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.
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Oppose the far-right anti-refugee campaign in Germany! Defend refugees and democratic rights!
The Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party) categorically rejects the anti-refugee agitation, the tightening of asylum laws and the stepping up of the powers of the security authorities dominating public life in Germany in the week before the state elections in Saxony and Thuringia.
The courageous rebellion of striking Dakkota parts workers, who defied an unprecedented four sellout agreements, is in danger of being shut down and betrayed as the UAW is threatening workers with a fifth vote on the same agreement.
George Marlowe•
Fearing a new outbreak of workers’ anger that could escape their control, the American rail unions are unveiling pro-company agreements before the current contract expires at the end of the year.
Erik Schreiber, Tom Hall•
Four Palestinians were killed when an Israeli missile struck the lead vehicle of an aid convoy organized by the non-profit American Near East Refugee Aid to bring critical supplies to a hospital in Rafah.
Kevin Reed•
In her first sit-down interview as nominee, Harris staked an even more genocidal position than the current president and refused to place any conditions on weapons shipments to Israel.
Jacob Crosse•
This report introduced the discussion and vote on the resolution "Free Bogdan Syrotiuk", which was passed unanimously by the delegates of the Eighth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US).
Clara Weiss•
CUPE’s leadership is supporting and seeking to enforce a right-wing, state-supported witch hunt vilifying Fred Hahn, the president of the union’s Ontario division, as an “antisemite” for his opposition to Israel’s imperialist-backed genocide in Gaza.
James Clayton, Keith Jones•
A group of faculty and staff at New York University (NYU) in Manhattan has announced its intention to withhold administrative tasks for the fall semester until the university ceases its attacks on free speech on campus.
John Conrad•
The rapidly deepening joblessness crisis is a product of deliberate policies of the ruling elite to make the working class bear the brunt of the crisis of capitalism.
John Braddock•
While seeking to restore strained relations with Beijing, the Fiji regime remains a key collaborator with the US-led drive to war against China in the Pacific.
John Braddock•
The following brief reviews will examine three hip-hop albums that were released in the past few months and received critical notice.
Erik Schreiber•
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.
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•
Part One
Trotsky’s Last Year
An appraisal, on the occasion of the eightieth anniversary of Trotsky’s assassination, of the work of the great theoretician and strategist of World Socialist Revolution during the final year of his life.
David North•
Leon Trotsky and the Struggle for Socialism in the Twenty-First Century
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.
David North•
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•
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Report to the SEP (US) Eighth National Congress
The Socialist Equality Party’s fight to build the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees, 2022-2024
We are publishing here the report to the Eighth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) given by Tom Hall. The congress was held from August 4 to August 9, 2024.
Tom Hall•
Report to the SEP (US) Eighth National Congress
The twilight of American democracy (1991-2024)
We are publishing here the report to the Eighth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) given by Tom Carter. The congress was held from August 4 to August 9, 2024.
Tom Carter•
Report to the SEP (US) Eighth National Congress
Socialism, history and the defense of democratic rights
We are publishing here the report to the Eighth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) given by Tom Mackaman. The congress was held from August 4 to August 9, 2024.
Tom Mackaman•
Report to the SEP (US) Eighth National Congress
The strategic necessity of uniting the international working class against political xenophobia
We are publishing here the report to the Eighth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) given by Eric London. The congress was held from August 4 to August 9, 2024.
Eric London•
Socialist Equality Party (US)•
Socialist Equality Party (US)•
Andre Damon•
Joseph Kishore•
David North•
Declaring COVID-19 “endemic,” Biden administration oversees policy of forced mass infection
The United States is currently mired in its ninth wave of mass infection since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the population now completely abandoned by the powers that be.
Evan Blake•
Exposing and opposing Zionism: A conversation with Ilan Pappé
”It’s not a moment of Epiphany, where you wake up and suddenly you are on the other side of the Rubicon. It takes time. But there is a moment where you feel that you know enough and you understand enough and you have heard enough to challenge fundamentally the narrative of your own society, of your own state.”
Chris Marsden•
With US support, Israel extends Gaza genocide to the West Bank
Having killed tens of thousands of people in Gaza, displacing virtually its entire population and destroying most of its buildings, Israel has launched a new phase of its ethnic cleansing operation in Palestine targeting the West Bank.
Andre Damon•
Hack work vs. history: Aidan Beatty’s The Party Is Always Right: The Untold Story of Gerry Healy and British Trotskyism
Professor Aidan Beatty, a lecturer at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, has posted an announcement of the upcoming publication of his book on Gerry Healy.
David North•
Robert Stevens•
Patrick Martin•
Kevin Reed•
Patrick Martin•
Roger Jordan•
US block on British court hearing leaves Tamil migrants stranded on Diego Garcia
There has been almost no reporting of the case in the British press, much less comment about the appalling treatment the Tamils have endured at the hands of the British government.
Jean Shaoul•
Up to 2 million UK pensioners will be in “serious trouble” this winter with 10 percent energy bills rise/means test introduction
The average energy bill will increase 10 percent this quarter. The means-testing of the Winter Fuel Allowance will cut payments to roughly 10 million pensioners with an income higher than a pitifully low £12,000 a year.
Dennis Moore•
“This state is making us destitute”
Socialist Equality Party campaign team fights for socialist perspective against war and social cuts in Eisenach
Ahead of the state elections taking place on Sunday in the eastern German states of Thuringia and Saxony, a team from the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party, SGP) intervened in Eisenach on Wednesday and spoke to workers, young people and pensioners about a socialist perspective in the fight against war, social devastation and the rise of the far right.
Our reporters•
Left Party-led government pushes anti-refugee agitation and police-state measures ahead of state elections in Thuringia
The measures presented by state Premier Ramelow (Left Party) and the Thuringia Interior Minister Georg Meier (Social Democrat) on Wednesday could also have come from the fascist Alternative for Germany.
Johannes Stern•
Alex Lantier•
Alejandro López •
Marianne Arens, Peter Schwarz•
Peter Schwarz•
Michael Barnes•
UK’s Prince Andrew and the 2019 BBC interview on his relations with Jeffrey Epstein: Scoop
The interview was intended by the prince’s handlers to limit the damage created by Andrew’s well-publicized relations with financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, by then already deceased.
David Walsh•
Russian soprano Anna Netrebko to make first US appearance in six years
Netrebko’s career has continued to flourish in Europe.
Fred Mazelis•
Desperate to suppress truth about Gaza genocide, 150 pro-Israel Hollywood figures attempt to get Emmy nomination for Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda rescinded
Diehard supporters of the Zionist regime continue their efforts to prevent the truth about the Gaza genocide from reaching the public.
David Walsh•
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra musicians demand management resign over its persecution of Jayson Gillham
MSO musicians, like tens of thousands of artists internationally, refuse to be intimidated by pro-Israeli propagandists and their multi-millionaire backers in Australia who patronise the arts.
Richard Phillips•
Joshua Rodriguez•
Sandy English•
Penny Smith•
Oscar Grenfell•
Nick Barrickman•
Release comrade Bogdan Syrotiuk unconditionally and immediately!
The persecution of Bogdan demonstrates that the defense of democratic rights is inseparable from the mobilisation of the international working class against imperialist war and capitalism.
Pani Wijesiriwardane, SEP Presidential candidate in Sri Lanka•
Left-wing organisations in Sri Lanka support “Free Bogdan Syrotiuk” campaign
The United Socialist Party, the Socialist People’s Forum and the Frontline Socialist Party’s “Youth for Change” have issued statements demanding the immediate release of Bogdan Syrotiuk.
Our reporters•
Russian Neo-Stalinists, Maoists oppose the campaign to free Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk
The response by these tendencies to the fight to free Bogdan Syrotiuk must serve as an object lesson for workers and young people in Russia and internationally as to the character of the forces that have emerged out of the wreckage of Stalinism.
Andrei Grozov•
Report from a young Ukrainian in Germany: “The working class in Ukraine does not want a war against Russia at all”
Semyon, who fled from Ukraine and is now working and studying in Germany, fears the latest decisions by the German authorities mean he could be sent back to be used as cannon fodder.
Our reporters•
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James Clayton•
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Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
India: Tamil Nadu tea plantation workers protest job losses; Indonesian motorcycle taxi drivers strike over low pay; Australia: Schindler Lifts workers strike in Queensland
As the new school year begins
The political issues in the fight to defend public education in the US
In this election year, the right to public education and all democratic rights are on the line.
Educators Rank-and-File Committee (US)•
Striking Dakkota auto workers picket Ford Chicago Assembly and call for ban on scab parts: “An injury to one is an injury to all!”
In a development of immense significance in the class struggle, Dakkota workers have sought to break the isolation imposed by the UAW bureaucracy and go on the offensive.
Andy Thompson, George Marlowe•
Hearing into death of Baltimore sanitation worker reveals medieval working conditions
First of series of hearings on inexcusable working conditions facing Baltimore’s sanitation workers gives window into urgent hazards at mismanaged agency.
Ray Coleman•
Tony Robson•
Carl Bronski•
Bill Mertz•
WSU Rank-and-File Committee•
Our correspondents•
In appeal to far right, Cornel West adopts Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine platform
Repeating a call he previously issued on "The Jimmy Dore Show" last year while still running as a Green Party candidate, West called for a “truth commission” to investigate “the vaccine."
Jacob Crosse•
At public hearing, SEP presidential candidate Joe Kishore demanded that the undemocratic exclusion of West be rescinded
Michigan elections board places Cornel West back on the ballot
Speaking in person at the meeting, Socialist Equality Party candidate for US president Joseph Kishore defended Cornel West’s right to appear on the ballot, despite the vast and unbridgeable political differences between the two campaigns.
Jacob Crosse•
Democrats deploy Bernie Sanders to con workers and youth into supporting Harris-Walz campaign
The fake socialist from Vermont has seamlessly transitioned from supporting Biden to his partner-in-crime, Harris.
Jacob Crosse•
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein selects academic Butch Ware as running mate
The Greens are a capitalist party that offers no alternative for workers and young people seeking to oppose war abroad and austerity at home.
John Conrad•
Jacob Crosse•
Bill Van Auken•
Bryan Dyne•
Joseph Kishore•
Tom Hall•
Israel’s West Bank offensive continues
The huge deployment of lethal military force has been coupled with calls for mass evictions, with Foreign Minister Israel Katz leading the pack.
Thomas Scripps•
UN forced to suspend food distribution as Israel places 89 percent of Gaza under evacuation orders
In the latest stage of the US-Israeli genocide and ethnic cleansing of Gaza, Israeli officials ordered the evacuation of parts of the city of Deir al-Balah, cramming the displaced and starving population of Gaza into an ever-smaller portion of the territory.
Andre Damon•
Israel launches major attack on southern Lebanon
Israel launched its largest attack on southern Lebanon since 2006 on Sunday, involving over 100 air force jets. The Israel Defence Forces claimed that the attacks involved over 40 targets.
Andre Damon•
Biden administration promotes bogus Gaza ceasefire talks
Such is the framework of the US-sponsored deal that any ceasefire will not only be temporary, but will also give the Israeli military the free-hand to continue its genocide.
Peter Symonds•
Patrick Martin•
Jordan Shilton•
Jean Shaoul•
Mike Head•
Jordan Shilton•
Powerful storms knock out power for nearly 400,000 homeowners and businesses in Michigan
A series of fast moving and powerful thunderstorms hit the lower half of Michigan on Tuesday, snapping utility poles, downing power lines and cutting off power to nearly 400,000 customers some of whom will not be restored until the Labor Day weekend.
Kevin Reed•
Missouri Supreme Court blocks plea deal that would stop Marcellus Williams’ impending execution
A week of developments in the case of death row prisoner Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams has exposed the brutality and arbitrary character of the state killing machine in America. An execution date looms for a man who by all accounts is innocent.
Kate Randall•
California Democratic Party and university administrations institute “zero tolerance” policies for university protests
In a series of chilling attacks against free speech rights, the California Democratic Party, in collusion with compliant university administrations, big business and the Biden administration, has moved to effectively outlaw mass student protests against not only the Palestinian genocide but mass student protests in general.
Dan Conway•
UN special rapporteur condemns Canada’s temporary foreign worker program for “breeding contemporary forms of slavery”
Obokata’s report represents a devastating blow to those who still seek to present Canada as a safe haven and a defender of human rights. The fact that this report is being seized upon to further fan the flames of the far right’s anti-immigration agenda underscores the advanced stage of Canada’s social and political crisis.
Felix Gauthier•
Samuel Davidson•
Zac Corrigan•
Joshua Rodriguez•
Alex Findijs•
Bryan Dyne•
Chinese bond market surge points to economic and financial problems
Due to the lack of investment opportunities, money has been flooding into the bond market, pushing up prices and thereby lowering the yield, or interest rate on government debt.
Nick Beams•
Finance capital sucking the lifeblood out of impoverished countries
The median low-income country is spending more than twice what it did a decade ago to foreign creditors.
Nick Beams•
Central bankers reassured after Jackson Hole, but others are not
Warnings are being sounded not least because the market turmoil in the first week of August was the most significant since the start of the pandemic in 2020.
Nick Beams•
After Jackson Hole, Fed chair Powell and Wall Street “on the same page”
Go ahead for interest rate cuts to begin at Fed’s September meeting.
Nick Beams•
Australian anti-war whistleblower David McBride passes one hundred days behind bars
The militarist Labor government is directly responsible for the imprisonment of the courageous whistleblower and the draconian conditions in which he is being held.
Oscar Grenfell•
Australia: Sri Lankan asylum seeker dies after self-immolation, amid protests against Labor’s brutal anti-refugee regime
The horrific incident was an outcome of the cruel and unlawful policies of the federal Labor government of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
Patrick O’Connor•
Australian Labor’s NDIS legislation will have a “devastating” impact on disabled people
“We all said it was the wrong way to go to blame the clients, but the government just went ahead and cooked up deals with the Liberals to get the law through.”
Mike Head•
IV fluid shortages intensify crisis in Australian healthcare system
The depletion of IV fluid stocks reveals that there is no effective system in Australia which identifies stocks of items essential for proper management of public health.
John Mackay, Maria Smith•
Martin Scott•
Mark Wilson•
Mike Head•
Pani Wijesiriwardena, SEP (Sri Lanka) presidential candidate•
Martin Scott•
Support the Dakkota auto parts strike! An injury to one is an injury to all! Ban the use of scab parts from Dakkota!
As their strike reached a critical juncture, rank-and-file Dakkota auto parts workers in Chicago issued a statement Tuesday appealing for a ban on scab parts from their factory.
Dakkota Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Dakkota Integrated Systems: The low-wage sweatshop workers are fighting against
Dakkota was founded in 2001 as a joint venture between Rush Group LLC, owned by trucking and auto supply business owner Andra Rush, and Canada-based Magna International Inc.
Jerry White•
Autoworkers need to communicate around the world and make a plan to fight back
I have always been told my job is more secure than most because we are one of the most profitable plants for GM. This sense of certainty has dwindled rapidly.
Anna Williams•
Dakkota parts workers’ strike at crossroads: “If we don’t fight now, then we will never have the opportunity”
After defying a UAW-company sellout contract vote for an unprecedented fourth time, Dakkota auto parts workers in Chicago are reaching a critical turning point in their fight.
George Marlowe•
Tom Hall•
George Marlowe, Marcus Day•
Dakkota Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
George Marlowe•
Tom Hall•
Students speak on mass spread of COVID on college campuses as semester begins
The WSWS spoke to several students who are witnessing the mass infection of their peers on college campuses in the US and Canada.
Landon Gourov•
One fifth of world’s youth not in employment, education or training
These conditions testify to the powder keg that is Africa and indeed vast parts of the world. Youth-led protests have broken out in several countries over recent months calling for political change.
Jean Shaoul•
Ten months of the Gaza genocide: The way forward in the fight against war
As millions of students are re-entering their classrooms in schools and on college campuses across the United States for a new semester, the threat of world war and fascism is greater today than at any point since the 1930s.
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (US)•
IYSSE launches petitions for Special General meetings at Australian universities against Gaza genocide
At the working-class campuses of Western Sydney University (WSU) and Victoria University (VU) in Melbourne, the IYSSE clubs’ campaigns have been met with enthusiasm from students.
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (Australia)•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (Australia)•
IYSSE Humboldt University•
Andre Damon•
IYSSE Humboldt University•
Our reporters•
The Morenoites and the Venezuelan crisis: The pseudo-left exposed as aides of imperialism
The Morenoites’ central criticism of the US-backed Venezuelan fascists is that they don’t pursue their coup plots aggressively enough.
Tomas Castanheira•
Pentagon to begin producing weapons for Ukraine in Argentina
As early as next month, the Pentagon is expected to take over several military factories in Argentina to produce artillery, munitions and other weapons for the US-NATO war in Ukraine against Russia.
Rafael Azul•
38 Amazonian indigenous leaders murdered in Peru from 2013 to 2024
Amazonian indigenous leaders in Peru have been assassinated by mafias associated with illegal mining, logging, and drug trafficking.
Cesar Uco•
Venezuela’s Supreme Court upholds Maduro’s re-election
US imperialism has relied on the “Pink Tide” governments of Lula and Petro to secure its interests in a crisis that could lead to civil war or a “pro-democracy” foreign military intervention in Venezuela.
Guilherme Ferreira•
Cesar Uco•
Andrea Lobo•
Andrea Lobo•
Andrea Lobo•
Don Knowland•
Reporter Sarah Wilkinson arrested by UK government for opposition to Gaza genocide
The home of Sarah Wilkinson, British artist, journalist and lifelong supporter of Palestinian rights, was raided on Thursday morning by UK counter-terrorism police and she was detained for hours before being released on bail.
Kevin Reed•
Police arrest four anti-genocide protesters at the University of Michigan
Four workers and students were violently arrested during a peaceful “die-in” protest during the university’s student club day.
Luke Galvin•
Protests mount over Zionist targeting of Leeds University academic James Dickins
Dickins is an advocate for Palestinian human rights and was until recently chair of the Leeds branch of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Staff and students at the University of Leeds have amassed over 10,000 signatures in just a few weeks for a petition calling for his defence.
Harvey Thompson, Robert Stevens•
Instagram shuts down accounts of anti-genocide student groups before start of fall classes
The photo and video sharing social media platform Instagram permanently shut down the accounts of Columbia University Students for Justice in Palestine and New York University People’s Solidarity Coalition a week before fall semester classes start.
Kevin Reed•
Matthew Brennan•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (US)•
Sandy English•
WSWS Editorial Board•
Josh Andrews•
Ocasio-Cortez and the normalization of genocide as state policy
Less than a week after endorsing Harris and falsely claiming she was working “tirelessly” for a “ceasefire” in Gaza, the DSA member told her followers if they want to protect democratic rights at home, the genocide must continue.
Jacob Crosse•
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at the DNC: The pro-imperialist politics of the DSA
The role of the Democratic Socialists of America and DSA-backed candidates in defending the pro-capitalist and imperialist policies of the Democratic Party has emerged as a significant element of the Democratic National Convention.
Jacob Crosse•
More FBI-suppressed evidence is exposed in lawsuit over Saudi Arabia's role in 9/11 terror attacks
New evidence previously suppressed by the FBI confirms that an intelligence operative from Saudi Arabia was a facilitator for two hijackers after they arrived in California and also made a “casing” surveillance video of the US Capitol prior to the attacks of 9/11.
Kevin Reed•
More book banning in Utah and Iowa
Iowa and Utah have become the latest states to ban books for their supposed sexual content, but in reality because of any socially critical content that the far-right finds unacceptable.
Sandy English•
Kevin Reed•
Jacob Crosse•
Claude Delphian•
Kevin Reed•
Kevin Reed•
German Chancellor Scholz assures Kiev of undiminished war support
With German tanks operating on Russian soil for the first time since the Second World War in the course of the Kursk invasion, Scholz assured Kiev of undiminished financial and military support at a joint press conference with Moldovan President Maia Sandu.
Johannes Stern•
Calls for UK and US to authorise Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles against Russia
In recent days the full extent of Britain’s involvement in the planning and execution of the offensive, as NATO’s main provocateur against Russia, has been laid bare.
Robert Stevens•
Ukraine continues offensive inside Russia
Whatever the immediate military and political calculations behind the incursion, its underlying strategy and goals reveal the imperialist character of the war waged by the US and NATO against Russia.
Clara Weiss•
Ukrainian troops trained in UK before attacking Kursk
The UK's Sun newspaper reported Friday that Ukrainian troops who participated in the attack on Kursk had trained in the United Kingdom, adding to the growing evidence of NATO's leading role in preparing and coordinating the attack.
Andre Damon•
Maxim Zotov •
Andre Damon•
Peter Schwarz•
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
SEP (Sri Lanka) holds public meeting to launch presidential election campaign
“None of the burning issues facing the masses can be solved within the capitalist profit system or on a national basis.”
Our correspondents•
SEP stands in Sri Lankan presidential election to fight for a socialist program
The SEP is intervening in the election to advance the program and perspective of international socialism for the working class, against imperialist war, ruling class austerity and moves toward dictatorial forms of rule.
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)•
SEP (Sri Lanka) presidential candidate holds Colombo press conference
Presidential candidate Pani Wijesiriwardena explained that the SEP is the only party fighting to mobilise the working class against capitalist austerity and war.
Our reporters•
SEP (Sri Lanka) presidential election meeting: Fight for international socialism against war, austerity and dictatorship!
Only our party speaks the truth and explains to workers, the poor and young people the serious situation they confront and the necessity of fighting for a revolutionary socialist alternative.
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)•
Collective of Workers Action Committees (Sri Lanka)•
W.A. Sunil•
Rohantha De Silva•
Wimal Perera•
Teachers, Students and Parents Action Committee to Defend Free Education•
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.
As COVID-19 infection numbers top 1 million a day, the CDC promotes a campaign against public health
More than 1.2 million Americans are being infected with COVID-19 every day as students and teachers return to school.
Benjamin Mateus, Patrick Martin•
FDA approves the latest COVID booster shots but there is no push for mass vaccination
The FDA approved the latest COVID vaccine boosters on the tail end of the Democratic National Convention that can best be characterized as a superspreader event. Meanwhile, more than 1.3 million people are being infected daily with COVID.
Benjamin Mateus•
Study finds 64 percent higher risk of dementia among elderly hospitalized COVID-19 patients
The criminal “let it rip” policy of the capitalist ruling elites has likely caused millions of cases of dementia globally since the start of the pandemic.
Bill Shaw•
The global mpox emergency and the destruction of public health
The PHEIC declaration on the latest threat by the deadlier strain of mpox raises to the fore the bankruptcy of the entire public health infrastructure under capitalist rule.
Benjamin Mateus•
Kevin Reed•
Bryan Dyne•
Nancy Hanover•
Bill Shaw•
Benjamin Mateus•
Failure of Boeing spacecraft strands 2 astronauts on the International Space Station
It should be asked why NASA continues to trust Boeing, the airplane manufacturer which developed the MAX 8 jets responsible for the deaths of 346 men, women and children in two separate crashes in 2018 and 2019.
Bryan Dyne•
Scientists reveal two previously unknown mechanisms for Antarctic ice shelf melting
If these gigantic ice shelves disintegrated, they would raise the global sea level by 58 meters, nearly 200 feet.
Frank Gaglioti•
Coral bleaching threatens 73 percent of world’s reefs
Coral bleaching is another further warning of the climate crisis, with the working class and poor across the world bearing the primary brunt of its consequences as global temperatures rise, including in the oceans.
Mark Wilson•
Global temperature records again broken on Monday and Tuesday
Rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, largely as a result of the burning of fossil fuels, are producing record temperatures year after year.
Bryan Dyne•
Alex Findijs•
Bryan Dyne, Don Barrett•
Benjamin Mateus•
Bryan Dyne•
Mark Wilson•
This week in history: August 26- September 1
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.
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•
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•
80 years since the mass murder in Ozarichi, Belarus carried out by the German military
One of the worst war crimes committed by Hitler’s army during World War II occurred in March 1944: the mass murder of thousands of women, old people and children at the Ozarichi death camp in Belarus.
Verena Nees•
David North•
Eric London•
Patrick Martin•
our correspondent•
Martina Inessa, Yuvan Darwin, Kranti Kumara•
On the 50th anniversary of the Chilean coup
Fifty years after Chile’s horrific September 11 coup, its political relevance is becoming ever more urgent as the specter of dictatorship once again haunts the political life of Latin America.
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The Middle East arena of competition between the US and China
Washington has no intention of allowing Beijing to extend its influence in the Middle East, or anywhere else in the world, and will not hesitate to use all the means at its disposal to prevent this—utilising support for Israel’s annihilation of the Palestinians in Gaza as the basis for an expanding war for control of the region initially targeting Iran.
Jean Shaoul•
Twenty-fifth anniversary of the August 17, 1999 Gölcük earthquake
Time is being wasted when the technology and labour are available to build millions of safe houses in a very short time in Turkey and everywhere in the world where there is a risk of earthquakes.
Barış Demir•
Threat of Middle East war on hair-trigger as Israel kills Hamas official in Lebanon, US lifts ban on weapons sales to Saudi Arabia
The killing of yet another senior Hamas official makes a mockery of the far-right Netanyahu government’s claim to be interested in negotiating a ceasefire with Hamas, not to mention the posturing by its imperialist backers in favour of a ceasefire.
Jordan Shilton•
Tunisia’s President Saied announces bogus election as judiciary disqualifies and imprisons opposition leaders
Saied‘s aim is to consolidate his one-man dictatorship and impose the full burden of Tunisia’s deep-rooted economic problems on the working class on behalf of the country’s corrupt financial elite.
Jean Shaoul•
Barış Demir, Ulaş Ateşçi•
Jean Shaoul•
Barış Demir•
Benjamin Mateus•
Barış Demir•
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COVID, Capitalism, and Class War: A Social and Political Chronology of the Pandemic
Mehring Books, the publishing arm of the Socialist Equality Party (US), is proud to announce the publication of Volume 1 of COVID, Capitalism, and Class War: A Social and Political Chronology of the Pandemic, a compilation of the World Socialist Web Site's coverage of this global crisis.
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Ruto’s new Kenyan coalition government to reinstate rejected tax measures
Those who preach “no politics” and “no leadership” serve to maintain the stranglehold of the prevailing politics of the bourgeoise and its petty bourgeois accomplices and is solely a means of preventing workers and youth from adopting a socialist political alternative.
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Tinubu government mobilises police and army to crush protests across Nigeria
The protest organisers, NGOs and activist organisations, had called for 10 days of street demonstrations starting August 1. Their demands include: an end to inflation now running at 34 percent, jobs, increased security amid a rise in kidnappings for ransom, a reduction in government costs and electoral, judicial and constitutional reform.
Jean Shaoul•
Anger as Kenya’s President Ruto forms government with Orange Democratic Movement opposition
Far from opening a new era of national unity and development, the new Cabinet’s first task is to crush the months of protests, escalate IMF austerity and maintain Kenya’s status as Washington’s non-NATO proxy force across Africa and the Caribbean.
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Austerity protests in Uganda violently crushed
The protests have instilled fear within the Museveni regime of unrest similar to that in neighboring Kenya. In a televised address Saturday evening Museveni threatened the protestors, "We are busy producing wealth… and you here want to disturb us.”
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
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•
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•
Julian Assange arrives in Australia free
In a press conference, Stella Assange hailed a global support movement for creating the conditions for Assange's freedom, while warning of an ongoing assault on press freedom that had to be fought.
Oscar Grenfell•
Julian Assange is free, but the struggle to defend democratic rights continues
On Monday, Julian Assange walked out of the UK’s Belmarsh Prison a free man, following five years of imprisonment and nearly 15 years of persecution by a cabal of imperialist governments led by the United States which hounded him for exposing their crimes.
Statement of the World Socialist Web Site editorial board•
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Thomas Scripps•
Oscar Grenfell•
John Pilger•
Julian Assange•
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.
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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.
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UK Socialist Equality Party election rally advances socialist and internationalist opposition to war
The meeting’s platform featured many of the principal leaders of the party that the working class needs in the battles ahead—the International Committee of the Fourth International, the world party of socialist revolution founded by Leon Trotsky.
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Attendees at UK general election rally speak: “The Socialist Equality Party is what I want to dedicate my efforts to building.”
WSWS reporters spoke to some of those in attendance on their response to the Socialist Equality Party (UK) general election rally held in London on Sunday.
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Billions for education not war! Support the Socialist Equality Party (UK) campaign for a unified struggle against capitalism and war!
Teachers in the UK must prepare to take on Labour as it prepares to take office. This requires a break from the trade union bureaucracy whose function, in order to secure their privileged existence, is to block the development of a struggle in defence of educators’ independent interests.
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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•
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•
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•
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.
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Keith Jones•
Max Boddy•
Deepal Jayasekera•
Tomas Castanheira•
Thomas Scripps•
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.
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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.
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“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.
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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•
Patrick Martin•
Richard Phillips•
Ed Bergonzi•
Paul Sherman•
Nancy Hanover•
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.
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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•
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.
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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.
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Leon Trotsky and the Struggle for Socialism in the Twenty-First Century
The essays in this book, though written over the span of more than 40 years, are connected by a central argument: Leon Trotsky was the most significant figure in the history of socialism during the first four decades of the twentieth century, and his legacy remains the critical and indispensable theoretical and political foundation of the ongoing contemporary struggle for the victory of world socialism.
Order your print or epub version of the book from Mehring Books today.
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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•
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•
Third Trump coup lawyer pleads guilty and agrees to testify in Georgia election case
Jenna Ellis is the third lawyer and fourth defendant to plead guilty in relation to the conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
Jacob Crosse•
Trump coup plot accomplice Chesebro pleads guilty in Georgia fake elector case
Kenneth Chesebro, attorney and close associate of Donald Trump, pleaded guilty on Friday to one felony charge in exchange for his agreement to testify against the former-president and 16 other defendants in the fake elector scheme to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia.
Kevin Reed•
Jacob Crosse•
Barry Grey•
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Statement of the Editorial Board
For a Global Workers’ Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Inquest is necessary to break through the cover-up, lies and misinformation that have been used to justify policies responsible for the avoidable deaths of millions.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Evan Blake, Tom Mackaman•
Max Boddy•
David North•
Samuel Tissot, Peter Schwarz•
Keith Jones•
25 years since the death of Vadim Rogovin
Vadim Z. Rogovin (10 May 1937 – 18 September 1998) was a Soviet Marxist sociologist and historian. Working in close collaboration with the International Committee of the Fourth International, Rogovin helped lay the foundations for the Trotskyist movement’s fight against the post-Soviet school of historical falsification, including in his six-volume Was There an Alternative? This page collects major essays and commemorations on Rogovin as well as links to his own writings.
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Former Montgomery, Alabama teacher testifies about the forced reopening of schools in 2020-21
In this interview, Tynisa Williams, former teacher in Montgomery, Alabama, describes the experience of being forced to teach in-person in the fall of 2020 and winter of 2021. She and her coworkers waged a courageous struggle to stop the deadly return to in-person learning that cost the lives of eight educators in the district.
Emma Arceneaux, Evan Blake•
Accomplices to social murder
The international pseudo-left and the lifting of Zero-COVID in China: Part 1
The pseudo-left’s hostility to public health and support for imperialism found sharp expression in their universal demand—echoing that of the Western corporate media and political establishment—that China abandon its Zero-COVID strategy.
Evan Blake•
Accomplices to social murder
The international pseudo-left and the lifting of Zero-COVID in China: Part 2
The pseudo-left’s hostility to public health and support for imperialism found its sharpest expression in their demand—echoing that of the Western corporate media and political establishment—that China abandon its Zero-COVID strategy.
Evan Blake•
Immunocompromised mother in Manhattan speaks to Global Workers’ Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic
Melanie, whose children attend public schools in New York City, spoke to the WSWS about the toll the “let it rip” policy toward the pandemic has taken on her and her family.
Tim Avery•
George Kirby•
Tom Peters•
Dylan Lubao•
Evan Blake•
Tom Peters•
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.
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•
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•
The Wuhan lab lie: “Weapons of mass destruction” redux
In an uncanny instance of history repeating itself, the lies used to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq based on false claims about “weapons of mass destruction” are being used to promote the United States’ unprecedented military buildup around China.
Andre Damon•
A discredited conspiracy theory about the origins of COVID-19
The Wuhan Lab Leak slander being resurrected to bolster US war drive against China
The Wall Street Journal disclosed that the Department of Energy has shifted its opinion on the origin of the coronavirus to it being most likely a result of a lab leak. However, unnamed sources who have read the report indicate the evidence is of low confidence.
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Andre Damon•
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Nikole Hannah-Jones’ Center for Democracy and Journalism: Racialist politics in the service of US imperialism
After one year, the Center’s main accomplishment has been to deepen the mutual embrace between sections of the upper middle class and the military-intelligence apparatus.
Dominic Gustavo•
The 1619 Project and the New York Times’ promotion of the racialist ideology of Ukrainian nationalism
The racialist historical revisionism of the Times and the racialist ideology of the Ukrainian neo-Nazis share a common premise: the mythological reimagining of history as a struggle of “the nation” and “the race.”
Tom Carter•
Oppose political censorship of antiwar views at Howard University!
We call on all students, faculty and staff members at Howard University to oppose this censorship and demand that the IYSSE be allowed to hold its planned meeting on campus.
International Youth and Students for Social Equality•
Marcus Garvey and the reactionary logic of racialist politics
More than one hundred years after the formation of his Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), Marcus Garvey's legacy remains highly relevant in the struggle to overcome efforts to divide the working class along racial lines.
Lawrence Porter•
Dominic Gustavo•
Tom Mackaman•
Douglas Lyons•
Tom Mackaman•
Tom Mackaman•
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.
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•
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•
WSWS readers demand Facebook reverse ban on SEG in New Zealand
Readers have expressed outrage at the social media company’s anti-democratic censorship of the Trotskyist Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand.
Facebook blocks Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand from advertising
We call on readers to oppose Facebook’s blatant political censorship of the Trotskyist movement in New Zealand.
Tom Peters•
Kevin Reed•
Kevin Reed•
Kevin Reed•
Dominic Gustavo•
Eric Ludlow•
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.
Over 80,000 sign petition against NYU Langone’s termination of a pro-Palestinian resident physician
Over 80,000 people have signed a petition opposing the anti-democratic termination of Dr. Zaki Masoud by NYU Langone.
John Conrad•
Report exposes fraudulent antisemitism accusations at UK universities
The report concludes that critics of the Israeli state, advocates for Palestinian rights and those teaching the history and politics of the region have been “subjected to false allegations of antisemitism.”
Thomas Scripps•
An interview with Harvard anthropology Professor John Comaroff—Part one
We spoke recently to South African-born John Comaroff, the Hugh K. Foster Professor of African and African-American studies and of Anthropology, and Oppenheimer Research Fellow in African Studies, Harvard University.
David Walsh•
Harvard UAW, pseudo-left groups organize provocation against professor John Comaroff
The right-wing witch-hunt of John Comaroff at Harvard University continued Tuesday with a stage-managed protest during his first class of the semester.
Mike Ingram•
Socialist Equality Party (US), International Youth and Students for Social Equality•
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
James McDonald, Sam Wayne•
Mike Head•
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•
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•
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.
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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•
Alex Lantier •
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Andre Damon•
Shannon Jones•
Robert Stevens•
Timeline of thirty years of war: The historical background to the US-NATO conflict with Russia
This interactive timeline presents some of the most important events that have brought humanity to the brink of World War III. It includes links to critical articles and statements produced by the International Committee of the Fourth International over the past 30 years.
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Bankers in the Ivory Tower by Charlie Eaton
The financialization of higher education and the fight against war
Eaton’s book traces the financialization of higher education from the 1980s through the 2010s, which underlay the subordination of academia to Wall Street and the war machine of US imperialism.
Emma Arceneaux•
The Disappearance of Émile Zola: Zola, Dreyfus and the struggle against antisemitism
Zola was an eloquent opponent of obscurantism and reaction, and played a major role in the exoneration of Alfred Dreyfus and the struggle against antisemitism.
Fred Mazelis•
David North’s The Logic of Zionism: From Nationalist Myth to the Gaza Genocide addresses the disastrous consequences of nationalist political programs
The series of lectures on the historical development of Zionism exposes the bankruptcy of all politics based on nationalism and race—and points the way forward for all those who want to fight against genocide, war and dictatorship.
Tom Peters•
Nathan Thrall’s Pulitzer Prize-winning A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy–A case study in dehumanization
The bus accident proves to be a major news event with political implications. The accident exposes the fundamental injustices blighting Palestinian life in Israel.
James McDonald•
Eric London•
James McDonald•
James McDonald•
Mike Head•
Erik Schreiber•
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.
Oppose the far-right anti-refugee campaign in Germany! Defend refugees and democratic rights!
The Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party) categorically rejects the anti-refugee agitation, the tightening of asylum laws and the stepping up of the powers of the security authorities dominating public life in Germany in the week before the state elections in Saxony and Thuringia.
Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei•
Declaring COVID-19 “endemic,” Biden administration oversees policy of forced mass infection
The United States is currently mired in its ninth wave of mass infection since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the population now completely abandoned by the powers that be.
Evan Blake•
With US support, Israel extends Gaza genocide to the West Bank
Having killed tens of thousands of people in Gaza, displacing virtually its entire population and destroying most of its buildings, Israel has launched a new phase of its ethnic cleansing operation in Palestine targeting the West Bank.
Andre Damon•
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•
Patrick Martin•
George Marlowe, Marcus Day•
Patrick Martin•
Roger Jordan•
Andre Damon•
WSWS Review
Thirty years since the dissolution of the USSR
Review the most critical essays, lectures and letters produced by the ICFI in the course of its intervention in response to the crisis of Stalinism and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
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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•
Police locate more bodies in New Zealand’s Pike River mine
The police investigation into the 2010 disaster that killed 29 mineworkers has been dragged out until at least the end of 2023, with no guarantee that anyone will be charged over the avoidable deaths.
Tom Peters•
New Zealand police extend investigation into Pike River mine disaster until the end of 2023
Police are delaying their decision on whether to lay charges over the 2010 Pike River mine disaster that killed 29 people, until after the October election.
Tom Peters•
Nine dead, 44 still missing in mine collapse in China
The disaster tragically exposes the brutal working conditions faced by miners in China in the reckless drive for profits ahead of lives and safety.
Jack Wang•
Tom Peters•
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Socialist Equality Group (New Zealand)•