29 January 2019
In broadside against China, White House levels criminal charges against Huawei
By Andre Damon, 29 January 2019
The move marks a major escalation of the United States’ economic, geopolitical and military offensive against China.
US and China still miles apart as trade talks are set to begin
By Nick Beams, 29 January 2019
The US is demanding China scrap its program for future economic development by implementing so-called “structural” changes.
Trump administration imposes sanctions on Venezuelan oil industry
By Alexander Fangmann, 29 January 2019
The sanctions, which amount to an act of war, were imposed in order to bolster support for a coup among Venezuelan military officers.
AP report exposes US role in right-wing coup in Venezuela
US coup bid pushes Venezuela closer to invasion or civil war
Virginia teachers protest education cuts
By Nick Barrickman, 29 January 2019
Several thousand teachers and public school support staff gathered in protest at Virginia’s State Assembly building in Richmond Monday.
Mobilize the working class to defend public education!
Virginia teachers and the fight against social inequality
Colorado Labor Department blocks Denver teachers’ strike
Leaks expose UK and EU government plans for military deployment in Brexit crisis
By Chris Marsden, 29 January 2019
Under conditions of intolerable levels of social inequality that will be exacerbated no matter the Brexit outcome, the power of the state will be directed against the true source of social discontent—the working class.
Mexican government prepares “legal” pretext for end of Matamoros strike
By Alex González, 29 January 2019
Threats of a federal operation mean the government is preparing to both bully workers into protracted legal negotiations—which will inevitably end in a result beneficial to the companies—and carry out a violent police repression of the strike.
Strikes by Hungarian Audi workers, Mexican auto parts workers
The global struggle of autoworkers
Matamoros strike at a crossroads as Mexican government orders crackdown
Unifor launches anti-Mexican boycott as diversion from fight over Oshawa closure
As strike expands in the maquiladoras
Mexican auto parts workers explain how they formed strike committees
Sri Lankan plantation workers protest unions’ sellout wage deal
By M. Thevarajah and W.A. Sunil, 29 January 2019
The unions, having suppressed an indefinite strike last month, are imposing an agreement in line with the demands of the plantation companies and the government.
Oppose the Sri Lankan plantation unions’ sellout agreement!
Resolution of the Abbotsleigh Estate Workers Action Committee, 29 January 2019
French “yellow vests” applaud workers’ struggles against social inequality
By Anthony Torres, 29 January 2019
Some 69,000 people participated in the eleventh weekly protest of “yellow vests” in France, according to the Interior Ministry.
Oppose French unions’ attempts to strangle the “yellow vest” protests!
More on the “Yellow Vest” protests in France »
Barcelona taxi strike called off after six days, Madrid strike continues
By Carlos Hernández, 29 January 2019
Barcelona taxi drivers voted to end their strike and accept the regional Catalan government’s decree establishing stricter regulations for vehicle-for-hire licenses.
Indiana school superintendent arrested, charged with fraud for using insurance to help sick student
By Matthew Taylor, 29 January 2019
The arrest of Casey Smitherman has illuminated the wretched living conditions the working class confronts in Indiana and across the US.
"Dead last” in school funding
New punitive “accountability” measures being imposed on Michigan teachers
By Phyllis Steele, 29 January 2019
In Betsy DeVos’s home state, school privatization interests have carried out a record level of education de-funding, now accompanied by punitive “accountability” measures designed to destroy public education.
New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand: Another right-wing Democrat enters the 2020 race
By Leslie Murtagh and Philip Guelpa, 29 January 2019
With eight declared Democratic presidential candidates, and more expected to join, Gillibrand has distinguished herself by her opportunistic shifts in positions.
British Columbia’s opioid crisis hits construction workers hard
By Penny Smith, 29 January 2019
The disproportionately high death rate from opioids among construction workers underscores the precarious working conditions facing tens of thousands of workers in an industry that has produced multi-million dollar profits for real estate developers and property speculators.
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На Украине официально начинается президентская кампания
Джейсон Мелановски, 29 января 2019 г.
В избирательной кампании по выборам президента Украины доминируют проимпериалистические правые кандидаты, ненавидимые и презираемые Kassandraподавляющим большинством населения.
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La grève de Matamoros à la croisée des chemins alors que le gouvernement mexicain prend des prépare la répression
Andrea Lobo, 29 janvier 2019
L’Administration López Obrador a envoyé des ordres samedi par l’intermédiaire du sénateur Ricardo Monreal Àvila du parti au pouvoir, Morena, demandant à la police de l’État du Tamaulipas d’attaquer les travailleurs et de rouvrir les portes des usines.
Grèves des travailleurs hongrois d’Audi et des travailleurs mexicains des pièces d’automobile
La lutte mondiale des travailleurs de l’automobile
Jerry White, 29 janvier 2019
Les travailleurs de l’automobile s’efforcent d’unir leurs luttes contre l’attaque de GM, Ford, VW et d’autres entreprises mondiales contre les emplois et le niveau de vie.
Video: Message d'une travailleuse d'Amazon au Texas aux travailleurs de Matamoros
29 janvier 2019
« Attention les grévistes de Matamoros, je veux que vous sachiez que nous vous avons entendus ici aux États-Unis. Nous sommes avec vous et nous vous soutenons. » Aidez à briser le black-out médiatique de la grève de Matamoros en partageant cette vidéo.
Appel d’un cheminot britannique pour un combat commun des travailleurs des chemins de fer, des autobus et des tramways à travers l’Europe
notre correspondent, 29 janvier 2019
Le WSWS a reçu cet appel d’un cheminot britannique aux collègues employés par Nederlandse Spoorwegen (chemin de fer national hollandais). Il appelle à une lutte commune contre sa filiale privée Abellio, qui s’attaque à présent aux emplois et conditions de travail dans ses franchises ferroviaires privées à travers le Royaume-Uni
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Fransız sendikalarının “sarı yelek” protestolarını boğma girişimlerine karşı koyun!
Anthony Torres ve Alex Lantier, 29 Ocak 2019
İşçileri Fransa’da ve uluslararası ölçekte mücadele içinde harekete geçirmek elzemdir ama bunu yapmak için CGT ve NPA gibi küçük burjuva partiler ile bilinçli bir siyasi kopuş gerekmektedir.
Brexit krizi ve sosyalizm uğruna mücadele
Chris Marsden, 29 Ocak 2019
Avrupa Birliği’nden (AB) ayrılma konusunda 2016’da düzenlenen referandumdan iki buçuk yıl sonra, Britanya kapitalist sınıfı krize saplanmış durumda.
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La lucha global de los trabajadores automotores
Jerry White, 29 enero 2019
Los trabajadores automotores están buscando unir sus luchas contra los ataques de GM, Ford, VW y otras corporaciones globales a sus empleos y niveles de vida.
Huelga en Matamoros en una encrucijada según Gobierno mexicano ordena romperla
Andrea Lobo, 29 enero 2019
El Gobierno de López Obrador envió órdenes el sábado a través del senador Ricardo Monreal Ávila que la policía estatal de Tamaulipas ataque a los trabajadores y abra los portones de las fábricas.
Informe de AP expone el papel de Estados Unidos en el golpe de derechas en Venezuela
Eric London, 29 enero 2019
La escalada del conflicto plantea la posibilidad de una guerra civil instigada por Estados Unidos con consecuencias devastadoras para Venezuela y América Latina.
Huelga de trabajadores automotores en Hungría
Markus Salzmann, 29 enero 2019
Miles de trabajadores automotores empezaron una huelga de una semana el jueves en una planta de la Audi en Györ, en el oeste de Hungría.
Se desata ola de violencia xenófoba contra venezolanos residentes en el Ecuador
César Uco, 29 enero 2019
Los ataques rabiosos en la región norte de Ecuador, cerca de la frontera con Colombia, se produjeron cuando el gobierno del país se unió a Washington para apoyar el intento de golpe de Estado en Venezuela.
Cientos desaparecen, 58 muertos en desastre minero en Brasil
Gabriel Lemos, 29 enero 2019
La población de Brumadinho y todo Brasil reaccionó con enojo y revulsión ante esta tragedia.
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Trump gjør retrett på den føderale nedstengningen
Patrick Martin, 28. januar 2019
Den politiske konfrontasjonen Det hvite hus krever for en grensemur er bare blitt utsatt i tre uker, med Trump som gjentar sine trusler om å erklære en nasjonal nødssituasjon.
70.000 streiker ved USA-Mexico-grensa
28. januar 2019
Hjelp til å bryte mediesperren om Matamoros-streiken ved å dele denne videoen.
USAs forsøk på kupp skyver Venezuela nærmere invasjon eller borgerkrig
Bill Van Auken, 28. januar 2019
Washington opprettholder sin ambassade i Caracas i åpen trossing av den venezuelanske regjeringen, og bruker sitt diplomatiske personell som agn for en potensiell militærkonfrontasjon.
Mens streiken utvides i maquiladora-fabrikkene
Meksikanske bildel-arbeidere forklarer hvordan de dannet streikekomitéer
Andrea Lobo, 28. januar 2019
«Jeg mener at de selvstendige komitéene faktisk er mye mer nyttige enn fagforeningen, for vi stilte oss spørsmålet: ‘Dette er forslaget, hva gjør vi?’ – noe fagforeningen aldri gjorde.»
Fascist-parlamentarikere forstyrrer Holocaust-markering i Tyskland
Peter Schwarz og Andre Damon, 28. januar 2019
Forrige onsdag forlot parlamentarikerne fra det nyfascistiske partiet Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) en Holocaust-erindringsseremoni i statsparlamentet i Bayern.
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Streik bei Audi in Ungarn
Markus Salzmann, 28. Januar 2019
Im Werk des deutschen Autoherstellers Audi im westungarischen Györ sind am Donnerstag Tausende Mitarbeiter in einen einwöchigen Streik getreten.
Trumps Rückzieher im US-Shutdown
Patrick Martin, 28. Januar 2019
Der Streit um Trumps Forderung nach einer Grenzmauer wird um drei Wochen hinausgeschoben. Erneut droht US-Präsident Donald Trump damit, den nationalen Notstand auszurufen.
Krise und soziale Erschütterungen überschatten das Weltwirtschaftsforum in Davos
Nick Beams, 28. Januar 2019
Durch die Entscheidung, den frisch ernannten faschistischen Präsidenten Brasiliens, Jair Bolsonaro, die Grundsatzrede halten zu lassen, haben die globalen Eliten in Davos ihre politische Gesinnung demonstriert.
US-Putschversuch: Venezuela droht Invasion oder Bürgerkrieg
Bill Van Auken, 28. Januar 2019
Die US-Regierung hält ihre Botschaft in Caracas gegen den Willen der venezolanischen Regierung offen und benutzt diplomatisches Personal als Faustpfand für eine mögliche militärische Konfrontation.
Ausstellung erinnert an „Polenaktion“ der Nazis 1938
Verena Nees, 28. Januar 2019
Die Ausstellung „Ausgewiesen! Berlin, 28.10.1938“ im Centrum Judaicum Berlin dokumentiert die Massenausweisung von 17.000 polnisch-jüdischen Bürgern aus dem Deutschen Reich. Sie ist noch bis zum 28. Februar zu sehen.
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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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Perspective
Afghanistan peace talks and the debacle of the war on terror
29 January 2019
Whether Washington withdraws US troops remains to be seen; what is certain is that Afghanistan is viewed through the prism of preparations for far wider wars.
February 9 demonstration against GM plant closings
Defend the Matamoros workers! For a united fight by US, Canadian and Mexican workers to defend jobs and decent living standards!
March on February 9 to oppose GM job cuts!
The following statement was issued by the Steering Committee of the Coalition of Rank-and-File Committees, 29 January 2019
The following is a statement by the Steering Committee of the Coalition of Rank-and-File Committees
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
NBC’s Tom Brokaw provokes backlash over “assimilation” comment
By Patrick Martin, 29 January 2019
During Sunday’s broadcast of “Meet the Press,” former NBC News anchorman Tom Brokaw gave vent to the racism, anti-immigrant bigotry and sheer ignorance that media pundits usually keep under wraps.
The International Socialist Organization, Jacobin hail betrayal of Los Angeles teachers’ strike
By Adam Mclean, 28 January 2019
Fascist deputies disrupt Holocaust memorial in Germany
By Peter Schwarz and Andre Damon, 26 January 2019
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 global class struggle in 2019
One hundred years since the murder of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht
By Peter Schwarz, 15 January 2019
Matamoros Auto Strike
70,000 strike at US-Mexico border
Help break the media blackout of the Matamoros strike by sharing this video.
Watch: A Texas Amazon worker's message to Matamoros workers
"Attention striking workers in Matamoros: I want you to know we have heard your here in the United states. We are with you and we support you." Help break the media blackout of the Matamoros strike by sharing this video.
Workers Struggles
Brazil service workers on strike, Ford workers end job action
Workers Struggles: the Americas
29 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
India: Striking Tamil Nadu teachers and government employees defy state repression
By Arun Kumar, 28 January 2019
An appeal from a UK rail worker for a joint fight of rail, bus and tram workers across Europe
By our correspondent, 28 January 2019
New Zealand doctors to hold second nationwide strike
By Tom Peters, 28 January 2019
Some 3,300 doctors will strike in public hospitals for the second time this year in opposition to major attacks on working conditions overseen by the Labour Party-led government.
The political questions facing US oil workers in the 2019 contract negotiations
By Jessica Goldstein, 26 January 2019
Arts Review
Critic-at-large Wesley Morris on the Academy Awards
Why does the New York Times keep pushing pernicious racialism?
By David Walsh, 28 January 2019
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
IYSSE
Successful election result for IYSSE at Humboldt University in Berlin
By the IYSSE chapter at Humboldt University, 26 January 2019
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
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!
Sydney Martin Place Amphitheatre, March 3! Melbourne State Library, March 10!
Rally to demand the Australian government acts to free Julian Assange!
By the Socialist Equality Party (Australia), 25 January 2019
Julian Assange issues “urgent” legal challenge against US extradition plans
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.
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
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.
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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