5 February 2019
Jobs bloodbath at Ford and GM
Ford announces 1,000 job cuts as GM begins mass layoffs
By our reporters, 5 February 2019
As General Motors started firing 4,250 engineers, technicians, managers and other white-collar workers, it was reported that Ford will eliminate the second shift at its Flat Rock, Michigan assembly plant by April 1, wiping out more than 1,000 hourly jobs.
GM to lay off 4,250 salaried workers in North America starting Monday
US “border security”: Troops, torture, barbaric prisons
By Patrick Martin, 5 February 2019
While the Democrats claim to oppose Trump’s wall, they support all the other repressive actions carried out against defenseless immigrants and refugees.
As Trump threatens national emergency
Democrats offer increased spending for border policing
Australian workers and youth support March rallies in defence of Julian Assange
By our reporters, 5 February 2019
“I support the rally to free Assange. It is important for us to hold this protest to show that we will not tolerate any further attack on our democratic rights.”
West Virginia teachers battle legislative “education reform”
By Naomi Spencer, 5 February 2019
Teachers in West Virginia are set to vote on possible “statewide work action” against a raft of right-wing education policies being fast-tracked through the state legislature.
FBI conducted surveillance of BAMN in the name of combating “domestic terrorism”
By Tom Carter, 5 February 2019
Newly released documents establish that the FBI launched a “full investigation” of By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) based on allegations that the group had conspired to violate the rights of neo-Nazis and the KKK.
Boston jury hears testimony of how Insys Therapeutics pushed opioid painkiller and killed hundreds
By Kate Randall, 5 February 2019
Prosecutors told jurors that Insys executives were guilty of running a kickback and conspiracy scheme that bribed doctors to routinely subscribe Subsys, a highly addictive fentanyl nasal spray.
Newport, Rhode Island: Enbridge natural gas pipeline failure put thousands at risk
By John Marion, 5 February 2019
In late January, Newport joined the list of cities in New England that have been put at risk or damaged because of dilapidated natural gas infrastructure.
Integrity Initiative: UK interference in Norway
By Bjørn Halvorsen, 5 February 2019
The Anonymous leaks expose an anti-democratic conspiracy against the anti-war views of the Norwegian public.
Britain’s secret propaganda “Integrity Initiative” targets Russia
UK’s largest supermarket Tesco to shed 9,000 jobs
By Margot Miller, 5 February 2019
The response of the trade unions to the job losses was predictably muted. No fight will be waged by them to save a single job.
Lack of teachers, work overload undermine Dutch education system
By Harm Zonderland, 5 February 2019
A survey held amongst teachers exposes the disastrous working conditions in the primary schools, high schools and universities of the Netherlands.
India and the Maldives strengthen military ties
By Rohantha De Silva, 5 February 2019
In a clear jab against China, the two countries agreed not to allow their territories to “be used for any activity that is hostile to each other’s interest.”
Australia: 2,000 homes submerged in Townsville as floodgates open
By Martin Scott, 5 February 2019
Thousands forced to seek emergency accommodation in overcrowded evacuation centres.
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Estados Unidos desecha el tratado INF: otro paso hacia una guerra nuclear
Andre Damon, 4 febrero 2019
El retiro estadounidense del tratado de Fuerzas Nucleares de Rango Intermedio marca una escalada en los esfuerzos de Washington de afianzar su hegemonía a través de medios militares.
La huelga de Matamoros se expande mientras la clase gobernante mexicana advierte sobre una ola huelguística nacional
Eric London and Andrea Lobo, 4 febrero 2019
El principal diario financiero del país escribió: “En un dos por tres se rompió la estabilidad laboral que habíamos mantenido por décadas, con cientos de miles de renegociaciones salariales exitosas. Nova a parar ahí”.
Cómo el WRP traicionó al trotskismo:1973-1985
23. Libia: Cómo funcionaba el bloque
Declaración del Comité Internacional de la Cuarta Internacional, 4 febrero
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.
GM despedirá a 4.250 trabajadores asalariados en América del Norte a partir del lunes
Shannon Jones, 4 febrero 2019
A medida que aumenta la ira sobre los planes de GM de recortar 15.000 empleos en los EE. UU. y Canadá, los sindicatos United Auto Workers y Unifor están incrementando su campaña antimexicana para dividir a los trabajadores del automóvil por su nacionalidad y bloquear la acción unida internacionalmente para combatir los despidos.
EUA intensifica amenazas contra Venezuela
Bill Van Auken, 4 febrero
Funcionarios estadounidenses no han ocultado que el control del petróleo venezolano y su rechazo de éste a Rusia y China son la fuerza motriz del golpe.
El Parlamento Europeo apoya el golpe de Estado en Venezuela dirigido por los EUA
Alex Lantier y Alejandro Lopez, 4 febrero 2019
El apoyo de las potencias europeas a un golpe descarado por parte de los EUA en América Latina pone en evidencia que ellos no son menos despiadados en su afirmación de sus intereses imperialistas depredadores.
La ola de huelgas en Portugal se intensifica
Paul Mitchell, 4 febrero 2019
A medida que se desarrolla el movimiento de huelga, los sindicatos han tratado de disipar una oposición unida u mantenerlas como huelgas regionales y sectoriales dirigidas a suplicar a varios ministros, al parlamento y al presidente que cambien de rumbo.
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Acte XII: les «gilets jaunes» rendent hommage aux victimes de la répression
Anthony Torres, 4 février 2019
Malgré la mobilisation demain de la CGT, la masse des «gilets jaunes» reste hostile envers les tentatives des appareils syndicaux de récupérer leur lutte.
GM va licencier 4250 salariés en Amérique du Nord à partir de lundi
Shannon Jones, 4 février 2019
Alors que la colère monte contre le plan de GM de supprimer 15.000 emplois aux États-Unis et au Canada, les syndicats UAW et Unifor accentuent leur campagne nationaliste contre les Mexicains pour diviser les travailleurs et bloquer toute action unie visant à combattre les licenciements.
La grève de Matamoros s'intensifie alors que la classe dirigeante mexicaine craint une vague de grève nationale
Eric London et Andrea Lobo, 4 février 2019
Le principal journal financier a écrit: «Tout à coup, la stabilité du travail que nous avons maintenue pendant des décennies, avec des centaines de milliers de négociations contractuelles réussies, est brisée. Et ça ne s'arrêtera pas là.»
Le Parlement européen soutient le coup d’État monté par les Etats-Unis au Venezuela
Alex Lantier et Alejandro Lopez, 4 février 2019
Le soutien des puissances européennes au coup d’état éhonté américain en amérique latine souligne qu’elles n’en sont pas moins impitoyables dans la poursuite de leurs intérêts prédateurs impérialistes.
Point de presse à la veille de la rentrée parlementaire:
Québec Solidaire tend la main au gouvernement caquiste
Richard Dufour, 4 février 2019
Malgré ses prétentions à être «la véritable opposition» à la CAQ, le rôle de QS est d’étouffer le sentiment anti-capitaliste qui se développe parmi les jeunes et les travailleurs.
La chronologie d’une capitulation
Comment l’UTLA a orchestré la trahison des enseignants de Los Angeles
Alan Gilman, 4 février 2019
Bien conscient que l’entente de concession provoquerait une large opposition, le syndicat a pressé le passage de l’accord sans laisser le temps aux enseignants de l’étudier et d’en discuter.
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Demonstrasjonen den 9. februar i Detroit mot nedleggelser av fabrikkanlegg
Programmet og strategien for å forsvare arbeidsplasser
Joseph Kishore, 2. februar 2019
Demonstrasjonen, kalt av WSWS og Styringskomitéen for Koalisjonen av grunnplankomitéer, er det første organiserte uttrykket for grunnplanopposisjon mot GMs arbeidsplassmassakre.
India: Fagforbundene forråder streiken til Tamil-Nadu-lærerne og offentlig ansatte
Arun Kumar, 2. februar 2019
Fagforeningene hevdet kynisk at opphevingen av alle streikehandlinger bare er «midlertidig».
Klasse, ikke Brexit, er Storbritannias store skille
Chris Marsden, 2. februar 2019
En ny rapport viser at tiår med nedskjæringer av sosialprogrammer har rammet alle arbeidere, uavhengig av om de stemte for å forlate eller forbli i EU.
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9. Februar: Demonstration gegen die Schließung von Autowerken in Detroit
Das Programm und die Strategie zur Verteidigung von Arbeitsplätzen
Joseph Kishore, 2. Februar 2019
Die Demonstration, zu der die WSWS und die Leitung des Bündnisses für Aktionskomitees aufrufen, ist der erste organisierte Widerstand gegen das Arbeitsmassaker von GM.
Audi-Ungarn: Gewerkschaft beendet Streik, um weiteren Produktionsstopp in anderen Werken zu verhindern
Markus Salzmann, 2. Februar 2019
Der einwöchige Streik im ungarischen Audi-Werk in Györ hatte massive Auswirkungen auf andere Werke. Auf dem Höhepunkt seines Einflusses wurde er abgebrochen.
Halil Celik, ein Kämpfer für den Sozialismus (1961–2018)
Peter Schwarz, 2. Februar 2019
Am 31. Dezember 2018 starb Halil Celik, der Gründer und Leiter der Gruppe Sosyalist Eşitlik, die in der Türkei das Internationale Komitee der Vierten Internationale unterstützt, im Alter von 57 Jahren an einem Krebsleiden. Dieser Nachruf gibt einen Überblick über sein Leben.
„Globale Bedrohungsanalyse“ der USA richtet sich gegen China
Andre Damon, 2. Februar 2019
Die Bedrohungsanalyse ist Ausdruck der parteiübergreifenden Bestrebungen der USA, Chinas wirtschaftliche, militärische und technologische Entwicklung zu blockieren.
Amazon sucht ehemalige Bundeswehrangehörige als Führungspersonal
Dietmar Gaisenkersting, 2. Februar 2019
Die brutalen Arbeitsbedingungen und niedrigen Löhne in den Amazon-Lagerzentren sind nur durch ein ebenso brutales Regime durchzusetzen. Der Konzern sucht „Teamleiter mit militärischem Hintergrund“.
USA: Immigranten in Haftzentrum zwangsernährt
Patrick Martin, 2. Februar 2019
Die Trump-Regierung foltert Immigranten und Geflüchtete mit denselben brutalen Methoden, die in Guantanamo Bay und anderen CIA- Gefängnissen praktiziert werden.
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Госдума ужесточает цензуру в Интернете на фоне забастовки 12 тысяч дальнобойщиков
Клара Вайс, 1 февраля 2019 г.
Законодательство является частью глобальных нападок на свободу слова в Интернете и кампании по ужесточению цензуры в отношении независимых новостных агентств.
Эта неделя в истории
100 лет назад: На Украине создан Совет Народных Комиссаров
1 февраля 2019 г.
28 января 1919 года в Харькове большевиками был учрежден Совет Народных Комиссаров в качестве правительства Советской Украины.
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جرمنی میں انقلابِ نومبر کے سوسال
اولرچ ریپرٹ اور پیٹر سکورز
جرمنی کے مزدور طبقے کی جنگ اور بادشاہت کے خلاف بغاوت اپنے عروج کو پہنچی اور اُس نے سرمایہ دارانہ نظام کو جنجھوڑ کررکھ دیاتھا۔
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Brezilya’daki maden faciasında 58 ölü ve yüzlerce kayıp
Gabriel Lemos, 30 Ocak 2019
13 milyon metreküp demir cevheri atığının çiftliklere, köylere ve çevreye yayılmasının ardından, 300'den fazla insan kayboldu; doğrulanan rakamlara göre 58 kişi öldü.
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Perspective
Hands off Venezuela!
5 February 2019
With the aid of European and Canadian imperialism and the right-wing governments of Latin America, Washington is preparing to either invade Venezuela or plunge it into civil war.
February 9 demonstration against GM plant closings
Reject the anti-Mexican campaign of the UAW and Unifor
Unite US, Canadian and Mexican workers against GM plant closings!
By Jerry White, 5 February 2019
In opposition to the nationalism of the UAW and Unifor, the February 9 demonstration in Detroit against GM plant closures will call for the unity of US, Canadian and Mexican workers to fight for their common interests against their common enemies—the transnational auto companies.
“We need to understand we all face the same struggle”
Broad support for February 9 demonstration against GM plant closings
By our reporters, 4 February 2019
In recent days many workers have contacted the World Socialist Web Site to express support for the fight against plant shutdown and layoffs.
“We are being called to action by our brothers and sisters around the world to join this fight”
Autoworkers call for support for February 9 march against GM plant closings
February 9 demonstration against auto plant closures in Detroit
The program and strategy to defend jobs
By Joseph Kishore, 1 February 2019
The demonstration, called by the WSWS and the Steering Committee of the Coalition of Rank-and-File Committees, is the first organized expression of rank-and-file opposition to GM’s jobs massacre.
Students and youth must join the fight to oppose GM job cuts!
By International Youth and Students for Social Equality US, 31 January 2019
No layoffs! No concessions!
Autoworkers call for demonstration February 9 to fight GM plant closings
By Jerry White, 12 January 2019
Detroit autoworkers support striking Mexican workers
"The best thing to do would be to unify with the American workers." Share this video to promote the March to Fight GM Plant Closures on February 9.
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 Steering Committee of the Coalition of Rank-and-File Committees, 29 January 2019
Fight the Ford layoffs! Build rank-and-file committees to unite autoworkers across Europe!
Arts Review
The Land of Steady Habits: Postcrash American disillusionment
By David Walsh, 5 February 2019
The film follows Anders Hill, who has recently quit his job on Wall Street and divorced his wife of several decades, Helene. The events unfold in southwest Connecticut, in New York City’s affluent suburbs.
Leyla McCalla’s Capitalist Blues: Keeping one’s eyes open
Vanity Fair: A new television adaptation of the great 19th century novel
Commentary
“Yellow vest” assemblies meet in Commercy
The pseudo-left parties seek to intervene in France’s “yellow vest” movement
By V. Gnana and Alex Lantier, 5 February 2019
On January 26, the Assembly of “yellow vest” assemblies was held, after two previous meetings of the Popular Assembly at Commercy since the “yellow vest” movement began.
Twelfth “yellow vest” protest marches against police repression in France
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The Governor Ralph Northam affair
By Patrick Martin, 4 February 2019
The US scraps the INF treaty: Another step toward nuclear war
By Andre Damon, 2 February 2019
No deal reached at US-China trade meeting
By Nick Beams, 2 February 2019
The Fed’s interest rate U-turn: Some economic and political conclusions
By Nick Beams, 2 February 2019
Fascists march in Auschwitz
By Clara Weiss, 31 January 2019
The political role of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
By Genevieve Leigh, 31 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
One hundred years since the murder of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht
By Peter Schwarz, 15 January 2019
“We are just another package that can be replaced”
FedEx, UPS workers outraged after Illinois truck driver dies on the job in extreme cold weather
Obituary
Halil Celik, a fighter for socialism (1961-2018)
By Peter Schwarz, 1 February 2019
On December 31, 2018, Halil Celik, founder and leader of the group Sosyalist Eşitlik, which supports the International Committee of the Fourth International in Turkey, died of cancer at the age of 57. This obituary presents an overview of his life.
In memory of Halil Celik (1961–2018)
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
John Pilger to speak at March 3 Sydney rally to defend Julian Assange
Julian Assange issues “urgent” legal challenge against US extradition plans
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Matamoros Auto Strike
The US pseudo-left’s conspiracy of silence on the Matamoros workers’ rebellion
By Alex González, 4 February 2019
Matamoros strike grows as Mexican ruling class warns of national strike wave
By Eric London and Andrea Lobo, 2 February 2019
The economics of the North American auto industry
How global auto parts corporations profit by exploiting Mexican workers
Worker in Mexico fired, beaten, censored, and falsely charged for protesting corporate abuses
Matamoros, Mexico maquiladora workers threatened with mass plant closures
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.
Mexican government prepares “legal” pretext for end of Matamoros strike
By Alex González, 29 January 2019
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
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Workers Struggles
Workers Struggles: the Americas
5 February 2019
Auto production in the US and Canada has been impacted by the ongoing strikes by maquiladora workers in Matamoros, Mexico which have disrupted shipments of critical parts.
Lawsuit alleges Amazon caused worker’s death
By Jeff Lusanne, 2 February 2019
Portugal’s strike wave intensifies
By Paul Mitchell, 2 February 2019
United Steelworkers announces concessions contract agreement with Shell Oil
By Jessica Goldstein, 2 February 2019
Florida education commissioner advocates widespread privatization
By Jean Bellevie and Matthew MacEgan, 2 February 2019
The political questions facing US oil workers in the 2019 contract negotiations
West Virginia teachers angered over renewed attack on public education
By Phyllis Steele and Nancy Hanover, 1 February 2019
Sacramento school district threatens bankruptcy to extort concessions from teachers
The timeline of a sellout
How the UTLA orchestrated the betrayal of Los Angeles teachers
After sellout of Los Angeles teachers strike, new attacks on public schools coming
India: Unions betray Tamil Nadu teachers’ and government workers’ strike
By Arun Kumar, 1 February 2019
The political significance of India’s two-day general strike
Berlin teachers and social workers strike for better working conditions
By our reporters, 31 January 2019
Sri Lankan plantation workers protest unions’ sellout wage deal
By M. Thevarajah and W.A. Sunil, 29 January 2019
Oppose the Sri Lankan plantation unions’ sellout agreement!
An appeal from a UK rail worker for a joint fight of rail, bus and tram workers across Europe
Second nationwide strike by New Zealand doctors
This week in history: February 4-10
25 years ago: Byron De La Beckwith convicted for 1963 assassination of civil rights leader Medgar Evers
Byron De La Beckwith, member of a white supremacist group, was convicted on February 5, 1994 for the 1963 assassination of Medgar Evers, a civil rights activist and head of the Mississippi state branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
50 years ago: Millions strike in Italy
On February 5, 1969, millions of Italian workers participated in a one-day general strike called by the major labor federations to demand higher pensions.
75 years ago: Roosevelt moves to control Arabian oil
On February 6, 1944, the US government’s Petroleum Reserve Corporation, set up by President Franklin Roosevelt, unveiled its plans to construct a vast pipeline across Saudi Arabia to transport crude oil from the Arabian wells.
100 years ago: Seattle general strike begins
On February 6, 1919, 25,000 workers in Seattle, Washington walked out to join 35,000 shipyard workers already off the job, as a general strike virtually shut down the city.
IYSSE
Oppose political censorship and fascist threats against the ISO and DSA in Portland!
By the International Youth and Students for Social Equality at PSU, 31 January 2019
Two political meetings on college campuses in Portland were shut down by campus police after provocations from the far-right group Patriot Prayer.
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
Mehring Books
The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century published in Tamil
1 February 2019
The translation of David North’s book is vital for Tamil-speaking workers, youth and intellectuals on the Indian sub-continent, in Sri Lanka, and exile communities around the world.
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
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.
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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