28 November 2019
In defiance of repression, Colombian workers mount second national strike in the past week
By Evan Blake, 28 November 2019
In the face of intense police repression that has already killed four protesters, workers and youth took to the streets to voice their hostility to the right-wing Duque administration.
Chile paralyzed by third national strike amid mounting threats of dictatorship
Brazil’s Bolsonaro launches chauvinistic “green and yellow” youth employment program to foster “competitiveness”
Trump threatens to designate Mexican cartels as “terrorists”
By Andrea Lobo, 28 November 2019
The step would set the stage for direct US military interventions in Mexico, while pressuring the Mexican government to escalate militarized repression of social opposition.
US media ramps up anti-China campaign over Uyghur “human rights”
By Peter Symonds, 28 November 2019
Washington has a long record of cynically exploiting “human rights” to justify regime-change operations, military provocations and wars, while ignoring the gross abuses of key allies.
Canadian government-sponsored Security Forum rails against “strategic adversaries” China and Russia
Renewed surge in US mergers
By Nick Beams, 28 November 2019
Last Monday alone, takeover deals amounting to more than $70 billion were announced as multinational firms sought to tighten their grip on the markets in which they operate.
UK’s chief rabbi aids right-wing campaign against Corbyn
By Jean Shaoul, 28 November 2019
The witch hunt against Corbyn and the wider left has been made possible by Corbyn’s refusal to mobilise the hundreds of thousands who joined the Labour Party based on his pledge to oppose austerity and militarism against the Blairite right wing.
UAW keeps FCA workers in the dark on contract talks, painting corruption exposures as “outside distractions”
By Marcus Day, 28 November 2019
In a letter to FCA workers Monday, UAW-FCA Vice President Cindy Estrada attempted to pretend as if the corruption scandal had no bearing on otherwise pristine negotiations.
Co-workers say Detroit Fiat Chrysler worker died after being told to pay $800 for ambulance ride to hospital
UAW Region 5 Director Vance Pearson resigns after embezzlement charges
GM lawsuit: UAW engaged in criminal conspiracy with FCA to cut labor costs
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German autoworkers protest as unions sanction wave of jobs cuts
By K. Nesan, 28 November 2019
Hardly a day passes without a large or small company announcing redundancies and savings measures in highly industrialize state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany.
Automaker Audi slashes 9,500 jobs in Germany
Teamsters for a Democratic Union endorses ex-Hoffa lieutenant for union president
By Steve Filips and Tom Hall, 28 November 2019
TDU’s 180-degree turn behind the thuggish Sean O’Brien exposes the critical role it plays in propping up the authority the Teamsters bureaucracy.
Teamsters shut down CN Rail strike, praise Canada’s big business Liberal government
Five dead in Minneapolis, Minnesota high-rise fire
By Matt Rigel, 28 November 2019
Most of the victims were Somali immigrants in a neighborhood near the city’s downtown area.
Australian establishment’s anti-China campaign goes into overdrive
By Oscar Grenfell, 28 November 2019
There is little doubt that the anti-China barrage in Australia is the result of consultations with, and substantial pressure from, the US military and intelligence establishment.
Australian media and intelligence agencies reveal “Chinese spy” defection
A secret trial in Canberra points to extent of Australia’s police-state powers
27 November 2019
Four years after the Paris Agreement
UN report calls for “radical transformations” to avert global climate catastrophe
By Bryan Dyne, 27 November 2019
Baltimore, Maryland: Three men exonerated after 36 years behind bars for wrongful murder conviction
By Kate Randall, 27 November 2019
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg begins campaign for Democratic nomination
By Barry Grey, 27 November 2019
Billionaire Bloomberg enters race for Democratic presidential nomination
Students walk out in support of Nashville teacher victimized for assigning homework on the “N-word”
By Trévon Austin, 27 November 2019
Job actions by New York City transit workers
By Alan Whyte, 27 November 2019
Google fires four workers in apparent retaliation for their workplace activism
By Kevin Reed, 27 November 2019
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Şili diktatörlük tehditlerinin ortasında üçüncü genel grevle felç edildi
Andrea Lobo, 28 Kasım 2019
Augusto Pinochet’in CIA destekli faşist darbesinden kırk altı yıl sonra, Şili oligarşisi, yüz binlerce işçinin ve gencin büyüyen protestolarını bastırmak için diktatörlük yönetimine geri dönüyor.
DEUK’taki bölünmenin derslerinin çıkarılması—Uluslararası Strateji ve Ulusal Taktikler: DEUK’un ulusal kurtuluş hareketlerine yaklaşımındaki değişim
Deepal Jayasekera, 28 Kasım 2019
RCL’nin ulusal sorun üzerine siyasi çizgisi, doğru bir şekilde uluslararası stratejiye ulusal taktikler karşısında üstünlük veren DEUK ile yapılan kapsamlı tartışmalardan ortaya çıktı.
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Trumps benådning av krigsforbrytelser: Kultivering av en fascistisk base i militæret
Bill Van Auken, 28. november 2019
Den uforlignelige intervensjonen til forsvar for Navy Seal Edward Gallagher er innrettet ikke bare på å lette krigsforbrytelser i utlandet, men forberedelsen av styrker til bruk mot arbeiderklassen på hjemmebane.
Legers åpne brev til forsvar for Julian Assange vinner global støtte
Laura Tiernan, 28. november 2019
Det åpne brevet fra leger som forlanger tiltak for å redde livet til den fengslede WikiLeaks-utgiveren Julian Assange har fått internasjonal medieomtale og vunnet økende støtte fra leger.
Australias statsminister avviser Pamela Andersons appell om at hans regjering forsvarer Julian Assange
Oscar Grenfell, 28. november 2019
Avvisningen fra både regjeringskoalisjonen og Labor-opposisjonen om å stå opp for Assanges rettigheter som australsk statsborger, er uløselig knyttet til deres støtte for alliansen med USA og deres egen dreining til politistat-tiltak.
Fire år etter Paris-avtalen
FN-rapport oppfordrer til «radikale transformasjoner» for å unngå global klimakatastrofe
Bryan Dyne, 28. november 2019
Økende globale utslipp av klimagasser demonstrerer den manglende evnen til å takle klimaendringer under kapitalismen.
Chile lammet av den tredje nasjonalstreiken, med voksende fare for diktatur
Andrea Lobo, 28. november 2019
Fagforeningene anvender periodiske streiker for å slite ned det sosiale oppsvinget, akkurat som de har gjort for å bedra alle store klasseaksjoner siden Pinochet-diktaturet.
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La grève du 5 décembre contre la réforme des retraites s'annonce massive
Anthony Torres, 28 novembre 2019
Il s’agit d’ôter le contrôle de la grève aux syndicats, de former des comités d’action indépendants et lutter pour l’expropriation de l’aristocratie financière internationale.
Les agriculteurs français mobilisés contre le diktat de la grande distribution
nos reporters, 28 novembre 2019
Des centaines de tracteurs ont bloqué des axes routiers à Paris et à Lyon hier, alors que les agriculteurs manifestaient contre les bas prix imposés par la grande distribution.
Les étudiants français manifestent suite à l’immolation d’Anas K.
Francis Dubois, 28 novembre 2019
La précarité de centaines de milliers d’étudiants en France les place dans les mêmes conditions qui poussent les jeunes à entrer en lutte à travers le monde entier.
Le Chili paralysé par une troisième grève nationale alors que la menace de dictature augmente
Andrea Lobo, 28 novembre 2019
Les syndicats ont recours à des grèves intermittentes pour enrayer l’élan social, comme ils l'ont fait en trahissant toutes les grandes actions collectives de classe depuis la dictature de Pinochet.
Les Teamsters mettent fin à la grève du CN et font l'éloge du gouvernement libéral du Canada
Keith Jones, 28 novembre 2019
Tout porte à croire que le syndicat a abandonné la plupart, sinon la totalité, des revendications clés des travailleurs du CN dans sa hâte de mettre fin à la grève et d'éviter une confrontation avec le gouvernement libéral fédéral.
Le constructeur automobile Audi supprime 9 500 emplois en Allemagne
Dietmar Gaisenkersting, 28 novembre 2019
Les suppressions d’emplois font partie d’une offensive contre les travailleurs de l’automobile, qui pourrait voir la perte de 15 pour cent des 820 000 travailleurs du secteur de l’automobile et des pièces détachées en Allemagne.
Les étudiants à Paris-Tolbiac critiquent Macron et la précarité
nos correspondants, 28 novembre 2019
Lors du rassemblement contre la précarité à la faculté de Tolbiac à Paris, des étudiants ont critiqué les conditions de vie des étudiants et l’indifférence des pouvoirs publics.
La lettre ouverte des médecins défendant Julian Assange obtient un soutien mondial
Laura Tiernan, 28 novembre 2019
Une lettre ouverte de médecins appelant à agir de façon urgente pour sauver la vie de Julian Assange, l’éditeur emprisonné de WikiLeaks, a reçu une couverture médiatique internationale et a suscité un soutien croissant parmi les médecins.
Le premier ministre australien rejette l’appel de Pamela Anderson pour que son gouvernement défende Assange
Oscar Grenfell, 28 novembre 2019
Le refus de la Coalition et du Parti travailliste de défendre les droits du citoyen australien Assange est indissolublement lié à leur soutien de l’alliance avec les États-Unis et à leur propre recours à des mesures d’État policier.
La directrice du Projet 1619 parle à l'Université de New York
Nikole Hannah-Jones, la théorie raciale et l’Holocauste
Eric London et David North, 28 novembre 2019
Aucune des déclarations faites par Hannah-Jones devant son auditoire de l’Université de New York sur des enjeux historiques ne résiste à un examen rigoureux.
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Trump begnadigt Kriegsverbrecher, um eine faschistische Basis im Militär aufzubauen
Bill Van Auken, 28. November 2019
Trumps beispielloses Eingreifen zugunsten des Navy-Seals Edward Gallagher dient nicht nur dazu, Kriegsverbrechen im Ausland zu erleichtern, sondern auch Einsätze der Streitkräfte gegen die Arbeiterklasse im Inland vorzubereiten.
Finanzamt entzieht Verfolgten des Naziregimes die Gemeinnützigkeit
Justus Leicht, 28. November 2019
Die Entscheidung, der VVN-BdA den Status der Gemeinnützigkeit zu entziehen, könnte im Ergebnis einem kalten Verbot gleichkommen.
„30 Jahre Mauerfall
– Eine marxistische Einschätzung“
Veranstaltungen der SGP in Stuttgart, Dresden und
Frankfurt am Main
unseren Korrespondenten, 28. November 2019
Die Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei führt gegenwärtig eine Veranstaltungsreihe zum Ende der DDR durch. Sie begann am 9. November in Berlin, wurde in Stuttgart, Dresden und Frankfurt am Main fortgesetzt und endet am kommenden Samstag in München.
Die Leiterin des „Projekts 1619“ sprach an der New York
University
Nikole Hannah-Jones, der Mythos der Rasse und der
Holocaust
Eric London und David North, 28. November 2019
Hannah-Jones machte keine einzige Aussage zu historischen Fragen, die einer ernsthaften Prüfung standhält.
Österreichs Grüne vor Regierungseintritt
Markus Salzmann, 28. November 2019
Mit einer möglichen ÖVP-Grünen-Regierung wäre keine Abkehr von der extrem rechten Politik der Vorgängerregierung verbunden. Die Grünen würden die Rolle der rechtsextremen FPÖ übernehmen und deren Politik fortsetzen.
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Los indultos por crímenes de guerra: Trump cultiva su base fascistizante en el ejército
Por Bill Van Auken, 28 noviembre 2019
La intervención sin precedentes en defensa del Seal de la Armada, Edward Gallagher, no solo busca facilitar los crímenes de guerra en el extranjero, sino preparar las fuerzas que serán utilizadas contra la clase obrera en casa.
El fabricante de automóviles Audi recorta 9.500 empleos en Alemania
Por Dietmar Gaisenkersting, 28 noviembre 2019
La destrucción de empleo es parte de una ofensiva global contra los trabajadores de la industria automotriz, que podría costar al menos el 15 por ciento de los empleos a los 820.000 trabajadores alemanes de las industrias de la fabricación de automóviles y de partes.
La ola de huelgas en Perú aviva los temores de la clase dominante sobre el "contagio" chileno
Por Cesar Uco y Bill Van Auken, 28 noviembre 2019
En medio de su crisis política más profunda, los indicadores económicos del Perú se han reducido drásticamente y la lucha de clases se está calentando.
Carta abierta de los doctores defendiendo a Julian Assange gana apoyo global
Por Laura Tiernan, 28 noviembre 2019
Una carta abierta de médicos que insta a tomar medidas para salvar la vida del editor encarcelado de WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, ha recibido cobertura mediática internacional, ganando un creciente apoyo entre los médicos.
Los médicos exigen una intervención médica "urgente" para salvar la vida de Julian Assange
Por Laura Tiernan, 28 noviembre 2019
Más de 65 médicos eminentes del Reino Unido y de todo el mundo emitieron una carta abierta pidiendo medidas urgentes para proteger la vida del fundador encarcelado de WikiLeaks y periodista, Julian Assange.
Crecientes preocupaciones sobre la estabilidad del sistema monetario internacional
Por Nick Beams, 28 noviembre 2019
Las preocupaciones sobre una posible crisis del sistema monetario están siendo alimentadas por las experiencias de la última década de política monetaria.
Bernie Sanders prescinde de su "revolución política" en el quinto debate presidencial demócrata
Por Niles Niemuth, 28 noviembre 2019
Sanders declaró en el debate del miércoles por la noche que estaba de acuerdo con Obama en que no era necesario "derribar el sistema y rehacerlo".
Manifiesto del Partido Laborista del Reino Unido: un plan para salvar el capitalismo
Por Robert Stevens, 28 noviembre 2019
Es extraordinario que, en condiciones en las que millones de jóvenes buscan una alternativa socialista, ni el prólogo de Corbyn al manifiesto ni el texto real del documento de 107 páginas menciona la palabra "socialismo".
La directora del Proyecto 1619 habla en la Universidad de Nueva York
Nikole Hannah-Jones, la teoría de la raza y el Holocausto
Por Eric London y David North, 28 noviembre 2019
No hubo una sola declaración hecha por Hannah-Jones en la Universidad de Nueva York sobre temas de historia que resistiera un serio escrutinio.
Una entrevista con el historiador James Oakes sobre el Proyecto 1619 del New York Times
Por Tom Mackaman, 28 noviembre 2019
El World Socialist Web Site habló recientemente con James Oakes, profesor distinguido de Historia y profesor de Humanidades de la Escuela de Graduados del Centro de Graduados de la Universidad de la Ciudad de Nueva York, sobre el Proyecto 1619 del New York Times.
New in Russian
По поводу смерти советского диссидента Владимира Буковского (1942–2019)
Клара Вайс, 23 ноября 2019 г.
Жизнь и политическая роль Буковского за последние полвека должны быть поняты в более широком контексте развития Октябрьской революции 1917 года и сталинистской реакции против нее.
New in Arabic
راديكالية الشبيبة العالمية والنضال من أجل الاشتراكية
إريك لندن, 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 Bengali
ভারতে মাদারসন মোটরগাড়ি শ্রমিকদের ধর্মঘটকে মাওবাদী ইউনিয়ন নেতৃত্ব ক্রমাগত বিচ্ছিন্ন করে রাখছে
মোসেস রাজকুমার ও শশী কুমার, ২৫ অক্টোবর ২০১৯
মাসারসন অটোমোটিভ টেকনোলজিস অ্যান্ড ইঞ্জিনিয়ারিং (এম-এ-টি-ই বা মেট)-এর শ্রমিকদের দ্বারা সংগঠিত অনির্দিষ্টকালের ধর্মঘট এখন তৃতীয় মাসে পড়ল।
মার্কিন ফ্যাসিবাদকে এক বলিষ্ট না! ট্রাম্পকে গদিচ্যূত করতে গণআন্দোলন গড়ে তুলুন!
সোশ্যালিস্ট ইকুয়ালিটি পার্টি-র রাজনৈতিক কমিটি, ১৪ অক্টোবর ২০১৯
সন্দেহের ওপর ভিত্তি করে যে তদন্ত কংগ্রেস শুরু করেছিল তার পরিপ্রেক্ষিতে রাষ্ট্রপতি ডোনাল্ড ট্রাম্পের প্রতিক্রিয়া প্রকাশ্যেই সম্পূর্ণ ফ্যাসিবাদী চরিত্রের। গত সপ্তাহে মিনিয়াপোলিস, মিনেসোটা ও লেক চার্লসে ট্রাম্প প্রকাশ্যে বিদেশীদের প্রতি আতঙ্ক, জাতিগত বিদ্বেষ এবং ইহুদি-বিদ্বষের স্বপক্ষে কথা বলেছে।
New in Portuguese
O golpe na Bolívia apoiado pelos EUA
Por Bill Van Auken, 14 Novembro 2019
Apoiado por Washington, o violento golpe na Bolívia foi facilitado pela covardia política e traição do governo de Morales e seu partido MAS.
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Social counterrevolution and the decline in US life expectancy
28 November 2019
A study published this week by theJournal of the American Medical Association confirms that the fall in life expectancy in the US is the product of a decades-long assault on the working class.
The New York Times' 1619 Project
“When the Declaration says that all men are created equal, that is no myth”
An interview with historian Gordon Wood on the New York Times’ 1619 Project
By Tom Mackaman, 28 November 2019
Gordon Wood is professor emeritus at Brown University and author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Radicalism of the American Revolution, as well as Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789–1815.
Audio recording refutes Hannah-Jones’ claim that she was falsely quoted by the World Socialist Web Site
By Eric London, 27 November 2019
The World Socialist Web Site publishes the audio of Hannah-Jones’ remarks.
1619 Project director speaks at New York University
Nikole Hannah-Jones, race theory and the Holocaust
By Eric London and David North, 26 November 2019
There was not a single statement made by Hannah-Jones at NYU on historical issues that withstands serious examination.
IYSSE holds meeting on “Race, Class, and the fight for Socialism” at New York University
By Owen Mullan and Sandy English, 21 November 2019
The New York Times’s 1619 Project: A racialist falsification of American and world history
By Niles Niemuth, Tom Mackaman and David North, 6 September 2019
- An interview with historian James Oakes on the New York Times’ 1619 Project
- An interview with historian James McPherson on the New York Times’ 1619 Project
- Slavery and the American Revolution: A Response to the New York Times 1619 Project
- Historian Victoria Bynum on the inaccuracies of 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.
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Fund Appeal
World Socialist Web Site International Editorial Board Chairman David North appeals for support
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Commentary
Trump’s war crime pardons: Cultivating a fascistic base in the military
By Bill Van Auken, 27 November 2019
US navy secretary fired in case of pardoned SEAL war criminal
Growing concerns over stability of the international monetary system
By Nick Beams, 27 November 2019
The lessons of the Hong Kong protests for the working class
By Peter Symonds, 26 November 2019
Leaked email on alleged chemical attack shows 2018 strikes against Syria based on lies
By Niles Niemuth, 25 November 2019
Canada’s New Democrats and the Coup in Bolivia—A reply to a reader
By Roger Jordan, 25 November 2019
Socialist Equality Party
Socialist Equality Party campaigns at Chalcot Estate in North London
Britain's cladding crisis
By Our reporters, 28 November 2019
Most of the Chalcot Estate’s 717 homes, roughly 3,000 people, were evacuated in June 2017 after fire experts told the local council they could not guarantee the tower blocks they lived in were safe. They are still not safe.
Christoph Vandreier and David North to speak at Sydney Gleebooks launch of Why Are They Back?
27 November 2019
Vandreier’s and North’s discussion will focus on the historical lessons that must be learned in order to build a mass working class movement capable of preventing the disaster of Nazism from taking place on an even greater scale today.
SEP election teams in Britain win warm response
By our reporters, 27 November 2019
The Socialist Equality Party is standing candidates in Sheffield Central, Manchester Central and Holborn and St. Pancras in London.
Thousands of UK university staff begin eight-day strike with support of students
Lecturers and students speak out in UK university strike
”Whether you’re in Hong Kong, Bolivia, Chile or Lebanon, in Britain or in Italy, it’s the same fight…against social inequality and social injustice”
Socialist Equality Party announces candidates in UK general election
By our reporter, 18 November 2019
Socialist Equality Party stands 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 is standing candidates in the December 12 UK general election to wage a political struggle against austerity, authoritarian rule, militarism and war.
Workers Struggles
After union surrenders, Telangana mobilizes police to bar “fired” TSRTC workers’ return
By Kranti Kumara, 28 November 2019
The unions instructed the 48,000 TSRTC workers to end their courageous anti-privatization strike and report for work Tuesday. But the government, intent on purging the workforce, barred their way.
Democratic Party calls on Washington Metro Transit Authority to intervene against striking transit workers
By Nick Barrickman, 26 November 2019
Union reaches deal with University of Chicago, creating two-tier system for nurses
By Benjamin Mateus, 26 November 2019
West Midland Trains workers escalate fight against strike-breaking operation
By Michael Barnes, 23 November 2019
Striking Dutch healthcare workers speak about first ever nationwide strike
By Daniel Woreck and Harm Zonderland, 23 November 2019
Arts Review
Ford v Ferrari: Life at high speed
By Joanne Laurier, 27 November 2019
Ford v Ferrari recounts Ford Motor Company’s bid to unseat Ferrari as the reigning champion of Le Mans in the 1960s. The Professor and the Madman tells the fascinating story of the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary .
Modern-day philistinism and reaction: the New York Times considers “canceling” French painter Paul Gauguin
By David Walsh, 25 November 2019
#MeToo launches fascistic attack on Polanski’s film J’accuse
By Alex Lantier, 23 November 2019
J’accuse (An Officer and a Spy): Roman Polanski’s masterpiece on the Dreyfus Affair
Free Assange and Manning
Australian PM rejects Pamela Anderson’s appeal that his government defend Assange
By Oscar Grenfell, 27 November 2019
The refusal of the Coalition and Labor to uphold Assange’s rights as an Australian citizen is inextricably tied to their support for the US alliance and their own turn to police state measures.
Doctors’ open letter defending Julian Assange wins global support
By Laura Tiernan, 27 November 2019
An open letter by doctors urging action to save the life of imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange has received international media coverage, winning growing support among doctors.
The significance of the doctors’ open letter in defence of Julian Assange
An open letter from doctors: Julian Assange “could die in prison”
24 November 2019
Meetings in Australia and New Zealand pass resolutions demanding freedom of Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning
By our reporter, 26 November 2019
Attendees at meetings in Australia and NZ support campaign for release of Assange and Manning
By our reporters, 26 November 2019
Assange’s lawyer Jennifer Robinson addresses public meetings in Australia
Public meetings in Australia and New Zealand
Stop the US extradition of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange! Free Assange and Manning!
More on the campaign to Free Assange and Manning »
This week in history: November 18-24
25 years ago: US House passes General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
On November 30, 1994, the US House of Representatives passed the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) by a 288 to 146 vote. The lame-duck meeting of the Democratic-controlled House sent President Bill Clinton’s legislation to implement an expanded GATT to the Senate for a final vote. Majorities of both Democrats and Republicans supported the trade pact.
50 years ago: Trial and cover-up of the My Lai Massacre
On November 25, 1969, the first reports emerged in the press that a low-ranking US Army officer, Lieutenant William Calley Jr., would be charged by a military court for killing 109 men, women and children at My Lai, South Vietnam, in March 1968. The charges against Calley were an attempt at damage control after the massacre at My Lai had been made public by journalist Seymour Hersh one week earlier.
75 years ago: Himmler orders destruction of Auschwitz crematoria
On November 26, 1944, Heinrich Himmler, the chief of German police and director of the Reich Main Security Office for the Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler, ordered preparations to be made for destruction of the crematoria at the Auschwitz concentration camp, at which nearly one million Jews had been murdered.
100 years ago: Bulgaria signs peace treaty with Allied imperialist powers and Balkan states
On November 27, 1919, as a result of the Paris Peace Conference in the aftermath of the First World War, the Kingdom of Bulgaria signed a treaty with France, Britain, the United States and surrounding states such as Yugoslavia, Greece and Romania at Neuilly-sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris.
Obituary
On the death of Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky (1942–2019)
By Clara Weiss, 19 November 2019
An understanding of Bukovsky’s life and role in politics over the past half century must be placed within the broader context of the development of the October Revolution of 1917 and the Stalinist reaction against it.
The Socialist Equality Party Election Campaign in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan presidential election: Workers must prepare to fight moves towards police-state rule
By K. Ratnayake, 16 November 2019
Vote for Pani Wijesiriwardena in the Sri Lankan presidential election! Rally to fight for international socialism!
By Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka), 12 November 2019
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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.
Autoworkers Struggles
From the archive of the WSWS
What is the UAW?
By Shannon Jones, 12 November 2019
Former UAW-GM VP Joe Ashton charged in corruption scheme
How Ford and the UAW plan to cut autoworkers’ health care
Feds may have secretly recorded UAW President Gary Jones ordering cover-up of embezzlement of union funds
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
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
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
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