22 September 2020
Report documents criminality and corruption at heart of global banking system
By Barry Grey, 22 September 2020
The report documents the role that major banks knowingly play in laundering trillions of dollars in dirty money from terrorist organizations, drug cartels and assorted international financial criminals.
Johnson government says UK COVID-19 infections could hit 50,000 per day as pandemic spins “out of control”
By Robert Stevens, 22 September 2020
Chief Scientific Officer Sir Patrick Vallance, an early advocate of a “herd immunity” strategy, conceded that only an estimated 8 percent of the population had been infected and that the majority of the population remain susceptible.
Madrid hospitals collapsing amid Covid-19 resurgence in Europe
By Alejandro López and Alex Lantier, 22 September 2020
Health authorities report 90 percent of beds in Madrid intensive care wards are occupied, and 139 people died of Covid-19 in them last week.
UK firms awarded billions in NHS/government contracts amid failure of COVID-19 testing system
Whistle-blowers speak out as German authorities cover up coronavirus cases at schools and day-care centres
By Martin Nowak and Gregor Link, 22 September 2020
Despite hundreds of teaching and care facilities being infected, school and health authorities, as well as the federal and state governments, with the support of the trade unions, are doing everything in their power to continue reopening schools.
Spike in Canada’s COVID-19 infections exposes criminality of back-to-work, back-to-school drive
By Roger Jordan, 22 September 2020
The dramatic rise in COVID-19 cases is the direct outcome of the ruling elite’s criminal back-to-work and back-to-school policies, which are aimed at guaranteeing corporate profits regardless of the cost in human lives.
US escalates military intervention in Syria
By Bill Van Auken, 22 September 2020
The bolstering of the US force with another 100 troops, armored vehicles, and air power heightens the threat of confrontation between the world’s two biggest nuclear powers.
Trump to nominate new Supreme Court justice as early as Friday
By Jacob Crosse, 22 September 2020
Ignoring Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s pleas to wait until after the election, Trump has pledged to nominate a women by Saturday.
Louisville police chief declares “state of emergency” in advance of state’s decision on charges against policemen who killed Breonna Taylor
By Kevin Reed, 22 September 2020
Federal police agencies have been requested by U.S. Attorney Russell Coleman to provide protection for the courthouse and three other buildings in downtown Louisville in anticipation of protests this week.
“It’s been endless crises since I started work when I was 17”
Youth and students on the frontlines of the pandemic in the US endure low paid, unsafe jobs and endless financial struggle
By Melody Isley, 22 September 2020
Adding insult to injury, students, many of whom who are frontline workers and therefore unable to escape exposure, are being blamed for the explosion of cases on college campuses.
Opposition mounts at the University of Michigan as COVID-19 outbreaks emerge on campus
By Jesse Thomas, 22 September 2020
The possibility that the university administration delayed the public announcement of the cases until after the strike was officially smothered cannot be discounted.
EU parliament calls for international investigation into alleged poisoning of Navalny
By Clara Weiss, 22 September 2020
The resolution represents a significant escalation of attempts by the European imperialist powers to destabilize the Putin regime and ratchet up tensions with Russia.
Devastation left in the wake of Hurricanes Sally and Laura along the US Gulf Coast
By J. L'Heureau, 22 September 2020
The region stretching from Texas to Florida remains locked in the crosshairs of a historically overactive hurricane season.
“As COVID spreads, autoworkers lives are in danger!”
Fiat Chrysler worker describes rapid abandonment of safety measures after return work
By a Fiat Chrysler Jefferson North Assembly worker, 22 September 2020
A member of the FCA Jefferson North Assembly Rank and File Safety Committee describes management’s flouting of safety protocols at the factory.
“NTEU Fightback” aims to replace the discredited Australian university union leadership
By Jack Turner, 22 September 2020
These supposed “socialists” are seeking to keep workers trapped within the industrial and political straitjacket of the trade unions.
Australian university staff and students confront job cuts avalanche
21 September 2020
Supreme Court fight deepens political crisis surrounding US elections
By Patrick Martin, 21 September 2020
San Diego County seeks to exclude university outbreaks to undercount coronavirus cases
By Melody Isley, 21 September 2020
Strike by 4,000 University of Illinois at Chicago workers reaching critical juncture
By Jessica Goldstein, 21 September 2020
Who runs the University of Illinois?
By Brian Brown and James Martin, 21 September 2020
SEIU calls off health care strike in Minnesota after Allina hospital system threatens legal action
By Jonas Boquist, 21 September 2020
President Trump gives preliminary approval to takeover of TikTok by Oracle and Walmart
By Kevin Reed, 21 September 2020
White House bans TikTok and WeChat: A major intensification of internet censorship
Dry weather continues to fuel historic wildfires in California, rains bring new dangers to Pacific Northwest
By Kevin Martinez, 21 September 2020
Los Angeles educators form rank-and-file safety committee to oppose unsafe school reopening
By the Los Angeles Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee, 21 September 2020
Los Angeles sheriff terrorizes residents and attacks critics following shooting of two deputies
By John Andrews, 21 September 2020
New York City school bus drivers and educators face common struggle against unsafe openings
By A. Woodson and Steve Light, 21 September 2020
With Canadian Detroit Three auto contracts set to expire, Unifor rushes to reach concessionary “pattern” settlement
By Carl Bronski, 21 September 2020
Tens of thousands of Thai protesters call for a new constitution
By Owen Howell, 21 September 2020
Combustible insulation used on Grenfell Tower was sold at a heavy discount to building company
By Charles Hixson, 21 September 2020
UK unions use “consultative” strike ballots to suppress class struggle
By Barry Mason and Robert Stevens, 21 September 2020
Lufthansa prepares to double job cuts to nearly 40,000
By Gustav Kemper, 21 September 2020
New in Chinese
第一次是悲剧，第二次是滑稽剧：马科斯，杜特尔特与菲律宾的两个共产党
作者： Joseph Scalice, 2020年9月14日
8月26日，Joseph Scalice博士在新加坡的南洋理工大学举行了这场讲座。这场讲座的内容是：菲律宾共产党（CPP）及跟随其政治路线的各路组织在2016年对菲律宾总统罗德里戈·杜特尔特的支持。
New in Turkish
Duyuru: Dünya Sosyalist Web
Sitesi yeni haliyle 2 Ekim 2020’de yayında
Uluslararası Yayın Kurulu Başkanı David North’un
açıklaması
David North, 19 Eylül 2020
Dünya Sosyalist Web Sitesi, 2 Ekim 2020 Cuma günü, tamamen yeni bir tasarım ve büyük ölçüde geliştirilmiş bir işlevsellikle yeni halinin açılışını yapacak.
New in Portuguese
Trabalhadores brasileiros deflagram greves contra volta às aulas
Tomas Castanheira, 19 setembro 2020
O fascistoide Bolsonaro declarou: "somos o país com o maior número de dias em lockdown nas escolas. Isso é um absurdo".
Anunciamos o relançamento do World Socialist Web Site
em 2 de outubro de 2020
Uma declaração de David North,
presidente do Conselho Editorial Internacional
David North, 19 setembro 2020
Na sexta-feira, 2 de outubro de 2020, o World Socialist Web Site será relançado com um design totalmente novo e sua funcionalidade fortmente aprimorada.
New in French
Nouvelle mouture du World Socialist Web Site le 2 octobre 2020
Déclaration de David North, président du comité de rédaction international
David North, 19 septembre 2020
Le vendredi 2 octobre verra la relance du World Socialist Web Site avec un tout nouveau design et une fonctionnalité largement améliorée.
L’Organisation mondiale de la santé met en garde contre la résurgence «alarmante» de COVID-19 en Europe
Alex Lantier, 19 septembre 2020
Avec plus de 300.000 infections hebdomadaires, les autorités européennes confirment maintenant plus de cas de COVID-19 chaque semaine qu’avant les fermetures de ce printemps.
L'accord de Trump sur le Moyen-Orient et l'impasse du nationalisme bourgeois
Bill Van Auken, 19 septembre 2020
Les accords dits de «paix» entre Israël et deux monarchies arabes signés mardi sur la pelouse de la Maison-Blanche ne sont que les derniers en date dans la longue liste des trahisons du peuple palestinien.
Des enseignants brésiliens appellent à des grèves contre la rentrée scolaire
Tomas Castanheira, 19 septembre 2020
grand nombre de fermetures d’écoles. Ceci est absurde.»
Assange a révélé «de très graves et véritables crimes de guerre», selon Daniel Ellsberg lors de l’audience d’extradition
Thomas Scripps, 19 septembre 2020
Ellsberg a déclaré qu’«avec les journaux Manning et Assange, j’ai trouvé que chaque fois que l’on mentionnait mon nom, c’était pour dire combien j’étais une très bonne personne… et pour se servir de moi comme obstacle à ces nouvelles révélations qui étaient prétendument très différentes des miennes».
New in Spanish
El acuerdo de Trump sobre Oriente Próximo y el callejón sin salida del nacionalismo burgués
Bill Van Auken, 19 septiembre 2020
Los dizque acuerdos de “paz” entre Israel y las dos monarquías árabes firmados en el jardín de la Casa Blanca el martes fueron tan solo las más recientes de un largo historial de traiciones contra el pueblo palestino.
Anuncio del relanzamiento del World Socialist Web Site
el 2 de octubre de 2020
Una declaración de David North,
presidente del Consejo Editorial Internacional
David North, 19 septiembre 2020
El viernes 2 de octubre de 2020, el World Socialist Web Site será relanzado con un diseño completamente nuevo y una funcionalidad vastamente mejorada.
Cofundador de Iraq Body Count: WikiLeaks expuso a una audiencia global las víctimas civiles masivas
Thomas Scripps y Laura Tiernan, 19 septiembre 2020
John Sloboda dijo que los registros de la guerra de Irak habían sido llevados "a la mayor audiencia global de cualquier publicación". No ha habido revelaciones comparables en la última década.
Exdirector de la CIA Leon Panetta: estamos procesando a Assange para intimidar a otros
Oscar Grenfell, 19 septiembre 2020
Los comentarios de Panetta confirman el carácter mafioso de la imputación estadounidense contra Assange, su naturaleza políticamente motivada y desprecio patente por el derecho internacional.
La Organización Mundial de la Salud advierte sobre el resurgimiento "alarmante" de COVID-19 en Europa
Alex Lantier, 19 septiembre 2020
Con más de 300.000 infecciones semanales, las autoridades europeas están confirmando más casos de COVID-19 cada semana que antes de los cierres de esta primavera.
Maestros brasileños convocan huelgas contra la campaña de regreso a clases
Tomas Castanheira, 19 septiembre 2020
El presidente fascistizante Bolsonaro de Brasil declaró: “Somos el país con la mayor cantidad de días con cierres de escuelas. Es absurdo”
Las mentiras de Trump sobre el COVID-19 involucran al partido español Podemos
Alejandro López, 19 septiembre 2020
Aunque tenía acceso a informes de inteligencia sobre el peligro mortal de la pandemia, Podemos adoptó una política criminalmente negligente.
Aumentan las huelgas en medio de brotes de COVID-19 en cientos de escuelas españolas
Alice Summers, 19 septiembre 2020
Los sindicatos españoles se han negado a convocar a los trabajadores de la educación a una lucha unificada contra la reapertura de las escuelas, limitando la acción a protestas esporádicas y de corta duración.
New in German
Trumps Nahost-Deal und die Sackgasse des bürgerlichen Nationalismus
Bill Van Auken, 19. September 2020
Das sogenannte „Friedensabkommen“ zwischen Israel und zwei arabischen Monarchien, das am 15. September auf dem Rasen des Weißen Hauses unterzeichnet wurde, reiht sich ein in unzählige Verrätereien am palästinensischen Volk.
Assange hat „sehr
ernstes Muster wirklicher Kriegsverbrechen“ aufgedeckt
Daniel Ellsbergs Aussage im
Auslieferungsprozess
Thomas Scripps, 19. September 2020
Ellsberg widersprach jedem Versuch, ihn selbst als positives Gegenbeispiel gegen Manning und Assange zu benutzen.
Weltgesundheitsorganisation warnt vor „alarmierendem“ Anstieg der Corona-Fälle in Europa
Alex Lantier, 19. September 2020
Die europäischen Behörden bestätigen mittlerweile mehr als 300.000 Neuinfektionen pro Woche und damit mehr als vor dem Lockdown im Frühjahr.
Lufthansa erwägt Verdoppelung des Stellenabbaus
Gustav Kemper, 19. September 2020
Nach weitgehenden Zugeständnissen der Gewerkschaften hat Lufthansa-Chef Carsten Spohr den Abbau von Tausenden weiteren Arbeitsplätzen angekündigt.
Ehemaliger Spiegel-Journalist widerspricht Behauptung, Assange habe Informanten gefährdet
Laura Tiernan, 19. September 2020
Die Lüge der Trump-Regierung, Assange habe das Leben von US-Informanten aufs Spiel gesetzt, wurde in John Goetz' Zeugenaussage klar widerlegt. Tatsächlich haben allein die von Assange und WikiLeaks aufgedeckten Kriegsverbrechen Menschen in Gefahr gebracht.
Joseph Scalices Vortrag über die CPP (Redigierte
Abschrift)
Das erste Mal als Tragödie, das zweite Mal als
Farce: Marcos, Duterte und die Kommunistischen Parteien der
Philippinen
Joseph Scalice, 19. September 2020
Diesen Vortrag zur Rolle der Kommunistischen Partei der Philippinen (CPP) hielt Dr. Joseph Scalice am 26. August an der Nanyang Technological University in Singapur. Er befasst sich mit der Unterstützung der CPP und politisch verwandter Organisationen für den philippinischen Präsidenten Rodrigo Duterte im Jahr 2016.
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Perspective
The global campaign to reopen schools drives COVID-19 deaths past one million
22 September 2020
Underlying the reckless drive to reopen schools is a broader policy of “herd immunity” adopted by every major capitalist country around the world.
Featured Commentary
The New York Times and Nikole Hannah-Jones abandon key claims of the 1619 Project
By Tom Mackaman and David North, 22 September 2020
The Times has abandoned, without any public announcement or explanation, the central thesis that 1619, not 1776, was the “true founding” of the United States.
Jacobin magazine embraces Trump administration’s murderous “herd immunity” policy
By Andre Damon, 21 September 2020
On Saturday, Jacobin magazine published an extended interview with anti-lockdown activist Martin Kulldorff, who demanded that “schools and universities should reopen” because “young, healthy people contribute to…herd immunity.”
Announcements
Announcing the Relaunch of the World Socialist Web Site on October 2, 2020
A statement by David North, chairman of the International Editorial Board
David North, 18 September 2020
On Friday, October 2, 2020, the World Socialist Web Site will be relaunched with an entirely new design and with vastly enhanced functionality.
Commentary
COVID-19: French NPA’s Révolution Permanente web site lines up with Macron’s school re-opening
By Anthony Torres, 22 September 2020
Factions of France’s New Anti-capitalist Party linked to Argentina’s Socialist Workers Party (PTS) tacitly back a return to school endangering millions.
The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020)
By Tom Carter, 21 September 2020
As COVID-19 deaths approach one million
WHO condemns governments’ failure to prepare for pandemic
By Bryan Dyne, 21 September 2020
Trump’s Middle East deal and the dead end of bourgeois nationalism
By Bill Van Auken, 18 September 2020
No to a Greek-Turkish war in the eastern Mediterranean!
International Committee of the Fourth International, 12 September 2020
SEP (US) Congress resolution
The global pandemic, the class struggle, and the tasks of the Socialist Equality Party
1 August 2020
Defend Dr. Joseph Scalice against Stalinist slanders
Philippine Maoist leader Sison seeks alliance with military against Duterte
By Tom Peters, 22 September 2020
The Communist Party of the Philippines and its allied organisations are seeking to corral mass opposition to fascistic President Rodrigo Duterte behind Vice-President Leni Robredo and pro-US factions of the military.
Australian and Sri Lankan academics defend Dr Joseph Scalice from Philippine Stalinist attacks
By our reporters, 21 September 2020
Video exposing Philippine Stalinist leader Sison’s Big Lie that the CPP never supported Duterte
By our reporters, 19 September 2020
The Persecution of Julian Assange
Explosive evidence from Trump insider
Assange dragged from embassy “on the orders of the president”
By Laura Tiernan and Thomas Scripps, 22 September 2020
Cassandra Fairbanks testified that Arthur Schwartz, a wealthy Republican Party donor and key Trump ally, had provided her with evidence of plans by the Trump administration to impose the death penalty.
Thirteen former national presidents demand an end to the British show-trial of Julian Assange
By Oscar Grenfell, 22 September 2020
The statement demonstrates that the attempt to prosecute Assange for exposing war crimes is widely viewed as an act of imperialist banditry that brands Britain and the US as rogue states.
Corporate publications hostile to revelations that CIA spied on Julian Assange and their own journalists
By Oscar Grenfell, 21 September 2020
Witnesses recall Collateral Murder attack: “Look at those dead bastards,” shooters said
By Thomas Scripps and Laura Tiernan, 19 September 2020
- Iraq Body Count co-founder: WikiLeaks exposed mass civilian casualties to a global audience
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Arts Review
King’s Disease: Beware the nostrums of Nas
By Erik Schreiber, 22 September 2020
A skilled and engaging rapper, Nas remains committed to a message reflecting his confusion, racialist politics and considerable business interests.
The Stranger on Netflix: A world of secrets, unraveled
By Carlos Delgado, 21 September 2020
Toots Hibbert, ska and reggae giant: “Right now, someone else has that number”
By Paul Bond, 19 September 2020
Charlie Kaufman’s I’m Thinking of Ending Things: A neglected man neglected again
By Joanne Laurier, 18 September 2020
An interview with Michael Fitzgerald, producer of Waiting for the Barbarians
By David Walsh, 16 September 2020
Waiting for the Barbarians: “You are an obscene torturer. You deserve to be hanged!”
80 Years Since the Assassination of Leon Trotsky
Trotsky’s Last Year
Part six
By David North, 8 September 2020
An appraisal, on the occasion of the eightieth anniversary of Trotsky’s assassination, of the work of the great theoretician and strategist of World Socialist Revolution during the final year of his life.
Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five
Workers Struggles
Ten thousand Ontario home daycare workers strike; Mexican professors demand back wages
Workers Struggles: The Americas
22 September 2020
Ontario home daycare workers began an unlimited strike Monday while instructors in Zacatecas, Mexico began a strike at the state’s 43 Bachelors College campuses on September 17.
Australian ruling elite moves to junk coronavirus safety measures—the working class must intervene to answer the pandemic threat!
By the Socialist Equality Party (Australia), 17 September 2020
India: Chennai garbage workers strike; Sri Lankan bank workers protest over contracts; Australian waterfront workers walkout
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
19 September 2020
London bus drivers launch rank-and-file safety committee to fight renewed threat from COVID-19
By the London Bus Drivers Rank-and-File Safety Committee, 16 September 2020
The political significance of the London Bus Drivers Rank-and-File Safety Committee: “Change is coming in the working class”
By our reporters, 16 September 2020
International Youth and Students for Social Equality
University of Melbourne student union enforces club affiliation requirement amid pandemic
By Eric Ludlow, 21 September 2020
The student union’s demands will serve only to disaffiliate clubs, compounding the destructive impact of the COVID-19 crisis on cultural and political life on campus.
Military research at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
By Gregor Link, 18 September 2020
Science
Catastrophic wildfires, corporate air pollution, and COVID-19: A collision of crises
By Henry Hakamaki, 21 September 2020
The EPA loosened air pollution limits at the very time that coronavirus was becoming pandemic in the United States.
Trump administration continues assault on endangered species
By Adria French, 19 September 2020
Recent changes to the Endangered Species Act “to lower regulatory burdens” are driving several species toward extinction.
The precedents for disease eradication through international cooperation
Part two
By Frank Gaglioti, 16 September 2020
The precedents for disease eradication through international cooperation
Part one
This week in history: September 21-27
25 years ago: Former Italian Prime Minister Andreotti goes on trial
On September 26, 1995, seven-time Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti went on trial in Palermo, facing charges of serving as a longtime front man for the Sicilian Mafia.
50 years ago: New Haven teachers strike ends
After more than two weeks on the picket lines, a strike by teachers in New Haven, Connecticut, was ended on September 22, 1970. The strike was defeated by a combined crackdown on workers by the court system and the police, with the complicity of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT).
75 years ago: Vietnamese Stalinists launch murderous campaign against Trotskyist movement
This week in September, 1945, the Vietnamese Stalinists, led by Ho Chi Minh, escalated a vicious campaign aimed at the liquidation of the Vietnamese Trotskyist movement.
100 years ago: Workers battle troops in Turin
On September 23, 1920, workers occupying factories in Italy’s industrial center of Turin were confronted by troops of the Royal Guard. Workers responded in force and fought back with rifles and hand grenades.
Socialist Equality Party (Australia)
Book Review
Book Review
Wilmington’s Lie: The 1898 white supremacist coup in North Carolina
David Zucchino, Atlantic Monthly Press, 336 pages
By Fred Mazelis, 17 September 2020
The US Election
The Civil War Election
Statement of the Socialist Equality Party (US) Political Committee, 9 September 2020
University of Michigan graduate students take a stand for life against profit
By Joseph Kishore - Socialist Equality Party candidate for US president, 11 September 2020
Supreme Court refuses to hear SEP challenge to Michigan ballot access denial
By Kevin Reed, 9 September 2020
The politics of oligarchy: Federal appeals court blocks SEP challenge to anti-democratic ballot access laws in California
By Joseph Kishore—Socialist Equality Party candidate for US President, 8 August 2020
The Socialist Equality Party denounces Trump’s mass arrest of 2,000 immigrants!
By Norissa Santa Cruz—SEP candidate for US vice president, 4 September 2020
The socialist answer to the paltry $600 million Flint settlement
By Joseph Kishore—SEP Presidential Candidate, 24 August 2020
Socialist Equality Party
Stop the dangerous “routine operation” of schools in Germany! Prepare a nationwide general strike!
Set up independent action committees for the safety of teachers, pupils and parents!
By the Action Committees for Safe Education, 14 September 2020
“It’s not safe for my kids but they are forcing me to send them to school”
UK Educators Rank-and-File Committee holds initial meeting
By our reporter, 9 September 2020
Socialist Equality Group in Turkey condemns attack against TİP deputy after threats from interior minister
By Sosyalist Eşitlik, 3 September 2020
History
The lessons of the 1953 mass uprising (hartal) in Sri Lanka
By Saman Gunadasa, 2 September 2020
Socialist Equality Party (Australia)
The coronavirus pandemic, the crisis of capitalism and the tasks of the SEP
By the Socialist Equality Party (Australia), 26 August 2020
Build the International Youth and Students for Social Equality!
Free Julian Assange! Defend Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden!
SEP (Australia) holds successful fifth national congress
Socialist Equality Party (US)
Now available
The Fourth International and the Perspective of World Socialist Revolution: 1986–1995
12 August 2020
The paperback edition of this critical book on the history of the Fourth International is now available.
Internet Censorship
Open Letter from WSWS Chairman David North to Alphabet Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai
31 July 2020
An open letter to Google: Stop the censorship of the Internet! Stop the political blacklisting of the World Socialist Web Site!
25 August 2017
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