10 October 2019
Turkey launches US-backed offensive targeting Kurdish forces in Syria
By Alex Lantier, 10 October 2019
Turkish air raids and artillery bombardments hit cities and military and civilian targets along approximately 100 kilometers of the Turkey-Syria border.
Washington green lights Turkish attack on Kurdish forces in Syria
PG&E imposes blackout for over two million residents in Northern California
By Evan Blake, 10 October 2019
Facing wind storms, the energy monopoly cut power for masses of people, fearing liability in the event of further deadly wildfires sparked by its power lines.
Trump asserts unchecked presidential powers
By Patrick Martin, 10 October 2019
Trump’s attorneys are arguing that neither state prosecutors nor Congress have any power over the chief executive.
Trump White House declares it will not cooperate with impeachment inquiry
Why do the CIA assassins and coup-plotters love this “whistleblower”?
“Meet the Press” anchor Chuck Todd grills senator: “You don’t trust the FBI and CIA?”
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FISA court documents expose illegal FBI mass surveillance
By Kevin Reed, 10 October 2019
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a series of previously classified documents and secret rulings that provide details of illegal spying on US citizens by the federal agency.
Richest 400 Americans paid lower taxes than everyone else in 2018
By Trévon Austin, 10 October 2019
The overall tax rate on the richest .01 percent was only 23 percent last year, while the bottom half of the population paid 24.2 percent.
After mid-September financial market turbulence
US Fed announces return to asset purchases
By Nick Beams, 10 October 2019
In announcing the move, Fed chairman Jerome Powell said that without sufficient reserves in the banking system even normal demands for cash could cause “outsized movements in money market interest rates.”
UAW promoting anti-Mexican nationalism to isolate and defeat GM strike
By Tom Hall, 10 October 2019
The UAW’s response to the stand taken by Mexican workers in defense of US strikers is to demand Mexican workers be fired, supposedly to “save” American jobs.
Expand the strike to Ford and FCA!
The GM strike is a fight against the entire ruling class
UAW keeps GM contract proposal secret from workers at company’s request
“We should all be out”
Growing call for industrywide strike to back GM workers
India: Motherson autoworkers strike at cross roads
GM tightens screws on UAW with threat to close joint training center
By Shannon Jones and Jerry White, 10 October 2019
The threat to cut off the flow of cash through the UAW-GM Center for Human Resources, is a message to union officials that they must quickly shut down the strike and impose Wall Street’s demands.
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UK ruling class considers whether to entrust Corbyn with overcoming Brexit crisis
By Chris Marsden, 10 October 2019
There are indications of powerful sections of the ruling class having concluded that it is now necessary to call on the services of Labour leader Corbyn—who has proven again and again to be a pliant political tool—to lead a “national unity” government.
European Union set to reject Johnson’s Brexit proposal
UK public meetings—The Socialist answer to Brexit: For the United Socialist States of Europe
The socialist answer to Brexit: For the United Socialist States of Europe
UK: Bootle Royal Mail workers’ strike sold out by Communication Workers Union
By Robert Stevens, 10 October 2019
From the start of the dispute, the CWU sought to isolate the Bootle strike—fearing action could spread under conditions in which a national ballot of all postal workers is under way.
US-North Korean nuclear talks stall again
By Peter Symonds, 10 October 2019
Negotiations in Sweden on Saturday broke up with North Korea declaring that it would not take part in another session of “sickening negotiations” unless the US offered a substantial concession.
Detentions without charge, night-raids, torture:
India’s state of siege in Kashmir continues
By Wasantha Rupasinghe, 10 October 2019
With the blessing of India’s Supreme Court and the staunch support of big business and the opposition, the BJP government continues to impose an unprecedented security lockdown and communications blackout.
Mexico: 100,000 university workers strike as López Obrador’s vows deeper austerity
By Andrea Lobo, 10 October 2019
The bankruptcy of universities and the response by López Obrador exposes the anti-working class character of the Morena administration.
Australian cyber conference “disinvites” US whistleblower and Assange supporter
By Oscar Grenfell, 10 October 2019
The cancellation of talks by NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake and Melbourne academic Suelette Dreyfus was a political decision, most likely involving government agencies.
9 October 2019
Ecuador’s president retreats from capital in face of growing mass protests
By Andrea Lobo, 9 October 2019
US protects NSA spy’s wife wanted in UK over teenager’s death
By Laura Tiernan, 9 October 2019
Hundreds of Extinction Rebellion protesters arrested in central London
By Steve James, 9 October 2019
Brazilian unions push “green and yellow” chauvinism in education strike against austerity, political interference
By Miguel Andrade, 9 October 2019
President Vizcarra dissolves Congress in response to conflict within Peruvian state
By Armando Cruz, 9 October 2018
Mass protests against endemic poverty, government corruption convulse Haiti
By Richard Dufour, 9 October 2019
Amazon workers in California win job back for fired co-workers
By Kayla Costa, 9 October 2019
Workers in stone fabrication industry worldwide at high risk of deadly lung disease, CDC finds
By Jessica Goldstein, 9 October 2019
Sri Lankan railway unions end strike, after “promises” from President Sirisena
By Pradeep Ramanayake and K. Ratnayake, 9 October 2019
Student protests in Indonesian Papua suppressed by police violence
By Owen Howell, 9 October 2019
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Julian Assange’ın hayatı tehlikede!
James Cogan, 9 Ekim 2019
Assange’a ve Manning’e özgürlük kampanyası, işçi sınıfını kapitalizme bağlı tutmaya uğraşan siyaset ve sendika aygıtlarına karşı bir başkaldırı uğruna mücadeleden ayrılamaz. Onları savunma kampanyası, işyerlerine, üniversitelere, okullara ve işçi sınıfı mahallelerine taşınmalıdır.
ABD-Yunanistan askeri anlaşmasını imzalayan Pompeo İran’ı, Rusya’yı ve Çin’i tehdit etti
Alex Lantier ve V. Gnana, 9 Ekim 2019
Pompeo’nun Balkan turu, Washington’da ve onun NATO üyesi Avrupalı ve Türk sözde “müttefikler” ile ilişkilerinde patlayıcı bir krizin ortasında gerçekleşti.
Washington Türkiye’nin Suriye’de YPG’ye saldırısına yeşil ışık yaktı
Alex Lantier ve Ulaş Ateşçi, 9 Ekim 2019
Washington, 2015’ten beri Suriye’deki NATO savaşında başlıca vekil gücü olarak savaşan ve Türk hükümetinin teröristler olarak suçladığı Kürt milliyetçisi milisleri kaderlerine terk etti.
New in French
Washington donne le feu vert à l'attaque turque contre les forces kurdes en Syrie
Alex Lantier et Ulaş Atesci, 9 octobre 2019
Trump abandonné à leur sort les milices nationalistes kurdes qui sont depuis 2015 la principale force se battant pour le compte de Washington dans la guerre de l'OTAN pour un changement de régime en Syrie.
«Defender 2020»: les puissances de l'OTAN menacent de faire la guerre à la Russie
Gregor Link, 9 octobre 2019
L’année prochaine, les forces armées de 17 pays de l’OTAN, dont les États-Unis et l’Allemagne, mèneront les manœuvres de «Defender 2020».
Haïti secouée par des manifestations de masse contre la pauvreté chronique et la corruption gouvernementale
Richard Dufour, 9 octobre 2019
Moïse et son régime corrompu et répressif ne s'accrochent au pouvoir que grâce au soutien de Washington et de ses alliés français et canadiens.
Le SCFP torpille la grève du personnel scolaire de soutien de l’Ontario et accepte les réductions salariales et budgétaires de Ford
Roger Jordan, 9 octobre 2019
Le SCFP a accepté un contrat de capitulation qui renforce la position du gouvernement Ford alors qu’il s’apprête à procéder à des compressions sauvages dans le domaine de l’éducation, notamment par une augmentation spectaculaire de la taille des classes.
New in Norwegian
Utvid streiken til Ford og FCA!
GM-streiken er en kamp mot styringsklassen i sin helhet
Eric London, 9. oktober 2019
Streikens resultat vil avgjøre livsvilkårene for millioner av arbeidere ikke bare i bilindustrien, men for alle arbeidsplasser for år fremover.
Tyrkia får grønt lys fra Washington for angrep på kurdiske styrker i Syria
Alex Lantier og Ulaş Atesci, 9. oktober 2019
Trump overlater de nasjonalistiske kurdiske militsene som siden 2015 har slåss som Washingtons viktigste stedfortrederstyrke i NATO-krigen for regimeskifte i Syria, til deres egen skjebne.
«Defender 2020»: NATO-makter truer Russland med krig
Gregor Link, 9. oktober 2019
Det kommende året skal væpnede styrker fra 17 NATO-stater, inkludert USA og Tyskland, gjennomføre manøvrene «Defender 2020».
Den europeiske union innstilt på å avvise Johnson’s Brexit-forslag
Robert Stevens, 9. oktober 2019
Regjeringen er innstilt på en massiv opptrapping av den konstitusjonelle krisen som ble åpnet av Brexit.
New in German
Weitet die Streiks aus!
Der Streik bei General Motors richtet sich gegen die gesamte herrschende Klasse
Eric London, 9. Oktober 2019
Das Ergebnis des Streiks wirkt sich auf die Lebensbedingungen von Millionen von Arbeitern aus – nicht nur in der Automobilindustrie, sondern in allen Branchen.
Die Wahl der SPD-Spitze und der Niedergang der Sozialdemokratie
Ulrich Rippert, 9. Oktober 2019
Ein Blick auf die Kandidatenliste für den SPD-Parteivorsitz macht deutlich, welche soziale Schicht in dieser Partei den Ton angibt und welch reaktionäres Programm sie vertritt.
Washington gibt grünes Licht für türkischen Angriff auf kurdische Kräfte in Syrien
Alex Lantier und Ulaş Atesci, 9. Oktober 2019
Trump hat die kurdisch-nationalistischen Milizen, die seit 2015 Washingtons wichtigste Stellvertretertruppe im Nato-Krieg für einen Regimewechsel in Syrien waren, ihrem Schicksal überlassen.
„Und der Zukunft zugewandt“ – ein Film über die stalinistischen Wurzeln der DDR
Bernd Reinhardt und Verena Nees, 9. Oktober 2019
Regisseur Bernd Böhlich wirft in seinem Film die Frage des „Geburtsfehlers“ der DDR auf, ihr Schweigen über die stalinistischen Verbrechen, denen die alten Bolschewiki wie Leo Trotzki und ebenso zahllose deutsche Kommunisten zum Opfer fielen.
New in Spanish
Casa Blanca de Trump declara que no cooperará con investigación de juicio político
Por Joseph Kishore, 10 octubre 2019
Los demócratas decidieron deliberadamente basar su oposición a Trump en los argumentos más antidemocráticos posibles: el apoyo a las agencias de inteligencia y al imperialismo estadounidense.
Presidente ecuatoriano escapa de la capital ante mayores protestas de masas
Por Andrea Lobo, 10 octubre 2019
Ante otra huelga y una movilización indígena masiva, Moreno tomó el paso inédito de trasladar su Gobierno de Quito a Guayaquil.
UAW mantiene en secreto la propuesta de contrato de GM de los trabajadores a solicitud de la empresa
Por Eric London, 10 octubre 2019
El UAW mantiene a los trabajadores en la oscuridad, ya que la huelga ha forzado despidos temporales o despidos de al menos 150.000 trabajadores en toda la industria automotriz.
¿Por qué los asesinos de la CIA y los golpistas aman a este "denunciante"?
Por Patrick Martin, 10 octubre 2019
El funcionario de la CIA que presentó una denuncia formal contra Trump está siendo defendido por aquellos que pasaron ocho años bajo la administración Obama persiguiendo a los denunciantes.
Washington da luz verde a Turquía para que ataque a fuerzas kurdas en Siria
Por Alex Lantier y Ulaş Atesci, 10 octubre 2019
Trump ha dejado a su suerte a las milicias nacionalistas kurdas que han operado desde 2015 como la principal fuerza patrocinada por Washington en la guerra de cambio de régimen de la OTAN en Siria.
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Ochenta y dos años de la huelga de brazos caídos en Flint
Por Jerry White, 10 octubre 2019
Con 48.000 trabajadores de la GM implicados en la huelga nacional más larga de la industria automotriz en casi medio siglo, es valioso estudiar la lucha heroica de los trabajadores de la GM durante la huelga de brazos caídos de 1936-37 en Flint, Michigan.
New in Portuguese
Setenta anos desde a Revolução Chinesa
As lições políticas da falência do maoísmo
Por Peter Symonds, 9 Outubro 2019
Os herdeiros políticos de Mao Zedong não conseguem explicar como e por que as aspirações dos trabalhadores por um futuro socialista, pelo qual tantos se sacrificaram há 70 anos, resultaram hoje no beco sem saída do capitalismo.
New in Russian
Правительство Украины объявляет о масштабной приватизации, угрожающей массовыми увольнениями
Джейсон Мелановски, 5 октября 2019 г.
Правый мозговой центр «Атлантический совет» приветствовал инициируемую Зеленским экономическую политику как «крупнейшую постсоветскую распродажу на протяжении жизни целого поколения».
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Trump admits US killed millions in war based on lies
10 October 2019
Whatever his immediate intentions, Trump has admitted that successive US governments have engaged in war crimes resulting in mass murder.
Commentary
German Nazi murders two in Yom Kippur Synagogue attack
By Johannes Stern, 10 October 2019
The Nazi assault on the Halle synagogue is aimed at demonstrating that anti-Semitism is, once again, a significant political force in Germany.
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded for research in cellular responses to oxygen
By Benjamin Mateus, 10 October 2019
Everyone understands the general need for oxygen, but how cells actually use it has not been well understood.
Iraq in flames
By Bill Van Auken, 5 October 2019
After the Turkish elections: How the pseudo-left rallied behind the CHP
Part III: The role of the Revolutionary Workers Party (DİP)
By Ulas Atesci and Alex Lantier, 4 October 2019
After the Turkish elections: How the pseudo-left rallied behind the CHP
Part II: The dead end of the petty-bourgeoisie’s orientation to the CHP
After the Turkish elections: How the pseudo-left rallied behind the CHP
Part I: A political liquidation into the capitalist establishment
History
Introduction to the 1955 SWP resolution “The Third Chinese Revolution and its Aftermath”
By Peter Symonds, 9 October 2019
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SWP resolution: The Third Chinese Revolution and its Aftermath
9 October 2019
Introduction to the 1951 report to the Fourth International by Chinese Trotskyist Peng Shuzhi
By Peter Symonds, 3 October 2019
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The Causes of the Victory of the Chinese Communist Party over Chiang Kai-Shek, and the CCP’s Perspectives
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Socialist Equality Party
Sri Lankan SEP announces presidential election campaign public meetings
9 October 2019
The Socialist Equality Party meetings will discuss the vital social and political issues confronting workers, youth and the poor.
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Singer Placido Domingo’s forced departure from New York’s Metropolitan Opera
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Canada: Five thousand public sector workers strike in Saskatchewan
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By Patrick Martin, 23 September 2019
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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
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- May Day 2019: The resurgence of the class struggle and the fight for socialism
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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.
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