22 February 2019
Another devastating fire kills at least 80 in Bangladesh capital
By Sujeewa Amaranath, 22 February 2019
The inferno was fuelled by chemicals stored in the area, despite repeated government promises of crackdowns on building code violations.
Powerful support for Oakland teachers’ strike
By Jonathan Burleigh, 22 February 2019
Like teachers across the US and internationally, striking teachers in Oakland, California are fighting against the corporate war on public education and the complicity of the trade unions.
Support Oakland teachers! For a general strike to defend education!
By WSWS Teacher Newsletter, 22 February 2019
The call must go out in every workplace in the Bay Area, across California, the US and internationally: “The Oakland teachers must not fight this decisive battle alone!”
Oakland, California teachers walk out as unions sabotage West Virginia strike
Build rank-and-file strike committees! Prepare to expand the strike!
A fighting program for Oakland teachers
West Virginia educators remain defiant in second day of statewide strike
Thousands of teachers attacked by riot police in Morocco
House Education and Labor Committee: US schools are in shambles
By J. Cooper, 22 February 2019
A recent Congressional hearing exposed the disastrous state of public schools but offers no solutions.
Authorities confirm Assange’s Australian passport was renewed last October
By James Cogan, 22 February 2019
News that the WikiLeaks publisher’s passport was renewed last October does not reduce by one iota the danger that he confronts.
State and corporate attacks escalate against workers in Matamoros, Mexico
By Andrea Lobo, 22 February 2019
The World Socialist Web Site has received new reports of assaults against workers in Mexico who are voicing opposition to the right-wing offensive of the government and companies against social and democratic rights.
“My story belongs to every single human being who has sacrificed and risked their life in search of a better life”
Mexican migrant details harrowing journey across the Sonoran desert following deportation
Forty-five-year-old migrant dies in US Border Patrol custody
Macron threatens to criminalize opposition to Zionism in France
By Will Morrow, 22 February 2019
The French president is stepping up police-state policies, highlighted by the violent crackdown on “yellow vest” protesters.
French ruling elite attacks “yellow vests” while claiming to fight anti-Semitism
New revelations of right-wing terrorist network in German army
By Gregor Link, 22 February 2019
A former member of the German army’s elite Commando Special Forces confirmed that a terrorist network within the German state apparatus is planning the murder of political opponents and a fascist revolt for “Day X.”
Anti-Semitic and far-right violence on the rise in Germany
UK parliament committee demands sweeping social media censorship
By Robert Stevens, 22 February 2019
Social media companies would be required by law to remove what is deemed as “disinformation,” as well as “harmful content,” or face potential fines.
Marathon workers in Galveston Bay, Texas reject USW-company sellout contract
By Jessica Goldstein, 22 February 2019
The overwhelming “no” vote by oil workers at Marathon Petroleum in Galveston Bay, Texas reflects growing worker militancy in the face of the continuing attacks on living standards.
Mercenaries flown back to US after their arrest in Haitian capital
By John Marion, 22 February 2019
Eight men, five of them former US Special Forces or Marines, were arrested on the roof of the building housing Haiti’s national bank.
China retaliates over New Zealand government’s Huawei ban
By John Braddock, 22 February 2019
The retaliation by Beijing has revealed divisions over how to maintain business ties with China while strengthening NZ’s alliance with US imperialism.
Australia: Royal commission finds that Murray-Darling Basin Authority acted unlawfully
By Martin Scott, 22 February 2019
The investigation found that a triumph of political considerations over “best available science” led to environmental catastrophe.
New in Turkish
Fransız egemenler Musevi karşıtlığıyla mücadele iddiasıyla “sarı yelekliler”e saldırıyor
Alex Lantier, 22 Şubat 2019
Musevi karşıtlığını pekiştiren bütün bu politikaların hedefi, işçi sınıfı içinde büyüyen muhalefettir.
New in Russian
Здание университета обрушилось в Санкт-Петербурге
Клара Вайс, 22 февраля 2019 г.
Обрушение здания в Санкт-Петербурге является симптоматическим проявлением эпидемии обрушения домов и пожаров, что является прямым следствием упразднения Советского Союза в 1991 году и реставрации капитализма.
Эта неделя в истории
25 лет назад: Общемировая безработица бьет рекорд времен Великой депрессии
22 февраля 2019 г.
Международная организация труда (МОТ), структура Организации объединенных наций, опубликовала 19 февраля 1994 года доклад, в котором подробно описывался беспрецедентно высокий уровень безработицы во всем мире.
New in Norwegian
USAs tilbaketrekning fra missilavtale utløser globalt atomvåpenkappløp
Andre Damon, 22. februar 2019
Et halvt århundre etter at den kubanske missilkrisen brakte menneskeheten til en hårsbredd fra utslettelse, bygger Washington opp under en enda farligere global kjernefysisk duell.
Den franske styringseliten angriper «de gule vestene», mens de hevder å slåss mot antisemittisme
Alex Lantier, 22. februar 2019
Historikken til Sosialistpartiet PS og president Emmanuel Macrons parti LRM, La République en marche, avslører at deres påstander om å opponere mot antisemittisme er et politisk bedrageri.
Trump mottar «nasjonal sikkerthets»-rapport om bilimport
Nick Beams, 22. februar 2019
En granskningsrapport fra det amerikanske handelsdepartementet antas å hevde at bilimport utgjør en «trussel».
New in French
La violence antisémite et d'extrême droite en hausse en Allemagne
Johannes Stern, 22 février 2019
Les statistiques publiées cette semaine mettent en lumière les dangereux développements qui prennent place en Allemagne.
Le retrait des États-Unis du traité sur les missiles déclenche une course mondiale aux armements nucléaires
Andre Damon, 22 février 2019
Un demi-siècle après que la crise des missiles de Cuba ait amené l’humanité à un cheveu de la destruction, Washington alimente une confrontation nucléaire mondiale encore plus dangereuse.
Le Parti de gauche allemand soutient l’Union européenne
Peter Schwarz, 22 février 2019
En prévision de son congrès de ce week-end, le Parti de gauche (Die Linke) a retiré toute critique de l’Union européenne de son programme électoral.
13 mois de lock-out pour les travailleurs de l’ABI au Québec
Le Syndicat des Métallos prépare les dernières étapes de la trahison
Laurent Lafrance, 22 février 2019
Derrière son apparente «neutralité», le gouvernement de la CAQ soutient entièrement la compagnie dans sa tentative de changer les règles du jeu dans ses usines pour accroître sa productivité et sa compétitivité aux dépens des travailleurs.
New in Spanish
El retiro estadounidense del tratado de misiles desata una carrera armamentística nuclear y global
Andre Damon, 22 febrero 2019
Medio siglo después de que la crisis de misiles en Cuba colocara a la humanidad a un pelo de su destrucción, Washington está avivando un enfrentamiento global y nuclear incluso más peligroso.
Del arsenal del trotskismo
El Informe Político de David North al Comité Internacional de la Cuarta Internacional —11 de febrero de 1984
22 febrero
Esta semana se cumplen treinta y cinco años de cuando David North, por entonces secretario nacional de la Workers League de los Estados Unidos (predecesora del Partido Socialista por la Igualdad), presentara en una reunión del Comité Internacional de la Cuarta Internacional una crítica al abandono por parte del Workers Revolutionary Party británico de concepciones teóricas y principios programáticos clave del trotskismo.
Cómo el WRP traicionó al trotskismo:1973-1985
37. El comienzo del fin: el WRP y la disputa de la NGA
Declaración del Comité Internacional de la Cuarta Internacional, 22 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.
El partido alemán La Izquierda respalda a la Unión Europea
Peter Schwarz, 22 febrero 2019
Antes de su congreso de este fin de semana, el partido La Izquierda (Die Linke) ha eliminado toda crítica a la Unión Europea de su programa electoral para las elecciones europeas.
Miles de maestros atacados por la policía antidisturbios en Marruecos
un reportero, 22 febrero
La policía abrió fuego con cañones de agua y atacó a los manifestantes cuando se acercaron al Palacio Real del Rey Mohammed VI. Docenas de maestros fueron llevados en ambulancias a hospitales locales después de haber sido tirados al suelo por los ataques de la policía.
La élite gobernante francesa ataca a los "chalecos amarillos" mientras reclama combatir el antisemitismo
Alex Lantier, 22 febrero 2019
El registro del Partido Socialista (PS) y del partido La República en Marcha (LRM) del presidente Emmanuel Macron revela sus pretensiones de oponerse al antisemitismo como un fraude político.
New in Arabic
هليل شيليش مناضل في سبيل الاشتراكية (1961-2018)
بقلم بيتر شفارتز, ٣١ كانون الثاني يناير ٢٠١٩
في الحادي والثلاثين من ديسمبر 2018 ، توفي في اسطمبول هليل شيليش ، مؤسس مجموعة المساواة الاشتراكية وقائدها ، بعد معاناة من السرطان وهو في السابعة والخمسين من العمر. وهو قضى أكثر من 40 سنة من حياته في النضال في سبيل الاشتراكية ، وسخر الربع الأخير منها ليناء فرع اللجنة الدولية للأممية الرابعة في تركيا.
New in German
Bernie Sanders kündigt Präsidentschaftskampagne 2020 an
Niles Niemuth, 21. Februar 2019
Der Senator aus Vermont spielt erneut die Rolle des Blitzableiters, um inmitten eines Aufschwungs des internationalen Klassenkampfes und des wachsenden Interesses am Sozialismus die soziale Opposition einzudämmen und zu entschärfen.
Neue Enthüllungen über Terrornetzwerk in der Bundeswehr
Gregor Link, 21. Februar 2019
Ein ehemaliger Elitesoldat hat gegenüber dem SWR- Politikmagazin „Zur Sache Baden-Württemberg“ bestätigt, dass es im deutschen Staatsapparat ein Terrornetzwerk gibt, das die Ermordung politischer Gegner und einen faschistischen Umsturz plant.
Flugsicherheitskräfte lehnen Verdi-Tarifvertrag ab
Dietmar Gaisenkersting, 21. Februar 2019
Verdi will nachverhandeln, schloss aber erneute Streiks der 23.000 Beschäftigten der Luftsicherheit aus.
US-Medien übergehen Trumps faschistische Hetzrede in Miami mit Schweigen
Bill Van Auken, 21. Februar 2019
Sofern die Mainstream-Medien überhaupt über Trumps Rede berichteten, beschränkten sie sich auf außenpolitische und wahltaktische Erwägungen. Dass die Rede an den Faschismus der 1930er Jahre erinnerte, ignorierten sie jedoch.
100 Jahre Bauhaus: Von Dessau nach Moskau
Teil 1: Hannes Meyer im Bauhaus
Sybille Fuchs, 21. Februar 2019
Wie zahlreiche andere Spezialisten ging am Ende der Weimarer Republik auch Hannes Meyer, der Nachfolger von Walter Gropius als Bauhausdirektor, mit etlichen Bauhausabsolventen in die Sowjetunion, wo sie in die Zwänge der stalinistischen Bürokratie gerieten.
New in Urdu
وینز ویلا کا تیل اور امریکہ کی پشت پناہی میں کودیتا کی جیو پو لیٹکس
گیبریل بلیک
وینزویلا کے بڑے پیمانے کے ذخائر پر امریکہ اور اس کے اتحادی کڑی نظر رکھے ہوئے ہیں اور اسے اہم شطرنج کے مہروں کے طور پر چین کیخلاف جنگ کیلئے استعمال کررہے ہیں۔
New in Dutch
Lerarentekort en hoge werkdruk ondermijnen het Nederlandse onderwijs
Door Harm Zonderland, 15 februari 2019
Een enquête gehouden onder onderwijspersoneel legt de desastreuze arbeidsomstandigheden bloot op de Nederlandse basisscholen, voortgezet onderwijs, HBO en MBO en universiteiten.
New in Bengali
চতুর্থ ইন্টারন্যাশনাল-এর ৮০তম প্রতিষ্ঠাবার্ষিকী পালন উপলক্ষ্যে আয়োজিত কলকাতার সভার প্রচার করছেন ভারতীয় ট্রটস্কিপন্থীরা
অরুণ কুমার এবং ঋত্বিক মিত্র, ২৬ জানুয়ারী ২০১৯
চতুর্থ ইন্টারন্যাশনালের ৮০তম প্রতিষ্ঠাবার্ষিকী উপলক্ষ্যে আয়োজিত আগামী ১০ই মার্চের জনসভাকে সফল করার জন্য চতুর্থ ইন্টারন্যাশনালের আন্তর্জাতিক কমিটি (আই-সি-এফ-আই)-এর ভারতীয় সমর্থকরা পশ্চিমবঙ্গের রাজধানী কলকাতায় বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের ছাত্রছাত্রীদের মধ্যে প্রচার চালাচ্ছেন।
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- Die Arbeiterklasse und der Sozialismus (11.02.2019)
- USA: Anzahl der Streikenden auf höchstem Stand seit 32 Jahren (11.02.2019)
- Lehrermangel und Überlastung untergraben das niederländische Bildungssystem (11.02.2019)
- Frankreich ruft Botschafter aus Italien zurück (09.02.2019)
- Wachsender Widerstand gegen Werksschließungen bei GM (09.02.2019)
- Deutsche Arbeiter solidarisieren sich mit Kundgebung gegen Massenentlassungen in Detroit (09.02.2019)
- Daimler: Betriebsratschef Brecht fordert höhere „Effizienz“ (09.02.2019)
- Ein Versuch in Schadensbegrenzung
Hessischer Landtag debattiert über Rechtsextremismus in der Polizei (09.02.2019) - Die Realität des Kapitalismus
Trotz Milliardengewinn vernichtet GM 14.000 Arbeitsplätze (08.02.2019) - Sri Lanka: Komitee der Teeplantagenarbeiter unterstützt Demonstration am 9. Februar in Detroit (08.02.2019)
- Français
- La classe ouvrière et le socialisme (11.02.2019)
- La direction de Corbyn s'incline devant la chasse aux sorcières blairiste de l'antisémitisme (11.02.2019)
- L'aveu d’un fiasco en Afghanistan par le New York Times provoque une vive réaction de l’«impérialisme des droits de l'homme» (11.02.2019)
- Le Parti des travailleurs brésilien fait l'éloge des responsables impérialistes et des militaires brésiliens impliqués dans la tentative de coup d’État au Venezuela (11.02.2019)
- Après le retrait des Etats-Unis du traité nucléaire de l'INF avec la Russie
La France effectue une simulation d'une frappe à l'arme nucléaire (09.02.2019) - Le Canada mobilise des appuis pour le coup d'État américain au Venezuela (09.02.2019)
- L'opposition monte à la fermeture d'usines GM (09.02.2019)
- Un député de l'AfD dénonce une commémoration de l'Holocauste au parlement allemand (09.02.2019)
- La France rappelle son ambassadeur d’Italie (08.02.2019)
- Washington lance un ultimatum au Venezuela sous couvert du stratagème de «l’aide humanitaire» (08.02.2019)
- Español
- La clase obrera y el socialismo (11.02.2019)
- PT de Brasil elogia a funcionarios imperialistas y militares brasileños involucrados en operación de cambio de régimen en Venezuela (11.02.2019)
- El hecho de que el New York Times admitiera el fracaso de Afganistán provoca una reacción del "imperialismo sobre los derechos humanos" (11.02.2019)
- Cien años desde la muerte de Franz Mehring (11.02.2019)
- Cómo el WRP traicionó al trotskismo:1973-1985
28. Cómo “defendió” Healy a la OLP (11.02.2019) - Francia retira su embajador de Italia (09.02.2019)
- Crece la oposición a los cierres de planta de General Motors (09.02.2019)
- Comandante estadounidense dice que el Pentágono está dispuesto a intervenir para defender la embajada en Venezuela (09.02.2019)
- Halil Celik, un luchador por el socialismo (1961-2018) (09.02.2019)
- Washington emite un ultimátum a Venezuela sobre la estratagema de "ayuda humanitaria" (08.02.2019)
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- Предисловие к изданию Наследия, которое мы защищаем, приуроченного к 30-летней годовщине выхода книги (11.02.2019)
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- Сто лет со дня убийства Розы Люксембург и Карла Либкнехта (04.02.2019)
- Госдума ужесточает цензуру в Интернете на фоне забастовки 12 тысяч дальнобойщиков (01.02.2019)
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100 лет назад: На Украине создан Совет Народных Комиссаров (01.02.2019) - Успешный результат ИМССР на выборах в берлинском Университете имени Гумбольдта (30.01.2019)
- На Украине официально начинается президентская кампания (29.01.2019)
- Правый профессор Гумбольдтского университета Йорг Баберовски угрожает студентам (26.01.2019)
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Агенты: Проникновение агентов ФБР и ГПУ в троцкистское движение (26.01.2019)
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- EUA deixam o tratado INF: mais um passo em direção à guerra nuclear (08.02.2019)
- Partido dos Trabalhadores utiliza onda de violência no Ceará para apoiar medidas de repressão e austeridade do fascista Bolsonaro (08.02.2019)
- Greve de Matamoros ameaça parar indústria automotiva norte-americana (06.02.2019)
- Washington prepara golpe de direita na Venezuela (06.02.2019)
- A greve dos trabalhadores automotivos de Matamoros e a censura na internet (06.02.2019)
- A estratégia da luta de classes internacional e a luta política contra a reação capitalista em 2019 (24.01.2019)
- Bolsonaro toma posse como o presidente brasileiro mais direitista desde a ditadura (24.01.2019)
- Protestos dos “coletes amarelos” na França expõe o papel anti-trabalhador do Novo Partido Anticapitalista (24.01.2019)
- “Coletes amarelos” em Commercy organizam segunda Assembleia Popular (24.01.2019)
- Trabalhadores da GM no Brasil discutem o chamado para a formação de comitês de base (24.01.2019)
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Perspective
Egypt hangs nine prisoners
State murder backed by imperialism
22 February 2019
The bloodstained dictatorship of General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has the support of both Washington and the European powers.
Commentary
The Jussie Smollett controversy: Must all accusations be believed?
By Eric London, 22 February 2019
Smollett has been arrested for filing a false police report after the Democratic Party adopted his story as proof that identity—not class—defines social relations.
US missile treaty withdrawal sparks global nuclear arms race
By Andre Damon, 21 February 2019
Trump regime targets “loser teachers” in red-baiting tirade
By Nancy Hanover, 21 February 2019
Feds arrest fascist Coast Guard officer who plotted to kill socialists and Democrats
Bernie Sanders announces 2020 presidential campaign
By Niles Niemuth, 20 February 2019
Trump receives “national security” report on auto imports
Trump declares global war on socialism
By Bill Van Auken, 19 February 2019
US media passes over in silence Trump’s fascistic diatribe in Miami
The desecration of Marx’s grave: A warning
By Chris Marsden, 19 February 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 Fight Against Fascism
ISO and DSA bar Socialist Equality Party panel on the fight against fascism from upcoming Historical Materialism conference
By Joseph Kishore, 15 February 2019
Free Julian Assange!
Australian youth defend WikiLeaks and support demonstrations to free Julian Assange
By our reporters, 20 February 2019
John Pilger calls for participation in demonstrations to demand the freedom of Julian Assange
Award-winning journalist Chris Hedges endorses Free Assange demonstrations in Australia
Human rights advocate Professor Stuart Rees supports rallies for the freedom of Julian Assange
Acclaimed musician Roger Waters calls on people to demonstrate in Australia to defend Julian Assange
SEP national secretary James Cogan participates in Unity4J discussion on the defence of Julian Assange
By our reporters, 16 February 2019
Cogan explained why the SEP has called demonstrations demanding the freedom of Julian Assange, as well as the broader campaign by the WSWS against internet censorship.
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
More on the campaign to free Julian Assange »
History of the ICFI
From the arsenal of Trotskyism
The Political Report by David North to the International Committee of the Fourth International—February 11, 1984
12 February 2019
Thirty-five years ago this week, David North, then the national secretary of the Workers League (predecessor of the Socialist Equality Party), presented at a meeting of the International Committee of the Fourth International a critique of the British Workers Revolutionary Party’s abandonment of key theoretical conceptions and programmatic principles of Trotskyism.
History
How the ruling elite sought to suppress revolution
Renewal: Life after the First World War in Photographs
By Paul Mitchell, 22 February 2019
As one progresses around the exhibition it becomes clear that the main concern of British imperialism in the post-war period was to overturn the real “renewal” represented by the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution and the “better world” beginning in Russia (none of which, incidentally, is shown in the exhibition).
Arts Review
Berlin Film Festival Part 2: Midnight Traveler—“Sometimes life takes you through hell”
By Verena Nees, 22 February 2019
The film provides an authentic and moving portrayal of people just like us, who just happen to live in the wrong country at the wrong time.
The Progressive Revolution: Modern Art for a New India
Modern Indian art at the Asia Society Museum in New York
By Josh Varlin and Evan Cohen, 20 February 2019
Prazdnik (Holiday): Film about social inequality in Russia attracts mass audience
By Clara Weiss, 18 February 2019
International Youth and Students for Social Equality
MIT refuses to cut ties to Saudi regime
By John Marion, 22 February 2019
The MIT president announced the university’s commitment to maintaining relationships with Saudi Arabia in the wake of the murder of the Saudi dissident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi last October.
CIA out of Northern Virginia Community College!
By the International Youth and Students for Social Equality, 19 February 2019
The IYSSE demands that NVCC repudiate all ties to the CIA, including barring it and other agencies of the US military-intelligence apparatus from recruiting students.
New in Arabic
Arabic translation of “Halil Celik, a fighter for socialism (1961-2018)”
Published here is the Arabic translation of the obituary of Halil Celik by Peter Schwarz. 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.
Workers Struggles
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
South African gold miners’ strike at Sibanye in third month, Kenyan striking nurses defy back to work order
22 February 2019
As the strike by workers at Sibanye gold mine continues, the company announced the closure of two mines costing 7,000 jobs. Meanwhile Kenyan nurses are defying a back to work order by President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Sri Lankan tea plantation workers protest victimisations
By our reporters, 19 February 2019
Sri Lanka: SEP and Abbotsleigh workers’ committee organise picket to oppose witch hunt in plantations
Signs of rising levels of workers’ struggles in China
By Peter Symonds, 18 February 2019
Germany: Public transport strike paralyzes Berlin
By our reporters, 16 February 2019
Nationwide public sector strike hits Portugal
By Will Morrow, 16 February 2019
This week in history: February 18-24
25 years ago: Worldwide unemployment smashes record set in Great Depression
The International Labor Organization (ILO), an agency of the United Nations, released a report on February 19, 1994, detailing historically unprecedented high unemployment worldwide.
50 years ago: NLF launches offensive in Vietnam
On February 24, 1969, less than five weeks after the inauguration of President Richard Nixon, the National Liberation Front (NLF) launched a major offensive against US forces in South Vietnam.
75 years ago: Norwegian blast hits Nazi nuclear program
On February 20, 1944, an explosion set by commandos of the Norwegian resistance dealt a major blow to Nazi Germany’s efforts to develop atomic weapons.
100 years ago: Bavarian Prime Minister Kurt Eisner assassinated
On February 21, 1919, Kurt Eisner, the Bavarian prime minister and a member of the Independent Socialist Party (USPD), was assassinated in the streets of Munich by a right-wing aristocrat, Count Arco-Valley.
February 9 demonstration against GM plant closings
Watch: March to Fight GM Plant Closures
Autoworkers and supporters from across the Midwest marched on February 9 in Detroit to oppose General Motors’ plans for plant closings and layoffs in the US and Canada.
Autoworkers must prepare fight as UAW plans new givebacks in 2019 contracts
By Shannon Jones, 14 February 2019
Striking workers in Matamoros, Mexico support Detroit demonstration against auto layoffs
In this video, striking auto parts workers at Fisher Dynamics in Matamoros, Mexico send their support to last weekend’s demonstration against mass layoffs in the US auto industry called by the Socialist Equality Party.
“It is necessary to base our struggle not on one company or on one nation, but by mobilizing the workers of the world”
Maruti Suzuki workers in India send greetings to February 9 protest
Autoworkers, supporters demonstrate in Detroit to oppose GM closures and layoffs
February 9 demonstration against auto plant closures in Detroit
The program and strategy to defend jobs
Book Review
The State, Business and Education: How rapacious corporations are dismantling public education globally
By Erika Zimmer, 16 February 2019
Billionaires, global tech companies and national governments are imposing a profit-driven, user-pays system.
Science
Opportunity rover ends 15 years of Martian exploration
By Bryan Dyne, 15 February 2019
Obituary
Daniel Freeman, a founding member of the Workers League, dies at the age of 84
By Fred Mazelis, 13 February 2019
Mehring Books
London Book Launch: Why Are They Back? The return of fascism in Germany and the lessons of history
12 February 2019
The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century published in Tamil
Socialist Equality Party
The way forward to win wages and social rights
Workers Action Committee in Sri Lanka calls plantation workers’ conference
By the Abbotsleigh Estate Workers Action Committee, 12 February 2019
The conference will discuss the lessons of the recent plantation workers’ struggle and the political strategy needed to win their demands.
Sri Lankan SEP public meetings to launch Tamil edition of The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century
7 February 2019
New in Arabic
استراتيجية النضال الطبقي الدولي والنضال السياسي ضد الرجعية الرأسمالية في عام 2019
٢ شباط فبراير ٢٠١٩
في مطلع العام الأخير صرحت اللجنة الدولية للأممية الرابعة :" إن عام 2018 الجديد- وهو عام الذكرى المئوية الثانية لمولد كارل ماركس- سيتسم في المقام الأول بتركيز هائل للتوترات الاجتماعية وبتصاعد النضال الطبقي في أرجاء العالم".
Halil Celik, 1961-2018
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)
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
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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