31 May 2019
Democratic governor signs Louisiana fetal “heartbeat” abortion ban
By Kate Randall, 31 May 2019
Louisiana is the fifth state to pass bans on abortions based on detection of a fetal heartbeat, following Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi and Ohio.
Mobilize the working class in defense of abortion rights
Alabama abortion ban: Back to barbarism
After the Mueller statement
Trump to impose tariff on Mexico in attack on immigrants as Democrats denounce Russia
By Eric London, 31 May 2019
The working class has no ally in the faction fight between reactionary partisans of US imperialism.
Mueller encourages drive to remove Trump
US escalates threat of force against Iran
By Bill Van Auken, 31 May 2019
Threats of “force” and a “very strong response” have accompanied Washington’s unsubstantiated claims of Iranian responsibility for attacks in the Middle East.
A further step towards war with Iran
Trump deploys 1,500 troops to Middle East, sells weapons to Gulf allies
The German government prepares military intervention in Syria
By Peter Schwarz, 31 May 2019
Military support of a “safe zone” in northern Syria would mean a massive escalation of Germany’s participation in the Syrian war.
Fresh Israeli elections after Netanyahu fails to form a government
By Jean Shaoul, 31 May 2019
The calling of new elections expresses the crisis of bourgeois rule provoked by the twin pressures of the decades-long military suppression of the Palestinian people and deepening social inequality within Israel itself.
Netanyahu—unable to form a government—threatens new Israeli elections
Following European elections: EU summit haggles over top jobs
By Peter Schwarz, 31 May 2019
The European heads of government met for a summit in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss the future leading personnel in the European Union.
As teachers union abandons demands and calls in Democrats
New Haven, California teachers strike at a crossroads
By Evan Blake and David Brown, 31 May 2019
The New Haven Teachers Association is working with state Democrats to end the teachers strike as quickly as possible with a sellout contract
More on the Defense of Public Education »
“All the companies should go on strike together”
Faurecia auto parts workers await contract expiration in Saline, Michigan
By Tim Rivers, 31 May 2019
Workers at the factory near Detroit voted 97 percent earlier this month to authorize strike action at the plant, which produces door panels, consoles, instrument panels and other plastic parts.
Russian health care workers protest over wages and staffing
By Andrea Peters, 31 May 2019
Part of a wave of ongoing protests against the deplorable state of public health services in Russia, workers in Penza oblast staged a “work-to-rule” strike in late May.
Pakistan government prepares savage austerity following IMF “bailout”
By Sampath Perera, 31 May 2019
Washington is seeking to exploit Pakistan’s fiscal and economic crisis to disrupt Islamabad’s growing economic and strategic ties with China.
Australia: Children detained in adult watch houses in Queensland
By John Harris, 31 May 2019
Children as young as ten have been held in maximum security facilities, where they have been subjected to horrific abuses.
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Правительство Гондураса расправляется с бастующими учителями, врачами и медсестрами
Андреа Лобо, 31 мая 2019 г.
Профсоюзы и оппозиционные партии делают все возможное, чтобы удержать рабочих от призывов к общей борьбе международного рабочего класса против империализма.
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İstanbul’da “Julian Assange’a ve Chelsea Manning’e Özgürlük” toplantısı düzenlendi
Muhabirlerimizden, 31 Mayıs 2019
Toplantıda, Assange’ın ABD’ye iade edilmesine karşı çıkan ve işçileri ve gençleri Assange’ın ve Manning’in özgürlüğü uğruna mücadeleye katılmaya çağıran bir karar önerisi oybirliği ile kabul edildi.
Sağlık durumu kötüleşen Assange, Belmarsh Cezaevi revirine nakledildi
Oscar Grenfell, 31 Mayıs 2019
WikiLeaks’in kurucusu ve yayıncısı Julian Assange, tutuklanmasından bu yana destekleyicilerine yönelik yayınlanan ilk açıklamasını yaptı.
Guardian’a mektup: Julian Assange hakkındaki asılsız iddianızı geri çekin
Chris Marsden, 31 Mayıs 2019
Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi’nin (Britanya) Ulusal Sekreteri Chris Marsden’in Guardian gazetesine gönderdiği ve Julian Assange hakkında yayınladıkları bir başyazıda yer alan yalanları düzeltmelerini ve bunun için özür dilemelerini talep eden mektup.
Avrupa seçimleri ve sınıf mücadelesinin canlanması
Alex Lantier, 31 Mayıs 2019
Avrupa seçimleri, siyaset kurumunun son derece gözden düşmüş ve işçi sınıfının siyasi değişim yönünde artan taleplerine kapalı olduğunu ortaya koydu.
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¿Por qué callan los Socialistas Democráticos de Estados Unidos sobre la persecución de Julian Assange?
Por Andre Damon, 31 mayo 2019
DSA y su publicación afiliada, Jacobin, han guardado un silencio cómplice sobre la imputación de Assange bajo la Ley de espionaje.
Ante problema de salud grave, Assange transferido al ala médica de la prisión Belmarsh
Por Oscar Grenfell, 31 mayo 2019
El WSWS exige la liberación inmediata de Assange de la prisión de máxima seguridad y que sea transferido a un hospital con el mejor cuidado médico disponible y con los doctores de su elección.
El verdugo del Oriente Próximo: el régimen egipcio, respaldado por los Estados Unidos, impone casi 2.500 condenas a muerte
Por Bill Van Auken, 31 mayo 2019
Según las cortes de Al Sisi reparten penas de muerte, incluso contra niños, Washington está derramando ayuda militar que será utilizada para perpetrar crímenes de guerra.
El Gobierno hondureño reprime huelga de maestros, doctores y enfermeros
por Andrea Lobo, 31 mayo 2019
Los sindicatos y los partidos de oposición han hecho todo lo posible para prevenir que los trabajadores apelen a una lucha conjunta de la clase obrera internacional contra el imperialismo.
La Agrupación Nacional ultraderechista de Le Pen gana elección europea en Francia
Por Will Morrow, 31 mayo 2019
Ambos partidos que han gobernado Francia por medio siglo, el Partido Socialista y Los Republicanos, recibieron un combinado de 14 por ciento de los votos.
Elecciones europeas: los votantes alemanes registran una fuerte oposición a la gran coalición
Por Ulrich Rippert, 31 mayo 2019
La ira de los votantes alemanes hacia las condiciones laborales intolerables, el aumento en la renta y la escalada de militarismo no pudo hallar ninguna expresión política dentro del marco de las elecciones de la UE.
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EU-valgene og gjenoppblussingen av klassekampen
Alex Lantier, 31. mai 2019
EU-valgene avslørte den dype mistroen til det politiske etablissementet og den ubøyelige avvisningen av arbeiderklassens voksende forlangender om politisk endring.
Assange overført til medisinsk avdeling i Belmarsh Prison, med seriøse bekymringer for hans helsetilstand
Oscar Grenfell, 31. mai 2019
WSWS krever Assanges umiddelbare løslatelse fra maksimalsikkerhetsfengselet og overføring til et sykehus med best mulig medisinsk ekspertise, og med leger etter hans eget valg.
Midtøstens bøddel: Det USA-støttede regimet i Egypt avleverer dødsdommer for 2 500
Bill Van Auken, 31. mai 2019
Mens al-Sisis domstoler kverner ut dødsdommer, også mot barn, pøser Washington på med militærhjelp som anvendes til krigsforbrytelser.
Julian Assange og britiske Guardians nedrige opptreden
Robert Stevens, 31. mai 2019
Mens WikiLeaks-journalisten konfronterer livstidsfengsling eller det som verre er, får ikke Guardian seg til å forsvare ham.
Brev til Guardian krever dementi av falsk påstand om at Julian Assange står overfor «voldtektsanklage»
Chris Marsden, 31. mai 2019
Følgende er et brev til den britiske avisa Guardian fra SEPs nasjonalsekretær Chris Marsden med krav om at de dementerer og beklager løgnene de publiserte i en redksjonell lederartikkel om Julian Assange.
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Bundesregierung bereitet Kriegseinsatz in Syrien vor
Peter Schwarz, 31. Mai 2019
Berlin ist bereit, eine von den USA geplante „Schutzzone“ im Norden Syriens militärisch zu unterstützen. Entsprechende Pläne will sie heute mit US-Außenminister Pompeo besprechen.
Die Europawahl und die Rückkehr des Klassenkampfs
Alex Lantier, 31. Mai 2019
Die Europawahl hat gezeigt, dass das politische Establishment vollkommen diskreditiert ist und den wachsenden Forderungen der Arbeiterklasse nach einem politischen Wandel feindlich gegenübersteht.
Gesundheit von Julian Assange verschlechtert sich
Wikileaks-Gründer in Krankenflügel des Gefängnisses Belmarsh verlegt
Oscar Grenfell, 31. Mai 2019
Die WSWS fordert die sofortige Freilassung von Julian Assange aus dem Hochsicherheitsgefängnis und seine Verlegung in ein Krankenhaus, mit der bestmöglichen medizinischen Versorgung von Ärzten seiner Wahl.
Mueller regt Amtsenthebungsverfahren gegen Trump an
Barry Grey, 31. Mai 2019
Am Mittwoch lieferte US-Sonderermittler Robert Mueller der Fraktion in der amerikanischen herrschenden Klasse, die Trump noch vor den Wahlen 2020 aus dem Amt entheben will, neue Munition.
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- Gesundheit von Julian Assange verschlechtert sich
Wikileaks-Gründer in Krankenflügel des Gefängnisses Belmarsh verlegt (31.05.2019) - Bundesregierung bereitet Kriegseinsatz in Syrien vor (31.05.2019)
- Mueller regt Amtsenthebungsverfahren gegen Trump an (31.05.2019)
- Die Europawahl und die Rückkehr des Klassenkampfs (31.05.2019)
- Warum schweigen die Demokratischen Sozialisten Amerikas über die Verfolgung von Julian Assange? (30.05.2019)
- Nach der Europawahl: EU-Gipfel schachert um Spitzenposten (30.05.2019)
- Le Pens rechtsextremer Rassemblement National gewinnt Europawahl in Frankreich (30.05.2019)
- „Gelbwesten“-Facebook-Gruppe mit 350.000 Mitgliedern am Europawahltag gesperrt (29.05.2019)
- Österreich: Kanzler Kurz stürzt nach Misstrauensvotum (29.05.2019)
- Linkspartei verliert bei der Europawahl massiv Stimmen (29.05.2019)
- Gesundheit von Julian Assange verschlechtert sich
- Français
- Les élections européennes et la résurgence de la lutte des classes (31.05.2019)
- Sa santé soulevant de graves inquiétudes, Assange est transféré à l’aile médicale de la prison de Belmarsh (31.05.2019)
- Macron menace des journalistes qui ont révélé des ventes d'armes de guerre au Yémen de violation de la «sécurité nationale» (31.05.2019)
- Le bourreau du Moyen-Orient: Le régime soutenu par les États-Unis en Égypte prononce près de 2500 condamnations à mort (31.05.2019)
- Pourquoi les Socialistes démocrates d’Amérique gardent-ils le silence sur la persécution de Julian Assange? (30.05.2019)
- France: le Rassemblement national d’extrême droite de Le Pen remporte l’élection européenne (30.05.2019)
- Élections européennes: forte opposition au gouvernement de la ‘grande coalition’ en Allemagne (30.05.2019)
- Malgré la mauvaise santé d'Assange, le tribunal suédois rejette un report de l'audience (30.05.2019)
- «Nous ne sommes plus que l’ombre de ce que nous étions avant»
Jour du Souvenir 2019: Un tweet de l'armée américaine suscite une vague de sentiment antiguerre (30.05.2019) - Fiat-Chrysler annonce une fusion et menace un bain de sang des emplois (29.05.2019)
- Español
- ¿Por qué callan los Socialistas Democráticos de Estados Unidos sobre la persecución de Julian Assange? (31.05.2019)
- Ante problema de salud grave, Assange transferido al ala médica de la prisión Belmarsh (31.05.2019)
- El verdugo del Oriente Próximo: el régimen egipcio, respaldado por los Estados Unidos, impone casi 2.500 condenas a muerte (31.05.2019)
- El Gobierno hondureño reprime huelga de maestros, doctores y enfermeros (31.05.2019)
- La Agrupación Nacional ultraderechista de Le Pen gana elección europea en Francia (31.05.2019)
- Elecciones europeas: los votantes alemanes registran una fuerte oposición a la gran coalición (31.05.2019)
- Refugiados venezolanos enfrentan condiciones desesperantes en Colombia (30.05.2019)
- Informe filtrado de la OPAQ concluye que ataque químico de 2018 en Siria fue escenificado (30.05.2019)
- Grupo de Facebook de "chalecos amarillos" con 350.000 miembros suspendido el día de las elecciones europeas (30.05.2019)
- Debacle en elecciones europeas para conservadores y laboristas británicos (30.05.2019)
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- Правительство Гондураса расправляется с бастующими учителями, врачами и медсестрами (31.05.2019)
- Правящие консерваторы и социал-демократы терпят крах на выборах в ЕС (29.05.2019)
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- 98 арестованных в результате протестов оппозиции в Екатеринбурге (21.05.2019)
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- Casa Branca e Google lançam guerra tecnológica contra China (23.05.2019)
- Manifestantes falam sobre os ataques de Bolsonaro à educação durante protesto em São Paulo (23.05.2019)
- Um milhão de pessoas saem às ruas contra cortes na educação e austeridade no Brasil (21.05.2019)
- A estreia da Uber na bolsa: bilhões para investidores, maior exploração para trabalhadores (18.05.2019)
- Discurso de abertura do Comício Online Internacional de 1˚ de Maio
O ressurgimento da luta de classes e a luta pelo socialismo (16.05.2019) - EUA ameaçam Irã com uma guerra (13.05.2019)
- O “socialismo” nacionalista de Bernie Sanders (13.05.2019)
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- Preparando-se para a Terceira Guerra Mundial
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Perspective
Jacobin editor Bhaskar Sunkara makes a fool of himself
31 May 2019
Anyone under the impression that Bhaskar Sunkara, Jacobin or the Democratic Socialists of America have anything to do with socialism should listen to an interview with Sunkara published by the New York Times on Thursday.
Free Assange and Manning
On the spot report: Protest outside Westminster Magistrates Court demands freedom for gravely ill Julian Assange
By our reporters, 31 May 2019
Around 100 people demonstrated outside Westminster Magistrates Court Thursday morning to oppose US extradition proceedings targeting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
John Pilger speaks out:
“Today it’s Julian Assange, tomorrow it could be you”
By our reporters, 31 May 2019
Investigative journalist, broadcaster and film maker John Pilger spoke to the media outside the Westminster Magistrates Court about Assange’s case.
WikiLeaks ambassador Joseph Farrell: “Going into prison is a big, ominous, oppressive feeling”
By our reporter, 31 May 2019
The WSWS spoke to Joseph A. Farrell, a WikiLeaks ambassador and a Centre for Investigative Journalism board member.
“We are told that we live in a democratic society, but this proves it’s not the case”
Protesters speak out in defence of Assange
By our reporters, 31 May 2019
WSWS reporters spoke to some of those protesting outside Westminster Magistrates Court against efforts to extradite Julian Assange to the United States.
Amid grave concerns for his health, Assange transferred to Belmarsh Prison medical wing
By Oscar Grenfell, 30 May 2019
Despite Assange’s ill-health, Swedish court rejects delay to hearing
As Assange faces 170-year sentence, Trump proposes pardoning US war criminals
Why is the Democratic Socialists of America silent on the persecution of Julian Assange?
By Andre Damon, 29 May 2019
Julian Assange and the degraded spectacle of Britain’s Guardian
By Robert Stevens, 30 May 2019
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
Free Julian Assange! Free Chelsea Manning!
Attend UK public meetings to demand freedom of Assange and Manning!
27 May 2019
More on the campaign to Free Assange and Manning »
Arts Review
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote: Terry Gilliam’s latest tribute to non-conformism
By David Walsh, 31 May 2019
Gilliam has famously been attempting to make a film inspired by Don Quixote, the 17th century novel by Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes, for decades.
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
Commentary
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
The European elections and the resurgence of the class struggle
By Alex Lantier, 30 May 2019
“It’s been hell for the world”
US Army tweet provokes outpouring of antiwar sentiment
By George Marlowe, 28 May 2019
Why ISIS launched a terror attack on Sri Lanka
By Wasantha Rupasinghe, 29 May 2019
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 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.
Workers Struggles
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
31 May 2019
State train drivers conducted a nationwide strike on May 28 to oppose government plans to increase the pension age in increments over the next five years.
52,000 teachers strike in New Zealand
By Tom Peters, 30 May 2019
New Zealand teachers’ strike: Break from Labour and the unions! Unite the working class against austerity!
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
Police and military crack down on spontaneous taxi strike in Matamoros, Mexico
By Eric London, 25 May 2019
More on the Matamoros workers rebellion »
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
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
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
- The class struggle in the United States and the fight against war
- The ICFI’s program intersects with a new wave of working-class struggle
- 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.
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
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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