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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.
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A catastrophic explosion at the Clairton Coke Works in Clairton, Pennsylvania on Monday is the latest in the unending industrial slaughter of workers across the country.
Landon Gourov, Kevin Reed•
Trump’s mass deportations target working immigrants, not criminals. Veronica and Nancy, a mother without papers and her US-born daughter, expose exploitation, fear, and the bipartisan assault on democratic rights and immigrant workers.
Marc Wells•
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•
Philadelphia teachers prepare to return on August 18, with a strike authorized if no deal is reached by August 31, amid a severe school funding crisis worsened by a state budget impasse.
Nick Barrickman•
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•
UEFA’s attempt to airbrush the horrific circumstances of al-Obeid‘s murder was shattered by the intervention of world renowned Liverpool Football Club striker Mo Salah.
Robert Stevens•
Bolsonaro’s imprisonment, to be served under house arrest, has ignited new flames in Brazil’s explosive political environment.
Tomas Castanheira•
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•
The Australian newspaper described this as the “Trump administration’s strongest warning yet to Anthony Albanese.”
Mike Head•
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•
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•
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.
Our reporters•
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Jerry White•
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Will Lehman•
Our reporters•
Fight Starmer’s police state—Build a movement in the working class!
The arrest of over 530 people this weekend was the most significant mass political arrest in post-war British history. It is a major step towards a police state being established by the Labour government.
Socialist Equality Party (UK)•
Trump orders federal police mobilization in Washington DC
The drumbeat for mass repression includes a threat to call out the National Guard to occupy the US capital.
Patrick Martin•
Workers must mobilise to halt the Zionist/imperialist extermination of the Palestinians in Gaza
The decision by Israel’s fascistic government to expand its military occupation of the Gaza Strip will mean death for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians and presages their final ethnic cleansing.
Jordan Shilton•
80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
These horrific bombings are a warning to workers around the world as to where the war policies of the most powerful capitalist governments lead, if they are not stopped.
Alex Lantier•
Jerry White•
Patrick Martin•
Nick Beams•
Jordan Shilton•
Jerry White•
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•
Australian Aboriginal artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye exhibition at Tate Modern
In the last eight years of her life Kngwarreye produced over 3,000 works on silk, cotton, paper and canvas—some canvases as large as three by eight metres.
Sue Phillips•
One of the best films of the year now playing in N. America
Souleymane’s Story: “I don’t know why I came to France”
The phrase “precarious work” may be metaphorical in some cases, but in the unstable and perilous existence Souleymane leads the “precariousness” is real and ever-present.
David Walsh•
Joanne Laurier•
Shannon Jones, Valery Tsekov•
David Walsh•
Sybille Fuchs•
David Walsh•
New Zealand government snubs Cook Islands’ 60th anniversary celebration
The breakdown in relations points to the extremely sharp geopolitical tensions in the Pacific created by the advanced US-led preparations for war against China.
John Braddock•
Inquest into the police killing of Aboriginal teenager Kumanjayi Walker
The inquest, while underscoring certain realities, including rampant racism within the police force, accepted the entire law and order framework that is responsible for such killings.
Sue Phillips•
New Zealand government legislates to restrict voting rights
Amid the government’s sweeping attacks on the basic rights of the working class, the changes to electoral law could disenfranchise over 100,000 voters.
John Braddock•
Poor classroom air quality endangers students and educators in Australia
Studies indicate that many classrooms have inadequate ventilation and exceed recommended levels of carbon dioxide and other toxic substances.
Kaye Tucker•
Our reporters•
Oscar Grenfell•
Our reporters•
Tom Peters•
Eric Ludlow•
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•
Vote No on the UFCW’s sellout tentative agreement with Safeway in northern California!
Safeway workers must reject the UFCW’s concessionary deal, which hides wage cuts and job losses behind empty “highlights,” and take the fight into their own hands as they prepare for a general strike.
Marc Wells•
Workers Struggles: The Americas
Teachers, health workers and transit workers in Ecuador staged a protest against government cuts, while more than 10,000 Air Canada cabin crew have voted to authorize strikes as early as August 16.
Nearly 400 “voluntary redundancies” sought at Western Sydney University
This is another warning of the scale of the job cuts and sweeping restructuring being demanded throughout Australia’s 39 public universities.
A WSU Rank-and-File Committee member•
What way forward for postal workers after the rejection of Canada Post’s concessions-laden contract?
The contract rejection must become the launching pad for a renewed fight based on an entirely new strategy—one that breaks the stranglehold of the CUPW bureaucracy and mobilizes the immense social power of the entire working class.
Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (Canada)•
Jerry White•
Bryan Dyne•
Jerry White•
Our reporters•
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•
Relatives of the “missing” from Sri Lanka’s communal war speak out
Many Tamil families have spent decades searching for their loved ones and demanding the prosecution of the war criminals responsible.
P.T. Sampanthar•
W.A. Sunil•
Saman Gunadasa•
Wimal Perera•
Saman Gunadasa•
Our correspondents•
Homeless population in Canada’s largest city doubles in less than four years
The Toronto Street Needs Assessment found that 15,418 people were experiencing homelessness in October 2024 and that more than 10 per cent of them, or 1,615, were living outdoors.
Steve Hill•
Gunman opens fire on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The August 8 CDC shooting, fueled by conspiracy theories and political attacks on public health, left one officer dead and staff traumatized, exposing how years of anti-science rhetoric and policy dismantling have turned public institutions into targets for violence.
Benjamin Mateus•
Canyon Fire ignites in Southern California, echoes January’s devastating Los Angeles wildfires
The Canyon Fire sounds the alarm that austerity cuts, climate change, and political neglect continue unchecked, fueling more frequent and destructive wildfires with devastating consequences for working class communities.
Marc Wells•
New exposures of far-right activities in Canada’s military and beyond
If the government and state apparatus are seeking to prevent thorough exposure of the fascist current within the CAF, it is because it would gravely undermine their drive to make the working class pay for rearmament and war.
James Clayton•
Marc Wells•
Kate Randall•
Benjamin Mateus•
Kate Randall•
Israel murders 6 journalists, as Netanyahu says annexation of Gaza will proceed “swiftly”
Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu held a phone call with US President Trump on Sunday and announced that the complete seizure of Gaza would be carried out “fairly quickly,” as an airstrike was launched on a clearly marked tent of Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza City.
Kevin Reed•
Lebanese government agrees to US diktat to disarm Hezbollah
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s cabinet has publicly committed to disarming Hezbollah, in a move that threatens explosive consequences for Lebanon.
Jean Shaoul•
Israel formally adopts plan to occupy all of Gaza
Israel's national security cabinet approved a plan Friday to take over Gaza City, effectively occupying the entirety of Gaza in preparation for its annexation by Israel and the “establishment of an alternative civil administration.”
Andre Damon•
Investigative report exposes Microsoft support for Israeli war crimes in Gaza and the West Bank
An investigative report by the Guardian and +972 Magazine shows that Microsoft—the second most valuable corporation in the world—is providing cloud computing services that assist the state of Israel in carrying out its ethnic cleansing operations in Gaza and the West Bank.
Kevin Reed•
Kevin Reed•
Jean Shaoul•
Kevin Reed•
Jean Shaoul•
Jacob Crosse•
New revelations confirm DHS cover-up in near-death of Venezuelan detainee Luis Manuel Rivas Velásquez
The US immigration Gestapo is refusing to provide Rivas Velásquez, a Venezuelan man who nearly died at “Alligator Alcatraz” last week, medical care or access to his lawyers, even as his health continues to deteriorate.
Jacob Crosse•
Trump ends collective bargaining for 370,000 federal workers
The attack on federal workers’ ability to organize marks an escalation of Trump’s attack on democratic rights and the purge of the civil service.
Daniel de Vries•
Probe into ICE abuse exposes crimes authorized by Congress
While documenting hundreds of abuse cases across Trump’s ICE, BOP, and military facilities, Sen. Ossoff’s investigation functions as damage control for a Democratic Party complicit in building and funding the repressive apparatus.
Marc Wells, Jacob Crosse•
Venezuelan man nearly dies after being denied medical care at Florida Everglades concentration camp
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees ICE, is attempting to cover up what appears to be a serious viral outbreak. Detainees are reporting outbreaks of disease, inedible food, backed-up sewage, beatings by guards, and the total denial of medical and legal support.
Jacob Crosse•
Marc Wells•
Jacob Crosse•
Marc Wells•
Jacob Crosse•
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•
Open Letter by Jewish public figures challenges Starmer government: “Proscribe genocide, not protest”
The letter opposing the proscription of Palestine Action (PA) as a terrorist organisation has 300 signatories including human rights lawyer Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC, filmmaker Mike Leigh and writers Gillian Slovo and Michael Rosen.
Tony Robson•
German actors, musicians demand Chancellor Merz take action to prevent Israeli atrocities in Gaza
The appeal and open letter reflect the shock and horror of millions in Germany, but such appeals to the government are without effect.
Stefan Steinberg•
University of Michigan holds disciplinary hearings against anti-Gaza genocide protesters
Disciplinary charges against 11 current and former students carry a range of penalties, including suspension, formal reprimand and a lifetime ban from the campus.
Luke Galvin•
Marianne Arens•
Our reporters•
Oscar Grenfell•
Sybille Fuchs•
Tony Robson•
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•
Trump announces US submarine deployments in nuclear war threat against Russia
Trump’s pledges to negotiate an end to the Russia-Ukraine war have failed, and a seemingly unstoppable momentum is building up in ruling circles for a massive military escalation of the NATO conflict with Russia.
Alex Lantier•
Anti-corruption protests shake Zelensky regime
The escalation of the conflict within the oligarchy and the protests come amidst an intense political crisis and growing social discontent.
Jason Melanovski, Clara Weiss•
James Clayton •
Robert Stevens•
Jason Melanovski•
Robert Stevens•
Jason Melanovski•
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•
An interview with Dr. Stephanie Woolhandler on the impact of Trump’s cuts and privatization on health care
Dr. Woolhandler is a health policy expert and advocate for universal health care coverage as a basic right.
Katy Kinner•
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cuts funding for mRNA vaccine grants
The massive cuts by the Trump administration’s point man for destroying public health would dismantle a lifesaving technology and undermine pandemic preparedness.
Benjamin Mateus•
Concerns grow over sacking of BLS commissioner
In a move that forms part of his drive to establish a presidential dictatorship, Trump justified the sacking with bogus claims that the numbers had been “rigged” to make him and the Republicans look bad.
Nick Beams•
Jacob Crosse•
David Walsh•
Barry Grey•
Dan Conway•
Fred Mazelis•
Mass arrest threat, terrorist prosecutions and censorship prior to London protest of Palestine Action proscription
The escalating assault on democratic rights will not stop with Palestine Action. Rather the proscription of PA spearheads an offensive against all opposition to the Gaza genocide and, ultimately, against any political and social opposition in the working class.
Chris Marsden•
Behind Streeting’s smears against resident doctors: Cuts and ramped-up privatisation of the British National Health Service
New data highlights an unprecedented crisis in National Health Service patient waiting lists and sheds light on how the Starmer Labour government is exploiting the backlog to carve up the NHS for outsourcing
Tony Robson•
Germany: Mercedes increases pressure on 40,000 employees to leave the company
The intolerable situation confronting Mercedes workers is the direct result of the collaboration of the IG Metall union and its works council representatives with management in implementing the “Next Level Performance” austerity programme.
K. Nesan•
Fascist mobilisations in Britain: For a socialist defence of asylum seekers and refugees!
The far-right danger does not flow primarily from the social dust that makes up the various fascist outfits, but from a lurch to the right of the entire capitalist political system as it seeks to impose a deepening social catastrophe and expanding agenda of war on the working class.
Robert Stevens•
Paul Bond•
Markus Salzmann•
Laura Tiernan•
Thomas Scripps•
Gustav Kemper•
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 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•
Official backing for crypto creating conditions for financial crisis
The promotion of crypto is only the most egregious expression of the growth of financial speculation, parasitism and outright criminality.
Nick Beams•
Trade deal between the EU and US: Another stage in an escalating trade war
The trade deal agreed on Sunday by US President Donald Trump and European Union (EU) Commission President Ursula von der Leyen marks a further stage in an escalating trade war that is being waged on the backs of the working class and dragging the whole world into the abyss.
Peter Schwarz•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Alex Lantier•
Nick Beams•
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•
After over 50 demonstrators gunned down this year, Kenya’s President Ruto orders: “Shoot them in the leg”
This sadistic call for mutilation is a thinly disguised pledge to continue murdering protesters. In total, Ruto’s regime has killed over 140 protestors, left thousands injured and maimed for life, while hundreds have disappeared or been abducted.
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
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•
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•
Tunnel collapse kills 6, leaves 9 injured at Chile’s El Teniente copper mine
“We prefer to speak out rather than continue walking in the footsteps of our fallen comrades. Our lives are worth more than copper,” reads an open letter from subcontract miners.
Mauricio Saavedra•
Trump enacts tariffs, sanctions state officials and invokes “national emergency” against Brazil
Trump’s order represents an unprecedented escalation of US imperialist aggression against Latin America.
Tomas Castanheira•
Trump’s tariff threats against Brazil: The necessary socialist response
The GSI calls on the Brazilian working class to respond to the rise of imperialism and war, the threat of fascism and mounting social inequality by fighting alongside its international class brothers and sisters for a global socialist revolution.
Statement of the Socialist Equality Group (Brazil)•
President Gabriel Boric and the rightward shift of the Chilean pseudo-left
What is truly striking about President Gabriel Boric’s fourth and final televised annual address is just how far to the right his pseudo-left coalition government has travelled over three years in office.
Mauricio Saavedra•
Nick Beams•
Armando Cruz•
Alexander Fangmann•
Tomas Castanheira, Guilherme Ferreira•
Guilherme Ferreira, Tomas Castanheira•
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.
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•
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•
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.
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•
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•
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.
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•
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.
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•
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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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•
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.
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•
Fight Starmer’s police state—Build a movement in the working class!
The arrest of over 530 people this weekend was the most significant mass political arrest in post-war British history. It is a major step towards a police state being established by the Labour government.
Socialist Equality Party (UK)•
Trump orders federal police mobilization in Washington DC
The drumbeat for mass repression includes a threat to call out the National Guard to occupy the US capital.
Patrick Martin•
Workers must mobilise to halt the Zionist/imperialist extermination of the Palestinians in Gaza
The decision by Israel’s fascistic government to expand its military occupation of the Gaza Strip will mean death for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians and presages their final ethnic cleansing.
Jordan Shilton•
Alex Lantier•
Jerry White•
David North•
Patrick Martin•
Nick Beams•
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•