The unfolding genocide in Gaza is the realization of “the descent into the abyss” of which James P. Cannon warned in his Open Letter, published 70 years ago last week.
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Thanksgiving 2023
While hunger soars in US, Biden feasts at billionaire’s estate
The spectacle of the US president enjoying the hospitality provided by a super-rich hedge fund boss, while American workers struggle to make ends meet, underscores the class chasm in American society.
Israeli attacks on hospitals and dozens of residential buildings continued Thursday, underscoring just how tenuous the brief lull in the Israeli regime’s genocidal onslaught on the Palestinians is.
Jordan Shilton•
Protests have occurred in the face of an extraordinary police and state crackdown overseen by the Social Democrat-led federal government.
our reporters•
There is mounting evidence that Netanyahu’s government and Israel’s army and security services knew a military incursion was about to happen, and that once it did take place large numbers of Israeli casualties resulted from a massive military operation mounted by the Israel Defense Forces.
Jean Shaoul•
It is not yet clear what pathogen or pathogens are responsible for the deluge of child hospitalizations, but the underlying cause of this crisis is undoubtedly the collapse of public health in China and internationally over the course of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Evan Blake•
The transparent purpose of Albanese and Dutton’s presence at the Holocaust museum was to exploit the worst imperialist atrocity of the last century, to justify the worst imperialist atrocity of the 21st, the genocide in Gaza.
Oscar Grenfell•
The 1,000 students who participated defied threats and intimidation from the state Labor government, Zionist organisations and the far-right, to take a stand against war crimes.
Our reporters•
Once again mendacious accusations of "antisemitism" are being used to try and silence artists for opposing Israel's genocide against Gaza.
Sybille Fuchs, Verena Nees•
The online petitions and active participation of thousands of health workers in mass protests expose the vast gulf between the medical practitioners and the institutions purporting to represent them.
Stephen Griffiths•
The rank-and-file must now draw up their own red lines for the dispute and demand oversight of all further negotiations, rather than closed-door meetings of the company and Unite officials.
Tony Robson•
Thursday’s job action, which saw almost 600,000 workers on strike, was one of the largest in Quebec, or for that matter Canadian, history.
Our Reporters•
In Alabama, two local hospitals—Princeton Baptist Medical Center in Birmingham, and Shelby Baptist Medical Center in Alabaster—closed their programs for pregnancy and maternal care on October 25.
Cordell Gascoigne•
Socialist internationalism and the struggle against Zionism and imperialism
This lecture provides a political and historical analysis of the genocidal war now being conducted by the Zionist regime in Israel against the Palestinians. It explains the relationship between the contemporary struggle against imperialism and the international socialist program of the Left Opposition, founded by Leon Trotsky 100 years ago in October 1923.
David North•
The German October: The missed revolution of 1923
In October 1923, the German Communist Party prepared an insurrection and then cancelled it at the last minute, prompting Leon Trotsky to characterize it as “a classic demonstration of how it is possible to miss a perfectly exceptional revolutionary situation of world-historic importance.”
Peter Schwarz•
Trotsky’s October 23, 1923 letter to the Central Committee and Central Control Commission of the Russian Communist Party
Trotsky’s October 23, 1923 letter is the first comprehensive document in the inner-party struggle in which he was forced to answer, in detail, not only political attacks but also distortions of the history of the Bolshevik Party and the October Revolution.
Leon Trotsky•
Part 2: The New Economic Policy and Lenin’s last struggle
Lenin, Trotsky and the Origins of the Left Opposition
This is the second part of a lecture given by David North in November 1993 at the University of Michigan on the origins of the Left Opposition.
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Israel’s Gaza “truce”: A pause to reload the guns for the next stage in the genocide against the Palestinians
Assuming the agreement is fulfilled, which is by no means assured, it will amount to little more than an operational pause in Israel’s military offensive to ethnically cleanse Gaza by carrying out a genocide against the Palestinian people.
Jordan Shilton•
Netanyahu vows continued war on Gaza as Israel, US agree to hostage swap, brief pause in Israeli rampage
The global mass movement against NATO-backed genocide in Gaza must be intensified to secure not a brief pause, but an end to the genocidal onslaught against the Palestinians.
Alex Lantier•
Israel escalates fighting with Lebanon, as ethnic cleansing of Palestinians continues
Since October 7, nearly 100 have been killed in Lebanon, including 74 members of Hezbollah, and nine in Israel, including six IDF soldiers.
Thomas Scripps•
Biden’s plan for “peace” through war and genocide
On Saturday, US President Joe Biden published an op-ed in the Washington Post explaining that the United States’ support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza is part of an integrated plan of world domination through military violence.
Andre Damon•
Jean Shaoul•
Alex Lantier•
Andre Damon•
Our reporters•
Socialist Equality Party (UK)•
Thanksgiving travel fuels latest COVID-19 wave amid collapse of public health
The objective reality of the pandemic has been deliberately distorted by every capitalist government and corporate media outlet in the world, who have instead promoted disinformation to lull the population into believing that COVID-19 is now harmless and the pandemic is over.
Evan Blake•
The assassination of President John F. Kennedy
The events of the past decade have further substantiated the half-century appraisal of the event as an initial manifestation of the breakdown, under the pressure of interacting domestic and international contradictions, of American democracy.
David North•
JFK: What the Doctors Saw
Sixty years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Jr., a new documentary decisively rebuts the official government version of events.
Tom Carter•
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka) celebrates 80th birthday of veteran Trotskyist K. Ratnayake
Ratnayake has dedicated his entire adult life, encompassing some six decades, to the fight for the socialist emancipation of the working class and the oppressed masses.
Our reporters•
David North•
our reporters•
Jerry White•
Andrea Lobo•
Kevin Reed•
Government and media threaten Documenta art exhibition with cancellation
Once again mendacious accusations of "antisemitism" are being used to try and silence artists for opposing Israel's genocide against Gaza.
Sybille Fuchs, Verena Nees•
McCarthyite witch-hunt against actresses Melissa Barrera and Susan Sarandon for opposing Israeli genocide in Gaza
A new witch-hunt has been launched in Hollywood, targeting actors and others who speak out against the Israeli military’s campaign of mass murder in Gaza.
David Walsh•
JFK: What the Doctors Saw
Sixty years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Jr., a new documentary decisively rebuts the official government version of events.
Tom Carter•
All the Light We Cannot See: Shedding little of that on the events of World War II
The approach to World War II, Nazi Germany, the German occupation and the French resistance is muddy, confused and ahistorical.
Joanne Laurier•
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
Sandy English•
Richard Phillips•
David Walsh•
Tens of thousands of Australian healthcare workers sign petitions demanding Gaza ceasefire
The online petitions and active participation of thousands of health workers in mass protests expose the vast gulf between the medical practitioners and the institutions purporting to represent them.
Stephen Griffiths•
UN expert speaks in New Zealand on Israel’s genocidal war against Palestinians
At public meetings in Auckland and Wellington, UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, denounced the indiscriminate bombing and ethnic cleansing of Gaza and exposed the Israeli government’s fraudulent pretext of “self-defence.”
Tom Peters•
Australian health workers rally against Israel’s genocide
Hundreds of nurses, midwives, doctors and other health workers, horrified by the criminal targeting of hospitals and civilians in Gaza and the West Bank, protested in Melbourne and Sydney.
Our reporters•
Students and workers protest Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s pro-Israel reportage
It was the third demonstration outside ABC facilities in recent weeks over its Gaza reportage, none of them covered by the public broadcaster or the rest of the official media.
Our reporters•
Thomas Scripps•
Our reporters, Jacob Crosse•
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Tamino Dreisam•
Eric Ludlow, Oscar Grenfell•
Further workers’ strikes in Finland against anti-strike laws and austerity; protests continue in Iran over pay and social conditions; health workers picket outside the Red Cross Children’s Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa against Gaza genocide
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
Finnish workers continue strikes begun three months ago against anti-strike laws and austerity, which unions seek to contain with limited stoppages; protests by energy workers and retirees continue in Iran over pay and impoverished social conditions; health workers picket outside the Red Cross Children’s Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa demanding ceasefire in Gaza and end to murder of children
Labor shortages among air traffic controllers threatens airline safety
Chronic air traffic controller staffing issues are causing an increase in safety incidents, aviation experts told the US Senate.
Claude Delphian•
Rural Minnesota postal workers protest Amazon-USPS agreement forcing high workloads
Already facing a staffing shortage, the carriers are now working extended hours—12-hour days, six days a week—with effectively no overtime pay.
Matt Rigel•
420,000 Quebec public sector workers launch three-day strike
The workers—who have been without contracts for nearly eight months—are determined to win inflation-busting wage increases, put an end to punishing working conditions, and secure increased funding for the province’s dilapidated health and education systems.
Keith Jones•
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Carl Bronski•
Tony Robson•
Tom Peters•
Jane Wise•
“Everybody’s pissed off”: Mack Trucks workers return to work following UAW sellout
As at the Big Three, Mack is now preparing to implement plans for speed-up and mandatory overtime following the UAW’s betrayal of the strike.
Nick Barrickman, Bill Schaefer•
Job cuts and speedup planned after UAW pushes through sellout contracts
The Big Three automakers are accelerating plans to slash jobs, intensify the pace and length of work, and restructure their operations.
Jerry White•
UAW announces ratification of sellout contracts at the Big Three: The way forward for autoworkers
Despite the claims by UAW President Fain and the Biden administration that the contracts are “historic,” there was widespread opposition among workers, which will only grow in the weeks and months ahead.
Jerry White•
As challenges to UAW votes continue, media declares “contentious voting” over
The UAW announced ratification of its agreements at the Big Three while ignoring the broad opposition to the deals.
Jerry White•
Shannon Jones•
Jerry White, Shannon Jones•
Jerry White•
Shannon Jones•
Jerry White•
Australian High Court decision sheds light on shocking housing conditions in Northern Territory
For years on end, under one government after another, the NT housing department refused to rectify critical faults such as the lack of a back door, no air-conditioning, water leaks, broken toilets and insect infestation.
Leith Smith•
North Korea conducts satellite launch as US-instigated tensions rise in Indo-Pacific
Pyongyang’s missile and rocket tests pale in comparison to the mass war games the US and its allies are conducting in the region on a near daily basis.
Ben McGrath•
Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala, India contained after 6 infections
The outbreak, contained in September, resulted in two deaths and was stopped through testing over 1,288 close contacts and closing several schools, workplaces and public transport networks.
Frank Gaglioti•
Australia uses minor naval incident to condemn China for “unsafe and unprofessional conduct”
The latest unsubstantiated accusations against Beijing are part of a broader US-led propaganda campaign to vilify and heighten tensions with China in preparation for war.
Peter Symonds•
Ben McGrath•
Oscar Grenfell•
Mike Head•
Mike Head•
Mike Head•
Veteran State Department official Stuart Seldowitz outed as genocidal bigot after videos of him harassing New York food cart workers go viral
Several social media videos show the longtime agent of US imperialism bullying food cart workers while lamenting that only 4,000 Palestinians have been killed in the US-backed Israeli genocide.
Jacob Crosse•
US appeals court guts Voting Rights Act
With the Eighth Circuit ruling, a new stage in the assault on the Voting Rights Act and democratic rights more broadly has been initiated.
Barry Grey•
New York City mayor announces draconian mid-year budget cuts, blaming increasing costs due to immigrants
The scapegoating of immigrants is a blatant attempt to conceal the gutting of social services to pay for war while protecting the wealthy.
Philip Guelpa•
Elon Musk promotes fascist “Great Replacement Theory” on X/Twitter
Musk’s open promotion of the antisemitic conspiracy theory has provoked a crisis at X/Twitter, with several major advertisers pausing spending on the social media platform.
Jacob Crosse•
Fred Mazelis•
Landon Gourov•
Douglas Lyons•
Kevin Reed•
Tim Avery, Fred Mazelis•
Sri Lankan president unveils plans to intensify exploitation of plantation workers
Wickremesinghe’s plan is simply the proposal by the major plantation companies to boost productivity while ending benefits for workers contributions to their pension funds.
W.A. Sunil•
Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe’s 2024 budget deepens attack on workers and the poor
The government’s 2024 budget is designed to fulfill the drastic austerity demands of the International Monetary Fund.
K. Ratnayake•
Enthusiastic response to IYSSE lecture on historical materialism at Peradeniya University in Sri Lanka
The well-attended lectures at Peradeniya University indicate that serious layers are seeking a Marxist analysis of the crisis of Sri Lankan and global capitalism and the socialist program needed to fight.
Our reporters•
Sri Lanka: Jaffna workers and youth demand a halt to Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza
“I strongly condemn Israel’s murderous war on Gaza. No food, no medicine, no drinking water; Israel’s bloody activity directed against millions of people in Gaza should not be allowed.”
Our correspondents•
Saman Gunadasa•
Wasantha Rupasinghe•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (Sri Lanka)•
Our correspondents•
Saman Gunadasa•
Left Party conference in Augsburg: support for Gaza genocide, NATO war against Russia, and capitalism
All the phrases about peace and social policy at its conference cannot hide the fact that in all central questions, the Left Party supports the policies of the German government, the European Union and NATO.
Johannes Stern•
UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s electioneering budget: an attack on workers and the poor
Hunt slashed £4 billion from the welfare budget, while boosting NATO funding by billions. Workers are on course for a collapse in real living standards without precedent since records began in the 1950s.
Robert Stevens•
Facebook blocks page of the Palestine Committee of Norway
The shutdown of the page joins a whole flood of acts of censorship and bans around the world. These target social media, events, public appearances and even opinions and slogans condemning the genocide in Gaza.
Our reporters•
“The way accusations of antisemitism are dealt with is in itself antisemitic”
Interview with Udi Raz about dismissal from Berlin’s Jewish Museum
A few weeks ago, the Jewish Museum in Berlin sacked Udi Raz, one of its guides, for speaking the truth about the state of Israel and calling it an apartheid state during her guided tours. The WSWS spoke with Udi Raz about the background to his sacking.
Tamino Dreisam•
Tony Robson•
Thomas Scripps•
Alex Lantier•
Alejandro López•
Our reporters, Jacob Crosse•
The assassination of President John F. Kennedy
The events of the past decade have further substantiated the half-century appraisal of the event as an initial manifestation of the breakdown, under the pressure of interacting domestic and international contradictions, of American democracy.
David North•
This week in history: November 20-26
This column profiles important historical events which took place during this week, 25 years ago, 50 years ago, 75 years ago and 100 years ago.
Israel and the Palestinians: A state founded on dispossession and ethnic cleansing—Part One
Today’s events are the product of the founding of Israel in 1948 through the forcible expulsion of Palestine’s existing Arab population and of the three-quarters of a century of brutality and mass murder that followed.
Jean Shaoul•
October 8, 1923 Letter from Leon Trotsky to the Central Committee and the Central Control Commission of the Russian Communist Party
This letter, sent by Leon Trotsky on October 8, 1923, to members of the Central Committee and Central Control Commission, was one of the most important documents that led to the emergence of the Left Opposition.
Leon Trotsky•
David North•
Mike Head•
Clara Weiss•
Ulaş Ateşçi•
Jerry White•
Workers must fight Quebec Common Front leaders’ sabotage of swelling public sector strike movement
The corporatist union apparatuses are doing everything in their power to prevent a head-on clash between the 625,000 Quebec public sector workers and the CAQ government.
Keith Jones•
US Supreme Court clears way for executions in Alabama and Texas
Two men were executed in the US on November 16, one each in Alabama and Texas. The Alabama governor has also scheduled a 2024 execution date for another death row inmate by nitrogen asphyxiation, which would mark the first attempt by a state to use this method in a state killing.
Kate Randall•
Canada’s unions trumpet federal anti-scab legislation to bolster “progressive” Liberal government as it backs Israel’s Gaza genocide
Under conditions of a dramatic upsurge of workers’ struggles in Canada and internationally—struggles that have increasingly taken the form of rank-and-file rebellions against the union bureaucracy—the Trudeau government, and its union and NDP allies are acutely aware that they must create new mechanisms to suppress the class struggle.
Roger Jordan•
Massive budget cuts underway at colleges and universities throughout the US
Faced with significant budget deficits, colleges across the US have announced mass layoffs, program eliminations and school closures.
Emma Arceneaux•
Kevin Reed•
James Clayton•
Jesus Ugarte•
Penny Smith•
Alexander Fangmann•
Thanksgiving travel fuels latest COVID-19 wave amid collapse of public health
The objective reality of the pandemic has been deliberately distorted by every capitalist government and corporate media outlet in the world, who have instead promoted disinformation to lull the population into believing that COVID-19 is now harmless and the pandemic is over.
Evan Blake•
Australia: Sacked Sydney University immune-compromised academic speaks out
“Do not live your life as you used to live before COVID and ignore something that is present and killing Australians.”
Chris Gordon•
The end of the fourth year of the COVID-19 pandemic and the demise of public health
Capitalist governments all over the world have effectively shut down all efforts to mitigate or alleviate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Benjamin Mateus•
“The COVID pandemic broke my spirit”: A day in the life of a nurse in Louisville, Kentucky
Christina, a licensed practical nurse in Louisville, Kentucky, contacted the World Socialist Web Site after reading of a young Ohio nurse driven to suicide by the abusive conditions in the for-profit healthcare system.
Naomi Spencer•
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Evan Blake•
Robert Stevens•
Benjamin Mateus•
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka) celebrates 80th birthday of veteran Trotskyist K. Ratnayake
Ratnayake has dedicated his entire adult life, encompassing some six decades, to the fight for the socialist emancipation of the working class and the oppressed masses.
Our reporters•
Greetings to veteran Sri Lankan Trotskyist K. Ratnayake on his 80th birthday
Six of the eight decades of your life have been inextricably connected to the fight for Trotskyism, the defense of the International Committee, and the building of the Fourth International as the World Party of Socialist Revolution.
David North•
Enthusiastic response by Sri Lankan workers and students to upcoming international May Day online rally
“Nowadays May Day is used as political propaganda by the trade unions and the capitalist parties. In fact, May Day belongs to the workers and it should be a day that brings together workers in struggle in every country.” –Kandy Hospital nurse
our reporters•
SEP (Australia) holds well-attended post-election public meeting
The SEP held an important meeting Sunday afternoon entitled: “After the NSW Elections—How to fight AUKUS, War & Austerity!”
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World Socialist Web Site Editorial Board•
Socialist Equality Party (Australia)•
Moody’s lowers US debt outlook to “negative”
US government debt is now more than $33 trillion and rising and stands at more than 120 percent of GDP.
Nick Beams•
Reserve Bank of Australia: No letup in attack on living standards
Central bank revises inflation forecast upwards, signalling a deeper cut to workers’ wages
Nick Beams•
Deepening uncertainty and fear in ruling financial circles
Hong Kong conference of banking and finance chiefs strikes a dour and at times fearful note.
Nick Beams•
Reserve Bank of Australia deepens attack on working class
Governor Michele Bullock wants the economy to slow further and unemployment to increase, as mortgage payments for home buyers rise by hundreds of dollars a week.
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Protests demanding a limit to front-line deployments continue, as infighting intensifies within Ukrainian ruling class
The struggle between the Zelensky regime and the Armed Forces of Ukraine led by Valery Zaluzhnyi continues to intensify as the failed counteroffensive and worldwide outbreak of protests against the genocide in Gaza places immense pressure on both Ukraine and its imperialist backers.
Jason Melanovski•
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky cancels elections as US expands conflict with Russia in Middle East
The canceling of the elections comes amidst a profound military and political crisis of the Zelensky regime and exposes the NATO propaganda about the defense of "democracy" in Ukraine.
Clara Weiss•
Protests in Ukraine demand return of soldiers from the front
The Zelensky regime is refusing to disclose how long Ukrainian soldiers will be expected to remain at the front amid growing nationwide protests against never-ending deployment.
Jason Melanovski•
Russia’s war-time budget
In order to offset a massive increase in spending on national defense and security, the Russian government is gutting funding for social spending, education, healthcare, and utilities.
Andrea Peters•
Andre Damon•
Socialist Equality Party (UK)•
Andrea Peters•
Alex Lantier•
Alice Summers•
On the 50th anniversary of the Chilean coup
Fifty years after Chile’s horrific September 11 coup, its political relevance is becoming ever more urgent as the specter of dictatorship once again haunts the political life of Latin America.
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Militarization of the Brazilian state escalates under Lula
In an attempt to rehabilitate the military, the Workers Party (PT) government has deployed troops to Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo ports and the western borders to fight crime.
Miguel Andrade•
Peronist Massa lurches further to right ahead of Argentina’s presidential runoff with the fascistic Milei
Both candidates would lead far-right administrations committed to further cutting real wages, social spending, and corporate taxes, subordination to US imperialism and increasingly open forms of dictatorial rule.
Andrea Lobo•
Israel provokes diplomatic row with Brazil over Gaza, Hezbollah
Behind the diplomatic tensions that emerged last week between Brazil and Israel lies the US drive to drag Latin America into its global war plans.
Guilherme Ferreira•
Unions celebrate suppression of GM strike in Brazil
The suppression of the strike based on court decisions continues the long record of the trade union officials in aiding the auto companies in cutting workers’ conditions and jobs.
Eduardo Parati•
Andrea Lobo•
Andrea Lobo•
Miguel Andrade•
Eduardo Parati•
Andrea Lobo•
Useless hand wringing and empty platitudes in the latest US climate report
A critical reading of the report underscores the impossibility of combining a scientific approach to resolving climate change with the ongoing existence of capitalism.
Bryan Dyne•
Fossil discovery in China raises intriguing questions for human evolution
The fossil skull, including both jaw and cranium, appears to be from an intermediate form between Homo erectus and Homo sapiens.
Frank Gaglioti•
Nobel Prize awarded to pioneering mRNA scientists who helped develop COVID vaccines
The awarding of the Nobel Prize to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman is justly deserved and has all the more significance in that it takes place under conditions of a vast right-wing anti-science campaign.
Evan Blake•
OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully returns asteroid sample to Earth
The next mission for the spacecraft will be orbiting the near-Earth asteroid Apophis starting in April 2029.
Bryan Dyne•
Frank Gaglioti•
Frank Gaglioti•
Benjamin Mateus•
Bryan Dyne•
Bryan Dyne•
Leon Trotsky and the Struggle for Socialism in the Twenty-First Century
The essays in this book, though written over the span of more than 40 years, are connected by a central argument: Leon Trotsky was the most significant figure in the history of socialism during the first four decades of the twentieth century, and his legacy remains the critical and indispensable theoretical and political foundation of the ongoing contemporary struggle for the victory of world socialism.
Order your print or epub version of the book from Mehring Books today.
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Indigenous Voice leaders denounce Australian voters
An open letter, issued by a privileged layer of indigenous figures who led the Voice Yes campaign, further highlights the immense class chasm shown in the referendum’s overwhelming defeat on October 14.
Mike Head•
Australian pseudo-left slanders population as racist after defeat of Voice referendum
Socialist Alternative’s analysis of the referendum is an attack on the working class, exposing this organisation as a rightward moving representative of privileged layers of the affluent upper middle-class.
Oscar Grenfell•
Defeat of Australian Labor’s Voice referendum highlights stark class divide, not racism
The Voice voting patterns demonstrate the intensifying hostility of working-class people to the entire political establishment.
Mike Head•
Australian workers oppose the Voice, call for better conditions for Aboriginal people
“The Labor government is not working class, it is an elite group of people, setting up a puppet called the Voice.”
Our reporters•
Oscar Grenfell•
Our reporters•
Socialist Equality Party (Australia)•
Socialist Equality Party (Australia)•
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Albanese’s comments expose charade that Australian government is trying to free Julian Assange
Albanese’s lie that the Biden administration cannot end the prosecution of Assange is a greenlight for the extradition and persecution of the Australian publisher.
Oscar Grenfell•
Craig Murray seeks UN protection in Switzerland against British police-state persecution
Murray explained in a statement, “the abuse of special anti-terrorism powers at ports in order to seize all papers and communications of journalists is becoming commonplace.”
Laura Tiernan•
Official documents show Australian government doing nothing to free Assange
The Labor government’s full-throated support of imperialist militarism, in Israel, Ukraine and the Indo-Pacific, is incompatible with the defence of a persecuted anti-war publisher.
Oscar Grenfell•
Australian parliamentarians lobby for Assange in Washington
The tour reflected a groundswell of support for Assange among ordinary people, but also underscored the bankruptcy of a fight for his freedom based on backroom diplomacy and politicking.
Oscar Grenfell•
Oscar Grenfell•
Oscar Grenfell•
Oscar Grenfell•
John Pilger•
Oscar Grenfell•
US Department of Education announces probe into alleged antisemitism on college campuses
The Biden administration’s investigations follow the month-long campaign to smear the growing opposition to the war crimes of the US and Israel as "antisemitic."
Emma Arceneaux•
Harvard University escalating anti-democratic attack on opponents of Israel’s genocide in Gaza
The far-right campaign against students has created a chilling atmosphere in which students are faced with threats to their physical safety as well as their future careers.
Julian James•
Growing opposition to Gaza genocide at Columbia University
Last Wednesday, roughly 30 Columbia University (CU) students staged a walkout of a lecture given by 2016 US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
Jesse Thomas•
University student walk-out at London’s SOAS against crackdown on pro-Palestinian protests
The action against students’ right to protest is part of a wider clampdown at SOAS. Over the past fortnight, large numbers of security personnel have been deployed at entry points to the campus and inside buildings. Police have harassed and questioned students simply for wearing a keffiyeh.
Our reporters•
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Jesse Thomas•
A Harvard employee•
Our reporters•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (UK)•
20 years since the 2003 US invasion of Iraq
March 20 marks 20 years since the beginning of the US invasion of Iraq, launched on the basis of lies. At the time of the initial invasion, the WSWS published many statements on the background of the war, its history and its implications. This page features some of the most important statements.
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The Prinkipo commemoration of Trotsky’s exile and the global resurgence of the working class
The event reflects the objective change that has been underway for some time in the relationship between Trotskyism and the international working class.
Statement of the WSWS International Editorial Board•
An Island at the Center of World History: Trotsky on Prinkipo
This is the speech by World Socialist Web Site International Editorial Board Chairman David North given on Sunday, August 20, honoring the life and political legacy of Leon Trotsky.
David North•
The ICFI’s investigation exposed the GPU conspiracy to murder Trotsky
The penetration of GPU agents into the Fourth International played a fatal role in the assassination of Trotsky.
Eric London•
Leon Trotsky’s years on Prinkipo
Trotsky spent the critical years of his exile on Prinkipo writing masterpieces and organizing the Left Opposition in the Communist International all over the world.
Ulaş Ateşçi•
On the 25th anniversary of the World Socialist Web Site
Twenty-five years ago, the International Committee of the Fourth International began posting the World Socialist Web Site. In this video, WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North explains the background to the WSWS, reviews its record and contemporary significance and makes an appeal to all readers to donate to the WSWS and expand its readership.
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1985-86: The victory of Trotskyism within the ICFI
The following lecture was delivered by Chris Marsden, the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (UK), and Ulaş Ateşçi, a leading member of the Sosyalist Eşitlik Grubu (Socialist Equality Group) in Turkey, to the SEP (US) International Summer School, held between July 30 and August 4, 2023.
Chris Marsden, Ulaş Ateşçi•
The Workers League’s defence of the Theory of Permanent Revolution against the opportunism of the Workers Revolutionary Party
The following lecture was delivered by Tom Peters, a leading member of the Socialist Equality Group of New Zealand, and Thomas Scripps, a leading member of the Socialist Equality Party (UK), to the SEP (US) International Summer School, held between July 30 and August 4, 2023.
Tom Peters, Thomas Scripps•
1982: Marxism, the revolutionary party, and the critique of Healy’s Studies in Dialectics
The following lecture was delivered by Christoph Vandreier, the national secretary of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party) of Germany to the SEP (US) International Summer School, held between July 30 and August 4, 2023.
Christoph Vandreier•
The role of Security and the Fourth International in the fight for the continuity of the International Committee of the Fourth International
The following lecture was delivered by Eric London, a leading member of the Socialist Equality Party (US), to the SEP (US) International Summer School, held between July 30 and August 4, 2023.
Eric London•
Evan Blake, Tom Mackaman•
Max Boddy•
David North•
Samuel Tissot, Peter Schwarz•
Keith Jones•
2023: The global capitalist crisis and the growing offensive of the international working class
In 2022 the accumulating pressure of these intersecting elements of the world capitalist crisis attained the equivalent of critical mass: that is, they have reached the point where the dynamic of crisis has passed beyond the ability of governments to control the movement toward a social cataclysm.
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Burkinabè junta arrests top officers over Burkina Faso coup attempt
The conflicts in the Burkina Faso military are deeply entwined with the NATO-Russia war in Ukraine, as the Burkinabè junta led by Traoré develops ties with the Kremlin.
Athiyan Silva•
The social roots of the Moroccan earthquake disaster
The scale of the Moroccan catastrophe is an indictment of the inability of the capitalist system to deliver earthquake-resistant housing and emergency services to the working population.
Alex Lantier•
Macron announces pull-out of French troops from Niger
Amid massive protests in Niger against French imperialism, French President Macron announced the withdrawal of the French ambassador to Niamey on Sunday.
Athiyan Silva•
After protests in flood-hit Derna, Libyan officials order journalists to leave
There are growing signs in the region that the eastern Libyan authorities are preparing a bloody crackdown against protests in Derna.
Alex Lantier•
Athiyan Silva•
Anthony Torres•
Thomas Scripps•
Jean Shaoul•
Jean Shaoul•
25 years since the death of Vadim Rogovin
Vadim Z. Rogovin (10 May 1937 – 18 September 1998) was a Soviet Marxist sociologist and historian. Working in close collaboration with the International Committee of the Fourth International, Rogovin helped lay the foundations for the Trotskyist movement’s fight against the post-Soviet school of historical falsification, including in his six-volume Was There an Alternative? This page collects major essays and commemorations on Rogovin as well as links to his own writings.
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Will Lehman issues letter to Mack Trucks coworkers on eve of UAW contract expiration: “We must seriously prepare for a major battle”
It’s clear the UAW hasn’t been negotiating anything at Mack all this time, they’ve just been keeping us in the dark to prevent us from preparing to fight back against the company’s ruthless demands.
Will Lehman•
Will Lehman sues Biden administration demanding rerun of fraudulent UAW election
On Monday, July 3, rank-and-file socialist autoworker Will Lehman sued the Biden administration’s Department of Labor, demanding that the UAW national officers’ election be rerun with the names of all candidates on the ballot due to massive voter disenfranchisement by the bureaucracy.
Eric London•
Stop the UAW sabotage of the autoworkers struggle! Hold emergency local meetings to demand an all-out strike!
“Let’s be clear on what Fain‘s announcement really means: These strikes will have no impact on production. These are parts warehouses that ship components to the dealerships, not suppliers of the Big Three.”
Will Lehman•
“It’s almost like we are in a civil war between the rich and the poor”: Autoworkers respond to Will Lehman’s Newsweek op-ed
Autoworkers have responded with enthusiasm to the editorial written by the Pennsylvania Mack Trucks worker and socialist candidate for UAW president in 2021.
Jerry White•
Will Lehman•
Will Lehman•
Will Lehman•
Jerry White•
Will Lehman•
NOW AVAILABLE
COVID, Capitalism, and Class War: A Social and Political Chronology of the Pandemic
Mehring Books, the publishing arm of the Socialist Equality Party (US), is proud to announce the publication of Volume 1 of COVID, Capitalism, and Class War: A Social and Political Chronology of the Pandemic, a compilation of the World Socialist Web Site's coverage of this global crisis.
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Erdoğan calls Israeli state “terrorist,” maintains flow of Turkish military supplies to Israel
As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ratchets up his rhetoric against Israel, new revelations are emerging that trade with Israel continues apace.
Barış Demir•
G7 members threaten Iran with regional war amid ongoing Israeli slaughter in Gaza
Just hours after the provocative G7 statement, US aircraft struck a site in eastern Syria allegedly used by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, with officials noting that the action was “directed” by Biden. The air strike underscores the impending danger of the imperialist-backed genocide of the Palestinians erupting into a region-wide conflagration.
Jordan Shilton•
Amid Israeli genocide in Gaza, Washington threatens Iran with nuclear war
US and European support for Israel’s genocidal onslaught on Gaza is a warning that they will not hesitate to take similar action against Iran or any other power in the region.
Alex Lantier•
US attacks Iranian “proxies” in Syria, as Israel intensifies assault on Gaza
Hours before Israel initiated a communications blackout of Gaza and poured troops across the border, the United States dropped dozens of bombs on what it called Iranian “proxies” in Syria as part of its escalating standoff with Tehran.
Andre Damon•
Ulaş Ateşçi•
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Ulaş Ateşçi•
Jean Shaoul•
A call to youth throughout the world: Build a mass movement to stop the Ukraine war!
The International Youth and Students for Social Equality—the student and youth movement of the Socialist Equality Parties, the national sections of the International Committee of the Fourth International—calls for the building of a mass global movement of young people to end the reckless escalation toward World War III.
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Third Trump coup lawyer pleads guilty and agrees to testify in Georgia election case
Jenna Ellis is the third lawyer and fourth defendant to plead guilty in relation to the conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
Jacob Crosse•
Trump coup plot accomplice Chesebro pleads guilty in Georgia fake elector case
Kenneth Chesebro, attorney and close associate of Donald Trump, pleaded guilty on Friday to one felony charge in exchange for his agreement to testify against the former-president and 16 other defendants in the fake elector scheme to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia.
Kevin Reed•
Top Trump coup lawyer Sidney Powell turns state’s witness on eve of Georgia trial
The 68-year-old far-right lawyer will avoid prison time as long as she abides by the terms of her six-year probation, which includes testifying against her accomplices, including Trump.
Jacob Crosse•
Trump-backed election denier Jim Jordan fails in second vote for House speaker
The focus of opposition from the Democrats and a section of House Republicans to Jordan’s becoming Speaker is his stated opposition to further military aid to Ukraine.
Barry Grey•
Jacob Crosse•
Jacob Crosse•
Jacob Crosse•
Jacob Crosse•
Barry Grey•
Statement of the Editorial Board
For a Global Workers’ Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Inquest is necessary to break through the cover-up, lies and misinformation that have been used to justify policies responsible for the avoidable deaths of millions.
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May Day 2023: For the international unity of the working class against national chauvinism and war!
The following is the text of the opening report delivered by David North, chairperson of the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site, to the International May Day Online Rally 2023, held Sunday, April 30.
David North•
The ICFI’s May Day 2023 online rally: A milestone in the building of a global, working class movement against war
Together, the speakers set out a political programme capable of uniting the international working class and mobilising its immense social power in a struggle against the world’s major corporations and governments.
Thomas Scripps•
The developing struggle to bring down the Macron government in France
This is the report delivered by Alex Lantier, national secretary of the Parti de l’égalité socialiste (PES), to the 2023 International May Day Online Rally held on April 30.
Alex Lantier•
The struggle for a Democratic and Socialist Congress of Workers and Rural Masses in Sri Lanka
This is the report delivered by Deepal Jayasekera, the General Secretary of the Socialist Equality Party in Sri Lanka, to the 2023 International May Day Online Rally held on April 30.
Deepal Jayasekera•
Stepan Geller, Andrei Ritsky•
Andre Damon•
Joseph Kishore•
Tom Peters•
Keith Jones•
The definitive left-wing critique of the 1619 Project. This volume includes interviews with eminent historians and essays from the World Socialist Web Site exposing the New York Times’ racialist falsification of history.
Former Montgomery, Alabama teacher testifies about the forced reopening of schools in 2020-21
In this interview, Tynisa Williams, former teacher in Montgomery, Alabama, describes the experience of being forced to teach in-person in the fall of 2020 and winter of 2021. She and her coworkers waged a courageous struggle to stop the deadly return to in-person learning that cost the lives of eight educators in the district.
Emma Arceneaux, Evan Blake•
Accomplices to social murder
The international pseudo-left and the lifting of Zero-COVID in China: Part 1
The pseudo-left’s hostility to public health and support for imperialism found sharp expression in their universal demand—echoing that of the Western corporate media and political establishment—that China abandon its Zero-COVID strategy.
Evan Blake•
Accomplices to social murder
The international pseudo-left and the lifting of Zero-COVID in China: Part 2
The pseudo-left’s hostility to public health and support for imperialism found its sharpest expression in their demand—echoing that of the Western corporate media and political establishment—that China abandon its Zero-COVID strategy.
Evan Blake•
Immunocompromised mother in Manhattan speaks to Global Workers’ Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic
Melanie, whose children attend public schools in New York City, spoke to the WSWS about the toll the “let it rip” policy toward the pandemic has taken on her and her family.
Tim Avery•
George Kirby•
Tom Peters•
Dylan Lubao•
Evan Blake•
Tom Peters•
Timothy Snyder’s Bloodlands: Right-wing propaganda disguised as historical scholarship
This five-part series and historical timeline exposes Snyder’s Bloodlands as a work of falsification, aimed at justifying the imperialist proxy war against Russia in Ukraine and the alliance of US imperialism with the Ukrainian far-right.
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The Wuhan lab lie: “Weapons of mass destruction” redux
In an uncanny instance of history repeating itself, the lies used to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq based on false claims about “weapons of mass destruction” are being used to promote the United States’ unprecedented military buildup around China.
Andre Damon•
A discredited conspiracy theory about the origins of COVID-19
The Wuhan Lab Leak slander being resurrected to bolster US war drive against China
The Wall Street Journal disclosed that the Department of Energy has shifted its opinion on the origin of the coronavirus to it being most likely a result of a lab leak. However, unnamed sources who have read the report indicate the evidence is of low confidence.
Benjamin Mateus•
Republicans revive discredited Wuhan Lab Leak theory and call Anthony Fauci to testify
Republicans have demanded Former Biden chief medical advisor Dr Anthony Fauci testify on the Wuhan lab leak theory.
Benjamin Mateus•
Anthony Fauci gives aid and comfort to COVID-19 “lab leak” conspiracy theory
Fauci’s aim in lending credence to the conspiracy theory, which he knows to be a lie, is to distract attention from the antiscientific policies carried out under the Trump and Biden administrations that led to the deaths of over a million Americans.
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Benjamin Mateus•
Kevin Reed•
Frank Gaglioti•
Timeline of thirty years of war: The historical background to the US-NATO conflict with Russia
This interactive timeline presents some of the most important events that have brought humanity to the brink of World War III. It includes links to critical articles and statements produced by the International Committee of the Fourth International over the past 30 years.
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Nikole Hannah-Jones’ Center for Democracy and Journalism: Racialist politics in the service of US imperialism
After one year, the Center’s main accomplishment has been to deepen the mutual embrace between sections of the upper middle class and the military-intelligence apparatus.
Dominic Gustavo•
The 1619 Project and the New York Times’ promotion of the racialist ideology of Ukrainian nationalism
The racialist historical revisionism of the Times and the racialist ideology of the Ukrainian neo-Nazis share a common premise: the mythological reimagining of history as a struggle of “the nation” and “the race.”
Tom Carter•
Oppose political censorship of antiwar views at Howard University!
We call on all students, faculty and staff members at Howard University to oppose this censorship and demand that the IYSSE be allowed to hold its planned meeting on campus.
International Youth and Students for Social Equality•
Marcus Garvey and the reactionary logic of racialist politics
More than one hundred years after the formation of his Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), Marcus Garvey's legacy remains highly relevant in the struggle to overcome efforts to divide the working class along racial lines.
Lawrence Porter•
Dominic Gustavo•
Tom Mackaman•
Douglas Lyons•
Tom Mackaman•
Tom Mackaman•
Report to Seventh Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US)
The historical and political principles of the socialist opposition to imperialist war and the Putin regime
This report was given by Clara Weiss to the Seventh Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) in support of the resolution, “Mobilize the working class against imperialist war!”
Clara Weiss•
Report to Seventh Congress of Socialist Equality Party (US)
The historical background of the COVID-19 pandemic and the fight for global elimination
This report was given by Evan Blake to the Seventh Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) in support of the resolution titled “The COVID-19 pandemic and the fight for socialism”
Evan Blake•
America’s “New World Order”— The historical and social roots of US plans for war with Russia and China
The following is a report given by Andre Damon to the Seventh Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) in support of the resolution titled “Mobilize the working class against imperialist war!”
Andre Damon•
Report to Seventh Congress of Socialist Equality Party (US)
Build rank-and-file committees, the organs of 21st century working class struggle!
This report was given by Eric London to the Seventh Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) in support of the resolution titled “Build the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees! For a global counteroffensive of the working class!”
Eric London•
Ulaş Ateşçi•
Tom Peters•
Keith Jones•
Tomas Castanheira•
Forty-five years since the assassination of Tom Henehan (1951-1977): A Revolutionary Life
October 16 marked the 45th anniversary of the assassination of Tom Henehan, a member of the Political Committee of the Workers League—the predecessor of the Socialist Equality Party in the US. We are republishing here a tribute delivered by David North at a meeting in 1997.
WSWS readers demand Facebook reverse ban on SEG in New Zealand
Readers have expressed outrage at the social media company’s anti-democratic censorship of the Trotskyist Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand.
Facebook blocks Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand from advertising
We call on readers to oppose Facebook’s blatant political censorship of the Trotskyist movement in New Zealand.
Tom Peters•
Elon Musk’s Twitter abruptly reverses ban on promotion of alternative social media platforms
After instituting a ban on sharing links from competitive social media platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram and Mastodon, Elon Musk canceled the policy less than 24 hours later.
Kevin Reed•
Musk continues to ban from Twitter journalists who criticize him
Twitter owner and fascistic billionaire Elon Musk acknowledged late Thursday that he had shut down the accounts of numerous prominent journalists earlier in the day, claiming falsely that they had violated a new policy on the platform against “doxxing."
Kevin Reed•
Kevin Reed•
Dominic Gustavo•
Eric Ludlow•
Our reporter•
Kevin Reed•
Wije Dias: A fighter for Trotskyism (1941-2022)
Comrade Wije Dias, the longtime general secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka), died in Colombo on July 27, 2022. This exhibit includes two tributes to Wije by WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North as well as a selection of Wije’s most significant articles and speeches.
A historic advance in the fight for Trotskyism
The International Committee of the Fourth International accepts application of the Sosyalist Eşitlik Grubu to become its section in Turkey
The June 19 decision followed extensive discussions with representatives of the International Committee in Istanbul on the development of the fight for Trotskyism in Turkey and the Aegean and Black Sea regions.
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Over 80,000 sign petition against NYU Langone’s termination of a pro-Palestinian resident physician
Over 80,000 people have signed a petition opposing the anti-democratic termination of Dr. Zaki Masoud by NYU Langone.
John Conrad•
Report exposes fraudulent antisemitism accusations at UK universities
The report concludes that critics of the Israeli state, advocates for Palestinian rights and those teaching the history and politics of the region have been “subjected to false allegations of antisemitism.”
Thomas Scripps•
An interview with Harvard anthropology Professor John Comaroff—Part one
We spoke recently to South African-born John Comaroff, the Hugh K. Foster Professor of African and African-American studies and of Anthropology, and Oppenheimer Research Fellow in African Studies, Harvard University.
David Walsh•
Harvard UAW, pseudo-left groups organize provocation against professor John Comaroff
The right-wing witch-hunt of John Comaroff at Harvard University continued Tuesday with a stage-managed protest during his first class of the semester.
Mike Ingram•
Socialist Equality Party (US), International Youth and Students for Social Equality•
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
James McDonald, Sam Wayne•
Mike Head•
The fight for Trotskyism and the political foundations of the World Socialist Web Site
The WSWS is publishing the report delivered by David North 25 years ago, on February 1, 1997, motivating the proposal to end publication of the SEP’s printed newspaper and replace it with an international website; as well as North’s reply to the National Committee ‘s discussion of the proposal.
Russia downs British-supplied long-range missile as Zelensky and Sunak declare “jets coalition”
Central to NATO’s plans to defeat Russia and force regime change in Moscow is aerial supremacy over the Ukrainian battlefield. Speaking to reporters after the talks, Zelensky said, “We want to create this jet coalition.”
Robert Stevens•
Pentagon national strategy document targets China
The US military published a series of documents Thursday outlining US plans for war with Russia and China, and asserting the central role of nuclear weapons in US warfighting.
Andre Damon•
Australia dispatching military “trainers” to aid the US-NATO war against Russia
Australia, already the largest non-NATO funder of the war in Ukraine, is escalating its involvement amid warnings that the conflict could result in a nuclear catastrophe.
Oscar Grenfell•
German President Steinmeier delivers war speech to the nation
Steinmeier's remarks to invited soldiers, journalists, think tank representatives and leading politicians can only be described as a “war speech to the nation.” The focus was de facto a declaration of war on Russia and the Russian population.
Johannes Stern, Christoph Vandreier•
Jordan Shilton•
Tom Peters•
Jean Shaoul•
Peter Symonds•
Tom Peters•
Germany’s secret service intensifies persecution of war opponents and warns against “Trotskyism”
The latest “Constitutional Protection Report” published by the Verfassungsschutz (Germany’s domestic intelligence service) at the end of June aims to silence anyone who criticises the mass death being organised by the NATO powers, calls social inequality by its name, and rejects the government’s pro-war narrative.
Gregor Link•
Peace activist sentenced for criticizing German war policy in Ukraine
The Berlin-Tiergarten District Court has sentenced peace activist Heinrich Bücker for a speech he gave on the anniversary of Nazi Germany’s invasion on the Soviet Union.
Justus Leicht•
Large-scale raid against right-wing terrorist network reveals the extent of the fascist danger in Germany
Around 3,000 officers from the special police forces stormed 137 locations in 11 federal states on Wednesday morning and arrested 25 people. Another 27 people are being investigated. The state prosecutor has accused them of being members or supporters of a terrorist organisation.
Peter Schwarz•
German secret service operates hundreds of far-right social media profiles
Regardless of whether the pending investigations can demonstrate that the agents gave the impetus to the planned terrorist attacks, a picture emerges of a right-wing extremist milieu organized and controlled by the state.
Christoph Vandreier•
Christoph Vandreier•
Justus Leicht•
Statement of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei•
Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee (UK)•
Peter Schwarz•
WSWS Review
Thirty years since the dissolution of the USSR
Review the most critical essays, lectures and letters produced by the ICFI in the course of its intervention in response to the crisis of Stalinism and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
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Award-winning novelist Arundhati Roy denounces “brazen slaughter” and “crimes against humanity” in Gaza
Roy’s comments speak to the revulsion felt by hundreds of millions at the savagery of the Israeli destruction of Gaza.
David Walsh•
The racialist theory of “color blind racism”: Eduardo Bonilla-Silva’s Racism without Racists
Now in its sixth edition, Racism without Racists has been central to the development and dissemination of the racialist outlook that currently dominates academia, much of the media, and significant sections of the political establishment in the United States.
Andrea Peters•
We Want Them Infected: The integration of pseudoscience into the US pandemic response
The new book by Dr. Jonathan Howard carefully traces how traditional attacks on medical science from the anti-vaccine movement were used by doctors around the Great Barrington Declaration to promote an ongoing political attack on public health.
David Moore•
Palestinian author Adania Shibli “shut down” at the Frankfurt Book Fair
A prominent Palestinian author has been censured and abused at this year’s Frankfurt Book Festival, the world’s largest book fair, which opened its doors on Wednesday.
Stefan Steinberg•
Carola Kleinert•
Eric London•
David Walsh•
Andrea Peters•
James McDonald•
Thanksgiving 2023
While hunger soars in US, Biden feasts at billionaire’s estate
The spectacle of the US president enjoying the hospitality provided by a super-rich hedge fund boss, while American workers struggle to make ends meet, underscores the class chasm in American society.
Patrick Martin•
Thanksgiving travel fuels latest COVID-19 wave amid collapse of public health
The objective reality of the pandemic has been deliberately distorted by every capitalist government and corporate media outlet in the world, who have instead promoted disinformation to lull the population into believing that COVID-19 is now harmless and the pandemic is over.
Evan Blake•
UAW announces ratification of sellout contracts at the Big Three: The way forward for autoworkers
Despite the claims by UAW President Fain and the Biden administration that the contracts are “historic,” there was widespread opposition among workers, which will only grow in the weeks and months ahead.
Jerry White•
Biden’s plan for “peace” through war and genocide
On Saturday, US President Joe Biden published an op-ed in the Washington Post explaining that the United States’ support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza is part of an integrated plan of world domination through military violence.
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Jerry White•
Andre Damon•
Jacob Crosse, Joseph Kishore•
Patrick Martin•
Eighty years since the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union
The WSWS has published a feature page incorporating a selection of essential essays from its own archives, and other documents produced contemporaneously by the Fourth International.
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Police locate more bodies in New Zealand’s Pike River mine
The police investigation into the 2010 disaster that killed 29 mineworkers has been dragged out until at least the end of 2023, with no guarantee that anyone will be charged over the avoidable deaths.
Tom Peters•
New Zealand police extend investigation into Pike River mine disaster until the end of 2023
Police are delaying their decision on whether to lay charges over the 2010 Pike River mine disaster that killed 29 people, until after the October election.
Tom Peters•
Nine dead, 44 still missing in mine collapse in China
The disaster tragically exposes the brutal working conditions faced by miners in China in the reckless drive for profits ahead of lives and safety.
Jack Wang•
New Zealand: Court action over Pike River mine disaster
The fathers of two of the 29 workers killed in the 2010 Pike River mine disaster are campaigning for the release of documents and correspondence relating to a 2013 decision to drop charges against Pike River CEO Peter Whittall.
Tom Peters•
Tom Peters•
Tom Peters•
Tom Peters•
Socialist Equality Group (New Zealand)•
Tom Peters•
Cliff Slaughter: A political biography (1928-1963)
By David North
Cliff Slaughter died on May 3, 2021, in Leeds, England, at the age of 92. His enduring contribution in the 1960s to the defense of Trotskyism stands in tragic contrast with his subsequent political opportunism and repudiation of revolutionary Marxism.
Sylvia Ageloff and the assassination of Leon Trotsky
With David North and Eric London
North and London discussed the significance of the latest revelations of the the Security and the Fourth International investigation into Trotsky’s assassination.
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