26 January 2019
Trump retreats on federal shutdown
By Patrick Martin, 26 January 2019
The political confrontation over White House demands for a border wall has only been postponed for three weeks, with Trump reiterating threats to declare a national emergency.
As Senate votes down bills to end government shutdown
White House readies national emergency declaration
Trump accepts delay in State of the Union speech
As air traffic controllers call in sick
Air traffic grinds to a halt in the Eastern US
By Dan de Vries and Sandy English, 26 January 2019
The US Federal Aviation Administration grounded all flights into New York’s LaGuardia Airport for a short time on Friday because some air traffic controllers called in sick.
The way forward for US government workers in the fight against the shutdown
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US coup bid pushes Venezuela closer to invasion or civil war
By Bill Van Auken, 26 January 2019
Washington is keeping its embassy in Caracas open in defiance of the Venezuelan government, using diplomatic personnel as bait for a potential military confrontation.
Washington escalates coup provocations in Venezuela
Canada’s "diversity" imperialism
Washington engineers right-wing coup in Venezuela
As strike expands in the maquiladoras
Mexican auto parts workers explain how they formed strike committees
By Andrea Lobo, 26 January 2019
”I think that, indeed, the independent committees are much more useful than the union because we asked ourselves ‘this is the proposal, what do we do?’—something that the union never did.”
Matamoros, Mexico strike becomes “legal” as ruling class fears contagion
The Matamoros auto strike and internet censorship
Trump’s war on immigrants escalates
Thousands seeking asylum in US to be pushed back into Mexico
By Norisa Diaz, 26 January 2019
The Department of Homeland Security will force asylum seekers to remain in Mexico while their immigration cases are considered in the United States, forcing many to languish on the streets for months or years.
“If giving water to someone dying of thirst is illegal, what humanity is left in the law of this country?”
Four “No More Deaths” volunteers convicted for providing humanitarian aid to migrants crossing US border
Long-time Trump adviser Roger Stone arrested in Mueller probe
By Patrick Martin, 26 January 2019
Stone has been indicted on charges of lying to Congress about his communication, through intermediaries, with WikiLeaks.
Unifor launches anti-Mexican boycott as diversion from fight over Oshawa closure
By Carl Bronski, 26 January 2019
Unifor President Dias has announced an anti-Mexican consumer boycott over the Oshawa closure as workers in Matamoros, Mexico, expand their struggle against sweatshop conditions.
Following Oshawa GM sitdown protest, autoworkers fed poison of Canadian nationalism at Windsor rally
The political questions facing US oil workers in the 2019 contract negotiations
By Jessica Goldstein, 26 January 2019
In preparing for the 2019 contract struggle, oil workers should draw the lessons of the miserable betrayal imposed by the United Steelworkers in 2015.
Former leader Alex Salmond’s arrest threatens to tear Scottish National Party apart
By Steve James, 26 January 2019
Whatever the outcome of the legal case against Salmond, the SNP is being torn apart by factional infighting.
Spain: Podemos co-founder Íñigo Errejón splits from party
By Paul Mitchell, 26 January 2019
The rise of the far-right Vox party is a devastating indictment of Errejón and the “left populism” promoted by his mentor, Belgian academic Chantal Mouffe.
Australia: Hundreds of immigration detainees launch hunger strikes
By Eric Ludlow, 26 January 2019
The detainees describe their living conditions as “worse than a prison.”
Imposition of right-wing candidate intensifies turmoil in Australia’s ruling party
By Mike Head, 26 January 2019
Prime Minister Morrison’s imposition of indigenous businessman Warren Mundine as a Liberal Party election candidate is particularly provocative within the context of the factional war raging inside the party.
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Правый профессор Гумбольдтского университета Йорг Баберовски угрожает студентам
Группа ИМССР в Гумбольдском университете, 26 января 2019 г.
Баберовски использует свои аккаунты в «Твиттере» и «Фейсбуке» для подстрекательства связанной с ним правой периферии против студентов, критикующих его расистские и реакционные заявления.
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Агенты: Проникновение агентов ФБР и ГПУ в троцкистское движение
Издательство Mehring Books, 26 января 2019 г.
МСВС анонсирует выход новой книги Агенты: Проникновение агентов ФБР и ГПУ в троцкистское движение, автором которой является Эрик Лондон.
Эта неделя в истории
100 лет назад: Рабочие в шотландском Глазго начинают всеобщую забастовку
26 января 2019 г.
27 января 1919 года 40 тысяч рабочих в Глазго вышли на улицы города, требуя сокращения рабочей недели с 47 до 40 часов.
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Indiske lærere og statsansatte i åpen-ende-streik i Tamil Nadu
Deepal Jayasekera, 26. januar 2019
700.000 arbeidere har trosset massearrestasjoner og vært i streik siden tirsdag, som del av et voksende globalt oppsving av arbeiderklassen.
Strekende lærere i Tamil Nadu fordømmer både delstat- og sentralregjeringen
Sasi Kumar og Nanda Kumar, 26. januar 2019
Tamil-Nadu-lærere snakket med WSWS-reportere i Chennai, statens hovedstad, under deres statsdekkende åpen-ende-streik denne uka. På tirsdag demonstrerte 700 streikende utenfor myndighetskontorer i Ezhilagam-bygningen. Nesten 3.000 protesterte ved Skattefogdens distriktskontor på torsdag, streikens tredje dag.
Matamoros-streiken blir «legal» og styringsklassen frykter spredning
Alex González, 26. januar 2019
Betingelsene er modne for at Matamoros-streiken sprer seg over hele Mexico-USA-grenseområdet.
Tidslinjen for et knefall
Hvordan UTLA orkestrerte forræderiet av Los-Angeles-lærerne
Alan Gilman, 26. januar 2019
Vel vitende om at knefallavtalen ville fremprovosere utbredt opposisjon raste fagforeningen gjennom kontrakten uten å gi lærerne tid til å studere og diskutere den.
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El imperialismo “diverso” canadiense
Keith Jones, 26 enero 2019
Justin Trudeau, quien preside un gabinete aplaudido como el más diverso en la historia canadiense, se ha sumado al complot golpista de Washington contra Venezuela.
Se “legaliza” la huelga en Matamoros, México mientras que la clase dirigente teme un contagio
Alex González, 26 enero 2019
Las condiciones son propicias para que se extienda la huelga a lo largo de la zona fronteriza entre EUA y México.
Cómo el WRP traicionó al trotskismo:1973-1985
16. Hacia un partido de ley y orden
Declaración del Comité Internacional de la Cuarta Internacional, 26 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.
Washington intensifica provocaciones golpistas en Venezuela
Bill Van Auken, 26 enero 2019
El secretario de Estado, Pompeo, hablará ante el Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU sobre Venezuela, un claro gesto de propaganda destinado a preparar la intervención.
Maestros indios, trabajadores del gobierno lanzan huelga indefinida en Tamil Nadu
Deepal Jayasekera, 26 enero 2019
Desafiando arrestos masivos, 700.000 trabajadores han estado en huelga desde el martes, como parte del resurgimiento global de clase obrera.
“Fue apresurado. Fue una farsa”
Maestros de Los Ángeles están lívidos por la traición de huelga por parte del sindicato
Kim Saito, 26 enero 2019
Los maestros hablaron sobre cómo UTLA empujo a través de una votación por contrato sobre un acuerdo que abandonó sus demandas más críticas.
Tribunal federal autoriza proceso sobre la experimentación ilegal contra guatemaltecos
Rafael Azul, 26 enero 2019
La línea de tiempo de un acuerdo entreguista
Cómo la UTLA orquestó la traición de los maestros en Los Ángeles
Alan Gilman, 26 enero 2019
Al tanto de que el acuerdo entreguista provocaría una oposición amplia, el sindicato se puro para aprobar el contrato sin darle a los docentes el tiempo para estudiarlo y discutirlo.
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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 Turkish
2019’da bilim ve toplumsal kriz
Bryan Dyne, 26 Ocak 2019
Yeni yılın ilk günlerinde, bir dizi bilimsel buluş, insanlığın dünyayı anlama ve bu bilgiyi modern yaşama bela olan birçok toplumsal hastalığı çözmek için kullanma muazzam kapasitesini gösteriyor.
Washington Venezuela’da sağcı bir darbe düzenliyor
Bill Van Auken, 26 Ocak 2019
ABD’nin Juan Guaidó’yu Venezuela’nın kendinden menkul ve seçilmemiş “geçici devlet başkanı” olarak tanıması, Washington’da tezgahlanmış sağcı bir darbenin başlamasına işaret etmektedir.
Matamoros otomotiv grevi ve internet sansürü
Andre Damon, 26 Ocak 2019
İşçiler, Matamoros’taki bazı fabrikalarda, mücadeleyi yönetmek ve sendikaların bu davayı boş vaatlerle boğmasını önlemek için tabandan temsilciler seçerek ve kent çapında yeni, demokratik bir grev komitesi inşa ederek oluşturulan modeli izlemeliler.
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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.
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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.
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Fascist deputies disrupt Holocaust memorial in Germany
26 January 2019
On Wednesday, deputies from the neo-fascist Alternative for Germany walked out of a Holocaust remembrance ceremony in the state parliament of Bavaria.
IYSSE
Successful election result for IYSSE at Humboldt University in Berlin
By the IYSSE chapter at Humboldt University, 26 January 2019
The IYSSE increased its share of the vote by a third, from 3.75 percent to over 5 percent, and will be represented by three deputies in the student parliament.
Final IYSSE election meeting at Humboldt University in Berlin
How can the rise of the far-right be stopped?
Right-wing Humboldt University Professor Jorg Baberowski threatens students
Matamoros Auto Strike
70,000 strike at US-Mexico border
Help break the media blackout of the Matamoros strike by sharing this video.
The fight to defend public education
The timeline of a sellout
How the UTLA orchestrated the betrayal of Los Angeles teachers
By Alan Gilman, 25 January 2019
“It was rushed. It was a farce”
Los Angeles teachers livid over union’s betrayal of strike
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
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
Fight the Ford layoffs! Build rank-and-file committees to unite autoworkers across Europe!
Commentary
Oppose French unions’ attempts to strangle the “yellow vest” protests!
By Anthony Torres and Alex Lantier, 26 January 2019
The Pabloite New Anticapitalist Party’s calls for the unions to take over the “yellow vest” protests amounts to an attempt to strangle growing opposition among workers.
German Ford workers: “The yellow vests are going about it the right way”
More on the “Yellow Vest” protests in France »
Davos overshadowed by crisis and social upheaval
By Nick Beams, 25 January 2019
Supreme Court reinstates Trump’s ban on transgender troops
By John Burton, 25 January 2019
Two years of the Trump administration
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
ICFI meeting announcement
Indian Trotskyists campaign for Kolkata meeting to mark the 80th anniversary of the Fourth International
By Arun Kumar and Ritwik Mitter, 26 January 2019
Indian university students discuss the rising danger of war and the betrayal by the Stalinist parties of the working class.
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.
Workers Struggles
Two hundred thousand Indian midday meal workers still on strike; Tamil Nadu data entry workers protest: Tigerair pilots walkout in Australia
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
26 January 2019
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
Indian teachers, government workers launch indefinite strike in Tamil Nadu
By Deepal Jayasekera, 25 January 2019
Striking Tamil Nadu teachers denounce state and central governments
By Sasi Kumar and Nanda Kumar, 25 January 2019
“The union sold us out”
Chicago UPS drivers angered by Teamsters sellout contract
By George Marlowe, 25 January 2019
Australia: Port Kembla Coal Terminal locks out workers
By John Harris, 25 January 2019
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
Who Will Write Our History: Emanuel Ringelblum and the Warsaw Ghetto archive on the screen
By Clara Weiss, 24 January 2019
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
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.
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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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