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Hurricane Milton and the case for socialism
A scientific understanding must be made both of Earth’s climate and of human society, specifically the laws of capitalist development.
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One year after the start of the Gaza genocide, Israel, with the support of US imperialism, is only intensifying its extermination and ethnic cleansing of the civilian population of Gaza.
Andre Damon•
Republican groups are flooding the courts with suits designed to sow chaos, confusion and delay in the event of a Harris victory, while Trump and his fellow fascists in the GOP incite para-military violence on the basis of anti-immigrant agitation along the lines of their hysterical campaign against Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio.
Barry Grey•
Resources for the recovery are already stretched thin, and FEMA is not only running out of money, it is facing a staffing shortage as Milton hurtles toward Florida.
Jane Wise•
Both Liberal Defence Minister Bill Blair and Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre voiced support Monday for an Israeli attack on Iran’s oilfields, with the leader of the official opposition going even further and calling for the targeting of Tehran’s nuclear program.
Roger Jordan•
Labor has used the one year anniversary of October 7 to pledge unconditional support for Israel, including against Lebanon and Iran, and to again seek to outlaw anti-war opposition.
Oscar Grenfell•
The more men, women and children are killed and maimed by Israeli bombs, the more hysterical the voices become that denounce any criticism of this as “antisemitism.”
Peter Schwarz•
At the rally, two SGP members counterposed an international socialist perspective to the deafening war propaganda and genocidal war drive of the coalition government supported by all the parties in the German parliament.
Our reporter•
We demand a national contract with real gains which will set an example for workers everywhere.
The Railroad Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Announcing the new inquiry in a bid to woo Catholic voters, Dissanayake covered up the role of his JVP/NPP in the vile anti-Muslim campaign that followed the 2019 bombings.
Saman Gunadasa•
Golson was one of the few surviving jazz masters of the 1950s, a golden age during which the innovations of the 1940s, known as bebop, flowered into the swinging and accessible modern jazz.
John Andrews•
Book Review
Biography as demonology: Aidan Beatty’s The Party is Always Right: The Untold Story of Gerry Healy and British Trotskyism
Aidan Beatty's new book is not a biography, but rather a political diatribe against Gerry Healy and Trotskyism.
David North•
The fabrication of a slander: Aidan Beatty’s forgery of Gerry Healy’s youth—and Irish history
This supplementary review exposes Beatty’s manipulation of evidence related to Gerry Healy’s youth in Ireland.
Tom Mackaman•
Jacobin and DSA member Aidan Beatty falsify the so-called “Tate Affair”
In an interview in Jacobin, DSA member Aidan J. Beatty repeated his slanderous biography's claim that Gerry Healy and the British Trotskyists employed violence against political opponents and party members.
David North•
A comment on David North’s review: Biography as demonology: Aidan Beatty’s The Party is Always Right: The Untold Story of Gerry Healy and British Trotskyism
The following letter was sent by Steve Long, a former member of the Socialist Labour League/Workers Revolutionary Party who writes for the World Socialist Web Site as Stefan Steinberg.
Steve Long•
David North•
David North•
Christoph Vandreier•
Eric London•
Evan Blake, Tom Mackaman•
Seminal documents of the Soviet Trotskyist movement from the early 1930s published for the first time
Published for the first time 90 years after they were written, the documents are an irrefutable vindication of the century-long struggle by the Trotskyist movement against Stalinism and for historical truth.
Clara Weiss•
Analyzing a World in Chaos from an Island of Tranquility
This speech was given by David North at the second international commemoration of the work of Leon Trotsky on Büyükada (Prinkipo), Turkey, during the first period of his exile from the Soviet Union between 1929 and 1933.
David North•
A reply to an anarchist’s falsification of the Leon Trotsky commemoration on Prinkipo
The event was covered by many national and local media outlets and widely discussed on social media before and after the event in Turkey. However, a former Maoist and current anarchist published an article on his website denouncing and misrepresenting David North’s remarks.
Ulaş Ateşçi•
On the anniversary of the assassination of Leon Trotsky
Eighty-four years ago today, on August 20, 1940, Leon Trotsky was assassinated by an agent of the Stalinist secret police, the GPU, in his villa in Coyoacan, Mexico, where he spent the final three years of his life as a political exile.
David North•
David North•
David North•
Eric London•
David North•
David North•
84 years since the assassination of Leon Trotsky
Trotsky's assassination was the greatest political crime of the 20th century. Alongside Vladimir Lenin, Trotsky was the leader of the 1917 October revolution in Russia, which led to the establishment of the first workers’ state in history, and the preeminent strategist of world socialist revolution.
"We must fight for Bogdan's freedom!"
Ukrainian youth speaks out in support of Bogdan Syrotiuk
This statement in support of Bogdan Syrotiuk was submitted to the WSWS by a Ukrainian youth who fled the war and is now working and studying in Germany.
A Ukrainian youth in Germany•
Russian organizations and social media pages demand Bogdan Syrotiuk’s release
A number of Russian leftist organizations and media outlets have expressed their support for Bogdan, demanding his immediate release.
Andrei Grozov•
Release comrade Bogdan Syrotiuk unconditionally and immediately!
The persecution of Bogdan demonstrates that the defense of democratic rights is inseparable from the mobilisation of the international working class against imperialist war and capitalism.
Pani Wijesiriwardane, SEP Presidential candidate in Sri Lanka•
Left-wing organisations in Sri Lanka support “Free Bogdan Syrotiuk” campaign
The United Socialist Party, the Socialist People’s Forum and the Frontline Socialist Party’s “Youth for Change” have issued statements demanding the immediate release of Bogdan Syrotiuk.
Our reporters•
Andrei Grozov•
Our reporters•
Our reporters•
Our reporters•
James Clayton•
Biden administration marks one year of Gaza genocide with Zionist-imperialist propaganda
The official commemorations of the Israeli casualties on October 7, 2023 ignore the objective historical roots of the Palestinian rebellion against Zionist repression.
Patrick Martin•
The role of Iran’s oil and gas in US war plans against China
Given the enduring supremacy of oil and gas, countries holding large, cheap reserves of the commodity remain essential to geopolitical calculations.
Gabriel Black •
A catastrophe for one—salvation for others
A wave of desertions in Ukraine
This report on the growing wave of desertions in Ukraine was submitted to the WSWS from journalists of Assembly.org.ua.
Ukrainian journalists•
One year of genocide in Gaza
October 7 marks one year since Israel and the United States launched the genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza, as the first phase of a regional war throughout the Middle East that is now metastasizing into a US-Israeli war on Iran.
WSWS Editorial Board•
Andrea Peters•
Jordan Shilton•
Tom Hall•
Nancy Hanover•
UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting rolls out Labour’s first attacks on NHS
Leading figures in the opposition Tory party have now come forward to profess their own admiration for the Labour health secretary’s work.
Robert Stevens•
Scotland’s pseudo-left groups cover for “just transition” fraud at Grangemouth refinery threatened with closure
The Scottish pseudo-left aim to tie workers at Grangemouth to the “just transition” or “workers’ transition” fraud proposed by the Unite trade union at the closure-threatened oil refinery.
Steve James•
Resignation of “Green Youth” leadership signals further shift to the right in German politics
These junior politicians have fully supported the pro-war policies of the Greens and are now seeking to exploit the anger these have unleashed for their own advancement.
Gregor Link•
Peace demonstration in Berlin: A bankrupt perspective
The speakers at the rally limited themselves to hollow pacifist phrases and fuelled the illusion that the federal government could be dissuaded from its war course in this way.
Peter Schwarz•
Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei•
Peter Schwarz•
Johannes Stern•
Chris Marsden•
Our correspondent•
Billionaire Musk declares allegiance to Trump and “dark MAGA” at Butler, Pennsylvania rally
Dark MAGA aesthetics and memes have been embraced by QAnon and neo-Nazi elements within the Trump movement, who are calling on Trump to enact vengeance on his political enemies with violence.
Jacob Crosse•
As Trump threatens to revoke legal status of Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, residents continue to rally in support
Trump has threatened to remove the legal status of some 20,000 Haitians in Springfield, Ohio as residents continue to show support to the embattled immigrant community.
Shannon Jones•
Promising to continue war with Russia, Kamala Harris welcomes far-right war hawk Liz Cheney to campaign trail
Vice President Kamala Harris heaped praise on Republican ex-Congresswoman Liz Cheney, as well as her war criminal father Dick Cheney, as the two campaigned together in Ripon, Wisconsin, on Thursday.
Jacob Crosse, Barry Grey•
As the death toll from Hurricane Helene climbs past 200, Trump, Harris and Biden campaign among the ruins
Every day across the Southeast the historic extent of the devastation and its consequences are being revealed.
Jane Wise•
Patrick Martin•
Jacob Crosse•
Jacob Crosse•
Tom Hall•
Jacob Crosse•
Mass layoffs hit Stellantis workers at Detroit auto plant: “We have a right to our jobs”
Monday was the last day of work for more than 2,400 workers at the Warren Truck Assembly Plant, part of a growing jobs massacre throughout the global auto industry.
Shannon Jones•
As CUPE works to block all-out strike at Port of Montreal, Quebec City dockworkers’ lockout enters third year
CUPE’s determination to isolate Montreal dockworkers from their class brothers and sisters until they can concoct a rotten deal with management is underscored by the fate of dockworkers in Quebec City, who have been locked out for over two years.
Hugo Maltais•
UK’s largest teaching union accepts rotten pay deal after NEU leadership sabotages struggle
The outcome of the NEU poll is the end product of the union’s sabotage of the indicative ballot for strike action voted for in April over pay and working conditions.
Tania Kent•
Australia: NSW nurses’ union shuts down strikes against Labor government cuts
The intention of the Nurses and Midwives’ Association leadership is that nurses and midwives will play no further role in this dispute, which will be decided in backroom talks with the government.
Martin Scott•
Our reporters•
Alex Findijs, Tom Hall•
Kevin Reed•
George Kirby•
Hurricane Milton sets storm intensity records as it moves toward Florida Gulf Coast
Hurricane Milton, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the Atlantic, is projected to hit the Tampa Bay region late Wednesday with a destructive storm surge of 10 to 15 feet.
Kevin Reed•
As grim recovery efforts continue from Helene, powerful new hurricane threatens west-central Florida
Hurricane Milton is forecast to strengthen to a Category 4 storm before striking the Gulf Coast of Florida.
Jane Wise•
Hurricane Helene death toll rises to 190 as US Southeast digs out from catastrophe driven by climate change
The full extent of the damage to infrastructure is still largely unknown, while hundreds of thousands of people in the Southeast are still without running water, electricity and cell phone service.
Jane Wise•
Residents divided as judge approves $600 million settlement over East Palestine, Ohio derailment
Victims of industrial poisoning of East Palestine say that the class action settlement does not go far enough to restore what they have lost, or to compensate them if health problems develop in the future.
Samuel Davidson•
Jane Wise•
Kate Randall•
Steve Hill•
Jane Wise•
Emma Arceneaux•
Berlin's Little Grosz Museum (Das kleine Grosz Museum) set to close
The closure of the Little Grosz museum in Berlin is a great loss. In the current political situation, marked by wars and crises, the artistic legacy of the painter, graphic artist and caricaturist Grosz is of burning relevance.
Sybille Fuchs•
“Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose”
Multifaceted performer, social critic Kris Kristofferson dies at 88
The singer-songwriter and film star maintained a commitment to artistic truth and a healthy opposition to oppression and conformity.
Erik Schreiber•
Guardians of the Formula: Yugoslavia’s nuclear ambitions and its dire consequences
Dragan Bjelogrlić’s compelling film is about a little-known accident at a Yugoslav reactor and the ground-breaking response by a French medical scientist.
Estella Winters, Richard Phillips•
German government’s 2025 cultural budget: An attack on the freedom of art
While selected areas—including the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, German filmmaking and broadcaster Deutsche Welle—are to receive more money, the six federal funds that support the independent cultural scene will lose around half of their budget: €14 million.
Bernd Reinhardt, Verena Nees•
Paul Bond•
Carlos Delgado•
James Clayton•
James McDonald•
A Macquarie University Rank-and-File Committee member•
Australia: Labor’s environment minister approves decades of continued coal mining operations
Plibersek’s decision to allow three coal mines to operate for decades further will lock in an estimated 1.3 billion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.
Mark Wilson•
Building company owner admonished over building collapse in 2011 New Zealand earthquake
Businessman Alan Reay, whose company designed the CTV Building where 115 people died during the Christchurch earthquake, has been admonished by Engineering NZ for failing to properly supervise his subordinate.
Tom Peters•
Washington pressures Vietnam against cable deal with China
It is preparation for military warfare, not simply trade warfare, that underlies the US pressure campaign.
John Malvar•
Chinese central bank measures boost stock market, but economic problems mount
The stimulus was welcomed in financial circles, but the overwhelming sentiment is that much more must be done to halt the slide in the economy.
Nick Beams•
Mike Head•
Mike Head•
Ben McGrath•
Ben McGrath•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (Australia)•
Sri Lanka’s JVP president reassures IMF he will implement savage austerity measures
Following the talks, the IMF issued a statement declaring them “productive.” “We are encouraged,” it continued, “by the authorities’ commitment to continue the reform efforts.”
Saman Gunadasa•
Fake-left FSP hails election of new Sri Lankan president as an expression of “people’s expectations”
The Frontline Socialist Party is sowing illusions in Sri Lanka’s new right-wing, pro-imperialist government, which is led by the Sinhala chauvinist JVP and its electoral front, National People’s Power.
Pani Wijesiriwardana, Deepal Jayasekera•
Biden congratulates Sri Lanka’s new president
Far from simply balancing between the major powers, Dissanayake and the JVP/NPP have made abundantly clear that his government will continue the pro-US line of its predecessor.
Saman Gunadasa•
The Sri Lankan elections: JVP assumes responsibility for defending capitalism amid a deepening revolutionary crisis
The election of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake as Sri Lanka’s executive president is a major international event that warrants careful examination.
Keith Jones•
Saman Gunadasa•
Deepal Jayasekera•
Saman Gunadasa, Deepal Jayasekera•
Saman Gunadasa•
Our correspondents•
Kenya’s Gen Z insurgency, the strike wave and the struggle for Permanent Revolution-Part 1
The recent strike wave by workers in Kenya, following the Gen Z-led uprising, reflects deep-seated anger towards the regime of President William Ruto and its International Monetary Fund-backed austerity measures. Workers and the youth must forge a new path grounded in Leon Trotsky’s theory of Permanent Revolution—the programme that inspired the October 1917 Russian Revolution. It is essential to revive the struggle of Trotskyism against Stalinism, Maoism, Pabloism, and bourgeoisie nationalism.
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kenya’s Gen Z insurgency, the strike wave and the struggle for Permanent Revolution-Part 2
The recent strike wave by workers in Kenya, following the Gen Z-led uprising, reflects deep-seated anger towards the regime of President William Ruto and its International Monetary Fund-backed austerity measures. Workers and the youth must forge a new path grounded in Leon Trotsky’s theory of Permanent Revolution—the programme that inspired the October 1917 Russian Revolution. It is essential to revive the struggle of Trotskyism against Stalinism, Maoism, Pabloism, and bourgeoisie nationalism.
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kenya’s Gen Z insurgency, the strike wave and the struggle for Permanent Revolution—Part 3
The recent strike wave by workers in Kenya, following the Gen Z-led uprising, reflects deep-seated anger towards the regime of President William Ruto and its International Monetary Fund-backed austerity measures. Workers and the youth must forge a new path grounded in Leon Trotsky’s theory of Permanent Revolution.
Kipchumba Ochieng•
The first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Rwanda
Six people have died and 20 others are being treated for Marburg virus disease in Rwanda. This is the first-ever outbreak of the deadly hemorrhagic disease in the country.
Benjamin Mateus•
Jean Shaoul•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Jean Shaoul•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Berlin supports Israel’s escalation of war in the Middle East
Despite its public warnings of a “wildfire,” the German government would support strikes against Iran's nuclear program, military installations, or oil fields that would plunge the entire region into a catastrophic war.
Johannes Stern•
Prime Minister Trudeau and Canadian political establishment back Israeli attack on Iran
Denouncing Iran as a “terrorist regime,” Trudeau told reporters, “Obviously, Israel has the right to defend itself against these attacks.”
Niles Niemuth•
UK Prime Minister Starmer declares for war on Iran
In a televised speech in Downing Street Tuesday evening, Starmer turned reality on its head, declaring that Iran was the aggressor in the Middle East and was threatening the world with carnage.
Robert Stevens•
Erdoğan warns of war between Israel and Turkey
War and genocide cannot be stopped by appealing to the Zionist state, the imperialist powers or the international institutions under their control.
Barış Demir•
Andre Damon•
Jordan Shilton•
Mike Head•
Thomas Scripps•
Kevin Reed•
300,000 join London protest against the Gaza genocide and Israel’s widening war
During the last national protest, representatives of the Stop the War Coalition were pointing to Labour’s blocking of a few arms contracts to Israel and its declaring it would not oppose the issuing of arrest warrants if this was agreed by the ICJ. This was no longer possible.
Our reporters•
Thousands attend funeral for Kamel Jawad, Dearborn resident killed by Israeli airstrike in Lebanon
At the commemoration service, Jawad’s children, nieces, nephews and siblings spoke about his generosity, humor and unflinching resolve in the face of danger and under attack from Israel.
Kathleen Martin, Andrea Lobo•
An open letter to the White House by 99 healthcare workers documenting the crimes of genocide in Gaza
An open letter by 99 healthcare workers who volunteered to provide care and treatment in Gaza calls for an immediate ceasefire in the ongoing genocide.
Benjamin Mateus•
Cornell president launches attack on student facing deportation for opposing Gaza genocide
Cornell University President Michael Kotlikoff issued a statement to the entire university community on Monday defending the crackdown on campus protesters and the suspension of international graduate student Momodou Taal.
Kevin Reed•
Landon Gourov•
Martin Scott•
Chase Lawrence•
David Walsh•
Sandy English•
This week in history: October 7-13
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
Book Review: The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson
Contemporary lessons from the slave power’s plot to overturn the 1860 election
Erik Larson’s new book The Demon of Unrest, published this year by Penguin Random House, contains critical lessons for the fight against Trump and the threat of dictatorship today.
Eric London•
Reflections on the death of Lt. Willam Calley Jr.: Imperialist atrocities, from My Lai to Gaza
Calley spent only three days in prison for his role in directing the mass murder of 504 Vietnamese men, women and children. He is now reported to have died April 28 at the age of 80.
Patrick Martin•
80 years since the liberation of Lublin-Majdanek concentration camp: From Hitler’s war in the East to the Holocaust
The history of the Majdanek camp reveals the links between Nazi Germany’s war of aggression against the Soviet Union and the Holocaust, and the extermination of the Jewish population, which primarily affected Poland and Eastern Europe.
Verena Nees•
Verena Nees•
David North•
Eric London•
Patrick Martin•
our correspondent•
On eve of municipal elections in Sao Paulo and nationwide
No to fascism, war and capitalist barbarism! Break with the PT, PSOL and the pseudo-left! Build the ICFI in Brazil!
The first round of local elections in São Paulo and throughout Brazil next Sunday will take place at a turning point in the global political crisis.
Socialist Equality Group (Brazil)•
Mexican troops massacre six migrants, hours after President Sheinbaum’s inauguration
Sheinbaum’s promise of a human-rights-based approach to migration has become the first casualty in terms of her credibility.
Andrea Lobo•
Transportation unions call for strike in Argentina
Argentina’s poverty rate has reached 52.9 percent, the highest in 20 years, a 13 percent increase since Milei took power.
Rafael Azul•
Rival factions of MAS ruling party clash in Bolivia
The implosion of the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) in Bolivia sums up the fate of the so-called “pink tide” of bourgeois nationalist governments across Latin America.
Andrea Lobo•
Cesar Uco, Don Knowland•
Eduardo Parati•
Andrea Lobo•
Cesar Uco, Bill Van Auken•
Andrea Lobo•
Julian Assange delivers first speech since release from UK prison: “I pleaded guilty to journalism”
Assange told the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe: “I am not free today because the system worked, I am free today after years of incarceration because I pled guilty to journalism.”
Laura Tiernan•
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•
Statement of the World Socialist Web Site editorial board•
Oscar Grenfell•
Thomas Scripps•
Oscar Grenfell•
John Pilger•
Two new studies on mucosal vaccines and Long COVID underscore the criminality of the “forever COVID” policy
The studies highlight the dangers posed by COVID reinfection and the need to bring to clinical trials effective treatments that can prevent transmission once and for all.
Benjamin Mateus•
While over 1 million Americans continue to be infected with COVID each day
Study shows that COVID-19 causes cognitive decline among those without long COVID symptoms
Significantly, infected controls did not report any symptoms related to these cognitive deficits, indicating that potentially billions of people worldwide with a history of COVID-19, but no symptoms of long COVID, could have persistent cognitive issues without knowing it.
Bill Shaw•
Study by international researchers zeroes in on the natural origin of the COVID pandemic
The latest research deals a devastating blow to the fascistic conspiracy theory claiming the virus was created in a Chinese lab in Wuhan.
Benjamin Mateus•
As over 1 million Americans continue to be infected with COVID-19 each day
New studies show growing risk of chronic neurological diseases associated with Long COVID
The 9th wave of the pandemic and new research into the neurological effects of Long COVID have firmly established the criminality of the "forever COVID" policy.
Benjamin Mateus•
Fátima Ferrante, Guilherme Ferreira•
Benjamin Mateus•
Frank Gaglioti•
Frédéric Charlebois•
Bill Shaw•
Opening report to the Eighth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US)
We are publishing here the opening report to the Eighth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US), given by David North, the national chairman of the SEP. The congress was held from August 4 to August 9, 2024.
David North•
Report to the SEP (US) Eighth National Congress
16 years since the Founding Congress of the Socialist Equality Party
We are publishing here the report to the Eighth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) given by Joseph Kishore, the national secretary of the SEP.
Joseph Kishore•
H5N1 Bird flu, climate change, and the social rights of the working class
The threat of pandemics and the deepening climate crisis raise existential concerns for all life and well-being on the planet, with capitalism bringing the world to the brink of annihilation.
Benjamin Mateus, Bryan Dyne•
Report to the SEP (US) Eighth National Congress
The barbarism of “forever COVID” and the fight for socialist public health
We are publishing here the report to the Eighth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) given by Evan Blake. The congress was held from August 4 to August 9, 2024.
Evan Blake•
Jerry White•
Clara Weiss•
Tom Hall•
Tom Carter•
Tom Mackaman•
New revelations in January 6 immunity brief confirm Trump and Republican Party criminality
The 165-page filing conclusively demonstrates that Trump, and his Republican co-conspirators, knowingly sought to overturn the 2020 election with deceit, falsehoods and violence.
Jacob Crosse•
New York City Mayor Eric Adams charged with bribery
Eric Adams, the Democratic mayor of law and order whose administration has been engulfed by corruption charges, faces five counts of taking bribes and committing fraud.
Daniel de Vries•
SMART union endorses fascist Republican Senator Josh Hawley
Hawley, a major co-conspirator in the January 6, 2021 attempt to overturn the election, is a leading figure in the Republicans’ attempts to make a right-wing populist appeal to workers.
Alex Findijs•
Biden-Harris administration intensifies economic war against China
New bans on Chinese software have been announced, citing “national security” concerns.
Nick Beams•
Jacob Crosse•
Jacob Crosse•
Chase Lawrence•
Jacob Crosse•
Jacob Crosse•
Despite Putin’s nuclear warning, NATO escalates campaign to allow strikes deep inside Russia
Powerful factions of the NATO ruling classes aim to provoke a Russian retaliation, hoping the shock at home will create political conditions to launch a Europe-wide war on Russia.
Alex Lantier•
As US prepares to allow NATO weapons to strike Russia, Putin threatens nuclear retaliation
Amid ongoing high-level meetings between NATO leaders and Ukrainian officials at the United Nations over plans to allow Ukraine to strike Russian cities with NATO weapons, Russian President Vladimir Putin outlined Wednesday a proposed update to Russia’s nuclear policy document that would expand the conditions under which Russia would use nuclear weapons.
Andre Damon•
German government readies further war package for Ukraine
According to media reports, the German government is preparing another massive arms package for Ukraine, worth 1.4 billion euros.
Johannes Stern•
Massive explosion at Russian arms depot leaves unanswered questions
The explosion marked one of the largest strikes on a Russian arms depot since the start of the war. The arsenal in Toropets, located 300 miles north of Ukraine and 230 miles west of Moscow, reportedly housed long-range missiles and glide bombs.
Andre Damon•
Johannes Stern•
Kevin Reed•
Andre Damon•
Clara Weiss•
Andre Damon•
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.
Turkish government’s Medium Term Program: A frontal attack on the social conditions of the working class
The program, which focuses on maintaining fiscal discipline to reduce inflation and close the budget deficit, shows that the attacks on the living and working conditions of the working class will continue and deepen.
Hakan Özal•
What does Turkey’s application to join BRICS mean?
The discussion of Turkey's possible membership of BRICS comes amid US authorisation for Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with NATO long-range weapons, bringing the two nuclear-armed powers to the brink of direct war.
Barış Demir•
Erdoğan welcomes al-Sisi to Turkey for the first time in the shadow of the Gaza genocide
Erdogan and al-Sisi are taking steps to strengthen their ties amid Israel’s US-NATO-backed genocide in Gaza, which is spreading to the West Bank, and preparations for war against Iran.
Barış Demir•
The Middle East arena of competition between the US and China
Washington has no intention of allowing Beijing to extend its influence in the Middle East, or anywhere else in the world, and will not hesitate to use all the means at its disposal to prevent this—utilising support for Israel’s annihilation of the Palestinians in Gaza as the basis for an expanding war for control of the region initially targeting Iran.
Jean Shaoul•
Barış Demir•
Jordan Shilton•
Jean Shaoul•
Barış Demir, Ulaş Ateşçi•
Jean Shaoul•
Some revealing comments on the state of the global economy
European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde said the world economy faced pressures similar to those of the 1920s.
Nick Beams•
US Fed announces large rate cut, but Wall Street wants more
The move was significant given that in July Powell said the Fed was not even considering a 50 basis point reduction.
Nick Beams•
Total capitulation by US Federal Reserve on bank regulation
Proposed measures gutted after an intense campaign by major banks employing nearly 500 lobby groups.
Nick Beams•
World’s two biggest economies show recessionary trends
US labour market contracts and deflation spreads in China.
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
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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Support the Dakkota auto parts strike! An injury to one is an injury to all! Ban the use of scab parts from Dakkota!
As their strike reached a critical juncture, rank-and-file Dakkota auto parts workers in Chicago issued a statement Tuesday appealing for a ban on scab parts from their factory.
Dakkota Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Dakkota workers’ strike in danger as UAW demands fifth vote on sellout agreement: “We have the strength to stand up and fight back”
The courageous rebellion of striking Dakkota parts workers, who defied an unprecedented four sellout agreements, is in danger of being shut down and betrayed as the UAW is threatening workers with a fifth vote on the same agreement.
George Marlowe•
Dakkota Integrated Systems: The low-wage sweatshop workers are fighting against
Dakkota was founded in 2001 as a joint venture between Rush Group LLC, owned by trucking and auto supply business owner Andra Rush, and Canada-based Magna International Inc.
Jerry White•
Autoworkers need to communicate around the world and make a plan to fight back
I have always been told my job is more secure than most because we are one of the most profitable plants for GM. This sense of certainty has dwindled rapidly.
Anna Williams•
George Marlowe•
Tom Hall•
George Marlowe, Marcus Day•
Dakkota Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
George Marlowe•
NOW AVAILABLE
COVID, Capitalism, and Class War: A Social and Political Chronology of the Pandemic
Mehring Books, the publishing arm of the Socialist Equality Party (US), is proud to announce the publication of Volume 1 of COVID, Capitalism, and Class War: A Social and Political Chronology of the Pandemic, a compilation of the World Socialist Web Site's coverage of this global crisis.
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Students speak on mass spread of COVID on college campuses as semester begins
The WSWS spoke to several students who are witnessing the mass infection of their peers on college campuses in the US and Canada.
Landon Gourov•
One fifth of world’s youth not in employment, education or training
These conditions testify to the powder keg that is Africa and indeed vast parts of the world. Youth-led protests have broken out in several countries over recent months calling for political change.
Jean Shaoul•
Ten months of the Gaza genocide: The way forward in the fight against war
As millions of students are re-entering their classrooms in schools and on college campuses across the United States for a new semester, the threat of world war and fascism is greater today than at any point since the 1930s.
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (US)•
IYSSE launches petitions for Special General meetings at Australian universities against Gaza genocide
At the working-class campuses of Western Sydney University (WSU) and Victoria University (VU) in Melbourne, the IYSSE clubs’ campaigns have been met with enthusiasm from students.
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (Australia)•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (Australia)•
IYSSE Humboldt University•
Andre Damon•
IYSSE Humboldt University•
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Nine-day global seismic wave linked to climate change-induced tsunami
Scientists have concluded that an unprecedented global seismic signal, first noticed in September 2023, was caused by a Greenland fjord tsunami triggered by climate change.
Mark Wilson•
Failure of Boeing spacecraft strands 2 astronauts on the International Space Station
It should be asked why NASA continues to trust Boeing, the airplane manufacturer which developed the MAX 8 jets responsible for the deaths of 346 men, women and children in two separate crashes in 2018 and 2019.
Bryan Dyne•
Scientists reveal two previously unknown mechanisms for Antarctic ice shelf melting
If these gigantic ice shelves disintegrated, they would raise the global sea level by 58 meters, nearly 200 feet.
Frank Gaglioti•
Coral bleaching threatens 73 percent of world’s reefs
Coral bleaching is another further warning of the climate crisis, with the working class and poor across the world bearing the primary brunt of its consequences as global temperatures rise, including in the oceans.
Mark Wilson•
Bryan Dyne•
Alex Findijs•
Bryan Dyne, Don Barrett•
Benjamin Mateus•
Bryan Dyne•
One Hundred Years Since the Death of Lenin
January 21 marked 100 years since the death of Vladimir Lenin in 1924. This page includes a collection of essays reviewing the life and ideas of the great Marxist theoretician, founder of the Bolshevik Party, and co-leader of the Russian Revolution.
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SEP in Sri Lanka commemorates second anniversary of death of Trotskyist leader Wije Dias
Wije Dias belonged to the group of young people who took up the initiative in 1968 to form the Trotskyist party in Sri Lanka and he played a leading role in the movement for 54 years until his death.
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UK Socialist Equality Party election rally advances socialist and internationalist opposition to war
The meeting’s platform featured many of the principal leaders of the party that the working class needs in the battles ahead—the International Committee of the Fourth International, the world party of socialist revolution founded by Leon Trotsky.
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Attendees at UK general election rally speak: “The Socialist Equality Party is what I want to dedicate my efforts to building.”
WSWS reporters spoke to some of those in attendance on their response to the Socialist Equality Party (UK) general election rally held in London on Sunday.
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Billions for education not war! Support the Socialist Equality Party (UK) campaign for a unified struggle against capitalism and war!
Teachers in the UK must prepare to take on Labour as it prepares to take office. This requires a break from the trade union bureaucracy whose function, in order to secure their privileged existence, is to block the development of a struggle in defence of educators’ independent interests.
Statement of the Educators Rank-and-File Committee (UK)•
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May Day 2024: The working class and the struggle against imperialist war
This is the text of the introductory speech delivered by WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North to the 2024 International May Day Online Rally.
David North•
The political significance of the 2024 May Day Online Rally
This is the text of the speech delivered by Johannes Stern, editor of the German-language edition of the WSWS, as a summation to the 2024 International May Day Online Rally.
Johannes Stern•
The struggle against imperialist war among students and youth
This is the text of the speech delivered by Dilaxshan Mahalingam, an IYSSE member in Sri Lanka, to the 2024 International May Day Online Rally.
Dilaxshan Mahalingam•
The fight against imperialist war in New Zealand and the Pacific
This is the text of the speech delivered by Tom Peters, a leading member of the Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand, to the 2024 International May Day Online Rally.
Tom Peters•
Keith Jones•
Max Boddy•
Deepal Jayasekera•
Tomas Castanheira•
Thomas Scripps•
Helen Halyard (1950-2023), a tribute to a life dedicated to the victory of world socialism
We are publishing here the tribute given by David North to Helen Halyard, a leading member of the Socialist Equality Party and the International Committee of the Fourth International for more than half a century, who died suddenly at the age of 73 on November 28. North’s remarks opened a memorial meeting for Helen held Sunday, December 3.
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.
Patrick Martin, Esther Galen•
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.
Joseph Kishore•
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.
Our reporters•
Academics denounce pro-government thug attack on Sri Lankan SEP members
The SEP is calling on all those who are concerned to defend democratic rights of freedom of expression to register their opposition by sending protest letters to the relevant authorities.
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Leon Trotsky and the Struggle for Socialism in the Twenty-First Century
The essays in this book, though written over the span of more than 40 years, are connected by a central argument: Leon Trotsky was the most significant figure in the history of socialism during the first four decades of the twentieth century, and his legacy remains the critical and indispensable theoretical and political foundation of the ongoing contemporary struggle for the victory of world socialism.
Order your print or epub version of the book from Mehring Books today.
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Wisconsin documents reveal details of strategy behind Donald Trump’s 2020 fake elector scheme
A trove of court documents released on Monday show Wisconsin attorney Kenneth Chesebro and former judge Jim Troupis were instrumental in formulating the strategy of Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 elections through court cases that generated “a cloud of confusion” combined with the appointment of “alternative” electors in seven key states.
Kevin Reed•
Appellate court rejects Trump’s claim that he cannot be prosecuted for seeking to overthrow the 2020 election
The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled against Donald Trump's assertion of absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for seeking to overthrow the 2020 election.
John Burton•
Third Trump coup lawyer pleads guilty and agrees to testify in Georgia election case
Jenna Ellis is the third lawyer and fourth defendant to plead guilty in relation to the conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
Jacob Crosse•
Trump coup plot accomplice Chesebro pleads guilty in Georgia fake elector case
Kenneth Chesebro, attorney and close associate of Donald Trump, pleaded guilty on Friday to one felony charge in exchange for his agreement to testify against the former-president and 16 other defendants in the fake elector scheme to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia.
Kevin Reed•
Jacob Crosse•
Barry Grey•
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.
Tom Peters, Thomas Scripps•
1982: Marxism, the revolutionary party, and the critique of Healy’s Studies in Dialectics
The following lecture was delivered by Christoph Vandreier, the national secretary of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party) of Germany to the SEP (US) International Summer School, held between July 30 and August 4, 2023.
Christoph Vandreier•
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.
The arrest of journalist Richard Medhurst and the fight to defend democratic rights
Medhurst said of his detention at the UK’s Heathrow Airport, “I believe I'm the first journalist to be arrested under this provision of the Terrorism Act.”
Robert Stevens•
Instagram shutters account of Palestinian publisher Quds News Network
Instagram shut the account without explanation. Quds is one of the most popular Palestinian networks and has featured on-the-spot exposures of the war crimes in Gaza.
Kevin Reed•
WSWS readers demand Facebook reverse ban on SEG in New Zealand
Readers have expressed outrage at the social media company’s anti-democratic censorship of the Trotskyist Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand.
Facebook blocks Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand from advertising
We call on readers to oppose Facebook’s blatant political censorship of the Trotskyist movement in New Zealand.
Tom Peters•
Kevin Reed•
Kevin Reed•
Kevin Reed•
Dominic Gustavo•
Eric Ludlow•
Forty-five years since the assassination of Tom Henehan (1951-1977): A Revolutionary Life
October 16 marked the 45th anniversary of the assassination of Tom Henehan, a member of the Political Committee of the Workers League—the predecessor of the Socialist Equality Party in the US. We are republishing here a tribute delivered by David North at a meeting in 1997.
Over 80,000 sign petition against NYU Langone’s termination of a pro-Palestinian resident physician
Over 80,000 people have signed a petition opposing the anti-democratic termination of Dr. Zaki Masoud by NYU Langone.
John Conrad•
Report exposes fraudulent antisemitism accusations at UK universities
The report concludes that critics of the Israeli state, advocates for Palestinian rights and those teaching the history and politics of the region have been “subjected to false allegations of antisemitism.”
Thomas Scripps•
An interview with Harvard anthropology Professor John Comaroff—Part one
We spoke recently to South African-born John Comaroff, the Hugh K. Foster Professor of African and African-American studies and of Anthropology, and Oppenheimer Research Fellow in African Studies, Harvard University.
David Walsh•
Harvard UAW, pseudo-left groups organize provocation against professor John Comaroff
The right-wing witch-hunt of John Comaroff at Harvard University continued Tuesday with a stage-managed protest during his first class of the semester.
Mike Ingram•
Socialist Equality Party (US), International Youth and Students for Social Equality•
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
James McDonald, Sam Wayne•
Mike Head•
Israel murders 274 Gazans in a further escalation of the genocidal war
For a demonstration on July 24 in Washington D.C. to protest congressional invitation for Netanyahu
The World Socialist Web Site calls on workers and youth to respond to Congress’ invitation to the war criminal Netanyahu with a demonstration in Washington D.C.
Statement of the World Socialist Web Site Editorial Board•
Leaders of London rally issue dead-end call for Sunak and Starmer to reverse support for Israel’s genocide
The determined opposition of workers and young people is being corralled into a dead-end, with calls that the only way to stop Israel is to put pressure on the Tories and, above all, the Labour Party of genocide apologist in chief, Sir Keir Starmer.
Robert Stevens•
TikTok bans video demanding Bogdan Syrotiuk’s freedom, branding it “hate speech”
The TikTok ban comes just days after the Zelensky regime issued an order banning access to the World Socialist Web Site across Ukraine. The order was issued by the Ukrainian State Special Communications Service, a wing of the country’s military-intelligence apparatus.
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Australian government, opposition launch hysterical attacks on the Greens over Gaza genocide
The Greens are serving as something of a placeholder, with the real target the mass opposition to the genocide among workers and young people.
Oscar Grenfell•
Alex Lantier •
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Andre Damon•
Shannon Jones•
Robert Stevens•
Timeline of thirty years of war: The historical background to the US-NATO conflict with Russia
This interactive timeline presents some of the most important events that have brought humanity to the brink of World War III. It includes links to critical articles and statements produced by the International Committee of the Fourth International over the past 30 years.
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A comment on David North’s review: Biography as demonology: Aidan Beatty’s The Party is Always Right: The Untold Story of Gerry Healy and British Trotskyism
The following letter was sent by Steve Long, a former member of the Socialist Labour League/Workers Revolutionary Party who writes for the World Socialist Web Site as Stefan Steinberg.
Steve Long•
Book Review
Biography as demonology: Aidan Beatty’s The Party is Always Right: The Untold Story of Gerry Healy and British Trotskyism
Aidan Beatty's new book is not a biography, but rather a political diatribe against Gerry Healy and Trotskyism.
David North•
Book Review: The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson
Contemporary lessons from the slave power’s plot to overturn the 1860 election
Erik Larson’s new book The Demon of Unrest, published this year by Penguin Random House, contains critical lessons for the fight against Trump and the threat of dictatorship today.
Eric London•
Bankers in the Ivory Tower by Charlie Eaton
The financialization of higher education and the fight against war
Eaton’s book traces the financialization of higher education from the 1980s through the 2010s, which underlay the subordination of academia to Wall Street and the war machine of US imperialism.
Emma Arceneaux•
Fred Mazelis•
Tom Peters•
James McDonald•
Eric London•
James McDonald•
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.
Hurricane Milton and the case for socialism
A scientific understanding must be made both of Earth’s climate and of human society, specifically the laws of capitalist development.
Bryan Dyne•
Biden administration marks one year of Gaza genocide with Zionist-imperialist propaganda
The official commemorations of the Israeli casualties on October 7, 2023 ignore the objective historical roots of the Palestinian rebellion against Zionist repression.
Patrick Martin•
One year of genocide in Gaza
October 7 marks one year since Israel and the United States launched the genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza, as the first phase of a regional war throughout the Middle East that is now metastasizing into a US-Israeli war on Iran.
WSWS Editorial Board•
Israel “in discussion” with Washington on attacking Iran’s oilfields amid intensified bombardment of Lebanon
US imperialism and its European allies have declared their firm support for Israel to strike Iran, a move that will further escalate the region-wide war. Iran’s bourgeois-clerical regime has no alternative to offer workers and the oppressed masses throughout the Middle East.
Jordan Shilton•
Tom Hall•
Andre Damon•
Tom Hall•
Patrick Martin•
WSWS Editorial Board•
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)•