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29 November 2019

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Trump signs Hong Kong “democracy” bill

By Nick Beams, 29 November 2019

Entitled the “Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act”—and passed by the US Congress with only one dissenting voice, making it veto-proof—the legislation has nothing to do with either.

The lessons of the Hong Kong protests for the working class

US media ramps up anti-China campaign over Uyghur “human rights”

Australian establishment’s anti-China campaign goes into overdrive

Australian media and intelligence agencies reveal “Chinese spy” defection

Canadian government-sponsored Security Forum rails against “strategic adversaries” China and Russia

Podemos party backs Spanish internet censorship law

By Alejandro Lopez and Alex Lantier, 29 November 2019

The about-face of Podemos after the November 10 elections to back censorship is yet another bitter lesson in the treachery of this petty-bourgeois, “left populist” party.

Australian Labor Party shuts down parliamentary discussion on Assange

By Oscar Grenfell, 29 November 2019

It is a glaring exposure of the thoroughly rotten character of the Labor Party that, on the issue of Assange, it is well to the right of Joyce, a conservative nationalist and populist.

Australia: Queensland parliament forum reflects growing support for Assange

By Mike Head, 29 November 2019

Calls grow for mass December 5 protest strike against French pension cuts

By Anthony Torres, 29 November 2019

Amid an international resurgence of class struggle, it is critical for workers to take control of their struggles from the hands of the corrupt union bureaucracies.

Sri Lankan president appoints minority government and puts security forces on alert

By Saman Gunadasa, 29 November 2019

While the new administration will continue draconian “national security” measures, it confronts deep-seated popular opposition to the attacks on social and democratic rights.

Delay in publication of UK security report used to feed anti-Russian campaign

By Paul Bond, 29 November 2019

Allegations of Russian attempts to influence the UK’s 2016 EU referendum and 2017 general election reveal sharp factional disputes within the British bourgeoisie.

UK’s chief rabbi aids right-wing campaign against Corbyn

German government plans new military interventions, massive rearmament

By Johannes Stern, 29 November 2019

The German army is preparing for new military interventions. The plans were announced by the German defence minister, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, on Monday at a Bundeswehr base in Saarland.

Over 250 students arrested in Michigan by ICE in fake university scam

By Jacob Crosse, 29 November 2019

After arresting 161 students in January and February earlier this year, US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement revealed that they had detained an additional 91 students in an ongoing sting operation conducted by the federal agency.

Brookings Institution study finds a staggering 44 percent of US workers earn low wages

By Jessica Goldstein, 29 November 2019

The study’s finding that 44 percent of the US workforce earn low wages paints a devastating picture of the realities of capitalism and working class life in the world’s wealthiest country.

Renewed surge in US mergers

Some production resumes as US copper miners’ strike drags on

By Samuel Davidson, 29 November 2019

The USW, which leads the nine different unions that represent workers in the mines, has downplayed the company’s efforts to break the strike.

Workers underpaid by $1.35 billion a year
Low wage rises in Australia “become the new normal”

By Nick Beams, 29 November 2019

A survey conducted by the accounting and financial firm PwC has found that 13 percent of the Australian workforce is being underpaid.

28 November 2019

In defiance of repression, Colombian workers mount second national strike in the past week

By Evan Blake, 28 November 2019

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

UAW keeps FCA workers in the dark on contract talks, painting corruption exposures as “outside distractions”

By Marcus Day, 28 November 2019

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

German autoworkers protest as unions sanction wave of jobs cuts

By K. Nesan, 28 November 2019

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

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

New in Turkish

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.

New in Norwegian

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.

New in French

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.

New in German

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.

New in Spanish

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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Perspective

A socialist response to the global jobs massacre in the auto industry

29 November 2019

The announcement of 9,500 job cuts by the German automaker Audi is part of a global offensive against the jobs and living standards of autoworkers all over the world.

Earlier Perspectives »

Mehring Books

Fund Appeal

World Socialist Web Site International Editorial Board Chairman David North appeals for support

The WSWS is launching its 2019-2020 New Year's fund appeal. Watch the appeal and donate today.

Featured Commentary

“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.

“Opposition to slavery has also been an important theme in American history”
An interview with historian James McPherson on the New York Times’ 1619 Project

An interview with historian James Oakes on the New York Times’ 1619 Project

An interview with the author of The Free State of Jones
Historian Victoria Bynum on the inaccuracies of the New York Times* 1619 Project*

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

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.

Audio recording refutes Hannah-Jones’ claim that she was falsely quoted by the World Socialist Web Site

By Eric London, 27 November 2019

Commentary

Fire Brigades Union study exposes decades of deregulation and cost cutting that led to Grenfell Tower inferno—Part 1

By Alice Summers, 29 November 2019

The FBU’s study is all the more important in the context of a concerted smear campaign by the media and the official Grenfell Tower Inquiry, which have set out to cover up the principal causes of the fire and shift the blame towards the London Fire Brigade and firefighters.

Social counterrevolution and the decline in US life expectancy

By Niles Niemuth, 28 November 2019

A study published this week by the Journal 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.

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

Leaked email on alleged chemical attack shows 2018 strikes against Syria based on lies

By Niles Niemuth, 25 November 2019

Arts Review

Scott Z. Burns’ The Report exposes CIA torture, then absolves the Democrats

By Joanne Laurier, 29 November 2019

The Report is a film dramatization of the events surrounding the US Senate Intelligence Committee’s investigation into and writing of a report on pervasive CIA torture under the Bush administration.

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

Workers Struggles

Croatian teachers’ strikes; healthcare workers’ stoppage in Northern Ireland; Zimbabwe unrest over runaway inflation continues
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa

29 November 2019

Thousands of Croatian teachers are continuing strikes over pay while 25,000 health staff in Northern Ireland have taken industrial action and Zimbabwe unions have called a mass demonstration over deteriorating economic conditions.

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

The New York Times' 1619 Project

IYSSE holds meeting on “Race, Class, and the fight for Socialism” at New York University

By Owen Mullan and Sandy English, 21 November 2019

Slavery and the American Revolution: A Response to the New York Times 1619 Project

The “Irrepressible Conflict:” Slavery, the Civil War and America’s Second Revolution

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.

More on the New York Times’ 1619 Project »

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.

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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The Causes of the Victory of the Chinese Communist Party over Chiang Kai-Shek, and the CCP’s Perspectives