1 March 2019
Netanyahu to face charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust
By Jean Shaoul, 1 March 2019
The indictment announcement comes amidst mounting tensions within the Israeli political establishment exacerbated by Netanyahu’s increasingly pronounced far-right orientation, including the cultivation of neo-fascist forces.
As Oakland strike enters seventh day, union keeps teachers in dark on negotiations
By Norisa Diaz and Joseph Santolan, 1 March 2019
The rank-and-file strike committee, at a meeting Thursday night, exposed the anti-democratic measures of the OEA leadership.
“We always have money for wars but not for public education”
Oakland teachers and students speak as strike reaches critical juncture
Oakland teachers continue strike as Kentucky teachers launch statewide sickout
Oakland strike, mass “sickout” in Kentucky
Teacher anger exploding across the United States
By Nancy Hanover, 1 March 2019
A summary of teacher struggles underscores the need for educators to break the grip of the unions in order to unify in a common fight to defend public education.
More on the defense of public education »
India and Pakistan issue fresh war threats
By K. Ratnayake, 1 March 2019
Even as Islamabad agreed to release a captured Indian pilot as a “peace gesture,” India and Pakistan continued their war preparations.
Nuclear-armed India, Pakistan on brink of all-out war
Second summit between Trump and Kim collapses with no agreement
By Ben McGrath, 1 March 2019
Talks collapsed on the second day of the summit in Vietnam with the two sides failing to produce any tangible results.
Australian government refuses to defend Julian Assange
By Oscar Grenfell, 1 March 2019
In a Senate committee hearing, Foreign Minister Marise Payne reiterated the government’s refusal to secure the freedom of the persecuted WikiLeaks founder.
Cohen assertions are not evidence of WikiLeaks “collusion” with Trump or Russia
Enforcement and technology key issues in China trade deal, Lighthizer tells US Congress
By Nick Beams, 1 March 2019
The US Trade Representative made it clear the fundamental question is “structural reforms” in the Chinese economy.
“I was treated like a caged animal”
Single mother and healthcare worker jailed for three days in Indiana over unpaid ambulance bill
By George Marlowe, 1 March 2019
Melissa Latronica, a single mother of three and a certified nursing assistant, was recently arrested and thrown into jail for an unpaid ambulance bill she never received.
Latest collision on Long Island Rail Road shows fatal consequences of system-wide neglect
By Owen Mullan, 1 March 2019
Three people were killed and several injured on Tuesday when two trains struck a truck at a railway crossing in New York
Hundreds laid off at Activision Blizzard and other video game companies
By Zachary Thorton, 1 March 2019
For all of the grueling hours that workers are subjected to, and the impact this has on their health and social lives, none of it guarantees their job security.
UK: Scapegoating of firefighters for Grenfell deaths exposes fraud of official inquiry
By Robert Stevens, 1 March 2019
What is taking place is class justice, in which the perpetrators of mass murder are walking free while firefighters are being targeted for blame.
Report: British Columbia mental health problems on the rise
By Penny Smith, 1 March 2019
The annual report by the province’s health officer found that perceptions of mental wellbeing among BC residents were among the lowest in the country.
New in Russian
Вспышка кори на Украине уносит восемь жизней
Джейсон Мелановски, 1 марта 2019 г.
Социальный кризис на Украине является результатом упразднения Советского Союза в 1991 году и реставрации капитализма.
Эта неделя в истории
100 лет назад: Учредительный конгресс Коммунистического Интернационала в Москве
1 марта 2019 г.
2 марта 1919 года в здании московского Кремля собрались 52 делегата, представлявшие 35 коммунистических и левых партий из 22 стран Европы, Америки и Азии.
New in Turkish
Sosyalizm ve kamulaştırmanın gerekçesi
Andre Damon, 1 Mart 2019
Gerekli olan şey, vergileri yüzde 1-2 arttırma (kapitalizm altında hiçbir zaman başarı sağlamayacak önlemler) yönünde “istek uyandırıcı” teklifler değil ama egemen sınıfın mülksüzleştirilmesidir.
Nükleer silahlı Hindistan ile Pakistan, topyekün savaşın eşiğinde
K. Ratnayake, 1 Mart 2019
Keşmir’in Pakistan ve Hindistan yönetimindeki bölgelerini ayıran Kontrol Hattı (LoC) boyunca meydana gelen ağır topçu atışlarının ortasında, iki ülkenin hava kuvvetleri çatışmaya girdi ve birkaç savaş uçağını kaybetti.
Hindistan Pakistan’ı bombalarken, İslamabad misilleme yapmaya yemin etti
Wasantha Rupasinghe, 1 Mart 2019
Güney Asya’nın nükleer silahlı rakip devletleri arasındaki gerilimleri patlama noktasına getiren bu saldırı, 1971’deki Hindistan-Pakistan savaşından beri Yeni Delhi’nin ilk saldırısıydı.
Libya’da Fransa ile İtalya arasında vekil savaşı
Marianne Arens, 1 Mart 2019
Fransa ile İtalya arasında var olan ve Şubat ayında Fransa’nın Roma’daki büyükelçisini geri çağırmasına yol açan şiddetli gerilimlerin arkasında, Afrika’daki petrol çıkarlarının ve stratejik etkinin olduğu bir sır değil.
New in Norwegian
India bomber Pakistan og Islamabad sverger gjengjeldelse
K. Ratnayake, 1. mars 2019
Pakistan annonserte på onsdag at de hadde angrepet mål i India, etter at India gjennomførte et storskala bombingraid dypt inne i Pakistan tirsdag morgen.
Australske arbeidere og ungdom støtter demonstrasjonene den 3. og den 10. mars, med krav om frihet for Julian Assange
våre reportere, 1. mars 2019
«Jeg stiller den 3. mars, og jeg mener alle må komme for vi må gjøre noe for å få løslatt Assange og for å få slutt på krig.»
Mexico: Metallarbeidere og universitetsansatte melder seg på streikebølgen, og 90 000 Walmart ansatte truer med arbeidsnedleggelse
Andrea Lobo, 1. mars 2019
Mens streikebevegelsen vokser strever fagforeningene for å overta, isolere og stenge ned hver eneste grunnplankamp.
Curtis Levy krever frihet for Julian Assange
1. mars 2019
Dokumentarfilmveteranen Curtis Levy snakker ut til forsvar av WikiLeaks-utgiveren og pressefrihet.
New in French
Les partis au pouvoir en France lancent une campagne contre un voile islamique de sport
Will Morrow, 1 mars 2019
Les partis politiques qui qualifient d’antisémite l'opposition de gauche aux inégalités sociales sont engagés dans une campagne de propagande anti-musulmane.
Des rapports font état d'abus sexuels sur des enfants immigrés détenus aux États-Unis
Eric London, 1 mars 2019
L’attaque du gouvernement Trump contre les immigrants souligne le besoin urgent de s’opposer à tous les assauts sur les droits démocratiques et les procès en bonne et due forme.
New in Spanish
Reportes documentan abuso sexual de niños inmigrantes detenidos en Estados Unidos
Eric London, 1 marzo 2019
El asalto del Gobierno de Trump contra los inmigrantes subraya la urgente necesidad de oponerse a todos los ataques contra los derechos democráticos y el debido proceso.
Fuertes lluvias y avalanchas dejan decenas de muertos en Perú
César Uco, 1 marzo
Los efectos catastróficos de las tormentas de hoy se deben no simplemente a un desastre natural, sino más directamente al fracaso abyecto del gobierno para reparar el daño masivo causado hace dos años.
Cómo el WRP traicionó al trotskismo:1973-1985
43. Conclusión
Declaración del Comité Internacional de la Cuarta Internacional, 1 marzo
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.
New in German
Sozialismus und die Forderung nach Enteignung
Andre Damon, 28. Februar 2019
Die Finanzoligarchie, die darum bemüht ist, ihre Macht und ihren Reichtum auszuweiten, sieht sich mit einer wachsenden Bewegung der Arbeiterklasse konfrontiert.
Indien bombardiert Pakistan, Islamabad übt Vergeltung
Wasantha Rupasinghe, 28. Februar 2019
Washington hat Indien grünes Licht für den Angriff am Dienstag gegeben, der bereits eine Vergeltungsmaßnahme Pakistans ausgelöst hat und sich schnell zu einem offenen Krieg zwischen den Atommächten entwickeln könnte.
Warnstreiks im öffentlichen Dienst in NRW und Hessen
Unhaltbare Zustände an Schulen und Krankenhäusern
unseren Korrespondenten, 28. Februar 2019
Am Rande der Warnstreiks äußerten Erzieher und Krankenschwestern ihre Wut und Sorge über die katastrophalen Verhältnisse.
Zum rassistischen Aufschrei über „Green Book“
Hiram Lee und Andre Damon, 28. Februar 2019
Die Auffassung, dass Rassenvorurteile ein gesellschaftliches Problem seien und durch Erziehung, Vernunft und Empathie überwunden werden könnten, ist in den Augen der Kritiker ein zentrales Verbrechen.
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Perspective
The Trump presidency: From the Manhattan underworld to the White House
1 March 2019
The day-long testimony by former Trump “fixer” Michael Cohen gave a glimpse of the gangsterism out of which the Trump presidency has emerged.
Free Julian Assange!
Rally to demand the Australian government acts to free Julian Assange!
Sydney Martin Place Amphitheatre, 2pm, March 3! Melbourne State Library, 1pm, March 10!
By the Socialist Equality Party (Australia), 25 January 2019
SEP national secretary James Cogan calls for maximum participation in rallies to free Julian Assange
25 February 2019
Attend March 10 Solidarity Vigil in London for Julian Assange
By Robert Stevens, 25 February 2019
The SEP (UK) calls on all defenders of civil liberties and democratic rights, all opponents of imperialist wars for regime change, to attend the March 10 vigil and make it known in your workplaces, campuses and schools.
- Terry Hicks, father of former Guantanamo prisoner David Hicks, speaks on the defence of Julian Assange
- Australian filmmaker Curtis Levy demands freedom for Julian Assange
- Australian teachers pass workplace motion endorsing Free Assange rallies
- Elizabeth Vos, editor-in-chief of Disobedient Media, urges support for Free Assange demonstrations in Australia
- 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
More on the campaign to free Julian Assange »
Commentary
Reports document sexual abuse of immigrant children detained in US
By Eric London, 28 February 2019
Socialism and the case for expropriation
By Andre Damon, 27 February 2019
Behind the racist backlash against Green Book
By Hiram Lee and Andre Damon, 26 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
A reply to a commenter
Jussie Smollett, #MeToo and the presumption of innocence
Trump declares global war on socialism
The social crisis in America
“Her failing health was due to the government failing her”
Flint water crisis claims its youngest Legionnaires’ victim to date
By Sheila Brehm, 27 February 2019
Three children dead, four others injured in Imlay City, Michigan mobile home fire
By Niles Niemuth and Zac Corrigan, 27 February 2019
Workers Struggles
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
1 March 2019
Public sector workers across Germany began a two-day strike on Tuesday as a walkout by workers at the Sibanye gold mine threatens to spread to a consortium of 15 other companies.
Locomotive builders strike Wabtec in Erie, Pennsylvania
By Shannon Jones, 28 February 2019
German aviation security workers reject union contract
By Dietmar Gaisenkersting, 25 February 2019
Arts Review
69th Berlin Film Festival, part 3: Israeli films, Mr. Jones and Marighella
By Stefan Steinberg, 28 February 2019
This is the third in a series of articles on the recent Berlin International Film Festival, the Berlinale, held February 7-17, 2019. The first part was posted on February 15 and the second on February 22.
Berlin Film Festival Part 2: Midnight Traveler—“Sometimes life takes you through hell”
Berlin Film Festival: Between identity politics and opposition against the far right
Shoplifters: The family you choose, and the ones you don’t
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s latest film
By Kevin Martinez, 25 February 2019
The Progressive Revolution: Modern Art for a New India
Modern Indian art at the Asia Society Museum in New York
Prazdnik (Holiday): Film about social inequality in Russia attracts mass audience
The Fight Against Fascism
Police announce “investigation closed” into desecration of Marx’s grave
By Laura Tiernan, 27 February 2019
The desecration of Marx’s grave: A warning
ISO and DSA bar Socialist Equality Party panel on the fight against fascism from upcoming Historical Materialism conference
By Joseph Kishore, 15 February 2019
Updated: Letters oppose barring of SEP panel on the fight against fascism from Historical Materialism conference
Noah Carl and the promotion of eugenics at Cambridge University
By Thomas Scripps, 26 February 2018
Mehring Books
London Book Launch: Why Are They Back? The return of fascism in Germany and the lessons of history
12 February 2019
International Youth and Students for Social Equality
For a unified struggle of Oakland students and teachers to defend public education!
By the International Youth and Students for Social Equality - Berkeley, 23 February 2019
New York University students angry over police “cleanup” of homeless on campus
By Owen Mullan and Sandy English, 23 February 2019
Students speak out against closure of Oregon College of Art and Craft
MIT refuses to cut ties to Saudi regime
CIA out of Northern Virginia Community College!
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
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)
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.
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.
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".
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
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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