30 May 2020
Mass protests voice outrage over police murder of George Floyd
By Patrick Martin, 30 May 2020
Thousands defied a curfew in the Twin Cities while large protests took place in New York City, Atlanta, Washington, Los Angeles and dozens of other US cities.
Mass anger erupts throughout the US in protests against police murder of George Floyd
Cop who killed George Floyd in Minneapolis had record of brutality
Police attack on unarmed woman in Ypsilanti, Michigan sparks three days of protests
The murder of George Floyd and the fight against police violence in the US
Attorney Lee Merritt speaks on conspiracy to cover-up Ahmaud Arbery’s murder
Protests against police killing of frontline worker Breonna Taylor escalate in Louisville, Kentucky
By Dominic Gustavo, 30 May 2020
Hundreds protested in Louisville on Thursday demanding the arrest and prosecution of police who killed Breonna Taylor during a “no knock” raid on her residence in March.
Trump escalates anti-China campaign
By Peter Symonds, 30 May 2020
US President Trump dramatically escalated his reckless anti-China campaign yesterday, making clear that a dangerous confrontation between the two countries is all but inevitable.
US exploits Hong Kong protests for anti-China campaign
White House considers expelling Chinese graduate students and researchers
Trump intrudes in China-India border standoff
Coronavirus cases surpass six million globally
By Bryan Dyne, 30 May 2020
New epicenters in Eastern Europe, South America, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent are rapidly causing massive public health crises.
Detroit autoworkers report unexplained illness at Jefferson North Assembly as COVID cases mount
By Shannon Jones, 30 May 2020
Several B Crew workers at Fiat Chrysler Jefferson North Assembly in Detroit fell ill from unknown causes during work on Thursday.
Automakers expand US production, even as COVID-19 cases increase
UAW official seeks to defuse worker anger as more infections reported at US auto plants
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US Justice Department drops insider trading investigation of three senators
By Jacob Crosse, 30 May 2020
The three senators, along with a fourth who remains under investigation, dumped large stock holdings based on classified briefings in January about the impending coronavirus disaster.
UK: Official figures inflate COVID-19 testing rate by more than a million
By Alice Summers, 30 May 2020
The Johnson government is again seeking to cover up criminal inaction that has led to tens of thousands of deaths.
German and French trade unions back Merkel and Macron’s recovery programme
By Peter Schwarz, 30 May 2020
Trade union support for the recovery programme is a signal to Paris and Berlin that they can rely on the unflinching support on the unions in combating rivals on the global market and implementing attacks on the working class.
Workers in Germany report on corona virus infection risk in workplaces
By Ulrich Rippert, 30 May 2020
Workers highlight the lack of safety measures in public transit and factories.
Bangladesh COVID-19 deaths soar past 500
By Rohantha De Silva, 30 May 2020
The death and infection curves are still rising, but the Awami League government is reopening the economy in the interests of big business.
After ignoring migrant workers’ plight, the Indian Supreme Court now acknowledges unfolding social tragedy
By Wasantha Rupasinghe, 30 May 2020
The court’s intervention reflects concerns fear by India’s legal authorities that mounting mass anger will erupt against the entire capitalist elite and its state.
Ontario takes over five nursing homes after military exposes systematic negligence
By Roger Jordan, 29 May 2020
Decades of austerity, privatizations and the gutting of workers’ wages and conditions have resulted in a massive loss of life from COVID-19 in Canada’s long-term care facilities.
“When push comes to shove to make cuts, education is on the cut list.”
Massachusetts school district gets rid of art, music and PE teachers for coming school year
By Will McCalliss, 30 May 2020
The drastic cuts at Randolph and Brookline schools are a foretaste of what will befall many districts, teachers and students across the US.
Trinity Health to terminate psychiatric beds in Massachusetts in midst of pandemic
By Ben Oliver, 30 May 2020
If approved by the state, the closure will eliminate 74 beds for adults, the elderly, and children, along with 202 jobs.
Australia’s “national cabinet” declared permanent
By Oscar Grenfell, 30 May 2020
The purpose of the new body is to suppress widespread social and political opposition, and create the conditions for a further pro-business restructuring of the economy.
Pandemic intensifies social crisis in New Zealand
By Tom Peters, 30 May 2020
More than a third of the population is in financial difficulty, as the Ardern Labour Party-led coalition government presides over tens of thousands of job cuts.
29 May 2020
Rise in deaths attributed to pneumonia suggests official US coronavirus death toll is grossly undercounted
By Bryan Dyne and Benjamin Mateus, 29 May 2020
Reports question undercounting of COVID-19 deaths in US and globally
Local television stations broadcast fake news stories scripted by Amazon
By Douglas Lyons and Nick Barrickman, 29 May 2020
California Governor Gavin Newsom ramps up reopening despite serious public health threats
By Norissa Santa Cruz and Meenakshi Jagadeesan, 29 May 2020
New York governor exempts nursing home operators from criminal liability after taking millions from the industry
By Philip Guelpa, 29 May 2020
Nursing union NYSNA provides cover for Cuomo’s push to reopen the economy
By Ali Elhassan, 29 May 2020
Russia’s right-wing opposition tries to gain from COVID-19 crisis
By Andrea Peters, 29 May 2020
Amid worsening economic downturn, European Union moves to set up bailout fund
By Nick Beams, 29 May 2020
UK: Weston General Hospital shuts due to coronavirus outbreak among staff
By Robert Stevens and Ben Trent, 29 May 2020
UK: Johnson government forced to retreat over attacks on migrant NHS workers
By Tony Robson, 29 May 2020
Child poverty and hunger set to spike in Puerto Rico
By Alberto Escalera, 29 May 2020
With support from the teacher unions, Trump demands the unsafe reopening of schools “ASAP”
By Nancy Hanover, 29 May 2020
Letter from an American teacher: “In a pandemic, no one is safe unless we are all safe.”
29 May 2020
City University of New York to lay off thousands of adjunct faculty amid financial crisis
By Elliott Murtagh, 29 May 2020
Sri Lankan government responds to rising COVID-19 infections by abandoning expatriate workers
By Saman Gunadasa, 29 May 2020
Financial press hails Australian government’s union-employer offensive against workers
By Oscar Grenfell, 29 May 2020
Australian PM launches union-employer offensive against workers
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华尔街以死亡为宴
大卫.诺斯, 2020年5月3日
昨天，4月14日，全球因COVID-19大流行造成的死亡总数超过126,000。在美国，周二有2400多人死亡，使全国受害者总数达到26000。这些官方数字无疑大大低于因冠状病毒感染而死亡的实际人数。
伦敦工人拼死与冠毒作战 富豪纷纷撤离
Michael Barnes, 2020年5月9日
早在新冠病毒大流行之前，伦敦就已是英国丑恶的不平等的中心。如今它不可避免地成为英国疫情的震中。这座城市是整个英国社会阶级分化的集中范例。
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Brezilya’da salgın şiddetlenirken İşçi Partisi ve sahte sol kapitalist devletin arkasında hizaya geçiyor
Miguel Andrade, 30 Mayıs 2020
Brezilya egemen sınıfının –PT tarafından temsil edilenler dahil olmak üzere– bütün hiziplerinin başlıca amacı, Bolsonaro’ya karşı yükselen muhalefeti kapitalist devletin arkasına yöneltmek ve kapitalist kâr arayışına eşlik etmesi gereken otoriterleşme karşısında işçileri silahsızlandırmaktır.
Trump protestocuları vurmak üzere orduyu seferber etme
tehdidi savuruyor
Polisin George Floyd’u öldürmesine karşı
ABD genelinde kitlesel öfke patlak verdi
Anthony Bertolt, 30 Mayıs 2020
ABD’deki sınıfsal gerilimler bir kırılma noktasına ulaşırken, egemen sınıf her zamankinden daha dolaysız bir şekilde baskı aygıtını seferber etmeye yöneliyor.
COVID-19’un sanatçılar üzerindeki yıkıcı etkisi
Clare Hurley, 30 Mayıs 2020
Americans for the Arts adlı oluşum tarafından yakın zamanda yayımlanan bir araştırmaya göre, ABD’deki sanat emekçilerinin yüzde 95’i mevcut kriz nedeniyle gelirini kaybetti; yüzde 62’si artık işsiz.
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США выходят из Договора по открытому небу, усиливая опасность войны с Россией
Клара Вайс, 30 мая 2020 г.
Выход США из Договора по открытому небу представляет собой преднамеренную эскалацию военной напряженности не только с Россией, но и с крупнейшими европейскими империалистическими державами.
Российская правая оппозиция пытается извлечь выгоду из кризиса COVID-19
Андреа Питерс, 30 мая 2020 г.
На фоне падения уровня поддержки президента Владимира Путина до исторически минимального уровня лидер правой оппозиции Алексей Навальный пытается представить себя в качестве защитника медицинских работников и «народа».
Бразилия лидирует в мире по новым смертям от COVID-19, а Партия трудящихся и псевдо-левые сплачиваются вокруг капиталистического государства
Мигель Андраде, 30 мая 2020 г.
Так называемая оппозиция выдвинула против Болсонару документ об импичменте за нанесение ущерба «внутренней безопасности» в его действиях против пандемии.
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30 мая 2020 г.
28 мая 1995 года на российском дальневосточном острове Сахалин произошло землетрясение. Нефтегорск, город на севере острова, жители которого занимались добычей нефти и угля, был почти полностью уничтожен.
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Herrschende Klasse in den USA nutzt Pandemie, um Angriffe auf Arbeitsplätze und Löhne auszuweiten
Jerry White, 30. Mai 2020
Während die Vermögen der Führungskräfte und Großaktionäre geschützt werden, bauen die Konzerne Tausende Arbeitsplätze ab.
Starker Anstieg rechtsextremer und antisemitischer Gewalttaten in Deutschland
Peter Schwarz, 30. Mai 2020
Die Übergriffe auf Menschen jüdischen Glaubens erreichten 2019 den höchsten Stand seit dem Beginn ihrer statistischen Erfassung vor zwanzig Jahren. Im Durchschnitt wurden an jedem Tag fünf bis sechs antisemitische Straftaten verübt.
Meyer-Werft: Betriebsrat unterstützt Abbau von Leiharbeitern
Marianne Arens, 30. Mai 2020
Der Corona-Ausbruch nach einer Restaurant-Eröffnung in Ostfriesland wirft ein Licht auf die enge Kumpanei von Geschäftsführung und Betriebsrat der Meyer-Werft.
Massenproteste gegen den Polizeimord an George Floyd
Anthony Bertolt, 30. Mai 2020
Der Polizeimord an George Floyd in Minneapolis hat eine Welle der Entrüstung ausgelöst. Es kam zu landesweit zu Demonstrationen.
New in French
Trump menace de mobiliser l’armée pour tirer sur les manifestants
Une colère de masse éclate à travers les États-Unis pour protester contre le meurtre de George Floyd par la police
Anthony Bertolt, 30 mai 2020
Le meurtre par la police de George Floyd à Minneapolis a déclenché une vague de colère sociale, provoquant des manifestations dans le Kentucky, le Colorado, la Californie, l’Ohio et d’autres États du pays.
La classe dirigeante américaine exploite la pandémie pour s’attaquer encore plus aux emplois et aux salaires
Jerry White, 30 mai 2020
Les grandes entreprises américaines qui ont reçu des milliers de milliards de dollars en fonds de sauvetage du gouvernement suppriment des milliers d’emplois tout en protégeant leurs dirigeants et leurs plus gros actionnaires.
Sur fond de grave ralentissement économique, l'Union européenne met en place un fonds de sauvetage
Nick Beams, 30 mai 2020
La décision d’établir un nouveau fonds intervient après des avertissements que les effets de la pandémie sur l’économie européenne sont beaucoup plus graves que ceux anticipés initialement.
Alors que le Brésil compte le plus grand nombre de décès quotidiens de COVID-19
Le Parti des travailleurs et la pseudo-gauche se rallient à l’État capitaliste
Miguel Andrade, 30 mai 2020
La prétendue opposition a déposé des articles de mise en accusation contre Bolsonaro pour avoir porté atteinte à la «sécurité intérieure» dans sa gestion de la pandémie.
Un tribunal canadien décide que le procès d'extradition de la dirigeante de Huawei peut se poursuivre
Roger Jordan, 30 mai 2020
La décision de mercredi renforce Washington et Ottawa dans leur virulente campagne anti-Chine, qui s'est encore intensifiée avec des allégations mensongères selon lesquelles Pékin serait responsable de la pandémie de coronavirus.
L'Ontario prend en charge la gestion des foyers pour aînés où l'armée a constaté une négligence systématique
Roger Jordan, 30 mai 2020
Des décennies d'austérité, de privatisations et de réduction des salaires et des conditions de travail ont entraîné une perte massive de vies humaines à cause du COVID-19 dans les établissements de soins de longue durée du Canada.
New in Spanish
La clase gobernante explota la pandemia para intensificar su ataque contra empleos y salarios
Jerry White, 30 mayo 2020
Las principales corporaciones estadounidenses que han recibido miles de millones de dólares de rescates gubernamentales están eliminando miles de empleos mientras protegen a sus ejecutivos y mayores accionistas.
Trump amenaza con enviar militares para dispararles a
los manifestantes
Enojo masivo en protestas por todo EE.UU.
contra el asesinato policial de George Floyd
Anthony Bertolt, 30 mayo 2020
El asesinato policial de George Floyd en Minneapolis ha desatado una ola de enojo social, provocando manifestaciones en Kentucky, Colorado, California, Ohio y otros estados en todo el país.
El aumento de las muertes atribuidas a la neumonía sugiere que la cifra oficial de muertes por coronavirus en los EE. UU. es muy baja
Bryan Dyne y Benjamin Mateus, 30 mayo 2020
Es probable que el número real de muertos de COVID-19 en Estados Unidos sea de al menos 150,000, un 50 por ciento más de lo que se ha informado oficialmente.
La pobreza infantil y el hambre aumentarán en Puerto Rico
Alberto Escalera, 30 mayo 2020
Incluso antes de la pandemia, la isla se tambaleaba por una recesión económica que duró un decenio, unas tasas de participación en la fuerza de trabajo crónicamente bajas y una crisis de la deuda pública que sirvió de pretexto para años de severas políticas de austeridad.
Los trabajadores agrícolas del estado de Washington luchan contra condiciones inseguras mientras los sindicatos intentan parar las huelgas
Kayla Costa, 30 mayo 2020
Las condiciones en las que los trabajadores agrícolas se ven obligados a vivir y trabajar han aumentado el riesgo de transmitir el virus que causa el COVID-19.
New in Portuguese
Assassinato de George Floyd e luta contra violência policial nos EUA
Joseph Kishore - candidato dos SEP à presidência dos EUA, 29 Maio 2020
O assassinato de Floyd por policiais do estado de Minneapolis é o último de uma longa série de assassinatos e de abusos enraizados no sistema capitalista.
New in Norwegian
Etabler grunnplankomitéer på fabrikker og arbeidsplasser for å forhindre overføring av Covid-19-virus og redde liv!
Uttalelse fra Socialist Equality Party (USA), 22. mai 2020
Regjeringen og selskapene krever gjenopptakelse av arbeid midt under en pandemi, som hver uke krever flere tusen liv. Deres pådriv for profitter prioriterer ikke arbeideres og deres familiers helse og sikkerhet.
Trump-administrasjonen gjør Taiwan til sin seneste front i antiKina-kampanjen
Peter Symonds, 22. mai 2020
USA har provoserende hyllet gjenvalget av den taiwanske presidenten Tsai Ing-wen og presset på for Taiwans sak under det årlige ministermøtet for Verdens helseorganisasjon (WHO).
USA forbereder antiRussland-krigsspill midt under pandemien
Andrea Peters, 22. mai 2020
Om litt mer enn to uker vil 6 000 amerikanske og polske tropper simulere bakke og luftbårne angrep ca. 56 kilometer fra det russiske territoriet Kaliningrad.
Covid-19-pandemien avslører Frankrikes Nytt Antikapitalistisk Parti
Alex Lantier, 22. mai 2020
Pandemien setter arbeidere i alle land opp i en uforsonlig konflikt med de pro-imperialistiske middelklassepartiene som styringsklassen lenge har fremstilt som venstresiden.
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La classe lavoratrice, il socialismo e la lotta contro la pandemia
David North, 1 aprile 2020
Gli scioperi e le proteste dei lavoratori di Instacart, Amazon e Whole Foods sono in risposta alla criminale subordinazione della sicurezza dei lavoratori ai profitti aziendali.
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Hundreds of thousands stage multiracial demonstrations against police violence in a powerful show of working-class unity
30 May 2020
Mass demonstrations of workers and youth of all races, triggered by the brutal murder of George Floyd, are an expression of tremendous social solidarity. It is not a question of black against white, but the working class against the rich.
The coronavirus pandemic
No to the reopening of schools! Build action committees to safeguard children and teachers!
Statement by the Socialist Equality Party (UK), 30 May 2020
The “phased” return of school children is a criminal policy that places children, teachers, families, and communities open to the risk of serious illness and death.
American ruling class exploits the pandemic to escalate assault on jobs and wages
By Jerry White, 29 May 2020
Dow Jones hits 25,000 as pandemic death toll reaches 100,000
British Trotskyists issue call for working class action against pandemic
Statement of the Socialist Equality Party (UK), 27 May 2020
Build rank-and-file factory and workplace committees to prevent transmission of the COVID-19 virus and save lives!
Statement of the Socialist Equality Party (US), 21 May 2020
The global pandemic and global war on immigrants and refugees
By Bill Van Auken, 26 May 2020
Saving Wall Street, not lives
US pandemic cover-up responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands
By Andre Damon, 22 May 2020
Over 62,300 US health workers infected and 291 dead from COVID-19
By Katy Kinner, 28 May 2020
- The murderous pseudoscience of “herd immunity”
- Capitalist economics and the politics of death
- Right-wing ideologues in Germany demand sacrifice of human lives in coronavirus pandemic
- For collective strike action against the end of the COVID-19 lockdown!
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Commentary
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By Evan Blake, 29 May 2020
Germany: Defend climate activist group “Ende Gelände” against the secret service
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By David Walsh, 28 May 2020
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By Jacob Crosse, 28 May 2020
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By Miguel Andrade, 28 May 2020
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FBI and Department of Justice reject Freedom of Information Act document request by SEP National Chairman David North
the WSWS Editorial Board, 20 February 2020
The decade of socialist revolution begins
By David North and Joseph Kishore, 3 January 2020
Arts Review
The Accident unambiguously indicts the corporate elite
By Joanne Laurier, 30 May 2020
The British television miniseries, The Accident, tells the story of a decayed former mining and steel town in Wales, in which a factory under construction collapses, resulting in a horrendous tragedy.
Singer Johnny Cash’s first wife: My Darling Vivian shows us the woman who walked the line
By Erik Schreiber, 29 May 2020
Pessimism and the Unhuman: The Overstory by Richard Powers
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Workers Struggles
Indian autoworkers strike for COVID-19 safety measures; Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers demonstrate
Workers Struggles: Asia and Australia
30 May 2020
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Australian university union’s national deal collapses in face of widespread opposition
By Mike Head, 28 May 2020
Socialist Equality Party (Australia)
Oppose the rush to reopen Australian schools! Form safety action committees of teachers and staff!
By the Committee for Public Education (CFPE), 28 May 2020
At stake is not just the immediate public safety concerns in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, but the future of the education system.
Socialist Equality Party (Australia) to hold online lectures on history of Trotskyism
27 May 2020
Amid the breakdown of capitalism triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, the lectures will outline the contemporary significance of the Trotskyist movement’s decades-long fight for a socialist and internationalist perspective.
This week in history: May 25-31
25 years ago: Sakhalin earthquake kills 2,000
On May 28, 1995, an earthquake struck the island of Sakhalin in Russia’s Far East. Neftegorsk, an oil and coal-producing town in the north, was devastated.
50 years ago: Sri Lanka Freedom Party wins election with LSSP support
On May 27, 1970, elections held in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) resulted in the victory of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), led by Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
75 years ago: US bombers destroy Yokohama
On May 29, 1945, US air force’s XXI Bomber Command carried out its last raid on a major Japanese city, creating a massive firestorm that obliterated almost half of Yokohama and led to thousands of deaths.
100 years ago: Socialist leader Eugene V. Debs runs for president from federal prison
On May 29, 1920, Eugene V. Debs accepted the nomination of the Socialist Party for US president from the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary where he had been incarcerated for opposing US entry into World War I.
SEP US presidential election campaign
Oppose the Trump administration’s deportation of 1,000 immigrant children!
By Norissa Santa Cruz—SEP candidate for US vice president, 23 May 2020
No to the anti-China campaign! For international solidarity against the pandemic and capitalism!
By Joseph Kishore—Socialist Equality Party candidate for president, 22 May 2020
Joseph Kishore interviewed on PRIMO NUTMEG program
Bernie Sanders draws his campaign to an end: The political lessons
Joseph Kishore—Socialist Equality Party candidate for US president, 19 March 2020
Science
Thirty years of the Hubble Space Telescope
By Bryan Dyne, 2 May 2020
Trump executive order asserts US property rights in outer space
Science vs. Trump: The dangerous promotion of hydroxychloroquine in treating COVID-19
By Benjamin Mateus, 13 April 2020
International May Day Online Rally
Governments worldwide respond to COVID-19 by saving profits, not lives
By Joseph Kishore—SEP candidate for US president, 12 May 2020
The ruling elite’s efforts to enforce a return to work—and impose a massive restructuring of class relations to pay for the bailout of Wall Street—will encounter enormous opposition from the working class.
Opening report to Online International May Day Rally
The COVID-19 pandemic: A trigger event in world history
By David North, 4 May 2020
We are publishing here the text of the opening report to the 2020 International Online May Day Rally delivered by David North.
On May 2, the International Committee of the Fourth International held its annual International May Day Online Rally, with speakers and participants from throughout the world. Readers can listen to the entire rally here.
History
Russian court keeps historian of Stalinist massacres jailed amid COVID-19 outbreak
By Clara Weiss, 12 May 2020
The vendetta against Dmitriev is part of the campaign by Russia’s state and ruling oligarchy to suppress all efforts to uncover the truth about the crimes of Stalinism.
One Hundred and Fifty Years Since the Birth of Lenin
By David North, 22 April 2020
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov in the Russian city of Simbirsk on April 22, 1870. Known in history under the name of Lenin, he was the founder of the Bolshevik Party, leader of the 1917 October Revolution and, undoubtedly, a towering figure in the political and intellectual history of the twentieth century.
Fifty years since the massacre of students at Kent State
By Patrick Martin, 4 May 2020
The New York Times' 1619 Project
The Times’ 1619 Project is damned with faint praise
Hannah-Jones receives Pulitzer Prize for personal commentary, not historical writing
By Tom Mackaman and David North, 9 May 2020
The Pulitzer awards took no notice of the New York Times’ pretentious claims that the 1619 Project is an important contribution to the understanding of American history. It granted Hannah-Jones an award for “Commentary.”
- American Historical Review publishes letter on 1619 Project by Tom Mackaman and David North
- New York Times Magazine editor Jake Silverstein attempts to slither away from central 1619 Project fabrication
- New York Times ignored objections raised by 1619 Project fact-checker
- A reply to the American Historical Review’s defense of the 1619 Project
More on the New York Times’ 1619 Project »
Obituary
Former UAW President Owen Bieber dead at 90
27 February 2020
Hosni Mubarak, US-backed dictator of Egypt for 30 years, dead at 91
26 February 2020
Free Julian Assange
Declassified Mueller investigation transcripts confirm no evidence WikiLeaks colluded with Russia
By Thomas Scripps, 15 May 2020
The “Russian connection” was baldly asserted by the Democratic Party, US intelligence officials and the corporate media
Assange extradition hearing rescheduled for September
By Thomas Scripps, 5 May 2020
Assange extradition hearing delayed following defence appeal
By Thomas Scripps, 28 April 2020
Application for delay in Assange extradition hearing as COVID-19 sweeps through UK prisons
By Alice Summers, 27 April 2020
A year since the arrest of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange
Ten years since WikiLeaks published Collateral Murder
More on the campaign to defend Julian Assange »
Book Review
Brendan McGeever’s Antisemitism and the Russian Revolution: Distorting history in the service of identity politics
Part two
By Clara Weiss, 13 April 2020
This is the second part of a two-part review.
Brendan McGeever’s Antisemitism and the Russian Revolution: Distorting history in the service of identity politics
Part one
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)
Sri Lankan SEP holds online meeting on COVID-19 pandemic
By our reporters, 13 April 2020
SEP General Secretary Wije Dias exposed the Rajapakse government’s reactionary response to the disaster and outlined a revolutionary socialist program for the working class.
Coronavirus crisis in Sri Lanka: A program for the working class
the Socialist Equality Party, 28 March 2020
Fight for an international socialist program against war, social devastation and dictatorship
Vote Socialist Equality Party in the Sri Lankan general election
Manifesto of the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka), 21 March 2020
Mehring Books
Mehring Yayıncılık publishes Turkish-language edition of The struggle against imperialism and for workers’ power in Iran
By Ulaş Ateşçi, 30 March 2020
First published by the WSWS in February 2018, The Struggle against Imperialism and for Workers’ Power in Iran—A Reply to a Proponent of “Iranian Islamic Socialism” advances a socialist strategy for the working class in a country that has been the target of US imperialist aggression for decades.
Preface to the Turkish edition of The struggle against imperialism and for workers’ power in Iran
By Keith Jones, 30 March 2020
A viable strategy to defeat imperialism can only be founded on the working class, and requires its independent political mobilization against all factions of the Iranian bourgeoisie.
Amazon
As more workers test positive for COVID-19, Amazon ignores demands to close warehouses
By Tom Carter, 25 March 2020
South Carolina Amazon worker speaks on loss of his health, benefits and job
By Ed Hightower and Michael Walters, 21 March 2020
Donald Thrift Jr was left jobless with $27,000 in medical debt after contracting double pneumonia while working in an Amazon fulfillment center in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Amazon workers in New York City shut down warehouse after worker tests positive for coronavirus
By Shuvu Batta, 21 March 2020
Defend public education!
No Layoffs! No Cuts!
A fighting strategy to defend public education in San Diego’s Sweetwater Union High School district
By Evelyn Rios, 9 March 2020
The Socialist Equality Party calls on teachers, students and parents to form independent rank-and-file and neighborhood committees throughout the city to organize opposition to austerity and social inequality.
San Ysidro, California high school students walk out to oppose attacks on public education
Joseph Kishore – Socialist Equality Party candidate for US president, 7 March 2020
On Friday, March 6, hundreds of students at San Ysidro High School in San Diego, California walked out to oppose budget cuts and attacks on public education.
As support for wildcat strike spreads
Unions work to defeat UC-Santa Cruz grad student strike
By Jonathan Burleigh, 27 February 2020
More on the defense of public education »
Trotskyism and China
Video: 70 years after the Chinese Revolution—How the struggle for socialism was betrayed
31 October 2019
Introduction to the 1955 SWP resolution “The Third Chinese Revolution and its Aftermath”
From the archives
SWP resolution: The Third Chinese Revolution and its Aftermath
Introduction to the 1951 report to the Fourth International by Chinese Trotskyist Peng Shuzhi
From the archives
The Causes of the Victory of the Chinese Communist Party over Chiang Kai-Shek, and the CCP’s Perspectives
History of the ICFI
Drawing the lessons of the ICFI split—International Strategy and National Tactics: The change in the ICFI’s approach to national liberation movements
By Deepal Jayasekera, 30 September 2019
This lecture was delivered to the Socialist Equality Party (US) Summer School on July 25, 2019 by Deepal Jayasekera, Assistant Secretary of the Socialist Equality Party in Sri Lanka
Introduction to the Turkish language edition of In Defense of Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky’s four fateful years in Prinkipo: 1929-1933
By David North, 23 September 2019
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