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Graham Platner and the fraud of “working-class” Democratic Party politics
Platner’s campaign was a manufactured attempt to rebrand the Democratic Party with a militarized, right-wing “working-class” persona.
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Three children died of carbon monoxide poisoning in metro Detroit over the holiday weekend, as families struggled to cope with a massive power outage, which left 400,000 people without electricity, air conditioning and refrigeration after a storm Friday evening.
Phyllis Steele•
The Los Robles shooting exposes the transformation of healthcare safety into a police and security question, while HCA’s record of unsafe staffing and profit extraction remains untouched.
Marc Wells•
The US president, who is waging a war of aggression against Iran and threatening to destroy its civilization, and who supports Israel’s genocide in Gaza, praised Ankara’s role in the imperialist plans for war and in the Middle East and beyond.
Barış Demir•
Since the ceasefire, at least 265 children have been killed, many shot or shelled near the ill‑defined “Yellow Line”: a boundary Israel uses to justify lethal force.
Jean Shaoul•
Europe’s imperialist powers have for the past several years concluded a series of far-reaching trade agreements and raw materials partnerships spanning Latin America, Africa, and the Indo-Pacific.
Jordan Shilton•
Not a single mainstream journalist reported on the court proceedings. The trial of a student charged with terrorism for speech on campus against genocide has unfolded in near-total silence.
Paul Mitchell•
The WSWS is posting highlight clips from the webinar to all of our social media channels, including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and X/Twitter.
Zac Corrigan•
All of those governments criticising the Chinese ballistic missile launch are deeply involved with US war planning against China through basing arrangements for American forces and boosting their own military budgets.
Peter Symonds•
Ford fired an 11-year Kentucky Truck Plant electrician over an alleged $1.95 cookie theft. The UAW’s response: “Apologize.” Kurt Kromm proved his innocence with notarized bank statements. The union that sits on $1.25 billion never lifted a finger.
Milo Stevens•
Its central claim is that trade, not capitalism, is responsible for deindustrialization, the sharp decline in real wages and the devastation of working class communities.
Jerry White, Tom Hall•
The fatal shooting of Tyrin Johnson by Tennessee National Guard soldiers is the latest violent incident tied to the Memphis Safe Task Force, part of Trump’s nationwide drive to normalize military-police occupations.
Jacob Crosse•
Spanning 2015 to 2026, this volume traces Trump’s rise to power, his coup of January 6 and his second term to their source in the corporate-financial oligarchy, and advances the socialist strategy required to stop the threat of fascism.
David North•
An annual income of $2.2 billion, equivalent to the incomes of 37,931 US autoworkers, computes to $251,000 per hour.
Barry Grey•
Geetha’s life stands as a fine example to all comrades and to all those in the future who will take up the struggle for socialism of what it means to be a Trotskyist fighter.
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)•
Born into the rubble of post-war Germany, Herma Huber belonged to a generation that demanded answers to the great catastrophe of Nazi fascism. Rejecting both Stalinist lies and capitalist hypocrisy, she found her answer in Trotskyism.
Ulrich Rippert•
An innovative list, but “innovation” in this case has not proved rewarding. The makers of older, more “traditional” lists had different inclinations.
David Walsh•
Fujimori’s victory is not an isolated episode. It confirms that fujimorism has remained for more than three decades the organizing axis of bourgeois rule in Peru—surviving the fall of the dictatorship, the death of its founder, and successive institutional crises.
Francis Portocarrero, Andrea Lobo•
Kenya and Tanzania’s youth opposition are part of a single continental and global process, driven by the same underlying conditions. In both countries the youth have shown they can transcend the ethnic divisions long exploited by the ruling class.
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Sri Lanka’s prisons are overcrowded, under-resourced and resemble a living hell, in which tensions can easily erupt into violent clashes.
Wasantha Rupasinghe•
The Socialist Equality Party’s message to workers and students is that it is time to break out of the cycle of betrayals. Our public meetings will discuss the building of a genuine socialist and internationalist party of the working class.
Socialist Equality Party (UK)•
Socialist Equality Party (UK)•
The American Revolution and Its Place in History: From the War Against Monarchy to “No Kings”
These remarks open the WSWS webinar by situating the American Revolution as a world-historical bourgeois democratic revolution, tracing its development through the Civil War and examining the present-day assault on its democratic legacy.
David North•
250 years since the Declaration of Independence
The 250th anniversary of the founding document of the American Revolution is being marked by the staggering crisis and decay of those original democratic principles.
WSWS Editorial Board•
WSWS webinar on the American Revolution: The historical significance and contemporary relevance of 1776
The World Socialist Web Site's webinar marking the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution brought together leading historians to defend its revolutionary heritage at a moment of mounting authoritarianism.
Joseph Kishore•
July 4th and America’s revolutionary influence on Britain
The American Revolution not only freed its citizens from the domination of the British Empire; it was an inspiration to all progressive struggles in British society, from the anti-slavery movement to the radical movement for democratic reform.
Thomas Scripps•
Steven Mintz•
David North, Tom Mackaman•
Tom Mackaman, David North•
David North•
Fred Schleger•
Trump’s fascist tirade at Mount Rushmore: Anticommunist hysteria and the conspiracy for dictatorship
The speech delivered by Trump on the eve of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence expressed both the terror gripping the capitalist oligarchy and the political conspiracy ahead of the midterm elections.
Joseph Kishore•
The Colorado primary and the growing support for socialism
The victory of candidates backed by the Democratic Socialists of America shows the American population moving to the left, but it cannot transform the Democratic Party from a party of Wall Street and the national security apparatus into a representative of the working class.
Patrick Martin•
On the eve of the NATO summit in Ankara: European powers drive Ukraine war toward direct conflict with Russia
The European powers calculate that strikes deep inside Russia will force Moscow to respond and that any Russian retaliation can then be used to justify a still broader NATO intervention. This is the logic of provocation. It is the logic that leads to a direct war between nuclear armed powers.
Johannes Stern•
Europe’s record heatwave: Climate catastrophe or world socialism
This event makes clear the titanic, revolutionary and socialist character of the struggle necessary to move from a rearguard action against the consequences of climate change to an offensive against its source—private production for profit.
Thomas Scripps•
Andrea Lobo•
Ulaş Sevinç•
Benjamin Mateus•
Ulaş Sevinç•
Chris Marsden•
IBEW apparatus shuts down Philadelphia PECO strike as deadly heat wave and storms cause mass power outages
Despite mass public support for the striking workers, the union apparatus quickly shut the strike down after three days, having reached a paltry tentative agreement.
Landon Gourov•
Australia: What professional staff face at Western Sydney University
The professional staff enterprise agreement proposed by the trade unions at WSU is even worse than the academic staff version, laying the groundwork for further destruction of jobs and conditions.
A WSU Rank-and-File Committee member•
With the World Cup final approaching, is now the time for New York transit workers to prepare a strike?
With public attention throughout the world focused on the World Cup, transit workers have an unprecedented opportunity to go on the offensive.
Daniel de Vries•
Prevent closure, defend every job at the Zalando logistics hub in Erfurt, Germany!
Zalando is slashing 2,700 jobs at its Erfurt logistics hub to boost profits—and the Verdi union bureaucracy is helping the company do it by haggling over severance pay instead of fighting to keep the facility open.
Martin Nowak•
Kate Randall•
Tom Hall•
Andy Niklaus, Lukas Leineweber•
A WSU Rank-and-File Committee member•
“Fascists are best when they’re under the ground”
Everything Is Great!: Carsie Blanton and the Burning Hell call for the overthrow of capitalism
A new musical collaboration gives voice to widespread anger at war, fascism, police terror and exploitation.
Erik Schreiber•
“Let them eat wedding cake”: The Swift-Kelce spectacle at Madison Square Garden
The preoccupation with fame and wealth and wall-to-wall media coverage of the Swift-Kelce wedding on Friday evening—overlapping with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence—is one way the ruling oligarchy is seeking to divert the attention of the public away from the terminal crisis of capitalism.
Kevin Reed•
Wall of Tears memorial to child victims of the Gaza genocide comes to Dearborn, Michigan
The name of each martyred child is listed in small script, both Arabic and Roman, in the chronological order of his or her death.
Zac Corrigan•
Turkish comedian Deniz Göktaş detained at Istanbul airport over political satire
Göktaş, a left-wing stand-up comedian whose video of a political comedy show garnered 8.5 million views in a week was taken into custody.
Ulaş Sevinç•
Barış Demir•
Kevin Reed•
David Walsh•
Louis Girard•
Andrea Peters•
More than 1,000 Palestinians killed by Israel since Trump announced the Gaza cease-fire
Under cover of a non-existent cease-fire, Israel’s military attacks on Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank surged this week as the regime of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also moved forward with population transfer and annexation plans and expansion of Zionist settlements in the occupied territories.
Kevin Reed•
US strikes Iran again, as Trump threatens the country “will no longer exist”
US warplanes bombed Iranian coastal radar and air defense sites on Friday and again on Saturday, striking 10 targets near the Strait of Hormuz in the second wave.
Andre Damon•
US violates ceasefire, launches strikes against Iranian sites in the Strait of Hormuz
One week after President Trump signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran, US military representatives confirmed on Friday that multiple strikes were launched against missile and drone storage and coastal radar sites near a southern port in the Strait of Hormuz.
Kevin Reed•
Trump administration requests approval of $87.6 billion for Iran war
The White House padded its request for $87.6 billion—down from the previously discussed $200 billion—with items aimed at getting the votes needed in both chambers of Congress to pass the military appropriations.
Kevin Reed•
Kevin Reed•
Andre Damon•
Jean Shaoul•
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Preface to the book: “The Ukraine War and the Fight for Socialism: The Case of Bogdan Syrotiuk”
The volume “The Ukraine War and the Fight for Socialism: The Case of Bogdan Syrotiuk” brings together for the first time the most important statements and articles on the case.
Johannes Stern•
Successful meeting at Berlin’s Humboldt University calls for the freedom of Bogdan Syrotiuk
The meeting took place at a time when Bogdan’s trial is at a critical turning point. Two expert reports have now exposed the core of the charge—that Bogdan spreads Russian propaganda—as baseless.
Our reporters•
Students and workers in Germany demand the release of Ukrainian Trotskyist Bogdan Syrotiuk
The campaign for the release of 26-year-old Ukrainian Trotskyist Bogdan Syrotiuk is meeting with a growing response in Germany. Students, workers and youth are expressing their solidarity and demanding his immediate release.
Our reporters•
New expert opinion deepens debacle for prosecution of Bogdan Syrotiuk
In the case against 26-year-old Ukrainian Trotskyist Bogdan Syrotiuk, a third linguistic expert opinion requested by the court further undermines the case of the prosecution, based on charges of “state treason under martial law”.
Clara Weiss•
Clara Weiss•
Johannes Stern•
Clara Weiss•
Clara Weiss•
Clara Weiss•
German government adopts historic war budget
The defence budget will rise by almost one-third in 2027. While healthcare and social spending are being slashed, the German government is preparing the economy and society for a direct war against Russia.
Johannes Stern•
Far-right Alternative for Germany holds party congress: Police violence and political support pave the way to government
Exactly 100 years earlier, the first Reich Party Congress of the re-established NSDAP took place in nearby Weimar, at which the party reorganised itself following its temporary ban in the wake of the Hitler Putsch and definitively pledged its allegiance to Hitler as Führer.
Christoph Vandreier•
Oppose the Erdoğan government’s arrests and censorship ahead of the NATO summit! Free all political prisoners!
The Erdoğan government escalated political repression ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara, detaining hundreds more people.
Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal•
UK Labour government embeds arms industry in higher education through Defence Universities Alliance
The Labour government is directly enlisting universities as part of its society-wide war drive.
Joe Mount, Robert Stevens•
Peter Schwarz•
Tony Robson•
Margot Miller•
Robert Stevens•
Our reporters•
NZ media glorifies man who died fighting in Ukraine’s fascist Azov Brigade
The New Zealand Herald has published pro-war propaganda that effectively encourages young people to follow the example of Sam Haines, a 22-year-old killed in Ukraine last year.
Tom Peters•
Australia: Karl Stefanovic’s turn from breakfast compere to the far-right
Stefanovic’s trajectory is part of a broader lurch to the right by the political and media establishment.
Cheryl Crisp•
US conducts massive RIMPAC joint naval drills
Regardless of fraudulent claims of defending the “free and open Indo-Pacfic,” the US is using these war games to deepen collaboration with its allies in preparation for launching a war against China.
Ben McGrath•
Australia: What the proposed enterprise agreements at Western Sydney University reveal
What is happening at WSU is a warning to staff and students alike of the retrograde conditions that the campus trade unions are trying to inflict on them nationally, by separate enterprise agreements at one university after the other.
A WSU Rank-and-File Committee member•
Committee for Public Education•
John Harris, Peter Symonds•
John Braddock•
Max Boddy•
Mike Head•
Dana, Magna workers face critical contract fights, as UAW seeks to extend pattern of betrayals
Auto parts workers at Dana and Magna Seating are entering contract battles in the wake of UAW sellouts at American Axle and Nexteer and continuing industry cost cutting.
Shannon Jones•
“It’s hard to save for a car with the wages we’re getting”: Widespread opposition as UAW pushes through second sellout deal at Bridgewater Interiors
Despite a concerted UAW effort to exploit the severe economic distress that it has foisted upon the plant’s low-paid workforce, Bridgewater workers expressed enormous opposition to the contract.
Jerry White•
UAW calls snap vote at Bridgewater Interiors in Warren, Michigan, as it seeks to ram through sellout deal
The UAW is seeking to strangle opposition to halt a potential strike that could halt production of highly profitable vehicles including the Ford F-150 and Dodge Ram light trucks.
Shannon Jones•
UAW Monitor’s report details “pattern of retaliation” by Shawn Fain, warns of sanctions
The Monitor’s 16th status report details a “recurring pattern of retaliation” by the UAW apparatus headed by Fain.
Shannon Jones•
Our reporters•
Jerry White•
Shannon Jones•
Our reporter•
Tom Hall•
Fourth death in 50 days as Michigan Democrats protect prison profiteers
Dalephenia Jones is the latest woman to die in Michigan's only women's prison, where a profit-driven healthcare contractor and Democratic Party state government share responsibility for mounting deaths.
Stephen St. Clair•
National Guard soldiers kill 20-year-old Tyrin Johnson in Memphis, Tennessee
The fatal shooting of Tyrin Johnson by Tennessee National Guard soldiers is the latest violent incident tied to the Memphis Safe Task Force, part of Trump’s nationwide drive to normalize military-police occupations.
Jacob Crosse•
Hundreds of Patriot Front fascists march in Washington during US 250th anniversary celebration
The white supremacist march in the capital, met with police protection and official invocations of “free speech,” exposes the real class content of democratic rights under the Trump administration.
Jacob Crosse•
25 deaths across the US from “heat dome” during week of July 4th
The heat wave that struck the Midwest, South and Northeast of the US—with 35 states plus the District of Columbia hitting temperatures of 100˚ or more—has so far killed 25 people with expectations that the number of excess deaths will be significantly higher.
Kevin Reed•
Kevin Reed•
Graham Beverley•
Marc Wells•
Alex Findijs•
Jacob Crosse•
California governor signs 2026–27 state austerity budget
California Democrats pass austerity budget slashing healthcare and education, expanding corporate subsidies while centralizing executive control over public schools statewide.
Marc Wells•
Colorado primary results show continuing radicalization of US workers and youth
A member of the Democratic Socialists of America defeated an incumbent Democratic congresswoman for renomination in Denver, while Senator Michael Bennet was denied the party’s nomination for governor.
Patrick Martin•
U.S. Supreme Court narrowly upholds birthright citizenship
The Supreme Court narrowly struck down Trump’s executive order that would revoke the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship.
John Burton•
U.S. Supreme Court upholds state bans on transgender athletes while striking down campaign finance regulation
On the final day of its current term, the Supreme Court handed down reactionary opinions attacking the rights of transgender students and lifting restrictions on corporate campaign funding.
Ed Hightower•
John Burton, Patrick Martin•
Patrick Martin•
Sandy English, Barry Grey•
Marc Wells•
John Burton•
The political significance of the Colombian and Peruvian elections
Rather than a turn to the right by the working class or the broad mass of the population, the elections express disgust with the entire political establishment.
Andrea Lobo•
Humanitarian crisis worsens in Venezuela, as botched earthquake rescue phase winds down
Amid the disastrous rescue and aid response, the US media has mounted a damage-control operation around Washington's role. Trump's remarks, however, expose contempt for the lives of Venezuelans.
Andrea Lobo•
Keiko Fujimori declares herself president-elect of Peru
Roberto Sánchez conceded, allowing Fujimori to proclaim herself president-elect. The fear that protests might spiral into a national insurrection outweighed his presidential ambitions.
César Uco•
COB betrayal paves way for “state of exception” in Bolivia: strategic lessons of the workers’ uprising
The Morenoites offer as the solution to the crisis confronting the Bolivian working class in 2026 a reedition of a betrayal that led to the most tragic defeat in its history.
Tomas Castanheira•
Andrea Lobo•
Mauricio Saavedra•
Andrea Lobo•
Rafael Azul•
Tomas Castanheira•
Geethananda Jayasekera, longstanding Sri Lankan Trotskyist dies at 70
The SEP and the IYSSE in Sri Lanka pay tribute to comrade Geethananda Jayasekera’s struggle for the Trotskyist principles of international socialism and extend our deepest sympathies to his family members.
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)•
Justice Minister visits mass grave of Tamil civilians in northern Sri Lanka
The visit was not aimed at delivering justice for the relatives of the victims but at defusing mounting anger over decades of state cover-ups of the crimes of the military.
M. Ranges•
IYSSE meeting: World War, Imperialism and the Illusion of a Multipolar World
The International Youth and Students for Social Equality in Sri Lanka is holding an online public meeting on Wednesday, July 8, at 7:00 p.m. to discuss the Trotskyist strategy to mobilise the working class against imperialist war.
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (Sri Lanka)•
Sri Lanka: Thousands of farmers protest over rising costs and low rice prices
Farmers’ fundamental problems can be resolved only through their independent mobilisation against big business and finance capital, united with the rural poor and under the leadership of the working class.
W.A. Sunil•
W.A. Sunil, Wasantha Rupasinghe•
Our reporters•
Rohantha De Silva, Wasantha Rupasinghe•
Pani Wijesiriwardena•
P.T. Sampanthar•
Australia: Worker injured at BlueScope’s Port Kembla steelworks as pattern of dangerous incidents continues
The series of incidents involving falling objects highlights the ongoing risk to BlueScope workers after the tragic death of 24-year-old worker Jack McGrath last year.
Martin Scott•
Heat wave exposes workers to injury and death in auto plants, warehouses and delivery routes
A dangerous heat wave across the Midwest and Eastern United States is exposing workers to serious injury and death in auto plants, warehouses, postal facilities and delivery routes, where millions are being kept on the job without air conditioning or adequate safety measures.
Tom Hall•
Call for inquiry into dropping of charges over New Zealand’s Pike River mine disaster
Christopher Harder, a former criminal lawyer, has called for police to investigate the unlawful deal to drop charges against the company’s chief executive Peter Whittall.
Tom Peters•
For a rank-and-file inquiry into UK’s Bedford train collision that killed driver and injured 100
The self-serving reassurances issued by Labour government ministers and rail executives are aimed at preventing accountability. The investigation is assigned to the Rail Accident Investigation Branch, whose function is to examine the causes, not assign blame, establish liability or pursue prosecutions.
Tony Robson, Robert Stevens•
Max Jones•
Marc Wells•
Jane Wise•
Jane Wise•
Jane Wise•
The New York elections and the political role of the Democratic Socialists of America
In an interview with ABC’s “This Week” program on Sunday, Mamdani laid out his conception of “democratic socialism.”
Joseph Kishore•
How the German Left Party is trying to curb the radicalisation of the youth
The national party conference of the Left Party (Die Linke), which took place in Potsdam from 19 to 21 June, centred primarily on one question: Will the party succeed in curbing the radicalisation of the youth?
Peter Schwarz•
Mamdani-backed candidates win NYC congressional primaries: The political issues
The primary results reflect a profound and growing political radicalization within the working class and among youth and professional layers who are being hammered by the accelerating economic, social and political crisis of American capitalism.
Barry Grey•
The ignominious role of the Chilean “left” in Kast’s sweeping assault on immigrants
The pseudo-left government provided a “progressive” cover for a xenophobic assault that the right could never have legitimized on its own.
Mauricio Saavedra•
Evan Blake•
Tom Peters•
Andrea Lobo•
Jacob Crosse, Barry Grey•
Jacob Crosse•
SEP (UK) calls for the release of Ali Ercan Akpolat at Turkish embassy in London
SEP Assistant National Secretary Tom Scripps and a group of SEP members aimed to deliver a letter of protest to the Turkish ambassador. Staff at the embassy refused to open the door.
Our reporters•
SGP and WSWS call for the release of Ercan Akpolat and all political prisoners in Türkiye
On June 24, SGP Chairman Christoph Vandreier and Johannes Stern, editor of the German-language World Socialist Web Site, read out an open letter to Ambassador Gökhan Turan in front of the Turkish Embassy in Berlin.
Christoph Vandreier, Johannes Stern•
Edwin Soto (1953-2026): Transit worker and lifetime supporter of the fight for socialism
Edwin Soto was part of a generation of working class youth who were won to the cause of socialism in the course of the struggles of the 1960s and 70s.
Fred Mazelis•
Tom Henehan: A revolutionary life
Yesterday would have been the 75th birthday of Tom Henehan, a member of the Political Committee of the Workers League who was assassinated in 1977. We are republishing here a tribute delivered by David North at a meeting in 1997.
David North•
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)•
David North•
David North•
Tom Mackaman•
David North•
Turkish teachers suspend Ankara protest ahead of NATO summit
For teachers, the way forward lies in a struggle that mobilizes the collective strength of all educators and of the other sections of the working class.
Can Denizli•
Ahead of NATO summit, Ankara proclaims its “indispensability” to the imperialist war machine
Appearing willing to take on a greater role in Europe’s “security” and to assume new NATO obligations, the Turkish political establishment is using this card to strengthen its hand—above all against its regional rivals Israel and Greece—and to secure the interests of the Turkish bourgeoisie.
Barış Demir•
Open letter to the Turkish Embassy: Freedom for Ali Ercan Akpolat!
On Wednesday, June 24, at 2:30 p.m., the following open letter from the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (SGP) and the editorial board of the World Socialist Web Site in Germany will be delivered to Türkiye’s ambassador in Berlin, Gökhan Turan.
Christoph Vandreier, Johannes Stern•
De facto state of emergency ahead of NATO summit in Ankara: More than 200 detained
The Erdoğan government is responding to the imperialist war on Türkiye’s borders and to the deepening class struggle at home by consolidating its construction of a presidential dictatorship.
Barış Demir•
Ulaş Sevinç•
Barış Demir•
Can Denizli•
Can Denizli•
Barış Demir, Ulaş Sevinç•
With NATO chief Rutte present: Merz government adopts war laws
Under the seemingly harmless phrase “Germany is becoming crisis-proof,” the Bundeswehr, the state apparatus, the economy and the whole of society are to be rapidly prepared for a direct war against Russia.
Johannes Stern•
Zelensky skips “Ukraine Recovery Conference” after Poland strips him of state honors
Whatever the outcome of the dispute between these two nationalist governments, the conflict underscores that their war alliance against Russia is as fragile as it is reactionary.
Jason Melanovski•
European powers pledge arms to Ukraine while issuing ultimatums to Russia at London summit
The E3, represented by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz gathered in Downing Street and issued a joint five-point declaration.
Robert Stevens•
NATO and Ukraine escalate war against Russia
As shown by the latest Ukrainian attacks deep inside Russia, NATO maneuvers in the Baltic Sea, and German-Ukrainian arms cooperation, NATO is de facto waging war against Russia and risking a nuclear catastrophe.
Johannes Stern•
James Clayton •
Jordan Shilton•
Jordan Shilton•
Patrick Martin•
Johannes Stern•
Japanese yen hits 40-year low
The immediate effect of the falling yen is to increase the price of oil and energy as Japan is dependent on the Middle East for more than 90 percent of its supplies, with the hike going across the board as Japan imports much of its food and raw materials.
Nick Beams•
Bank for International Settlements warns of AI “investment bust”
Intense competition in AI development has raised “the risk of firms over-committing resources to investment projects with still uncertain returns, leaving all firms vulnerable to disappointments in AI payoffs.”
Nick Beams•
Insurance companies use rate shopping to boost returns from private credit
The use of private ratings for debt held by insurance firms, increasingly with private equity firms, has risen 10-fold since 2018.
Nick Beams•
China’s exports surge as domestic economy weakens
Data released yesterday show that retail sales for May fell at the fastest rate since the end of 2022 when COVID restrictions were lifted and the virus swept through the country.
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Patrick Martin•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Welcome Socialism AI: A historic advance in the political education of the working class
Socialism AI is a transformative application of advanced technological development to the political education and mobilization of the international working class.
WSWS International Editorial Board•
Socialism AI answers the New York Times: Not yes or no to AI, but who controls it
The New York Times welcomes the backlash against AI while channeling it toward a more responsible capitalism that leaves the oligarchy’s ownership of the technology untouched.
Socialism AI•
Answers from Socialism AI
The war on Iran: How did we get here, and what must the working class do?
This feature highlights selected questions and answers from Socialism AI—concise, clear and politically insightful responses to some of the most pressing issues of our time.
Socialism AI•
Answers from Socialism AI
What must be done to prepare a nationwide general strike against the Trump administration?
This feature highlights selected questions and answers from Socialism AI—concise, clear and politically insightful responses to some of the most pressing issues of our time.
Socialism AI•
Socialism AI•
Evan Blake, David North•
David North•
David North•
Will Lehman•
Alexander Rabinowitch’s The Bolsheviks Survive: Petrograd 1919
The fourth and final volume of Rabinowitch’s books on the October Revolution in Petrograd is a major contribution to the history of the civil war.
Clara Weiss•
This week in history: July 6-12
Chilean court halts Pinochet prosecution; Washington Post pressmen indicted; armistice talks begin in Korea; Kuomintang begins Northern Expedition in China.
The 1929–1930 miners’ lockout—a key strategic experience of the Australian working class
The existing accounts of the lockout all put the defeat down to the miners themselves—courageous, but worn down after 16 months of struggle. This article examines the critical role of the Labor Party, the trade unions and the Communist Party in isolating the locked-out miners and finally forcing them back to work on the terms of the coal barons.
John Harris, Peter Symonds•
Alan Greenspan (1926–2026) and the crisis of capitalism
More than any other single individual, Greenspan worked to create an economic system based on speculation, parasitism, and unprecedented social inequality which characterises US and world capitalism today.
Nick Beams•
Clara Weiss, David North•
Peter Schwarz•
Katja Rippert•
Jacob Crosse•
Nearly 25,000 migrants flee South Africa amid xenophobic violence
The pogromist groups act as the extra-parliamentary spearhead of the African National Congress-led ten party Government of National Unity’s anti-immigrant policies.
Alejandro López•
Tanzanian regime bans Gen-Z Saba Saba protests, deploys army and police
The Tanzanian working class and youth confront a corrupt bourgeois state defending itself through terror, an opposition tied to the same capitalist order, and imperialist powers competing against rising capitalist powers like China to loot the country's resources.
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Ebola deaths pass 400 in the DRC as US guts surveillance systems to stop it
The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak is spreading faster than any before it, precisely as Washington dismantles the global public health infrastructure built to contain such threats.
Benjamin Mateus•
Kenya’s President William Ruto locks down Nairobi to prevent Gen-Z protests
Workers and youth confront the capitalist state, its police and military apparatus, the courts, the trade union bureaucracy, the bourgeois opposition parties and the financial aristocracy.
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Jean Shaoul•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Fired drinking water adviser files suit against EPA
A Flint water crisis whistleblower, Elin Warn Betanzo, was removed from a federal advisory council after joining hundreds of EPA employees in signing a “declaration of dissent” against the Trump administration’s assault on the agency.
James Brewer•
Extreme heat has devastating effects on agriculture and workers
Anthropogenic global warming amplified this year by a record-breaking “Godzilla” Super El Nino, will have a catastrophic impact on food production and the working class.
Philip Guelpa•
David Attenborough at 100, an appreciation
Attenborough continues to explore new scientific opportunities and discoveries in covering all aspects of the natural world. His series are distinguished by a systematic approach, to groups of organisms or specific eco-systems, grounded in the history of science.
Paul Bond•
Scientists expelled by police at diabetes conference as Trump administration accelerates dismantling of biomedical research
The expulsion of leading researchers from the American Diabetes Association conference by armed police exposes the capitulation of medical institutions to the Trump administration’s fascistic anti-science agenda.
Benjamin Mateus•
Philip Guelpa•
Benjamin Mateus•
Philip Guelpa•
Frank Gaglioti•
Evan Blake•
May Day 2026
Capitalist crisis, war and the international class struggle
This speech was delivered by WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North to open the 2026 International May Day Online Rally.
David North•
The 2026 International May Day Online Rally and the tasks of the international working class
Speakers at the May Day rally analyzed the war against Iran as the culmination of a 35-year capitalist crisis and advanced a revolutionary program for the international working class entering a new period of global struggle.
WSWS Editorial Board•
May Day 2026
Canadian imperialism: predator, not prey, in global war
This speech was delivered by Keith Jones, Socialist Equality Party (Canada) national secretary, at the 2026 May Day Online Rally, organized by the WSWS and the ICFI.
Keith Jones•
May Day 2026
Unite the New Zealand and Pacific working class against imperialism!
This speech was delivered by Tom Peters, a leader of the Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand, at the 2026 May Day Online Rally, organized by the WSWS and the ICFI.
Tom Peters•
Cheryl Crisp•
Deepal Jayasekera, Dilaxshan Mahalingam•
Tomas Castanheira•
Alex Lantier•
Chris Marsden•
US courts sentence 15 Prairieland defendants to 556 years in Trump’s fascist campaign against left-wing opposition
The savage sentences mark the first major prison terms in the Trump administration’s campaign to brand left-wing opposition to ICE, fascism and capitalism as terrorism.
Jacob Crosse•
The US oligarchy’s crime boss: Trump pocketed $2.2 billion in 2025
An annual income of $2.2 billion, equivalent to the incomes of 37,931 US autoworkers, computes to $251,000 per hour.
Barry Grey•
ICE thugs kidnap over 10,000 immigrants in 5 days as White House orders worksite raids
As more than 63,000 people languish in immigrant concentration camps, the Trump administration is expanding street ambushes, worksite raids and mass kidnappings across the country.
Jacob Crosse•
U.S. Supreme Court strips refugees of protected status, blocks immigrants from applying for asylum
The rulings will have immediate—and, in some cases, deadly—consequences for hundreds of thousands of immigrants seeking refuge in the United States from political oppression, violence and starvation in their countries of origin.
John Burton•
Jacob Crosse•
Jacob Crosse•
Evan Blake•
Lawrence Porter•
Dan Conway•
Socialism against oligarchy, fascism and war
Underlying the interlinked crises of the capitalist system is an oligarchy that subordinates all of society to profit and the accumulation of personal wealth. The fight against the oligarchy is by its very nature a revolutionary task.
11 months since the death of Stellantis worker Ronald Adams Sr.: “We need an explanation,” says widow
The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) have issued no findings. The United Auto Workers (UAW) has said nothing. The engine plant is back in full production.
Jerry White •
9 months since death of Michigan autoworker Ronald Adams
Nine months after the preventable death of 63‑year‑old machine repairman Ronald Adams Sr. , the silence from the company, the United Auto Workers and state remains deafening.
Jerry White •
“Our family wants answers that we have not gotten”: 8 months since the death of Stellantis worker Ronald Adams Sr.
Adams’ killing on the shop floor—crushed while performing maintenance on a gantry hoist that suddenly activated—continues to be shrouded in silence.
Jerry White•
Remarks to IWA-RFC hearing
The death of autoworker Ronald Adams Sr. and the law of capitalist profit
It is the capitalist system that produces tragedies like the death of Ronald Adams Sr., a system that operates in the interests of the ruling class, which derives value and profit from the labor of workers.
David North•
Jerry White•
Jerry White•
Jerry White•
Our reporter•
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Wolfgang Weber (1949-2024): A revolutionary intellectual and fighter for Trotskyism
Wolfgang devoted over 50 years of his life to building the Trotskyist party and fought tirelessly politically and theoretically for the independence of the working class.
Open letter from Lula and Tedros: Preparing the next pandemic under capitalism
Within the framework of the imperialist crisis, data on pathogens and health responses are treated as strategic intelligence. Access to vaccines is wielded as geopolitical currency.
Fátima Ferrante•
Ebola surges in central Africa as funding collapses
At four weeks, the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the DRC and Uganda is three times larger than any previous epidemic at the same stage, with 894 cases and over 200 dead.
Benjamin Mateus•
Long COVID affects twice as many Americans as official counts show, new AI study finds
A new AI study from Mass General Brigham finds that roughly one in six Americans who contracted COVID-19 developed long COVID, more than double the rate captured by official surveillance, exposing the human and economic toll hidden by flawed diagnostic systems.
Benjamin Mateus•
Trump weaponizes public health as Ebola epidemic expands
As Ebola deaths surpass 250, the Trump administration has responded not with resources but with border control orders and offshore quarantine camps for American citizens.
Benjamin Mateus•
Wimal Perera•
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Evan Blake•
Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi defies Turkish state’s intervention on its program
The Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi, which was officially established in August in Turkey, received a letter from the Supreme Court of Appeals Prosecutor’s Office demanding that it change its program. It categorically rejected this political intervention.
Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal•
The Historical and International Foundations of the Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal (Socialist Equality Party – Fourth International)
This document traces the central historical experiences of the working class and Marxist movement in the 20th and 21st centuries, and establishes the principled foundations for the building of the Trotskyist movement in Turkey and throughout the region.
Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal•
Opening Report to the Founding Congress of the Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal
This report explains the historical and international foundations and political perspectives of the Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi, placing them in the context of the deepening crisis of the global capitalist system and the struggle for socialist revolution today.
Ulaş Sevinç•
Statement of Principles of the Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal (Socialist Equality Party – Fourth International)
At its founding congress held on June 13–15, 2025, the Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi unanimously adopted this Statement of Principles.
Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi•
David North•
Statement of the International Committee of the Fourth International•
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.
The place of Security and the Fourth International in the history of the Trotskyist movement
The following report was delivered by David North, national chairman of the Socialist Equality Party (US) and chairman of the World Socialist Web Site, to the opening session of the SEP summer school last week.
David North•
Sylvia Ageloff and the assassination of Leon Trotsky
In a four-part series published in February 2021, the WSWS refuted the 80-year-old unchallenged narrative that Sylvia Ageloff was an innocent dupe who was used by Mercader to gain access to Trotsky.
Eric London•
Lecture to the 2025 SEP Summer School
Joseph Hansen—the FBI’s asset in the SWP
This lecture examines material which has been published in recent years regarding FBI investigation and infiltration of the SWP, and the additional light it shines on the findings of Security and the Fourth International.
Thomas Scripps•
Lecture to the SEP 2025 Summer School
The Gelfand Case: Depositions and the fight against summary judgement
This lecture outlines the legal struggle of Alan Gelfand to expose the penetration of the Trotskyist movement by agents of the Stalinist GPU, and reviews the successful brief against the SWP’s motion for summary judgment.
John Burton•
Tom Carter•
Norisa Diaz•
Patrick Martin•
Andrea Lobo•
International Committee of the Fourth International•
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.
May Day 2025: Socialism Against Fascism and War
The WSWS is posting here both the video and text of the speech by World Socialist Web Site International Editorial Board chairman David North, which opened the International May Day 2025 Online Rally.
David North•
May Day 2025
Join the Trotskyist movement to fight for socialism
This summation was given by Socialist Equality Party (UK) assistant national secretary Thomas Scripps at the International May Day 2025 Online Rally, held Saturday, May 3.
Thomas Scripps•
May Day 2025
The socialist response to the breakdown in Canada-US relations
This speech was given by Keith Jones, National Secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Canada), at the International May Day 2025 Online Rally, held Saturday, May 3.
Keith Jones•
May Day 2025
Unite the New Zealand and Pacific working class against war!
This speech was given by Tom Peters, a leading member of the Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand, at the International May Day 2025 Online Rally, held Saturday, May 3.
Tom Peters•
Deepal Jayasekera, M. Thevarajah•
Max Boddy•
Evan Blake•
Tomas Castanheira•
Joseph Kishore•
Five hundred more pro-Palestine protesters arrested in UK despite High Court ruling
Over 3,300 people have now been arrested on these charges since Palestine Action was outlawed by the Labour government in June-July last year.
Thomas Scripps•
New Zealand protests against war on Iran, Lebanon and Gaza
Thousands of people joined protests to denounce New Zealand’s alliance with the US and government silence on US and Israeli war crimes. The organisers, however, promoted illusions in Labour and the Greens.
Tom Peters•
Violent arrests follow police rampage at Sydney anti-genocide protest
A police video shows eight heavily-armed police commandos storming a home at 5 a.m.
Mike Head•
Palestine Solidarity Duisburg: Ahmad Othman wins again in court against the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
Ahmad Othman, an activist against the genocide of the Palestinians, has successfully sued against his second dismissal by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Dietmar Gaisenkersting•
Jacob Crosse•
Antony Walsh•
Jean Shaoul•
Eric Ludlow•
Our reporters•
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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Nanda Wickremesinghe (1939-2025): A lifelong Trotskyist leader
Nanda Wickremesinghe’s political life as a Trotskyist spanned nearly seven decades. Right until the end, despite ailments that forced him to withdraw from active party work, our comrade had never lost his revolutionary spirit.
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)•
Sri Lanka: Hundreds pay their last respects to veteran Trotskyist Nanda Wickremesinghe
“Comrades, including Wicks, rejected the populist petty-bourgeois alternatives and turned to the International Committee, to the Sri Lankan and international working class and to building the revolutionary leadership of the working class.”
Our reporters•
International condolences on the death of Sri Lankan Trotskyist Nanda Wickremesinghe
“Comrade Wicks brought to the struggle for Trotskyism an immense array of political gifts. Possessed of an extraordinary intellectual curiosity, Wicks was immersed in the history of the international Trotskyist movement”—David North
Our reporter•
London meeting marks 40 years since the expulsion of the Workers Revolutionary Party
The Workers Revolutionary Party’s expulsion from the International Committee of the Fourth International in the mid-1980s was a defining moment in the history of the international socialist movement. At stake was the survival of Trotskyism, of revolutionary Marxism as an organised political tendency.
Our reporters•
40 years since the suspension of the Workers Revolutionary Party from the ICFI
The suspension of the WRP by International Committee in December 1985 marked a decisive victory for Trotskyism over Pabloite opportunism and opened a new stage in the building of the Fourth International.
Peter Schwarz•
From the Archives
Documents of the International Committee of the Fourth International on the suspension of the WRP
We are reposting here two documents, the resolution of the ICFI on the suspension of the WRP from December 16, 1985 and a statement adopted the following day.
International Committee of the Fourth International•
Book Review
Biography as demonology: Aidan Beatty’s The Party is Always Right: The Untold Story of Gerry Healy and British Trotskyism
Aidan Beatty's new book is not a biography, but rather a political diatribe against Gerry Healy and Trotskyism.
David North•
Tom Mackaman, Jordan Shilton•
Thomas Scripps•
David North•
Tom Mackaman•
Australian Electoral Commission blocks evidence on its SEP ballot access ban
The AEC’s escalated reasons for refusing to release the information—claiming that it would not be in the “public interest” to do so—further underscore the anti-democratic nature of its ban on the SEP registration.
Mike Head•
The significance of the Socialist Equality Party’s vote and campaign in the Australian election
The vote for the SEP was small, but significant, revealing a growing constituency for a revolutionary, socialist alternative to the program of war, austerity and authoritarianism advanced by Labor and the entire capitalist establishment.
Max Boddy, Oscar Grenfell•
The Australian election, global opposition to Trump and the need for a socialist perspective
The election was marked by a mass repudiation of Trumpism, but within the framework of parliamentary politics, the outcome is a pro-business, pro-war Labor government that will collaborate with Trump.
Oscar Grenfell•
Liberal leadership contest marked by factional divisions after Australian election rout
The much diminished party-room was split down the middle, presaging further ructions.
Oscar Grenfell•
Mike Head•
Mike Head•
Oscar Grenfell•
Our reporters•
Oscar Grenfell•
Independent soil testing finds staggering levels of toxic contamination in Los Angeles fire zones
Testing shows toxic heavy metals like lead, arsenic, and mercury at levels hazardous to human health, with children and workers bearing the brunt of the risk.
Marc Wells•
The Los Angeles fires: How the Democrats facilitated utility companies’ criminal neglect
Emerging evidence suggests that Assembly Bill 1054, passed by the Democratic Party-dominated legislature and signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom in 2019, played a crucial role in this catastrophe.
Marc Wells•
California governor makes significant concessions to corporate interests in rebuilding wildfire-hit areas
Newsom’s suspension of California’s landmark environmental regulations to fast-track utility infrastructure rebuilding in wildfire-affected areas, is a direct attack on democracy, environmental safeguards and working-class communities.
Marc Wells•
Signs point to Southern California Edison’s negligence and Democrats’ complicity in Los Angeles fire disaster
Edison prioritized profits over maintenance and fire prevention, endangering lives and communities.
Marc Wells•
Marc Wells•
Marc Wells•
Marc Wells•
Kimie Saito, Emily Ochiai, Jacob Crosse•
Marc Wells•
Defend the University of Michigan Eight! Drop all charges! Mobilize the working class against dictatorship and war!
This prosecution is a blatant and dangerous political witch-hunt and frame-up. It must not be allowed to stand. It is a major escalation by the Trump administration of the effort to criminalize left-wing opposition to war, dictatorship and social inequality.
Stephen St. Clair•
3 IYSSE representatives elected to Berlin’s Humboldt University student parliament
The IYSSE was the only university group at Berlin's Humboldt University to stand on a socialist programme against the genocide in Gaza, the development of war and the militarisation of the universities.
our reporters•
No Bundeswehr in schools! Against the cooperation agreement between the state of Berlin and the Armed Forces!
On 8 June, Berlin's Education Senator (state minister) Günther-Wünsch (Christian Democratic Union, CDU) signed an agreement with the Bundeswehr granting youth officers exclusive access to our classrooms.
Action Committee Nurseries & Education•
Stop militarisation and cuts at Germany’s universities! No to genocide and world war!
The International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) are standing in the student parliament elections at Humboldt University in Berlin. We are publishing their election statement here.
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE)•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE)•
Omar Ali, Roger Jordan•
Mike Ingram•
Our reporters•
Shannon Jones, Noah Prince, Valery Tsekov•
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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David North to speak at two universities in Ankara, Turkey: “The American volcano and the global tsunami”
David North, Chairman of the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site and National Chairman of the Socialist Equality Party (United States), will deliver lectures via video conferences.
Our reporters•
WSWS hosts webinar with Momodou Taal, target of Trump’s efforts to deport anti-war students
Situating the attacks on Momodou Taal and other student activists in their political and historical context, the speakers urged viewers to become active in the struggle to mobilize the working class against fascism and war.
Evan Blake•
Sounding the Alarm and The Logic of Zionism: A discussion with David North on his two recent books
This discussion with David North, chairman of the World Socialist Web Site International Editorial Board, will focus on his two most recent books, Sounding the Alarm: Socialism Against War and The Logic of Zionism: From Nationalist Myth to the Gaza Genocide.
Of, by and for the oligarchy: Trump’s cabinet & the restructuring of the American state
The election of Trump and his cabinet of reactionaries signifies the brutal restructuring of global society being carried out by the financial oligarchy.
The election debacle and the fight against dictatorship
The election of Donald Trump is a critical event whose political repercussions will be felt throughout the world. This fascist demagogue has won the 2024 election with both an electoral and popular vote majority. He will be re-installed in the White House on January 20, 2025.
Premiere in Berlin of a new documentary–Julian Assange and the Dark Secrets of War
The most telling episodes of the film include the testimony of Ethan McCord who relates that witnessing the savagery of the American military on that day in Iraq had changed his life forever.
Stefan Steinberg•
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•
Oscar Grenfell•
Statement of the World Socialist Web Site editorial board•
Oscar Grenfell•
Thomas Scripps•
Oscar Grenfell•
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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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•
Statement of the Editorial Board
For a Global Workers’ Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Inquest is necessary to break through the cover-up, lies and misinformation that have been used to justify policies responsible for the avoidable deaths of millions.
Find out more
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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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.
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.
US sends troops under cover of Venezuelan earthquake, as death toll surges
Forty-eight hours after the most powerful earthquakes to strike Venezuela in 125 years, the United States has seized upon the humanitarian catastrophe to accelerate its military control over the country.
Andrea Lobo•
Threat of US military action against Cuba mounts with Iran ceasefire
President Donald Trump has stated repeatedly that “Cuba will be next,” as the Pentagon prepares for military action.
Andrea Lobo•
US imperialism’s debacle in Iran
Despite killing more than 3,000 Iranians and triggering a global food and energy crisis, the United States has failed to achieve the objectives for which it went to war.
Andre Damon•
Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy and the militarization of Canadian society
Ottawa plans to more than double the defence workforce, pour hundreds of billions into war production and reorganize industry around militarism, with workers to pay through austerity and repression.
Pierre Lajeunesse•
Keith Jones•
Robert Stevens•
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
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.
Alexander Rabinowitch’s The Bolsheviks Survive: Petrograd 1919
The fourth and final volume of Rabinowitch’s books on the October Revolution in Petrograd is a major contribution to the history of the civil war.
Clara Weiss•
New book questions official finding that fascist Brenton Tarrant acted alone in Christchurch massacre
The book is a scathing critique of the 2020 Royal Commission of Inquiry, which declared that fascist terrorist Brenton Tarrant acted alone and that his mass murder of 51 people could not have been prevented.
Tom Peters•
Gary Stevenson and the dead end of wealth-tax reformism
The capitalist state is not a neutral instrument that can be picked up and aimed at the wealthy by a sufficiently determined government. It is an organ of class rule.
Ioan Petrescu•
Red Dawn over China: An extended exercise in anti-communist propaganda
Frank Dikötter’s new book is a fundamentally flawed work that makes little pretence of academic objectivity or intellectual honesty.
Peter Symonds•
James McDonald•
Christoph Vandreier•
Nicoletta Montaner•
Paul Bond•
David North, Johannes Stern•
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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Governments escalate the global war on online anonymity
The drive to abolish online anonymity is the digital dimension of a broader turn toward authoritarianism, austerity and imperialist war.
Stephen Parker•
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.
Tom Peters•
Kevin Reed•
Kevin Reed•
Kevin Reed•
Dominic Gustavo•
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.
Graham Platner and the fraud of “working-class” Democratic Party politics
Platner’s campaign was a manufactured attempt to rebrand the Democratic Party with a militarized, right-wing “working-class” persona.
Jacob Crosse•
As they escalate war against Russia, imperialist powers greenlight Erdoğan’s police-state crackdown
NATO’s war summit in Ankara is opening amid conditions in which the Erdoğan government has declared war on basic democratic rights in Türkiye.
Ulaş Sevinç•
Trump’s fascist tirade at Mount Rushmore: Anticommunist hysteria and the conspiracy for dictatorship
The speech delivered by Trump on the eve of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence expressed both the terror gripping the capitalist oligarchy and the political conspiracy ahead of the midterm elections.
Joseph Kishore•
250 years since the Declaration of Independence
The 250th anniversary of the founding document of the American Revolution is being marked by the staggering crisis and decay of those original democratic principles.
WSWS Editorial Board•
Patrick Martin•
Barry Grey•
Johannes Stern•
Thomas Scripps•
Andrea Lobo•
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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