25 January 2019
Indian teachers, government workers launch indefinite strike in Tamil Nadu
By Deepal Jayasekera, 25 January 2019
Defying mass arrests, 700,000 workers have been on strike since Tuesday, part of a growing global working class upsurge.
Striking Tamil Nadu teachers denounce state and central governments
By Sasi Kumar and Nanda Kumar, 25 January 2019
Washington escalates coup provocations in Venezuela
By Bill Van Auken, 25 January 2019
Secretary of State Pompeo is to speak to the UN Security Council Saturday on Venezuela, a patent propaganda gesture aimed at preparing intervention.
Washington engineers right-wing coup in Venezuela
As Senate votes down bills to end government shutdown
White House readies national emergency declaration
By Daniel de Vries, 25 January 2019
The Trump administration has prepared a draft national emergency declaration to bypass Congress and use the military to construct additional sections of the border wall with Mexico.
Trump accepts delay in State of the Union speech
The way forward for US government workers in the fight against the shutdown
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Matamoros, Mexico strike becomes “legal” as ruling class fears contagion
By Alex González, 25 January 2019
Conditions are ripe for the Matamoros strike to spread throughout the US-Mexico border region.
Matamoros strike set to expand as ruling class boosts unions
“I want the working class, the class that drives society, to fight for a better life”
Matamoros, Mexico maquiladora worker speaks out
German Ford workers: “The yellow vests are going about it the right way”
By Dietmar Gaisenkersting, 25 January 2019
Members of the Socialist Equality Party discussed with Ford workers in Cologne about the formation of action committees independent of the unions to initiate a campaign to defend jobs.
Fight the Ford layoffs! Build rank-and-file committees to unite autoworkers across Europe!
The timeline of a sellout
How the UTLA orchestrated the betrayal of Los Angeles teachers
By Alan Gilman, 25 January 2019
Well aware that the sellout deal would provoke widespread opposition, the union rushed through the contract without providing teachers time to study and discuss it.
“It was rushed. It was a farce”
Los Angeles teachers livid over union’s betrayal of strike
By Kimie Saito, 25 January 2019
Teachers spoke out on how the United Teachers Los Angeles pushed through a contract vote on a deal that abandoned their most critical demands.
Virginia and Denver teachers set to strike as educators struggles continue to spread
An Oklahoma teacher speaks on the Los Angeles educators strike
Davos overshadowed by crisis and social upheaval
By Nick Beams, 25 January 2019
The decision to hand the keynote address to the newly installed fascistic president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, demonstrated the political orientation of the global elites at Davos.
As global elites gather at Davos
Oxfam: 26 billionaires control as much wealth as poorest half of humanity
Supreme Court reinstates Trump’s ban on transgender troops
By John Burton, 25 January 2019
The US Supreme Court by judicial fiat has overruled lower court injunctions and reinstated President Trump’s ban on transgender personnel in the US military.
“The union sold us out”
Chicago UPS drivers angered by Teamsters sellout contract
By George Marlowe, 25 January 2019
UPS drivers and warehouse workers in Chicago are opposed to the pro-company contracts imposed by the Teamsters across the country and are looking to mount a fight.
UK: Remain and Leave factions line up for battle prior to next Brexit vote
By Robert Stevens, 25 January 2019
Theresa May is calculating that enough rebel Brexiteers in her ruling Conservative Party, who voted against her original deal, will support her to ensure no possibility of Brexit being overturned.
The Brexit crisis and the struggle for socialism
“People are still being deported and thrown into detention centres”
An interview with British “Stansted 15” defendant Melanie Strickland
By Margot Miller, 25 January 2019
Melanie Strickland is one of the anti-deportation campaigners found guilty of endangering safety at an airport in contravention of the 1990 Aviation and Maritime Security Act, part of Britain’s anti-terror laws.
Brazilian Workers Party uses crime wave to back fascistic Bolsonaro on repression and austerity
By Miguel Andrade, 25 January 2019
Under the guise of fighting crime, Bolsonaro and the PT are both seeking to extend the definition to suppress social opposition.
Reports indicate Haitian government involvement in La Saline massacre
By John Marion, 25 January 2019
The massacre in La Saline on November 13—in which 59 people were killed, including young children—rivals the crimes of the Duvalier dictatorship.
Fish kills highlight mismanagement of Australian waterways
By Martin Scott, 25 January 2019
Drought alone cannot be blamed for the environmental crisis in the Murray-Darling Basin.
Australia: Port Kembla Coal Terminal locks out workers
By John Harris, 25 January 2019
The union created the conditions for the company attack and has isolated the workers since they were locked-out on Saturday morning.
New in Spanish
Washington urde golpe de Estado derechista en Venezuela
Bill Van Auken, 25 enero 2019
El respaldo de los Gobiernos en América Latina e internacionalmente a un golpe de Estado orquestado por Estados Unidos es parte de un giro global hacia la derecha y la dictadura.
“Quiero que la clase obrera, la clase que empuja al país, luche por una vida más digna”
Trabajador de maquiladora en Matamoros, México, se pronuncia
Alex González y Andrea Lobo, 21 enero 2019
Miguel describió condiciones en el trabajo y de los servicios sociales que comparten los trabajadores de todo el mundo.
Cómo el WRP traicionó al trotskismo:1973-1985
15. El WRP ataca a los sindicatos
Declaración del Comité Internacional de la Cuarta Internacional, 25 enero 2019
Este es el texto del análisis realizado en el verano de 1986 por el Comité Internacional de la Cuarta Internacional sobre el colapso de su sección británica, el Workers Revolutionary Party.
La huelga en las maquiladoras de Matamoros y la censura del internet
Andre Damon, 25 enero 2019
La huelga de más de 70,000 trabajadores en Matamoros, México, está siendo silenciada por los principales medios impresos y de difusión.
Julian Assange emite un “urgente” desafío legal contra los planes de extradición por Estados Unidos
Mike Head, 25 enero 2019
El fundador de WikiLeaks está tratando de bloquear un operativo concertado para terminar su asilo político en la embajada de Londres en Ecuador.
El informe del FEM para Davos revela crecientes contradicciones del capitalismo mundial
Nick Beams, 25 enero 2019
El informe del Foro Económico Mundial (FEM) pinta un cuadro de desintegración de todas las estructuras —económicas, políticas e ideológicas— que han sostenido el capitalismo mundial desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Noventa y tres muertos y docenas en condición crítica después de explosión de oleoducto
Andrea Lobo, 25 enero 2019
La tragedia es un resultado directo de las políticas reaccionarias y militaristas del Gobierno de López Obrador para acelerar la privatización del petróleo del país.
El sindicato impone acuerdo a la fuerza para finalizar huelga de maestros en Los Ángeles
Jerry White, 25 enero 2019
Antes de que los educadores tuvieran tiempo para estudiar el acuerdo, UTLA apuró un voto que ignora las demandas de los docentes de mejores salarios, aumentos en financiamiento escolar y clases reducidas.
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Non aux tentatives des appareils syndicaux de récupérer les 'gilets jaunes'!
Anthony Torres et Alexandre Lantier, 25 janvier 2019
En proposant à la CGT de converger avec les «gilets jaunes», Olivier Besancenot du NPA tente en fait de récupérer le mouvement afin de l’étrangler.
Washington orchestre un coup d'État de droite au Venezuela
Bill Van Auken, 25 janvier 2019
Le soutien des gouvernements de l’Amérique latine et à l’international à la tentative de coup d’État orchestré par les États-Unis fait partie du tournant mondial vers la droite et la dictature.
La grève de Matamoros prend de l’ampleur et la classe dirigeante se tourne vers les syndicats
Eric London et Andrea Lobo, 25 janvier 2019
Le président mexicain Andrés Manuel López Obrador est intervenu au nom des entreprises pour demander aux syndicats de prendre le «contrôle» de la situation.
L'Allemagne et la France renforcent leur alliance militaire et policière avec le traité d'Aix-la-Chapelle
Alex Lantier, 25 janvier 2019
Le traité vise à construire un axe franco-allemand comme centre d'une Union européenne rivalisant militairement avec l'Amérique et planifiant la répression des travailleurs à travers l'Europe.
New in Norwegian
Matamoros-streiken vokser mens styringsklassen støtter opp fagforeningene
Eric London og Andrea Lobo, 25. januar 2019
Den meksikanske presidenten Andrés Manuel López Obrador har intervenert på vegne av selskapene med krav om at fagforeningene får «kontroll» over situasjonen.
Julian Assange melder juridisk «presserende» utfordring av amerikanske utleveringsplaner
Mike Head, 25. januar 2019
WikiLeaks grunnleggeren søker å få blokkert en samordnet operasjon for oppheving av hans politiske asyl i Ecuadors London-ambassade.
Bildel-streiken i Matamoros og internettsensur
Andre Damon, 25. januar 2019
Den pågående streiken av over 70.000 arbeidere i Matamoros i Mexico, har blitt møtt med en medie-blackout av storavisene og kringkastingsnettverkene.
«Jeg vil at arbeiderklassen, klassen som driver samfunnet, skal slåss for et bedre liv»
En maquiladora-arbeider i Matamoros i Mexico snakker ut
Alex González og Andrea Lobo, 25. januar 2019
Miguel beskrev arbeidsforhold og sosialtjenester som er felles for arbeidere over hele verden.
New in Turkish
Mehring Books’tan yeni kitap
Troçkist Harekete Sızan FBI ve GPU Ajanları
Mehring Books, 24 Ocak 2019
Kitap, Stalinist GPU’nun Lev Troçki suikastını nasıl gerçekleştirdiğini ve FBI’ın İkinci Dünya Savaşı’ndan sonra Dördüncü Enternasyonal’in Amerika şubesine sızmasını nasıl derinleştirdiğini ortaya koyuyor.
New in German
Washington dirigiert rechten Staatsstreich in Venezuela
Bill Van Auken, 25. Januar 2019
Die Unterstützung des von Washington dirigierten Putschversuchs durch Regierungen in Lateinamerika und auf der ganzen Welt ist Teil einer globalen Entwicklung in Richtung Polizeistaat und Diktatur.
Opel will Produktion in Rüsselsheim halbieren
Marianne Arens, 25. Januar 2019
Im Stammwerk von Opel sollen weitere 600 Arbeitsplätze und eine ganze Schicht wegfallen. Der IG-Metall-Betriebsrat hat die ihm vorliegenden Informationen an die Medien, aber nicht an die Arbeiter weitergegeben.
Das Geheimarchiv im Warschauer Ghetto: Ein Film über Emanuel Ringelblum und das Oyneg Shabes Archiv
Clara Weiss, 25. Januar 2019
Roberta Grossmans Film ist ein wichtiger Beitrag zu einer breiteren Diskussion über die Bedeutung der historischen Wahrheit im Kampf gegen den Faschismus.
Der Schutz des Klimas erfordert ein sozialistisches Programm
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE), 25. Januar 2019
Am heutigen Freitag findet in Berlin eine bundesweite Schülerdemonstration gegen den Klimawandel statt. Die IYSSE verteilen dort dieses Flugblatt.
Tarifeinigung in der Flugsicherheit: Verdi vereinbart dreijährige Laufzeit
Dietmar Gaisenkersting, 25. Januar 2019
Gestern morgen gaben die Gewerkschaft Verdi und der Bundesverband der Luftsicherheitsunternehmen bekannt, dass sie sich auf einen Entgelttarifvertrag mit einer beispiellos langen Laufzeit verständigt haben. Bis Ende 2021 sind Streiks ausgeschlossen.
New in Portuguese
A estratégia da luta de classes internacional e a luta política contra a reação capitalista em 2019
Por James Cogan, Joseph Kishore e David North, 24 Janeiro 2019
O ano de 2019 começa diante de explosivas interações entre as crises geopolítica, econômica e social. Por todo o mundo, a classe dominante está recorrendo a políticos e organizações de extrema direita e neofascistas para defender o sistema capitalista. A ameaça de ditadura e guerra só pode ser derrotada através da mobilização política da classe trabalhadora a partir de uma estratégia internacional socialista.
“Coletes amarelos” em Commercy organizam segunda Assembleia Popular
Por nossos repórteres, 24 Janeiro 2019
Mais de 100 trabalhadores, autônomos, pequenos comerciantes e desempregados se reuniram para discutir as perspectivas para uma luta contra o presidente francês, Emmanuel Macron.
Bolsonaro toma posse como o presidente brasileiro mais direitista desde a ditadura
Por Bill Van Auken e Gabriel Lemos, 24 Janeiro 2019
Para marcar sua posse como presidente, o ex-capitão do exército fez um discurso fascista afirmando que o Brasil estava se “libertando” do socialismo e do “politicamente correto”.
Trabalhadores da GM no Brasil discutem o chamado para a formação de comitês de base
Por nossos repórteres, 24 Janeiro 2019
O Brasil atraiu investimentos da GM por causa de recentes ataques aos trabalhadores automotivos, incluindo a demissão de trabalhadores com mais tempo de serviço, congelamentos de salários e terceirização generalizada.
Trabalhadores automotivos convocam manifestação em 9 de Fevereiro para lutar contra o fechamento de fábricas da GM
Por Jerry White, 24 Janeiro 2019
O Comitê Diretivo da Coalização de Comitês de Trabalhadores, que foi formado no mês passado, está convocando os trabalhadores e jovens para protestarem em 9 de Fevereiro na sede da GM no centro de Detroit.
Protestos dos “coletes amarelos” na França expõe o papel anti-trabalhador do Novo Partido Anticapitalista
Por Alex Lantier, 24 Janeiro 2019
O NPA reagiu aos protestos dos “coletes amarelos”, primeiro, denunciando-os como fascistas e, depois, exigindo que a burocracia sindical tomasse controle do movimento e reestabelecesse a ordem.
New in Hindi
सामाजिक विनाश और उन्नति रोधक राजनीतिक चालों से निबटने के लिए भारतीय श्रमिकों को क्रांतिकारी समाजवादी कार्यक्रम की ज़रूरत
दीपल जयसेकरा एवं कीथ जोन्स द्वारा, ८ जनवरी २०१९
वर्ल्ड सोशलिस्ट वेब साइट भाजपा सरकार से टक्कर लेने के लिए श्रमिकों द्वारा किसी भी जोखिम जैसे वित्तीय बलिदान और यहां तक कि गोलीबारी का सामना करने को भी तैयार रहने के दृढ़ निश्चय का स्वागत करती है।
New in Bengali
শ্রীলঙ্কার সোশ্যালিস্ট ইকুয়ালিটি পার্টির অর্ধশতবর্ষ
শ্রমিক শ্রেণীকে আন্তর্জাতিক সমাজতন্ত্র ও বৈপ্লবিক নেতৃত্বের অস্ত্র দিয়ে সজ্জিত করে তোলো!
১৬ জুন ২০১৮
চতুর্থ আন্তর্জাতিকের আন্তর্জাতিক কমিটির শ্রীলঙ্কার শাখার নাম সোশ্যালিস্ট ইকুয়ালিটি পার্টি (এস্-ই-পি)। আজ শ্রমিক শ্রেণীর রাজনৈতিক স্বাধীনতার এবং বিশ্ব সমাজতান্ত্রিক বিপ্লবের লড়াইয়ে এস্-ই-পি ৫০ বছর পূর্ণ করল। কলম্বোতে ১৯৬৮ খৃষ্টাব্দের ১৬-১৭ই জুন একটি সভায় দলটি রেভলিশনারি কমিউনিস্ট লিগ (আর-সি-এল্) হিসাবে প্রতিষ্ঠিত হয়েছিল। আই-সি-এফ্-আই-এর অন্যান্য বিভাগের সঙ্গে আর-সি-এল্-ও ১৯৯৬ সালে এস্-ই-পি-তে রূপান্তরিত হয়।
New in Arabic
أصول ونتائج التحقيق الأمني الذي قامت به الأممية الرابعة
١٣ تشرين الثاني نوفمبر ٢٠١٨
تجدون فيما يلي نص وتسجيل لمحاضرة ألقاها إريك لندن في مدينة ديترويت في ولاية ميتشيغان وفيها استعراض للتحقيق الضخم الذي أجرته اللجنة الدولية للأممية الرابعة تحت عنوان الأمن والأممية الرابعة.
New in Urdu
سرمایہ دارانہ حکمرانی کا عالمی بحران اور سوشلسٹ انقلاب کی حکمت عملی
جوزف کشوور
قومی خصوصیات خواہ کچھ بھی ہو ں، طبقاتی حکمرانی کا سیاسی بحران ہر ملک میں یکساں عالمگیر پروسس کی وجہ ہے
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Canada’s diversity imperialism
25 January 2019
Justin Trudeau, presiding over what has been hailed as the most diverse cabinet in Canadian history, has signed on to Washington’s coup plot against Venezuela.
Matamoros Auto Strike
70,000 strike at US-Mexico border
Help break the media blackout of the Matamoros strike by sharing this video.
Defend Julian Assange!
Rally to demand the Australian government acts to free Julian Assange!
Sydney Martin Place Amphitheatre, March 3! Melbourne State Library, March 10!
By the Socialist Equality Party (Australia), 25 January 2019
The Australian government has the undeniable duty and power to intervene to secure freedom for Julian Assange. The record has demonstrated, however, that it will take such action only if it is compelled to do so by the greatest pressure from below.
Julian Assange issues “urgent” legal challenge against US extradition plans
Arts Review
100 years since the founding of the Bauhaus
Including an interview with Bauhaus student Wilf Franks
By Barbara Slaughter and Stefan Steinberg, 25 January 2019
This year marks the 100 anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus movement in Germany, which played a key role in the development of progressive art and culture in the twentieth century.
February 9 demonstration against GM plant closings
No layoffs! No concessions!
Autoworkers call for demonstration February 9 to fight GM plant closings
By Jerry White, 12 January 2019
Commentary
The Matamoros auto strike and internet censorship
By Andre Damon, 24 January 2019
Two years of the Trump administration
By Patrick Martin, 23 January 2019
Trump at the Rubicon
More on the Trump presidency »
The Strategy of International Class Struggle and the Political Fight Against Capitalist Reaction in 2019
By James Cogan, Joseph Kishore and David North, 3 January 2019
The year 2019 begins amidst the explosive interaction of geopolitical, economic and social crises. All over the world the ruling class is turning to ultra-right and neo-fascist politicians and organizations to defend the capitalist system. The threat of dictatorship and war can be defeated only through the political mobilization of the working class on the basis of an international socialist strategy.
The global class struggle in 2019
By Joseph Kishore, 16 January 2019
One hundred years since the murder of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht
By Peter Schwarz, 15 January 2019
Workers Struggles
Platinum miners join South African Sibanye gold miners’ stoppage; South African plastics strike continues, Zimbabwe
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
25 January 2019
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
IYSSE
Final IYSSE election meeting at Humboldt University in Berlin
How can the rise of the far-right be stopped?
By our reporters, 24 January 2019
Right-wing Humboldt University Professor Jorg Baberowski threatens students
Security and the Fourth International
New book now available
Agents: The FBI and GPU Infiltration of the Trotskyist Movement
By Mehring Books, 21 January 2019
The WSWS announces the release of a new book, Agents: The FBI and GPU Infiltration of the Trotskyist Movement, by Eric London.
The origins and findings of the Security and the Fourth International investigation
By Eric London, 14 November 2018
Seventy-eight years since the assassination of Leon Trotsky
By Eric London and David North, 21 August 2018
This week in history: January 21-27
25 years ago: Framed Greyhound striker Roger Cawthra enters plea
On January 21, 1994, Roger Cawthra, a Greyhound bus driver framed up for shooting at a scab driver during the 1990 Greyhound strike, entered an Alford plea (essentially no-contest) in Superior Court in Hartford, Connecticut.
50 years ago: State of emergency declared in Spain
On January 24, 1969, Francisco Franco, Spain’s fascist dictator since 1939, declared a state of emergency that suspended civil rights in the country.
75 years ago: Allied forces stage landings at Anzio
On January 22, 1944, Allied forces under the command of British General John Lucas began amphibious landings near the city of Anzio in Italy.
100 years ago: Workers in Glasgow, Scotland begin general strike
On January 27, 1919, 40,000 workers in Glasgow struck, demanding a reduction in the workweek from 47 hours to 40 hours.
The Fight Against Postmodernism
Widespread student support for beleaguered professor Peter Boghossian
By the International Youth and Students for Social Equality at Portland State University, 17 January 2019
Portland State University threatens to fire Peter Boghossian for authoring “Grievance Studies” hoax
The “Grievance Studies” hoax exposes postmodernist charlatans
History
New study finds up to 15,000 Jews killed each day at peak of Holocaust
By Clara Weiss, 16 January 2019
Socialist Equality Party (Germany)
Socialist Equality Party takes legal action against surveillance by German secret service
By the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei, 10 January 2019
Dr. Peer Stolle, the lawyer for the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei, has submitted formal notice in writing to the German Federal Agency for the Protection of the Constitution. The text of the letter is published here.
Obituary
In memory of Halil Celik (1961–2018)
By the International Committee of the Fourth International, 2 January 2019
Halil Celik, founder and leader of the Sosyalist Eşitlik group, which supports the International Committee of the Fourth International in Turkey, died on December 31, 2018 following a serious illness.
Science
Scientific breakthrough promises to increase agricultural productivity by 40 percent
By Philip Guelpa and Thomas H. Douglass, 9 January 2019
ICFI meeting announcement
Indian Trotskyists in Kolkata to celebrate 80 years of the Fourth International
7 January 2019
The Kolkata meeting will review the essential political lessons of the protracted struggle of the Fourth International and their relevance to the fight for socialist internationalism today.
International Committee of the Fourth International
The 50th anniversary of the founding of the SEP (Sri Lanka)
Victory of the Trotskyists in the 1985–1986 split in the ICFI
By Saman Gunadasa and K. Ratnayake, 29 December 2018
David North addresses New Zealand meeting celebrating 80 years of the Fourth International
By our reporters, 11 December 2018
80th anniversary of the Fourth International celebrated in Melbourne with public lecture
Eighty Years of the Fourth International: The Lessons of History and the Struggle for Socialism Today
By David North, 9 October 2018
On the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Fourth International
Book Review
Rohini Hensman’s Indefensible: The ISO discovers its muse—the CIA
By Alex Lantier, 14 December 2018
Rohini Hensman’s book, issued by the International Socialist Organization’s (ISO) Haymarket Books publishing house, is an endorsement of imperialist war.
Part one | Part two | Part three | Part four
Socialist Equality Party
Resolution of the SEP (UK) Fourth National Congress
The resurgence of the class struggle and the tasks of the Socialist Equality Party (UK)
By the Socialist Equality Party (UK), 6 December 2018
This resolution was unanimously adopted by the Fourth National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party in Britain, which was held October 27-30, 2018.
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