On Thursday, June 13, the following letter from the Socialist Equality Party and the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site will be delivered to Oksana Markarova, the ambassador of Ukraine, in Washington, D.C.
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The World Socialist Web Site calls on workers and youth to respond to Congress’ invitation to the war criminal Netanyahu with a demonstration in Washington D.C.
For the first time since the end of the Second World War, the US and its allies are directly targeting Russian territory.
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New UAW corruption investigations expose fraud of “reform” under Fain
It has taken little more than a year for the “reform” pretensions of Fain & Co. to be definitively exposed as nothing more than hypocritical lies, aimed at giving a facelift to the UAW bureaucracy’s corporatist, antiworker policies.
The Israeli government and military have committed systematic "crimes against humanity," including "extermination," during its eight-month-long assault on Gaza, a key United Nations commission found in a report published Wednesday.
The Socialist Equality Party (UK) is standing candidates in the general election to build a socialist anti-war movement, based on the working class.
While decrying the genocide in Gaza, the Australian Greens are vociferous supporters of the US-NATO proxy conflict against Russia that threatens nuclear world war.
Mike Head urged listeners to support the global campaign to free 25-year-old Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk, the victim of a political frame-up for his socialist opposition to war.
“Bogdan’s imprisonment is a threat to workers in Canada who oppose the war to be quiet, but we will not be silenced. His arrest also tears apart the lies of the imperialist powers justifying their war of aggression against Russia and using the working class of Ukraine as cannon fodder for the predatory interests of imperialism.”
Among workers and youth, there is broad and growing anger over Macron’s reaction to the far right gains in the European elections, which hands the political initiative to the far right.
In a bid to block all challenges to the two preferred parties of the financial oligarchy, the Democrats filed the lawsuit less 24 hours after members of the Green Party submitted over 29,000 signatures, nearly three times the minimum requirement, to appear on the ballot.
The response by President López Obrador and his protégé Sheinbaum has again unmasked their nationalist bluster about defending “national sovereignty” and migrant rights.
Statements from Japan and Australia demand freedom for Bogdan Syrotiuk
“The working class must rally to defend Bogdan Syrotiuk and all those who resist imperialist wars and capitalist oppression”
Spain’s Revolutionary Left group calls for freeing of Bogdan Syrotiuk
On Saturday, the Revolutionary Left (IR) group posted a statement calling for the freedom of Bogdan Syrotiuk—a Trotskyist opponent of the fascistic Zelensky regime, and the NATO-instigated Ukraine-Russia war, now threatened with life imprisonment.
Australian postal workers demand freedom for Bogdan Syrotiuk
“The jailing of Bogdan is an attempt to handcuff and silence working class opposition around the world.”
Stop the political frame-up of Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk!
The fraudulent charge of treason brought against Syrotiuk is aimed at intimidating and suppressing growing opposition among Ukrainian workers and youth to the imperialist-backed Zelensky regime and the escalating war against Russia.
70 years since Brown v. Board of Education outlawed school segregation: The class issues, then and now
The ruling spelled the beginning of the end of legal segregation based on race—but in the decades since the American ruling class has gutted public education.
“The UAW is blatantly working against the workers”: Workers outraged over latest UAW corruption revelations
The latest UAW monitor report marks a dramatic intensification of the crisis gripping the UAW bureaucracy, further eroding the pretensions of Fain’s administration to be carrying out “reforms,” rooting out corruption and winning major improvements for workers.
Why is the far-right vote surging in the European elections?
The rise of the far right is the product of the systematic disenfranchisement of the workers by nationalist, bureaucratic organizations that the media and the ruling class promote as the “left.”
International Middle East Conference in Istanbul: Support for imperialist propaganda by Gilbert Achcar and pseudo-left
The Conference sought to politically disarm workers and youth by obscuring the link between the Ukraine war and the Gaza genocide and by downplaying the criminal responsibility of the imperialist powers.
Details emerge of Israel’s Nuseirat refugee camp massacre
The Washington Post confirmed Sunday that Israeli forces used civilian vehicles in the military operation, and that the operation was staged near the “humanitarian” port built by the US military.
As Israel bombs ambulances and levels refugee camp, Netanyahu receives bipartisan invitation to address US Congress
US Democratic and Republican leaders invited Netanyahu to “share the Israeli government's vision for defending democracy, combatting terror and establishing peace.”
Spain’s PSOE-Sumar government cynically endorses ICJ but refuses to accuse Israel of genocide
Madrid’s entirely empty endorsement of the ICJ aims not to stop the genocide, but to cover for its decision to continue shipping weapons through Spain to Israel for use against Gaza.
Israel massacres at least 40 people in strike on school with US precision-guided missiles
Hours after Israel perpetrated yet another wanton massacre of men, women and children, the imperialist powers issued a joint statement underscoring that they stand fully behind the far-right Zionist regime’s “final solution” to the Palestinian question in Gaza.
Police rampage on UCLA campus after UAW calls off academic workers’ strike against Gaza genocide
Video reports show police violently snatching peaceful protesters and deploying “less lethal” rounds. At least 25 anti-genocide demonstrators were arrested.
Thousands of protesters march in Paris against Gaza genocide
On the eve of the European elections, protesters also criticized French President Emmanuel Macron, his promotion of far-right forces, and his military escalation targeting Russia.
Australian court upholds sacking of academic Tim Anderson over criticisms of Israel
This ruling sets a dangerous precedent in the context of the denunciations by the media and political establishment of anti-genocide protests.
New Zealand pro-Palestine protester ends 19-day hunger strike
The hunger strike was a political dead-end used to divert attention from the only effective political action needed to stop imperialist-backed slaughter, not just in Gaza but in Ukraine and elsewhere.
Fallout: Amazon’s atomic disaster series falters badly
The Amazon Prime series based on the role-playing game of the same title, depicts—in a puerile and unserious manner—the conditions in the US 200 years after a nuclear war.
In another blow to arts education in the US, Philadelphia’s University of the Arts closes down
On May 31, UArts abruptly announced it would cease operations in a week’s time, shocking and angering students and faculty.
Nathan Thrall’s Pulitzer Prize-winning A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy–A case study in dehumanization
The bus accident proves to be a major news event with political implications. The accident exposes the fundamental injustices blighting Palestinian life in Israel.
The political and moral divide over Gaza genocide
Prominent Hollywood figure tells staff to blacklist opponents of Israeli crimes; award-winning Canadian actress: “It’s a scary time to be an artist … Free Palestine!”
In Hollywood and the film and television world, as elsewhere, the gulf over Gaza takes on, in the final analysis, a class character.
The National Academy of Sciences issues a damning report on Long COVID in the United States
A long overdue report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine on the state of Long COVID in the US was finally released last week. This exhaustive research and investigation provides a devastating overview of the impact of Long COVID on the population.
New SARS-CoV-2 variant predominates in the United States
The virus that causes COVID-19 continues to evolve into more infectious and immune-resistant variants.
Australian COVID-19 infections rise to highest level in more than a year
Amid an influx of patients and a surge in staff illness, authorities in some parts of the country have been forced to cancel elective surgeries and temporarily reinstitute masking in health facilities.
Third US farm worker infected with highly pathogenic bird flu virus
Health authorities are concerned that the respiratory symptoms indicate a shift in the virus’s ability to infect respiratory airways.
US Fed pushes back on interest rate cuts
After anticipating three rate cuts over the year back in March, most Fed officials now expect one at most.
A significant court ruling against US SEC financial regulation
The decision has far-reaching implications for attempts to regulate the burgeoning private credit market, which the International Monetary Fund has said poses a major potential risk to the financial system.
European Central Bank makes “precautionary” cut in interest rates
After five quarters of no growth and only a small rise in the March quarter, the interest rate cut has been described as a move to provide some limited stimulus to the economy.
Signs of potential turmoil in global financial system
A tremor went through the $26 trillion US Treasury market last week when there was a shortage of buyers at two auctions for US debt.
Australia: A rank-and-file committee will fight job cuts at Western Sydney University College
A meeting of Western Sydney University (WSU) staff and students on Wednesday voted to form a rank-and-file committee to oppose the job destruction and restructuring at WSU College.
German construction industry announces 10,000 job cuts after union cancels strike
Barely a week after the IG BAU construction union called off its strikes and agreed a wage settlement, construction companies have announced 10,000 job cuts.
Postal workers discuss strategy to oppose Royal Mail takeover by private equity firm EP Group
Anne, from a large mail centre in west London, told Sunday’s Zoom meeting: “Starmer’s Labour and the CWU are both behind Kretinsky. The CWU are not working for the members.”
UAW announces contract at Lordstown Ultium Cells setting substandard pay standard for battery plant workers
While the tentative contract is being hailed by the UAW and management it in fact is an abject betrayal.
Sri Lankan government pushes electricity privatisation through the parliament
The main purpose of the “reform” bill is to open the way for profit-hungry international and local investors to exploit Sri Lanka’s highly lucrative electricity industry.
SEP/IYSSE online public meeting: The way forward for striking university workers in Sri Lanka
Union leaders are isolating a strike by 13,000 non-academic workers that began on May 2, and are trying to create the conditions to shut it down altogether.
Cyclone Remal hits Sri Lanka, affects thousands and kills over 30 people
The desperate situation facing flood survivors is the result of the refusal of Sri Lankan governments to address basic issues of social infrastructure.
Sri Lankan government to entrench IMF austerity in legislation
The new bill, which concentrates economic policy powers in the hands of Sri Lanka’s executive president, is a further move towards autocratic forms of rule.
Brazil and US mark 200 years of diplomatic ties as Washington drags Latin America into global war
The anniversary was overshadowed by a US offensive on multiple fronts— diplomatic, economic and military—against China, Brazil’s leading trade partner.
Mexico’s incoming government bows to Washington and Wall Street
Mexico’s incoming President can be expected, if anything, to increase subordination to US imperialism and its predatory interests.
Milei’s fascistic Law of Bases nears vote in Argentine Senate as union apparatus facilitates approval
These measures will ensure the immiseration of the working class and the widening of the gap between rich and poor.
Fascistic Milei government in Argentina raids Partido Obrero headquarters
These raids are aimed at setting the legal and political precedent for a vast crackdown against all working class opposition and must be actively opposed by all workers in Argentina and internationally.
This lecture was given by World Socialist Web Site International Editorial Board Chairman David North at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, March 12.
UK Labour Party’s pro-business austerity agenda heralds escalation in class struggle
Party leader Sir Keir Starmer and his shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, have insisted over the last four years that Labour will be the most pro-business government in history, which means it will be dedicated to attacking the working class and slashing public spending.
Greek court acquits nine survivors of the Pylos ship disaster
It was the survivors of the tragedy, not those in the Greek Coast Guard and EU Frontex border agency responsible for a crime that cost the lives of more than 600, who were put before the Greek courts.
Vote against capitalism and war! Vote Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei in the European elections!
The Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei is running in the 2024 European elections to build an international movement against war, social inequality, and fascism.
European elections
Only a movement against war and capitalism can stop right-wing extremism
The “Stop right-wing extremism” alliance is trying to divert anger with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AFD) into support for the discredited parties that comprise the German government.
Delaware jury finds Hunter Biden guilty on all 3 felony counts
The younger Biden was found guilty of lying on a gun application and to a federally licensed gun dealer about his drug use and illegally possessing a gun while addicted to drugs in October of 2018.
Trial of Hunter Biden on federal gun charges goes to jury
The jury in the Delaware trial of Hunter Biden, on three federal gun charges, began deliberations on Monday afternoon following closing arguments.
Biden appoints UAW President Shawn Fain to Export Council, labor bureaucracy enlisted in preparations for total war
The deliberations of the Export Council are becoming increasingly focused on maintaining the “defense industrial base” and “military readiness.”
CIA Democrat Andy Kim wins New Jersey primary for US Senate
Representative Andy Kim’s comfortable victory over his primary opponents reflects the remarkable and ongoing integration of the US military-intelligence apparatus and the Democratic Party.
Missouri executes David Hosier despite his claims of innocence and no physical evidence linking him to the murders
Hosier, 69, was put to death Tuesday evening by the state of Missouri despite no physical evidence linking him to the murders of a Jefferson City couple. Hosier long maintained his innocence.
Mexico’s incoming government bows to Washington and Wall Street
Mexico’s incoming President can be expected, if anything, to increase subordination to US imperialism and its predatory interests.
International students in Canada protest anti-immigrant measures imposed by Prince Edward Island
The tightening of provincial and federal policies on immigration is a consequence of a concerted campaign spearheaded by the far right but embraced by all political parties, from the Conservatives to the ostensibly “left” New Democratic Party and the Quebec autonomist and separatist parties.
US maternal mortality rate the highest among high-income countries
A new report published by the Commonwealth Fund found that the maternal mortality rate in the US is the highest among high-income nations.
Biden, Macron and Zelensky escalate war threats against Russia at D-Day commemoration
Biden and Macron cynically tried to invoke the US-British-Canadian landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944 to legitimize their escalation against Russia that threatens to plunge Europe into a new world war.
At D-Day commemoration, Biden recklessly inflames war with Russia
This week, the leaders of the imperialist powers used the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings to pledge a major escalation of the US-NATO war against Russia, threatening to once more plunge humanity into world war.
Today’s D-Day celebration: An exercise in political propaganda and historical falsification
The imperialist powers are gathering to celebrate their defeat of Nazi Germany even as they have embraced the methods and war aims of the Third Reich.
Starmer and Sunak flaunt militarist credentials in opening debate of UK’s “war election”
Both the main parties of the ruling class are involved in a joint enterprise to hide from workers the acute dangers they face.
Cornel West adapts to far-right in interview on Musk-boosted X program
West assured cryptocurrency entrepreneur Mario Nawfal’s right-wing audience that he opposed open borders, socialism and Marxism.
Republicans back Trump as convicted ex-president threatens “breaking point” if imprisoned
Following Trump's conviction on Thursday, virtually every major Republican politician has attacked the trial as a sham while defending the ex-president.
Trump’s conviction in New York and the 2024 crisis election
Much will transpire over the five months remaining until the November election. It is possible that neither Trump nor Biden will end up as the candidates of the two corporate-controlled parties. But one thing is certain, the political system as a whole will continue its lurch to the right.
New York jury convicts former President Donald Trump on all 34 counts
In a major intensification of the US political crisis, for the first time in American history an ex-president was tried and convicted on felony charges.
Whalan residents speak after public housing explosion in Western Sydney
”I was sitting at the dining room table and all my light fittings just fell out. The glass sliding doors at the back just shattered.”
Trainee nurse killed in Sydney public housing explosion after complaints of gas leaks were ignored
“We could smell gas for months and months. We called the gas company out, but they couldn’t find anything.”
Australian government, opposition launch hysterical attacks on the Greens over Gaza genocide
The Greens are serving as something of a placeholder, with the real target the mass opposition to the genocide among workers and young people.
Australian Rich List shows acceleration of wealth accumulation over 40 years
Increasingly, Australia’s billionaires primarily derive their fortunes from some of the most parasitic activities, either based on extracting minerals and fossil fuels or on property and financial speculation.
May Day 2024: The working class and the struggle against imperialist war
This is the text of the introductory speech delivered by WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North to the 2024 International May Day Online Rally.
The political significance of the 2024 May Day Online Rally
This is the text of the speech delivered by Johannes Stern, editor of the German-language edition of the WSWS, as a summation to the 2024 International May Day Online Rally.
The struggle against imperialist war among students and youth
This is the text of the speech delivered by Dilaxshan Mahalingam, an IYSSE member in Sri Lanka, to the 2024 International May Day Online Rally.
The fight against imperialist war in New Zealand and the Pacific
This is the text of the speech delivered by Tom Peters, a leading member of the Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand, to the 2024 International May Day Online Rally.
This week in history: June 10-16
NATO bombing of Yugoslavia; NYC cop acquitted of murdering 10-year-old; Dalton Trumbo witch-hunted; Iraqi monarchy established as British protectorate.
After the Slaughter: Political Lessons of the Balkan War
The capitulation of Serbia to the US-NATO onslaught brings to an end the last major strategic experience of the twentieth century. Its bloody conclusion endows the century with a certain tragic symmetry. It began with the suppression of the anti-colonial uprising of the Chinese Boxers. The century closes with a war that completes the reduction of the Balkans to the status of a neo-colonial protectorate of the major imperialist powers.
80 years since the mass murder in Ozarichi, Belarus carried out by the German military
One of the worst war crimes committed by Hitler’s army during World War II occurred in March 1944: the mass murder of thousands of women, old people and children at the Ozarichi death camp in Belarus.
The racial quota law that inspired Hitler
100 years since the passage of the Immigration Act of 1924
The act, a response to the Russian Revolution, was an attack on the entire working class.
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.
Nigeria’s trade union leaders sabotage general strike over minimum wage
The unions are intent on suppressing massive opposition within the working class to Nigeria’s atrocious living conditions, intensified by the ruling class’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the soaring of prices due to the US-NATO war against Russia in the Ukraine and the government’s disastrous austerity policies.
Failed pro-imperialist coup targets Democratic Republic of Congo
The coup took place as Washington and its NATO allies wage a bitter struggle for influence in Africa with China and Russia, amid the NATO-Russia war in Ukraine.
President Ruto grovels to Washington to put Kenya on the global war map
Kenya and the entire African continent are being drawn into the maelstrom of an expanding global war. The continent’s geostrategic position and vast mineral resources are viewed by Washington as critical in its conflicts with Russia, Iran and China.
The class struggle in France and the fight against war
This is the text of the speech delivered by Alex Lantier, the national secretary of the Parti de l'Egalité Socialiste (PES) in France, to the 2024 International May Day Online Rally.
Political prisoners mount hunger strike as state repression grows in Turkey
Police raids and arrests have expanded after May Day protests in Istanbul. Political prisoners subjected to isolation and ill-treatment are on hunger strike.
Iranian president killed in helicopter crash
The death of President Ebrahim Raisi could trigger a political crisis and lead to sharp infighting in the country’s Islamic bourgeois clerical regime.
Tenth anniversary of the death of 301 miners in the Soma disaster in Turkey
The last decade has witnessed a deepening of the ruling elite's disregard for the safety of workers for the sake of profit, let alone the necessary occupational safety measures, in Turkey and around the world.
Fire disaster in Istanbul kills 29 workers
This fire disaster is an indictment of the entire ruling elite, including business owners and officials.
“Free Julian Assange! Oppose imperialist war!”—Leading SEP (UK) member addresses meeting in Australia
“In acting to oppose Assange’s persecution, you are stepping into the titanic storm now blowing through world politics; you are coming up against fundamental class interests and imperialist objectives.”
VIDEO: SEP (Australia) meeting—“Free Julian Assange! Oppose imperialist war!”
Speakers emphasised that the fight against Israel’s genocide, imperialist war and for the freedom of Assange must be based on the independent mobilisation of the working class against capitalism.
Assange granted leave to appeal before UK’s High Court against extradition to the US
The judgement is a victory, both for blocking what could otherwise have been Assange’s immediate transfer to America and for further exposing the reactionary nature of the US prosecution.
Stella Assange: “Julian is just one decision away from being extradited”
WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson told the assembled media, “It is abundantly clear that the process in the courts in the United Kingdom are corrupt. The case is rigged against Julian.”
January 21 marked 100 years since the death of Vladimir Lenin in 1924. This page includes a collection of essays reviewing the life and ideas of the great Marxist theoretician, founder of the Bolshevik Party, and co-leader of the Russian Revolution.
Stop the genocide in Gaza! Stop police violence against anti-war students!
In the following, we document the IYSSE Humboldt University election statement, which will be printed in the student election brochure. The elections are on 18 and 19 June.
Berlin police brutally assault students occupying Humboldt University to protest against the genocide in Gaza
On Wednesday, dozens of students occupied Humboldt University's Department of Social Sciences to protest against the genocide in Gaza and the complicity of the university administration.
Sri Lankan SEP/IYSSE meeting opposes imperialist war
The meeting was a part of the ICFI’s campaign for an international anti-war movement of workers and youth based on socialist policies.
Australian universities moving to shut down student encampments against Gaza genocide
The flurry of eviction notices, “emergency meetings,” and warnings of disciplinary action indicate a nationally coordinated campaign in line with denunciations of the student protests by the federal Labor government.
Auroral display dazzles millions around the globe
Vivid displays of the aurora borealis and aurora australis were visible to millions of people around the world on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.
Human-to-human transmission with a novel Mpox virus identified in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
The recent outbreak of a novel Mpox (formerly called monkeypox) virus, showing sustained transmission between humans with the deadlier clade I lineage, poses a public health to the DRC, the region and the globe.
Scientific—and social—dimensions of the 2024 total solar eclipse
The second total eclipse across North America in seven years has drawn the interest of millions across the continent.
Climate change report predicts devastating worldwide impacts
“With a few exceptions, increasing warming leads to greater exposure to drought, fluvial and coastal flooding, and greater declines in biodiversity and crop yields.”
Hundreds attend Detroit funeral for Ford worker Tywaun Long
The 46-year-old worker collapsed on the assembly line at the Dearborn Truck Plant on April 17 and reportedly died of a heart attack.
Stellantis Kokomo Rank-and-File Committee founded in opposition to UAW betrayals and war
“With our brothers and sisters of the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees (IWA-RFC), we are for abolishing, not reforming, the UAW bureaucracy, to put power into the hands of the workers.”
Stellantis Warren Stamping workers approve strike over health and safety
The strike vote at Warren Stamping, a critical components plant, comes as anger is seething among rank-and-file workers over layoffs and a host of issues.
In the aftermath of mass layoffs
Ford Rouge worker dies on the assembly line
An autoworker died after suffering a medical emergency after waiting a half hour for medical help at the Ford Rouge complex outside Detroit.
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.
Helen Halyard (1950-2023), a tribute to a life dedicated to the victory of world socialism
We are publishing here the tribute given by David North to Helen Halyard, a leading member of the Socialist Equality Party and the International Committee of the Fourth International for more than half a century, who died suddenly at the age of 73 on November 28. North’s remarks opened a memorial meeting for Helen held Sunday, December 3.
Remarks by David North at the conclusion of the international memorial meeting for Helen Halyard
We are publishing here the summation given by David North to the memorial meeting for Comrade Helen Halyard held on December 3.
“Building the world party was Helen’s goal in life, to which she made an indelible contribution”
We are publishing here the tribute to Helen Halyard written by Patrick Martin, a member of the US editorial board of the World Socialist Web Site and a member of the Workers League and Socialist Equality Party for 52 years, and Esther Galen, a member of the Workers League and Socialist Equality Party for 53 years.
Tribute to Helen: Beverly Lozano, a supporter from California
A tribute to Helen Halyard written by Beverly Lozano, a supporter of the WSWS.
Report to Sri Lanka meetings
Imperialism, the genocide in Gaza, and the world struggle for socialism
Socialist Equality Party (US) National Secretary Joseph Kishore delivered the following report to a meeting titled “Leon Trotsky and the Struggle for Socialism in the 21st Century” in Colombo on December 10.
University of Michigan IYSSE protests attack by pro-government thugs on Sri Lankan SEP members
We are publishing here a letter being sent by the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) at the University of Michigan condemning the violent attack on two members of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) in Sri Lanka by pro-government thugs.
Magistrate court hearing on violent assault on Sri Lankan SEP members
While police have visited the crime scene and recorded witness statements they requested more time to obtain hospital medical reports.
Academics denounce pro-government thug attack on Sri Lankan SEP members
The SEP is calling on all those who are concerned to defend democratic rights of freedom of expression to register their opposition by sending protest letters to the relevant authorities.
Wisconsin documents reveal details of strategy behind Donald Trump’s 2020 fake elector scheme
A trove of court documents released on Monday show Wisconsin attorney Kenneth Chesebro and former judge Jim Troupis were instrumental in formulating the strategy of Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 elections through court cases that generated “a cloud of confusion” combined with the appointment of “alternative” electors in seven key states.
Appellate court rejects Trump’s claim that he cannot be prosecuted for seeking to overthrow the 2020 election
The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled against Donald Trump's assertion of absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for seeking to overthrow the 2020 election.
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.
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.
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.
Put a socialist, anti-war party on the ballot! Join the SEP (Australia) as an electoral member today!
Socialist Equality Party assistant national secretary Max Boddy calls on workers and young people in Australia to sign up as an SEP electoral member.
Sri Lankan SEP meeting to launch two books on the Sinhala chauvinist JVP
The JVP’s rightward evolution is not an isolated, national phenomenon but an expression of the transformation internationally of similar organisations into pro-imperialist outfits.
Comrade Halil Çelik: An inspiration for workers and youth internationally
This is the tribute given by Peter Symonds to Halil Çelik, founder and leader of the Sosyalist Eşitlik Grubu, who died suddenly at the age of 57 on December 31, 2018. The tribute was read at a memorial meeting on the fifth anniversary of Halil’s death.
Comrade Halil Çelik blazed the socialist-internationalist path the workers of Turkey must follow
This is the tribute given by Keith Jones to Halil Çelik, founder and leader of the Sosyalist Eşitlik Grubu, who died suddenly at the age of 57 on December 31, 2018. The tribute was read at a memorial meeting on the fifth anniversary of Halil’s death.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.”
“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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Democrats join with Republican fascists to witch-hunt scientist Peter Daszak
During Wednesday’s House Subcommittee on COVID-19 with Dr. Peter Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance, Democrats joined ranks with fascistic Republican colleagues to promote the Wuhan lab-leak lies.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!”
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”
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!”
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!”
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.
Instagram shutters account of Palestinian publisher Quds News Network
Instagram shut the account without explanation. Quds is one of the most popular Palestinian networks and has featured on-the-spot exposures of the war crimes in Gaza.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
Israel murders 274 Gazans in a further escalation of the genocidal war
For a demonstration on July 24 in Washington D.C. to protest congressional invitation for Netanyahu
The World Socialist Web Site calls on workers and youth to respond to Congress’ invitation to the war criminal Netanyahu with a demonstration in Washington D.C.
Leaders of London rally issue dead-end call for Sunak and Starmer to reverse support for Israel’s genocide
The determined opposition of workers and young people is being corralled into a dead-end, with calls that the only way to stop Israel is to put pressure on the Tories and, above all, the Labour Party of genocide apologist in chief, Sir Keir Starmer.
TikTok bans video demanding Bogdan Syrotiuk’s freedom, branding it “hate speech”
The TikTok ban comes just days after the Zelensky regime issued an order banning access to the World Socialist Web Site across Ukraine. The order was issued by the Ukrainian State Special Communications Service, a wing of the country’s military-intelligence apparatus.
Australian government, opposition launch hysterical attacks on the Greens over Gaza genocide
The Greens are serving as something of a placeholder, with the real target the mass opposition to the genocide among workers and young people.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Nathan Thrall’s Pulitzer Prize-winning A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy–A case study in dehumanization
The bus accident proves to be a major news event with political implications. The accident exposes the fundamental injustices blighting Palestinian life in Israel.
Interview with historian Dan Okrent on the centenary of the Immigration Act of 1924
Okrent’s book The Guarded Gate examines an episode of anti-immigration frenzy that resembles in many ways the current environment in bourgeois politics.
Ghassan Zeineddine’s Dearborn: Short stories about Arab-American life
Zeineddine’s stories concern immigrants who escaped the civil war in Lebanon (1975-90) and their children, who are negotiating their own escapes.
The Best American Short Stories 2023: A step backward
Perhaps half the pieces are coming-of-age stories, that lyrical standby now usually written in a gritty but still rhapsodic voice.
New UAW corruption investigations expose fraud of “reform” under Fain
It has taken little more than a year for the “reform” pretensions of Fain & Co. to be definitively exposed as nothing more than hypocritical lies, aimed at giving a facelift to the UAW bureaucracy’s corporatist, antiworker policies.
An Open Letter to the Ukrainian government: Release Bogdan Syrotiuk!
On Thursday, June 13, the following letter from the Socialist Equality Party and the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site will be delivered to Oksana Markarova, the ambassador of Ukraine, in Washington, D.C.
Why is the far-right vote surging in the European elections?
The rise of the far right is the product of the systematic disenfranchisement of the workers by nationalist, bureaucratic organizations that the media and the ruling class promote as the “left.”
Israel murders 274 Gazans in a further escalation of the genocidal war
For a demonstration on July 24 in Washington D.C. to protest congressional invitation for Netanyahu
The World Socialist Web Site calls on workers and youth to respond to Congress’ invitation to the war criminal Netanyahu with a demonstration in Washington D.C.
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.
New Zealand: Court action continues over Pike River mine disaster
Families of some of the 29 workers killed in the 2010 coal mine disaster are continuing their fight for answers about why authorities dropped charges against Pike River Coal chief executive Peter Whittall over the extremely dangerous conditions in the mine.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
North and London discussed the significance of the latest revelations of the the Security and the Fourth International investigation into Trotsky’s assassination.