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Iran war brings massive price and profit gouging
Global oil companies are raking in additional profits at the rate of $30 million per hour as the result of the price hikes induced by the war.
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US Vice President Vance’s remarks Tuesday that Washington is seeking a “grand bargain” with Tehran underscores that US imperialism wants nothing less than the complete reorganisation of the Middle East in its interests, at the expense of all its rivals.
Jordan Shilton•
Land and property have become asset vehicles for funnelling billions of pounds from the working class—those who produce society’s wealth—to the billionaires.
Statement by the Socialist Equality Party (UK)•
The Times, speaking for the Democratic Party, proceeds from a premise it considers too self-evident to require argument: that the failure to achieve the war's objectives would constitute a strategic catastrophe of the first order.
David North•
The Socialist Equality Party and the International Youth and Students for Social Equality warn workers and young people throughout the United States: the American ruling class is laying the foundations for the reimposition of the draft. The oligarchy wants cannon fodder for its illegal and expanding wars of aggression.
Statement of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) and the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE)•
As the Trump administration imposes a military closure of Iranian ports, it is notable that 250 years ago this month, on April 6, 1776, the Continental Congress announced that American ports would be open to world.
Tom Mackaman•
The Trump administration has ordered preparations for a military attack on Cuba as part of its broader campaign for hemispheric dominance.
Andrea Lobo•
The UAW bureaucracy has twice now rejected their democratic vote; student must organize to impose this decision, with or without the approval of corrupt and unaccountable bureaucrats.
Tim Avery•
The death went unreported for a week before the online investigative outlet, the Western Edge, broke the story on April 13.
Bryan Dyne•
This lecture by WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North examines the historical background of the war against Iran in relation to the strategy of American imperialism.
David North•
In a powerful lecture at Friedrich-Alexander University in Nuremberg, David North demonstrated that the US-Israeli war against Iran constitutes a crime against peace under the legal standards established at the Nuremberg Trials.
Evan Blake•
Mass protests are growing in Venezuela as workers face deepening poverty and repression, even while the government opens the country’s oil and mineral wealth to US corporate exploitation.
Andrea Lobo•
The US war on Iran will be remembered as a turning point in the decline of American imperialism, exposing in concentrated form Washington’s diminishing ability to impose its will on the Persian Gulf and the global capitalist system.
Gabriel Black•
In an interview with Turkish channel TV5, WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North warns that the two-week pause in the US bombardment of Iran is merely an interlude and calls on workers internationally to build a movement against imperialism based on the unification of the working class.
Evan Blake•
Trump’s illegal war is deeply unpopular among American workers and the broader population.
Our reporters•
Mélenchon organised no significant mobilisation of workers against the war in Iran, while remaining silent about the intrigues Trump used to prepare it.
Alex Lantier•
The German government is planning the most comprehensive attack on public healthcare since Reich Chancellor Otto von Bismarck introduced statutory health insurance in 1883.
Peter Schwarz•
The new cabinet, in which the Bhumjaithai Party holds 31 posts and its junior partner Pheu Thai holds nine, is unmistakably pro-business and pro-military.
Robert Campion•
No serious understanding of 20th-century cultural life is possible without considering the impact of the socialist movement and its decades-long struggle to raise the thinking and activity of the working class, culminating in the 1917 Revolution.
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A groundbreaking study in genetics education examines the relationship between the quality of genetics education and the development of racist ideas among young people and the dire consequences for a researcher’s career.
Philip Guelpa•
The contract contains huge givebacks on healthcare, sub-inflation pay increases and no meaningful AI protections.
Marc Wells•
Trump’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz: The next phase in the Iran war
The blockade is an act of war and an act of international piracy. The World Socialist Web Site condemns this criminal action, directed against Iran and against the working class of the entire world.
Andre Damon•
War powers resolution blocked in the Senate as 10,000 more US troops head to the Middle East
The Senate voted 52-47 on Wednesday to reject a motion to move a Democratic Party-sponsored joint resolution to the floor that would mandate the removal of US troops, “from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.”
Kevin Reed•
European states refuse to join in US blockade of Strait of Hormuz targeting Iran
At the same time, European governments refused to clearly denounce or oppose a US blockade that threatens to cut off their access to energy supplies on which their economies depend.
Alex Lantier•
Netanyahu government brutally represses opposition to wars against Iran and Lebanon
These authoritarian measures are the domestic requirement for pursuing a Greater Israel policy, as part of US imperialism’s broader political and military agenda to reorganise and control the resource-rich Middle East in preparation for wider wars against China and Russia.
Jean Shaoul•
Andre Damon•
Alex Lantier•
Kathleen Martin, Usman Khan•
Kevin Reed•
Evan Blake•
Socialist Equality Party (UK) announces public meeting series on 1926 general strike
The events are aimed at arming workers with the lessons of this experience for the political battles they face today: against a right-wing Labour government of austerity and war, and trade union bureaucracies suppressing a struggle against it.
Socialist Equality Party (UK)•
Freedom for Başaran Aksu and all working-class prisoners in Türkiye!
Ulaş Sevinç, leader of the Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal in Türkiye, released a video statement condemning the arrest of independent union leader Başaran Aksu.
Ulaş Sevinç•
Ukraine’s Zelensky in Berlin: Germany escalates its war offensive against Russia
With the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East and Donald Trump’s open threats of annihilation against Iran, all pretences are now being dropped in the war in Ukraine as well. Merz and Zelensky visited arms factories together and agreed on measures to return fit-for-service Ukrainian men in Germany to the front line.
Johannes Stern•
WSWS emergency webinar articulates socialist strategy to stop US-Israeli war against Iran
Thousands of workers and youth from around the world participated in the event, which identified the international working class as the only force capable of ending the criminal bombardment of Iran and all imperialist wars.
Evan Blake•
Johannes Stern•
Katerina Selin•
our reporter•
Jerry White•
Andre Damon•
Censorship of artist Basma al-Sharif continues: Germany’s foreign ministry reprimands Goethe-Institut for showcasing her work
State censorship efforts are once again being directed against an artist with Palestinian roots. Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul’s (Christian Democratic Union, CDU) department has reprimanded the Goethe-Institut for allowing a work by Basma al-Sharif to be shown in an exhibition in Lithuania.
Sybille Fuchs•
The 76th Berlin International Film Festival–Part 9
The consequences of extreme exploitation – Enjoy Your Stay and I Understand Your Displeasure
Both films underscore a central truth: under capitalism, personal decisions can be so severely restricted that they become almost irrelevant.
Bernd Reinhardt, Stefan Steinberg •
Gore Verbinski’s Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die–The solution to the world’s problems? Infect everyone with anti-technology allergy
It is a dreadful work. A libel against humanity, humanity returned the favor by largely staying away in droves.
David Walsh•
Project Hail Mary—a hopeful (but somewhat wishful) adventure
The overall result is a charming but cartoonish pastiche that, while broadly appealing, falls short of its ambition to be a truly insightful film
Lee Parsons•
Max Linhof•
Bernd Reinhardt, Verena Nees•
Fred Mazelis•
Paul Bond•
Marc Wells•
After shutting down JBS strike in Greeley, Colorado, UFCW pushes through contract 30 cents better than management’s initial offer
The agreement addresses none of the workers’ demands which led to a powerful three-week strike, the largest in the US meatpacking industry in more than 60 years.
Dan Conway•
Turkish coal miners march to Ankara for their unpaid wages
Following the arrest of Independent Miners’ Union leader Başaran Aksu, miners have launched their march to the capital.
Barış Demir•
Cancellation of Los Angeles schools strike latest in string of union betrayals
The last-minute deal demonstrates the ruling class’s extreme sensitivity to and fear of the class struggle and its reliance on the union bureaucracy to suppress it.
Tom Hall•
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
Government employees in Netherlands hold one-day national strike over pay; strikes across London involving academic staff at London Metropolitan University, passenger support staff at a London Stansted airport, bus drivers at Stagecoach and teachers at Great Ormond Street Hospital; strike by judiciary workers in Abia State, Nigeria continues into fourth week
Tony Robson•
Nakai Beltran, Marc Wells, Renae Cassimeda•
Springfield NDC Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Kevin Reed•
M. Gómez•
The political lessons of Mamdani’s first 100 days
The mayor of New York’s alliance with Trump under conditions of expanding war and attacks on democratic rights is a damning exposure of Mamdani’s political bankruptcy
Daniel de Vries•
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed seeks to contain anti-war opposition during Michigan university campaign tour
Rallies at the University of Michigan and Michigan State University sought to divert youth and students into El-Sayed’s Senate campaign, which is backed by the DSA, as well as Twitch streamer and political commentator Hasan Piker.
Luke Galvin•
Pseudo-left “Marxism” conference in Australia suppresses any discussion of Iran war
Any attendees seeking a socialist perspective to fight the massive US-led assault left empty-handed. Over four days, not a single one of the conference's nearly 150 panels was dedicated to the war on Iran.
Owen Howell, Oscar Grenfell•
The International Bolshevik Tendency: Pseudo-left apologists for the union bureaucracy and Stalinism
The IBT, which is descended from the anti-Trotskyist Spartacist League, promotes the dangerous illusion that workers can rely on the union apparatus and the Chinese Stalinist regime to oppose US imperialism in Latin America and the Middle East.
Tom Peters•
Patrick Martin•
Sandy English•
Jordan Shilton•
Santiago Guillen, Alejandro López•
Oscar Grenfell•
Trump DOJ seeks to erase January 6 convictions of Proud Boys, Oath Keepers ringleaders ahead of 2026 elections
Trump’s commutations and pardons last year freed militia members charged with the most serious January 6 crimes but left their convictions intact. This new motion seeks to vacate those convictions and dismiss the indictments, helping clear the way for the fascist militia forces to legally rearm.
Jacob Crosse•
Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell resigns amid #MeToo-style sex scandal
In less than 100 hours, Swalwell went from frontrunning candidate for governor of California to political oblivion.
Barry Grey•
New York rally by Sanders, Mamdani and union officials covers up US war drive against Iran
Beneath rhetoric about “union density,” Sunday’s New York rally served to police opposition to war, inequality and dictatorship within the framework of the Democratic Party.
Jacob Crosse•
University of Michigan subreddit censors WSWS articles on suicide of Chinese researcher
Following the suicide of Chinese scientist Danhao Wang, U-M subreddit moderators removed highly viewed posts demanding an investigation into the federal witch-hunt of Chinese researchers and the complicity of the university administration.
Stephen St. Clair•
Isaac de Vries•
Patrick Martin•
Bryan Dyne•
Jacob Crosse•
Patrick Martin•
UAW President Shawn Fain unveils “Stand Up Slate” for 2026 election: New label, same bureaucracy
Far from representing a break with the corrupt, pro-corporate apparatus, the slate is a merger of the same bureaucratic factions that have spent decades collaborating with management to impose concessions.
Jerry White•
United Auto Workers rally in Three Rivers, Michigan aims to contain growing anger as American Axle workers face looming contract expiration
As a May 31 contract deadline approaches for 1,000 American Axle workers in Three Rivers, Michigan UAW President Fain spoke at a “kickoff” rally aimed to channel anger over declining living standards behind the union apparatus and the Democratic Party.
George Kirby•
After massive no vote, UAW extends Nexteer contract behind backs of rank and file
United Auto Workers officials in Saginaw, Michigan, have kept 1,300 Nexteer Automotive workers on the job nearly two weeks after they rejected a UAW-backed contract by 96 percent.
Sheila Brehm•
United Auto Workers financial report shows 2025 another bumper year for union apparatus as assets rise to $1.25 billion
The UAW’s net assets and bureaucrats’ salaries rose last year while strike activity fell to near zero.
Shannon Jones•
Mike Ingram•
our reporters•
Our reporters•
Andrea Lobo•
The Nexteer Rank-and-File Committee•
“The agencies have been pummeled down”: A conversation with Dorit Reiss on the state of American public health
Under assault by Trump and Robert F. Kennedy, his Secretary of Health and Human Services, the public health infrastructure of the United States is being destroyed.
Benjamin Mateus•
Artemis II mission concludes after astronauts travel to the Moon and safely return to Earth
The mission unfolded in the shadow of the Trump administration's war against Iran and his genocidal threat that “a whole civilization will die tonight.”
Bryan Dyne•
NASA’s Artemis II completes lunar flyby
The new aspects of spaceflight being carried out by Artemis II largely concern the impacts of radiation on the spacecraft and the astronauts themselves.
Bryan Dyne•
The Wuhan “lab leak” fraud and the institutionalization of anti-science: An interview with Dr. Peter Daszak
In this interview, Daszak responds to the inaugural “Scientific Freedom” lecture held at the National Institutes of Health under the sponsorship of NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, chosen for that position by vaccine denialist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. because he opposed any serious public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Bryan Dyne•
Philip Guelpa•
Benjamin Mateus•
Philip Guelpa•
Labour peer George Robertson demands UK welfare spending cull to fund “warfighting readiness”, accusing Treasury of “vandalism”
“We cannot defend Britain with an ever-expanding welfare budget,” Robertson said.
Robert Stevens•
Right-wing think tank presses UK Starmer government to abandon “peacetime” agenda and move to “warfighting readiness”
A core theme of the Civitas report is that war cannot be fought by armies alone and is a “whole of society” effort: "This is the essence of the distinction we need to make between 'our armed forces learning to fight battles' and 'our country learning to fight war'", the authors declare.
Robert Stevens•
Hungary: Which way forward after Orban’s electoral defeat?
The fact that only a conservative, an authoritarian and a fascist party are represented in parliament shows just how right-wing Hungarian politics is after Orban’s defeat.
Peter Schwarz•
Kremlin declares Memorial an “extremist” organization, shuts down data base of victims of the Great Terror
The assault on Memorial is a blow against the ability of workers and youth the world over to come to grips with the crimes of Stalinism.
Clara Weiss•
Paul Bond•
Andrei Tudora•
Margot Miller•
Lena Sokoll•
Robert Stevens•
Rohingya refugees among 250 feared dead in boat capsize
A trawler carrying hundreds of Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi migrants has sunk in the Andaman Sea, with about 250 people missing, presumed dead in the absence of any serious search-and-rescue effort.
Peter Symonds•
Coalition leader’s speech: Australian ruling elite turns to anti-immigrant poison
The Coalition leader called for the reversal of the nominally non-discriminatory immigration program that has existed since the formal end of the blatantly racist White Australia regime in the 1960s.
Mike Head•
Australia: Labor intensifies assault on disability funding ahead of May budget
The cuts to the National Disability Insurance Scheme target those with so-called “mild” or “moderate” needs, who will be stripped of supports or face drastic reductions.
Max Boddy•
Whistleblower who exposed Australia’s war crimes in Afghanistan still behind bars
David McBride remains the only person convicted and jailed for Australia’s war crimes in Afghanistan, not for committing them but for exposing them.
Oscar Grenfell•
Leonard Johns•
Mike Head•
Antony Walsh•
Martin Scott•
Wasantha Rupasingha•
SEP/IYSSE public meeting in Sri Lanka: Stop the US–Israel War Against Iran!
The meeting in Hatton on April 26 will discuss the real aims of US imperialism, the complicity of Sri Lanka's ruling elite in the widening war, and the socialist strategy that must be adopted to fight against war.
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)•
IYSSE (Sri Lanka) meeting discusses socialist strategy to stop the war against Iran
Only the international working class, the sole social force creating all wealth in the society, has the capability of stopping the dragging into barbarism.
Our correspondent•
IMF delegation praises Sri Lankan government’s austerity measures
The IMF’s endorsement is a clear indication of the government’s strict adherence to IMF dictates, which impose the full burden of the crisis on the working class and rural masses.
Saman Gunadasa•
Sri Lankan workers and students discuss the US-Israel war on Iran and how to stop it
“If workers come together, they are like a bundle of sticks. If the sticks are separated, they can be broken. What we need to do is tie the rope—unite the working class.”
Our correspondents•
P.T.Sampanthar, Wasantha Rupasinghe•
Saman Gunadasa•
IYSSE (Sri Lanka)•
Our correspondent•
K. Ratnayake•
IMF warns of major downturn in global growth
Under what it called a “severe scenario” the IMF said global growth could fall to as low as 2 percent close to the development of a world recession.
Nick Beams•
IMF meets as war brings greater global economic and financial disruption
Setting the stage for this week’s discussions and reports, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva made clear there would be a downward shift in global growth even in the event of an end to the war.
Nick Beams•
Fuel shock sends inflation soaring while the oligarchy grows richer
The sharp rise in inflation was fueled above all by an unprecedented spike in gasoline prices, which is hitting millions of workers who depend on driving for their jobs.
Jacob Crosse•
Iran war shock causes IMF to revise down global growth forecast
IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva has said the world is ill-equipped to deal with the turmoil resulting from the war on Iran, due to the lack of international collaboration and the rise of government debt.
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Nick Beams•
Peru: Far right to dominate runoff for ninth president in a decade
Peru’s elections, marked by disenfranchisement and the collapse of all establishment parties, are set to deliver a far-right-dominated runoff amid a deepening crisis of bourgeois rule.
Our reporters•
Protests and strikes erupt in Brazil in turbulent run-up to presidential election
Since the beginning of this year, a series of protests and strikes have erupted in Brazil against the privatization and austerity policies of the Workers Party (PT) administration of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva .
Guilherme Ferreira•
Pseudo-leftist union leadership undermines Argentine tire plant occupation with appeals to nationalism
The SUTNA union, led by the Partido Obrero, is chaining the Fate tire workers’ plant occupation to nationalist appeals to Peronist factions and other bourgeois politicians
Andrea Lobo•
Trump administration unveils plans for “Greater North America” as Iran war roils Latin American economies
Trump's “Greater North America” doctrine, stretching from Greenland to Ecuador, aims to recolonize the hemisphere.
Andrea Lobo•
Andrea Lobo•
Guilherme Ferreira, Tomas Castanheira•
Andrea Lobo•
Andrea Lobo•
Andrea Lobo•
Five hundred more pro-Palestine protesters arrested in UK despite High Court ruling
Over 3,300 people have now been arrested on these charges since Palestine Action was outlawed by the Labour government in June-July last year.
Thomas Scripps•
New Zealand protests against war on Iran, Lebanon and Gaza
Thousands of people joined protests to denounce New Zealand’s alliance with the US and government silence on US and Israeli war crimes. The organisers, however, promoted illusions in Labour and the Greens.
Tom Peters•
Violent arrests follow police rampage at Sydney anti-genocide protest
A police video shows eight heavily-armed police commandos storming a home at 5 a.m.
Mike Head•
Palestine Solidarity Duisburg: Ahmad Othman wins again in court against the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
Ahmad Othman, an activist against the genocide of the Palestinians, has successfully sued against his second dismissal by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Dietmar Gaisenkersting•
Jacob Crosse•
Antony Walsh•
Jean Shaoul•
Eric Ludlow•
Our reporters•
USPS moves to suspend pension payments amid deepening financial crisis
The United States Postal Service could potentially run out of money by next year, setting the stage for massive cuts.
Brian Green•
“This is like a horror movie, a complete nightmare … not how I imagined getting old”
Immigrant senior stripped of Medicare under Trump bill exposes bipartisan assault on social programs
Carranza’s plight exposes bipartisan policies that strip immigrant workers of earned social rights while advancing austerity, war and repression.
Marc Wells•
Far-right Alberta premier announces anti-immigrant referendum
Evoking the fascist anti-immigrant demagogy of the Trump administration, far-right Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has called a provincial referendum for next fall with the aim of whipping up animosity to immigrants and providing “popular” sanction for stripping them of rights.
Graham Beverly•
Idaho constructs remote-controlled firing squad chamber: A method of state killing with a merciless history
In the gruesome landscape of state-sanctioned murder in the US, the construction of a remote-controlled firing squad chamber in Idaho stands out for its calculated, savagery.
Kate Randall•
Andrea Lobo•
Barry Grey•
Marc Wells•
Roger Jordan, Keith Jones•
Stephen St. Clair•
This week in history: April 13-19
Massacre of students in Ethiopia; India, China resume official ties; European Coal and Steel Community formed; First dance premiere for Martha Graham
Book review: American Midnight: The Great War, a violent peace, and democracy's forgotten crisis
Adam Hochschild’s vivid, engaging account of the political subordination of the society to the needs of a ruling class waging an imperialist war deserves a wide readership.
Nicoletta Montaner•
Jürgen Habermas (1929–2026): The philosopher who chose the state
Jürgen Habermas, who died on March 14 in Starnberg at the age of 96, occupied for more than half a century a position of extraordinary influence in German intellectual and political life.
D. Szejnman, Steve Long•
Dolores Huerta’s allegations against Cesar Chavez and the political bankruptcy of the United Farm Workers
Revelations of abuse and rape expose the UFW’s decay, cynically weaponized by fascistic forces to intensify attacks on farmworkers and immigrant communities nationwide.
Marc Wells•
Andrea Peters•
M. Szejnman•
Artem Mikhailov•
Tom Mackaman•
Ulaş Sevinç•
Welcome Socialism AI: A historic advance in the political education of the working class
Socialism AI is a transformative application of advanced technological development to the political education and mobilization of the international working class.
WSWS International Editorial Board•
Answers from Socialism AI
The war on Iran: How did we get here, and what must the working class do?
This feature highlights selected questions and answers from Socialism AI—concise, clear and politically insightful responses to some of the most pressing issues of our time.
Socialism AI•
Answers from Socialism AI
What must be done to prepare a nationwide general strike against the Trump administration?
This feature highlights selected questions and answers from Socialism AI—concise, clear and politically insightful responses to some of the most pressing issues of our time.
Socialism AI•
Trump’s January 6 coup: Answers from Socialism AI
This is a report drawn up by Socialism AI on the background and course of the January 6, 2021 coup, which took place five years ago.
Socialism AI•
Evan Blake, David North•
David North•
David North•
Will Lehman•
Ty•
Armed clash erupts near Israeli consulate in Istanbul
The circumstances surrounding this attempted armed attack near the Israeli consulate remain unclear.
Barış Demir•
Joint statement by 11 parties in Türkiye: The “peace and democracy” deception amid the imperialist war of aggression in the Middle East
Eleven parties, including Kurdish nationalists and nominally “left-wing” groups in Türkiye, issued a statement appealing to the Erdoğan government for "peace" without addressing US imperialist aggression against Iran and across the Middle East.
Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal•
Istanbul Mayor İmamoğlu on trial: A political, not legal, case
The corruption trial involving 402 defendants, including arrested Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, who is seen as President Erdoğan's main political rival, began this week.
Barış Demir•
Oppose the pro-imperialist Kurdish nationalist coalition in Iran
The “coalition of political forces of Iranian Kurdistan” represents yet another episode in the protracted and disastrous alignment of Kurdish bourgeois nationalist organizations with American imperialism.
Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal•
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Graham Beverley•
Barış Demir, Ulaş Sevinç•
Keith Jones•
Uganda military chief says would join Iran war if Israel faced defeat
General Muhoozi Kainerugaba is grovelling, to signal the loyalty of the Ugandan regime to US imperialism.
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Communist Party Marxist-Kenya leader Booker Omole released on bail, others arrested
Omole’s KES 500,000 bond (about $3,850) represents more than six months’ pay for the average formal sector worker and nearly two years’ income for many Kenyans.
Kipchumba Ochieng•
South Africa: ANC-led government roiled by Iran war
The ANC is incapable of even characterising a criminal war carried out by Washington and Tel Aviv. Indeed, its statement, expressing “deep concern at the escalating tensions in the Middle East” does not mention the United States or Israel once.
Jean de Jager•
Communist Party Marxist-Kenya leader Booker Omole faces fraudulent charges as detention continues
Omole has been transferred to Kitengela Remand Prison with a broken arm. He faces trumped-up charges of connections to drug cartels, assaulting a police officer and possession of a firearm.
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Statement of the International Committee of the Fourth International•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Jean de Jager•
Jean Shaoul•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Trump’s selective service filing prepares for activation of US military draft
A Trump administration filing reveals preparations to activate a military draft for men aged 18 to 26 as Washington readies wider imperialist war.
Kevin Reed•
The American Hitler and the morality of the ruling class
The unavoidable conclusion that must be drawn from the speech delivered on Wednesday night by Donald Trump is that the American president is a political criminal.
David North•
Medical neglect and preventable deaths spread across ICE detention centers
From North Lake in Michigan to Camp East Montana in Texas, repeated deaths, ignored grievances and documented abuses expose medical neglect as an institutionalized feature of ICE detention.
Anthony Callahan•
Minneapolis shooting video exposes ICE lies, frame-up of Venezuelan immigrants
Newly obtained footage contradicts the official account used to justify the shooting of Julio C. Sosa-Celis and the prosecution of two Venezuelan immigrants.
Jacob Crosse•
John Burton•
Anthony Callahan•
Barry Grey•
Our reporters•
Our reporters•
3 workers killed in industrial accident at Turkish steel giant
Three workers were killed in a preventable work accident at Çolakoğlu Metallurgy, one of Turkey’s largest steel factories, on Sunday.
Süleyman Sağlam•
Boilermaker Simon Mukwarami killed at Worsley Alumina refinery in Western Australia
The 47-year-old contractor died after falling while doing maintenance work at the South32-owned facility near Collie, south of Perth.
Leonard Johns•
US Department of Labor reports 5,070 US workers killed on the job in 2024
The US Department of Labor’s annual report on worker deaths for 2024 reveals 5,070 preventable workplace fatalities, a figure that will surely rise as safety protections are eviscerated.
Steve Filips•
53-year-old Flint worker crushed to death in scrap yard
The worker was killed when a crane crushed him between its excavator arm and the bucket of the front-end loader.
Luke Galvin•
Marc Wells•
Robert Milkowski•
John Vassilopoulos•
George Marlowe•
John Vassilopoulos, Robert Stevens•
11 months since the death of Stellantis worker Ronald Adams Sr.: “We need an explanation,” says widow
The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) have issued no findings. The United Auto Workers (UAW) has said nothing. The engine plant is back in full production.
Jerry White •
9 months since death of Michigan autoworker Ronald Adams
Nine months after the preventable death of 63‑year‑old machine repairman Ronald Adams Sr. , the silence from the company, the United Auto Workers and state remains deafening.
Jerry White •
“Our family wants answers that we have not gotten”: 8 months since the death of Stellantis worker Ronald Adams Sr.
Adams’ killing on the shop floor—crushed while performing maintenance on a gantry hoist that suddenly activated—continues to be shrouded in silence.
Jerry White•
Remarks to IWA-RFC hearing
The death of autoworker Ronald Adams Sr. and the law of capitalist profit
It is the capitalist system that produces tragedies like the death of Ronald Adams Sr., a system that operates in the interests of the ruling class, which derives value and profit from the labor of workers.
David North•
Jerry White•
Jerry White•
Jerry White•
Our reporter•
Our reporters•
Black Sea turns into a battlefield: A Turkish-operated tanker carrying Russian oil was hit
The attack—carried out during the US-Israel war of annihilation against Iran, Türkiye’s eastern neighbor—points to the danger of escalation and expansion in the Ukraine war.
Barış Demir•
British military to seize Russian ships, threatening shoot-outs
Labour’s position is that a shooting war can be started with Russia without so much as a press conference.
Thomas Scripps•
Ukrainian President Zelensky pledges elections, quickly backtracks
The fight for democracy and to end the war in Ukraine is inseparable from the struggle to mobilize the working class in Ukraine and internationally against capitalism.
Jason Melanovski•
New Ukrainian Defense Minister reveals scale of desertions, draft dodgers
Fedorov’s comments underscore that beneath the propaganda and government lies, huge numbers of Ukrainian working class youth refuse to sacrifice their lives in the ongoing imperialist proxy war.
Jason Melanovski•
Katerina Selin•
Robert Stevens•
Jason Melanovski•
Clara Weiss•
Barış Demir•
The Wuhan “lab leak” fraud and the institutionalization of anti-science: An interview with Dr. Peter Daszak
In this interview, Daszak responds to the inaugural “Scientific Freedom” lecture held at the National Institutes of Health under the sponsorship of NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, chosen for that position by vaccine denialist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. because he opposed any serious public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Benjamin Mateus•
Science is not neutral: The rubella vaccine and the attack on public health
Stanley Plotkin, the virologist whose RA 27/3 rubella vaccine has immunized hundreds of millions of children worldwide, has reacted to the ongoing dismantling of public health with undisguised despair. This report traces the science he built, the class forces that made it possible, and the way forward against the ultra-right assault on vaccines.
Benjamin Mateus•
The COVID-19 pandemic at 6 years: Mass death, debilitation and media silence
As the sixth anniversary of the WHO pandemic declaration passes with total media silence, wastewater data, excess death estimates and new research on Long COVID reveal an ongoing public health catastrophe sustained by bipartisan political decisions.
Benjamin Mateus•
New Zealand government, media discourage vaccination amid COVID wave
Health NZ officials have falsely claimed that most people no longer need COVID boosters, while the government and media are spreading disinformation depicting vaccines as harmful to young people.
Tom Peters•
Margot Miller•
John Braddock•
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Henry Lee•
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.
Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi defies Turkish state’s intervention on its program
The Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi, which was officially established in August in Turkey, received a letter from the Supreme Court of Appeals Prosecutor’s Office demanding that it change its program. It categorically rejected this political intervention.
Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal•
The Historical and International Foundations of the Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal (Socialist Equality Party – Fourth International)
This document traces the central historical experiences of the working class and Marxist movement in the 20th and 21st centuries, and establishes the principled foundations for the building of the Trotskyist movement in Turkey and throughout the region.
Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal•
Opening Report to the Founding Congress of the Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal
This report explains the historical and international foundations and political perspectives of the Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi, placing them in the context of the deepening crisis of the global capitalist system and the struggle for socialist revolution today.
Ulaş Sevinç•
Statement of Principles of the Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal (Socialist Equality Party – Fourth International)
At its founding congress held on June 13–15, 2025, the Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi unanimously adopted this Statement of Principles.
Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi•
David North•
Statement of the International Committee of the Fourth International•
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.
The place of Security and the Fourth International in the history of the Trotskyist movement
The following report was delivered by David North, national chairman of the Socialist Equality Party (US) and chairman of the World Socialist Web Site, to the opening session of the SEP summer school last week.
David North•
Sylvia Ageloff and the assassination of Leon Trotsky
In a four-part series published in February 2021, the WSWS refuted the 80-year-old unchallenged narrative that Sylvia Ageloff was an innocent dupe who was used by Mercader to gain access to Trotsky.
Eric London•
Lecture to the 2025 SEP Summer School
Joseph Hansen—the FBI’s asset in the SWP
This lecture examines material which has been published in recent years regarding FBI investigation and infiltration of the SWP, and the additional light it shines on the findings of Security and the Fourth International.
Thomas Scripps•
Lecture to the SEP 2025 Summer School
The Gelfand Case: Depositions and the fight against summary judgement
This lecture outlines the legal struggle of Alan Gelfand to expose the penetration of the Trotskyist movement by agents of the Stalinist GPU, and reviews the successful brief against the SWP’s motion for summary judgment.
John Burton•
Tom Carter•
Norisa Diaz•
Patrick Martin•
Andrea Lobo•
International Committee of the Fourth International•
Edwin Soto (1953-2026): Transit worker and lifetime supporter of the fight for socialism
Edwin Soto was part of a generation of working class youth who were won to the cause of socialism in the course of the struggles of the 1960s and 70s.
Fred Mazelis•
Tom Henehan: A revolutionary life
Yesterday would have been the 75th birthday of Tom Henehan, a member of the Political Committee of the Workers League who was assassinated in 1977. We are republishing here a tribute delivered by David North at a meeting in 1997.
David North•
Leela Balasuriya (1946–2025): A veteran Trotskyist fighter in Sri Lanka
Comrade Leela’s death is a sad loss for the SEP, but the memory of this courageous fighter lives on today in the party’s struggle.
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)•
Alan Gelfand: A fighter for socialism and historical truth
Alan Gelfand, whose lawsuit against the US government led to the exposure of high-level agents of the FBI and Soviet secret police in the Socialist Workers Party, died Wednesday, October 29, in Los Angeles. He was 76 years old.
David North•
David North•
Tom Mackaman•
David North•
Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei•
Tamino Dreisam•
After devastating expert report
Ukrainian state intensifies pressure on Bogdan Syrotiuk by withholding medical care
With the case of the prosecution against Bogdan Syrotiuk shattered, the Ukrainian state is deliberately withholding urgently necessary medical care.
Clara Weiss•
Expert report shatters fraudulent case against Bogdan Syrotiuk: Deepen the international campaign for his freedom!
The campaign to free Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk has reached a decisive turning point with the publication of a forensic linguistic analysis that shatters the fraudulent case against him.
Johannes Stern•
Leading Ukrainian criminologist finds charges of “state treason” against Bogdan Syrotiuk baseless
The linguistic examination by Yuri Irkhin, one of Ukraine’s leading criminologist, marks not only a major setback for the prosecution. It is also a powerful vindication of the principled opposition by the Trotskyist movement to the war in Ukraine.
Clara Weiss•
Ukrainian court rejects motion to dismiss judge for bias as Bogdan Syrotiuk is barred from accessing dental care
The decision to not dismiss the judge for bias underscores yet again that, within the Ukrainian court system, everything is stacked against Bogdan.
Clara Weiss•
Clara Weiss•
Clara Weiss•
Young Guard of Bolshevik-Leninists•
Clara Weiss•
Clara Weiss•
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.
84 years since the assassination of Leon Trotsky
Trotsky's assassination was the greatest political crime of the 20th century. Alongside Vladimir Lenin, Trotsky was the leader of the 1917 October revolution in Russia, which led to the establishment of the first workers’ state in history, and the preeminent strategist of world socialist revolution.
May Day 2025: Socialism Against Fascism and War
The WSWS is posting here both the video and text of the speech by World Socialist Web Site International Editorial Board chairman David North, which opened the International May Day 2025 Online Rally.
David North•
May Day 2025
Join the Trotskyist movement to fight for socialism
This summation was given by Socialist Equality Party (UK) assistant national secretary Thomas Scripps at the International May Day 2025 Online Rally, held Saturday, May 3.
Thomas Scripps•
May Day 2025
The socialist response to the breakdown in Canada-US relations
This speech was given by Keith Jones, National Secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Canada), at the International May Day 2025 Online Rally, held Saturday, May 3.
Keith Jones•
May Day 2025
Unite the New Zealand and Pacific working class against war!
This speech was given by Tom Peters, a leading member of the Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand, at the International May Day 2025 Online Rally, held Saturday, May 3.
Tom Peters•
Deepal Jayasekera, M. Thevarajah•
Max Boddy•
Evan Blake•
Tomas Castanheira•
Joseph Kishore•
One Hundred Years Since the Death of Lenin
January 21 marked 100 years since the death of Vladimir Lenin in 1924. This page includes a collection of essays reviewing the life and ideas of the great Marxist theoretician, founder of the Bolshevik Party, and co-leader of the Russian Revolution.
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Nanda Wickremesinghe (1939-2025): A lifelong Trotskyist leader
Nanda Wickremesinghe’s political life as a Trotskyist spanned nearly seven decades. Right until the end, despite ailments that forced him to withdraw from active party work, our comrade had never lost his revolutionary spirit.
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)•
Sri Lanka: Hundreds pay their last respects to veteran Trotskyist Nanda Wickremesinghe
“Comrades, including Wicks, rejected the populist petty-bourgeois alternatives and turned to the International Committee, to the Sri Lankan and international working class and to building the revolutionary leadership of the working class.”
Our reporters•
International condolences on the death of Sri Lankan Trotskyist Nanda Wickremesinghe
“Comrade Wicks brought to the struggle for Trotskyism an immense array of political gifts. Possessed of an extraordinary intellectual curiosity, Wicks was immersed in the history of the international Trotskyist movement”—David North
Our reporter•
London meeting marks 40 years since the expulsion of the Workers Revolutionary Party
The Workers Revolutionary Party’s expulsion from the International Committee of the Fourth International in the mid-1980s was a defining moment in the history of the international socialist movement. At stake was the survival of Trotskyism, of revolutionary Marxism as an organised political tendency.
Our reporters•
40 years since the suspension of the Workers Revolutionary Party from the ICFI
The suspension of the WRP by International Committee in December 1985 marked a decisive victory for Trotskyism over Pabloite opportunism and opened a new stage in the building of the Fourth International.
Peter Schwarz•
From the Archives
Documents of the International Committee of the Fourth International on the suspension of the WRP
We are reposting here two documents, the resolution of the ICFI on the suspension of the WRP from December 16, 1985 and a statement adopted the following day.
International Committee of the Fourth International•
Book Review
Biography as demonology: Aidan Beatty’s The Party is Always Right: The Untold Story of Gerry Healy and British Trotskyism
Aidan Beatty's new book is not a biography, but rather a political diatribe against Gerry Healy and Trotskyism.
David North•
Tom Mackaman, Jordan Shilton•
Thomas Scripps•
David North•
Tom Mackaman•
Australian Electoral Commission blocks evidence on its SEP ballot access ban
The AEC’s escalated reasons for refusing to release the information—claiming that it would not be in the “public interest” to do so—further underscore the anti-democratic nature of its ban on the SEP registration.
Mike Head•
The significance of the Socialist Equality Party’s vote and campaign in the Australian election
The vote for the SEP was small, but significant, revealing a growing constituency for a revolutionary, socialist alternative to the program of war, austerity and authoritarianism advanced by Labor and the entire capitalist establishment.
Max Boddy, Oscar Grenfell•
The Australian election, global opposition to Trump and the need for a socialist perspective
The election was marked by a mass repudiation of Trumpism, but within the framework of parliamentary politics, the outcome is a pro-business, pro-war Labor government that will collaborate with Trump.
Oscar Grenfell•
Liberal leadership contest marked by factional divisions after Australian election rout
The much diminished party-room was split down the middle, presaging further ructions.
Oscar Grenfell•
Mike Head•
Mike Head•
Oscar Grenfell•
Our reporters•
Oscar Grenfell•
Independent soil testing finds staggering levels of toxic contamination in Los Angeles fire zones
Testing shows toxic heavy metals like lead, arsenic, and mercury at levels hazardous to human health, with children and workers bearing the brunt of the risk.
Marc Wells•
The Los Angeles fires: How the Democrats facilitated utility companies’ criminal neglect
Emerging evidence suggests that Assembly Bill 1054, passed by the Democratic Party-dominated legislature and signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom in 2019, played a crucial role in this catastrophe.
Marc Wells•
California governor makes significant concessions to corporate interests in rebuilding wildfire-hit areas
Newsom’s suspension of California’s landmark environmental regulations to fast-track utility infrastructure rebuilding in wildfire-affected areas, is a direct attack on democracy, environmental safeguards and working-class communities.
Marc Wells•
Signs point to Southern California Edison’s negligence and Democrats’ complicity in Los Angeles fire disaster
Edison prioritized profits over maintenance and fire prevention, endangering lives and communities.
Marc Wells•
Marc Wells•
Marc Wells•
Marc Wells•
Kimie Saito, Emily Ochiai, Jacob Crosse•
Marc Wells•
Australian and New Zealand university students oppose US-Israeli war on Iran and Labor government complicity
“The timeline of it, how things have gone this year, and how there are all these Western countries supporting the bombing of Iran and other wars—this is a lead-up to world war.”
Our reporters•
Royal Oak High School students in Detroit suburb walk out to defend immigrants
Dozens of students staged a spirited protest in defense of immigrants at Royal Oak High School in suburban Detroit Monday.
Shannon Jones, Noah Prince, Valery Tsekov•
Carson High School students walk out against ICE raids, dictatorship and war
At Friday’s protest, students marched and carried handmade signs that read “No one is illegal on stolen land,” “The revolution is in the hands of the youth” and “It was never about criminals.”
Jessica Gateu, Marc Wells•
IYSSE meeting: For a socialist perspective against the reintroduction of conscription in Germany
While wars are being stoked and escalated in the Middle East, Latin America and worldwide, thousands of young people in Germany are currently receiving letters to register for military service.
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE)•
our reporters•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (UK)•
Josh Andrews•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (Germany)•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (Turkey)•
NOW AVAILABLE
COVID, Capitalism, and Class War: A Social and Political Chronology of the Pandemic
Mehring Books, the publishing arm of the Socialist Equality Party (US), is proud to announce the publication of Volume 1 of COVID, Capitalism, and Class War: A Social and Political Chronology of the Pandemic, a compilation of the World Socialist Web Site's coverage of this global crisis.
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David North to speak at two universities in Ankara, Turkey: “The American volcano and the global tsunami”
David North, Chairman of the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site and National Chairman of the Socialist Equality Party (United States), will deliver lectures via video conferences.
Our reporters•
WSWS hosts webinar with Momodou Taal, target of Trump’s efforts to deport anti-war students
Situating the attacks on Momodou Taal and other student activists in their political and historical context, the speakers urged viewers to become active in the struggle to mobilize the working class against fascism and war.
Evan Blake•
Sounding the Alarm and The Logic of Zionism: A discussion with David North on his two recent books
This discussion with David North, chairman of the World Socialist Web Site International Editorial Board, will focus on his two most recent books, Sounding the Alarm: Socialism Against War and The Logic of Zionism: From Nationalist Myth to the Gaza Genocide.
Of, by and for the oligarchy: Trump’s cabinet & the restructuring of the American state
The election of Trump and his cabinet of reactionaries signifies the brutal restructuring of global society being carried out by the financial oligarchy.
The election debacle and the fight against dictatorship
The election of Donald Trump is a critical event whose political repercussions will be felt throughout the world. This fascist demagogue has won the 2024 election with both an electoral and popular vote majority. He will be re-installed in the White House on January 20, 2025.
Premiere in Berlin of a new documentary–Julian Assange and the Dark Secrets of War
The most telling episodes of the film include the testimony of Ethan McCord who relates that witnessing the savagery of the American military on that day in Iraq had changed his life forever.
Stefan Steinberg•
Julian Assange delivers first speech since release from UK prison: “I pleaded guilty to journalism”
Assange told the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe: “I am not free today because the system worked, I am free today after years of incarceration because I pled guilty to journalism.”
Laura Tiernan•
Australian spooks and their media mouthpieces bemoan Assange’s freedom
The complaints have a pathetic character to them, but also underscore the fact that the assault on democratic rights associated with the persecution of Assange persists and deepens.
Oscar Grenfell•
The Australian Labor Party’s record in the Assange case
The Australian government's involvement in the plea deal arrangements was the result of mass popular pressure. It followed years of Labor actively assisting the persecution of Assange.
Oscar Grenfell•
Oscar Grenfell•
Statement of the World Socialist Web Site editorial board•
Oscar Grenfell•
Thomas Scripps•
Oscar Grenfell•
Leon Trotsky and the Struggle for Socialism in the Twenty-First Century
The essays in this book, though written over the span of more than 40 years, are connected by a central argument: Leon Trotsky was the most significant figure in the history of socialism during the first four decades of the twentieth century, and his legacy remains the critical and indispensable theoretical and political foundation of the ongoing contemporary struggle for the victory of world socialism.
Order your print or epub version of the book from Mehring Books today.
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Seminal documents of the Soviet Trotskyist movement from the early 1930s published for the first time
Published for the first time 90 years after they were written, the documents are an irrefutable vindication of the century-long struggle by the Trotskyist movement against Stalinism and for historical truth.
Clara Weiss•
Analyzing a World in Chaos from an Island of Tranquility
This speech was given by David North at the second international commemoration of the work of Leon Trotsky on Büyükada (Prinkipo), Turkey, during the first period of his exile from the Soviet Union between 1929 and 1933.
David North•
A reply to an anarchist’s falsification of the Leon Trotsky commemoration on Prinkipo
The event was covered by many national and local media outlets and widely discussed on social media before and after the event in Turkey. However, a former Maoist and current anarchist published an article on his website denouncing and misrepresenting David North’s remarks.
Ulaş Ateşçi•
On the anniversary of the assassination of Leon Trotsky
Eighty-four years ago today, on August 20, 1940, Leon Trotsky was assassinated by an agent of the Stalinist secret police, the GPU, in his villa in Coyoacan, Mexico, where he spent the final three years of his life as a political exile.
David North•
David North•
David North•
Eric London•
David North•
David North•
Statement of the Editorial Board
For a Global Workers’ Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Inquest is necessary to break through the cover-up, lies and misinformation that have been used to justify policies responsible for the avoidable deaths of millions.
Find out more
Report to Sri Lanka meetings
Imperialism, the genocide in Gaza, and the world struggle for socialism
Socialist Equality Party (US) National Secretary Joseph Kishore delivered the following report to a meeting titled “Leon Trotsky and the Struggle for Socialism in the 21st Century” in Colombo on December 10.
Joseph Kishore•
University of Michigan IYSSE protests attack by pro-government thugs on Sri Lankan SEP members
We are publishing here a letter being sent by the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) at the University of Michigan condemning the violent attack on two members of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) in Sri Lanka by pro-government thugs.
International Youth and Students for Social Equality at U-M•
Magistrate court hearing on violent assault on Sri Lankan SEP members
While police have visited the crime scene and recorded witness statements they requested more time to obtain hospital medical reports.
Our reporters•
Academics denounce pro-government thug attack on Sri Lankan SEP members
The SEP is calling on all those who are concerned to defend democratic rights of freedom of expression to register their opposition by sending protest letters to the relevant authorities.
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25 years since the death of Vadim Rogovin
Vadim Z. Rogovin (10 May 1937 – 18 September 1998) was a Soviet Marxist sociologist and historian. Working in close collaboration with the International Committee of the Fourth International, Rogovin helped lay the foundations for the Trotskyist movement’s fight against the post-Soviet school of historical falsification, including in his six-volume Was There an Alternative? This page collects major essays and commemorations on Rogovin as well as links to his own writings.
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Former Montgomery, Alabama teacher testifies about the forced reopening of schools in 2020-21
In this interview, Tynisa Williams, former teacher in Montgomery, Alabama, describes the experience of being forced to teach in-person in the fall of 2020 and winter of 2021. She and her coworkers waged a courageous struggle to stop the deadly return to in-person learning that cost the lives of eight educators in the district.
Emma Arceneaux, Evan Blake•
Accomplices to social murder
The international pseudo-left and the lifting of Zero-COVID in China: Part 1
The pseudo-left’s hostility to public health and support for imperialism found sharp expression in their universal demand—echoing that of the Western corporate media and political establishment—that China abandon its Zero-COVID strategy.
Evan Blake•
Accomplices to social murder
The international pseudo-left and the lifting of Zero-COVID in China: Part 2
The pseudo-left’s hostility to public health and support for imperialism found its sharpest expression in their demand—echoing that of the Western corporate media and political establishment—that China abandon its Zero-COVID strategy.
Evan Blake•
Immunocompromised mother in Manhattan speaks to Global Workers’ Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic
Melanie, whose children attend public schools in New York City, spoke to the WSWS about the toll the “let it rip” policy toward the pandemic has taken on her and her family.
Tim Avery•
George Kirby•
Tom Peters•
Dylan Lubao•
Evan Blake•
Tom Peters•
The definitive left-wing critique of the 1619 Project. This volume includes interviews with eminent historians and essays from the World Socialist Web Site exposing the New York Times’ racialist falsification of history.
Nikole Hannah-Jones’ Center for Democracy and Journalism: Racialist politics in the service of US imperialism
After one year, the Center’s main accomplishment has been to deepen the mutual embrace between sections of the upper middle class and the military-intelligence apparatus.
Dominic Gustavo•
The 1619 Project and the New York Times’ promotion of the racialist ideology of Ukrainian nationalism
The racialist historical revisionism of the Times and the racialist ideology of the Ukrainian neo-Nazis share a common premise: the mythological reimagining of history as a struggle of “the nation” and “the race.”
Tom Carter•
Oppose political censorship of antiwar views at Howard University!
We call on all students, faculty and staff members at Howard University to oppose this censorship and demand that the IYSSE be allowed to hold its planned meeting on campus.
International Youth and Students for Social Equality•
Marcus Garvey and the reactionary logic of racialist politics
More than one hundred years after the formation of his Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), Marcus Garvey's legacy remains highly relevant in the struggle to overcome efforts to divide the working class along racial lines.
Lawrence Porter•
Dominic Gustavo•
Tom Mackaman•
Douglas Lyons•
Tom Mackaman•
Tom Mackaman•
Wije Dias: A fighter for Trotskyism (1941-2022)
Comrade Wije Dias, the longtime general secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka), died in Colombo on July 27, 2022. This exhibit includes two tributes to Wije by WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North as well as a selection of Wije’s most significant articles and speeches.
Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy and the militarization of Canadian society
Ottawa plans to more than double the defence workforce, pour hundreds of billions into war production and reorganize industry around militarism, with workers to pay through austerity and repression.
Pierre Lajeunesse•
Trump poised to launch criminal war on Iran behind smokescreen of talks
Having amassed vast military power in the Middle East spearheaded by two aircraft carrier strike groups and scores of warplanes, US imperialism is locked and loaded to unleash a criminal war on Iran in the coming days, if not hours.
Keith Jones•
US planes flood UK bases in preparation for attack on Iran
According to an assessment by The i Paper published Saturday, since last Tuesday, “at least 28 US military flights have used airbases in the UK and Cyprus to carry out one of the largest build-ups of US military strength in the Middle East for decades.”
Robert Stevens•
US draws up plans for “leadership change” and “targeting individuals” in Iran strike
The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, the largest warship ever built, transited the Strait of Gibraltar on Friday and entered the Mediterranean, placing the United States within days of having the military force in position for a massive illegal assault on Iran.
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Don Knowland•
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.
Book review: American Midnight: The Great War, a violent peace, and democracy's forgotten crisis
Adam Hochschild’s vivid, engaging account of the political subordination of the society to the needs of a ruling class waging an imperialist war deserves a wide readership.
Nicoletta Montaner•
Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights: Is this all that we can expect?
The force, the genius, of Emily Brontë’s novel is totally absent, wholly unexplored in this adaptation.
Paul Bond•
Video: Strong interest in “Where Is America Going? Fascism or Socialism” at the Leipzig Book Fair
The presentation of 'Where Is America Going? Fascism or Socialism', featuring David North at the Leipzig Book Fair, met with strong interest and underscored the growing interest in a socialist perspective against fascism and war.
David North, Johannes Stern•
Say Nothing: Everything essential about the Northern Ireland conflict left unsaid
A serious artistic appraisal of the Troubles, and serious attempts to understand their effect at a personal level, would have to begin from a historical and political understanding both of British imperialism and the limitations of bourgeois nationalism.
Paul Bond•
Owen Howell•
Stefan Steinberg, Clara Weiss•
James McDonald•
Eric London •
David Walsh, Sandy English•
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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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•
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.
Iran war brings massive price and profit gouging
Global oil companies are raking in additional profits at the rate of $30 million per hour as the result of the price hikes induced by the war.
Nick Beams•
Ukraine’s Zelensky in Berlin: Germany escalates its war offensive against Russia
With the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East and Donald Trump’s open threats of annihilation against Iran, all pretences are now being dropped in the war in Ukraine as well. Merz and Zelensky visited arms factories together and agreed on measures to return fit-for-service Ukrainian men in Germany to the front line.
Johannes Stern•
Cancellation of Los Angeles schools strike latest in string of union betrayals
The last-minute deal demonstrates the ruling class’s extreme sensitivity to and fear of the class struggle and its reliance on the union bureaucracy to suppress it.
Tom Hall•
Trump’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz: The next phase in the Iran war
The blockade is an act of war and an act of international piracy. The World Socialist Web Site condemns this criminal action, directed against Iran and against the working class of the entire world.
Andre Damon•
David North•
Statement of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) and the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE)•
Patrick Martin•
Andre Damon•
Joseph Kishore•
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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