3 June 2019
Britain and Australia dismiss UN report that Assange has been tortured
By Oscar Grenfell, 3 June 2019
The brazen responses demonstrate the criminality of the US-led vendetta against Assange, which is proceeding in violation of due process and the fundamental tenets of international law.
Pentagon rebukes White House over USS McCain incident
By Patrick Martin, 3 June 2019
Top Navy officials were reportedly incensed at orders to hide the warship, named after the father and grandfather of the late US senator, during Trump’s visit to Japan.
Mueller encourages drive to remove Trump
After the Mueller statement
Trump to impose tariff on Mexico in attack on immigrants as Democrats denounce Russia
US defense secretary issues military threat against China
By Nick Beams, 3 June 2019
US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan delivered a 40-minute blast against China accusing it of seeking “Indo-Pacific hegemony in the near-term and, ultimately, global pre-eminence in the long-term.”
Pompeo visit exposes deepening tensions between Germany and US
By Peter Schwarz, 3 June 2019
In his visit to Berlin, US Secretary of State Pompeo reiterated long-standing differences and restated Washington's threats against Germany.
The European elections and the resurgence of the class struggle
UK Labour Party’s civil war blows up in aftermath of European election debacle
Conservative Party implodes amid rise of Brexit Party
By Robert Stevens, 3 June 2019
The ability of pro-Remain forces to even influence the contest, let alone win it, is close to zero after Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party virtually wiped out the Tories in the European elections.
“Yellow vest” protesters speak on the European elections
By our reporters, 3 June 2019
“I came today to support the people fighting against this government that I am against, and because I want a real democracy,” Jennifer, 31, told campaigners for the Parti de l’égalité socialiste (Socialist Equality Party, PES).
After EU election, Podemos backs Spanish social democrats’ repressive policy
By Alejandro López, 3 June 2019
Podemos aims to join Spain’s social democratic government, which is preparing draconian attacks on social programs and new measures against Catalan political prisoners.
Trudeau and Pence plot Canada’s role in US imperialist aggression
By Roger Jordan, 3 June 2019
Trump’s vice president has taken on an increasingly important role in articulating and implementing US imperialist aggression, especially against China and Venezuela.
Questions remain in wake of Virginia Beach, Virginia shooting that left 13 dead
By Kate Randall, 3 June 2019
Shooter Dwayne Craddock had worked as a certified professional engineer in the city’s public utilities department for about 15 years and was not previously known as a violent individual.
Fourteen Democratic presidential hopefuls campaign at California convention
By Dan Conway, 3 June 2019
The presidential candidates who spoke at the convention offered various types of vague reformist pabulum that will be rapidly abandoned once the party’s nominee is chosen.
“We went out with the nurses, we should go back with the nurses”
Mercy Health strikers in Toledo, Ohio denounce UAW sabotage of their struggle
By Shannon Jones, 3 June 2019
In an act of blatant strikebreaking, the UAW organized a vote by support staff and technicians at Mercy Health St. Vincent in order to isolate striking nurses and force them back to work.
UAW calls for contract vote by Mercy Health support and technical staff in a bid to isolate nurses
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra cancels summer program, locks out musicians
By Nick Barrickman, 3 June 2019
The announcement of plans to cut the performances and pay of BSO musicians comes amid efforts to attack the artistic and economic conditions of orchestra musicians across the US.
Aluminum workers vote to strike Arconic-Alcoa
By Steve Filips, 3 June 2019
Nearly 5,000 aluminum workers voted to strike after the United Steelworkers union extended their contract.
South Korean shipbuilding workers oppose massive job cuts
By Ben McGrath, 3 June 2019
The Korean Metal Workers Union has deliberately limited industrial action and isolated the shipyard workers to prevent a broader struggle against capitalist exploitation.
Mental health crisis in Australia’s refugee camps
By Max Boddy, 3 June 2019
So torturous are the conditions confronting the more than 500 asylum seekers still on Manus—some for nearly seven years—that many have inflicted bodily injury to themselves.
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Эта неделя в истории
50 лет назад: Всеобщая забастовка начинается в аргентинской Кордове
3 июня 2019 г.
29 мая 1969 года рабочие и студенты аргентинского промышленного города Кордова начали всеобщую забастовку, которая станет известна как «Эль Кордобасо».
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BM Özel Raportörü: Julian Assange’a işkence ediliyor
Oscar Grenfell, 3 Haziran 2019
Julian Assange’ın, Chelsea Manning’in ve tüm diğer sınıf savaşı tutsaklarının savunulması, işçi sınıfının bütün dünyada yeniden canlanan mücadelelerinin başlıca talebi haline gelmelidir.
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As eleições europeias e o ressurgimento da luta de classes
Alex Lantier, 3 Junho 2019
As eleições europeias revelaram o profundo descrédito do establishment político e sua incapacidade de satisfazer as crescentes exigências da classe trabalhadora por mudanças políticas.
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Relator especial de la ONU: Julian Assange está siendo torturado
Oscar Grenfell, 3 junio 2019
La declaración de ayer de Nils Melzer, el relator especial de la ONU sobre la tortura, es una condena contra todos los que han participado en la persecución de Assange y han buscado envenenar la opinión pública en su contra.
A medida que Trump intensifica la guerra contra los inmigrantes
Una organización de control de los Estados Unidos encuentra a 900 inmigrantes atrapados en una cárcel diseñada para 125
Barry Grey, 3 junio 2019
El inspector general encontró detenidos “de pie en los retretes en las celdas para hacer lugar y ganar espacio para respirar, limitando así el acceso a los baños”.
Después de la declaración de Mueller
Trump amenaza a México con aranceles en ataque contra inmigrantes, mientras los demócratas denuncian a Rusia
Eric London, 3 junio 2019
La clase obrera no tiene aliados en la lucha entre facciones reaccionarias y proimperialistas.
La amenaza arancelaria de Trump contra México golpea los mercados globales
Nick Beams, 3 junio 2019
Persiguiendo su agenda política, Trump dejó en claro que está preparado para recurrir al uso sin precedentes de medidas económicas, lo que conlleva ramificaciones de gran alcance.
Alemania: el partido La Izquierda sufre una pérdida masiva de votos en las elecciones europeas
Gregor Link, 3 junio 2019
El partido La Izquierda es percibido correctamente como parte de, no una alternativa a, las políticas reaccionarias del Gobierno alemán.
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FNs spesialrapportør: Julian Assange blir torturert
Oscar Grenfell, 3. juni 2019
Fredagens erklæring fra Nils Melzer, FN-spesialrapportør om tortur, setter alle som har forfulgt Assange og søkt å forgifte den offentlige opinion mot ham under tiltale.
Amerikanske pedagoger krever frihet for Julian Assange og Chelsea Manning
WSWS Teacher Newsletter, 3. juni 2019
WSWS Teacher Newsletter har mottatt mange uttalelser fra pedagoger til støtte for Assange og Manning.
Borgerkrigen i britiske Labour Party eksploderer i etterdønningene av fiaskoen i EU-valget
Robert Stevens, 3. juni 2019
I mangel av et genuint forsøk på å overvinne splittelsene i arbeiderklassen som ble sådd av 2016-folkeavstemningen, var EU-valget et de facto referendum over Brexit.
Frankrikes illegale bevæpning av libysk kystvakt, for å stoppe flyktninger fra Afrika
Anthony Torres og Alex Lantier, 3. juni 2019
Politikken har blitt fordømt av flere menneskerettighetsorganisasjoner, på grunn av utbredelsen av tortur, voldtekt, slaveri og mord i interneringsleirene.
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Tandis que Trump intensifie la guerre contre les immigrants
Un organisme américain trouve 900 immigrants entassés dans une prison conçue pour 125 personnes
Barry Grey, 3 juin 2019
L'inspecteur général a trouvé des détenus «debout sur des toilettes dans les cellules pour faire de la place, limitant ainsi l'accès aux toilettes».
Le Rapporteur spécial des Nations Unies affirme que Julian Assange est torturé
Oscar Grenfell, 3 juin 2019
La déclaration faite hier par Nils Melzer, Rapporteur spécial des Nations Unies sur la torture, constitue une mise en accusation de tous ceux qui ont persécuté Assange et cherché à empoisonner l’opinion publique contre lui.
Une guerre civile éclate au Parti travailliste britannique à la suite de la débâcle des élections européennes
Robert Stevens, 3 juin 2019
Dans l’absence d’un vrai effort d’éliminer les divisions semées dans la classe ouvrière par le référendum de 2016, les élections européennes sont devenues un plébiscite de fait sur Brexit.
Québec: des milliers de travailleurs manifestent leur soutien aux lock-outés d’ABI
Laurent Lafrance, 3 juin 2019
Le Syndicat des métallos a organisé cette manifestation, la deuxième seulement en près de 17 mois de lock-out, uniquement pour dissiper la colère des travailleurs et couvrir la débâcle de leurs appels réactionnaires au premier ministre du Québec, François Legault.
Allemagne: Le Parti de gauche subit une perte massive de voix aux élections européennes
Gregor Link, 3 juin 2019
Le Parti de gauche est perçu à juste titre, non pas comme une opposition aux politiques réactionnaires du gouvernement allemand, mais comme partie prenante de celles-ci.
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UN-Sonderberichterstatter: Julian Assange wird gefoltert
Oscar Grenfell, 3. Juni 2019
Die Erklärung von Nils Melzer, UN-Sonderberichterstatter zum Thema Folter, ist ein vernichtendes Urteil über Assanges Ankläger und alle, die gegen ihn Stimmung machen.
SPD-Vorsitzende Nahles tritt zurück
Peter Schwarz, 3. Juni 2019
Die Krise an der Spitze der SPD ist eine weitere Stufe des Niedergangs einer Partei, die seit 1987 15 Parteivorsitzende verschlissen hat.
Bundesregierung verteidigt rechtsradikalen Professor Baberowski
Johannes Stern, 3. Juni 2019
Die Bundesregierung hat sich in einem offiziellen Statement hinter den rechtsradikalen Humboldt-Professor Jörg Baberowski und dessen Kollegen Herfried Münkler gestellt.
Trump verschärft Krieg gegen Immigranten:
US-Aufsichtsbehörde: 900 Immigranten zusammengepfercht in einem Gefängnis für 125 Insassen
Barry Grey, 3. Juni 2019
Der Generalinspekteur dokumentierte, dass Häftlinge „in den Zellen auf den Toiletten stehen, um Platz zu schaffen und Freiraum zu gewinnen, wodurch der Zugang zu den Toiletten behindert wird“.
Frankreich bewaffnet rechtswidrig libysche Küstenwache, um Flüchtlinge aus Afrika abzuwehren
Anthony Torres und Alex Lantier, 3. Juni 2019
Das Vorgehen Frankreichs wurde von mehreren Menschenrechtsorganisationen verurteilt, weil in den Lagern Folter, Vergewaltigung, Sklaverei und Mord an der Tagesordnung sind.
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Perspective
The US and China on a collision course
3 June 2019
The “cold war” between the United States and China took a major step toward becoming a “hot” war over the weekend at the annual Shangri-La defense summit in Singapore.
Free Assange and Manning
Protests in London and Edinburgh demand freedom for Assange and Manning
By our reporters, 3 June 2019
A protest in Trafalgar Square on Saturday was organised via social media and endorsed by the Julian Assange Defence Committee.
“I felt that sitting behind my laptop just wasn’t enough and so I decided to try and organise something myself”
Valentina Flex, organiser of Edinburgh Assange and Manning protest, speaks to the WSWS
By Steve James, 3 June 2019
Flex organised a protest in defence of Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning outside the US Consulate last Saturday.
Sydney Peace Prize recipients demand Australian government defend Assange
By Oscar Grenfell, 3 June 2019
The statement was a powerful indictment of the Australian political and media establishment, which has abandoned the WikiLeaks founder or openly participated in his persecution.
Free Julian Assange! Free Chelsea Manning!
Attend UK public meetings to demand freedom of Assange and Manning!
27 May 2019
United Nations Special Rapporteur: Julian Assange is being tortured
By Oscar Grenfell, 1 June 2019
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
American educators demand freedom for Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning
Istanbul public meeting calls for the defence of Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning
More on the campaign to Free Assange and Manning »
Featured Commentary
Jacobin editor Bhaskar Sunkara makes a fool of himself
By Joseph Kishore, 31 May 2019
Arts Review
Amazing Grace: A film about American singer Aretha Franklin’s most popular album
By Matthew Brennan, 3 June 2019
Amazing Grace, a concert film currently showing in select theaters around the US, captures the two-day recording of singer-pianist Aretha Franklin’s 1972 gospel concert album of the same title.
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote: Terry Gilliam’s latest tribute to non-conformism
By David Walsh, 31 May 2019
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
The end of Game of Thrones: Spectacle versus art
This week in history: June 3-9
25 years ago: OECD calls for deeper attack on the working class
On June 7-8, 1994, finance, trade and labor ministers met in Paris at the annual conference of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, to discuss and agree upon a draft report of the organization.
50 years ago: Nixon announces token Vietnam troop withdrawal
Amidst great fanfare, President Richard Nixon announced June 8, 1969 that 25,000 US soldiers would be withdrawn from South Vietnam by the end of August, out of a total force of 540,000.
75 years ago: Allied powers launch D-Day landings in Normandy
On June 6, 1944, Allied forces, led by Britain and the United States, landed at several locations in Normandy, France, in the opening shot of their successful invasion of Nazi-occupied western Europe.
100 years ago: British troops shoot protesters on Malta
On June 7, 1919, British troops fired into a crowd of protesters in front of a newspaper office in Valletta, the capital of the Mediterranean island of Malta, injuring about 50 people and killing three.
Workers Struggles
Matamoros workers run for office: The political questions
By Alex González and Andrea Lobo, 1 June 2019
Police and military crack down on spontaneous taxi strike in Matamoros, Mexico
More on the Matamoros workers rebellion »
Ignoring workers overwhelming strike vote
UAW extends contract for Saline, Michigan Faurecia workers
By Tim Rivers, 1 June 2019
“All the companies should go on strike together”
Faurecia auto parts workers await contract expiration in Saline, Michigan
Ford layoffs provoke widespread anger
Fiat-Chrysler announces merger, threatens jobs bloodbath
More on autoworkers struggles »
University of Chicago graduate student union plans three-day strike
By George Gallanis, 1 June 2019
University of Chicago graduate student union authorizes strike action
Democrat Tony Thurmond fails to shut down New Haven teachers strike in California
By Evan Blake, 1 June 2019
“What we need to do is storm Sacramento”
New Haven teachers speak on conditions
By David Brown, 1 June 2019
As teachers union abandons demands and calls in Democrats
New Haven, California teachers strike at a crossroads
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
More on the defense of public education »
Commentary
Trump’s Mexican tariff threat hits global markets
By Nick Beams, 1 June 2019
Tensions with China to escalate following Trump’s visit to Japan
Democratic governor signs Louisiana fetal “heartbeat” abortion ban
By Kate Randall, 31 May 2019
Mobilize the working class in defense of abortion rights
Alabama abortion ban: Back to barbarism
Fresh Israeli elections after Netanyahu fails to form a government
By Jean Shaoul, 31 May 2019
Arch-communalist Modi sworn-in as India’s prime minister for second time
By Deepal Jayasekera, 1 June 2019
As Trump escalates war on immigrants
US watchdog finds 900 immigrants jammed into jail designed for 125
By Barry Grey, 1 June 2019
“It’s immoral. It’s unethical. It’s torture”
US uses solitary confinement as weapon against detained immigrants
The hangman of the Middle East: US-backed regime in Egypt hands down nearly 2,500 death sentences
“It’s been hell for the world”
US Army tweet provokes outpouring of antiwar sentiment
Why ISIS launched a terror attack on Sri Lanka
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.
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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