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•
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Over seven days and 29 lectures, the SEP Summer School reviewed in detail the Security and the Fourth International investigation, situating it within the historical trajectory of the Trotskyist movement.
Joseph Kishore•
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The deadly toll of American capitalism on children
Death rate for US children surges 25 percent in 10 years
The capitalist system treats human life as expendable from birth to death, and the same social relations that produce 54 excess child deaths per day continue to operate throughout workers’ lives.
The large turnout was a reflection of the deep sense of loss and growing anger over unsafe conditions at the U.S. Steel plants.
Samuel Davidson•
The decision comes amid a major crisis within the UAW bureaucracy, with union president Shawn Fain being drawn up on charges by another section of the apparatus.
Marcus Day, Tom Hall•
US President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska Friday, in the first visit by the Russian leader to the United States since 2015.
Andre Damon•
Aware of the gravity of what was being suggested, his BBC interviewer asked what would happen if British troops were attacked by Russia. Healey insisted that British forces would have “the right to defend themselves if attacked”.
Chris Marsden•
The smear campaign that forced the withdrawal of Supreme Court nominee Brosius-Gersdorf has revealed the right-wing character of the Merz government, refuting propaganda that the AfD can be stopped through support for the SPD, Greens and Left Party.
Ulrich Rippert•
The former president held a lengthy call with the DSA mayoral candidate, underscoring that Mamdani poses no threat to the interests of the ruling class.
Daniel de Vries•
NUS stands exposed as a tool of repression against students. The task is not to reform it, but to build a socialist movement against it.
Jordan Hammond•
On social media, postal workers have slammed the pay offer as an insult and a profit-gouging exercise, demanding of the CWU: “How much in bonuses do you receive for trying to talk us into voting yes? Terrible deal and you know it.”
Tony Robson•
Netrebko is being punished for not lending her voice in favor of the proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, although she has made clear her opposition to the invasion when it took place 3 and ½ years ago.
Fred Mazelis•
The derailment involved 35 cars carrying hydrochloric acid, propane and fuel, narrowly avoiding an environmental and public safety disaster.
Alex Findijs•
A US invasion of Mexico would rupture relations between the two countries, blow apart the USMCA trade agreement, and lead to another forever war.
Don Knowland•
With its standing as one of the nation’s prominent urban military hubs and its close proximity to the Mexican border, the coastal city of San Diego in California has been a target of particular significance in the Trump administration’s nationwide deportation campaign.
Edmundo Beltran•
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•
International statements of solidarity to IWA-RFC hearing into the death of Ronald Adams Sr.
The World Socialist Web Site continues to publish statements of support for the IWA-RFC investigation into the death of Dundee Engine worker Ronald Adams.
Our reporters•
Workers internationally state support for IWA-RFC hearing on the death of Ronald Adams Sr.
Workers in Canada, Australia and Turkey gave statements in support of the investigation into the death of Stellantis Dundee Engine worker Ronald Adams Sr. last April.
Our reporters•
Workers and workplace safety experts at the IWA-RFC hearing on death of Ronald Adams Sr.
A former Cal/OSHA compliance officer and others testified on the issues raised by the breakdown of safety at Stellantis Dundee Engine.
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Jerry White•
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Will Lehman•
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The Clairton Coke Works disaster: Social murder in Pennsylvania
The fatal Clairton Coke Works blast, which claimed two lives and injured ten, exposes decades of unsafe conditions maintained to protect profits at the expense of workers’ lives.
Tom Mackaman•
Trump’s tariffs: A war against the working class
A central aim of Trump's tariffs is to provide revenue to the administration to pay for the handouts to the ultra-wealthy and the corporations.
Nick Beams•
A giant step towards dictatorship
Trump orders police-military takeover of Washington D.C.
On the pretext of a “crime wave” in the city, Trump’s latest big lie, he is putting the US capital under military rule.
Patrick Martin•
European Union readies trade war retaliation against Trump tariffs
Washington and the EU imperialist powers are tearing apart the economic foundations of the NATO alliance that have underlay relations between them since the end of World War II.
Alex Lantier•
Marc Wells•
Socialist Equality Party (UK)•
Patrick Martin•
Jordan Shilton•
Alex Lantier•
Boeing workers: Organize to expand the strike under rank-and-file control!
Workers real allies are not warmongering politicians from either party, but the working class of the United States and the world.
Tom Hall•
EW4D holds Indianapolis rally to dissipate opposition of Kroger workers to UFCW sellout contracts
Essential Workers for Democracy (EW4D), which is an appendage of the UFCW bureaucracy, held a rally in Indianapolis on August 3 to dissipate rank-and-file opposition that has so far led to the rejection of two sellout tentative contracts at Kroger since May.
Aaron Jefferson, George Kirby•
IAM bureaucracy appeals to fascist Senator Hawley to intervene in Boeing strike
Boeing machinists should set up rank-and-file committees to mobilize other sections of workers behind them, their real allies in this fight, and prepare for a break with the IAM apparatus and political struggle against both big business parties.
Bryan Dyne•
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
India: IDBI bank workers strike nationwide against privatisation; Chenai corporation conservancy workers’ strike enters third week; Bangladesh: Thousands of MPO teachers demand federal recognition; Australia: WesTrac heavy machinery maintenance workers strike in NSW; Glencore Ulan underground coal miners continue industrial action.
Niles Niemuth•
Erik Schreiber•
Marc Wells•
Bryan Dyne•
Clare Bruderlin, Martin Scott•
British MPs and Ukrainian backers of proxy war urge Royal Opera House to cancel engagements
Russian soprano Anna Netrebko facing continued blacklisting threat
Netrebko is being punished for not lending her voice in favor of the proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, although she has made clear her opposition to the invasion when it took place 3 and ½ years ago.
Fred Mazelis•
The work of theatre director Robert Wilson (1941-2025)
“I do theatre, I do not do meanings”—exchange between Robert Wilson and film director Katharina Otto-Bernstein.
Stefan Steinberg•
75 years since Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard: The cruelty of the motion picture business
Billy Wilder’s 1950 film Sunset Boulevard was an unflattering portrayal of the film industry that provoked the ire of its upper echelons.
Joanne Laurier•
182 Royal Ballet and Opera staff denounce “genocide in Gaza,” forcing cancellation of Tel Aviv Tosca production
The open letter declares that, “To call what is unfolding [in Gaza] anything less than genocide is to ignore the overwhelming weight of evidence and the cries of those living—and dying—under siege.”
David Walsh•
Sue Phillips•
David Walsh•
Joanne Laurier•
Shannon Jones, Valery Tsekov•
David Walsh•
New Zealand teachers to strike over 1 percent pay offer
As teachers and nurses launch a fresh wave of strikes, objective conditions require a unified industrial and political campaign by the entire working class to defeat the government’s austerity agenda.
John Braddock•
Australia: Deadly Grosvenor coal mine prepares to reopen with union support
The Mining and Energy Union has endorsed the reopening drive by owner Anglo American, which is anxious to restart operations to facilitate its pending sale of the mine.
Martin Scott•
Australia: Police officers jailed over assault of mentally ill woman in Western Sydney
The naked woman was kicked twice in the head, dragged along the road by her hair, punched and pepper-sprayed six times, including in the face and genitals.
Elle Chapman•
New Zealand and Australian leaders discuss stronger military ties against China
Australian PM Anthony Albanese and the right-wing New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon called for enhanced military interoperability while hypocritically denouncing Beijing.
Tom Peters•
Jean Shaoul•
Tom Peters•
Ben McGrath•
Mike Head•
John Braddock•
Germany pledges additional military aid for Ukraine and spearheads European rearmament drive
With the Ukrainian military suffering severe setbacks and transatlantic tensions mounting, the EU powers are providing additional military aid for Kiev and are moving toward the full militarisation of society and the establishment of a war economy—at the expense of the democratic and social rights of the working class.
Johannes Stern•
Wildfires hit France, Spain and entire Mediterranean rim of Europe
The wildfires sweeping the entire Mediterranean rim of Europe are the product of the capitalist nation-state system’s inability—as it plunges into a new world war—to confront the global climate crisis.
Anthony Torres, Alejandro Lopez•
European imperialists dampen their conflict with US ahead of Trump-Putin summit
After a video conference attended by Trump, Vice President Vance, several European heads of government, and the leaders of the EU and NATO, German Chancellor Merz spoke of a “constructive and good conversation.”
Peter Schwarz•
Declining birth rate highlights impact of government cuts and corporate profiteering on UK families
A recent United Nations survey identified hundreds of millions of people globally not able to have the number of children they want.
Thomas Scripps•
Chris Marsden•
Tony Robson•
K. Nesan•
Robert Stevens•
Paul Bond•
Sri Lankan army suspected over death of Tamil man in Mullaitivu
The Sri Lankan military and police are notorious for their brutal attacks on residents, particularly in the North and East, which have been under military occupation for four decades.
Vimal Rasenthiran•
Sri Lanka’s Dissanayake government announces market-driven education reforms
The JVP/NPP government’s plans to boost privatisation will be a deadly blow to the public free education system that is already on the brink.
Kapila Fernando, Pani Wijesiriwardena•
US imposes 20 percent tariff on Sri Lanka
The US tariff on Sri Lanka will exacerbate the country’s economic crisis and the already huge IMF-dictated burdens on the working class.
Saman Gunadasa•
Sri Lankan SEP and estate workers action committee intensifies defence of victimised Alton workers
The criminal case against the 26 workers, who have strenuously denied the charges, will begin on September 10. If convicted, the workers could be sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment.
M. Thevarajah, W.A. Sunil•
P.T. Sampanthar•
W.A. Sunil•
Saman Gunadasa•
Wimal Perera•
Saman Gunadasa•
“This could have been prevented”: Clairton steelworkers speak out after deadly plant explosion
Steelworkers at US Steel’s Clairton Coke Works have come forward to expose the long-standing and deadly safety hazards that preceded Monday’s explosion, which killed Timothy Quinn and Steven Menefee and injured ten others.
Samuel Davidson•
California company receives probation and fine for two workers suffocated in 2020 nitrogen leak
Four years after a preventable poisonous leak killed two workers, California Ranch Foods escapes with token fines and probation, exposing the bipartisan dismantling of workplace safety and the corporate disregard for human life.
Marc Wells•
“I don’t want this to happen to another family”—Renita Shores-Gaston
Family of Toledo Jeep worker Antonio Gaston files lawsuit for wrongful death, citing Stellantis safety violations
At a press conference Monday, family members of Antonio Gaston explained that the lawsuit was aimed at getting to the truth of his August 2024 death and preventing more needless tragedies.
Shannon Jones•
Deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in low-income neighborhoods of New York City
Inadequate inspections by the city and poor regulatory compliance by landlords have again caused a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in poor, working class areas.
Philip Guelpa•
Tom Mackaman•
Landon Gourov, Kevin Reed•
Steve Hill•
Benjamin Mateus•
Marc Wells•
More Trump thuggery as Border Patrol goons threaten Democrats in downtown Los Angeles
The militarized operation in Little Tokyo is part of a drive to expand the repressive powers of the state and lay the groundwork for authoritarian rule.
Marc Wells•
Trump seeks “long-term” military-police control of Washington D.C.
The White House is pressing ahead with its campaign to erect a police state dictatorship.
Patrick Martin•
After Trump announces military rule in the capital
Washington Post publishes government plans for deployment of troops to cities across the US
One day after President Donald Trump announced the federal takeover of the Washington D.C. police and the dispatch of 800 National Guard troops to occupy the capital, the Washington Post reported on secret plans for a rapid deployment force of troops to move into cities facing “protests or other unrest.”
Barry Grey•
DHS cover-up continues as outbreak spreads at Florida Everglades concentration camp
The US government is continuing to cover up a viral outbreak at so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” and the near-death of Luis Manuel Rivas Velásquez.
Jacob Crosse•
Marc Wells•
Jacob Crosse•
Daniel de Vries•
Marc Wells, Jacob Crosse•
Jacob Crosse•
This week in history: August 11-17
Fiji charges coup leader with treason; Bangladesh president assassinated; Ethel Rosenberg arrested; France and Spain combine against rebels in Morocco
In memory of Nathan Steinberger: A fighter against fascism and Stalinism
July 16 marks the 115th anniversary of the birth of Nathan Steinberger, a Jewish socialist and survivor of Stalin's terror in the Soviet Union.
Verena Nees•
80 years after Hitler’s war of annihilation in the east: Germany establishes combat brigade against Russia in Lithuania
With the ceremonial establishment of the permanent combat brigade in Lithuania, the German government under Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has opened a new chapter in the revival of German militarism.
Johannes Stern•
Events in Detroit and Los Angeles mark 43rd anniversary of racist murder of Chinese American draftsman Vincent Chin
The UAW, which stoked the anti-Japanese racism that led to Chin’s death, is backing Trump’s tariffs and promoting the lie that Mexican workers are taking American autoworkers' jobs.
Shannon Jones•
Tom Mackaman•
Tom Mackaman•
Helen Halyard•
Joseph Scalice•
David Walsh•
CBO report: Trump’s Robin Hood-in-reverse law takes from the poor and gives to the rich
An analysis of Donald Trump’s tax and spending act issued Monday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirms that the measure, signed into law last month, transfers trillions of dollars in income from the poor to the wealthy.
Barry Grey•
Supreme Court poised to revisit and potentially overturn marriage equality
A reactionary petition by Kim Davis seeks to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, threatening to strip hundreds of thousands of couples of legal protections and accelerating the bipartisan assault on democratic rights.
Luis Marquez, Marc Wells•
Controversy over Trump’s new Bureau of Labor Statistics chief
The appointment of E. J. Antoni, to what is supposedly a non-partisan position in the administration, is another significant step in Trump’s efforts to establish a personalised regime.
Nick Beams•
House committee subpoenas Epstein files, Bill and Hillary Clinton
The move promises to intensify the crisis of the Trump administration and the entire political system over the cover-up of Epstein’s far-flung sex ring and the involvement of high-profile businessmen, celebrities and politicians of both parties.
Barry Grey•
Katy Kinner•
Benjamin Mateus•
Nick Beams•
Jacob Crosse•
David Walsh•
In run-up to Trump-Putin talks, Russian offensive encircles Ukrainian units in Pokrovsk
Despite the talks, there will be no lasting diplomatic resolution of the NATO-Russia conflict, which can only be ended on a progressive basis by an anti-war movement of the working class.
Alex Lantier•
EU denounces Trump-Putin talks in Alaska over Ukraine
The EU functions as a militarist cabal, desperate to prepare war with Russia over the opposition of the overwhelming majority of Europe’s population.
Alex Lantier•
From Los Angeles to Ukraine: The continuation of the war raises new horizons for social struggle
A new wave of public unrest has begun to sweep Ukraine.
Ukrainian journalists•
Germany supplies Kiev with more Patriot systems, rearms for war as it did under Hitler
As in the two world wars, German imperialism is once again pursuing predatory economic and geopolitical interests: control of Ukraine, the subordination of Eastern Europe to a Berlin-dominated EU, and the subjugation of Russia.
Johannes Stern•
Alex Lantier•
Jason Melanovski, Clara Weiss•
James Clayton •
Robert Stevens•
Jason Melanovski•
Netanyahu reiterates call for ethnic cleansing of Gaza
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told an Israeli TV reporter on Tuesday of the Palestinians in Gaza, “We are not pushing them out but allowing them to leave” prior to the military offensive aimed at seizing control of the entire Strip, including the densely populated area of Gaza City.
Kevin Reed•
Teachers union executives maintain alliance with Zionist Anti-Defamation League
The Executive Committee of the National Education Association, the largest union in the United States, decided not to act on a vote by the NEA Representative Assembly to break ties with the Zionist Anti-Defamation League.
Sandy English•
Germany temporarily halts arms deliveries to Israel: Chancellor Merz gives himself an alibi
After killing at least 60,000 people and wounding 150,000 in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army is now preparing far greater war crimes.
Peter Schwarz•
Australian government to “recognise” Palestine, as it continues to support Gaza genocide
The announcement is a cynical attempt to deflect mass opposition to the ongoing war crimes, which will not stop Israel’s attempt to exterminate the Palestinians.
Oscar Grenfell•
Robert Stevens•
Kevin Reed•
Jean Shaoul•
Andre Damon•
Kevin Reed•
UK Labour government doubles down on criminalising opposition to Gaza genocide
For the working class, this crisis sharply poses the need for a struggle not only against the Palestine Action proscription, but the Labour government. Whether it is forced to retreat on this particular measure or not, it remains a grave threat as long as it remains in office.
Robert Stevens•
Germany’s media place the rapper Macklemore in its crosshairs
The case of Grammy Award winner Macklemore highlights the ideological depravity of the German establishment: the rapper denounces the crimes of imperialism, yet a concerted media campaign has branded him an “anti-Semite.”
Kevin Jordan•
Worldwide condemnation of Israel’s targeted murder of Palestinian journalist Anas al-Sharif
The assassination of Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif in a targeted Israeli airstrike on a journalists’ tent outside al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Sunday has provoked a wave of mass anger and condemnation around the globe.
Kevin Reed•
Italian dockworkers block Saudi ship carrying weapons for Israel
On August 7, Genoa dockworkers blocked the transit of the Saudi ship Bahri Yanbu.
Marc Wells•
Tony Robson•
Stefan Steinberg•
Luke Galvin•
Marianne Arens•
Our reporters•
The lessons of the Philadelphia municipal strike and the way forward
The Philadelphia municipal strike was not the end but the opening act in a rapid series of confrontations in Philadelphia and beyond.
Philadelphia Workers Rank-and-File Strike Committee•
How the Democratic Socialists of America helped sell out the Philadelphia municipal workers’ strike
Throughout the strike and after, the DSA’s role was to provide left cover for the union leaders and the Democratic Party.
Nick Barrickman•
Philadelphia’s white collar city workers union rams through contract
The low turnout reflects a lack of confidence in the union leadership, which sought to contain the struggle.
Landon Gourov•
AFSCME rams through Philadelphia city workers contract in vote marked by low turnout
The low turnout was effectively a vote of no confidence in the union, which has been actively sabotaging the struggle since the beginning.
Nick Barrickman•
Nick Barrickman, Steve Light, Robert Milkowski•
Nick Barrickman, Tom Eley•
our reporters•
Philadelphia Workers Rank-and-File Strike Committee•
Nick Barrickman•
Trump administration to eliminate key climate-related environmental regulation
The scientific record of the impact of capitalist industrial activity on Earth’s warming climate is clear and well established.
Bryan Dyne•
World court’s “advisory opinion”: States obliged to prevent climate change harm
In the largest case in its history, the International Court of Justice last week ruled, in a non-binding opinion, that countries are legally obliged to prevent “significant harm to the climate system.”
Mark Wilson•
Why are current humans overwhelmingly the descendants of a late migration out of Africa?
New research provides greater insight into the dynamics of the Out of Africa dispersal of modern humans.
Philip Guelpa•
Former NASA administrator discusses the catastrophic impact to basic science in Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”
Dan Weedman was a senior official at NASA and the National Science Foundation from 1992 to 2002, including serving as the head of NASA’s Astrophysics Division from 1993 to 1995 and as a program director for the National Science Foundation from 1999 to 2002.
Bryan Dyne•
Bryan Dyne•
Philip Guelpa•
Kevin Reed•
Benjamin Mateus•
Philip Guelpa•
Africa and Asia face rising hunger as giant grain traders and food corporations rake in profits
Little has changed since Dan Morgan wrote his groundbreaking book Merchants of Grain in 1979 describing the seven secretive families and far-flung companies that control the world’s food supplies.
Jean Shaoul•
South Africa’s ANC government arrests 1,000 miners
The operation is an extension of Operation Vala Umgodi that began with the Stilfontein massacre in January, where 90 miners died after police surrounded an abandoned mine, cutting off food supplies and forcing them to the surface.
Alejandro Lopez•
Angola’s MPLA regime kills 22 anti-austerity protestors, arrests 1,200
The protests erupted in response to austerity measures imposed by the long-ruling Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) government at the behest of the International Monetary Fund.
Alejandro López•
Kenyan trade union leader urges youth to “stay home and remain silent” after Ruto regime’s massacre of protesters
Atwoli’s speech at the International Trade Union Confederation Africa is a signal that COTU fully endorses the Ruto regime’s shoot-to-kill policy that has claimed the lives of over 160 protesters this year alone, and maimed thousands.
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Lula’s “Security Bill” strengthens police state in Brazil
Sparking disputes between states and the federal government, the Lula administration’s Public Security Constitutional Amendment Proposal (PEC) is aimed at strengthening the repressive apparatus.
Eduardo Parati, Guilherme Ferreira•
Mexico’s Sheinbaum orders arrest of prominent immigrant rights activist in bow to Trump
The arrest of migrant rights defender Luis Rey García Villagrán marks a major escalation in the assault on democratic rights by the Mexican government in collaboration with Trump.
Andrea Lobo•
Washington and Brazilian fascists escalate attacks after Bolsonaro’s arrest
Bolsonaro’s imprisonment, to be served under house arrest, has ignited new flames in Brazil’s explosive political environment.
Tomas Castanheira•
Blackwater founder Erik Prince pitches deployment of US mercenaries to South America
The presence in Ecuador and Peru of Erik Prince, with his long record of assassinations and human rights violations as chief of Blackwater, is cause for alarm.
Cesar Uco•
Mauricio Saavedra•
Tomas Castanheira•
Statement of the Socialist Equality Group (Brazil)•
Mauricio Saavedra•
Nick Beams•
Australia’s central bank cuts rates marginally, warning again of world “uncertainty”
Echoed by the Labor government, the Reserve Bank of Australia board’s statement on monetary policy featured 297 references to the need to boost “productivity.”
Mike Head•
Trump extends China tariff war truce
Had the truce not been extended, there were fears that the financial market turmoil, which accompanied the major escalation of tariffs against China on April 2, would have returned.
Nick Beams•
Trump imposes 50 percent tariff on India, demands radical downgrading of its ties to Russia
In a desperate bid to arrest the rapid erosion of US imperialism’s global economic and geopolitical power, Trump is threatening, bullying and attacking Washington’s ostensible allies, no less than those it has long identified as its strategic adversaries.
Keith Jones•
The US’s Turkey-backed “economic corridor” plan in the Caucasus targets Russia and Iran
Workers in the Caucasus and around the world need to be alert: Under the guise of an “economic corridor”, preparations are being made for bloody wars that will devastate the region’s peoples as US imperialism pushes forward its predatory plans.
Ozan Kutlucan, Ulaş Ateşçi•
Nick Beams•
Peter Schwarz•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Interview with Swiss filmmaker Christian Frei, writer-director of COVID pandemic documentary Blame: “I wanted to be a filmmaker guided by curiosity, not ideology”
Blame offers a sobering and humanizing portrait of three scientists—Drs. Peter Daszak, Linfa Wang and Zhengli Shi.
Benjamin Mateus•
The surge of XFG (Stratus) as the next dominant variant of Omicron globally
XFG (Stratus) is the latest subvariant of Omicron that is gaining momentum in the summer surge of the pandemic.
Benjamin Mateus•
Measles in the US reaches a 3-decade high
Not only do the disinformation campaign and politicization of public health threaten the gains made over the last six decades, they threaten the entire international effort to control these preventable diseases.
Benjamin Mateus•
New study shows immense impact of public health on life expectancy
A new Yale study demonstrates the important gains made due to public health advances such as antibiotics, vaccines, and smoking cessation, but underscores the stagnation in life expectancy caused by chronic public health defunding.
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Bill Shaw•
Benjamin Mateus•
Syria threatened with carve-up as redivision of Middle East draws closer
The antagonistic interests of the imperialist powers and the regional powers of Israel, Turkey and the Gulf states that have backed Sharaa in their bid to control Syria has the potential to ignite further waves of bloody sectarian violence and precipitate the fragmentation of the country that itself could ignite a region-wide conflagration.
Jean Shaoul•
The US’s Turkey-backed “economic corridor” plan in the Caucasus targets Russia and Iran
Workers in the Caucasus and around the world need to be alert: Under the guise of an “economic corridor”, preparations are being made for bloody wars that will devastate the region’s peoples as US imperialism pushes forward its predatory plans.
Ozan Kutlucan, Ulaş Ateşçi•
Under extreme heat, Turkey continues to struggle with wildfires
Wildfires are a global problem that requires a global solution. But as with other critical issues, capitalist governments are incapable of providing an international solution.
Barış Demir•
The attack on Leman magazine: A dangerous provocation
The ruling class and the capitalist political establishment will try to exploit any opportunity to suppress the deepening political crisis and divert attention away from the mounting class tensions.
Barış Demir, Ulaş Ateşçi•
Tomas Castanheira, Ulas Atesci•
Tomas Castanheira, Ulas Atesci•
Bahadır Çelik•
Hakan Özal•
Jordan Shilton•
Expand the campaign to free the imprisoned Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk!
We call upon all readers of the WSWS, supporters of democratic rights and opponents of imperialist war to respond to the ECHR’s decision to accept his case by expanding the campaign to free Bogdan.
Clara Weiss•
1 year since the arrest of the Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk
Exactly one year ago, the Ukrainian socialist and leader of the Young Guard of Bolshevik-Leninists was arrested by the Ukrainian Secret Service.
Young Guard of Bolshevik-Leninists•
European Court of Human Rights accepts case of imprisoned Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk
The acceptance of the case by the court is an important step in the campaign to demand the release of Bogdan.
Clara Weiss•
Left Voice calls for release of Ukrainian Trotskyist Bogdan Syrotiuk
One year after the arrest of Ukrainian Trotskyist Bogdan Syrotiuk, Left Voice, which is affiliated with La Izquierda Diario Network, has issued a statement calling for his release.
Clara Weiss•
WSWS Editorial Board•
Clara Weiss•
WSWS Editorial Board•
Young Guard of Bolshevik-Leninists•
Clara Weiss•
2025 New Year Statement
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.
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•
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.
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•
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•
“I’ve been very impressed by the articles you’ve published”
Historian Kerby Miller discusses Aidan Beatty and the writing of Irish history
Miller, the preeminent American historian of Irish history, was recently interviewed by the World Socialist Web Site.
Tom Mackaman, Jordan Shilton•
Socialist Equality Party exposes Aidan Beatty’s falsifications in Institute of Historical Research seminar
After Beatty delivered a lengthy diatribe, Barbara Slaughter, David North and Eric London exposed his slanderous allegations against Gerry Healy and the history of the Trotskyist movement.
Slander vs. biography: Aidan Beatty’s falsification of Gerry Healy’s family and childhood in a decade of rebellion and civil war
This essay is devoted to a detailed review of Gerry Healy’s family background and youth, based on research conducted in Ireland, including visits to the relevant archives in Dublin and in Galway where the Healy family lived.
Thomas Scripps•
David North•
Tom Mackaman•
Andrea Peters•
David North•
Steve Long•
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.
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•
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.
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•
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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Oppose the far-right takeover of George Mason University!
These attacks serve the aim of paving the way for a presidential dictatorship, trampling academic freedom and student activism.
The International Youth and Students for Social Equality at George Mason University•
Defend University of London SOAS students, targeted for opposing genocide!
If these measures are not defeated, universities will become institutions in which freedom of speech and the right to political association and protest are obliterated.
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (UK)•
Students speak out against University of Melbourne’s expulsion of anti-genocide protesters
“It’s horrible. I think it’s a sign of the systematic silencing of students’ voices. Students have always been at the forefront of social movements.”
Our reporters•
Republican congressmen escalate witch-hunt against Chinese researchers at the University of Michigan
The letters mark a significant escalation of the persecution of U-M postdoctoral researchers and Chinese citizens Yunqing Jian and Chengxuan Han.
Stephen St. Clair•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE)•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (Australia)•
Statement of the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE)•
David Walsh•
The case of Nancy Wohlforth, a.k.a. Fields, and the origins of Security and the Fourth International
On Tuesday, May 20, a memorial for Nancy Wohlforth was held in the national headquarters of the AFL-CIO. Notably absent was any reference to her central role in an attempt to destroy the Workers League, forerunner of the Socialist Equality Party.
David North•
The fight against fascism requires a fight against capitalism and war!
Having twice voted with the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in favor of a brutal policy of sealing the borders against refugees, the conservative Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) parliamentary groups in the Bundestag are prepared to accept the far-right party as a government partner.
Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei•
Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei slate in Berlin certified for the federal election
The SGP is standing in the election to oppose war, fascism and genocide.
Tamino Dreisam•
Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei appeal in the German federal election
Oppose imperialist war through the fight for socialism!
The Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party, SGP) is contesting the federal elections to oppose the all-party coalition advocating war and austerity.
Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei•
Tony Robson•
Barbara Slaughter•
Thomas Scripps•
Chris Marsden•
Thomas Scripps•
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.
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COVID, Capitalism, and Class War: A Social and Political Chronology of the Pandemic
Mehring Books, the publishing arm of the Socialist Equality Party (US), is proud to announce the publication of Volume 1 of COVID, Capitalism, and Class War: A Social and Political Chronology of the Pandemic, a compilation of the World Socialist Web Site's coverage of this global crisis.
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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•
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•
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•
For a rank-and-file investigation into the death of Stellantis worker Ronald Adams Sr.!
An inquiry independent of Stellantis, the United Auto Workers (UAW) apparatus and state authorities is essential to uncover the truth, expose systemic safety violations and prevent future deaths.
International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees•
UAW pressing Stellantis to “finish their retooling” of Dundee plant as cover-up of Ronald Adams’ death continues
In a June 5 letter, UAW Stellantis Department head Kevin Gotinsky says nothing about the death of the 63-year-old skilled trades worker.
Jerry White•
Hundreds attend Detroit funeral for Stellantis Dundee Engine worker Ronald Adams
The 63-year-old skilled tradesman was crushed to death by an automated crane at the Dundee Engine Complex in southeast Michigan on April 7.
Jerry White•
Trump continues Biden’s stonewalling of court-ordered investigation into UAW elections
It is more than nine months since a federal judge ruled in favor of Mack Trucks worker and socialist candidate Will Lehman, ordering the Department of Labor to revisit his challenge to the fraudulent 2022–23 UAW election.
Joseph Kishore•
Jerry White•
Logan Buchko, Shannon Jones•
Tim Rivers, Shannon Jones•
Our reporters•
Ludwig Weller•
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•
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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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.
Our reporters•
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Statement of the Editorial Board
For a Global Workers’ Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Inquest is necessary to break through the cover-up, lies and misinformation that have been used to justify policies responsible for the avoidable deaths of millions.
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DOJ settlement with Ashli Babbitt’s family: A political gift to the fascist right
The $5 million payout to the family of a fascist insurrectionist, alongside Trump’s blanket pardons and the Democrats’ capitulation, underscores the ruling class’s turn toward dictatorship.
Max Jones•
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•
Kevin Reed•
Jacob Crosse•
Barry Grey•
Jacob Crosse•
Jacob Crosse•
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.
Our reporters•
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 •
Our reporters•
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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Brian Goldstone’s There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America: Working class families sliding gradually or dropping suddenly into homelessness
Goldstone constructs a damning brief. Though he limits his condemnation to the American housing system, the evidence he presents belies this limitation and makes an airtight case against capitalism itself.
James McDonald•
Mario Kessler's Socialists against Antisemitism and Leon Trotsky on Antisemitism
The Marxist movement and the fight against antisemitism and Zionism
Kessler's books provide irrefutable evidence that the most powerful and consistent critique of both antisemitism and Zionism emanated from the revolutionary internationalist wing in the workers’ movement.
Clara Weiss•
A Different Kind of Power whitewashes Jacinda Ardern’s right-wing, pro-imperialist government
The much-publicised memoir by New Zealand’s former prime minister uses empty platitudes about the importance of “kindness” and “empathy” to cover up the right-wing record of her Labour Party government from 2017 to 2023.
Tom Peters•
A conversation with Blake Bailey, Philip Roth biographer and author of Canceled Lives: My Father, My Scandal, and Me: “I said ... I’m not going to take this lying down”
Bailey has decided to fight and set the record straight. This is an entirely welcome and healthy development, a contribution to the cleansing of the cultural atmosphere.
David Walsh•
Thomas Scripps•
Eric London•
James McDonald•
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
The fight for Trotskyism and the political foundations of the World Socialist Web Site
The WSWS is publishing the report delivered by David North 25 years ago, on February 1, 1997, motivating the proposal to end publication of the SEP’s printed newspaper and replace it with an international website; as well as North’s reply to the National Committee ‘s discussion of the proposal.
The deadly toll of American capitalism on children
Death rate for US children surges 25 percent in 10 years
The capitalist system treats human life as expendable from birth to death, and the same social relations that produce 54 excess child deaths per day continue to operate throughout workers’ lives.
Benjamin Mateus, Evan Blake•
Trump’s tariffs: A war against the working class
A central aim of Trump's tariffs is to provide revenue to the administration to pay for the handouts to the ultra-wealthy and the corporations.
Nick Beams•
Socialist Equality Party holds International Summer School on Security and the Fourth International
Over seven days and 29 lectures, the SEP Summer School reviewed in detail the Security and the Fourth International investigation, situating it within the historical trajectory of the Trotskyist movement.
Joseph Kishore•
The Clairton Coke Works disaster: Social murder in Pennsylvania
The fatal Clairton Coke Works blast, which claimed two lives and injured ten, exposes decades of unsafe conditions maintained to protect profits at the expense of workers’ lives.
Tom Mackaman•
Patrick Martin•
Socialist Equality Party (UK)•
Patrick Martin•
Jordan Shilton•
Alex Lantier•
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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Pike River movie undermined by glaring omissions
The film concerns New Zealand’s worst industrial accident—the gas explosions at the Pike River coal mine that killed 29 miners in November 2010.
Richard Phillips•
Families continue fight to expose cover-up of Pike River mine disaster
Families of some of the 29 workers killed in the 2010 disaster in New Zealand are seeking to expose the full truth about how the prosecution of Pike River Coal’s chief executive Peter Whittall was stifled.
Tom Peters•
14 years after New Zealand’s Pike River mine disaster, no justice for victims’ families
For 14 years, successive governments, state agencies, the judicial system and the union bureaucracy have worked to prevent anyone being brought to justice for the avoidable deaths of 29 workers in Pike River Coal’s underground mine.
Tom Peters•
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•
Tom Peters•
Tom Peters•
Jack Wang•
Tom Peters•
Tom Peters•