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30 May 2019

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Amid grave concerns for his health, Assange transferred to Belmarsh Prison medical wing

By Oscar Grenfell, 30 May 2019

The WSWS demands Assange’s immediate release from the maximum security prison and his transfer to a hospital with the best medical care available and with doctors of his choice.

Despite Assange’s ill-health, Swedish court rejects delay to hearing

As Assange faces 170-year sentence, Trump proposes pardoning US war criminals

More on the campaign to Free Assange and Manning »

The hangman of the Middle East: US-backed regime in Egypt hands down nearly 2,500 death sentences

By Bill Van Auken, 30 May 2019

As el-Sisi’s courts churn out death penalties, including against children, Washington is pouring in military aid that is utilized in the commission of war crimes.

52,000 teachers strike in New Zealand

By Tom Peters, 30 May 2019

The biggest teachers’ strike in the country’s history drew support from many parents and workers who are affected by the worsening social crisis.

New Zealand teachers’ strike: Break from Labour and the unions! Unite the working class against austerity!

French government threatens “national security” charges against journalists who revealed Yemen war arms sales

By Will Morrow, 30 May 2019

Macron’s actions are part of a drive by capitalist governments around the world to criminalize whistleblowing and destroy the freedom of the press.

Tensions with China to escalate following Trump’s visit to Japan

By Ben McGrath, 30 May 2019

US military sales to Japan threaten to trigger a broader arms race in the Asia-Pacific.

China considering “rare earths” retaliation in conflict with the US

By Nick Beams, 30 May 2019

An editorial published in the state-owned People’s Daily warned that the US should not underestimate China’s ability to fight a trade war.

Former Trump adviser lays out plan for all-out economic war against China

Austrian Chancellor Kurz toppled following vote of no confidence

By Markus Salzmann, 30 May 2019

All of the parties in parliament are engaged in bitter infighting, but there is no avenue within the political system for the working class to assert its own interests.

Ford layoffs provoke widespread anger

By Tim Rivers, 30 May 2019

There is a growing anger among Ford workers in the US and around the world after the automaker’s announcement that it will cut the jobs of 7,000 salaried workers.

Class action lawsuit brought in US against generic-drug makers for colluding to fix prices

By Benjamin Mateus, 30 May 2019

The soaring cost of prescription drugs is directly linked to criminal practices by giant corporations.

New prime minister installed in Papua New Guinea

By Patrick O’Connor, 30 May 2019

The manoeuvring between rival political cliques to form government underscores the gulf that separates the country’s poverty-stricken masses and its corrupt and venal elites.

New in Norwegian

Til tross for Assanges helseproblem avviser svensk tingrett utsettelse av arresthøring

Oscar Grenfell, 30. mai 2019

Rettsbeslutningen er det hittil siste eksemplet på den internasjonale juridiske vendettaen som blir begått mot WikiLeaks-gründeren.

EU-valgene: Tyske velgere meldte sterk opposisjon mot storkoalisjonen

Ulrich Rippert, 30. mai 2019

Tyske velgeres vrede over ulidelige arbeidsbetingelser, stigende husleier og veksten av militarisme kunne ikke finne noe politisk uttrykk innen EU-valgenes rammeverk.

Le Pens ytrehøyreparti Nasjonal samling vant EU-valgene i Frankrike

Will Morrow, 30. mai 2019

De to partene som har styrt Frankrike i et halvt århundre, det sosialistiske partiet og republikanerne, mottok en samlet 14 prosent av avstemningen.

New in German

Warum schweigen die Demokratischen Sozialisten Amerikas über die Verfolgung von Julian Assange?

Andre Damon, 30. Mai 2019

Die DSA und das ihr nahestehende Magazin Jacobin hüllen sich in Schweigen über die Anklage gegen Assange unter dem Spionagegesetz.

Nach der Europawahl: EU-Gipfel schachert um Spitzenposten

Peter Schwarz, 30. Mai 2019

Am Dienstag versammelten sich die europäischen Staats- und Regierungschefs zu einem Gipfeltreffen in Brüssel, um über die zukünftige Führungsriege der Europäischen Union zu beraten.

Le Pens rechtsextremer Rassemblement National gewinnt Europawahl in Frankreich

Will Morrow, 30. Mai 2019

Die Sozialistische Partei und die Republikaner, die Frankreich ein halbes Jahrhundert lang regiert haben, erhielten zusammen nur 14 Prozent der Stimmen.

New in Russian

Правящие консерваторы и социал-демократы терпят крах на выборах в ЕС

Алекс Лантье, 29 мая 2019 г.

В Германии, Франции, Великобритании и других странах Европы эти партии когда-то безраздельно доминировали в парламенте. Теперь же они, вместе взятые, не смогли набрать даже половины голосов.

New in Turkish

İran’la savaşa doğru yeni bir adım
Trump, Ortadoğu’ya 1.500 asker konuşlandırıyor

Jacob Crosse ve Jordan Shilton, 29 Mayıs 2019

İran’la, hızla nükleer silahlarla yapılacak bir üçüncü dünya savaşına dönüşebilecek bir savaş tehlikesi, yalnızca, işçi sınıfının savaşa ve onun kaynağı olan kapitalist kar sistemine karşı mücadelede siyasi seferberliği yoluyla engellenebilir.

New in French

Fiat-Chrysler annonce une fusion et menace un bain de sang des emplois

Tom Hall, 29 mai 2019

Bien que Chrysler ait nié que la fusion entraînerait la fermeture d’usines, les avantages économiques de la fusion ne peuvent se concrétiser que par des licenciements massifs.

Podemos s'effondre lors des élections européennes, régionales et municipales en Espagne

Alejandro López, 29 mai 2019

Un facteur majeur du déclin de Podemos a été l'expérience des travailleurs et des gens de la classe moyenne avec ce parti comme il dirigeait de nombreuses mairies.

Un groupe Facebook des gilets jaunes avec 350.000 membres gelé le jour des élections européennes

Will Morrow, 29 mai 2019

Les gilets jaunes utilisent la page du groupe pour organiser des manifestations, pour partager des articles de presse, des déclarations politiques, et des vidéos sur la violence policière.

Le syndicat sabote la grève de 2000 débardeurs à Vancouver en Colombie-Britannique

Roger Jordan, 29 mai 2019

Malgré un vote de grève des débardeurs à 98 p. 100, le président de l’International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada a annulé la grève quelques heures avant son début.

New in Arabic

الحرب الإمبريالية ، انتفاضة الطبقة العاملة في الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا ، واستراتيجية الثورة الدائمة

يقلم كيث جونز, ٩ أيار مايو ٢٠١٩

ثمة نقطة مركزية في منظور اللجنة الدولية للأممية الرابعة وفي استراتيجيتها الثورية هي الاعتراف بأن الانهيار الرأسمالي الشامل المنهجي الذي يدفع القوى الإمبريالية نحو العدوان والحرب هو بالتحديد الذي يغذي ثورة اجتماعية.

New in Spanish

“Ha sido un infierno para el mundo”
Tuit del Ejército estadounidense provoca amplia respuesta antibélica

George Marlowe, 29 mayo 2019

Un tuit publicado la semana pasada por el Ejército estadounidense desató una avalancha de enojo contra las guerras entre miles de veteranos y trabajadores que describieron cómo las guerras los dejaron lisiados, rotos y suicidas.

Conservadores y socialdemócratas oficialistas colapsan en las elecciones de la UE

Alex Lantier, 29 mayo 2019

En Alemania, Francia, Reino Unido y otros países por toda Europa, estos partidos que alguna vez formaban un duopolio en el Parlamento no obtuvo ni el 50 por ciento del voto combinado.

Exasesor de Trump presenta plan para una guerra económica total contra China

Nick Beams, 29 mayo 2019

Steve Bannon pidió que Huawei, la firma de telecomunicaciones china, sea expulsada de EUA y Europa, declarando que esto es diez veces más importante que cualquier acuerdo comercial.

Podemos se desploma en las elecciones municipales, comunitarias y europeas en España

Alejandro López, 29 mayo 2019

Un importante factor en el declive de Podemos ha sido la experiencia de los trabajadores y la clase media con este partido mientras gestionaba numerosos ayuntamientos de pueblos y ciudades.

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Perspective

Mueller encourages drive to remove Trump

30 May 2019

In a surprise statement Wednesday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller provided ammunition to the sections of the American ruling class that have concluded it is necessary to remove Trump from office prior to the 2020 elections.

Earlier Perspectives »

Commentary

The European elections and the resurgence of the class struggle

By Alex Lantier, 30 May 2019

The EU elections revealed the deep discrediting of the political establishment and its imperviousness to growing demands from the working class for political change.

Le Pen’s far-right National Rally wins European election vote in France

Why is the Democratic Socialists of America silent on the persecution of Julian Assange?

By Andre Damon, 29 May 2019

“It’s been hell for the world”
US Army tweet provokes outpouring of antiwar sentiment

By George Marlowe, 28 May 2019

“Many of us are a shell of who we were before”
Memorial Day 2019: US Army tweet prompts outpouring of antiwar sentiment

Why ISIS launched a terror attack on Sri Lanka

By Wasantha Rupasinghe, 29 May 2019

Leaked OPCW engineering report concludes alleged 2018 chemical attack in Syria was staged

Stalinist CPM and CPI suffer meltdown in India’s national election

Free Assange and Manning

Julian Assange and the degraded spectacle of Britain’s Guardian

By Robert Stevens, 30 May 2019

Under conditions in which the WikiLeaks journalist is facing life in prison or worse, the Guardian cannot bring itself to defend him.

Letter to Guardian demands retraction of false claim that Julian Assange faces “rape charge”

By Chris Marsden, 30 May 2019

Istanbul public meeting calls for the defence of Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning

By our correspondents, 30 May 2019

Leading members of Sosyalist Eşitlik and the International Youth and Students for Social Equality addressed the meeting, which adopted a resolution calling for the freedom of Assange and Manning.

Australian government, Labor opposition silent on espionage charges against Assange

By Oscar Grenfell, 28 May 2019

Free Julian Assange! Free Chelsea Manning!
Attend UK public meetings to demand freedom of Assange and Manning!

27 May 2019

“Truth ultimately is all we have:” Julian Assange appeals for public support

By Oscar Grenfell, 25 May 2019

More on the campaign to Free Assange and Manning »

The Fight Against Fascism

Successful book presentation of “Why Are They Back?” at the Heinrich Böll Library in Berlin

By our reporter, 30 May 2019

“The return of fascism, of authoritarian rule, of dictatorship and war is an international phenomenon,” the book’s author, SGP Deputy National Secretary Christoph Vandreier, stressed.

“The Threat of Fascism and How to Fight It”
Video: Christoph Vandreier’s full lecture at Wayne State

By Christoph Vandreier, 21 May 2019

The WSWS makes the full recording of Vandreier’s April 11, 2019 lecture available.

The Social Crisis in America

Kalamazoo, Michigan: “I don’t like the idea of selling my blood plasma for money, but I have to do what I’ve got to do”
US blood plasma industry targets poor and working class

By Carlos Delgado, 28 May 2019

“It feels like your whole life is a constant crisis”
US millennials describe life on the brink

By Genevieve Leigh, 27 May 2019

The millennial generation in the US: Life on the brink

Arts Review

Director of Boyz n the Hood, Higher Learning and other films focusing on the African-American working class and poor
Film director John Singleton dead at age 51

By Nick Barrickman, 29 May 2019

The end of Game of Thrones: Spectacle versus art

By Gabriel Black, 27 May 2019

Knock Down the House and the Democratic Party politics of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

By Genevieve Leigh, 25 May 2019

Workers Struggles

Honduran government cracks down on strike by teachers, doctors and nurses

By Andrea Lobo, 29 May 2019

University of Chicago graduate student union authorizes strike action

By George Gallanis, 29 May 2019

Chicago Teachers Union prepares to back new Democratic mayor’s austerity demands

New Haven, California teacher strike enters second week

More on the Defense of Public Education »

Police and military crack down on spontaneous taxi strike in Matamoros, Mexico

By Eric London, 25 May 2019

More on the Matamoros workers rebellion »

UAW continues to isolate workers
Mercy Health workers continue strike as management digs in

Socialist Equality Party

Aftermath of terrorist attack: Sri Lankan SEP public meeting warns about threat of dictatorship

By our reporters, 27 May 2019

Socialist Equality Party wins important support in Australian federal election

By Oscar Grenfell, 25 May 2019

Australian voters speak out
Workers and youth condemn major parliamentary parties

SGP European election candidate Andreas Niklaus speaks to Berlin bus drivers
“A war must be prevented at all costs”

By our reporters, 25 May 2019

A socialist perspective against fascism and war: Successful SGP election meeting in Berlin

25 years ago: Democratic Representative Dan Rostenkowski indicted

On May 31, 1994, powerful Democratic Party Congressman Dan Rostenkowski of Chicago was indicted on 17 felony counts in a massive abuse of office to plunder over $600,000 from the public treasury.

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50 years ago: General strike begins in Cordoba, Argentina

On May 29, 1969, workers and students in the industrial city of Cordoba, Argentina began a general strike that would become known as “El Cordobazo.”

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75 years ago: Allied forces approach Rome as Hitler calls for retreat

On June 2, 1944, Allied forces, led by British and US troops, succeeded in breaching the Caesar C line, the last defensive German positions leading to Nazi-occupied Rome.

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100 years ago: American aircraft makes first transatlantic flight

On May 27, 1919, the military plane dubbed Navy-Curtis 4, which had set off with two other American military planes, Navy-Curtis 1 and 3, from Long Island in New York on May 8, landed in Lisbon, Portugal.

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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 future lies in socialism

By Joseph Kishore, 13 May 2019

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.