11 May 2019
With B-52s, carrier battle group in place, US war against Iran on a hair trigger
By Bill Van Auken, 11 May 2019
The threatening deployments come in the midst of a new round of bellicose statements from Washington.
Iran conflict intensifies transatlantic tensions
By Peter Schwarz, 11 May 2019
The European governments are doing all they can to avoid triggering a broader mobilisation against war.
The social crisis and the global eruption of US imperialism
No agreement at US-China trade talks as positions harden
By Nick Beams, 11 May 2019
A week ago, a deal had been expected, but that scenario was blown up when the Trump administration accused Beijing of backtracking on its commitments.
As protests grow, Algerian army arrests Workers Party leader
By Will Morrow, 11 May 2019
The army is imprisoning Louisa Hanoune on baseless charges to send a signal that it will deal ruthlessly with anyone, even figures with close ties to the regime.
US indicts whistleblower who exposed Obama’s drone assassination program
By Kevin Reed, 11 May 2019
Former US intelligence officer Daniel Hale was indicted and arrested on Thursday on charges of violating the Espionage Act.
Washington uses terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka to strengthen ties with Colombo
By Rohantha De Silva, 11 May 2019
The “assistance” in the terror investigations is to bind Sri Lanka ever-more closely as Washington steps up its aggressive confrontation with China.
French public sector workers strike against Macron government attacks
By Anthony Torres, 11 May 2019
Over 150 demonstrations took place Thursday against Emmanuel Macron’s “modernization” reform that would overturn conditions for public sector workers established in 1946.
Spain: No “red lines” in talks for a Socialist Party-Podemos coalition government
By Alejandro López, 11 May 2019
Iglesias stressed that during their parliamentary collaboration, both parties were able “to build a relationship of trust” and dealt with each other “with frankness and empathy.”
French pseudo-left politician Jean-Luc Mélenchon calls for alliance with Socialist Party
Two former Australian prime ministers tout Labor’s pro-business record
By Oscar Grenfell: SEP candidate for Parramatta, 11 May 2019
Hawke and Keating boasted they had created the “modern” deregulated economy, and called for the election of a Labor government to deepen this pro-business agenda.
New York City public housing fire kills six
By Tim Avery and Philip Guelpa, 11 May 2019
A fire in a Harlem building owned by the New York City Housing Authority killed two adults and four children.
Low-paid South Carolina teachers recruited for factory work
By Shelley Connor, 11 May 2019
South Carolina’s teachers, frustrated by pay that has not kept up with inflation, have become a reliable source of labor for a pharmaceutical company.
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Meurtre d'entreprise: Ouverture du procès des cadres de France Télécom sur les suicides de travailleurs
Will Morrow, 11 mai 2019
Pour réduire une main-d’œuvre légalement protégée contre le licenciement, les cadres ont adopté une politique secrète de torture psychologique qui visait à contraindre les travailleurs à démissionner ou à se suicider.
Chelsea Manning libérée, mais de nouveau menacée de prison pour son refus de témoigner contre Assange
Niles Niemouth, 11 mai 2019
Même avant sa libération jeudi, Manning a reçu une nouvelle assignation à comparaître et témoigner devant un autre grand jury. Elle pourrait être reconduite en prison dès la semaine prochaine.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, politicien de pseudo-gauche, appelle à une alliance avec le Parti socialiste
Will Morrow, 11 mai 2019
Mélenchon suit la voie tracée par ses alliés européens de pseudo-gauche, répondant à la recrudescence de la lutte de la classe ouvrière en resserrant les rangs avec l'État.
Inondations dans trois provinces canadiennes: les conséquences de la déréglementation capitaliste
Louis Girard et Frédéric Charlebois, 11 mai 2019
Comme pour chaque grande catastrophe dont la cause immédiate est naturelle, ses conséquences sont largement amplifiées par un système social basé sur le profit individuel.
Le gouvernement de l'Ontario sabre le financement de l'éducation postsecondaire et l'aide aux étudiants
Penny Smith, 11 mai 2019
Les compressions de Ford s'inscrivent dans le cadre d'un effort concerté de restructuration de l'enseignement postsecondaire afin de l'adapter encore davantage aux exigences des grandes entreprises.
New in Spanish
Chelsea Manning liberada ante posible reencarcelación por no testificar contra Assange
Niles Niemuth, 11 mayo 2019
Incluso antes de que la dejaran libre el jueves, Manning recibió otra citación para exigirle rendir testimonio ante otro gran jurado. Podría volver a la cárcel tan pronto como la próxima semana.
Mitin de Trump aclama con aprobación llamado a “dispararles” a inmigrantes
Eric London, 11 mayo 2019
Cuando un miembro de la audiencia gritó que Estados Unidos debería "dispararles" a los inmigrantes, Trump se rio. Mientras tanto, el Gobierno está arrestando a un número récord de familias en la frontera.
Estados Unidos aumenta los aranceles contra China
Nick Beams, 11 mayo 2019
Trump afirma que las negociaciones con los representantes chinos continuarán, pero que “no tengo ni idea de qué va a ocurrir”.
El parasitismo financiero y el auge del mercado bursátil
Nick Beams, 11 mayo 2019
En su maniática búsqueda de mayores ganancias, generadas cada vez más por la inflación parasítica de los precios de las acciones, el capital financiero y sus voceros en la política y la prensa están exigiendo que se haga disponible más dinero barato reduciendo las tasa de interés.
New in German
Chelsea Manning kurzfristig frei, neue Haftstrafe wegen Aussageverweigerung gegen Assange steht bevor
Niles Niemuth, 11. Mai 2019
Noch vor ihrer Haftentlassung am Donnerstag erhielt Manning erneut eine Vorladung, vor einer Grand Jury gegen Assange auszusagen. Schon nächste Woche könnte sie wieder im Gefängnis sitzen.
Irankonflikt verschärft transatlantische Spannungen
Peter Schwarz, 11. Mai 2019
Anders als 2003, als beidseits des Atlantiks Millionen gegen den Irakkrieg auf die Straße gingen, sind die europäischen Regierungen heute bemüht, eine breitere Mobilisierung gegen Krieg zu vermeiden.
re:publica 2019: Bundespräsident Steinmeier wirbt für Meinungskontrolle und Zensur
Johannes Stern, 11. Mai 2019
Vor den Europawahlen am 26. Mai plant die herrschende Klasse, die Zensur des Internets massiv zu verschärfen und jede kritische Stimme mundtot zu machen.
Eine sozialistische Perspektive gegen die Rückkehr des Faschismus in Europa
Christoph Vandreier, 11. Mai 2019
Wir veröffentlichen hier Christoph Vandreiers Rede bei der Internationalen Online-Maikundgebung 2019.
Grüße an Arbeiter und Jugendliche in China zum 100. Jahrestag der Bewegung des vierten Mai
Peter Symonds, 11. Mai 2019
Wir publizieren hier den Text der Rede, die Peter Symonds zur Internationalen Online-Maikundgebung am 4. Mai 2019 hielt.
Türkische Wahlbehörde fügt sich Erdoğans Forderung:
Bürgermeisterwahl in Istanbul wird wiederholt
Ulas Atesci und Keith Jones, 11. Mai 2019
Erdoğan hat alles getan, um die Bürgermeisterwahl in Istanbul zu kippen, weil er angesichts der zunehmenden wirtschaftlichen und geopolitischen Krise jede Schwächung seiner Kontrolle über den Staatsapparat fürchtet.
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A “mentira na alma” imperialista
Políticos comemoram o “Dia Mundial da Liberdade de Imprensa” enquanto Julian Assange definha na prisão
Por David Walsh, 9 Maio 2019
Ninguém associado à UNESCO ou ao “Dia Mundial da Liberdade de Imprensa” mencionou a perseguição ao fundador do WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, durante os eventos desta semana.
New in Norwegian
Trump lufter forslag om kansellering av 2020-valget
Eric London, 9. mai 2019
Borgerlig politikk har degenerert i en slik grad at politiske og juridiske normer ansett som fundamentale siden Den amerikanske revolusjon nå utfordres av en presidents tweets.
Valget i India og det revolusjonære programmet for å opponere mot innstramminger, krig og kommunalistisk reaksjon
Keith Jones, 9. mai 2019
BJPs dreining mot militarisme og utilslørt kommunalistisk reaksjon blir fremfor alt animert av partiets frykt for en voksende sosial opposisjon.
«Vi må redde livet hans. Så alvorlig er det.»
Pamela Anderson og WikiLeaks’ sjefredaktør besøkte Julian Assange i fengsel
Laura Tiernan, 9. mai 2019
Anderson fordømte statsforfølgelsen av sin venn som et «lovbrudd på gang».
Valg i Sør-Afrika avholdt under voksende misnøye og en fremmedgjøring fra ANC
Eddie Haywood, 9. mai 2019
Dersom Den afrikanske nasjonalkongressen (ANC), som forventet, sikret seg flertall i onsdagens valg er dét bare vitnesbyrd om de vesentlige opposisjonspartienes politiske forvorpenhet.
Hilsener til kinesiske arbeidere og ungdommer på hundreårsdagen for 4. mai-bevegelsen
Peter Symonds, 9. mai 2019
Vi publiserer her den norske oversettelsen av transkripsjonen av talen Peter Symonds holdt for 2019 Online International May Day Rally.
New in Turkish
ABD İran’ı savaşla tehdit ediyor
Keith Jones, 8 Mayıs 2019
ABD Ulusal Güvenlik Danışmanı John Bolton, uçak gemisi U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln ile ABD Hava Kuvvetleri’ne ait bombardıman uçaklarının İran’ı tehdit etmek üzere konuşlandırıldığını duyurdu.
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- Polnische Lehrer streiken gegen soziale Katastrophe nach der Wiedereinführung des Kapitalismus (11.04.2019)
- Christoph Vandreier startet Vortragsreihe in den USA
Gut besuchte Veranstaltung an der University of California (11.04.2019) - SGP-Kandidat Ratnamaheson beantwortet Fragen des SWR (11.04.2019)
- Neue Gewerkschaftsbürokratie oder Arbeitermacht?
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- Neue Gewerkschaftsbürokratie oder Arbeitermacht?
Lehren aus der Rebellion der Arbeiter von Matamoros: Erster Teil (10.04.2019) - Polnische Lehrer im landesweiten Streik (10.04.2019)
- Spendet für den Wahlkampf der Sozialistischen Gleichheitspartei! (10.04.2019)
- Amerikanische herrschende Klasse fühlt sich vom Sozialismus verfolgt (09.04.2019)
- Français
- La descente de la Libye dans la guerre civile, fruit amer de la politique pro-impérialiste de la pseudo-gauche (11.04.2019)
- La grève des enseignants polonais se confronte à la catastrophe sociale due à la restauration capitaliste (11.04.2019)
- Lors d’une rencontre avec le dictateur égyptien, Trump vocifère contre les migrants (11.04.2019)
- «Nous croyons en notre art et nous ne pouvons les laisser nous l’enlever»
Les musiciens de l’Orchestre symphonique de Chicago défient l’offre patronale et poursuivent leur grève (11.04.2019) - Les enseignants polonais lancent une grève nationale (10.04.2019)
- L’armée algérienne purge les services de renseignement alors que les manifestations contre le régime s’intensifient (10.04.2019)
- La Libye au bord de la guerre civile totale (10.04.2019)
- Assange dénonce sa détention illégale dans une fuite de document du tribunal (10.04.2019)
- Plus de 10.000 personnes se rassemblent à Toronto contre les compressions des conservateurs en éducation (10.04.2019)
- Le socialisme hante la classe dirigeante américaine (09.04.2019)
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- El descenso de Libia hacia la guerra civil: el amargo fruto del proimperialismo de la pseudoizquierda (11.04.2019)
- Huelga de docentes polacos se enfrenta al desastre social provocado por la restauración capitalista (11.04.2019)
- Norwood Jewell, el UAW y la crisis de agua potable en Flint (11.04.2019)
- Guatemala y El Salvador discuten amnistía para criminales de guerra (11.04.2019)
- Sindicato “independiente” en Rusia facilita cierre de fábrica de Ford (11.04.2019)
- Bernie Sanders se une a los ataques de Trump contra las “fronteras abiertas” (11.04.2019)
- En defensa de To Kill A Mockingbird (Matar a un ruiseñor): película de 1962 que vuelve a los cines esta semana (11.04.2019)
- El impulso dictatorial detrás de la depuración política de Trump (10.04.2019)
- Docentes polacos lanzan una huelga nacional (10.04.2019)
- Israel tiene las elecciones más derechistas de su historia (10.04.2019)
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- Польские учителя начали общенациональную забастовку (10.04.2019)
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Perspective
The Uber IPO: Billions for investors, increased exploitation for workers
11 May 2019
The global strikes and protests by Uber and Lyft drivers amid an orgy of stockholder enrichment underscore the need for workers to adopt an international socialist strategy.
Public Meeting
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Free Julian Assange, Free Chelsea Manning!
International Online May Day Rally 2019
Opening report to Online International May Day Rally
The resurgence of class struggle and the fight for socialism
By David North, 6 May 2019
The ICFI’s program intersects with a new wave of working-class struggle
By Wije Dias, 11 May 2019
We are publishing here the text of the speech to the 2019 Online International May Day Rally delivered by Wije Dias, General Secretary of the SEP in Sri Lanka.
Imperialist war, the working-class upsurge in the Mideast and North Africa, and the strategy of Permanent Revolution
The defense of Venezuela and the struggle for socialism in Latin America
France’s “yellow vest” protests and the global resurgence of the class struggle
The defence of Assange and Manning is the spearhead of the struggle against imperialism
The Christchurch terror attack and the promotion of fascism by the ruling elite
The persecution of Assange and Manning is an attack on the working class
Greetings to Chinese workers and youth on the centenary of the May 4 movement
May Day 2019: The resurgence of the class struggle and the fight for socialism
On May 4, the International Committee of the Fourth International held its annual International May Day Online Rally, with speakers and participants from throughout the world. Readers can listen to the entire rally here.
Commentary
German Young Socialist leader unleashes storm of debate about socialism
By Peter Schwarz, 11 May 2019
Kühnert, an unscrupulous careerist, can only pose as a socialist because he relies on the inexperience and lack of knowledge of today’s young generation.
The German ruling class fears the spectre of socialism
Eugenics advocate Noah Carl dismissed from Cambridge University fellowship
By Thomas Scripps, 11 May 2019
Carl’s dismissal is a victory over a global campaign to revive far-right ideology on university campuses.
The New York Times and its Uyghur “activist”
By Peter Symonds, 9 May 2019
Trump rally roars approval for call to “shoot” immigrants
By Eric London, 10 May 2019
House committee votes contempt charge against Trump’s attorney general William Barr
By Patrick Martin, 9 May 2019
Trump floats proposal to cancel 2020 elections
Trump issues full pardon to former lieutenant who executed prisoner in Iraq
More on the Trump presidency »
India’s election and the revolutionary program to oppose austerity, war and communal reaction
By Keith Jones, 8 May 2019
Financial parasitism and the stock market surge
By Nick Beams, 9 May 2019
Removal of white educator from African American history class in Michigan sparks widespread outrage
By Phyllis Steele and Nancy Hanover, 9 May 2019
Free Assange and Manning
Free Assange NZ denounces hypocrisy at World Press Freedom Day event
By Tom Peters, 11 May 2019
Alex Hills from Free Assange New Zealand condemned the British government’s “brazen hypocrisy” and called on the media to “end the smears and lies about an anti-war hero.”
Chelsea Manning released, faces new imprisonment for refusing to testify against Assange
By Niles Niemuth, 10 May 2019
Video: Workers at SEP rally in Parramatta denounce persecution of Julian Assange
By our reporters, 9 May 2019
ICFI supporters in India to hold picket to free Assange
9 May 2019
“We need to save his life. That’s how serious it is”
Pamela Anderson and WikiLeaks editor-in-chief visit Julian Assange in prison
By Laura Tiernan, 8 May 2019
The sentencing of Julian Assange: A legal travesty
More on the campaign to Free Assange and Manning »
SEP (Australia) Election Campaign
The Australian election and the fraud of the NDIS
By Max Boddy: SEP candidate for Hunter, 10 May 2019
Greens offer bogus climate pledges while pleading for another partnership with Labor
By Mike Head: SEP candidate for Oxley, 9 May 2019
SEP election meetings in Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle, Brisbane
Vote Socialist Equality Party! No to War and Austerity! For Socialism and Internationalism!
7 May 2019
- Former Australian PM denounces anti-China witch-hunt of intelligence agencies
- SEP candidates address election meetings in Australia to defend Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning
- Workers and youth defend Assange and democratic rights at SEP (Australia) meetings
- Support the Socialist Equality Party in the 2019 Australian Federal Election
- The Socialist Equality Party candidates in the 2019 Australian election
Arts Review
Wild Nights with Emily: American poet Emily Dickinson undone by gender politics
By Joanne Laurier and David Walsh, 10 May 2019
Clergy: An uncompromising film about the hypocrisy and corruption of the Catholic Church in Poland
By Stefan Steinberg, 8 May 2019
Red Joan: A British spy story skirts some issues
Documentary about the brutal 2014 disappearance of teachers’ college students
The 43: A state massacre and cover-up in Mexico
Workers Struggles
Thousands of powerloom workers strike in Tamil Nadu; Migrant workers strike and protest in Taiwan; New Zealand teachers voting on national walkout
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
11 May 2019
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
“They depend on us for their wealth and power”
Uber and Lyft drivers in Chicago, New York and California speak out against exploitation of gig economy workers
By our reporters, 10 May 2019
“We need to fight capitalism and change the whole system”
Uber and Lyft drivers conduct international strike
GM workers denounce deals to “save” token jobs in Lordstown and Oshawa
By Shannon Jones, 10 May 2019
“The UAW sold us down the river”
Fiat Chrysler uses robocall to announce more layoffs at Belvidere, Illinois, plant
More on autoworkers struggles »
“I am ready to stay out and not going back in until we get everything we need”
More than 20,000 participate in Oregon walkouts for public education
By Kayla Costa, 9 May 2019
Two thousand nurses and support staff strike at Toledo, Ohio hospital
More on the class struggle in the US »
International Youth and Students for Social Equality
IYSSE in US holds successful meetings on postmodernism and identity politics
By our reporters, 10 May 2019
”Dictatorships as alternative political orders?”—We say no!
Student Parliament at Humboldt University condemns Jörg Baberowski’s right-wing think tank
European elections
“Join the fight for a united socialist Europe!”
Socialist Equality Party (SGP) publishes campaign video for European Elections
By the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei, 29 April 2019
The European elections and the revival of class struggle
History
One hundred years since the May 4 movement in China—Part One
By Peter Symonds, 4 May 2019
One hundred years since the May 4 movement in China—Part Two
New York Times column falsifies legacy of Eugene Debs
By Tom Mackaman, 30 April 2019
The Fight Against Fascism
“If you agree with our analysis, you’ve got to decide what you’re going to do.”
David North speaks on the threat of fascism
By David North, 20 April 2019
Princeton University provides $300,000 in funding for right-wing historian and propagandist Jörg Baberowski
By David North, 10 April 2019
More on the fight against fascism »
Lessons of the Matamoros workers' rebellion
New trade union bureaucracies or rank-and-file workers’ power?
Lessons of the Matamoros workers’ rebellion: Part one
By Andrea Lobo, 25 March 2019
The ongoing strike wave on the US-Mexico border provides critical lessons for the incipient movement of the working class on an international scale.
International Committee of the Fourth International
Indian Trotskyists hold Kolkata public meeting to celebrate 80th anniversary of the Fourth International
By our correspondents, 13 March 2019
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
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
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
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