2 March 2019
“The union abandoned us and allowed for management to blacklist us”
US, Canadian and Mexican workers denounce mass firings of Matamoros strikers
By our reporters, 2 March 2019
Mexican auto parts and other “maquiladora” corporations are firing workers in retaliation for launching a wave of wildcat strikes that brought the Mexican border town of Matamoros to a standstill.
Oppose the attacks by company thugs against Mexican worker Luis Daniel Prieto!
Mexico: Metalworkers, universities join strike wave as 90,000 Walmart workers threaten to walk out
Ford production crippled by Mexican workers’ strike
More on the Matamoros workers rebellion »
Mass protests erupt in Algeria against Bouteflika’s bid for fifth term
By Alex Lantier, 2 March 2019
Amid a strike wave across North Africa, workers in youth are protesting across Algeria.
Strike wave shakes North Africa
By Kumaran Ira, 2 March 2019
Trump White House leads fascistic attack on socialism at Conservative Political Action Conference
By Niles Niemuth, 2 March 2019
The event opened Thursday with a five-and-a-half-minute video collage presenting the Democratic Party as a looming socialist threat from which only Trump and his supporters can save America.
Trump declares global war on socialism
Vote “no” on sell-out agreement
Union pushes contract in effort to shutdown Oakland teachers’ strike
By Joseph Santolan, 2 March 2019
The deal leaves $30 million of district budget cuts and school closures intact, while allowing school closures, giving teachers raises below inflation, and addressing none of their other pressing demands.
Oakland strike, mass “sickout” in Kentucky
Teacher anger exploding across the United States
As Oakland strike enters seventh day, union keeps teachers in dark on negotiations
“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
More on the defense of public education »
US Federal Court subpoenas whistleblower Chelsea Manning
By Matthew Brennan, 2 March 2019
The subpoena provides no information as to what prosecutors intend to ask Manning, but all indications are that it is part of an effort by the US Department of Justice to escalate its pursuit of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Australian government refuses to defend Julian Assange
Cohen assertions are not evidence of WikiLeaks “collusion” with Trump or Russia
More on the campaign to free Julian Assange »
Canada gives go-ahead for Huawei executive’s extradition to US
By Nick Beams, 2 March 2019
A statement from Meng’s defence lawyers objected to the Canadian decision in the face of what it called “the political nature of the US charges.”
Enforcement and technology key issues in China trade deal, Lighthizer tells US Congress
Second summit between Trump and Kim collapses with no agreement
Deportations from Germany to Maghreb states rise sharply
By Elisabeth Zimmermann, 2 March 2019
Deportations from Germany to the Maghreb states rose 35 percent in one year, and 14-fold since 2015.
British retail sector continues shedding thousands of jobs
By Simon Whelan, 2 March 2019
Some 19,000 high street jobs have been lost or put at risk in the two months since Christmas.
Near-record low turnout in first round of Chicago municipal election
By Alexander Fangmann, 2 March 2019
Former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot and Democratic Party boss Toni Preckwinkle will face each other in the April 2 run-off.
US Senate hearings on drug prices provide “friendly warning” to pharmaceuticals
By Brian Dixon, 2 March 2019
While some of the members of the committee occasionally posed as industry critics, the Senate hearing made it clear that no serious action will be taken to rein in high drug prices.
“I was treated like a caged animal”
Single mother and healthcare worker jailed for three days in Indiana over unpaid ambulance bill
Report: British Columbia mental health problems on the rise
Boston: Unanimous opposition to MBTA fare hike at public hearing
By John Marion and Kate Randall, 3 March 2019
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is planning to impose fare increases averaging 6.3 percent on its bus, subway and commuter rail riders effective July 1.
Latest collision on Long Island Rail Road shows fatal consequences of system-wide neglect
Australia: Sydney residents protest downgrading of Mona Vale Hospital
By John Wilson and John Harris, 2 March 2019
Protests continue against the hospital’s closure in the lead up to the March 23 New South Wales state election.
New in French
Les affirmations de Cohen ne sont pas des preuves de «collusion» de WikiLeaks avec Trump ou la Russie
James Cogan, 2 mars 2019
Si Roger Stone a dit à Trump qu'il avait parlé à Julian Assange, alors Stone mentait.
New in German
Trumps Präsidentschaft: Aus der Unterwelt von Manhattan ins Weiße Haus
Patrick Martin, 2. März 2019
Die eintägige Vernehmung von Trumps ehemaligem „Mann fürs Grobe“ Michael Cohen vermittelte einen kleinen Einblick in das Gangstertum, dem dieser Präsident entstiegen ist.
Verfassungsschutz darf AfD nicht als “Prüffall” bezeichnen
Peter Schwarz, 2. März 2019
Das Verwaltungsgericht Köln hat dem Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz verboten, die Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) als „Prüffall“ zu bezeichnen.
Parteitag der Linken unterstützt imperialistische Kampagne gegen Venezuela
Johannes Stern, 2. März 2019
Vom Europa-Parteitag der Linkspartei in Bonn ging eine zentrale Botschaft aus: Bei der Durchsetzung ihrer Kriegspolitik und der Unterdrückung der Arbeiterklasse kann sich die herrschende Klasse bedingungslos auf Die Linke verlassen.
Anschlag auf Berliner Weihnachtsmarkt: Komplize mitten in Ermittlungen abgeschoben
Marianne Arens, 2. März 2019
Beim Anschlag auf den Berliner Weihnachtsmarkt hatte der Attentäter einen Komplizen, der kurze Zeit später, inmitten laufender Ermittlungen, überstürzt nach Tunesien abgeschoben wurde.
Netanjahu droht Anklage wegen Bestechung, Betrug und Untreue
Jean Shaoul, 2. März 2019
Netanjahus klar rechtsextreme Orientierung und die Förderung neofaschistischer Kräfte verschärfen die Spannungen im politischen Establishment Israels.
New in Norwegian
Trump-presidentskapet: Fra Manhattans underverden til Det hvite hus
Patrick Martin, 2. mars 2019
Det dag-lange vitnesbyrdet til Trumps tidligere «fixer» Michael Cohen ga et glimt inn i gangsterismen som Trump-presidentskapet har oppstått fra.
Netanyahu møter anklager om bestikkelse, svindel og tillitsbrudd
Jean Shaoul, 2. mars 2019
Bekjentgjøringen av tiltaler kommer samtidig med voksende spenninger innen det israelske politiske etablissementet, som utdypes av Netanyahus stadig mer uttalte ytrehøyredreining, inkludert dyrkingen av nyfascistiske krefter.
India og Pakistan melder nye krigstrusler
K. Ratnayake, 2. mars 2019
India og Pakistan fortsetter sine krigsforberedelser, selv om Islamabad som en «fredsgest» sa seg villig til å løslate en tilfangetatt indisk pilot.
Australias regjering nekter å forsvare Julian Assange
Oscar Grenfell, 2. mars 2019
I en høring for en senatskomité gjentok utenriksminister Marise Payne regjeringens nekting for å sikre den forfulgte Wikileaks-grunnleggerens frihet.
Oakland-streik, «sykmeldings»-masseaksjon i Kentucky
Lærernes raseri eksploderer på tvers av USA
Nancy Hanover, 2. mars 2019
Et sammendrag over lærerkampene understreker behovet for at lærere bryter fagforeningenes grep for å forene seg til en felles kamp til forsvar for offentlig utdanning.
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 Portuguese
A luta global dos professores
Jerry White, 2 Março 2019
Por todo o mundo, os professores estão encabeçando a luta contra décadas de austeridade e níveis de desigualdade social não vistos desde os anos 1920.
Professores e funcionários públicos de São Paulo entram em greve contra ataque à previdência
nossos repórteres, 2 Março 2019
Os professores de São Paulo estão em greve desde 4 de Fevereiro contra uma reforma da previdência que aumenta significativamente a contribuição previdenciária dos servidores públicos.
New in Spanish
La Presidencia de Trump: del submundo de Manhattan a la Casa Blanca
Patrick Martin, 2 marzo 2019
El testimonio del antiguo apañador de Trump, Michael Cohen, duró todo un día y arrojó luz sobre el “gangsterismo” del cual emergió esta Presidencia.
Netanyahu enfrentará cargos de soborno, fraude y abuso de confianza
Jean Shaoul, 2 marzo
El anuncio de acusación se produce en medio de crecientes tensiones dentro del sistema político israelí, exacerbadas por la orientación cada vez más pronunciada hacia la derecha de Netanyahu, incluido la promoción de fuerzas neofascistas.
México: trabajadores metalúrgicos, universidades se unen a huelgas y 90.000 trabajadores de Walmart amenazan con salir
Andrea Lobo, 2 marzo
Según se expande el movimiento huelguístico, los sindicatos están apurándose para cooptar, aislar y finalizar cada lucha iniciada por las bases.
Huelga en Oakland, un masivo “sickout” en Kentucky
La ira de los maestros estalla en los Estados Unidos
Nancy Hanover, 2 marzo
Un resumen de las luchas de los docentes subraya la necesidad de que los educadores rompan el control de los sindicatos con el fin de unificar en una lucha común para defender la educación pública.
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Perspective
India and Pakistan tobogganing toward a catastrophic war
2 March 2019
India and Pakistan are teetering on the brink of what would be the first-ever war between nuclear-armed states.
Free Julian Assange!
Video: SEP national secretary James Cogan urges maximum participation in Free Julian Assange rallies
2 March 2019
Cogan demanded the Australian government answer why it does not accept the UN ruling that Julian Assange is being ‘arbitrarily detained.’
Joe Lauria, editor-in-chief of Consortium News, endorses Free Assange demonstrations
2 March 2019
“Supporting Assange and WikiLeaks is supporting the people against the state.”
Greetings from the Sri Lankan Abbotsleigh Estate Workers Action Committee to the Assange defence rallies in Australia
2 March 2019
Tea plantation workers struggling for decent working conditions have expressed their solidarity with the fight to free WikiLeaks publisher 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
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
From the horse’s mouth
Bernie Sanders at CNN Town Hall: My purpose is to promote the Democratic Party
By Genevieve Leigh, 2 March 2019
Sanders’ aim, utilizing his reputation as an “independent,” is to convince disillusioned workers and young people not to seek an alternative to the right-wing Democratic Party.
No to the witch-hunt of Chris Williamson!
Oppose the Blairites’ bogus claims of “left anti-Semitism”!
By Chris Marsden, 2 March 2019
This witch-hunt will not stop at Williamson and a few high-profile figures. A lynch-mob has been unleashed that will inevitably target thousands of Labour members.
France’s New Anti-capitalist Party sabotages fight against Ford Blanquefort plant closure
By Will Morrow, 2 March 2019
Leading NPA member Philip Poutou, a Ford employee and union official at Blanquefort, is seeking to prevent any fight by workers against the closure.
The Trump presidency: From the Manhattan underworld to the White House
By Patrick Martin, 1 March 2019
Netanyahu to face charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust
By Jean Shaoul, 1 March 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
By Eric London, 25 February 2019
Arts Review
On the Basis of Sex and Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The manufacturing of a “living legend”
By Ed Hightower, 2 March 2019
The two-hour biopic—a tedious cinematic effort—seeks to rally a core constituency of the Democratic Party: upper-middle-class women.
69th Berlin Film Festival, part 3: Israeli films, Mr. Jones and Marighella
By Stefan Steinberg, 28 February 2019
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
The Fight Against Fascism
Updated: Letters oppose barring of SEP panel on the fight against fascism from Historical Materialism conference
ISO and DSA bar Socialist Equality Party panel on the fight against fascism from upcoming Historical Materialism conference
By Joseph Kishore, 15 February 2019
Police announce “investigation closed” into desecration of Marx’s grave
By Laura Tiernan, 27 February 2019
The desecration of Marx’s grave: A warning
The social crisis in America
Flint water crisis claims its youngest Legionnaires’ victim to date
“Her failing health was due to the government failing her”
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
India: Pricol autoparts workers continue strike in Tamil Nadu; Chinese food delivery workers protest pay cuts; 3,000 New Zealand doctors hold two-day strike
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
2 March 2019
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
1 March 2019
Hundreds laid off at Activision Blizzard and other video game companies
By Zachary Thorton, 1 March 2019
Locomotive builders strike Wabtec in Erie, Pennsylvania
By Shannon Jones, 28 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
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!
This week in history: February 25-March 3
25 years ago: Zionist terrorist kills 29 Palestinians in Hebron massacre
On February 25, 1994, American-Israeli Baruch Goldstein opened fire inside the Ibrahimi Mosque during Ramadan in West Bank, Gaza.
50 years ago: Soviet and Chinese soldiers face off in border conflict
A two-hour battle took place on March 2, 1969 between Soviet and Chinese border guards over the disputed Zhenbao Island (Damansky in Russian).
75 years ago: General strike erupts in north Italy
On March 1, 1944, workers went out on strike in Lombardy, the most heavily industrialized region of Italy.
100 years ago: Founding congress of the Communist International assembles in Moscow
On March 2, 1919, 51 delegates representing 35 Communist and left-wing parties from 22 countries in Europe, America, and Asia assembled in a small hall in the Kremlin known as the Courts of Justice.
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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