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MenuSearch LatestProfile English Contact|About| International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) MenuSearch International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) LatestProfile * * * Perspectives * World * Global class struggle * Pandemic * Arts & Culture * History * Capitalism & Inequality * Anti-Imperialism * Videos * Podcast * Marxist Library ); } * * Fourth International * Socialist Equality Party * IYSSE * About the WSWS * Contact * Donate All latest news TOP STORIES DAVID NORTH ADDRESSES BOOK LAUNCHES IN SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA In the discussion of his recently published books, North stressed the essential role of Marxist theory in the analysis of world events and the development of socialist strategy. Our reporters•20 hours ago17 December 2024 WORKERS AND YOUNG PEOPLE SPEAK AT BOOK LAUNCHES BY DAVID NORTH IN AUSTRALIA “What struck me was the emphasis on the urgency to pave a new way forward for the working class because the alternative is catastrophe.” Our reporters•20 hours ago17 December 2024 Perspective Perspective PERSPECTIVE ABC SETTLES DEFAMATION LAWSUIT AS MEDIA MOVES TO ACCOMMODATE TRUMP The corporate media, dominated by billionaires and giant corporations like Disney, the owner of ABC, is dropping any pretense of a critical, let alone adversarial, relationship to the incoming administration. 20 hours ago17 December 2024 OFFICIAL DEATH TOLL IN GAZA GENOCIDE TOPS 45,000 Over 45,000 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel began its war of extermination in October 2023, Gaza's Health Ministry said Monday. Andre Damon•20 hours ago17 December 2024 STUDENT GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT BERLIN’S HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY ADOPTS IYSSE AMENDMENT, AGREES TO FIGHT RIGHT-WING SHIFT AND PRO-WAR POLICIES With around 1,500 students–divided between five lecture halls at three locations, which were connected via livestream, the gathering was the largest general assembly at the university in years. IYSSE Humboldt University•15 December 2024 CLASS "JUSTICE" IN AMERICA BIDEN COMMUTES SENTENCE OF JUDGE JAILED IN PENNSYLVANIA “KIDS FOR CASH” SCANDAL The Pennsylvania judges involved in the scandal, both Democrats, pocketed millions for selling children to for-profit prisons Landon Gourov•2 hours ago17 December 2024 FREE BOGDAN SYROTIUK! This emergency resolution was passed unanimously by the Seventh National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (UK), held November 29 – December 2, 2024. Socialist Equality Party (UK)•a day ago16 December 2024 “WE WILL REDOUBLE OUR EFFORTS TO BUILD A MASS CAMPAIGN FOR BOGDAN’S RELEASE” We are publishing the speech delivered by Tom Scripps introducing the resolution “Free Bogdan Syrotiuk” passed unanimously at the Seventh Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (UK). Thomas Scripps•a day ago16 December 2024 MACRON NAMES NEW FRENCH MINORITY GOVERNMENT BASED ON NEW POPULAR FRONT SUPPORT The installation of François Bayrou as prime minister with the support of the NFP hands the mantle of official parliamentary opposition to Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally. Alex Lantier•13 hours ago17 December 2024 HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE GIVES BIPARTISAN APPROVAL TO THE WUHAN “LAB LEAK” LIES ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF COVID-19 PART TWO OF TWO The report of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic embraces the baseless campaign fomented by the fascist right blaming a Chinese lab for starting the COVID-19 pandemic. Benjamin Mateus•a day ago16 December 2024 BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PLACES PROFITS OVER LIVES, FUELING THE SPREAD OF H5N1 BIRD FLU The Biden administration’s response to the spread of the bird flu among dairy cattle across the US over the past year amounts to nothing short of criminal negligence. Bill Shaw•20 hours ago17 December 2024 TURKISH GOVERNMENT BANS METALWORKERS’ STRIKE AS WAR IN MIDDLE EAST DEEPENS The metalworkers defending their right to strike and the millions of others demanding a decent minimum wage must be mobilized on the basis of a programme of struggle against war and genocide and in defence of democratic rights. Barış Demir, Hasan Yıldırım•7 hours ago17 December 2024 STARMER VISITS BRITISH-NATO TROOPS IN ESTONIA, PUSHES WAR AGENDA Starmer has made 16 international trips since Labour formed a government in July, with the most common reason being to escalate the imperialist-backed war against Russia. Thomas Scripps•7 hours ago17 December 2024 AUSTRALIAN CORPORATE VOICES CALL FOR “MILEI-STYLE” ASSAULT ON WORKING CLASS Demands are emerging for a historic, all-out assault on the jobs, social services and living conditions of workers along the lines of that being mounted by Argentine President Milei and planned by US President-elect Trump. Mike Head•a day ago16 December 2024 MOST RECENTOTHER LANGUAGES * ROMANIA’S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT ANNULS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS 2 hours ago17 December 2024 * BIDEN COMMUTES SENTENCE OF JUDGE JAILED IN PENNSYLVANIA “KIDS FOR CASH” SCANDAL 2 hours ago17 December 2024 * TURKISH GOVERNMENT BANS METALWORKERS’ STRIKE AS WAR IN MIDDLE EAST DEEPENS 7 hours ago17 December 2024 * STARMER VISITS BRITISH-NATO TROOPS IN ESTONIA, PUSHES WAR AGENDA 7 hours ago17 December 2024 * MACRON NAMES NEW FRENCH MINORITY GOVERNMENT BASED ON NEW POPULAR FRONT SUPPORT 13 hours ago17 December 2024 * BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PLACES PROFITS OVER LIVES, FUELING THE SPREAD OF H5N1 BIRD FLU 20 hours ago17 December 2024 * ABC SETTLES DEFAMATION LAWSUIT AS MEDIA MOVES TO ACCOMMODATE TRUMP 20 hours ago17 December 2024 * OFFICIAL DEATH TOLL IN GAZA GENOCIDE TOPS 45,000 20 hours ago17 December 2024 * WORKERS AND YOUNG PEOPLE SPEAK AT BOOK LAUNCHES BY DAVID NORTH IN AUSTRALIA 20 hours ago17 December 2024 * DAVID NORTH ADDRESSES BOOK LAUNCHES IN SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA 20 hours ago17 December 2024 * LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL’S MINIMUM WAGE VOTE: A BAND-AID OVER A DEEP WOUND 21 hours ago16 December 2024 * YET AGAIN, HORROR IN AN AMERICAN SCHOOL: TWO DEAD, SIX INJURED IN MADISON, WISCONSIN SHOOTING 21 hours ago16 December 2024 * TEAMSTERS FORCE THROUGH SELLOUT DEAL AT DETROIT MARATHON REFINERY AFTER SNAP VOTE 21 hours ago16 December 2024 * US HIGH OFFICIAL VISITS SRI LANKA TO ENHANCE STRATEGIC TIES 21 hours ago16 December 2024 * AUSTRALIAN CORPORATE VOICES CALL FOR “MILEI-STYLE” ASSAULT ON WORKING CLASS a day ago16 December 2024 * ALL PARTIES BACK WAR AND CUTS AS GERMAN CHANCELLOR SCHOLZ LOSES CONFIDENCE VOTE a day ago16 December 2024 * DISNEY’S WAGE THEFT SETTLEMENT: A DROP IN THE BUCKET AMID CORPORATE EXPLOITATION a day ago16 December 2024 * THOUSANDS OF US AMAZON WORKERS ON VERGE OF HOLIDAY SEASON STRIKE a day ago16 December 2024 * HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE GIVES BIPARTISAN APPROVAL TO THE WUHAN “LAB LEAK” LIES ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF COVID-19 a day ago16 December 2024 * UNELECTED CANADA INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS BOARD ORDERS POSTAL WORKERS BACK TO WORK FROM TUESDAY a day ago16 December 2024 * WORKERS STRUGGLES: THE AMERICAS a day ago16 December 2024 * THREATS OF DEPORTATION AND AGITATION AGAINST SYRIAN REFUGEES IN GERMANY AND ACROSS EUROPE a day ago16 December 2024 * “WE WILL REDOUBLE OUR EFFORTS TO BUILD A MASS CAMPAIGN FOR BOGDAN’S RELEASE” a day ago16 December 2024 * FREE BOGDAN SYROTIUK! a day ago16 December 2024 * COMMUNICATION WORKERS UNION HAS PAVED THE WAY FOR KRETINSKY TAKEOVER OF ROYAL MAIL a day ago16 December 2024 * JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT CONFIRMS FBI HAD OVER 2 DOZEN INFORMANTS IN MILITIA GROUPS DURING JANUARY 6 ATTACK 16 December 2024 * SAHRA WAGENKNECHT ALLIANCE JOINS GOVERNMENT IN 2 GERMAN STATES TO IMPOSE AUSTERITY MEASURES 15 December 2024 * ARGENTINE PRESIDENT MILEI’S FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE: SELF-DELUSION AND A FRONTAL ASSAULT ON THE WORKING CLASS 15 December 2024 * LEONARDO AND THE HUMAN POTENTIAL: AN APPRECIATION OF KEN BURNS’ SERIES LEONARDO DA VINCI 15 December 2024 * ELON MUSK’S WEALTH APPROACHES HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS: CAPITALISM AND OLIGARCHY 15 December 2024 * IN RUN-UP TO TRUMP’S INAUGURATION, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ENDS MAJOR COMPONENT OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION PROGRAMS 15 December 2024 * HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE GIVES BIPARTISAN APPROVAL TO THE WUHAN “LAB LEAK” LIES ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF COVID-19 15 December 2024 * STUDENT GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT BERLIN’S HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY ADOPTS IYSSE AMENDMENT, AGREES TO FIGHT RIGHT-WING SHIFT AND PRO-WAR POLICIES 15 December 2024 * SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT IMPEACHED, SUSPENDED FROM OFFICE 15 December 2024 * DROP IN AUSTRALIA’S OFFICIAL JOBLESS RATE ENDS HOPE OF MORTGAGE INTEREST RATE RELIEF 15 December 2024 * THIS WEEK IN HISTORY: DECEMBER 16-21 15 December 2024 * CANADA POST WORKERS CALL FOR WORKING CLASS TO MOBILIZE IN OPPOSITION TO LIBERAL GOVERNMENT’S STRIKE BAN 15 December 2024 * AVERAGE HOUSE IN ENGLAND ONLY AFFORDABLE FOR THE RICHEST 10 PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLDS 15 December 2024 * US-SPONSORED WAR OF REGIME CHANGE DEVASTATES SYRIA 15 December 2024 * THE RECORD PENTAGON SPENDING BILL AND AMERICA’S HIDDEN NUCLEAR REARMAMENT 14 December 2024 * STUDENTS AND FACULTY PROTEST LAYOFFS AT CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM 13 December 2024 * EXPLOSIVE ANGER MOUNTS AGAINST ACERO SCHOOL CLOSURES IN CHICAGO: “WE ARE NOT ITEMS TO BE COUNTED AS DOLLAR SIGNS!” 13 December 2024 * THE FOR-PROFIT HEALTH INSURANCE RACKET: FROM HMOS TO “VALUE-BASED CARE” 13 December 2024 * LIBERAL GOVERNMENT INTERVENES TO OUTLAW CANADA POST STRIKE 13 December 2024 * ARGENTINE TRADE UNION BUREAUCRACY DEEPENS PARTNERSHIP WITH FASCIST PRESIDENT JAVIER MILEI 13 December 2024 * TRUMP PROMOTES “AMERICA FIRST” NATIONALISM TO HEAD OFF POTENTIAL SECOND STRIKE ON US EAST COAST DOCKS 13 December 2024 * 1,100 BOOKS PURGED FROM PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARIES IN TENNESSEE AS DISTRICTS COMPLY WITH THE REACTIONARY AGE-APPROPRIATE MATERIALS ACT 13 December 2024 * NEW YORK UNIVERSITY BANS PRO-PALESTINIAN FACULTY AND STUDENTS 13 December 2024 * VOLKSWAGEN: “NEW ERA” IN SOCIAL POLICY MEANS THOUSANDS OF AUTO JOBS CUT 13 December 2024 * CHINA MAKES STEPS TO INCREASE ECONOMIC STIMULUS MEASURES 13 December 2024 * DEALS ESTABLISH AUSTRALIAN NEO-COLONIAL CONTROL OVER NAURU, PNG SECURITY POLICY 13 December 2024 * WORKERS STRUGGLES: ASIA, AUSTRALIA AND THE PACIFIC 13 December 2024 * MOBILIZE THE WORKING CLASS TO DEFY AND DEFEAT MACKINNON’S STRIKE BAN! STOP THE LIBERAL GOVERNMENT-BACKED DESTRUCTION OF CANADA POST AND ALL PUBLIC SERVICES! 13 December 2024 * BLINKEN VISITS ANKARA WITH ISRAEL AND TURKEY ON COLLISION COURSE IN SYRIA 13 December 2024 * SOCIALIST EQUALITY PARTY (UK) HOLDS ITS SEVENTH NATIONAL CONGRESS 13 December 2024 * WAR, THE CLASS STRUGGLE AND THE TASKS OF THE SOCIALIST EQUALITY PARTY 13 December 2024 * ALAM: A PALESTINIAN YOUTH STEPS OUT “OF THE SAFE ZONE OF PASSIVE FEAR INTO THE LIGHT OF FREEDOM” 13 December 2024 * GERMAN RESPONSE TO ASSAD'S DOWNFALL: GLORIFYING HTS ISLAMISTS, MILITARISM AND ANTI-REFUGEE AGITATION 13 December 2024 * RECORD US MILITARY SPENDING BILL CONTINUES EXPANSION OF US NUCLEAR ARSENAL 13 December 2024 * TIME MAGAZINE PICKS FASCIST TRUMP AS “PERSON OF THE YEAR” 12 December 2024 * BMWED ANNOUNCES NEW DEAL AT CSX AS SELLOUT OF US RAILROADERS CONTINUES 12 December 2024 * UPS TO CLOSE DOWN PORTLAND FACILITY NEXT SUMMER, AS WORKERS CONDEMN MASS LAYOFFS ENABLED BY TEAMSTERS UNION 12 December 2024 * ARRESTED SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS IN SRI LANKA GIVEN BAIL AND ORDERED TO RETURN TO COURT NEXT YEAR 12 December 2024 * NEW ZEALAND FAR-RIGHT GOVERNMENT’S ANTI-DEMOCRATIC “LAW AND ORDER” AGENDA 12 December 2024 * PERU’S CORPORATE CHIEFS RATTLED BY DEEPENING CRISIS 12 December 2024 * US THREATENS TO INVESTIGATE SPAIN’S PARTIAL PORT DENIALS OF SHIPS CARRYING ARMS FOR GAZA GENOCIDE 12 December 2024 * 10-DAY STRIKE BY UAW INTERNATIONAL STAFFERS IN NEW YORK ENDS 12 December 2024 * GM, MICHIGAN BILLIONAIRES HOLD STATE HOSTAGE FOR MORE HANDOUTS, EVEN WHILE SLASHING JOBS 12 December 2024 * CHINA STEPS UP RETALIATION AGAINST US ECONOMIC WARFARE 12 December 2024 * AUSTRALIA: NSW LABOR GOVERNMENT WINS INJUNCTION BANNING RAIL STRIKE 12 December 2024 * PAKISTANI GOVERNMENT INTENSIFIES REPRESSION AFTER MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON ISLAMABAD PROTEST 12 December 2024 * THE BOUAZZI AFFAIR: QUÉBEC SOLIDAIRE LEGITIMIZES QUEBEC CHAUVINISM AND ANTI-IMMIGRANT INCITEMENT 12 December 2024 * GERMANY’S “STEEL SUMMIT”: STATE INTERVENTION AT THYSSENKRUPP WILL NOT SAVE JOBS, BUT STRENGTHENS WAR INDUSTRY 12 December 2024 * WORKERS STRUGGLES: EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA 12 December 2024 * LABOUR PLANS TO FORCE DISABLED PEOPLE INTO WORK, AS GOVERNMENT PLEDGES TO SLASH UK BENEFITS BILL 12 December 2024 * PABLOITE POLITICAL CHARLATANS HAIL US-ISRAELI-TURKISH ONSLAUGHT AGAINST SYRIA 11 December 2024 * 2 YEARS AFTER UNIONIZATION, BELLEVILLE, NEW JERSEY NURSES REMAIN WITHOUT A CONTRACT 11 December 2024 * CALIFORNIA FILM AND TELEVISION TAX BREAKS: SUBSIDIZING CORPORATE PROFITS AT THE EXPENSE OF WORKERS 11 December 2024 * “THEY VALUE THE LIVES OF THEIR EMPLOYEES VERY CHEAPLY”: STELLANTIS FINED $16,000 FOR DEATH OF TOLEDO JEEP WORKER ANTONIO GASTON 11 December 2024 * TRUMP NOMINATES FASCISTS FOR TOP STATE DEPARTMENT POSTS 11 December 2024 * SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT FACES SECOND IMPEACHMENT VOTE 11 December 2024 * NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA TO BUILD INTEGRATED MILITARY FORCE AGAINST CHINA 11 December 2024 * JEEP SUPPLIER MOBIS TELLS LAID-OFF WORKERS IN TOLEDO, OHIO TO COME BACK AT HALF PAY 11 December 2024 * SRI LANKAN PARLIAMENT UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES IMF AUSTERITY MEASURES 11 December 2024 * RAPIDLY SPREADING WILDFIRE IN MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, FORCES EVACUATIONS 11 December 2024 * AUSTRALIAN POLICE OFFICER OUT ON BAIL DESPITE CONVICTION FOR MANSLAUGHTER OF FRAIL NURSING HOME RESIDENT 11 December 2024 * ANATOMY OF A WORSENING BETRAYAL: THE NTEU’S ROLE AT WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE 11 December 2024 * CANADA POST STRIKER DEMANDS: TRANSPARENCY IN NEGOTIATIONS! ALL OFFERS SUBMITTED OR RECEIVED BY THE CUPW MUST BE MADE PUBLIC! 11 December 2024 * UNRWA SUSPENDS HUMANITARIAN AID TO GAZA AFTER ISRAEL ALLOWS ARMED GANGS TO ROB CONVOYS 11 December 2024 * NORTHERN IRELAND POLICE CLAMP DOWN ON ANTI-GENOCIDE PROTESTERS OPPOSING HILLARY CLINTON’S BELFAST VISIT, WHILE FAR RIGHT TREATED WITH KID GLOVES 11 December 2024 * ACERO TEACHERS, PARENTS, STUDENTS SPEAK OUT AGAINST SCHOOL CLOSURES IN CHICAGO: “I WILL NOT STAND BY AND WATCH THIS HAPPEN TO MY CHILDREN” 11 December 2024 * US, ISRAEL LAUNCH MASS BOMBING CAMPAIGN AGAINST SYRIA AFTER FALL OF ASSAD 10 December 2024 * DONALD TRUMP’S THREAT TO ABOLISH BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP 10 December 2024 * ALAN WOODS, LEADER OF PSEUDO-LEFT RCI, HAILS ELECTION OF TRUMP AS “KICK IN THE TEETH” TO US RULING CLASS 10 December 2024 * THE SPECULATIVE BITCOIN FRENZY 10 December 2024 * SRI LANKAN SEP/IYSSE HOLDS SUCCESSFUL MEETING ON THE US AND SRI LANKAN ELECTIONS 10 December 2024 * IN HIS TWILIGHT, PRESIDENT BIDEN BOASTS OF ECONOMIC SUCCESS AND DECADES OF SERVITUDE TO CORPORATE AMERICA 10 December 2024 * GM SELLING STAKE IN UNCOMPLETED EV BATTERY FACTORY IN LANSING, MICHIGAN 10 December 2024 * AUSTRALIAN LABOR LEADERS SEIZE ON SYDNEY GRAFFITI TO ACTIVATE POLICE-STATE POWERS TARGETING ANTI-GENOCIDE PROTESTS 10 December 2024 * MIT STUDENT EFFECTIVELY EXPELLED FOR OPPOSING GAZA GENOCIDE 10 December 2024 All latest news History of the Fourth International BOOK REVIEW BIOGRAPHY AS DEMONOLOGY: AIDAN BEATTY’S THE PARTY IS ALWAYS RIGHT: THE UNTOLD STORY OF GERRY HEALY AND BRITISH TROTSKYISM Aidan Beatty's new book is not a biography, but rather a political diatribe against Gerry Healy and Trotskyism. David North•17 September 2024 “I’VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED BY THE ARTICLES YOU’VE PUBLISHED” HISTORIAN KERBY MILLER DISCUSSES AIDAN BEATTY AND THE WRITING OF IRISH HISTORY Miller, the preeminent American historian of Irish history, was recently interviewed by the World Socialist Web Site. Tom Mackaman, Jordan Shilton•8 December 2024 SOCIALIST EQUALITY PARTY EXPOSES AIDAN BEATTY’S FALSIFICATIONS IN INSTITUTE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH SEMINAR After Beatty delivered a lengthy diatribe, Barbara Slaughter, David North and Eric London exposed his slanderous allegations against Gerry Healy and the history of the Trotskyist movement. 3 December 2024 SLANDER VS. BIOGRAPHY: AIDAN BEATTY’S FALSIFICATION OF GERRY HEALY’S FAMILY AND CHILDHOOD IN A DECADE OF REBELLION AND CIVIL WAR This essay is devoted to a detailed review of Gerry Healy’s family background and youth, based on research conducted in Ireland, including visits to the relevant archives in Dublin and in Galway where the Healy family lived. Thomas Scripps•28 November 2024 SOCIALIST EQUALITY PARTY EXPOSES AIDAN BEATTY’S HACKWORK AND ZIONIST-ISRAELI FINANCIAL TIES David North•25 November 2024 THE FABRICATION OF A SLANDER: AIDAN BEATTY’S FORGERY OF GERRY HEALY’S YOUTH—AND IRISH HISTORY Tom Mackaman•6 October 2024 AIDAN BEATTY’S HACKWORK: THE ISRAEL-ZIONIST CONNECTION Andrea Peters•18 November 2024 JACOBIN AND DSA MEMBER AIDAN BEATTY FALSIFY THE SO-CALLED “TATE AFFAIR” David North•1 October 2024 A COMMENT ON DAVID NORTH’S REVIEW: BIOGRAPHY AS DEMONOLOGY: AIDAN BEATTY’S THE PARTY IS ALWAYS RIGHT: THE UNTOLD STORY OF GERRY HEALY AND BRITISH TROTSKYISM Steve Long•24 September 2024 Critical Stories ELON MUSK’S WEALTH APPROACHES HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS: CAPITALISM AND OLIGARCHY The wealth of Elon Musk, owner of Tesla, SpaceX and social media platform X (Twitter), has reached a staggering $442 billion, according to the latest estimate from Forbes magazine. Joseph Kishore•15 December 2024 THE RECORD PENTAGON SPENDING BILL AND AMERICA’S HIDDEN NUCLEAR REARMAMENT The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted this week to allocate a record amount of money to fund war all over the world, including a major buildup of the US nuclear forces. Andre Damon•14 December 2024 WOLFGANG WEBER (1949-2024): A REVOLUTIONARY INTELLECTUAL AND FIGHTER FOR TROTSKYISM Wolfgang devoted over 50 years of his life to building the Trotskyist party and fought tirelessly politically and theoretically for the independence of the working class. Ulrich Rippert, Christoph Vandreier•21 November 2024 IN MEMORY OF LARRY MOORE, 1948-2024 Everyone who knew and worked with Larry waves a fond and sad goodbye to an outstanding representative of the international working class—and an all-around decent and good person. Rafael Azul, Tom Carter, Kimie Saito•10 December 2024 TIME MAGAZINE PICKS FASCIST TRUMP AS “PERSON OF THE YEAR” Patrick Martin•12 December 2024 PABLOITE POLITICAL CHARLATANS HAIL US-ISRAELI-TURKISH ONSLAUGHT AGAINST SYRIA Alex Lantier•11 December 2024 ALAN WOODS, LEADER OF PSEUDO-LEFT RCI, HAILS ELECTION OF TRUMP AS “KICK IN THE TEETH” TO US RULING CLASS David Rye, Barry Grey•10 December 2024 THE POPULAR RESPONSE TO THE SHOOTING OF UNITEDHEALTHCARE’S CEO AND AMERICAN REALITIES David Walsh•10 December 2024 TRUMP LAYS OUT BLUEPRINT FOR MASS REPRESSION, BEGINNING WITH IMMIGRANTS Patrick Martin•8 December 2024 Arts and Culture * Film Reviews * Television and Miniseries * Music * Theater, Opera and Dance * Interviews with directors and artists * Film Festivals * Book Reviews * Visual arts LEONARDO AND THE HUMAN POTENTIAL: AN APPRECIATION OF KEN BURNS’ SERIES LEONARDO DA VINCI The life story of Leonardo (1452–1519), one of history’s most extraordinary intellects and artistic geniuses, always stirs the imagination. Walter Gilberti•15 December 2024 ALAM: A PALESTINIAN YOUTH STEPS OUT “OF THE SAFE ZONE OF PASSIVE FEAR INTO THE LIGHT OF FREEDOM” To dramatize an individual’s political awakening, or perhaps more accurately, in this case, his decision to act despite serious risks, to accept that sacrifices are part of a life of struggle, is a complicated matter. Joanne Laurier•13 December 2024 CALIFORNIA FILM AND TELEVISION TAX BREAKS: SUBSIDIZING CORPORATE PROFITS AT THE EXPENSE OF WORKERS The California tax credit program is not an investment in the future of the film and television industry—it is a giveaway to the rich, financed by public funds. Marc Wells•11 December 2024 ORBITAL: SAMANTHA HARVEY’S AWARD-WINNING NOVEL ABOUT PROBLEMS OF CLIMATE AND SOCIAL CHANGE The Booker Prize winner has struck a popular chord in a world poised between the immense potential of scientific advances and the threat of military and ecological catastrophe. Thomas Scripps•10 December 2024 WILLIAM GROPPER: ARTIST OF THE PEOPLE, AT WASHINGTON DC’S PHILLIPS COLLECTION Nick Barrickman•9 December 2024 MADE IN ETHIOPIA—OR ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD Jean Shaoul•8 December 2024 NO OTHER LAND, EXPOSING ISRAELI SETTLERS’ MILITARY CRIMINALITY, WINS AWARDS AT INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION CEREMONY IN LOS ANGELES—BUT STILL NO DISTRIBUTOR IN THE US! David Walsh•6 December 2024 RIEFENSTAHL: NEW DOCUMENTARY ABOUT NAZI PROPAGANDIST WARNS OF THE DANGER OF DICTATORSHIP AND WAR Bernd Reinhardt•5 December 2024 1,500 ARTISTS CALL ON TATE BRITAIN TO SEVER TIES WITH ORGANIZATIONS COMPLICIT IN GAZA GENOCIDE David Walsh•4 December 2024 Global class struggle * Autoworkers * The struggle of health care workers * Education * Amazon workers * Transport workers * Steelworkers * Mining workers * Oil and gas workers * Agricultural workers * Garment workers * Labor history * Labor shorts UNELECTED CANADA INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS BOARD ORDERS POSTAL WORKERS BACK TO WORK FROM TUESDAY Postal workers must defy this anti-democratic edict, but this requires the mobilization of the broadest sections of the working class—public and private sector alike—across Canada and internationally. Roger Jordan•a day ago16 December 2024 COMMUNICATION WORKERS UNION HAS PAVED THE WAY FOR KRETINSKY TAKEOVER OF ROYAL MAIL The CWU bureaucracy blazed the trail for the takeover by colluding in dismantling the mail service under the guise of Universal Service Obligation “reform”. Tony Robson•a day ago16 December 2024 TEAMSTERS FORCE THROUGH SELLOUT DEAL AT DETROIT MARATHON REFINERY AFTER SNAP VOTE The 250 striking workers were given just 48-hours notice to vote on a lengthy seven-year contract that failed to meet their key demands. Shannon Jones•21 hours ago16 December 2024 THOUSANDS OF US AMAZON WORKERS ON VERGE OF HOLIDAY SEASON STRIKE The overwhelming strike votes at three facilities demonstrate the widespread opposition to Amazon’s notorious regime of brutal exploitation and dangerous working conditions. Erik Schreiber•a day ago16 December 2024 WORKERS STRUGGLES: THE AMERICAS a day ago16 December 2024 CANADA POST WORKERS CALL FOR WORKING CLASS TO MOBILIZE IN OPPOSITION TO LIBERAL GOVERNMENT’S STRIKE BAN Our reporters•15 December 2024 VOLKSWAGEN: “NEW ERA” IN SOCIAL POLICY MEANS THOUSANDS OF AUTO JOBS CUT Peter Schwarz•13 December 2024 LIBERAL GOVERNMENT INTERVENES TO OUTLAW CANADA POST STRIKE Niles Niemuth•13 December 2024 MOBILIZE THE WORKING CLASS TO DEFY AND DEFEAT MACKINNON’S STRIKE BAN! STOP THE LIBERAL GOVERNMENT-BACKED DESTRUCTION OF CANADA POST AND ALL PUBLIC SERVICES! Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee•13 December 2024 North America * United States * Canada * Mexico YET AGAIN, HORROR IN AN AMERICAN SCHOOL: TWO DEAD, SIX INJURED IN MADISON, WISCONSIN SHOOTING The alleged killer's case paints a chilling portrait of a deeply pessimistic and fascistic worldview. George Gallanis•21 hours ago16 December 2024 DISNEY’S WAGE THEFT SETTLEMENT: A DROP IN THE BUCKET AMID CORPORATE EXPLOITATION For workers, this payout represents an infinitesimal fraction of the wealth they generate and will not change unbearable living conditions. Marc Wells•a day ago16 December 2024 LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL’S MINIMUM WAGE VOTE: A BAND-AID OVER A DEEP WOUND The “Olympic wage” is a measure targeting hospitality and service workers in the lead-up to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. These events have transformed from international sporting events into platforms for large-scale profiteering, corruption and exploitation. Marc Wells•21 hours ago16 December 2024 THE FOR-PROFIT HEALTH INSURANCE RACKET: FROM HMOS TO “VALUE-BASED CARE” Pioneered by the Obama administration and the Affordable Care Act, value-based care has become an important mechanism for subordinating all health services to corporate profits. Esther Galen•13 December 2024 1,100 BOOKS PURGED FROM PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARIES IN TENNESSEE AS DISTRICTS COMPLY WITH THE REACTIONARY AGE-APPROPRIATE MATERIALS ACT Jane Wise•13 December 2024 THE BOUAZZI AFFAIR: QUÉBEC SOLIDAIRE LEGITIMIZES QUEBEC CHAUVINISM AND ANTI-IMMIGRANT INCITEMENT Laurent Lafrance•12 December 2024 GM, MICHIGAN BILLIONAIRES HOLD STATE HOSTAGE FOR MORE HANDOUTS, EVEN WHILE SLASHING JOBS Shannon Jones•12 December 2024 RAPIDLY SPREADING WILDFIRE IN MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, FORCES EVACUATIONS Marc Wells•11 December 2024 LUIGI MANGIONE, SUSPECTED KILLER OF UNITEDHEALTHCARE CHIEF EXECUTIVE, ARRAIGNED IN PENNSYLVANIA Kevin Reed•10 December 2024 Sri Lanka * Asia and the Pacific US HIGH OFFICIAL VISITS SRI LANKA TO ENHANCE STRATEGIC TIES The JVP, a petty bourgeois organisation based on a mixture of Maoism, Castroism and Sinhala populism, jettisoned its pro-Chinese and anti-US rhetoric long ago. Rohantha De Silva•21 hours ago16 December 2024 ARRESTED SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS IN SRI LANKA GIVEN BAIL AND ORDERED TO RETURN TO COURT NEXT YEAR The police attack on protesting SDOs is yet another indication that the JVP/NPP regime will ruthlessly suppress all those coming into conflict with its savage International Monetary Fund (IMF)-dictated austerity program. Our reporters•12 December 2024 SRI LANKAN PARLIAMENT UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES IMF AUSTERITY MEASURES The next budget will mean further increases in taxes, utility rates and fuel prices, as well as slashing vital public services and a fire-sale of state-owned enterprises, destroying hundreds of thousands of jobs. Saman Gunadasa•11 December 2024 SRI LANKAN SEP/IYSSE HOLDS SUCCESSFUL MEETING ON THE US AND SRI LANKAN ELECTIONS Jerry White, vice presidential candidate of the SEP in the US, addressed the Colombo meeting through the internet, arousing an enthusiastic discussion about the significance of the US election. Our correspondents•10 December 2024 CONDEMN THE POLICE ATTACK ON SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS IN SRI LANKA! RELEASE FOUR TEACHERS ARRESTED BY THE POLICE! Statement of the Collective of Workers Action Committees (Sri Lanka)•8 December 2024 SRI LANKAN POLICE ATTACK PROTESTING SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS, DETAINING FOUR Our correspondents•4 December 2024 SRI LANKAN JVP/NPP GOVERNMENT PROHIBITS “COMMEMORATION OF WAR HEROES” BY TAMILS K. Ratnayake•1 December 2024 SEP/IYSSE PUBLIC MEETING: THE POLITICAL LESSONS OF THE US AND SRI LANKAN ELECTIONS Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)•26 November 2024 SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT AGREES WITH IMF TO IMPLEMENT SAVAGE AUSTERITY MEASURES Saman Gunadasa•25 November 2024 Socialist Equality Party SOCIALIST EQUALITY PARTY (UK) HOLDS ITS SEVENTH NATIONAL CONGRESS The congress unanimously passed two resolutions, “War, the class struggle and the tasks of the Socialist Equality Party” and “Free Bogdan Syrotiuk!”, after extensive and engaged discussion. All delegates spoke with the evident benefit of the last two years of intense political activity and theoretical education. Thomas Scripps•13 December 2024 WAR, THE CLASS STRUGGLE AND THE TASKS OF THE SOCIALIST EQUALITY PARTY This resolution was passed unanimously at the Seventh Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (UK), held November 29--December 2. Socialist Equality Party (UK)•13 December 2024 SEP MEETING IN AUSTRALIA CALLS FOR BUILDING WORKER RANK-AND-FILE COMMITTEES TO FIGHT CFMEU ADMINISTRATION This report includes videos of speeches delivered by SEP members, explaining the administration and outlining a perspective to fight it. Our reporters•28 October 2024 SEP IN SRI LANKA COMMEMORATES SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF DEATH OF TROTSKYIST LEADER WIJE DIAS Wije Dias belonged to the group of young people who took up the initiative in 1968 to form the Trotskyist party in Sri Lanka and he played a leading role in the movement for 54 years until his death. Our reporter•30 July 2024 UK SOCIALIST EQUALITY PARTY ELECTION RALLY ADVANCES SOCIALIST AND INTERNATIONALIST OPPOSITION TO WAR Our reporters•1 July 2024 ATTENDEES AT UK GENERAL ELECTION RALLY SPEAK: “THE SOCIALIST EQUALITY PARTY IS WHAT I WANT TO DEDICATE MY EFFORTS TO BUILDING.” Our reporters•1 July 2024 BILLIONS FOR EDUCATION NOT WAR! SUPPORT THE SOCIALIST EQUALITY PARTY (UK) CAMPAIGN FOR A UNIFIED STRUGGLE AGAINST CAPITALISM AND WAR! Statement of the Educators Rank-and-File Committee (UK)•27 June 2024 SOCIALIST EQUALITY PARTY CANDIDATE DARREN PAXTON SPEAKS AT INVERNESS TRADES COUNCIL GENERAL ELECTION HUSTINGS Steve James•27 June 2024 SOCIALIST EQUALITY PARTY WINS WARM RESPONSE IN HOLBORN AND ST PANCRAS, LONDON Our reporters•21 June 2024 Europe * Britain * France * Germany * Greece * Italy * Poland * Portugal * Russia * Spain * Turkey * Eastern Europe * The Balkans ROMANIA’S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT ANNULS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS The decision, intended to block an expected win by Calin Georgescu, a neo-fascist candidate who had expressed skepticism of the war against Russia, shows bourgeois democracy is rotting on its feet. Andrei Tudora•2 hours ago17 December 2024 ALL PARTIES BACK WAR AND CUTS AS GERMAN CHANCELLOR SCHOLZ LOSES CONFIDENCE VOTE The early election does not serve to let voters decide on the big issues of the future, but to bring a government into power that is stable enough to enforce highly unpopular measures—social cuts, mass layoffs, lower wages and longer working hours, the deportation of migrants, more rearmament and a further escalation of war. Peter Schwarz•a day ago16 December 2024 THREATS OF DEPORTATION AND AGITATION AGAINST SYRIAN REFUGEES IN GERMANY AND ACROSS EUROPE No sooner had the Islamist militias reached Damascus and overthrown the Assad regime than the propaganda barrage against Syrian refugees began. Katerina Selin•a day ago16 December 2024 SAHRA WAGENKNECHT ALLIANCE JOINS GOVERNMENT IN 2 GERMAN STATES TO IMPOSE AUSTERITY MEASURES The coalition agreements and the new administrations in Brandenburg and Thuringia send a clear message: "Business as usual!“ Peter Schwarz•15 December 2024 STUDENT GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT BERLIN’S HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY ADOPTS IYSSE AMENDMENT, AGREES TO FIGHT RIGHT-WING SHIFT AND PRO-WAR POLICIES IYSSE Humboldt University•15 December 2024 AVERAGE HOUSE IN ENGLAND ONLY AFFORDABLE FOR THE RICHEST 10 PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLDS Thomas Scripps•15 December 2024 GERMAN RESPONSE TO ASSAD'S DOWNFALL: GLORIFYING HTS ISLAMISTS, MILITARISM AND ANTI-REFUGEE AGITATION Johannes Stern•13 December 2024 LABOUR PLANS TO FORCE DISABLED PEOPLE INTO WORK, AS GOVERNMENT PLEDGES TO SLASH UK BENEFITS BILL Dennis Moore•12 December 2024 NORTHERN IRELAND POLICE CLAMP DOWN ON ANTI-GENOCIDE PROTESTERS OPPOSING HILLARY CLINTON’S BELFAST VISIT, WHILE FAR RIGHT TREATED WITH KID GLOVES Chris Donaghy•11 December 2024 Asia and the Pacific * Australia * Bangladesh * China * India * Indonesia * Japan * New Zealand * North and South Korea * Pakistan * Philippines * Sri Lanka SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT IMPEACHED, SUSPENDED FROM OFFICE Whether or not Yoon is finally removed from office, the underlying economic and social crisis will continue to fuel political instability and the resort by the ruling class to anti-democratic methods to impose new burdens on working class. Ben McGrath•15 December 2024 DROP IN AUSTRALIA’S OFFICIAL JOBLESS RATE ENDS HOPE OF MORTGAGE INTEREST RATE RELIEF The Reserve Bank of Australia board wants to see higher unemployment levels, and greater falls in workers’ real wages, before any move to cut its punitive cash rate of 4.35 percent. Mike Head•15 December 2024 CHINA MAKES STEPS TO INCREASE ECONOMIC STIMULUS MEASURES Commitments have been made to boost consumption and loosen monetary policy but there is little detail of what measures the government will undertake. Nick Beams•13 December 2024 DEALS ESTABLISH AUSTRALIAN NEO-COLONIAL CONTROL OVER NAURU, PNG SECURITY POLICY As part of the aggressive US-led plans for war with China, the Australian Labor government is reviving transparent neo-colonialism in the Pacific. Oscar Grenfell•13 December 2024 CHINA STEPS UP RETALIATION AGAINST US ECONOMIC WARFARE Nick Beams•12 December 2024 PAKISTANI GOVERNMENT INTENSIFIES REPRESSION AFTER MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON ISLAMABAD PROTEST Sampath Perera•12 December 2024 NEW ZEALAND FAR-RIGHT GOVERNMENT’S ANTI-DEMOCRATIC “LAW AND ORDER” AGENDA John Braddock•12 December 2024 ANATOMY OF A WORSENING BETRAYAL: THE NTEU’S ROLE AT WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE A Western Sydney University Rank-and-File Committee member•11 December 2024 AUSTRALIAN POLICE OFFICER OUT ON BAIL DESPITE CONVICTION FOR MANSLAUGHTER OF FRAIL NURSING HOME RESIDENT Mike Head•11 December 2024 History * History of the Fourth International * The 1917 Russian Revolution * Leon Trotsky * Fascism * War and militarism * US History * Asian history * Labor history * This Week in History THIS WEEK IN HISTORY: DECEMBER 16-21 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 15 December 2024 BOOK REVIEW: THE DEMON OF UNREST BY ERIK LARSON CONTEMPORARY LESSONS FROM THE SLAVE POWER’S PLOT TO OVERTURN THE 1860 ELECTION Erik Larson’s new book The Demon of Unrest, published this year by Penguin Random House, contains critical lessons for the fight against Trump and the threat of dictatorship today. Eric London•2 September 2024 REFLECTIONS ON THE DEATH OF LT. WILLAM CALLEY JR.: IMPERIALIST ATROCITIES, FROM MY LAI TO GAZA Calley spent only three days in prison for his role in directing the mass murder of 504 Vietnamese men, women and children. He is now reported to have died April 28 at the age of 80. Patrick Martin•15 August 2024 80 YEARS SINCE THE LIBERATION OF LUBLIN-MAJDANEK CONCENTRATION CAMP: FROM HITLER’S WAR IN THE EAST TO THE HOLOCAUST The history of the Majdanek camp reveals the links between Nazi Germany’s war of aggression against the Soviet Union and the Holocaust, and the extermination of the Jewish population, which primarily affected Poland and Eastern Europe. Verena Nees•12 August 2024 80 YEARS SINCE THE MASS MURDER IN OZARICHI, BELARUS CARRIED OUT BY THE GERMAN MILITARY Verena Nees•26 May 2024 AFTER THE SLAUGHTER: POLITICAL LESSONS OF THE BALKAN WAR David North•14 June 1999 100 YEARS SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THE IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1924 Eric London•23 May 2024 54 YEARS SINCE THE KENT STATE MASSACRE—AND A WARNING FOR TODAY Patrick Martin•6 May 2024 LIZ FRENCH ON THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BRITISH MINERS’ STRIKE: “WE WERE BETRAYED BY THE TUC AND LABOUR PARTY.” our correspondent•26 March 2024 The coronavirus pandemic HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE GIVES BIPARTISAN APPROVAL TO THE WUHAN “LAB LEAK” LIES ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF COVID-19 The report of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic embraces the baseless campaign fomented by the fascist right blaming a Chinese lab for starting the COVID-19 pandemic. Benjamin Mateus•15 December 2024 NEW ZEALAND COVID-19 INQUIRY ENDORSES ABANDONMENT OF ELIMINATION STRATEGY The Royal Commission of Inquiry presents the Labour government’s abandonment of New Zealand’s COVID-19 elimination strategy, which has led to thousands of deaths and tens of thousands of hospitalisations, as inevitable. Tom Peters•10 December 2024 WHO INVESTIGATING UNIDENTIFIED ILLNESS WHICH HAS KILLED AT LEAST 143 PEOPLE IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO The World Health Organization is sending a team into a rural southwest province of the DRC to investigate a recent outbreak of disease that has killed at least 143 people and sickened nearly 400. The cause of the outbreak remains to be determined. Benjamin Mateus•5 December 2024 ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR’S ROLE IN SAMOAN MEASLES EPIDEMIC Kennedy’s anti-vaccine agitation in Samoa’s deadly 2019 measles epidemic is a warning of the global role he will play as Trump’s head of the US Department of Health and Human Services. John Braddock•26 November 2024 THE SPREAD OF H5N1 BIRD FLU AMONG ANIMALS AND THE GROWING POSSIBILITY OF A PANDEMIC Frank Gaglioti•27 November 2024 MPOX AND H5N1 BIRD FLU VIRUSES CONTINUE ON THE MARCH Bill Shaw•21 November 2024 GLOBAL RATE OF MEASLES SURGED BY 20 PERCENT IN 2023 Benjamin Mateus•17 November 2024 BRITISH COLUMBIA TEENAGER IN CRITICAL CONDITION WITH H5N1 BIRD FLU Benjamin Mateus•15 November 2024 CDC VIDEO DOWNPLAYS DANGER OF H5N1 BIRD FLU Bill Shaw•10 November 2024 Latin America and the Caribbean * Argentina * Bolivia * Brazil * Chile * Colombia * Costa Rica * Cuba * Ecuador * El Salvador * Guatemala * Haiti * Honduras * Mexico * Nicaragua * Peru * Puerto Rico * Venezuela ARGENTINE PRESIDENT MILEI’S FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE: SELF-DELUSION AND A FRONTAL ASSAULT ON THE WORKING CLASS The delusional trust and praise by the ruling class in the fascist “loco” Milei and the social devastation wrought by his first year in office make clear that capitalism has reached a fatal dead end and offers nothing but disaster. Andrea Lobo•15 December 2024 ARGENTINE TRADE UNION BUREAUCRACY DEEPENS PARTNERSHIP WITH FASCIST PRESIDENT JAVIER MILEI US imperialism has not only encouraged a partnership between the CGT union apparatus and Milei, but sees it as a model for the incoming Trump administration. Rafael Azul, Andrea Lobo•13 December 2024 PERU’S CORPORATE CHIEFS RATTLED BY DEEPENING CRISIS Peruvian media coverage of the CADE 2024 conference touted as a model President Javier Milei’s fascistic economic program in Argentina, which has left half of the population in poverty. Cesar Uco•12 December 2024 ARGENTINA’S FASCIST PRESIDENT MILEI HAILED AS A “BEACON” AT BUENOS AIRES CPAC CONFERENCE Lara Trump, co-chair of the Republican Party, hailed Milei’s measures in Argentina, proclaiming, “We are going to do the same thing in the United States.” Andrea Lobo•9 December 2024 MEXICAN GOVERNMENT CRACKS DOWN ON MIGRANT SURGE AHEAD OF TRUMP’S INAUGURATION Andrea Lobo•4 December 2024 BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SETS STAGE FOR RUTHLESS ESCALATION AGAINST VENEZUELA UNDER TRUMP Andrea Lobo•26 November 2024 BOLSONARO AND TOP GENERALS INDICTED FOR JANUARY 8 COUP IN BRAZIL Guilherme Ferreira, Tomas Castanheira•22 November 2024 HAITI’S UNELECTED PRIME MINISTER OUSTED AMID SURGING GANG AND STATE VIOLENCE, INCREASING SOCIAL MISERY Félix Gauthier•22 November 2024 PROTESTERS AT APEC SUMMIT IN LIMA, PERU: “LET THE WORLD HEAR, THEY ARE KILLING US.” Cesar Uco•22 November 2024 Israel’s genocide in Gaza and war on Lebanon * War and militarism US THREATENS TO INVESTIGATE SPAIN’S PARTIAL PORT DENIALS OF SHIPS CARRYING ARMS FOR GAZA GENOCIDE By letting US defense contractors send weapons to Israel through Spanish ports, the PSOE-Sumar government is making itself complicit in Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Santiago Guillen•12 December 2024 UNRWA SUSPENDS HUMANITARIAN AID TO GAZA AFTER ISRAEL ALLOWS ARMED GANGS TO ROB CONVOYS Not only do the Israel Defense Forces refuse to intervene against these armed criminals, but they also open fire on local police attempting to stop the looting. Jean Shaoul•11 December 2024 AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTS GENOCIDAL INTENT OF ISRAELI LEADERS In its exhaustive 296-page report, Amnesty International demonstrated that this mass killing was motivated by genocidal intent, which permeated from the top of the Israeli government to the soldiers doing the killing. Andre Damon•6 December 2024 TRUMP’S ELECTION EMBOLDENS NETANYAHU’S FAR-RIGHT ISRAELI GOVERNMENT On Monday, Trump threatened, “If the hostages are not released prior to January 20, 2025, the date that I proudly assume office as President of the United States, there will be ALL HELL TO PAY in the Middle East”. Jean Shaoul•4 December 2024 TEHRAN MAKES OVERTURES TO TRUMP, AS HE PREPARES TO ESCALATE WASHINGTON’S WAR ON IRAN Keith Jones•30 November 2024 TRUDEAU SMEARS MONTREAL ANTI-NATO PROTEST AS “ANTISEMITIC” Félix Gauthier•27 November 2024 ISRAEL CARPET BOMBS BEIRUT AFTER BIDEN ANNOUNCES CEASEFIRE Kevin Reed•27 November 2024 ISRAEL RESPONDS TO ICC RULING WITH BOMBINGS IN LEBANON, MASS EXPULSIONS IN GAZA Andre Damon•24 November 2024 US THREATENS TO SANCTION INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT OVER WAR CRIMES CHARGES AGAINST NETANYAHU Andre Damon•21 November 2024 The re-election of Trump and the government of oligarchy TRUMP PROMOTES “AMERICA FIRST” NATIONALISM TO HEAD OFF POTENTIAL SECOND STRIKE ON US EAST COAST DOCKS The same president who has promised to deploy the military to deport undocumented immigrants and even their citizen relatives will use similar ruthless methods against the working class, against whom such measures are ultimately aimed. John Conrad, Tom Hall•13 December 2024 TRUMP NOMINATES FASCISTS FOR TOP STATE DEPARTMENT POSTS Over the weekend Trump named three far-right Republicans to high-level positions in the State Department, including Michael Anton, Michael Needham and Christopher Landau. Jacob Crosse•11 December 2024 DONALD TRUMP’S THREAT TO ABOLISH BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP The proposal by Donald Trump to eliminate birthright citizenship by executive fiat on “day one” of his second administration would mean the formal repudiation of the bedrock democratic principle underlying the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments: that citizenship and the panoply of democratic rights attendant to it are available to all persons born in the United States, and that no branch of government can strip them away. Eric London•10 December 2024 TRUMP TEAM MULLS MEXICO “INVASION” AMID CRUSHING TARIFF THREATS The fundamental contradiction between world economy and the nation-state system under capitalism is bursting forth in the form of threats of cascading tariffs and war threats. Don Knowland•3 December 2024 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS PRESIDENT SEEKS COMMON GROUND WITH TRUMP’S PICK FOR SECRETARY OF EDUCATION Renae Cassimeda•3 December 2024 PRESIDENT BIDEN PARDONS HIS SON HUNTER BIDEN ON GUN AND TAX FELONIES Patrick Martin•2 December 2024 WILL MEDICARE AND MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR ANTI-OBESITY DRUGS SURVIVE RFK JR.? Benjamin Mateus•2 December 2024 GRISLY ACCIDENT DURING SCHOOL’S WORK-BASED PROGRAM A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME FOR CHILD LABOR UNDER TRUMP Jane Wise•2 December 2024 TRUMP SAYS HE WILL APPOINT LOYALIST AND TOP JANUARY 6 CO-CONSPIRATOR KASH PATEL TO HEAD FBI Jacob Crosse•2 December 2024 Middle East * Iraq * Iran * Israel * Lebanon * Palestine * Saudi Arabia * Syria * Yemen US-SPONSORED WAR OF REGIME CHANGE DEVASTATES SYRIA The pseudo-left groups backed a war in which nearly 500,000 people lost their lives, nearly half of all the conflict-related deaths worldwide over the same period. Jean Shaoul•15 December 2024 BLINKEN VISITS ANKARA WITH ISRAEL AND TURKEY ON COLLISION COURSE IN SYRIA After the regime change in Damascus, while Israel was invading Syria and destroying its defense infrastructure, Blinken visited Turkey and Turkish intelligence chief Kalın went to Damascus to meet with HTS leader al-Jolani. Barış Demir, Ulaş Ateşçi•13 December 2024 US, ISRAEL LAUNCH MASS BOMBING CAMPAIGN AGAINST SYRIA AFTER FALL OF ASSAD Israeli statements make clear these bombings aim to shatter Syria’s ability to militarily defend its territory and, thus, to initiate the carve-up of the country by NATO-backed forces. Alex Lantier•10 December 2024 TURKISH-BACKED ISLAMISTS ATTACK KURDISH FORCES AFTER SYRIA REGIME’S COLLAPSE The main determinant of Turkey’s recent Syria policy has been to prevent the creation of a Kurdish state on its southern border and the encouragement of similar tendencies among the large Kurdish population inside the country as well. Barış Demir•9 December 2024 SYRIAN GOVERNMENT COLLAPSES AFTER BASHAR AL-ASSAD FLEES TO RUSSIA Jordan Shilton•9 December 2024 TURKEY LEADS REGIME CHANGE BATTLE IN SYRIA Barış Demir, Ulaş Ateşçi•3 December 2024 US-BACKED ISLAMIST MILITIAS STORM ALEPPO, SYRIA Alex Lantier•3 December 2024 THE WORKERS’ PARTY OF TURKEY AND THE IMPASSE OF PSEUDO-LEFT POLITICS Ozan Kutlucan•20 November 2024 JURY AWARDS $42 MILLION TO 3 IRAQIS TORTURED IN ABU GHRAIB PRISON 20 YEARS AGO, HOLDING US MILITARY CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBLE John Burton•15 November 2024 Global mass protests against Israel’s genocide in Gaza NEW YORK UNIVERSITY BANS PRO-PALESTINIAN FACULTY AND STUDENTS The IYSSE in New York and New Jersey demands that New York University’s bans on pro-Palestinian faculty and students be lifted immediately. International Youth and Students for Social Equality in New York and New Jersey•13 December 2024 MIT STUDENT EFFECTIVELY EXPELLED FOR OPPOSING GAZA GENOCIDE Prahlad Iyengar, a second-year PhD student student at MIT, has been effectively expelled from the Cambridge, Massachusetts based university for the offense of opposing the Israeli genocide in Gaza. Chase Lawrence•10 December 2024 RIGHT WING GROUPS IN CALIFORNIA USE BOGUS CLAIMS OF ANTISEMITISM TO LAUNCH LEGAL ATTACKS ON EDUCATION AND FREE SPEECH A series of lawsuits have been launched by pro-Zionist outfits against California teachers and school districts in an attempt to stifle opposition to the genocide in Gaza. Dan Conway•10 December 2024 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY STUDENTS DEMAND DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS FOR LEADERS OF STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE Students have reacted with outrage at the university and police attempts to silence dissent on the campus. Nick Barrickman•9 December 2024 SYDNEY SCHOOL STUDENTS CONDEMN DISCIPLINING OF PALESTINIAN PUPIL FOR WEARING KEFFIYEH Our reporters•9 December 2024 FIREBOMBING OF MELBOURNE SYNAGOGUE USED TO ATTACK OPPONENTS OF GAZA GENOCIDE Oscar Grenfell•9 December 2024 COURT HEARING HELD FOR UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN GAZA SOLIDARITY ENCAMPMENT PROTESTERS CHARGED BY ATTORNEY GENERAL NESSEL Luke Galvin•6 December 2024 OPPOSE THE ATTACKS ON THE DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS OF STUDENTS AT GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY! MOBILIZE THE WORKING CLASS IN DEFENSE OF DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS! International Youth and Students for Social Equality at George Mason University•4 December 2024 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN CONFIRMS FILING OF COMPLAINT AGAINST CAMPUS CHAPTER OF STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE James McDonald•3 December 2024 84 years since the assassination of Leon Trotsky Trotsky's assassination was the greatest political crime of the 20th century. Alongside Vladimir Lenin, Trotsky was the leader of the 1917 October revolution in Russia, which led to the establishment of the first workers’ state in history, and the preeminent strategist of world socialist revolution. US Politics JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT CONFIRMS FBI HAD OVER 2 DOZEN INFORMANTS IN MILITIA GROUPS DURING JANUARY 6 ATTACK Prior to January 6, 2021, well placed informants provided detailed information to their FBI handlers on the violent plans of leading members of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys militia groups, which were ignored by the FBI and in follow-up investigations into the failed coup. Jacob Crosse•16 December 2024 IN RUN-UP TO TRUMP’S INAUGURATION, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ENDS MAJOR COMPONENT OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION PROGRAMS UM, a leading architect of DEI programs, is accommodating itself to the incoming fascistic Trump administration, which is spearheading an “America First” ideological offensive that falsely links identity politics with Marxism. Luke Galvin•15 December 2024 DONALD TRUMP’S THREAT TO ABOLISH BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP The proposal by Donald Trump to eliminate birthright citizenship by executive fiat on “day one” of his second administration would mean the formal repudiation of the bedrock democratic principle underlying the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments: that citizenship and the panoply of democratic rights attendant to it are available to all persons born in the United States, and that no branch of government can strip them away. Eric London•10 December 2024 IN HIS TWILIGHT, PRESIDENT BIDEN BOASTS OF ECONOMIC SUCCESS AND DECADES OF SERVITUDE TO CORPORATE AMERICA The semi-coherent president coughed and hacked his way through prepared remarks at the Brookings Institution on Tuesday that were completely divorced from the economic reality facing millions of people. Jacob Crosse•10 December 2024 FLUORIDATION OF COMMUNITY WATER AND THE POLITICS OF DISINFORMATION Benjamin Mateus•8 December 2024 THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA ON THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL: HYPOCRISY AND BETRAYALS IN THE SERVICE OF BIG BUSINESS Marc Wells•8 December 2024 DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR UNELECTED BILLIONAIRES’ PLANS TO SLASH GOVERNMENT AND SOCIAL SPENDING Jacob Crosse•6 December 2024 RIGHT-WING SUPREME COURT MAJORITY APPEARS READY TO APPROVE STATE BANS ON GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE FOR ADOLESCENTS John Burton•6 December 2024 FLUORIDATION OF COMMUNITY WATER AND THE POLITICS OF DISINFORMATION Benjamin Mateus•6 December 2024 The Gaza genocide and the death of Aaron Bushnell: What are the political lessons? 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. Africa * Algeria * Congo (DRC) * Egypt * Ethiopia * Libya * Kenya * Morocco * Mali * Niger * Nigeria * Tunisia * Somalia * Sudan * South Africa * Uganda * Zambia * Zimbabwe NAMIBIA ELECTIONS SEE DECLINING SUPPORT FOR RULING SWAPO SWAPO’s decline and that of other anti-colonial national movements have exposed the organic incapacity of Africa’s bourgeois nationalists to realise the aspirations of the African masses for freedom from foreign domination, democracy and social justice. Alejandro López•4 December 2024 CHAD ENDS LONGSTANDING MILITARY COOPERATION WITH FRANCE Chad, a former African colony of France, has for decades been central to its military operations in Africa, but it is developing closer ties to Russia amid the NATO war with Russia in Ukraine. Kumaran Ira•1 December 2024 MOZAMBIQUE BANS DEMONSTRATIONS AFTER WEEKS OF PROTESTS FOLLOWING GENERAL ELECTIONS Protests against the ruling FRELIMO party continue as opposition candidate Venâncio Mondlane, who is linked to Trump and Portuguese fascist circles, appeals for support from imperialism. David Brown•20 November 2024 SOUTH AFRICA’S ANC GOVERNMENT EMPLOYS POLICE BLOCKADE TO TRAP ILLEGAL GOLD MINERS UNDERGROUND The police’s murderous tactics, dubbed “surrender or starve”, have caused outrage in South Africa where unemployment has soared to 42 percent and economic desperation is widespread in the world’s most unequal society. Jean Shaoul•19 November 2024 NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT FORCED TO DROP TREASON CHARGES CARRYING DEATH PENALTY AGAINST 119 COST-OF-LIVING PROTESTERS Alice Summers•12 November 2024 SUDAN’S CIVIL WAR AND “WORLD’S WORST” HUMANITARIAN CRISIS UNLEASHED BY IMPERIALIST SCHEMING Jean Shaoul•29 October 2024 IMPEACHED KENYAN DEPUTY PRESIDENT REPLACED BY POLICE-STATE ENFORCER KITHURE KINDIKI Kipchumba Ochieng•20 October 2024 KENYA’S GEN Z INSURGENCY, THE STRIKE WAVE AND THE STRUGGLE FOR PERMANENT REVOLUTION-PART 1 Kipchumba Ochieng•3 October 2024 KENYA’S GEN Z INSURGENCY, THE STRIKE WAVE AND THE STRUGGLE FOR PERMANENT REVOLUTION-PART 2 Kipchumba Ochieng•4 October 2024 Free Bogdan Syrotiuk! RUSSIAN MILITANT GROUP SUPPORTS CAMPAIGN TO FREE BOGDAN SYROTIUK More than six months have passed since Bogdan's arrest. During this time many organizations, parties, intellectuals and scholars have expressed their support for him. Young Guard of Bolshevik-Leninists•19 November 2024 WSWS READERS DEMAND FREEDOM FOR BOGDAN SYROTIUK In the past few weeks, we have received around one hundred letters from 25 different countries from readers defending Bogdan and highlighting the political motives behind his imprisonment. Our reporters•14 November 2024 FREE BOGDAN SYROTIUK! Six months after his arrest, Bogdan Syrotiuk, the courageous Ukrainian socialist arrested for opposing the war, remains in prison awaiting a drumhead trial in a legal travesty. Johannes Stern•25 October 2024 GREEN PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JILL STEIN CALLS FOR RELEASE OF BOGDAN SYROTIUK Stein has made this statement calling for the release of socialist and anti-war activist Bogdan Syrotiuk, who has been imprisoned by the Zelensky regime in Ukraine. 25 October 2024 UKRAINIAN YOUTH SPEAKS OUT IN SUPPORT OF BOGDAN SYROTIUK A Ukrainian youth in Germany•10 September 2024 RUSSIAN ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES DEMAND BOGDAN SYROTIUK’S RELEASE Andrei Grozov•3 September 2024 RELEASE COMRADE BOGDAN SYROTIUK UNCONDITIONALLY AND IMMEDIATELY! Pani Wijesiriwardane, SEP Presidential candidate in Sri Lanka•27 August 2024 LEFT-WING ORGANISATIONS IN SRI LANKA SUPPORT “FREE BOGDAN SYROTIUK” CAMPAIGN Our reporters•22 August 2024 RUSSIAN NEO-STALINISTS, MAOISTS OPPOSE THE CAMPAIGN TO FREE UKRAINIAN SOCIALIST BOGDAN SYROTIUK Andrei Grozov•19 August 2024 World economy THE SPECULATIVE BITCOIN FRENZY The total size of the crypto market is estimated to be larger than the combined worth of Mastercard, Walmart and JPMorgan Chase. Nick Beams•10 December 2024 TRUMP WILL LAUNCH TARIFF WAR TO DEFEND DOLLAR SUPREMACY Countries in the BRICS group must make a commitment not to try to create an alternative to the US currency or face the imposition of 100 percent tariffs. Nick Beams•1 December 2024 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TRUMP’S WAR TO MAINTAIN DOLLAR SUPREMACY Trump’s threats are not overblown rhetoric but the expression of the economic relations and contradictions daily at work in the US economy. Nick Beams•4 December 2024 EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK CHIEF’S INTERVIEW POINTS TO SHOCK OF TRADE WAR THREAT Lagarde said the strategy of the European Union to the Trump tariff threat should be negotiation not retaliation, but whether that is possible is another question. Nick Beams•29 November 2024 SMALL DISTURBANCES CAN HAVE BIG EFFECTS, US FED WARNS Nick Beams•25 November 2024 EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK POINTS TO RETURN OF SOVEREIGN DEBT CRISIS Nick Beams•21 November 2024 APEC FREE TRADE AGENDA THROWN INTO TURMOIL Nick Beams•14 November 2024 CHINA ANNOUNCES PACKAGE FOR DEBT-RIDDEN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS Nick Beams•10 November 2024 FED CUTS INTEREST RATE AS CHAIR POWELL BATS AWAY QUESTIONS ON IMPACT OF TRUMP AGENDA Nick Beams•7 November 2024 The US-NATO war with Russia BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PLEDGES “MASSIVE SURGE” OF WEAPONS TO UKRAINE Since the November 5, 2024 presidential election, the Biden administration has enormously expanded the scale of direct US military intervention into the Ukraine war. Andre Damon•1 December 2024 STOP STARMER’S ESCALATING WAR AGAINST RUSSIA! BUILD A SOCIALIST ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT! By agreeing to Ukraine firing Storm Shadow cruise missiles into Russian territory, Starmer has made a de facto declaration of war without so much as a debate in parliament. Chris Marsden•22 November 2024 DUBIOUS “BOMB SCARES” IN UK, AS DE FACTO WAR IS DECLARED ON RUSSIA This has all the hallmarks of a black propaganda campaign. Police and state forces are being mobilised with the explanation that there is an ongoing terror threat and that Russia is likely pulling the strings. Robert Stevens•25 November 2024 PENTAGON “ADJUSTS NUCLEAR DETERRENCE STRATEGY” AMID ESCALATING WAR WITH RUSSIA The Department of Defense published a report on Thursday with details of changes to US arms strategy in an environment of multiple nuclear peer adversaries, especially Russia and China. Kevin Reed•22 November 2024 UKRAINE REPORTEDLY FIRES UK STORM SHADOW MISSILES INTO RUSSIA FOR THE FIRST TIME Chris Marsden•20 November 2024 UKRAINE PREPARES TO END TRANSIT OF RUSSIAN NATURAL GAS Jason Melanovski•21 November 2024 UKRAINIANS IN BERLIN DEMONSTRATE IN DEFENCE OF DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS AGAINST THE ZELENSKY REGIME Tamino Dreisam•20 November 2024 AUTHORIZING STRIKES DEEP INSIDE RUSSIA, NATO POWERS SEEK TO PROVOKE ESCALATION OF WAR Andre Damon•20 November 2024 EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS BACK USE OF US MISSILES TO BOMB RUSSIA Johannes Stern, Alex Lantier•20 November 2024 Science * Biology and evolution * Medical science * Space research and astronomy * Physics * Climate change COP29, CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE NORMALIZATION OF MASS DEATH The latest climate summit embraced the same policy that has been adopted since such climate talks began in 1995: the subordination of Earth’s environment and the lives of those impacted to the corporate and economic demands of the United States and the other major capitalist powers. Bryan Dyne•30 November 2024 COP29 ENDS WITH EMPTY DEAL, AS 2024 SET TO BE WARMEST YEAR ON HUMAN RECORD According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, “The average temperature anomaly for the rest of 2024 would have to drop to almost zero for 2024 to not be the warmest year.” Bryan Dyne•24 November 2024 CURRENT EMISSION REDUCTION PLEDGES BY GOVERNMENTS INTERNATIONALLY WILL RESULT IN DISASTROUS GLOBAL WARMING A new United Nations report shows that the world is headed towards up to 3.1℃ of warming by the end of the century, with devastating consequences for billions of people worldwide. Mark Wilson•20 November 2024 NEW STUDY WARNS OF THE DANGERS IN “OVERSHOOTING” CLIMATE TARGETS This research reinforces the scientific consensus that the only viable strategy to limit catastrophic climate change requires drastic and immediate emissions cuts. Mark Wilson•7 November 2024 EVOLUTION OF THE HUMAN HAND SHOWS EARLIER USE OF TOOLS THAN PREVIOUSLY DOCUMENTED Philip Guelpa•20 October 2024 HURRICANE MILTON LEAVES BEHIND A SWATH OF DEVASTATION FROM TAMPA BAY TO DAYTONA BEACH Jane Wise•10 October 2024 NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE AWARDED TO DISCOVERERS OF MICRORNA Benjamin Mateus•9 October 2024 NINE-DAY GLOBAL SEISMIC WAVE LINKED TO CLIMATE CHANGE-INDUCED TSUNAMI Mark Wilson•4 October 2024 FAILURE OF BOEING SPACECRAFT STRANDS 2 ASTRONAUTS ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION Bryan Dyne•27 August 2024 All Eyes On Autoworkers WARNING STRIKES AT NINE VW PLANTS IN GERMANY The head of Volkswagen’s works council Daniela Cavallo has made it clear that the IG Metall union and the works council do not want to fight but “let off steam”. Ludwig Weller•3 December 2024 THAI AUTOWORKERS FACE MASS LAYOFFS As the largest producer of vehicles in South East Asia, tens if not hundreds of thousands of jobs in Thailand are potentially on the chopping block. Robert Campion•2 December 2024 DEFEAT UNITE’S COLLUSION WITH STELLANTIS AND LABOUR GOVERNMENT! ORGANISE RANK-AND-FILE ACTION TO DEFEND JOBS! United and effective action by Stellantis workers worldwide can only be achieved by the rank-and-file in direct opposition to the economic nationalism and corporatism of the trade union bureaucracy. Tony Robson•19 November 2024 UAW PRESIDENT IN DAMAGE CONTROL AS RANK-AND-FILE ANGER MOUNTS OVER STELLANTIS LAYOFFS According to the Detroit News, the automaker has laid off nearly 4,000 workers in Detroit and Toledo metro areas since September alone. Jerry White•19 November 2024 AFTER PLANT CLOSURES ANNOUNCED AT VW: FOR A GLOBAL RANK-AND-FILE CAMPAIGN AGAINST JOB CUTS IN THE AUTO INDUSTRY! International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees•29 October 2024 BIDEN WHITE HOUSE BACKS UAW BUREAUCRACY’S PHONY “KEEP THE PROMISE” CAMPAIGN Shannon Jones•17 October 2024 SUPPORT THE DAKKOTA AUTO PARTS STRIKE! AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL! BAN THE USE OF SCAB PARTS FROM DAKKOTA! Dakkota Workers Rank-and-File Committee•27 August 2024 DAKKOTA WORKERS’ STRIKE IN DANGER AS UAW DEMANDS FIFTH VOTE ON SELLOUT AGREEMENT: “WE HAVE THE STRENGTH TO STAND UP AND FIGHT BACK” George Marlowe•30 August 2024 DAKKOTA INTEGRATED SYSTEMS: THE LOW-WAGE SWEATSHOP WORKERS ARE FIGHTING AGAINST Jerry White•27 August 2024 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. Read International Youth and Students for Social Equality THE WEAPONIZATION OF STUDENT ABSENTEEISM: LIES TO JUSTIFY SCHOOL PRIVATIZATION UNDER TRUMP The incoming administration intends to use the crisis of "chronic absenteeism," a product of the intense social crisis in the US, to justify vast new attacks on public education. Phyllis Steele, Nancy Hanover•2 December 2024 STUDENT PARLIAMENT AT BERLIN’S HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY APPROVES IYSSE MOTION OPPOSING STATE ATTACKS ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND ACADEMIC FREEDOM On November 11 the student parliament (StuPa) at the Berlin Humboldt University approved a resolution introduced by the International Youth & Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) entitled "Condemn the attack on academic freedom by the Federal Ministry of Education." Christopher Lehmann•28 November 2024 WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY IYSSE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ELABORATES SOCIALIST PERSPECTIVE AGAINST WAR AND GENOCIDE The meeting at the working-class university outlined a socialist perspective, based on the mobilisation of the working class against the Gaza genocide and imperialist war. Our reporters•30 October 2024 AUSTRALIAN IYSSE CLUBS HOLD ANTI-WAR ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS IN MELBOURNE AND NEWCASTLE The meetings included lively political discussion on the IYSSE’s perspective of building a global anti-war movement in the working class against Israel’s assault against the people of Palestine and Lebanon, and broader eruption of imperialist war. Our reporters•24 October 2024 IN VICTORY FOR DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS, POLICE RESCIND CITATIONS BANNING SEP/IYSSE MEMBERS FROM UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN CAMPUS International Youth and Students for Social Equality (US)•15 October 2024 MOMODOU TAAL WINS CASE AGAINST CORNELL UNIVERSITY Kevin Reed•10 October 2024 STOP THE DEPORTATION OF MOMODOU TAAL! Andrea Peters•5 October 2024 WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY RANK-AND-FILE COMMITTEE DENOUNCES ARREST OF ANTI-GENOCIDE STUDENT PROTESTERS Western Sydney University Rank-and-File Committee•14 October 2024 SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING AT WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY SUPPORTS A SOCIALIST STRATEGY TO FIGHT GENOCIDE AND WAR Eric Ludlow•9 October 2024 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. Read the introduction The persecution of Julian Assange PREMIERE IN BERLIN OF A NEW DOCUMENTARY–JULIAN ASSANGE AND THE DARK SECRETS OF WAR The most telling episodes of the film include the testimony of Ethan McCord who relates that witnessing the savagery of the American military on that day in Iraq had changed his life forever. Stefan Steinberg•11 October 2024 JULIAN ASSANGE DELIVERS FIRST SPEECH SINCE RELEASE FROM UK PRISON: “I PLEADED GUILTY TO JOURNALISM” Assange told the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe: “I am not free today because the system worked, I am free today after years of incarceration because I pled guilty to journalism.” Laura Tiernan•1 October 2024 AUSTRALIAN SPOOKS AND THEIR MEDIA MOUTHPIECES BEMOAN ASSANGE’S FREEDOM The complaints have a pathetic character to them, but also underscore the fact that the assault on democratic rights associated with the persecution of Assange persists and deepens. Oscar Grenfell•3 July 2024 THE AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY’S RECORD IN THE ASSANGE CASE The Australian government's involvement in the plea deal arrangements was the result of mass popular pressure. It followed years of Labor actively assisting the persecution of Assange. Oscar Grenfell•29 June 2024 JULIAN ASSANGE ARRIVES IN AUSTRALIA FREE Oscar Grenfell•26 June 2024 JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE, BUT THE STRUGGLE TO DEFEND DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS CONTINUES Statement of the World Socialist Web Site editorial board•25 June 2024 JULIAN ASSANGE FREED AFTER PLEA DEAL WITH THE US Oscar Grenfell•24 June 2024 THE FIGHT TO FREE ASSANGE IS THE FIGHT AGAINST WAR! Thomas Scripps•20 February 2024 FOUR YEARS SINCE THE ARREST AND IMPRISONMENT OF WIKILEAKS PUBLISHER JULIAN ASSANGE Oscar Grenfell•11 April 2023 Leon Trotsky * The 1917 Russian Revolution * Vladimir Lenin * The Left Opposition’s fight against Stalinism (1923-1933) * History of the Fourth International SEMINAL DOCUMENTS OF THE SOVIET TROTSKYIST MOVEMENT FROM THE EARLY 1930S PUBLISHED FOR THE FIRST TIME Published for the first time 90 years after they were written, the documents are an irrefutable vindication of the century-long struggle by the Trotskyist movement against Stalinism and for historical truth. Clara Weiss•16 September 2024 ANALYZING A WORLD IN CHAOS FROM AN ISLAND OF TRANQUILITY This speech was given by David North at the second international commemoration of the work of Leon Trotsky on Büyükada (Prinkipo), Turkey, during the first period of his exile from the Soviet Union between 1929 and 1933. David North•26 August 2024 A REPLY TO AN ANARCHIST’S FALSIFICATION OF THE LEON TROTSKY COMMEMORATION ON PRINKIPO The event was covered by many national and local media outlets and widely discussed on social media before and after the event in Turkey. However, a former Maoist and current anarchist published an article on his website denouncing and misrepresenting David North’s remarks. Ulaş Ateşçi•1 September 2024 ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSASSINATION OF LEON TROTSKY Eighty-four years ago today, on August 20, 1940, Leon Trotsky was assassinated by an agent of the Stalinist secret police, the GPU, in his villa in Coyoacan, Mexico, where he spent the final three years of his life as a political exile. David North•20 August 2024 TROTSKY’S LAST YEAR David North•19 August 2020 LEON TROTSKY AND THE STRUGGLE FOR SOCIALISM IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY David North•4 April 2023 THE ROLE OF SECURITY AND THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL IN THE FIGHT FOR THE CONTINUITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL Eric London•21 September 2023 ON THE FOUNDING OF THE LEFT OPPOSITION David North•8 October 2023 AN ISLAND AT THE CENTER OF WORLD HISTORY: TROTSKY ON PRINKIPO David North•20 August 2023 Socialist Equality Party (US) 2024 National Congress OPENING REPORT TO THE EIGHTH CONGRESS OF THE SOCIALIST EQUALITY PARTY (US) We are publishing here the opening report to the Eighth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US), given by David North, the national chairman of the SEP. The congress was held from August 4 to August 9, 2024. David North•15 August 2024 REPORT TO THE SEP (US) EIGHTH NATIONAL CONGRESS 16 YEARS SINCE THE FOUNDING CONGRESS OF THE SOCIALIST EQUALITY PARTY We are publishing here the report to the Eighth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) given by Joseph Kishore, the national secretary of the SEP. Joseph Kishore•16 August 2024 H5N1 BIRD FLU, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND THE SOCIAL RIGHTS OF THE WORKING CLASS The threat of pandemics and the deepening climate crisis raise existential concerns for all life and well-being on the planet, with capitalism bringing the world to the brink of annihilation. Benjamin Mateus, Bryan Dyne•15 September 2024 REPORT TO THE SEP (US) EIGHTH NATIONAL CONGRESS THE BARBARISM OF “FOREVER COVID” AND THE FIGHT FOR SOCIALIST PUBLIC HEALTH We are publishing here the report to the Eighth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) given by Evan Blake. The congress was held from August 4 to August 9, 2024. Evan Blake•4 September 2024 THE SEP INTERVENTION IN THE UAW ELECTION AND THE FIGHT FOR SOCIALISM AMONG AUTOWORKERS Jerry White•2 September 2024 THE CAMPAIGN TO FREE BOGDAN SYROTIUK AND THE FIGHT AGAINST WAR Clara Weiss•30 August 2024 THE SOCIALIST EQUALITY PARTY’S FIGHT TO BUILD THE INTERNATIONAL WORKERS ALLIANCE OF RANK-AND-FILE COMMITTEES, 2022-2024 Tom Hall•28 August 2024 THE TWILIGHT OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY (1991-2024) Tom Carter•26 August 2024 SOCIALISM, HISTORY AND THE DEFENSE OF DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS Tom Mackaman•23 August 2024 One Hundred Years Since the Death of Lenin 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. View page May Day 2024 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. David North•5 May 2024 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. Johannes Stern•16 May 2024 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. Dilaxshan Mahalingam•15 May 2024 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. Tom Peters•15 May 2024 ACCOMPLICES IN GENOCIDE: CANADIAN IMPERIALISM AND FASCIST BARBARISM Keith Jones•14 May 2024 FIGHT THE AUSTRALIAN LABOR GOVERNMENT’S PROGRAM OF WAR AND AUSTERITY! Max Boddy•14 May 2024 THE STRUGGLE FOR INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM IN SOUTH ASIA Deepal Jayasekera•13 May 2024 THE RESHAPING OF LATIN AMERICA BY THE NEW IMPERIALIST WAR Tomas Castanheira•13 May 2024 THE STRUGGLE FOR SOCIALISM AGAINST BRITISH IMPERIALISM AND THE LABOUR PARTY Thomas Scripps•12 May 2024 Tributes to Comrade Helen Halyard (1950-2023) 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. David North•4 December 2023 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. David North•20 December 2023 “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. Patrick Martin, Esther Galen•30 January 2024 TRIBUTE TO HELEN: BEVERLY LOZANO, A SUPPORTER FROM CALIFORNIA A tribute to Helen Halyard written by Beverly Lozano, a supporter of the WSWS. Beverly Lozano•18 January 2024 HELEN HALYARD (1950-2023), A LIFE DEDICATED TO THE LIBERATION OF THE WORKING CLASS Patrick Martin•30 November 2023 “HELEN HALYARD GAVE TO THE PARTY, ITS PROGRAM, AND THE INTERNATIONAL WORKING CLASS, THE ‘FULL MEASURE’ OF HER LIFE” Richard Phillips•12 January 2024 AN APPRECIATION OF COMRADE HELEN HALYARD Ed Bergonzi•11 January 2024 “TO HELEN OURS WAS A PARTY OF THE GREAT PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONALISM AND THE CENTRAL REVOLUTIONARY ROLE OF THE WORKING CLASS” Paul Sherman•8 January 2024 “HELEN EXEMPLIFIED WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A PARTY CADRE” Nancy Hanover•2 January 2024 The Centenary of Trotskyism 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. Joseph Kishore•18 December 2023 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. International Youth and Students for Social Equality at U-M•14 January 2024 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. Our reporters•11 January 2024 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. Our reporters•2 January 2024 SRI LANKAN WORKERS CONDEMN PRO-GOVERNMENT THUG ATTACK ON SEP MEMBERS Our reporters•29 December 2023 AUSTRALIAN WORKERS AND YOUTH CONDEMN VIOLENT ATTACK ON SRI LANKAN SEP MEMBERS Our reporter•19 December 2023 BRITISH TROTSKYISTS CONDEMN PRO-GOVERNMENT THUG ATTACK ON SRI LANKAN SEP MEMBERS our reporters•13 December 2023 SEP (US) NATIONAL SECRETARY JOSEPH KISHORE ADDRESSES “CENTENARY OF TROTSKYISM” PUBLIC MEETING IN COLOMBO Our reporters•11 December 2023 SEP (US) NATIONAL SECRETARY JOE KISHORE ADDRESSES “CENTENARY OF TROTSKYISM” PUBLIC MEETING AT SRI LANKA’S PERADENIYA UNIVERSITY Our reporters•8 December 2023 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. Read Trump’s January 6 coup d’état 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. Kevin Reed•7 March 2024 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. John Burton•7 February 2024 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•24 October 2023 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•23 October 2023 TOP TRUMP COUP LAWYER SIDNEY POWELL TURNS STATE’S WITNESS ON EVE OF GEORGIA TRIAL Jacob Crosse•19 October 2023 TRUMP-BACKED ELECTION DENIER JIM JORDAN FAILS IN SECOND VOTE FOR HOUSE SPEAKER Barry Grey•18 October 2023 FORMER CAPITOL POLICE CHIEF BLASTS PENTAGON OFFICIALS FOR DELAYING DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD DURING JANUARY 6 COUP Jacob Crosse•20 September 2023 RETIRING SENATOR ROMNEY CONFIRMS PENTAGON, CONGRESS KNEW TRUMP PLANNED VIOLENT COUP DAYS BEFORE JANUARY 6 Jacob Crosse•15 September 2023 GEORGIA SPECIAL GRAND JURY RECOMMENDED CHARGING 39 TOP REPUBLICANS, INCLUDING SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM, LAWYER CLETA MITCHELL AND RETIRED GEN. MICHAEL FLYNN Jacob Crosse•8 September 2023 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. Find out more Socialist Equality Party 2023 Summer School 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•12 October 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. Tom Peters, Thomas Scripps•5 October 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. Christoph Vandreier•27 September 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. Eric London•21 September 2023 WOHLFORTH’S RENEGACY, THE RENEWAL OF THE STRUGGLE AGAINST PABLOISM IN THE WORKERS LEAGUE, AND THE TURN TO THE WORKING CLASS Evan Blake, Tom Mackaman•13 September 2023 THE ICFI’S EXPOSURE OF ERNEST MANDEL’S “NEO-CAPITALISM” AND THE ANALYSIS OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS: 1967–1971 Max Boddy•8 September 2023 LEON TROTSKY AND THE STRUGGLE FOR SOCIALISM IN THE EPOCH OF IMPERIALIST WAR AND SOCIALIST REVOLUTION David North•7 August 2023 THE CONTINUING STRUGGLE AGAINST PABLOISM, THE CENTRISM OF THE OCI AND THE EMERGING CRISIS WITHIN THE ICFI Samuel Tissot, Peter Schwarz•5 September 2023 THE “GREAT BETRAYAL” IN CEYLON, THE FORMATION OF THE AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL, AND THE FOUNDING OF THE WORKERS LEAGUE Keith Jones•30 August 2023 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. Read The Global Workers' Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic 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•27 March 2023 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•23 March 2023 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•24 March 2023 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•17 March 2023 MICHIGAN HOSPITAL WORKER WITH LONG COVID SPEAKS ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION OF HEALTH CARE IN THE US George Kirby•16 March 2023 TEACHER DESCRIBES STRUGGLE TO GET TREATED FOR LONG COVID IN NEW ZEALAND Tom Peters•10 January 2023 ALBERTA NURSE SPEAKS ABOUT UNION INDIFFERENCE TO MASS ILLNESS AND DEATH Dylan Lubao•15 December 2022 FLIGHT ATTENDANT SHARES HIS EXPERIENCE BEING INTUBATED FOR 19 DAYS WITH COVID-19 Evan Blake•1 December 2022 WSWS SPEAKS WITH NEW ZEALAND LONG COVID SUFFERER Tom Peters•29 November 2022 From our publishers Mehring Books The New York Times’ 1619 Project and the Racialist Falsification of History 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. Read more The Wuhan Lab conspiracy theory THE WUHAN “LAB LEAK” FRAUD: A POLITICAL WITCH-HUNT AGAINST SCIENCE AND PUBLIC HEALTH The hearings before the House subcommittee have been a bipartisan effort to foment anti-Chinese hysteria. Benjamin Mateus•3 July 2024 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. Benjamin Mateus•3 May 2024 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•28 February 2023 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•26 February 2023 REPUBLICANS REVIVE DISCREDITED WUHAN LAB LEAK THEORY AND CALL ANTHONY FAUCI TO TESTIFY Benjamin Mateus•16 February 2023 ANTHONY FAUCI GIVES AID AND COMFORT TO COVID-19 “LAB LEAK” CONSPIRACY THEORY Andre Damon•28 November 2022 WASHINGTON POST BACKS REPUBLICAN-LED WITCH-HUNT AGAINST SCIENTISTS Andre Damon•18 November 2022 BOSTON UNIVERSITY STUDY ON OMICRON VARIANT SMEARED AS DANGEROUS GAIN-OF-FUNCTION RESEARCH BY RIGHT-WING REACTIONARIES Benjamin Mateus•1 November 2022 The New York Times’ 1619 Project 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•29 September 2023 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•4 May 2023 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•8 April 2023 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•2 March 2023 1619 PROJECT CREATOR NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES WAS PAID OVER $1 MILLION TO SPEAK ABOUT RACE AT COLLEGES IN 2022 Dominic Gustavo•24 February 2023 THE NEW YORK TIMES 1619 PROJECT: A NEW ORIGIN STORY: HISTORY AS THE EMANATION OF RACE Tom Mackaman•20 February 2022 AN INTERVIEW WITH MARK KRUGER, AUTHOR OF THE ST. LOUIS COMMUNE OF 1877: COMMUNISM IN THE HEARTLAND Douglas Lyons•28 January 2022 HISTORIAN JACK RAKOVE ON AMERICAN HISTORY WRITING AND THE FALSIFICATIONS OF THE 1619 PROJECT AND ITS DEFENDERS Tom Mackaman•19 January 2022 THE NEW YORK TIMES’ JAKE SILVERSTEIN CONCOCTS “A NEW ORIGIN STORY” FOR THE 1619 PROJECT Tom Mackaman•24 November 2021 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. Internet Censorship THE ARREST OF JOURNALIST RICHARD MEDHURST AND THE FIGHT TO DEFEND DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS Medhurst said of his detention at the UK’s Heathrow Airport, “I believe I'm the first journalist to be arrested under this provision of the Terrorism Act.” Robert Stevens•27 August 2024 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. Kevin Reed•30 November 2023 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. 12 May 2023 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•5 May 2023 ELON MUSK’S TWITTER ABRUPTLY REVERSES BAN ON PROMOTION OF ALTERNATIVE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS Kevin Reed•19 December 2022 MUSK CONTINUES TO BAN FROM TWITTER JOURNALISTS WHO CRITICIZE HIM Kevin Reed•17 December 2022 MUSK’S ATTACK ON TWITTER WORKERS BRINGS COMPANY TO THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE Kevin Reed•19 November 2022 ELON MUSK ISSUES ULTIMATUM TO TWITTER EMPLOYEES: SUBMIT TO “EXTREMELY HARDCORE” CULTURE, OR FACE TERMINATION Dominic Gustavo•16 November 2022 FACEBOOK CENSORS AUSTRALIANS AGAINST COVID SPOKESPERSON CRAIG WALLACE AND A SYDNEY HEALTH WORKER Eric Ludlow•8 November 2022 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. The defense of academic freedom 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•3 November 2023 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•15 September 2023 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•3 May 2023 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•26 January 2023 DEFEND HARVARD PROFESSOR JOHN COMAROFF AGAINST THE RIGHT-WING WITCH-HUNT! Socialist Equality Party (US), International Youth and Students for Social Equality•9 September 2022 THE POLITICALLY DRIVEN CAMPAIGN AGAINST HARVARD ANTHROPOLOGIST JOHN COMAROFF David Walsh•15 March 2022 THE CONCERTED, COWARDLY #METOO ATTACK ON HARVARD PROFESSOR JOHN COMAROFF David Walsh•9 February 2022 CAMPUS OPPOSITION AT UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MOUNTS TO VICTIMIZATION OF BRIGHT SHENG James McDonald, Sam Wayne•12 November 2021 AUSTRALIAN HIGH COURT SETS PRECEDENT FOR SACKING DISSENTING ACADEMICS Mike Head•10 November 2021 War and militarism * US-NATO Conflict with Russia over Ukraine * Stop Israel's genocide in Gaza! * The Afghanistan war * The war in Syria * The Iraq War * War crimes * Free Julian Assange! 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. Statement of the World Socialist Web Site Editorial Board•10 June 2024 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. Robert Stevens•9 June 2024 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. Our reporters•9 June 2024 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. Oscar Grenfell•7 June 2024 BIDEN, MACRON AND ZELENSKY ESCALATE WAR THREATS AGAINST RUSSIA AT D-DAY COMMEMORATION Alex Lantier •7 June 2024 JUDGE ORDERS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ACADEMIC WORKERS TO HALT STRIKE AGAINST GENOCIDE AND POLICE REPRESSION Our reporters•7 June 2024 AT D-DAY COMMEMORATION, BIDEN RECKLESSLY INFLAMES WAR WITH RUSSIA Andre Damon•6 June 2024 BIDEN APPOINTS UAW PRESIDENT SHAWN FAIN TO EXPORT COUNCIL, LABOR BUREAUCRACY ENLISTED IN PREPARATIONS FOR TOTAL WAR Shannon Jones•6 June 2024 RETIRING UK ARMY HEAD URGES “WHOLE-OF-NATION EFFORT” PREPARATION FOR WORLD WAR III Robert Stevens•6 June 2024 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. View the Timeline Book Reviews ORBITAL: SAMANTHA HARVEY’S AWARD-WINNING NOVEL ABOUT PROBLEMS OF CLIMATE AND SOCIAL CHANGE The Booker Prize winner has struck a popular chord in a world poised between the immense potential of scientific advances and the threat of military and ecological catastrophe. Thomas Scripps•10 December 2024 AIDAN BEATTY’S HACKWORK: THE ISRAEL-ZIONIST CONNECTION The academic career of prominent DSA member Aidan Beatty, the author of a slanderous trash biography of long-time Trotskyist leader Gerry Healy, has been funded by Zionist institutions and Israeli-state sources. Andrea Peters•18 November 2024 A COMMENT ON DAVID NORTH’S REVIEW: BIOGRAPHY AS DEMONOLOGY: AIDAN BEATTY’S THE PARTY IS ALWAYS RIGHT: THE UNTOLD STORY OF GERRY HEALY AND BRITISH TROTSKYISM The following letter was sent by Steve Long, a former member of the Socialist Labour League/Workers Revolutionary Party who writes for the World Socialist Web Site as Stefan Steinberg. Steve Long•24 September 2024 BOOK REVIEW BIOGRAPHY AS DEMONOLOGY: AIDAN BEATTY’S THE PARTY IS ALWAYS RIGHT: THE UNTOLD STORY OF GERRY HEALY AND BRITISH TROTSKYISM Aidan Beatty's new book is not a biography, but rather a political diatribe against Gerry Healy and Trotskyism. David North•17 September 2024 CONTEMPORARY LESSONS FROM THE SLAVE POWER’S PLOT TO OVERTURN THE 1860 ELECTION Eric London•2 September 2024 THE FINANCIALIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE FIGHT AGAINST WAR Emma Arceneaux•19 August 2024 THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ÉMILE ZOLA: ZOLA, DREYFUS AND THE STRUGGLE AGAINST ANTISEMITISM Fred Mazelis•29 July 2024 DAVID NORTH’S THE LOGIC OF ZIONISM: FROM NATIONALIST MYTH TO THE GAZA GENOCIDE ADDRESSES THE DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES OF NATIONALIST POLITICAL PROGRAMS Tom Peters•16 June 2024 NATHAN THRALL’S PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING A DAY IN THE LIFE OF ABED SALAMA: ANATOMY OF A JERUSALEM TRAGEDY–A CASE STUDY IN DEHUMANIZATION James McDonald•9 June 2024 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. Perspectives ABC SETTLES DEFAMATION LAWSUIT AS MEDIA MOVES TO ACCOMMODATE TRUMP The corporate media, dominated by billionaires and giant corporations like Disney, the owner of ABC, is dropping any pretense of a critical, let alone adversarial, relationship to the incoming administration. Patrick Martin•20 hours ago17 December 2024 ELON MUSK’S WEALTH APPROACHES HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS: CAPITALISM AND OLIGARCHY The wealth of Elon Musk, owner of Tesla, SpaceX and social media platform X (Twitter), has reached a staggering $442 billion, according to the latest estimate from Forbes magazine. Joseph Kishore•15 December 2024 THE RECORD PENTAGON SPENDING BILL AND AMERICA’S HIDDEN NUCLEAR REARMAMENT The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted this week to allocate a record amount of money to fund war all over the world, including a major buildup of the US nuclear forces. Andre Damon•14 December 2024 TIME MAGAZINE PICKS FASCIST TRUMP AS “PERSON OF THE YEAR” The fawning over Trump by Time is part of a general “normalization” of the fascistic president in the media. Patrick Martin•12 December 2024 PABLOITE POLITICAL CHARLATANS HAIL US-ISRAELI-TURKISH ONSLAUGHT AGAINST SYRIA Alex Lantier•11 December 2024 DONALD TRUMP’S THREAT TO ABOLISH BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP Eric London•10 December 2024 THE POPULAR RESPONSE TO THE SHOOTING OF UNITEDHEALTHCARE’S CEO AND AMERICAN REALITIES David Walsh•10 December 2024 TRUMP LAYS OUT BLUEPRINT FOR MASS REPRESSION, BEGINNING WITH IMMIGRANTS Patrick Martin•8 December 2024 GENOCIDAL INTENT: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL EXPOSES MALICE AFORETHOUGHT IN THE GAZA GENOCIDE Andre Damon•6 December 2024 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. Read more The 2010 Pike River mine disaster 14 YEARS AFTER NEW ZEALAND’S PIKE RIVER MINE DISASTER, NO JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS’ FAMILIES For 14 years, successive governments, state agencies, the judicial system and the union bureaucracy have worked to prevent anyone being brought to justice for the avoidable deaths of 29 workers in Pike River Coal’s underground mine. Tom Peters•27 November 2024 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. Tom Peters•25 April 2024 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•25 June 2023 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•14 May 2023 NINE DEAD, 44 STILL MISSING IN MINE COLLAPSE IN CHINA Jack Wang•2 April 2023 NEW ZEALAND: COURT ACTION OVER PIKE RIVER MINE DISASTER Tom Peters•5 February 2023 NEW ZEALAND POLICE TO DRILL MORE BOREHOLES AT PIKE RIVER MINE Tom Peters•3 October 2022 NZ GOVERNMENT’S “WORKING WITH SURVIVORS” CONTINUES COVER-UP OF PIKE RIVER MINE DISASTER Tom Peters•6 September 2022 PIKE RIVER MINE DISASTER FAMILIES SEEK ANSWERS ABOUT UNLAWFUL PAYMENT TO AVOID PROSECUTION OF CEO Tom Peters•4 July 2022 © 1998-2024 World Socialist Web Site. All rights reserved. HomeAboutContactPrivacy StatementPrivacy Settings