dietmar Henning, 4. Juli 2018
Der Brandsachverständige Stolt war bei den Ermittlungen zu den Terrormorden des NSU als Experte und Gutachter herangezogen worden und galt als Kritiker der polizeilichen Brandermittler.
New in Spanish
Los demócratas aceleran selección de juez por Trump para la Corte Suprema
Por Eric London, 4 julio 2018
El anuncio de los demócratas de que no bloquearán el nombramiento de Trump a la Corte Suprema devela ciertas verdades sobre el sistema bipartidista.
Elecciones mexicanas asestan golpe demoledor a viejos partidos gobernantes
Por Don Knowland, 4 julio 2018
El barrido electoral de López Obrador y su coalición encabezada por MORENA significa una debacle para el PRI, que gobernó el país entre 1929 y el 2000, volviendo al poder durante los últimos seis años.
Voces de las protestas del 30 de junio: ¡detengan la persecución de inmigrantes por parte de Trump!
Por un equipo de reportaje, 4 julio 2018
Cientos de miles se volcaron el sábado en manifestaciones por todo Estados Unidos para defender los derechos de los inmigrantes y los solicitantes de asilo. Abajo publicamos entrevistas con manifestantes de Chicago, Boston, Pittsburgh y otras ciudades.
Cientos de miles marchan en contra de la persecución de inmigrantes bajo Trump
Por Patrick Martin, 4 julio 2018
Hubo protestas en más de 700 lugares, con los más grandes en Los Ángeles, Chicago, Washington y Nueva York.
"Nos quieren divididos. Los trabajadores necesitan unirse en todas partes"
A raíz de los despidos de Lordstown, UAW fomenta nacionalismo antimexicano
Por Shannon Jones, 4 julio 2018
El UAW está denunciando la decisión de GM de construir su nuevo modelo de SUV Chevrolet Blazer en México para distraer de la complicidad del sindicato en la destrucción de 1.500 puestos de trabajo en la planta de ensamblaje de Lordstown, Ohio.
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.
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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
America on the Fourth of July: From Thomas Jefferson to Donald Trump
4 July 2018
The most fundamental right asserted by the Declaration of Independence is the right of the people to revolt against tyranny and despotism, a right that this generation will be called on to exercise.
Commentary
UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn hails Alexis Tsipras of Syriza
By Robert Stevens, 4 July 2018
The Labour leader praised Syriza only days after it enforced the latest round of austerity and pledged further services to the EU’s vicious anti-migrant measures.
Democrats fast-track Trump’s Supreme Court pick
By Eric London, 3 July 2018
Who are Trump’s 25 candidates for the Supreme Court?
Supreme Court vacancy exposes bankruptcy of the Democratic Party
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”
SEP 2018 Election Campaign
SEP candidate Niles Niemuth speaks on Michigan Radio
By our reporters, 4 July 2018
The Socialist Equality Party candidate spoke with workers and young people in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti and was interviewed on public radio Tuesday.
SEP candidate Niles Niemuth says “the attacks on immigrants are aimed at the entire working class”
Socialist Equality Party to run Niles Niemuth for Michigan’s 12th Congressional district
Science
Large Hadron Collider resumes operations
By Joe Mount, 4 July 2018
Several results from the accelerator have been published in the last 12 months, including recent and more detailed studies of the Higgs boson.
Physics, poetry and the search for quantum gravity: Carlo Rovelli’s Reality Is Not What It Seems
By Bryan Dyne, 29 June 2018
Arts Review
The second season of Netflix’s Dear White People: More of the same selfish, racial politics
By Nick Barrickman, 4 July 2018
The second season picks up where the first season left off: focused on the petty and self-centered exploits of a group of African American students at a fictional upscale university.
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
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
Defend Julian Assange!
More support from Sri Lanka for WikiLeaks editor
By our correspondents, 4 July 2018
“WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange courageously exposes the criminality of the US, its machinations, lies and cover-ups.”
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
“Julian fights for peace and defends democratic rights”
Watch: Workers at SEP rally in Sydney demand freedom for Julian Assange
Ecuadorian foreign minister warns that Julian Assange’s political asylum is “not forever”
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 »
Socialist Equality Party
SEP (Australia) to hold meetings on new “foreign interference” laws: A move towards dictatorship and war
3 July 2018
Anti-China “foreign interference” bills rammed through Australian parliament
SEP in Sri Lanka holds powerful 50th anniversary meeting
By our correspondents, 27 June 2018
The Grenfell Tower Fire
London’s Grenfell Tower disaster: The cost of cuts and privatisation in firefighting
By Paul Bond, 3 July 2018
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
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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)
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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.
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.
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
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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