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Hostage to Putin, cynically exploited by Biden
The basketball star is an innocent victim of the reactionary conflict between US imperialism and the Putin regime in Moscow.
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Less than two weeks after denouncing “race-mixing,” the Hungarian prime minister was one of dozens of far-right politicians warmly received by Trump supporters at the conference in Dallas.
Jacob Crosse•
A Texas jury ordered the alt-right and fascistic Alex Jones to pay nearly $50 million to the parents of 6-year-old Jesse Lewis, killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012.
Kevin Reed•
US House Speaker Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan is another major nail in the coffin of the One China policy that underpinned the establishment of diplomatic relations between the US and China in 1979.
Peter Symonds•
Notwithstanding the evident concern in ruling circles about the US-China confrontation, New Zealand is integrated into the US alliance, its war against Russia, and war plans against China.
Tom Peters•
The report has dealt a significant blow to the relentless war propaganda in the media and has provoked a hysterical response by the Ukrainian government.
Clara Weiss•
Despite a legal order suspending the government’s expulsion order, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin continued his pursuit of Hassan Iquioussen on Friday.
Samuel Tissot•
Comrade Lehman’s struggle in the US, one of the world’s most developed industrialised economies, is powerful political encouragement to our struggle in South Asia and throughout the international working class.”
Sri Lankan plantation, health and educators action committees•
A socialist, Lehman is fighting for a rank-and-file rebellion against the union apparatus and to unite workers in the US with their class brothers and sisters in Canada and internationally in a counter-offensive against the corporate elite's global onslaught on jobs, wages, and working conditions.
Carl Bronski, Roger Jordan•
In a shameless display of subservience to the corporate-financial oligarchy, the Biden White House and Democratic leadership in the Senate agreed to gut provisions that would modestly raise taxes on corporations and hedge fund billionaires.
Barry Grey•
DeSantis’ “Executive Order of Suspension” cites “neglect of duty,” “willful defiance,” and “incompetence” among the reasons for Warren’s suspension
Alex Johnson•
I had no intention of bowing down to such outrageous demands for secrecy, so I went on Snapchat to publicise that there was a case of COVID within the store.
Jordan Harrison•
The package of measures announced Wednesday by the German government is not an infection control law, but an epidemic-spreading law.
Tamino Dreisam•
Wildcat walkouts over pay at UK Amazon warehouses
“We are not treated as workers but as slaves.”
Workers at Tilbury, Coventry, Rugeley and Bristol have given a hint of the enormous power of Amazon’s workforce, 75,000 strong in the UK and 1.5 million globally, on which the company’s vast operations and shareholder fortunes depend.
Thomas Scripps, Michael Barnes•
The Labor government is more and more open in its hostility to the courageous Australian journalist, who is being persecuted for exposing US-led war crimes.
Oscar Grenfell•
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.
White House reluctantly proclaims monkeypox a public health emergency
Given the disastrous mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is every reason to expect that monkeypox will be allowed to wreak havoc in the coming months, despite formal proclamations of a “state of emergency.”
Evan Blake•
The social physiognomy of an American trade union executive: The case of Connor M. Lewis
A trade union bureaucrat named Connor M. Lewis attacked the World Socialist Web Site earlier this week in response to Mack Trucks autoworker Will Lehman’s nomination for UAW president at the union’s recent convention in Detroit. WSWS writer Eric London responded with a Twitter thread that we republish here.
Eric London•
Biden wants war with China
This week’s trip by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan has enormously escalated the US conflict with China, triggering the greatest military crisis in the Taiwan Strait in a generation.
Andre Damon•
Thousands pay their respects at funeral of veteran Sri Lankan Trotskyist Wije Dias
The funeral of Socialist Equality Party chairman Wije Dias received an international audience and brought revolutionary salutes to his unwavering commitment to Trotskyist principles of socialist internationalism.
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David North•
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Andre Damon•
Nick Beams•
Evan Blake•
Support Will Lehman for UAW president!
The official nomination of a candidate running for UAW president on an explicitly socialist program is a historic milestone and an expression of the immense potential for the building of a mass revolutionary movement in the American working class.
Eric London•
Following nomination for UAW president, Will Lehman appeals for support: “We can’t fight for what we need without organizing ourselves”
On Friday, Lehman issued a statement directed to all workers in the UAW, calling for support for his campaign.
WSWS Autoworker Newsletter•
Will Lehman’s letter to UAW members: “I am running for president to transfer power to the rank-and-file”
The WSWS is publishing the text of a letter sent to tens of thousands of UAW members from Will Lehman, a 34-year old Mack Trucks worker running for UAW president.
WSWS Autoworker Newsletter•
UAW denies WSWS press credentials to cover Detroit convention
The action reveals the closed-in character of the UAW bureaucracy, which fears the growing militancy of rank-and-file workers and any exposure and criticism of its collusion with the corporations.
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Jerry White•
Our reporting team•
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Jerry White•
The US-NATO war in Ukraine must be stopped!
The US-led war against Russia is unfolding as a monumental conspiracy against the populations of the United States and Europe.
Andre Damon•
Letter to a Young Trotskyist in Russia
This letter, written by David North to a Trotskyist in Russia, reviews the historical and political foundation of the ICFI's opposition to the US-NATO war against Russia.
David North•
Ukraine’s International Socialist League whitewashes crimes of Ukrainian fascism
The ISL employs the Stalinist methods of historical lies and amalgams in order to sow historical confusion and cover up the crimes of the far right.
Clara Weiss•
The relativisation of fascism in Germany and the recall of Ukrainian ambassador Andrij Melnyk
The reactions to the dismissal of the Ukrainian ambassador in Berlin, Andrij Melnyk, show how far the rehabilitation of the Nazis in Germany has progressed 77 years after the end of the Third Reich.
Johannes Stern•
Emanuele Saccarelli•
Clara Weiss•
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Robert Stevens•
Youth detainees moved to adult maximum-security prison in Western Australia
Reports have emerged this week that at least one of the children has been hospitalised after self-harming.
John Harris•
Australian mining company issued token fine over mine worker death
The $75,000 fine issued to the Rio Tinto subsidiary is a stark demonstration of the class “justice” meted out by the Australian legal system with regard to workplace safety.
Steve Streitberg•
Australia: NSW rail workers step up industrial action over wages, unsafe trains
Throughout August, the workers will carry out a range of limited work bans and four six-hour stoppages, each of which will be restricted to a different geographic region within the state-owned network.
Martin Scott•
Workers, youth and intellectuals hail the lifelong struggle of veteran Trotskyist Wije Dias
Thousands have paid their respects to Wije Dias, starting on Thursday at the Jayaratne Respect Home in Colombo, where his body was held, and on Saturday, the day of his funeral.
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Max Boddy•
Oscar Grenfell•
Socialist Equality Group (New Zealand)•
Mike Head•
Ben McGrath•
Lufthansa pilots vote overwhelmingly in favour of strike action
The pilots voted for strike by almost 100 percent. But their union refuses to organise a work stoppage and is continuing negotiations.
Gregor Link, Ulrich Rippert•
Workers Struggles: Asia and Australia
India: BSNL telecom workers oppose privatisation; MRF tyre factory contract workers strike in Kerala; Australia: Svitzer tugboat workers strike at ten ports; Melbourne garbage workers strike over low wages
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UK: Unite ends Coventry bin dispute on strikebreaking Labour authority’s terms
The ability of Unite to contain the dispute and renew its relationship with the Labour authority has been made possible by the Socialist Workers Party and the Socialist Party.
Tony Robson•
Canadian Pacific Workers Rank-and-File Committee launches Facebook page to fight hazardous working conditions on railroads
The Rank-and-File Committee was established in March by workers determined to reject the repeated betrayals of rail workers’ struggles by the Teamsters, Unifor and other unions.
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George Kirby•
Shannon Jones•
Norisa Diaz•
Claude Delphian•
The Gray Man: A CIA killer on the run
The action thriller follows an assassin in a secret CIA program as he attempts to uncover high-level wrongdoing, rescue a young girl and preserve his own life.
David Walsh•
Joy: Humanizing the lower depths
The film follows a Nigerian woman sexually trafficked to Austria, where she works as a prostitute to support her family back home in Africa and her young daughter in Vienna.
Joanne Laurier•
Karl Marx and Capitalism – A remarkable exhibition at Berlin’s German Historical Museum
The German Historical Museum (Deutsches Historisches Museum) in central Berlin is currently hosting a remarkable exhibition on the life and work of Karl Marx.
Peter Schwarz•
The closing of the San Francisco Art Institute: “The artists can go hang themselves”
The announcement in mid-July that the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) would cease operations, no longer offering courses or degrees, is a significant and telling event.
David Walsh•
Joanne Laurier•
Fred Mazelis•
Sybille Fuchs•
Matthew Brennan, David Walsh•
David Walsh•
A video presentation by Evan Blake
What must be done to end the pandemic
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University students and health worker condemn censorship of zero-COVID advocate Dr David Berger
“Dr Berger has been silenced by AHPRA because it works alongside the government and Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly to keep workers from knowing the truth about the pandemic.” – Cindy, a health worker from Perth
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Doctors and students support zero-COVID advocate Dr David Berger
The persecution of Dr Berger “puts the lie to Australia’s claim to being a democracy where free speech is honoured when in truth dissent is suppressed.” – Dr Martin Wolterding
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COVID predicted to surge to new heights in the UK this autumn
Cases of COVID-19 will peak in late November with 8 percent of the UK population infected—the highest rate to date is 5.5 percent.
Thomas Scripps•
Australian workers support zero-COVID advocate Dr David Berger, condemn Twitter censorship of SEP (Australia)
“Silencing a doctor’s views, and talk of a ‘special education program,’ smacks of something out of a totalitarian nightmare.” – Vicki, from South Australia
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Clare Bruderlin•
Benjamin Mateus•
Socialist Equality Group (New Zealand)•
Nick Barrickman•
Tamino Dreisam•
An interview with John Pilger: “Assange is the courageous embodiment of a struggle against the most oppressive forces in our world”
"Remember the pursuit of Julian is a measure of his achievements. He informed millions about the deceptions of governments too many trusted; he respected their right to know."
Oscar Grenfell•
Australian workers and youth speak out: “If there was democracy Assange would never have gone to jail”
"The attack on Assange is being used as a warning against any journalist, including future journalists to be careful as to what they bring to the attention of the general public."
Our reporters•
Documents show Australian Labor government does not oppose Assange’s extradition to the US
The Labor government documents accept Assange’s extradition to the US and his prosecution in a kangaroo court, as a fait accompli.
Oscar Grenfell•
Joshua Schulte convicted on all counts in second trial over 2017 leak of Vault 7 cyberwarfare trove published by WikiLeaks
Former CIA software developer Joshua Schulte was found guilty on nine charges related to a 2017 hack of a large library of spying software and computer viruses used by the intelligence agency to spy on individuals through their smartphones and smart TVs.
Kevin Reed•
Oscar Grenfell•
Eric Ludlow, Oscar Grenfell•
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Socialist Equality Party (Australia)•
Oscar Grenfell•
US pledges to send warships through Taiwan Strait in standoff with China
The relentless efforts by the Biden administration to provoke a war with China, underscored by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan, represent an enormous danger to the population of Taiwan, China, the Asia-Pacific region and the whole world.
Andre Damon•
Officers involved in murder of Breonna Taylor arrested on federal charges
On Thursday, the US Department of Justice charged with federal offenses and arrested four officers involved in the brutal murder two and a half years ago in Louisville, Kentucky.
Kevin Reed•
Landslide vote to defeat anti-abortion initiative in Kansas
The outcome of the referendum is a popular rebuke of the reactionary nationwide offensive against abortion rights following the Supreme Court’s decision in June abolishing the constitutional right to abortion.
Tom Carter•
Fascistic Trump supporters win most Republican primary contests—with Democratic Party support
One of the 10 Republican representatives who voted to impeach Trump for the January 6 attack on the Capitol was defeated by a QAnon advocate.
Patrick Martin•
Kevin Reed•
Alan Gilman•
Jerry White•
Michael Anders•
Shannon Jones•
White House reluctantly proclaims monkeypox a public health emergency
Given the disastrous mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is every reason to expect that monkeypox will be allowed to wreak havoc in the coming months, despite formal proclamations of a “state of emergency.”
Evan Blake•
The politics and science of the monkeypox pandemic
There is no clear, convincing public health response to the growing social crisis that is rapidly evolving.
Benjamin Mateus•
Monkeypox continues its global assault as governments do nothing to bring the pandemic to an end
Global monkeypox cases have risen to over 23,000 spanning almost 90 countries and territories. Despite the recent declaration of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, little is being done to address the rapidly evolving crisis.
Benjamin Mateus•
Biden’s infection and the horrific reality of “forever COVID”
The infection of US President Joe Biden has prompted the White House to openly state their criminal new policy towards the pandemic: everyone will get infected with COVID-19, repeatedly, year after year, forever.
Evan Blake•
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus, Evan Blake•
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
German government sets course for world war as it backs Pelosi’s Taiwan visit
Similar to the war in Ukraine, Berlin also sees the conflict with China as an opportunity to advance its long-cherished plans for rearmament and its great power ambitions.
Johannes Stern•
Athlete Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked illegally to the UK
Farah’s life story could be told thousands of times over. But there is no such happy ending for the thousands of children and families who arrived undocumented fleeing war and destitution.
Liz Smith•
Ukrainian top intelligence official reveals US involvement in missile strikes against Russia
The provocative interview with the deputy head of Ukraine's military intelligence was published the same day as the first grain shipment from Ukraine since the start of the NATO-provoked war left Odessa as part of a deal brokered by Turkey and the UN.
Jason Melanovski, Clara Weiss•
Britain joins US imperialism’s anti-China provocations
Pursuing an anti-China foreign policy has been a central theme of the Conservative leadership contest, with Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak competing over who is most hawkish.
Robert Stevens•
Laura Tiernan•
Peter Schwarz•
Samuel Tissot•
Ela Maartens, Peter Schwarz•
Kumaran Ira, Alex Lantier•
IYSSE establishes club at Australia’s La Trobe University in meeting defending zero-COVID campaigner Dr David Berger
The third IYSSE club in Melbourne was built after months of campaigning among students for a socialist, anti-war perspective and in defence of democratic rights.
Eric Ludlow•
IYSSE video statement on its electoral success at Humboldt University
All three candidates of the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) at Humboldt University are set to enter student parliament.
IYSSE at Humboldt-University of Berlin•
All IYSSE candidates elected to Berlin’s Humboldt University student parliament
The IYSSE’s strong result is also an expression of the growing support for a socialist and internationalist perspective among students and young people.
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“100 billion euros for education and health, instead of rearmament!”
“Stop the war!”: Successful IYSSE meeting with students at Humboldt University, Berlin
The International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) organized an online discussion event at Humboldt University (HU) in Berlin last Monday, in which about 60 students participated.
Our reporters•
Renae Cassimeda, Kimie Saito•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality, Humboldt University•
Sven Wurm•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (US)•
Arun Kumar•
For a Democratic and Socialist Congress of Workers and Rural Masses in Sri Lanka!
The working class must establish its own centre of political power in opposition to the anti-democratic conspiracies of the political establishment and the capitalist state. That is the significance of the SEP’s call for the Democratic and Socialist Congress of Workers and Rural Masses.
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)•
Sri Lankan government widens its arrests and police-state measures
The Wickremesinghe regime has over the past two days arrested trade union leaders, extended essential services orders banning strikes in the health, electricity and fuel distribution sectors, and threatened a new wave of arrests against Galle Face protestors.
Saman Gunadasa•
Workers, youth and intellectuals hail the lifelong struggle of veteran Trotskyist Wije Dias
Thousands have paid their respects to Wije Dias, starting on Thursday at the Jayaratne Respect Home in Colombo, where his body was held, and on Saturday, the day of his funeral.
Our correspondents•
Sri Lankan government endorses and extends President Wickremesinghe’s state of emergency
Ranil Wickremesinghe has been installed as president to impose the austerity demands of the International Monetary Fund in return for emergency funding and to suppress the widespread opposition of workers and rural toilers.
Peter Symonds•
Saman Gunadasa•
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)•
Ratnasiri Malalagama, Lakshman Fernando, Aruna Malalagama•
Saman Gunadasa•
Saman Gunadasa•
Canadian neurocognitive disorder expert speaks to Global Workers Inquest into the Pandemic: “To say ‘they are old, they can die’—it’s criminal”
“We now know how to eliminate this virus. Why not give ourselves the best chance so that our children can live a normal life, so that we can go to work without stress, go shopping without the fear of catching a deadly disease?”
Laurent Lafrance•
Australian educator speaks to Global Workers’ Inquest: “The biggest lie was that kids didn’t get COVID, did not transmit it, and then if they did become infected it was mild.”
Amanda became active in the Committee for Public Education (CFPE) at the beginning of the pandemic and after being victimised at her school for speaking in defence of educator and student health and safety.
Sue Phillips•
New Brunswick educator speaks to the Global Workers’ Inquest on the abandonment of pandemic protections: “All decisions were made above our heads. We had no say”
Mina recently spoke about her experiences as an educator during the pandemic, her view of her union’s and the government’s pandemic policy, and what she thinks is in store for the province when classes resume in fall 2022.
Dylan Lubao•
How Swedish authorities worked to export “herd immunity” to other countries
This submission to the Global Workers’ Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic documents the attempts made by the Swedish government to export its “herd immunity” strategy of mass infection to countries throughout the world.
Keith Begg, Virpi Flyg•
Penny Smith•
Malcolm Fiedler•
Malcolm Fiedler•
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Dylan Lubao•
This week in history: August 1–7
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.
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This week in history: July 25-31
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.
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This week in history: July 18-24
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.
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Ukraine’s International Socialist League whitewashes crimes of Ukrainian fascism
The ISL employs the Stalinist methods of historical lies and amalgams in order to sow historical confusion and cover up the crimes of the far right.
Clara Weiss•
Record second quarter profits for US oil corporations
The two largest US oil monopolies, Exxon and Chevron, reported record quarterly profits on Friday as they cashed in on a strategy of cutting refining capacity while the price of oil shot up from the US-NATO proxy war against Russia in Ukraine.
Kevin Reed•
US economy starting to move into recession
According to Commerce Department data released yesterday, US gross domestic product contracted at an annualised rate of 0.9 percent in the three months to June, following a 1.6 percent contraction in the first quarter.
Nick Beams•
Fed lifts interest rate in the face of growing signs of economic slowdown
During his press conference, Fed chair Jerome Powell made clear the key determinant of the central bank’s decision was the drive to clamp down on workers’ wage demands in response to inflation now running at more than 9 percent.
Nick Beams•
China’s real estate crisis deepens amid homebuyer boycott movement
While the home-buyer boycott movement is so far relatively small in relation to the total market, its growth has sparked concern at top levels of the government.
Nick Beams•
Terry Cook•
Nick Beams•
Mike Head•
Shannon Jones•
Nick Beams•
Top Trump officials at Department of Defense erased text messages following January 6 coup
The latest example of Trump appointees deleting evidence underscores the support Trump’s coup had within broad sections of the state.
Jacob Crosse, Patrick Martin•
Fascistic Trump supporters win most Republican primary contests—with Democratic Party support
One of the 10 Republican representatives who voted to impeach Trump for the January 6 attack on the Capitol was defeated by a QAnon advocate.
Patrick Martin•
Grand jury hears testimony on Trump role in “fake electors” scheme
A report in the Washington Post is the first to suggest that the Department of Justice is making preparations for criminal charges against the ex-president for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election result.
Patrick Martin•
Trump returns to Washington D.C. to lay out his police state agenda before cheering Republican officials
That Trump was even free to return to the nation’s capital and address an organization set up by his accomplices is an indictment of the Biden administration and the Democratic Party.
Barry Grey•
Patrick Martin•
Jacob Crosse•
Barry Grey•
Barry Grey•
Patrick Martin•
Bolsonaro calls for mass fascist demonstration against Electoral Court on Brazil’s Independence Day
A week before the official launching of Bolsonaro’s reelection bid, Defense Minister Gen. Paulo Sergio de Oliveira announced the military would do a parallel counting of ballots, siding with the president against the Electoral Court.
Miguel Andrade•
Seventeen dead, dozens rescued after Haitian migrant boat capsizes in the Bahamas
The boat’s overturn represents the latest and deadliest marine incident, as dozens of Haitian migrants have drowned at sea on the Caribbean coast in recent months.
Alex Johnson•
Threats of “Capitol scenario” coup mount with approach of Brazil's general elections
Bolsonaro’s elder son, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, has told the press his family cannot take responsibility for the actions of supporters in the aftermath of the elections, as his father tells supporters “they know what to do”.
Miguel Andrade•
Pro-corporate Workers Party signals sweeping attack on public education in Brazil
In recent weeks, Lula and party officials have assuredbusinessmen and bankers that a PT government will unload the full weight of the capitalist crisis on the Brazilian working class.
Eduardo Parati, Guilherme Ferreira•
Alex Johnson•
Dominic Gustavo•
Eric London•
Tomas Castanheira•
Alex Johnson•
NASA releases first images and data from the James Webb Space Telescope
The initial images and accompanying data released by the JWST are a first glimpse of the full capabilities of the new astronomical observatory and mark a major step forward in humanity’s ability to understand the Universe and our place within it.
Bryan Dyne•
Large Hadron Collider resumes collecting data at new record energy
The high-energy particle collider first confirmed the existence of the Higgs boson almost exactly 10 years ago, completing the Standard Model of Particle Physics and opening a new era of scientific inquiry.
Bryan Dyne•
At least seven Alpine climbers killed and many injured by a glacial avalanche, the result of rapid melting due to global warming
Accelerating melting of glaciers and continental ice caps are but one of the catastrophic consequences of global warming.
Philip Guelpa•
Indian government proposal to study “racial purity” draws widespread attack from scientists
Any proposed attempt to define rigid racial distinctions among India’s 1.4 billion people, even if honestly undertaken, would quickly run counter to well-established scientific research that has demonstrated the immense diversity of India’s population, as well as the world’s population as a whole, with respect to genetics, language, and culture.
Philip Guelpa•
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Frank Gaglioti•
Bryan Dyne•
Bryan Dyne•
Philip Guelpa•
A historic advance in the fight for Trotskyism
The International Committee of the Fourth International accepts application of the Sosyalist Eşitlik Grubu to become its section in Turkey
The June 19 decision followed extensive discussions with representatives of the International Committee in Istanbul on the development of the fight for Trotskyism in Turkey and the Aegean and Black Sea regions.
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Israel’s cover up of the 1956 Kafr Qasem massacre: “The commander said fatalities were desirable”
The Kafr Qasem massacre was one of scores of killings of defenceless Palestinians by Israeli military forces, aimed at establishing the State of Israel.
Jean Shaoul•
Al-Sadr supporters storm parliament to prevent formation of Iraqi government
The turmoil underscores the worsening political crisis in Washington’s puppet state that has become a proxy battle ground for regional and international political conflicts.
Jean Shaoul•
Iran imprisons film directors amid escalating crackdown on dissent and protests
The imprisonment of the artists takes place amid a government campaign of intimidation and repression against any opposition to the soaring cost of living that is making it impossible for workers and rural toilers to feed their families.
Jean Shaoul•
Iraqi, Kurdish governments blame Turkey for bombardment killing 9 civilians
At least nine civilians, including two children, were killed and more than 20 wounded Wednesday in a bombardment on the tourist village of Perex in Iraq.
Ulaş Ateşçi•
Jean Shaoul•
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Patrick Martin•
Jean Shaoul•
Jean Shaoul•
Global Workers’ Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic
Family of Detroit autoworker who died of COVID-19 demands answers
Autoworker and grandmother Catherine Pace died on March 27, 2020 after contracting COVID-19 in the paint department at the Warren Truck Plant outside Detroit, then operated by Fiat-Chrysler, now Stellantis.
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Top Trump officials at Department of Defense erased text messages following January 6 coup
The latest example of Trump appointees deleting evidence underscores the support Trump’s coup had within broad sections of the state.
Jacob Crosse, Patrick Martin•
Coal millionaire Manchin promotes Democrats’ phony “climate” bill
For the coal, oil and gas corporations, the main producers of greenhouse gases, the measure is an unabashed boondoggle.
Barry Grey•
Top Trump Homeland Security officials deleted January 6 messages
The deletion of text messages by the leadership of the Department of Homeland Security underscores the complicity of all the major police and intelligence agencies in Trump’s efforts to overthrow the government.
Jacob Crosse•
Trump returns to Washington D.C. to lay out his police state agenda before cheering Republican officials
That Trump was even free to return to the nation’s capital and address an organization set up by his accomplices is an indictment of the Biden administration and the Democratic Party.
Barry Grey•
Barry Grey•
Jacob Crosse•
Patrick Martin•
Kate Randall•
Jacob Crosse•
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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Socialist Equality Party meeting discusses crisis of Australia’s two-party system and the way forward for the working class
The livestreamed event provided a much-appreciated forum for democratic discussion about the election result, Labor’s right-wing program, and the class battles now unfolding in Australia and internationally.
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Australia’s Labor government demands “sacrifices” from workers
Labor claims to have suddenly discovered that the budget situation is “dire” so “significant savings” must be found and “productivity” driven up with the help of the trade unions.
Mike Head•
Australian Labor government already functioning as US attack dog in the Pacific
Labor, before it has even secured a majority government, is on a foreign policy blitz aimed at shoring-up US and Australian hegemony over the Pacific.
Oscar Grenfell•
The international significance of Australia’s crisis election
The outcome reflects, in distorted electoral terms, a political radicalisation of workers and young people that is already finding expression in a development of working class struggles.
Oscar Grenfell•
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Mike Head•
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Oscar Grenfell•
May Day 2022: The NATO-Russia war and the tasks of the international working class
In his introduction to the International May Day Online Rally, WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North reviews the historical origins of the US-NATO war drive against Russia and outlines the political strategy of the working class to oppose the danger of World War III.
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May Day 2022: The revolutionary role of the American working class
This is the report delivered by Joseph Kishore to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Kishore is the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party in the United States.
Joseph Kishore•
May Day 2022: The class struggle in the Asia-Pacific
This is the report delivered by Tom Peters to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Peters is a leading member of the Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand, which is fighting to build a section of the ICFI.
Tom Peters•
May Day 2022: Young people must turn to the working class and the fight for socialism!
This is the report delivered by Gregor Link to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Link is a leading member in Germany of the International Youth and Students for Social Equality, the youth movement of the International Committee of the Fourth International and its affiliated Socialist Equality Parties.
Gregor Link•
May Day 2022: Australian ruling class promotes anti-China campaign
This is the report delivered by Cheryl Crisp to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Crisp is the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party in Australia.
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Nick Beams•
Ulaş Ateşçi•
Alex Lantier•
Chris Marsden•
M. Thevarajah•
Sudan’s military junta launches brutal crackdown on protests
The deadliest violence since near weekly mass protests began last October over the military’s ouster of the interim government of Dr Abdulla Hamdok brings the total number killed since the coup to 114, including 18 children.
Jean Shaoul•
Massacre in Morocco: The ugly face of European imperialism
The cold-blooded killing of at least 37 migrants underscores that as the US-NATO war with Russia escalates into a global conflagration, and workers across the continent move into struggle against the unbearable cost of living, the major European powers are resurrecting forms of state-organised violence and political reaction not seen since the 1930s.
Jordan Shilton•
Tunisian workers hold one-day general strike against rising food prices
Workers across Tunisia walked out in protest of President Kaïs Saïed’s plan to rewrite the constitution and slash vital subsidies that keep wheat and bread affordable.
Alex Lantier•
Somalia pushed closer to famine by US/NATO sanctions on Russia, international speculation and drought
Despite the gravity of the crisis, the US, other major powers and financial institutions have ignored the UN’s humanitarian appeal as they turn their attention and resources to the war in Ukraine.
Jean Shaoul•
Alex Findijs•
Johannes Stern•
Jean Shaoul, Chris Marsden•
Jean Shaoul•
Jean Shaoul•
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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Workers and youth condemn Facebook censorship of Socialist Equality Party’s anti-war video
“This censorship is not only directed against us, but against the mass opposition to a world war,” says Vandreier. The socialist anti-war perspective of the SGP “is to be banned and censored in the midst of deafening war propaganda for a third world war.”
Our reporters•
Socialist Equality Party discusses building an anti-war movement with UK workers
Workers including bus drivers, healthcare staff and teachers active in rank-and-file committees in the UK were invited by the SEP to discuss a fight against war based on the working class and socialism.
Richard Tyler•
Sri Lankan SEP/IYSSE holds well attended online meeting against US-NATO war drive and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
The speakers emphasized that the opposition of the working class to the war is needed to be developed as a conscious political movement for socialism.
our correspondents•
Sri Lanka: SEP/IYSSE meeting participants denounce US-NATO war and Russian invasion of Ukraine
“The destruction created by the COVID-19 pandemic and the drive towards a third world war clearly shows that capitalism neither wants nor is able to resolve the basic questions faced by mankind”
Our correspondents•
David Walsh•
Marianne Arens•
Our reporter•
Helen Hayes, Usman Khan•
Shannon Jones•
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.
The New York Times 1619 Project: A New Origin Story: History as the emanation of race
The Times, which wishes readers to take the 1619 Project seriously as a “reframing of American history,” has said more than it intended.
Tom Mackaman•
An interview with Mark Kruger, author of The St. Louis Commune of 1877: Communism in the Heartland
The World Socialist Web Site recently spoke with Mark Kruger about his new book, the 1619 Project, and the current state of American politics.
Douglas Lyons•
Historian Jack Rakove on American history writing and the falsifications of the 1619 Project and its defenders
Professor Jack Rakove is a leading scholar of the American Revolution and the framing of the Constitution.
Tom Mackaman•
The New York Times’ Jake Silverstein concocts “a new origin story” for the 1619 Project
Having previously disregarded historiography, Silverstein now falsifies it—and admits to privileging “narrative” over “actual fact.”
Tom Mackaman•
Tom Mackaman•
Niles Niemuth•
Niles Niemuth•
David North•
David North•
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.
Stop censoring the opponents of war!
On Saturday, Facebook deleted a video posted by the Socialist Equality Party of Germany opposing the German government’s participation in the US-led NATO proxy war against Russia in Ukraine.
Christoph Vandreier•
Social media platforms expand censorship of anti-war and anti-imperialist voices
Six years of Chris Hedges’ On Contact program erased by YouTube
YouTube deleted the archive of Chris Hedges’ On Contact television program from its platform with no explanation.
Kevin Reed•
Whistleblower testimony launches bipartisan campaign for Facebook censorship
The Senate testimony by former Facebook employee Frances Haugen has intensified the bipartisan drive to clamp down on left-wing and socialist political content on social media platforms.
Kevin Reed•
US seizes PressTV.com and 32 other Iranian media website domains
In a provocative act of censorship and imperialist gangsterism, the Biden administration took control of three dozen internet domains and shut down websites affiliated with Iran-based media organizations on unsubstantiated grounds of “disinformation campaigns and malign influence operations.”
Kevin Reed•
Kevin Reed•
Alex Johnson•
Trévon Austin•
WSWS Educators Newsletter•
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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The politically driven campaign against Harvard anthropologist John Comaroff
The attack on Harvard anthropology professor John Comaroff has taken to a new level the campaign to purge American colleges and universities on the basis of anti-democratic identity politics.
David Walsh•
The concerted, cowardly #MeToo attack on Harvard professor John Comaroff
John Comaroff, professor of African and African American studies and of anthropology at Harvard University, has become the target of what has all the earmarks of another filthy #MeToo witch-hunt.
David Walsh•
Campus opposition at University of Michigan mounts to victimization of Bright Sheng
Professors and students continue to speak out against the anti-democratic victimization of University of Michigan professor and composer Bright Sheng.
James McDonald, Sam Wayne•
Australian High Court sets precedent for sacking dissenting academics
The judges effectively cleared the way for universities to dismiss staff for criticising management or breaching confidentiality rules.
Mike Head•
Matthew Brennan, Barry Grey•
Barry Grey•
James McDonald•
David Walsh•
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UN documents civilian deaths in Syrian war, ignoring their cause
At no point does the UN even hint at the role the US and its allies played in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of civilians, or in the transformation of Syria from a middle-income country into the hell hole it is today.
Jean Shaoul•
US extends economic war on Russia to China
Increasingly openly the US is treating the military war against Russia and the mounting confrontation with China as part of a far broader conflict to weaken and subjugate potential rivals.
Peter Symonds•
At NATO summit, New Zealand PM backs war with Russia, military build-up against China
With staggering hypocrisy, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern presented NATO as a bastion of peace and democracy, even as the military alliance openly prepares for nuclear war against Russia and China.
Tom Peters•
Australian PM commits to NATO war offensive against Russia and China
Albanese directly linked the US-NATO proxy war against Russia, triggered by goading Moscow into a reactionary invasion of Ukraine, to the mounting campaign by the US and its allies to ignite a similar war against China over Taiwan.
Mike Head•
Peter Symonds•
Andre Damon•
Robert Stevens•
Eric Ludlow•
Jean Shaoul•
100 years since the birth of Jean Brust
August 31, 2021 marks 100 years since the birth of Jean Brust, a leading figure in the Trotskyist movement. Comrade Jean, who died November 24, 1997 at the age of 76, joined the Trotskyist-led Young Peoples Socialist League as a teenager in 1937.
Berlin Administrative Court affirms secret service observation of left-wing newspaper junge Welt
On 18 March, the Berlin Administrative Court rejected an emergency application by junge Welt that it no longer be described as “left-wing extremist” in the secret service annual report.
Justus Leicht•
Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei lawsuit against the Secret Service
Berlin Administrative Court declares criticism of capitalism unconstitutional
The German court judgement and its written grounds represent a fundamental attack on democratic rights. The aim is to ban socialist ideas and any criticism of capitalism.
Statement of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei•
UK Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee denounces court ruling upholding designation of Germany's Socialist Equality Party as “left wing extremists”
The Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee (UK) passed a resolution Monday condemning the ruling of the Berlin Administrative Court, which on November 18, 2021, upheld the designation of the German security service of the German section of the ICFI as “left wing extremists”.
Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee (UK)•
Berlin Administrative Court rules socialist ideas are “anti-constitutional”
The court’s ruling against the Socialist Equality Party stands in the tradition of National Socialist ideological jurisprudence and Bismarck’s anti-socialist laws, and opens the door for the surveillance and suppression of all opposition to capitalism and arbitrary state power.
Peter Schwarz•
Christoph Vandreier•
Christoph Vandreier•
our reporters•
Christoph Vandreier•
Wolfgang Weber•
Twenty years since the September 11 terror attacks
The horrific massacre of civilians was immediately exploited by the imperialist powers, led by the United States government itself, to justify far-reaching attacks on the democratic rights of their own populations, and the launching of decades-long wars in the Middle East and Africa.
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Washington Post promotes Trump’s other “big lie”: The Wuhan Lab theory
The same day that the House Select January 6 Committee documented how Trump used his “big lie” about the 2020 election to justify an attempted fascist coup, the Washington Post published an editorial promoting Trump’s other big lie: The claim that COVID-19 is a man-made virus created by China.
Andre Damon•
Three international studies into the origins of coronavirus refute the fabricated Wuhan “lab leak” claim
Three just-released studies provide substantive evidence for the natural origin of SARS-CoV-2, with the Huanan market in Wuhan, China the location of the first zoonotic (animal to human) transfer.
Benjamin Mateus•
Promoters of “Wuhan lab” conspiracy theory fume as their claims fall apart
As scientific studies continue to undermine the conspiracy theory that SARS-CoV-2 is a genetically engineered virus, journalist Glenn Greenwald has accused the New York Times and Washington Post of being insufficiently faithful to the lab leak “theory.”
Andre Damon•
A disgraced liar accuses scientists: Matt Ridley’s Viral
In the most systematic defense of the Wuhan lab libel to date, Matt Ridley proves only the falsehood of his bad-faith attack on science.
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Cliff Slaughter: A political biography (1928-1963)
By David North
Cliff Slaughter died on May 3, 2021, in Leeds, England, at the age of 92. His enduring contribution in the 1960s to the defense of Trotskyism stands in tragic contrast with his subsequent political opportunism and repudiation of revolutionary Marxism.
Free Brittney Griner!
The basketball star is an innocent victim of the reactionary conflict between US imperialism and the Putin regime in Moscow.
Patrick Martin•
White House reluctantly proclaims monkeypox a public health emergency
Given the disastrous mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is every reason to expect that monkeypox will be allowed to wreak havoc in the coming months, despite formal proclamations of a “state of emergency.”
Evan Blake•
Biden wants war with China
This week’s trip by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan has enormously escalated the US conflict with China, triggering the greatest military crisis in the Taiwan Strait in a generation.
Andre Damon•
Oil giants reap record profits from war, pandemic and skyrocketing prices
As working class families the world over struggle to afford basic necessities amid historic inflation, driven by the pandemic and the US-NATO war against Russia, the world’s largest multinational oil corporations are announcing record profits.
Jacob Crosse•
Andre Damon•
Eric London•
Nick Beams•
Evan Blake•
Statement of the International Committee of the Fourth International•
Eighty years since the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union
The WSWS has published a feature page incorporating a selection of essential essays from its own archives, and other documents produced contemporaneously by the Fourth International.
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Socialist Equality Party summer school prepares membership for growth of class struggle
The Socialist Equality Party in the United States held a summer school from August 1 through August 6. It was devoted to an analysis of the major social and political events in the US and internationally since the previous SEP school, held in July of 2019.
Barry Grey•
SEP Summer School 2021 Lecture
The historical background and initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic
This report to the 2021 SEP summer school was delivered by Dr. Benjamin Mateus, who has led the coverage on the WSWS of the scientific and medical issues posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Benjamin Mateus•
SEP Summer School 2021 Lecture
January 6, 2021: Donald Trump’s plot against America
The following lecture was delivered at the Socialist Equality Party (US) 2021 summer school by Eric London, a writer for the WSWS and author of Agents: The FBI and GPU Infiltration of the Trotskyist Movement.
Eric London•
The lessons of the 2021 Volvo strike
This lecture was delivered at the Socialist Equality Party (US) 2021 summer school, held August 1 through August 6, by Marcus Day, a writer for the World Socialist Web Site .
Marcus Day•
Tom Carter•
Jerry White•
Tom Mackaman•
Andre Damon•
Patrick Martin•
Sylvia Ageloff and the assassination of Leon Trotsky
With David North and Eric London
North and London discussed the significance of the latest revelations of the the Security and the Fourth International investigation into Trotsky’s assassination.
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Pike River mine disaster families seek answers about unlawful payment to avoid prosecution of CEO
In 2013, Pike River Coal chief executive Peter Whittall made an unsolicited and unlawful payment to the 29 families of the 2010 mine disaster, in exchange for the New Zealand government dropping charges against him.
Tom Peters•
Online book launch: Political lessons of the Pike River disaster and cover-up
The SEG and the WSWS are holding an online meeting on June 4 to discuss the new book Pike River: The Crime and Cover-up by Tom Peters, about the 2010 mine disaster in New Zealand.
Socialist Equality Group (New Zealand)•
Introduction to new book Pike River: The Crime and Cover-up
Pike River: The Crime and Cover-up, published by Mehring Books, examines the causes of the 2010 New Zealand mine disaster, which killed 29 people, and the decade-long cover-up by successive governments and the judicial system, which have shielded the company leadership from prosecution.
Tom Peters•
Son of New Zealand mine disaster victim denounces lack of accountability
Ben Joynson was 10-years-old when his father William died, with 28 other workers, in the 2010 Pike River coal mine disaster. He said the trauma suffered by the victims’ families has been made worse by the lack of accountability.
Tom Peters•
Tom Peters•
Tom Peters•
Tom Peters•
Tom Peters•
Tom Peters•
150 years since the birth of Rosa Luxemburg
The meeting examined Luxemburg’s role as a Marxist theoretician and political leader, and discussed the significance of her legacy to the contemporary struggle to build a Marxist leadership.
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Josef Braml’s The Transatlantic Illusion: Why Germany is rearming
The central thesis of Braml’s book is that Germany must once again pursue its economic and geostrategic interests on its own—not only against Russia and China, but also and above all against the US.
Peter Schwarz•
Harlem Nights: The shadowy state operation to ban black jazz musicians performing in Australia
Deirdre O’Connell’s detailed and well-researched 400-page book examines the political forces behind the frame-up and deportation from Australia of Sonny Clay’s Colored Idea, a black American jazz troupe, in 1928.
Frank Gaglioti, Richard Phillips•
Lawrence Tabak’s Foxconned: A valuable forensic analysis of a disastrous, politically motivated scam
Tabak crafts a commendable and thorough charting of the reckless Foxconn debacle in Racine, Wisconsin but political conclusions must be drawn.
William Quartermaine•
“Take my lie in your arms”
Real Phonies and Genuine Fakes: New poems by Nicky Beer
In this new collection, the stated theme of illusion is not always probed deeply—nor is it the only theme.
Erik Schreiber•
Sandy English•
Erik Schreiber•
Eric London•
James McDonald, David Walsh•
Tom Mackaman•