19 November 2018
Death toll from California fires likely to soar, with nearly 1,300 people still missing
By David Brown, 18 November 2019
There is growing popular outrage as details emerge pointing to the culpability of the state’s energy giants and government officials in creating the conditions for the deadly inferno.
Death toll rises to 71, more than 1,000 missing from devastating California wildfires
World Socialist Web Site speaks with California wildfire evacuees
Investigations point to energy corporation’s negligence in California wildfire
US vice president steps up confrontation with China at APEC summit
By Peter Symonds, 19 November 2018
For the first time in APEC’s 29-year history, the summit did not issue a final communique after the United States and China failed to agree on its wording.
US has spent almost $6 trillion on wars since 2001
Trump manoeuvres ahead of US-China trade talks
US threats dominate Indo-Pacific summits
Trump’s envoys issue ultimatums to China and other Asian countries
Congressional Democrats push Russia probe, censorship
By Patrick Martin, 19 November 2018
With virtually all results of the November 6 election determined, the Democratic Party has cemented control over the House of Representatives with a gain of nearly 40 seats.
Eleven military-intelligence Democrats win US House seats
Little Rock, Arkansas teachers’ union relinquishes due process rights
By Nancy Hanover, 19 November 2018
The union-endorsed agreement will open the door to streamlining the ability of the Little Rock School district to fire educators.
US teacher unions’ “Remember in November” fizzles
Amidst talk of US auto industry consolidation UAW pushes economic nationalism ahead of 2019 contracts
By Shannon Jones, 19 November 2018
The United Auto Workers has responded to the threat to jobs by aligning itself ever more closely with the Trump administration's America First nationalism and protectionism.
UAW hides details of new tentative agreement from Indiana Lear workers
“It’s honestly scary going to work because you’re not safe any more”
Kentucky Ford worker describes hazardous working conditions
“Someone is getting paid millions to provoke racism and hatred”
US autoworkers oppose anti-immigrant campaign
Thousands attend anti-fascist protest in London
By Robert Stevens, 19 November 2018
The nationalist and pro-capitalist programme of rally organisers provided no basis for workers and youth to fight fascism and the far right.
“Capitalism is causing the problem with refugees and making them the scapegoat”
London demonstrators speak out against racism and fascism
By our reporters, 19 November 2018
A number of those interviewed spoke of the parallels with the 1930s and the need to oppose the scapegoating of migrants and refugees.
Sri Lankan president’s “all party conference” fails to overcome political crisis
By Rohantha De Silva, 19 November 2018
Sirisena’s meeting followed three consecutive days of bitter and violent fighting in the parliament between the Rajapakse and Wickremesinghe factions.
The political crisis in Sri Lanka: Its lessons for the international working class
SEP (Sri Lanka) to hold meetings on the socialist solution to the political crisis
Anti-stall feature in new Boeing planes may have contributed to Indonesian aviation disaster
By Oscar Grenfell, 19 November 2018
Boeing allegedly did not inform pilots or airlines of an automated mechanism, on its latest 737 model, that can potentially trigger a catastrophic nosedive.
Australian Greens pursue right-wing coalition government with Labor in Victoria
By Patrick O’Connor, 19 November 2018
Resting upon a wealthy, upper-middle class base, the Greens are determined to extend their influence within the political establishment.
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ABD’nin Suriye’deki saldırısı tırmanırken sivil ölü sayısı artıyor
Bill Van Auken, 19 Kasım 2018
Batı medyasındaki neredeyse tam sessizliğin ortasında, ABD ordusu, geçtiğimiz hafta, Suriye’deki bombardıman harekatını aralıksız tırmandırdı ve çok sayıda erkeği, kadını ve çocuğu öldürdü.
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¡Defiendan a Julian Assange contra los cargos presentados por EUA!
James Cogan, 19 noviembre 2018
La persecución intransigente de Assange busca intimidar y silenciar a todos los periodistas y organizaciones mediáticas críticos e independientes, al igual que potenciales denunciantes que filtren información confidencial.
El número de muertos se eleva a 71, más de 1.000 desaparecidos en los devastadores incendios forestales de California
Por Evan Blake, 19 noviembre 2018
La mayoría de los que figuran como desaparecidos son ancianos, un 91 por ciento con más de 50 años, y por lo tanto es más probable que hayan perecido debido a la rapidez con que se propagaron los incendios forestales y la falta de un sistema de alerta en toda la ciudad.
La ayuda de $4,6 mil millones del gobierno a Amazon
Por qué hay que expropiar a Amazon
Tom Carter, 19 noviembre 2018
Los miles de millones en subvenciones concedidas a Amazon para su nueva sede demuestran la postración de todo la élite política ante este conglomerado masivo.
Una red terrorista dentro del ejército alemán
Por Peter Schwarz, 19 noviembre 2018
La conspiración extremista de derecha dentro de la Bundeswehr (Fuerzas Armadas) es tolerada, encubierta y apoyada por las más altas autoridades dentro del Estado y la política.
Hablan las víctimas de los incendios de California
Por Evan Blake y Ben McGrath, 19 noviembre 2018
Hay un gran enojo entre los sobrevivientes contra la indiferencia de los gobiernos, estatal y federal, hacia el desastre.
Estados Unidos ha gastado casi $6 billones en guerras desde 2001
Por Trévon Austin, 19 noviembre 2018
Las guerras de Irak, Afganistán, Pakistán y Siria costaron $5.6 billones por sí solas, sin incluir los pagos de intereses del dinero prestado que sumarán al menos $8 billones.
Trump maniobra antes de las negociaciones comerciales entre Estados Unidos y China
Por Nick Beams, 19 noviembre 2018
La demanda central de la administración Trump es que Beijing elimine su programa "Hecho en China" y adopte una posición económica servil en relación con los Estados Unidos.
Caravana de migrantes alcanza frontera estadounidense mientras Gobiernos latinoamericanos discuten austeridad y represión
Por Andrea Lobo, 19 noviembre 2018
A medida que la caravana de migrantes principalmente hondureños comienza a llegar a la frontera estadounidense, las élites locales se reunieron en la Conferencia Iberoamericana, prometiendo mayor austeridad social y represión militarizada.
Por Will Morrow, 19 noviembre 2018
El caucus “progresista” de los demócratas está llamando por una Gestapo de inmigración americana más “humano” y “eficaz”.
El jefe del Pentágono se dirige a la frontera mientras llegan los primeros refugiados de la caravana
Por Bill Van Auken, 19 noviembre 2018
El general James "Mad Dog" Mattis defendió el despliegue de miles de soldados de servicio activo para enfrentarse con los hombres, mujeres y niños que son refugiados como una "misión moral y ética".
Secuestro, violación y asesinato cometidos por agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza de los Estados Unidos
Por Norisa Diaz y Meenakshi Jagadesan, 19 noviembre 2018
Numerosos migrantes, en su mayoría mujeres y niñas, han sido víctimas de asesinato, intento de asesinato, secuestro o violación a manos de agentes de la Agencia de Aduanas y Patrulla Fronteriza (CBP).
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Verteidigt Julian Assange gegen die US-Justiz!
James Cogan, 19. November 2018
Die Verfolgung von Assange soll kritische Journalisten und potenzielle Whisteblower einschüchtern.
Österreichische Metallarbeiter im Streik
Markus Salzmann, 19. November 2018
Die Beschäftigten der österreichischen Metallindustrie streiken für höhere Löhne und gegen die Verschärfung des Arbeitsrechts durch die rechte Regierung.
Waldbrandkatastrophe in Kalifornien: Bisher 76 Tote und mehr als 1.000 Vermisste
Evan Blake, 19. November 2018
Die meisten Vermissten sind ältere Menschen. Da sich das Feuer schnell ausgebreitet hat und es in den Städten keine flächendeckenden Warnsysteme gab, ist zu befürchten, dass viele von ihnen umgekommen sind.
Tamilische Nationalisten unterstützen mit den USA verbündete Fraktionen in der politischen Krise Sri Lankas
K. Nesan, 19. November 2018
Die Tamil National Alliance (TNA) orientiert sich weiterhin an den außenpolitischen Interessen der USA. Sie setzt damit den pro-imperialistischen Kurs fort, aus dem heraus sie 2015 die Regimewechsel-Operation zugunsten von Präsident Sirisena unterstützte.
New in Russian
Трамп призывает к созданию «огромных палаточных городов» и бессрочному аресту иммигрантов
Эрик Лондон, 17 ноября 2018 г.
Правый демагог описал ужасающее будущее концентрационных лагерей для насильственного содержания беззащитных мужчин, женщин и детей, выступив за то, чтобы тысячи размещаемых на южной границе Америки солдат открывали огонь по безоружным толпам.
Члены польского правительства маршируют в одном ряду с крайне правыми
Клара Вайс, 17 ноября 2018 г.
Открытое сотрудничество польского правительства с фашистскими силами является проявлением резкого сдвига европейского правящего класса вправо.
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Les CRS attaquent la manifestation contre les effondrements d’immeubles à Marseille
Anthony Torres, 17 novembre 2018
Les heurts témoignent de l’immense colère sociale face à la perte de huit vies humaines dans l’effondrement des immeubles rue d’Aubagne, produit d’un crime de classe.
La crise politique au Sri Lanka : ses leçons pour la classe ouvrière internationale
Keith Jones et K. Ratnayake, 17 novembre 2018
Seul le Parti de l’égalité socialiste (Sri Lanka) se bat pour que la classe ouvrière revendique ses propres intérêts de classe, de manière indépendante et opposée aux deux camps bourgeois rivaux.
Panel bipartite : les Etats-Unis doivent se préparer à une guerre « horrible » et « dévastatrice » avec la Russie et la Chine
Andre Damon, 17 novembre 2018
Une commission bipartite nommée par le Congrès a fourni le cachet des Démocrates aux plans de l’Administration Trump visant à préparer une guerre entre « les grandes puissances ».
Un accord sur le Brexit menace la survie du gouvernement de Theresa May
Robert Stevens, 17 novembre 2018
La Première ministre Theresa May se heurte aux implications profondes des antagonismes grandissants entre les États-Unis et l’Europe.
La chancelière allemande prône une « véritable armée européenne »
Johannes Stern, 17 novembre 2018
L’appel de Merkel à Strasbourg pour une « véritable armée européenne » souligne les traditions réactionnaires évoquées par les élites dirigeantes en Allemagne et en Europe.
Lock-out d’ABI au Québec: Les pourparlers reprendront sous la menace d'un contrat au rabais imposé par l'État
Laurent Lafrance, 17 novembre 2018
Les dirigeants du Syndicat des Métallos ont déclaré à maintes reprises qu'ils étaient prêts à faire d'importantes concessions et ils signalent maintenant qu'ils collaboreront avec Alcoa à la réduction des emplois.
Il y a 50 ans : L’armée américaine commence une nouvelle campagne de bombardement au Laos
17 novembre 2018
Le 15 novembre 1968, l’armée américaine a commencé l’opération Commando Hunt pour détruire la piste Ho Chi Minh.
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Kongresspanel sammensatt fra begge partier: USA må forberede seg for «grufull» og «ødeleggende» krig med Russland og Kina
Andre Damon, 16. november 2018
En kommisjon oppnevnt av Kongressen, sammensatt av begge partiene, har levert demokratenes blankofullmakt til Trump-administrasjonens planer om forberedelser til krig mellom «store makter».
Brexit-avtale truer May-regjeringens overlevelse
Robert Stevens, 16. november 2018
Statsminister May blir stilt ansikt til ansikt med de fulle konsekvensene av de voksende antagonistiske motsetningene mellom USA og Europa.
Tysklands kansler krever en «reell europeisk hær»
Johannes Stern, 16. november 2018
Merkels krav i Strasbourg om en «reell europeisk hær» understreker de reaksjonære tradisjonene som påkalles av styringselitene i Tyskland og Europa.
Den politiske krisen på Sri Lanka: Lærdommene for den internasjonale arbeiderklassen
Keith Jones og K. Ratnayake, 16. november 2018
Bare Socialist Equality Party (SEP - Sri Lanka) kjemper for at arbeiderklassen skal hevde sine egne klasseinteresser, uavhengig av og i opposisjon mot begge de rivaliserende borgerlige leirene.
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France shaken by mass protests
19 November 2018
There were cries of “Macron resign” from protesters holding signs saying “No to the president of the rich.”
Featured Commentary
The only answer to Brexit is the United Socialist States of Europe
By Chris Marsden, 19 November 2018
Every faction of Britain’s ruling elite—whether pro- or anti-EU membership or urging some form of continued relations—is viciously opposed to the interests of the working class.
Brexit deal threatens survival of May government
Defend Julian Assange against US charges!
By James Cogan, 17 November 2018
A terrorist network inside the German Army
By Peter Schwarz, 17 November 2018
At least 200 soldiers in German Army neo-Nazi terror network
DSA-backed “progressive Democrats” drop phony opposition to Trump’s attacks on immigrants
By Will Morrow, 17 November 2018
Ocasio-Cortez holds climate change stunt to boost Pelosi
The government’s $4.6 billion handout to Amazon
Why Amazon should be expropriated
By Tom Carter, 17 November 2018
History
The centenary of the “Spanish Flu”—Lessons for today
Part one of a two-part series
By Benjamin Mateus, 19 November 2018
The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 was the deadliest outbreak of disease in human history, killing as many as 100 million people.
This week in history: November 19-25
25 years ago: Clinton intervenes to halt American Airlines strike
The American Professional Flight Attendants union called off a five-day strike against American Airlines on November 23, 1993, after the Clinton administration brokered a deal to submit the strikers’ demands to binding arbitration.
50 years ago: West Virginia disaster kills 78 US coal miners
On November 20, 1968, a series of explosions at the Consolidation Coal (Consol) No. 9 mine in Mannington, West Virginia, killed 78 miners.
75 years ago: Uprising against liquidation of Janowska concentration camp in Poland
On November 19, 1943, Jewish prisoners in the Janowska concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland launched a heroic rebellion against the imminent liquidation of the center and the mass murder of all those incarcerated in it.
100 years ago: Anti-semitic pogrom begins in Polish-Ukrainian city of Lvov
Rioting from November 21-23, 1918, primarily by ethnic Poles and encouraged by Polish armed forces, left scores of Jews dead in Lvov, the largest city of Galicia, in what is now western Ukraine.
History of the Fourth International
“Eighty Years of the Fourth International” series continues with meetings in California and Oregon
By our reporters, 17 November 2018
Taking place in the backdrop of the rising death toll from the California fires and the rise of the far-right, the meetings attracted broad audiences of youth, students and workers across the West Coast.
Growing interest in socialism at Chicago meeting on 80th anniversary of Fourth International
By the IYSSE at University of Illinois at Chicago, 14 November 2018
David North lecture tour
Nearly 100 attend meeting in New York City on the 80th anniversary of the Fourth International
David North lecture tour
More than 100 attend meeting at MIT on anniversary of the Fourth International
David North begins US speaking tour in Michigan to mark 80 years of the Fourth International
Friday, November 30, 6pm for 6:30. Admission free, please RSVP to Gleebooks.
Meetings in Australia and New Zealand to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Fourth International
19 October 2018
Eighty Years of the Fourth International: The Lessons of History and the Struggle for Socialism Today
By David North, 9 October 2018
Large Colombo audience hears David North’s lecture on the history of the Fourth International
On the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Fourth International
By David North, 3 September 2018
Security and the Fourth International
The origins and findings of the Security and the Fourth International investigation
By Eric London, 14 November 2018
This is the text and audio of a lecture delivered by Eric London in Detroit, Michigan reviewing the monumental investigation conducted by the International Committee of the Fourth International titled Security and the Fourth International, which exposed the infiltration of the movement by agents of the FBI and Stalinist GPU.
Arts Review
Web television series Homecoming: Everything about America’s wars, corporate elite is “rotten” …
… And two much weaker series, Maniac and Wanderlust
By David Walsh and Joanne Laurier, 17 November 2018
Peter Jackson’s They Shall Not Grow Old: A devastating depiction of the horrors of war
By Paul Bond, 15 November 2018
Workers Struggles
Indian chrome miners strike over safety; Western Australian mine workers walkout over “wage theft”
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
17 November 2018
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
French “Yellow Vest” protesters prepare road blockades against fuel tax hike
By Anthony Torres, 16 November 2018
Australian teacher unions’ phoney campaign against NAPLAN
By Erika Zimmer, 16 November 2018
After campaign of threats and intimidation, Teamsters announces “yes” vote on sellout UPS Freight contract
By Will Morrow, 12 November 2018
Break the isolation of UPS Freight workers! Form rank-and-file committees to unite workers against the company!
“The Teamsters union is with the company”
UPS workers oppose Teamsters isolation of freight division, call for united struggle
Mehring Books
David North in conversation with Nick Beams
Book launch of The Heritage We Defend in Sydney, Australia
9 November 2018
Why are they back?
New title from Mehring Books explains resurgence of fascism in Germany
By our reporters, 19 October 2018
Author Christoph Vandreier presented the book in a well-attended lecture at the Frankfurt Book fair last Saturday.
SEP 2018 Election Campaign
Significant vote for SEP candidate Niles Niemuth in Michigan’s 12th district
By our reporters, 8 November 2018
Final campaign meeting for Niles Niemuth reviews experiences from campaigning
By our reporters, 7 November 2018
Vote Niles Niemuth, Socialist Equality Party, for US House of Representatives in Michigan’s 12th district!
Democratic Party mailer removes SEP candidate Niles Niemuth from sample ballot
International Youth and Students for Social Equality
The way forward for young people: Not Democratic Party politics, but the fight for socialism!
By Genevieve Leigh, 6 November 2018
Against the right-wing attacks of university administrators and the far-right
Successful solidarity event for the student union of Humboldt University
By our reporters, 2 November 2018
Socialist Equality Party (Australia)
Watch: Two Hundred Years Since the Birth of Karl Marx
By Nick Beams, 31 October 2018
Nick Beams delivers successful lectures on the contemporary relevance of Karl Marx at Australian universities
By our reporters, 31 October 2018
Science
World vertebrate populations have fallen 60 percent since 1970
By Bryan Dyne, 1 November 2018
The latest Living Planet Report demonstrates the far-reaching implications of human activity on both the climate and the degradation of the natural environment.
Book review
DSA covers for unions and Democrats in new book on walkout by West Virginia teachers
55 Strong, Inside the West Virginia Teachers’ Strike
By Nancy Hanover, 18 October 2018
A new book promoted by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is centered on the lie that the West Virginia teachers’ strike, which set off the series of strikes nationally last spring, was a “victory” in which the unions played a heroic role.
International Committee of the Fourth International
Resolution of the SEP (US) Fifth National Congress
The Resurgence of Class Struggle and the Tasks of the Socialist Equality Party
8 August 2018
This resolution was unanimously adopted by the Socialist Equality Party Congress, held from July 22–27, 2018.
Opening report to the Fifth National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US)
By David North, 4 August 2018
The 50th anniversary of the founding of the SEP (Sri Lanka)
The lessons of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party’s Great Betrayal
By Rohantha De Silva and Vilani Peiris, 24 September 2018
PART ONE | PART TWO | PART THREE
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
Security and the Fourth International
An “Exemplary Comrade”: The Socialist Workers Party’s 40-year-long cover-up of Stalinist spy Sylvia Callen: Part one
By Eric London, 14 August 2018
This is the first part in a four-part series examining the cover-up by the Socialist Workers Party beginning in 1947 of information exposing the role of Sylvia Callen, the personal secretary of long-time party leader James P. Cannon, as a Stalinist agent.
Part two | Part three | Part four
Seventy-eight years since the assassination of Leon Trotsky
By Eric London and David North, 21 August 2018
On August 21, 1940, Leon Trotsky, the founder of the Fourth International and the co-leader of the Russian Revolution, died from wounds inflicted the day before by an assassin, the Stalinist GPU agent Ramon Mercader.
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.
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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