11 November 2019
Over 5,000 arrests, police violence against transport strikers in India’s Telangana state
By Kranti Kumara, 11 November 2019
Despite the transport workers' courage and resiliency, the strike is in great danger, due to the treacherous union leadership's appeal to the right-wing, Hindu chauvinist BJP national government to intervene.
With ruling on razed mosque
India’s Supreme Court validates Hindu supremacist violence
By Keith Jones, 11 November 2019
The Supreme Court’s ruling attests to the extent to which India’s state institutions have become infused with Hindu communalism and India’s ruling elite is breaking with the most elementary democratic principles.
Facebook and YouTube remove posts naming CIA impeachment whistleblower
By Kevin Reed, 11 November 2019
Facebook and YouTube have taken the extraordinary step of censoring social media content on their platforms that mention the name of the CIA whistleblower behind the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.
The Democrats’ campaign for internet censorship: Who is to determine what are “lies”?
Twitter’s ban on political advertisement: A new move to censor the internet
Chicago Ford workers denounce UAW contract: “They want to monitor you every minute, every second”
By Marcus Day, 11 November 2019
Anger is growing since workers have learned that the deal would allow Ford to deploy the high-tech surveillance methods increasingly perfected by Amazon.
Amidst growing opposition
UAW-Ford contract gives green light for video monitoring of workers
The expanding UAW corruption scandal and the case for rank-and-file committees
UAW officials try to bully workers for opposing Ford deal at Michigan meeting
Lessons of the GM autoworkers strike
More on autoworkers struggles »
Impeachment crisis: Democrats, Trump maneuver ahead of televised hearings
By Patrick Martin, 11 November 2019
The line-up of witnesses for the first week of televised hearings is remarkable since it consists entirely of State Department officials who still work for the Trump administration testifying publicly against their own boss.
Billionaire ex-NYC Mayor Bloomberg takes steps to run for Democratic nomination
White House appears increasingly isolated in impeachment crisis
Comparing two impeachments
No to American fascism! Build a mass movement to force Trump out!
For a kinder, gentler assault on immigrants
Bernie Sanders unveils immigration plan
Fascistic Vox party surges in Spanish election as hung parliament emerges
By Alex Lantier, 11 November 2019
The rise of the fascistic right follows a reactionary election campaign oriented around all the major parties’ support for police crackdowns on mass protests in Catalonia.
Spanish election candidates denounce socialism, back repression in TV debate
Trump rules out rollback of China tariffs
By Nick Beams, 11 November 2019
Trump’s remarks were in response to a statement by Chinese Ministry of Commerce spokesman Gao Feng that the two sides had agreed to reduce tariffs on each other’s goods as part of any agreement.
China-led trade bloc inches forward at Asian summit
By Mike Head, 11 November 2019
The formation of the RCEP would be a blow to Washington and its drive to isolate, militarily encircle and subjugate China.
Beijing looks to end Hong Kong protest movement
Ultra-right Lieberman holds balance of power in Israeli coalition talks
By Jean Shaoul, 11 November 2019
The head of Yisrael Beiteinu is demanding a new governmentexcluding the conservative religious parties.
US seizure of oil fields escalates tensions in Syria
German defence minister calls for expansion of foreign military interventions
By Peter Schwarz, 11 November 2019
In a keynote address, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer declared, “there is broad agreement that, given the strategic challenges, Germany must ... “do more to defend our values and interests.”
Macron warns Economist magazine of world war, collapse of NATO alliance
German Christian Democrats call for collaboration with the far-right AfD
German imperialism’s new drive for world power
UK workers see 2 pence an hour average wage increase, while pay of richest skyrockets
By Margot Miller, 11 November 2019
Since 2016, pay has increased from £58.73 an hour to £63.18 for the top income earners, compared to a tiny increase from £12.71 to £12.73 an hour for those on average pay.
UK’s Royal Mail seeks legal action to prevent postal strike
A tale of two UK Labour MPs—Chris Williamson and Tom Watson
Britain set for December 12 general election
Eleven thousand scientists warn of climate emergency
By Daniel de Vries, 11 November 2019
Forty years of climate negotiations among capitalist governments have done nothing to alter the trajectory towards environmental and humanitarian catastrophe.
Northern Virginia transit workers vote to strike as walkout by Metrobus contract workers enters third week
By Nick Barrickman, 11 November 2019
The strike vote by 600 Northern Virginia transit workers expresses the desire by workers for united struggle in the Washington D.C. area against the attacks on living standards and services.
Steel layoffs in US mount due to falling production and trade war
By Samuel Davidson, 11 November 2019
Growing layoffs at US Steel and other major US steel producers over the past three months, point to a further slowdown in manufacturing and the impact of Trump’s trade war.
California police arrest woman for delivering stillborn baby with drugs in its system
By Dan Conway, 11 November 2019
California police arrested 25-year-old Chelsea Cheyenne Becker on a charge of 1st degree murder last week after she delivered a stillborn baby with methamphetamine in its system.
US-backed Colombian military kills eight children in bombing, attempts cover-up
By Andrea Lobo, 11 November 2019
The brazenness of military repression to defend the highest levels of inequality in the world is the result of over a century of imperialist oppression.
Australian Labor Party review covers up causes of federal election debacle
By Oscar Grenfell, 11 November 2019
The real reason for Labor’s defeat is that it is incapable of making a credible appeal to workers and young people, after decades of having imposed the dictates of big business.
Australia: All Sydney bus services to be privatised within two years
9 November 2019
Defying their unions, Dutch teachers stage countrywide one-day strike
By Harm Zonderland and Parwini Zora, 9 November 2019
Massive vote in favour of strike by Ontario elementary school teachers
By Jake Silver and Roger Jordan, 9 November 2019
Leaked video reveals ABC News suppressed Jeffrey Epstein story since 2015
By Kevin Reed, 9 November 2019
Massachusetts: Buffalo Wild Wings worker dies after inhaling toxic fumes
By Jessica Goldstein, 9 November 2019
Measles epidemic spreads from New Zealand to Pacific Islands
By John Braddock, 9 November 2019
New in Norwegian
Demokratenes kampanje for internettsensur: Hvem skal avgjøre hva som er «løgn»?
Andre Damon, 11. november 2019
Mens demokratenes kampanje for internettsensur er svøpt inn i demagogiske formuleringer som beskylder Facebook for å «tjene penger» på «desinformasjon» er den rettet inn mot å kneble politisk opposisjon og dissens.
Tretti år etter Berlinmurens fall
Peter Schwarz, 11. november 2019
Berlinmurens fall for tretti år siden markerte slutten for DDR. Vi publiserer her igjen artikkelen Peter Schwarz skrev for fem år siden, publisert på WSWS den 8. november 2014 med tittelen «25 år siden Berlinmurens fall».
Macron advarer magasinet Economist om verdenskrig og kollaps av NATO-alliansen
Alex Lantier, 11. november 2019
Macron, som skisserte eskalerende konflikter innen NATO, innrømmet at alliansen gjennom tiår har angrepet land og veltet deres regimer, uten folkelig støtte.
New in Spanish
La campaña demócrata de censurar el internet: ¿quién determina qué son “mentiras”?
Andre Damon, 11 noviembre 2019
Mientras se maquilla con demagogia acusando a Facebook de “lucrar” de la “desinformación”, la campaña de los demócratas de censura en línea busca silenciar la oposición y disensión políticas.
Treinta años desde la caída del muro de Berlín
Peter Schwarz, 11 noviembre 2019
Hace treinta años, la caída del Muro de Berlín marcó el final de la RDA. Estamos publicando aquí un artículo de Peter Schwarz que apareció por primera vez en el WSWS hace cinco años, el 8 de noviembre de 2014, bajo el titular, "25 años desde la caída del Muro de Berlín".
Ante mayor oposición
Contrato del UAW y Ford da luz verde a control de trabajadores por video
Shannon Jones, 11 noviembre 2019
El contrato le da a la gerencia el derecho de grabar y monitorear los movimientos para aumentar la productividad y disciplinar a los trabajadores.
Las elecciones del 10 de noviembre en España y la lucha contra el autoritarismo
Alejandro López, 11 noviembre 2019
El domingo, España celebrará sus cuartas elecciones generales en otros tantos años, a seis meses de las últimas elecciones en abril pasado.
Macron advierte a la revista Economist sobre la guerra mundial, el colapso de la alianza de la OTAN
Alex Lantier, 11 noviembre 2019
Delineando los conflictos crecientes dentro de la OTAN, Macron admitió que durante décadas ha estado atacando países y derrocando sus regímenes sin ningún apoyo popular.
El “Comité Internacional” de los Socialistas Democráticos de América denuncia la retirada “imprudente” de las tropas estadounidenses en Siria
Genevieve Leigh, 11 noviembre 2019
La respuesta del DSA a la retirada de tropas anunciada por Trump de Siria es indistinguible de la del Partido Demócrata y los críticos de Trump dentro del aparato militar y de inteligencia.
New in German
US-Demokraten fordern Internetzensur
Wer soll entscheiden, was im Netz „Lüge“ ist?
Andre Damon, 11. November 2019
Die Kampagne der US-Demokraten für Internetzensur zielt darauf ab, politische Opposition und Dissens zum Schweigen zu bringen. Das Ganze wird in demagogische Vorwürfe gegen Facebook verpackt, mit „Desinformation“ Profit zu machen.
Macron warnt im Economist vor Weltkrieg und dem Zusammenbruch der Nato
Alex Lantier, 11. November 2019
Macron schilderte die Konflikte innerhalb der Nato und gab zu, dass sie für ihre Angriffe während der letzten Jahrzehnte keinen Rückhalt in der Bevölkerung hatte.
Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei
Erfolgreiche Veranstaltung zum Jahrestag des Mauerfalls
unseren Korrespondenten, 11. November 2019
Zum Jahrestag des Mauerfalls führte die Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (SGP) in Berlin eine Versammlung durch. Die Sprecher gingen auf den Zusammenbruch des stalinistischen Regimes vor 30 Jahren und auf die tiefe Krise des Kapitalismus ein, die sich seither entwickelt hat.
„Die Ungewollten“ – 80 Jahre seit der Irrfahrt der St Louis
Verena Nees, 11. November 2019
80 Jahre nach der Irrfahrt der St Louis mit über neunhundert jüdischen Flüchtlingen, die von Kuba, den USA und Kanada abgewiesen wurden, hat die ARD einen neuen Fernsehfilm von Ben von Grafenstein ausgestrahlt.
Niederländische Lehrer treten gegen den Widerstand der Gewerkschaften in eintägigen Streik
Harm Zonderland und Parwini Zora, 11. November 2019
Der Streik der Lehrer war die jüngste Aktion im „Herbst der Unzufriedenheit“.
New in Arabic
راديكالية الشبيبة العالمية والنضال من أجل الاشتراكية
٢٩ تشرين الأول أكتوبر ٢٠١٩
في جميع أنحاء العالم ، في بلدان مختلفة ثقافياً مثل الإكوادور ولبنان وفرنسا وألمانيا والولايات المتحدة والعراق وتشيلي وهايتي ، دخل جيل جديد من شباب الطبقة العاملة في ساحة المعركة من النضال الطبقي العالمي.
New in Russian
Партия Социалистического Равенства примет участие во всеобщих выборах в Великобритании: Нет мерам жесткой экономии, милитаризму и войне! Свободу Джулиану Ассанжу! За классовую борьбу и социалистический интернационализм!
Партия Социалистического Равенства (Великобритания), 9 ноября 2019 г.
Партия Социалистического Равенства выставит кандидатов на всеобщих выборах в Великобритании 12 декабря, чтобы вести политическую борьбу против политики жесткой экономии, авторитарного правления, милитаризма и войны.
Эта неделя в истории
75 лет назад: Отчет о
конференции троцкистов в оккупированной нацистами Европе
9 ноября 2019 г.
4 ноября 1944 года газета Militant, орган американской Социалистической рабочей партии, в то время троцкистской партии США, опубликовала сообщение о конференции, которая была проведена пятью европейскими троцкистскими партиями в феврале того года во Франции. На первой странице был опубликован отчет о конференции под заголовком «Только что получены воодушевляющие новости о февральской встрече во Франции, находящейся в условиях нацистского террора».
New in French
Les candidats aux élections espagnoles dénoncent le socialisme et soutiennent la répression dans un débat télévisé
Alex Lantier, 9 novembre 2019
Alors que Podemos et les sociaux-démocrates soutiennent l'austérité, le nationalisme et le militarisme, la classe dirigeante crée les conditions pour que le parti fascisant Vox se développe rapidement.
Le scandale montant de la corruption du syndicat UAW et la nécessité de comités de la base
Tom Hall, 9 novembre 2019
Le syndicat UAW essaye actuellement de faire passer en force un accord de reculs sociaux chez Ford suite à la fin de la grève chez GM, alors même que son président est sur le point d’être inculpé de vol des cotisations des travailleurs.
New in Turkish
Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi Britanya seçimlerine katılıyor: Kemer sıkmaya, militarizme ve savaşa hayır! Julian Assange’a özgürlük! Sınıf mücadelesi ve sosyalist enternasyonalizm için!
Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi (Britanya), 9 Kasım 2019
Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi (SEP), kemer sıkmaya, otoriter yönetime, militarizme ve savaşa karşı siyasi bir mücadele yürütmek için Britanya genel seçiminde adaylar çıkarıyor.
Sri Lanka devlet başkanlığı seçiminde SEP adayı Pani
Wijesiriwardena’ya oy verin
Emperyalist savaşa, kemer
sıkmaya ve diktatörlüğe karşı sosyalist bir hareket inşa edin
Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi (Sri Lanka), 9 Kasım 2019
Sri Lanka’daki, Güney Asya’daki ve dünya genelindeki işçileri, gençleri ve aydınları, seçim kampanyamızı mümkün olan her yolla desteklemeye çağırıyoruz.
ABD’nin petrol sahalarına el koyması Suriye’deki gerilimleri tırmandırıyor
Bill Van Auken, 9 Kasım 2019
Washington’ın ya da Moskova’nın niyetleri ne olursa olsun, ABD emperyalizminin Suriye’deki ve daha geniş bölgedeki pervasız ve provokatif faaliyetleri, daha büyük bir savaşı, hatta bir dünya savaşını tetikleme tehlikesi yaratıyor.
Hamburg senatosu, öğrencilerin Nazi protestosuna karşı polisi görevlendirdi
Christoph Vandreier ve Johannes Stern, 9 Kasım 2019
Hamburg’daki yüzlerce öğrenci, geçtiğimiz iki haftadır, aşırı sağcı Almanya İçin Alternatif’in (AfD) kurucusu Bernd Lucke’nin üniversitelerine geri dönmesini protesto ediyor.
75 yıl önce: Troçkistlerin Nazi işgali altındaki Avrupa’da düzenlenen konferansının haberi
9 Kasım 2019
Avrupa Troçkist hareketi, Nazilerin korkunç baskısı altında hayatta kaldı. Dört yıllık Nazi terörü döneminde, Avrupalı yoldaşlarımız ve fikirdaşlarımız, emperyalist sansürün demir duvarını yarıp geçtiler.
New in Portuguese
Peronismo retorna ao poder na Argentina em meio a enorme revolta social
Andrea Lobo, 2 Novembro 2019 2019
Apesar de sua demagogia populista vazia, Fernández já deixou claro que imporá brutalmente as exigências do capital financeiro.
Other Languages
-
Deutsch
- Zweierlei Amtsenthebungsverfahren (04.11.2019)
- US-Präsident mischt sich in britischen Wahlkampf ein
Trump attackiert Corbyn (04.11.2019) - Roger Waters im Interview mit RT: „Die USA und Großbritannien versuchen Julian Assange umzubringen“ (04.11.2019)
- Twitter stoppt politische Werbung: Ein neuer Schritt zur Zensur des Internets (02.11.2019)
- US-Repräsentantenhaus stellt sich hinter Untersuchung zur Amtsenthebung (02.11.2019)
- Stoppt den Rechtsruck an den Universitäten
Lebhafte Diskussionen auf IYSSE-Veranstaltungen in Berlin und Bochum (02.11.2019) - Die Boeing-Abstürze und der kriminelle Charakter des amerikanischen Kapitalismus (01.11.2019)
- Unabhängiger Streik legt das französische Schienennetz lahm (01.11.2019)
- Die sozialistische Antwort auf den Brexit: Für die Vereinigten Sozialistischen Staaten von Europa (01.11.2019)
- Hamburg: Rot-grüner Senat erzwingt Vorlesung von AfD-Gründer Lucke mit Polizeigewalt (31.10.2019)
- Français
- L'exhumation de Franco: la classe dirigeante espagnole rend hommage à un dictateur fasciste (04.11.2019)
- Les quinze ans du World Socialist Web Site : 1998-2013 (..NaN)
- Le groupe de pseudo-gauche canadien La Riposte appuie les réductions salariales pour les travailleurs de l'éducation de l'Ontario (04.11.2019)
- La fusion entre le Groupe PSA et Fiat Chrysler laisse présager une nouvelle attaque contre les travailleurs de l'automobile (02.11.2019)
- La Fed garantit plus d'argent à Wall Street alors que les attaques contre les travailleurs s'intensifient (01.11.2019)
- Le régime irakien réagit aux manifestations de masse par une répression brutale (31.10.2019)
- La Grande-Bretagne tiendra des élections générales le 12 décembre (31.10.2019)
- Grand rassemblement à Barcelone contre l'emprisonnement de nationalistes catalans (31.10.2019)
- Une nouvelle grève des cheminots français éclate hors du cadre syndical (30.10.2019)
- Un ancien candidat néofasciste attaque la mosquée de Bayonne (30.10.2019)
- Español
- Comparando dos juicios políticos (04.11.2019)
- Trump apunta a Corbyn en su intervención sobre las elecciones del Reino Unido (04.11.2019)
- La exhumación de Franco: la clase gobernante española rinde tributo a un dictador fascista (04.11.2019)
- Escuadrones de la muerte de la CIA responsables del aumento de víctimas civiles afganas (04.11.2019)
- El UAW aprueba cierre de plantas, aumento de trabajadores temporales en acuerdo con Ford (04.11.2019)
- Twitter prohíbe anuncios políticos: otro paso en la censura del internet (02.11.2019)
- ¡Opónganse a la traición de la huelga de maestros en Chicago!
Líderes sindicales de la CTU se preparan a poner fin a la huelga sin dar a los maestros el derecho de votar sobre el contrato entreguista (02.11.2019) - Cámara de Representantes de EE. UU. vota a favor de investigación de juicio político contra Trump (02.11.2019)
- Trump culpa "influencias extranjeras" por levantamiento masivo en Chile (02.11.2019)
- Política de derecha en una envoltura de “izquierda”: el plan de educación de Elizabeth Warren (02.11.2019)
- Русский
- Семьдесят процентов американцев поколения «миллениалов» говорят, что могут проголосовать за социалистов (04.11.2019)
- Открытое письмо всем членам Немецкой ассоциации университетских профессоров и преподавателей
Остановить сдвиг вправо в университетах! (04.11.2019) - Большая выставка в Музее еврейского наследия Нью-Йорка
История Освенцима (26.10.2019) - Эта неделя в истории
100 лет назад: Первое выступление Адольфа Гитлера перед фашистской партией (26.10.2019) - Нет американскому фашизму! Стройте массовое движение, чтобы свергнуть Трампа! (19.10.2019)
- Президент Украины Зеленский принимает «формулу Штайнмайера» на фоне массовых протестов крайне правых (18.10.2019)
- Эта неделя в истории
100 лет назад: Земельная реформа в Эстонии (12.10.2019) - Правительство Украины объявляет о масштабной приватизации, угрожающей массовыми увольнениями (05.10.2019)
- Демократы представляют импичмент Трампа как защиту «национальной безопасности» (03.10.2019)
- Президент Германии Штайнмайер замалчивает преступления Холокоста у мемориала Второй мировой войны (03.10.2019)
- Português
- Peronismo retorna ao poder na Argentina em meio a enorme revolta social (02.11.2019)
- As lições da greve dos trabalhadores da GM (29.10.2019)
- Elites brasileiras recriminam fracasso na indicação à OCDE (28.10.2019)
- Depois das eleições turcas: Como a pseudo-esquerda se alinhou ao CHP
Parte III: O papel do Partido Revolucionário dos Trabalhadores (DİP) (28.10.2019) - O futuro está no socialismo (28.10.2019)
- A prisão dos nacionalistas catalães: Governo espanhol constrói estado policial (25.10.2019)
- Depois das eleições turcas: Como a pseudo-esquerda se alinhou ao CHP
Parte II: O beco sem saída da orientação da pequena-burguesia ao CHP (25.10.2019) - A defesa da Venezuela e a luta pelo socialismo na América Latina (25.10.2019)
- Não ao fascismo nos EUA! Construir um movimento de massas para tirar Trump do poder! (21.10.2019)
- Depois das eleições turcas: Como a pseudo-esquerda se alinhou ao CHP
Parte I: Uma liquidação política dentro do establishment capitalista (21.10.2019)
- 中文
- >>
Perspective
In Berlin Wall speech, Pompeo advances crusade against Russia and China
11 November 2019
In a hypocritical address invoking a worldwide crusade for “freedom,” Pompeo escalated US threats of global war.
History
David North introduces Turkish-language edition of In Defense of Leon Trotsky at Istanbul Book Fair
By our reporter, 11 November 2019
Mehring Yayıncılık announced the publication of five major works by the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) at its Istanbul Book Fair stall, including two authored by David North.
Thirty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall
By Peter Schwarz, 9 November 2019
Thirty years ago, the fall of the Berlin Wall marked the end of the GDR. Republished below is an article by Peter Schwarz that first appeared on the WSWS five years ago, on November 8, 2014, under the headline, “25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall.”
The “Irrepressible Conflict:” Slavery, the Civil War and America’s Second Revolution
By Eric London, 9 November 2019
The following is the second in a series of three lectures delivered in response to the New York Times’ “1619 Project,” which presents a falsified, racialist interpretation of American history.
Socialist Equality Pary (Sri Lanka)
Sri Lanka: Pseudo-left NSSP promotes UNP presidential candidate
By Vilani Peiris and K. Ratnayake, 11 November 2019
The NSSP and its presidential candidate are trying to tie the working class to the United National Party and capitalist rule.
Build a mass movement to free class-war prisoners Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning
By SEP (Sri Lanka) presidential candidate Pani Wijesiriwardena, 9 November 2019
Assange and Manning are being persecuted because the US and its imperialist allies are preparing for war and want to silence all honest journalists and fighters for the truth.
An appeal from Pani Wijesiriwardena, SEP (Sri Lanka) presidential candidate
Defend the striking transport workers in Telengana, India
8 November 2019
Sri Lankan SEP holds presidential election meeting in Hatton
By our correspondents, 6 November 2019
Why the Sri Lankan Tamil parties appeal to the UNP and SLPP presidential candidates
Vote for SEP candidate Pani Wijesiriwardena in the Sri Lankan presidential election
Build a socialist movement against imperialist war, austerity and dictatorship
Eightieth birthday tribute to Sri Lankan Trotskyist Nanda Wickremasinghe
By David North, 26 October 2019
Commentary
One year since the Northern California Camp Fire
An accounting of a crime
By Toby Reese, 11 November 2019
November 8 marked one year since the outbreak of the Northern California Camp Fire, the deadliest and most destructive fire in the state’s history.
The New York Times’ obsession with race expands to its food commentary
By Trévon Austin, 9 November 2019
A recent commentary suggests fast food chain Popeyes “struck a special chord” with black people because its fried chicken sandwich “tastes like something that could have come from a black home kitchen.”
Spain’s November 10 elections and the fight against authoritarian rule
By Alejandro Lopez, 9 November 2019
On Sunday, Spain will hold its fourth general elections in as many years, six months after the last elections this April.
Democratic Socialists of America “International Committee” denounces “reckless” withdrawal of US troops from Syria
By Genevieve Leigh, 9 November 2019
The response of the DSA to Trump’s announced troop withdrawals from Syria is indistinguishable from that of the Democratic Party and Trump’s critics within the military and intelligence apparatus.
Washington Post and New York Times incite racist campaign against Chinese-Americans
By Andre Damon, 5 November 2019
Arts Review
Filmmaker Errol Morris provides the extreme-right’s Stephen Bannon a platform in American Dharma
By David Walsh, 11 November 2019
All in all, Morris treats Bannon with kid gloves.
Jojo Rabbit: A misguided comedy about Nazis
Edward Norton’s neo-film noir, Motherless Brooklyn
By Joanne Laurier, 8 November 2019
Pain and Glory from Spain’s Pedro Almodóvar
By David Walsh, 6 November 2019
Judy: Singer-actress Judy Garland’s sad fate brought to the screen
And Harriet: A film biography of abolitionist Harriet Tubman
By Joanne Laurier, 4 November 2019
This week in history: November 4-10
25 years ago: Memoirs of Soviet Left Oppositionist Nadezhda Joffe published in English
On November 15, 1994, the US Trotskyist publishing house Labor Publications released Back In Time: My Life, My Fate, My Epoch, the memoirs of Soviet Left Oppositionist Nadezhda Joffe. The daughter of Adolf Abramovich Joffe, a leading figure in the October Revolution and close friend of Leon Trotsky, Nadezhda herself was a partisan of the Left Opposition and an active participant in the struggle against the Stalinist bureaucracy.
50 years ago: Massive demonstrations against the Vietnam War
On November 15, 1969 over 500,000 people gathered in Washington DC to march against the Vietnam War. Demonstrations were held in other cities. Collectively the “Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam” protests constituted the largest political rallies in US history up to that point, with a total of about two million joining. They followed by one month a demonstration in Washington DC that drew 250,000.
75 years ago: German troops ousted from Greece
On November 11, 1944, the last German troops in Greece were evacuated, marking the end of the Nazi occupation of the country that had claimed roughly 400,000 lives and provoked mass resistance.
100 years ago: IWW member Wesley Everest lynched in Centralia, Washington
On November 11, 1919, Wesley Everest, a worker and a member of the revolutionary syndicalist Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or Wobblies), was lynched by members of the American Legion in Centralia, Washington.
Socialist Equality Party (UK)
Socialist Equality Party to stand in UK general election: No to austerity, militarism and war! Free Julian Assange! For class struggle and socialist internationalism!
Socialist Equality Party (UK), 6 November 2019
The Socialist Equality Party will stand candidates in the December 12 UK general election to wage a political struggle against austerity, authoritarian rule, militarism and war.
Free Assange and Manning
Australian Greens member demands party leader defend Julian Assange
7 November 2019
Public meetings in Australia and New Zealand
Stop the US extradition of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange! Free Assange and Manning!
28 October 2019
Concert for Assange outside UK Home Office demands “No extradition!”
By Laura Tiernan, 6 November 2019
Julian Assange calls for workers to organise in his defence
By Oscar Grenfell, 5 November 2019
UN rapporteur Nils Melzer warns: Julian Assange may die in a British prison
By Oscar Grenfell, 4 November 2019
More on the campaign to Free Assange and Manning »
Workers Struggles
Honda motorcycle and Kerala state transport workers strike in India; Pakistan health workers oppose privatisation
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
9 November 2019
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
Flight attendants to take further strike action at Lufthansa
Vote “no” on the tentative teachers' contract! Form rank-and-file committees to defend public education in Chicago!
By Alexander Fangmann, 7 November 2019
With voting set to begin on the tentative agreement, teachers and other educators in Chicago are approaching a critical juncture in the fight to defend public education.
Chicago teachers denounce union’s sellout agreement as Bernie Sanders, Democrats claim “victory”
Chicago Mayor Lightfoot’s budget: Increased policing and austerity on behalf of the financial aristocracy
The way forward in the Chicago teachers strike
The defense of public education and the fight for socialism
India: 48,000 striking Telangana transport workers defy back to work order
By Kranti Kumara, 7 November 2019
Breaking News
Chicago Ford workers reject UAW agreement
Former UAW-GM VP Joe Ashton charged in corruption scheme
How Ford and the UAW plan to cut autoworkers’ health care
“Teachers, autoworkers, everybody in this country, should go on strike”
New York City bus and subway workers speak out against concession demands
By a WSWS reporting team, 6 November 2019
Feds may have secretly recorded UAW President Gary Jones ordering cover-up of embezzlement of union funds
Australia: Mobilise students, staff and academics against the closure of Macquarie University’s human sciences faculty
By the Committee for Public Education, 7 November 2019
UK: Tens of thousands of university and college staff vote to strike
Ballot follows strike votes by postal workers, railway conductors, airline pilots, NHS staff
Little Rock teachers set to strike against privatization and segregation threats
Wildcat strike by sanitation workers against CHP administration in Maltepe, Turkey
Unifor’s attempt to impose concessions contracts on Saskatchewan workers meeting widespread opposition
The New York Times' 1619 Project
SEP and IYSSE meeting series in the United States
Race, Class and the Fight for Socialism: Perspectives for the Coming Revolution in America
This meeting series will refute the historical falsifications advanced in the New York Times “1619 Project,” explain their underlying political motivations and present the strategy for socialist revolution in America today.
Slavery and the American Revolution: A Response to the New York Times 1619 Project
By Tom Mackaman, 1 November 2019
This is the text of the lecture delivered by Tom Mackaman at the University of Michigan on October 22, 2019 as part of a series on the New York Times' "Project 1619."
An interview with the author of The Free State of Jones
Historian Victoria Bynum on the inaccuracies of the New York Times 1619 Project
By Eric London, 30 October 2019
“1619” and the myth of white unity under slavery
Book review: Masterless Men: Poor Whites and Slavery in the Antebellum South by Keri Leigh Merritt
The New York Times’s 1619 Project: A racialist falsification of American and world history
Socialist Equality Party
Video: 70 years after the Chinese Revolution—How the struggle for socialism was betrayed
31 October 2019
Introduction to the 1955 SWP resolution “The Third Chinese Revolution and its Aftermath”
From the archives
SWP resolution: The Third Chinese Revolution and its Aftermath
Introduction to the 1951 report to the Fourth International by Chinese Trotskyist Peng Shuzhi
From the archives
The Causes of the Victory of the Chinese Communist Party over Chiang Kai-Shek, and the CCP’s Perspectives
International Youth and Students for Social Equality
IYSSE meetings in Germany: Stop the shift to the right at the universities!
By our correspondents, 6 November 2019
Stop the censorship of socialist views by the University of Leipzig student council
Germany: Humboldt University student parliament supports lawsuit against far-right Professor Baberowski
Mehring Books
Mehring Yayıncılık publishes new ICFI books for İstanbul Book Fair
By Ulas Atesci, 29 October 2019
Preface to the Turkish edition of The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century
By David North, 2 September 2019
Preview the new publication from Mehring Books
Author’s introduction to Bolsheviks Against Stalinism 1928-1933: Leon Trotsky and the Left Opposition
By Vadim Z. Rogovin, 30 August 2019
Now available from Mehring Books
Bolsheviks Against Stalinism 1928-1933: Leon Trotsky and the Left Opposition by Vadim Z. Rogovin
Obituary
Detroit Democrat John Conyers, long-standing fixture in Congress, dies at 90
By Patrick Martin, 30 October 2019
Featured Commentary
Drawing the lessons of the ICFI split—International Strategy and National Tactics: The change in the ICFI’s approach to national liberation movements
By Deepal Jayasekera, 30 September 2019
This lecture was delivered to the Socialist Equality Party (US) Summer School on July 25, 2019 by Deepal Jayasekera, Assistant Secretary of the Socialist Equality Party in Sri Lanka
Introduction to the Turkish language edition of In Defense of Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky’s four fateful years in Prinkipo: 1929-1933
By David North, 23 September 2019
The ICFI and the Crisis of Stalinism
The World Capitalist Crisis and the Tasks of the Fourth International: An analysis of the ICFI Perspectives resolution of 1988
The International Committee’s response to the “End of History”: The March 1992 Plenum of the ICFI
The Dissolution of the USSR and the Unipolar Moment of US Imperialism
China: Thirty years since the Tiananmen Square massacre
The Political Origins and Consequences of the 1982–86 Split in the International Committee of the Fourth International
The 2020 US Elections
Joe Biden: A familiar face, a deeply reactionary record
By Patrick Martin, 23 September 2019
Amy Klobuchar: The favorite Democrat of Senate Republicans
By George Gallanis, 19 August 2019
- Senator Kirsten Gillibrand: #MeToo, McCarthyism and machine politics
- Beto O’Rourke: The incredible shrinking empty suit
- Kamala Harris: Law-and-order with a dose of identity politics
- Pete Buttigieg: The made-to-order political “outsider”
- Elizabeth Warren espouses economic nationalist policies aligned with Donald Trump
Follow the WSWS