The July 24 demonstration will give voice to the mass opposition throughout the world to the criminal alliance between US imperialism and its agents in the Israeli state.
David North•
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After the collapse of the Biden campaign
Whether headed by Vice President Kamala Harris or another presidential nominee, the Democratic Party remains the principal enabler of ex-President Trump and the fascistic Republicans.
Biden is one of millions of Americans who have been infected in recent weeks amid the deepening annual summer surge.
Benjamin Mateus•
The World Socialist Web Site recently conducted an interview with journalists from the Kharkov-based underground journalist collective assembly.org.ua who oppose the war in Ukraine and support the campaign to free Bogdan Syrotiuk.
Clara Weiss•
Politicians from both capitalist parties have called on Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle to resign ahead of a Congressional hearing scheduled for today.
Jacob Crosse•
The ruling elites in every major country, above all the US, are using their governments and their militaries to try to conquer the world and put down unrest at at home. Those who suffer are the workers in every country, who have no interest in war.
The UPS and USPS Workers Rank-and-File Committees•
The Australian Labor government along with the US Congress and political elites around the world continue to endorse the barbaric genocide in Gaza. We say no support for the genocide and down with its defenders!
Health Workers Rank-and-File Committee (Australia)•
The impact of the crashing of millions of computer systems running Microsoft Windows at businesses, government offices and critical infrastructure organizations around the world continued over the weekend.
Kevin Reed•
MoMA's recent exhibition was the first museum retrospective in New York dedicated to her entire body of work.
Clare Hurley•
The incident has exposed the brutal state of class relations in Britain, with a newly elected Labour government responding to acute social problems produced by decades of austerity with police methods and criminalisation of the poor.
Our reporters•
The Tony Blair Institute published a report suggesting 50,000 employees aged 50-64 who are on long-term sickness due to heart disease could be back in work within 5 years—some of whom would be 69 at such a point.
Ben Trent•
More statements demanding freedom for Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk from Australia and New Zealand
“We need to stand with Bogdan now, because it’s easy to imagine the alternative: if Ukraine is able to imprison socialists and ban the WSWS without protest, what’s to stop the UK, Germany or the US, from doing the same?”
Our reporters•
Toronto workers support campaign for Bogdan Syrotiuk’s freedom and express opposition to imperialist war
Socialist Equality Party members won a warm response in a working class neighbourhood Saturday as they continued their struggle to build support for the campaign to free the Ukrainian socialist and opponent of imperialist war among Canadian workers and young people.
James Clayton•
Framed-up Maruti Suzuki India workers demand release of Bogdan Syrotiuk
”Bogdan Syrotiuk did not do or say anything wrong,” declared Amarjeet one of 13 Indian autoworkers sentenced to life in prison on bogus murder charges. “What he did was fight for the sake of the international working class. He fought and is fighting for workers’ power.”
Our reporters•
Messages from Germany, Austria and Switzerland in support of Bogdan Syrotiuk’s release
The World Socialist Web Site is receiving statements from workers across Europe and internationally demanding freedom for imprisoned Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk.
Our reporters•
Marianne Arens•
Our reporters•
Evan Blake•
The fascist spectacle of the Republican National Convention
One need not idealize the American party conventions of decades past to acknowledge that this year’s Republican National Convention was an unprecedented spectacle of reaction and backwardness.
Eric London•
Trump delivers fascistic rant to conclude Republican National Convention
The Republican National Convention concluded Thursday night with a speech by the party’s candidate, ex-president Donald Trump, which was an unequaled display of political degradation.
Patrick Martin•
The normalization of American-style fascism
The corporate media treats the Republican National Convention, an unprecedented display of anti-immigrant bigotry, religious mania, and nationalistic frenzy, as though it were an ordinary political event.
Patrick Martin•
“We are in Hell”: Gaza resident speaks to WSWS
Ghassan, who lives in a bomb-damaged house with dozens of people, described the desperate shortage of food, water and healthcare and the constant fear of bombings and drone attacks.
Our correspondent•
Tom Hall•
Joseph Kishore, David North•
Satish Simon, Kranti Kumara•
WSWS Editorial Board•
Socialist Equality Party candidates submit 20,000 signatures to appear on Michigan presidential ballot
The signatures are an expression of the broad sentiment among workers and youth for a socialist, anti-war and anti-capitalist alternative to the capitalist parties.
Jacob Crosse•
Corporate media whitewashes fascist reaction at Republican National Convention
In all of its coverage, the corporate media seeks to conceal from the public the scale and depth of political reaction in the US for fear of social revolution.
Barry Grey•
As calls for Biden to drop out intensify, Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders mount rescue operation
In their unstinting support for Biden, Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez are being exposed as nothing more than propagandists for imperialism.
Jacob Crosse•
Democrats on North Carolina election board block Cornel West from appearing on presidential ballot
In a party-line vote, the Democratic-controlled North Carolina election board voted against approving ballot access for Cornel West, despite the fact that petitioners for his campaign turned in over 3,200 more verified signatures than required.
Jacob Crosse•
Barry Grey•
Patrick Martin•
Jacob Crosse•
Kevin Reed•
Five cops gun down homeless man in Milwaukee amid massive police presence for RNC
Samual Sharpe, Jr., 43, was brutally shot and killed on Tuesday in Milwaukee in a hail of bullets fired by a five police officers from Columbus, Ohio who had been dispatched to the city for the Republican National Convention.
Kevin Reed•
Democratic Senator Robert Menendez convicted of bribery, acting as a foreign agent
Menendez accepted gold bars, a Mercedes-Benz convertible and more than $480,000 in cash in exchange for efforts to assist the Egyptian dictatorship and quash a federal criminal prosecution.
Erik Schreiber•
Judge Cannon dismisses classified documents case against Donald Trump
US District Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the classified documents case against Donald Trump on Monday, saying Special Counsel Jack Smith’s appointment by the Justice Department was unconstitutional.
Kevin Reed•
Teamsters president at the Republican National Convention: The bureaucracy throws its lot in with fascism
Sean O’Brien’s speech called for “bipartisanship” based on nationalism, militarism and the integration of the unions with management and the capitalist state—but he made clear his particular sympathy for Trump and the extreme right.
Tom Hall•
Mike Ingram•
Tom Hall•
Jacob Crosse•
Jacob Crosse•
Kevin Reed•
Berlin Administrative Court dismisses Junge Welt lawsuit against secret service surveillance
The SGP calls for the dissolution of the German secret service apparatus and the immediate removal of
Gregor Link•
Volkswagen threatens 3,000 jobs as it prepares to shut down its Audi plant in Brussels
The transition from combustion engines to electric cars is being used by corporations and investors worldwide to cut jobs, reduce production costs and increase profits.
Ulrich Rippert•
Germany’s 2025 war budget dictated by big business
The new budget bolsters spending on the state’s repressive powers at home and abroad and the working class will be made to pay for it.
Marianne Arens•
David Lammy: UK Labour’s foreign secretary reaches out to Trump
Lammy personifies the venal, right-wing warmongers that make up Sir Keir Starmer’s government.
Robert Stevens•
Tony Robson•
Robert Stevens•
Thomas Scripps•
Johannes Stern•
Alex Lantier•
Rising death toll as Bangladeshi government unleashes military-police crackdown on protesting students
The nationwide student protests, and the support they are winning from the Bangladeshi masses, point to deep hostility towards Hasina government.
Sakuna Jayawardena•
Deepening cuts to jobs and wages in Australia intensify political crisis
Rising job losses and an historic fall in real wages are intensifying the discrediting of the federal and state Labor governments in workers’ eyes.
Mike Head•
Chinese leadership meeting points to social tensions amid economic problems
A meeting of the Third Plenum of the CCP Central Committee advocated tighter social and ideological controls.
Nick Beams•
Australia: Opposition’s nuclear power plans open the door for nuclear weapons
Barely mentioned in the media commentary that erupted around Dutton’s proposal is the potential of a nuclear power industry to provide a pathway for the construction of nuclear weapons.
Peter Symonds•
Our correspondents•
Oscar Grenfell, Martin Scott•
Our reporters•
Oscar Grenfell•
Rohantha De Silva•
Unemployment and lack of access to education devastate youth in Peru
In Peru, more than 1.5 million young people between the ages of 15 and 29 neither study nor work.
Cesar Uco•
Milei and Bolsonaro attend fascistic CPAC conference in Brazil
The politicians behind the Latin American version of CPAC have served as the most direct advocates of US imperialism’s agenda in the region.
Guilherme Ferreira, Tomas Castanheira•
President Milei rides tank in Argentine independence day parade
Milei’s agenda echoes the “National Reorganization Process” (el Proceso) initiated by Argentina’s murderous military dictatorship.
Rafael Azul•
Washington uses Panama’s new government to attack migrants crossing deadly Darien jungle
Washington is seeking to create a bottleneck for hungry and desperate migrant workers escaping from the impact of imperialist oppression and war in dozens of countries.
Andrea Lobo•
Armando Cruz•
Andrea Lobo•
Alexander Fangmann•
Alex Findijs•
Rafael Azul•
American Postal Workers Union convention last week combined Gaza ceasefire resolution with ill-timed endorsement of “Genocide Joe” Biden
The ill-timed endorsement came only days before Biden, 81 years old and in failing health, stepped down as the Democratic candidate.
Alex Findijs, Tom Hall•
NSW nurses and midwives: Build rank-and-file committees to fight Labor government pay cut!
The New South Wales Nurses and Midwives Association’s call for a 15 percent pay rise is nothing more than a smokescreen to cover the sellout being prepared by the union bureaucracy.
Clare Bruderlin, Martin Scott•
Southern California Disneyland workers vote overwhelmingly in favor of strike action
Workers at the Disneyland theme park and resort voted overwhelmingly to authorize strike action.
Dan Conway•
Tens of thousands of Boeing machinists vote to strike
More than 33,000 machinists working at Boeing’s facilities in Washington and Oregon packed a Major League baseball stadium on Wednesday to vote by 99.9 percent to strike when their contract expires September 12.
Bryan Dyne•
David Walsh•
Stellantis Kokomo Rank-and-File Committee•
International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees•
This week in history: July 22-28
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
After the Slaughter: Political Lessons of the Balkan War
The capitulation of Serbia to the US-NATO onslaught brings to an end the last major strategic experience of the twentieth century. Its bloody conclusion endows the century with a certain tragic symmetry. It began with the suppression of the anti-colonial uprising of the Chinese Boxers. The century closes with a war that completes the reduction of the Balkans to the status of a neo-colonial protectorate of the major imperialist powers.
David North•
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•
The racial quota law that inspired Hitler
100 years since the passage of the Immigration Act of 1924
The act, a response to the Russian Revolution, was an attack on the entire working class.
Eric London•
Patrick Martin•
our correspondent•
Martina Inessa, Yuvan Darwin, Kranti Kumara•
Chris Marsden, Julie Hyland•
Mehring Yayıncılık•
One Life: Anthony Hopkins in a drama of the Kindertransport, the 1938-39 rescue of children from Nazi-controlled territory
For filmmaking to portray the barbarism of fascism in all its aspects therefore retains its burning relevance and necessity.
Joanne Laurier•
Royal Academy in London censors anti-Gaza genocide art work by young people
Such works reflect the feelings of tens of millions around the world in the face of the endless cruelties being perpetrated by the Israeli military.
David Walsh•
Conductor-composer Esa-Pekka Salonen leaves the San Francisco Symphony: The profit system once again proves incompatible with serious art
Salonen came into conflict with the board over budget cuts and other cost-cutting measures, which he perceived as dangerous to the artistic health and well-being of the orchestra.
David Walsh•
Case against actor Alec Baldwin in 2021 death on Rust film set collapses over prosecution’s withholding of evidence
It was the revelation that the police and district attorney had “buried,” i.e., deliberately concealed, evidence that led to the judge’s action.
David Walsh•
Hong Jian, David Walsh•
Erik Schreiber•
David Walsh•
Rohantha De Silva, Keith Jones•
Joanne Laurier•
Microsoft Windows outage causes global infrastructure shutdown
Two system failures impacting Microsoft-based computers shut down airports, trains, banks, hospitals, hotels and other critical infrastructure around the world on Friday.
Kevin Reed•
Canada, US and Finland form trilateral icebreaker-building pact to counter Russia and China in the Arctic
NATO boasted, at this month's Washington war summit, that with the recent addition of Sweden and Finland, it now includes “all Arctic nations"—except Russia.
E.P. Milligan•
Mexico’s pseudo-left launches coalition inspired by Argentine FIT-U
The newly formed “Left, Independent, Anti-Capitalist and Anti-Patriarchal Bloc” has joined the wave of triumphalism following the victory of Claudia Sheinbaum, the hand-picked successor of incumbent President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
Andrea Lobo•
Alabama executes Keith Gavin despite serious constitutional questions in his case
Gavin had argued that his attorneys were ineffective during his trial and that the prosecution lacked forensic or DNA evidence against him. Defense counsel failed to present mitigating evidence that might have led jurors to vote for a life sentence without the possibility of parole instead of a death sentence.
Kate Randall•
Mike Ingram•
Bryan Dyne•
Edmundo Beltran•
Dylan Lubao•
Kevin Reed•
International Court of Justice finds Israel’s occupation of Palestine illegal
In a devastating condemnation of the Israeli government and its imperialist backers, the court ruled that Israel's occupation of Palestine is illegal, ordering all countries to cease enabling it.
Andre Damon•
Washington abandons aid to Gaza via floating pier, as famine intensifies
Announced with great fanfare by President Joseph Biden in March, the pier ended up taking two months to deliver 80 percent of the 500 truckloads of aid that arrived in Gaza each day prior to the launching of Israel’s genocidal onslaught on October 7.
Jordan Shilton•
Delas report exposes PSOE-Sumar-Podemos collaboration with Israeli genocide in Gaza
It is another devastating exposure of the imperialist militarism and support for genocide of the Socialist Party-Sumar government and of its accomplices in Podemos.
Santiago Guillen•
UNRWA headquarters “flattened” as destruction of Gaza continues
Amid the killings, it was the turn of David Lammy, foreign secretary in Britain’s new Labour Party government, to tour Israel and sprinkle perfumed phrases about “peace” and “stability” on its fascist regime and genocidal war.
Thomas Scripps•
Kevin Reed•
Peter Symonds•
Oscar Grenfell•
Andre Damon•
Jean Shaoul•
University of Sydney cracks down on campus protests amid broader assault on opposition to Gaza genocide
The university’s new policy mandates that members of the public outside the university will only be allowed to engage in demonstrations if they have prior approval from management.
Eric Ludlow•
Renewed massive police violence and media smears against Gaza protesters in Germany
The brutal police actions are part of the intensified persecution of opponents of the war by the German state.
Gregor Link•
Columbia University removes three administrators on bogus charges of antisemitism
The International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) demands the immediate reinstatement of the three Columbia University administrators removed from their positions in late June on bogus charges of antisemitism.
John Conrad, Tim Avery•
In the face of fascist goons summoned by the Anti-Defamation League, Holocaust survivor denounces Gaza genocide
Holocaust survivor Rene Lichtman and other anti-genocide protesters rallied in front of the Zekelman Holocaust Center in Farmington Hills, Michigan despite an intimidation campaign by Zionist elements.
Jacob Crosse•
Patrick O’Connor•
James Clayton, Roger Jordan•
Oscar Grenfell•
Florian Hasek, Tamino Dreisam•
Oscar Grenfell•
Sri Lankan university non-academic trade unions betray 75-day strike
The union leadership did not consult with members prior to ending industrial action and then held meetings blocking any discussion on their decision.
W.A. Sunil•
Public health crisis deepens as many doctors leave Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s limited free public health system, like public education, has been systematically run down and undermined by consecutive Colombo governments.
Rohantha De Silva•
Sri Lankan public sector workers take national industrial action over pay
The unions are desperate to prevent a political confrontation with the Wickremesinghe government, which has refused to grant any pay rise and threatens to ban all strike action.
Wimal Perera•
Action committee denounces Sri Lankan president’s threats against teachers
The struggle for a decent salary and to defend public education is part of a broader political fight against the government’s austerity measures.
Teachers, Students and Parents Action Committee to Defend Free Education•
Saman Gunadasa•
Action Committee of Teachers, Students and Parents for the Defence of Education (Sri Lanka)•
Statement of the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)•
Our correspondents•
Dehin Wasantha•
Starmer’s UK Labour government hosts European summit on stepping up war with Russia
The escalation of war against Russia was coupled together with the extension of “Fortress Europe” and the war against asylum seekers and refugees.
Robert Stevens•
Political and media accomplices of Gaza genocide condemn Russian missile strike on Ukrainian hospital
While shedding crocodile tears over the deaths of two people and injury of 16 others in Kiev, the cynical hypocrites occupying government offices and media editorial boards in the imperialist centres have said virtually nothing about The Lancet’s estimate that Israel has killed 186,000 people.
Jordan Shilton•
Washington summit will announce plans to set up NATO office inside Ukraine
US national security advisor Jake Sullivan signaled a major escalation of the conflict with Russia in Ukraine and plans to significantly increase NATO's capabilities to fight a full-scale war throughout Europe.
Andre Damon•
New York Times reveals Ukrainian war crimes, remains silent on paramilitaries’ ties to US state
Composed of volunteers from 30 countries, the “Chosen Company” executed surrendering and captured Russian soldiers during a number of operations last year, reports the New York Times, which fails to mention that the leader of the unit involved met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill in March.
Andrea Peters•
Robert Stevens•
Johannes Stern•
Andre Damon•
Andrea Peters•
Stefan Steinberg•
Study reaffirms that masks prevent COVID-19 transmission
A new study in The Lancet demonstrates that face coverings dramatically reduce the load of SARS-CoV-2 in exhaled breath from infected persons. The reductions reached as high as 98 percent, with variations according to the type of face covering worn.
Bill Shaw•
Two recent studies on Long COVID underscore the dangers posed by the “forever COVID” policy
Two new studies on Long COVID show that the virus that causes COVID-19 poses significant ongoing threats to the well-being of the world’s population.
Benjamin Mateus•
Cluster of H5N1 bird flu cases among Colorado poultry farm workers raises alarm
Beholden to the profit interests of the poultry and dairy industries, federal and state agencies with the authority and technology to contain H5N1 and prevent it from becoming the next pandemic are not doing what is both within their means and required.
Bill Shaw•
Summer COVID wave develops in Germany
The increasing number of coronavirus infections over the summer expose the claim that the pandemic is over.
Tamino Dreisam•
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Yuan Darwin, Kranti Kumara•
Bill Shaw•
Benjamin Mateus•
Interest rates should remain elevated, says IMF
The latest IMF update called for “fiscal consolidation”—that is, cuts in spending.
Nick Beams•
Global Wealth Report 2023: An orgy of enrichment for the super-rich
Multimillionaires around the world benefited from the inflation year 2023, while the German super-rich alone increased their wealth by 10 percent to more than €2.1 trillion.
Andy Niklaus, Carola Kleinert•
50,000 foreclosures expected to be enforced in Greece this year
The most high-profile eviction case was that of Ioanna Kolovou, a retired journalist. She was evicted from her home along with her 28-year-old disabled son at the end of January this year. According to reports a large crowd gathered outside her home which was attacked with tear gas by the riot police who then arrested Kolovou and her son.
John Vassilopoulos•
European Central Bank official sounds warning on growth of private credit
Private credit institutions in Europe hold more financial assets than banks and other traditional sources of finance.
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Kenya’s Ruto bans protests as hundreds of thousands of teachers threaten to strike
Tuesday’s “total shutdown” protest saw three people shot dead and dozens injured. This adds to the 50 dead and 413 injured as they were shot, teargassed and water cannoned since the start of protests on June 18, according to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights.
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kenyan anti-Ruto protests continue as Uber drivers walk out and truckers threaten to strike
The continued protests are a rebuke to Kenyan President William Ruto who dissolved his cabinet last Friday to pave the way for the formation of a “broad-based Government” with figures from the opposition.
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Mass outrage after Kenya’s opposition Azimio party joins Ruto’s “dialogue” initiative
The Ruto-Odinga unification is designed to impose severe cuts, tax hikes, and privatizations demanded by the banks and global financial capital, spearheaded by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), by ending the mass protests against the government.
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Thousands mourn those slain by Kenya’s Ruto government, as health workers strike
Workers are now mobilizing to fight for better wages and against precarious working conditions, despite trade union efforts to suppress opposition to Ruto.
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
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.
UAE imposes life sentences on 43 defendants in second-largest trial in its history
In 2014, a United Nations working group found that their convictions had been “based on charges of acts that would fall under the rights to freedom of expression and of assembly,” and that their detention had been “arbitrary.”
Jean Shaoul•
Educators in Turkey protest draft anti-labor law
While the Turkish political establishment and the trade union apparatus have been working to suppress the growing discontent of the working class against the ongoing cost of living crisis, the police attacked a protest by educators in Ankara against the new anti-labor law.
Barış Demir•
West Nile fever epidemic in Israel
There has as yet been no mention of the implications of the WNV outbreak for the population of Gaza, suffering an Israeli genocide that has included the decimation of health infrastructure.
Benjamin Mateus•
Anti-refugee attacks in Turkey claim life of Syrian child worker
The entire political establishment is waging a dirty propaganda campaign against the refugees, who are victims of the regime change war launched by the US and its allies, including Turkey, in Syria in 2011.
Barış Demir•
Keith Jones•
Sosyalist Eşitlik Grubu•
Barış Demir•
Keith Jones•
Hakan Özal•
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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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•
Oscar Grenfell•
Thomas Scripps•
Oscar Grenfell•
John Pilger•
Julian Assange•
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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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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.
Our reporters•
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.
Our reporters•
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.
Statement of the Educators Rank-and-File Committee (UK)•
Socialist Equality Party candidate Darren Paxton speaks at Inverness Trades Council general election hustings
Apart from a passing reference by the Scottish National Party to ceasefire calls, Paxton was the only candidate to even mention Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza and the rapidly escalating war in Ukraine against Russia.
Steve James•
Our reporters•
Our reporters•
Our reporters•
Our reporters•
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.
Tom Peters•
Keith Jones•
Max Boddy•
Deepal Jayasekera•
Tomas Castanheira•
Thomas Scripps•
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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IYSSE secures representation in Humboldt University student parliament for 10th time with record result of 7.7 percent and 5 seats
The political significance of the IYSSE’s strong election result extends far beyond the campus of Humboldt University. At HU, the extremely acute situation in Germany and internationally finds concentrated expression.
IYSSE Humboldt University•
Moves to change Selective Service rules in the US prompt outpouring of opposition to reintroduction of the draft
Last week, the House of Representatives voted to make enrollment in the US Selective Service database automatic, prompting a flood of worried statements by young people and parents on social media about the reimposition of the draft.
Andre Damon•
Stop the genocide in Gaza! Stop police violence against anti-war students!
In the following, we document the IYSSE Humboldt University election statement, which will be printed in the student election brochure. The elections are on 18 and 19 June.
IYSSE Humboldt University•
Berlin police brutally assault students occupying Humboldt University to protest against the genocide in Gaza
On Wednesday, dozens of students occupied Humboldt University's Department of Social Sciences to protest against the genocide in Gaza and the complicity of the university administration.
Our reporters•
Our reporters•
Eric Ludlow, Oscar Grenfell•
Dilaxshan Mahalingam•
Our correspondents•
Andy Thompson•
Death toll from global heat wave climbs as 1,000 die from extreme heat in Mecca
Extreme heat events are becoming more common and more extreme as climate change warms the planet
Alex Findijs•
Auroral display dazzles millions around the globe
Vivid displays of the aurora borealis and aurora australis were visible to millions of people around the world on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.
Bryan Dyne, Don Barrett•
Human-to-human transmission with a novel Mpox virus identified in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
The recent outbreak of a novel Mpox (formerly called monkeypox) virus, showing sustained transmission between humans with the deadlier clade I lineage, poses a public health to the DRC, the region and the globe.
Benjamin Mateus•
Scientific—and social—dimensions of the 2024 total solar eclipse
The second total eclipse across North America in seven years has drawn the interest of millions across the continent.
Bryan Dyne•
Mark Wilson•
Frank Gaglioti•
Bryan Dyne•
Bryan Dyne•
Mark Wilson•
UAW Monitor cites continuing “culture of fear or retaliation” in latest status report
The last court filing lends further weight to the call by the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees for new UAW elections under the control of the rank and file.
Shannon Jones•
UAW monitor demands court intervention as Fain administration blocks investigation into bureaucracy
The UAW has refused to send the monitor documents that refer to open threats or acts of criminal violence, including “cut throat,” “slit throat,” “punch,” “smack,” “knock out,” and, ominously, “kill.”
Eric London•
Autoworkers support call for new UAW elections: “This time everybody’s vote should count”
Amid new revelations of UAW corruption, Stellantis, Ford and GM workers supported the call by the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees for a new union elections.
Shannon Jones•
“These layoffs are like a bomb going off in people’s lives”: Stellantis workers denounce plans to cut second shift at Warren Truck
The ending of the second shift, scheduled for July 1, comes as Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares has launched a “cost-cutting" race in the EV transition.
Shannon Jones•
Eric London•
Jerry White•
Dietmar Gaisenkersting•
Jerry White•
Stellantis Kokomo Rank-and-File Committee•
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.
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Helen Halyard (1950-2023), a tribute to a life dedicated to the victory of world socialism
We are publishing here the tribute given by David North to Helen Halyard, a leading member of the Socialist Equality Party and the International Committee of the Fourth International for more than half a century, who died suddenly at the age of 73 on November 28. North’s remarks opened a memorial meeting for Helen held Sunday, December 3.
David North•
Remarks by David North at the conclusion of the international memorial meeting for Helen Halyard
We are publishing here the summation given by David North to the memorial meeting for Comrade Helen Halyard held on December 3.
David North•
“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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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•
Jacob Crosse•
Jacob Crosse•
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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1985-86: The victory of Trotskyism within the ICFI
The following lecture was delivered by Chris Marsden, the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (UK), and Ulaş Ateşçi, a leading member of the Sosyalist Eşitlik Grubu (Socialist Equality Group) in Turkey, to the SEP (US) International Summer School, held between July 30 and August 4, 2023.
Chris Marsden, Ulaş Ateşçi•
The Workers League’s defence of the Theory of Permanent Revolution against the opportunism of the Workers Revolutionary Party
The following lecture was delivered by Tom Peters, a leading member of the Socialist Equality Group of New Zealand, and Thomas Scripps, a leading member of the Socialist Equality Party (UK), to the SEP (US) International Summer School, held between July 30 and August 4, 2023.
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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.
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Benjamin Mateus•
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.
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•
Elon Musk’s Twitter abruptly reverses ban on promotion of alternative social media platforms
After instituting a ban on sharing links from competitive social media platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram and Mastodon, Elon Musk canceled the policy less than 24 hours later.
Kevin Reed•
Kevin Reed•
Kevin Reed•
Dominic Gustavo•
Eric Ludlow•
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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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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•
Interview with historian Dan Okrent on the centenary of the Immigration Act of 1924
Okrent’s book The Guarded Gate examines an episode of anti-immigration frenzy that resembles in many ways the current environment in bourgeois politics.
Eric London•
Ghassan Zeineddine’s Dearborn: Short stories about Arab-American life
Zeineddine’s stories concern immigrants who escaped the civil war in Lebanon (1975-90) and their children, who are negotiating their own escapes.
James McDonald•
James McDonald•
Mike Head•
Erik Schreiber•
James MacDonald, Sandy English•
Helen Halyard•
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.
After the collapse of the Biden campaign
Whether headed by Vice President Kamala Harris or another presidential nominee, the Democratic Party remains the principal enabler of ex-President Trump and the fascistic Republicans.
WSWS Editorial Board•
The fascist spectacle of the Republican National Convention
One need not idealize the American party conventions of decades past to acknowledge that this year’s Republican National Convention was an unprecedented spectacle of reaction and backwardness.
Eric London•
Trump delivers fascistic rant to conclude Republican National Convention
The Republican National Convention concluded Thursday night with a speech by the party’s candidate, ex-president Donald Trump, which was an unequaled display of political degradation.
Patrick Martin•
The normalization of American-style fascism
The corporate media treats the Republican National Convention, an unprecedented display of anti-immigrant bigotry, religious mania, and nationalistic frenzy, as though it were an ordinary political event.
Patrick Martin•
Tom Hall•
Joseph Kishore, David North•
WSWS Editorial Board•
Barry Grey•
Tom Hall•
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•
Tom Peters•
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Tom Peters•
Socialist Equality Group (New Zealand)•