18 January 2020
Amid poverty wages and tax cuts for the rich
JPMorgan Chase records the biggest profit of any bank in US history
By Gabriel Black, 18 January 2020
The profit bonanza on Wall Street is the outcome of a bipartisan drive to enrich the financial elite at the expense of the working class.
Rich in US and UK live nearly ten more healthy years than the poor
By Kate Randall, 18 January 2020
Wealthy men and women generally have eight to nine more years of “disability free” life after age 50 than the poorest American and English adults.
Australian Labor Party closes ranks with Morrison government in bushfire crisis
By Oscar Grenfell, 18 January 2020
Labor leader Anthony Albanese has largely refrained from criticising the inadequate government response on the grounds of ensuring “national unity.”
Smoke haze from Australian bushfires pose serious public health threat
By John Mackay, 18 January 2020
The fine particulates in smoke from fires has been known to contain a toxic mix of chemicals that are a concern to public health.
The Australian fire crisis and the necessity for socialism
US and UK clash over Huawei involvement in 5G rollout
By Robert Stevens, 18 January 2020
The rollout of 5G broadband wireless networks globally is becoming an arena for the eruption of geopolitical tensions.
US-China trade deal leaves basic conflict festering
German government to continue military operations in the Middle East
By Johannes Stern, 18 January 2020
All of the parliamentary parties agree with the government’s policy of escalating Germany military intervention in the region.
Berlin, London and Paris threaten Iran over 2015 nuclear treaty
Washington continues war buildup against Iran
The Suleimani assassination, imperialist strategy and the crisis of the Iranian regime
More on the war drive in the Middle East »
Detroit, Michigan man declared innocent and released after nearly 30 years of wrongful imprisonment
By Dan Conway, 18 January 2020
Gerry Thomas, exonerated after spending close to three decades in prison, is one of thousands who have and are currently spending time in US prisons for crimes they did not commit.
New UAW Ford director part of union’s narrow inner circle
By Shannon Jones, 18 January 2020
The appointment of UAW Region 1D director Gerald Kariem to head the union’s Ford department elevates another long-time bureaucrat into the top leadership.
Lessons of the US autoworkers’ struggle of 2019
GM layoff of 240 temps exposes UAW’s bogus “pathway” to full-time positions
Germany: Auto manufacturer Opel to wipe out 4,100 jobs
Unions promote nationalism as US copper miners strike approaches 100 days
By Samuel Davidson, 18 January 2020
The United Steelworkers and Teamsters officials pushed a diet of chauvinism, nationalism and reliance on Democratic politicians at several events held in the past two weeks for the striking copper miners in Arizona and Texas.
Snowplow operators in northeastern Minnesota begin strike over benefits
By Anthony Bertolt, 18 January 2020
The county government’s proposal would slash sick leave by nearly half for new hires and create a two-tiered benefit system dividing young and old workers.
Saskatchewan NDP silent on oil refinery lockout
By Carl Bronski, 18 January 2020
With the explicit support of the right-wing Saskatchewan Party government, the courts and the police, CRC is mounting a massive scabbing operation.
17 January 2020
The impeachment trial begins as Trump escalates fascistic appeals
By Patrick Martin, 17 January 2020
House forwards impeachment articles, triggering Senate trial of President Trump
Hundreds of thousands protest pension cuts in France
By Alex Lantier, 17 January 2020
Italian air traffic controllers go on strike
By Marianne Arens, 17 January 2020
UK home secretary defends naming Extinction Rebellion as extremist
By Paul Bond, 17 January 2020
Trump administration to illegally divert an additional $7.2 billion to border wall construction
By Jacob Crosse, 17 January 2020
New migrant caravan departs Honduras defying stepped-up controls
Texas becomes the first state to refuse refugee resettlement
German captain of refugee rescue ship “Lifeline” acquitted of criminal charges in Malta
More on the attack on immigrants and refugees »
Virginia declares state of emergency barring guns at State Capitol ahead of far-right rally
By Harvey Simpkins, 17 January 2020
Oakland, California: With guns drawn, police evict homeless mothers from house
By Adam Mclean, 17 January 2020
Trump seeks to roll back environmental reviews for major infrastructure projects
By Daniel de Vries, 17 January 2020
Opposition grows to Nepal government’s move to curtail social media
By Rohantha De Silva, 17 January 2020
The Information Technology Bill’s vague language puts social media users at high risk for criticising business leaders, politicians and bureaucrats.
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Trump nutzt die Iran-Krise, um Gewalt gegen politische Gegner zu provozieren
Barry Grey, 16. Januar 2020
Nach Trumps Befehl zur Ermordung Solemanis muss man seine Denunziationen politischer Gegner als Gewaltandrohung verstehen.
Neue Verbindungen zwischen Lübcke-Mord, NSU und Verfassungsschutz
Dietmar Gaisenkersting, 16. Januar 2020
Ermittlungsunterlagen erhärten den Verdacht, dass der NSU Teil eines rechtsterroristischen Netzwerks war, das weiter agierte und schließlich den Kasseler Regierungspräsidenten Walter Lübcke ermordete.
Europäische Mächte bereiten Annullierung des Atomabkommens mit dem Iran vor
Alex Lantier, 16. Januar 2020
Ermutigt von der schwachen Reaktion Teherans auf die rechtswidrige Ermordung des iranischen Generals Qassim Soleimani verschärfen Berlin, London und Paris ihre Angriffe gegen den Iran.
Veranstaltung der IYSSE zur StuPa-Wahl an der Humboldt-Univrsität
Kein Krieg gegen Iran! Für eine internationale Bewegung gegen Kapitalismus und Krieg!
unseren Reportern, 16. Januar 2020
Insgesamt kamen etwa 80 Studierende, um mit den IYSSE über die gefährlichen Entwicklungen im Nahen und Mittleren Osten und eine sozialistische Perspektive gegen Krieg zu diskutieren.
Neue Einzelheiten über Polizeigewalt an Silvester in Connewitz
Isabel Roy, 16. Januar 2020
Nachdem bereits mehrere Behauptungen der Polizei über vermeintlich linksextreme Gewalttaten bei einer Silvesterfeier im Leipziger Stadtteil Connewitz als dreiste Lügen entlarvt wurden, zeigen neue Augenzeugenberichte und Videos, dass es ganz im Gegenteil zu brutalen Ausschreitungen der Polizei gegen friedliche Demonstranten gekommen ist.
Europa: Migrantenkinder hinter Gittern
Marianne Arens, 16. Januar 2020
Wie zwei neue Studien zeigen, werden Einwandererkinder nicht nur in Trumps Amerika, sondern auch in Deutschland und ganz Europa misshandelt.
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Trump utnytter Iran-krigskrisen for å oppildne til vold mot politiske opponenter
Barry Grey, 16. januar 2020
Etter Trumps beordring til drap av Irans general Suleimani må hans fordømmelser av politiske opponenter for å «ta terroristers parti» tolkes som en trussel om vold.
Europeiske makter forflytter seg mot skroting av atomavtalen med Iran
Alex Lantier, 16. januar 2020
Berlin, London og Paris eskalerer angrepene mot Iran, oppmuntred av Teherans svake reaksjon på det illegale amerikanske drapet av den iranske general Qassem Suleimani.
Tysklands Süddeutsche Zeitung forsvarer mordet på Suleimani
Peter Schwarz, 16. januar 2020
Som reaksjon på den nylige krisen i Midtøsten er Tysklands styringskretser begeistret over president Donald Trumps kriminelle metoder, samtidig som de mer aggressivt forfølger sine egne imperialistinteresser.
Kreml opprettholder dempet respons til Suleimani-attentatet, og insisterer på Iran-atomavtalen
Clara Weiss, 16. januar 2020
Kreml har opprettholdt en relativt dempet offentlig respons på det illegale amerikanske droneattentatet på Irans general Qassem Suleimani. Utenriksdepartementet utstedte en initiell uttalelse som fordømte drapet, men påfølgende uttalelser fra Putin og fra Kreml har unnlatt å innta noen klar stilling i konflikten, og har oppfordret til deeskalering.
Bolsonaro støtter Trump for krig mot Iran, der Arbeiderpartiet (PT) appellerer til militæret
Tomas Castanheira, 16. januar 2020
Regjeringen til Brasils fascistiske president Jair Bolsonaro var en av de første til å forsvare Washingtons krigsforbrytelse, der den pushet løgnen utbasunert av Donald Trump om at attentatet på den iranske generalen Qassem Suleimani var rettet mot å bekjempe terrorisme. Bare én dag etter angrepet utstedte Itamaraty – det brasilianske utenriksdepartementet – et notat som sa at «den brasilianske regjeringen uttrykker sin støtte for kampen mot terrorismens svøpe.»
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Сторонники Бандеры маршируют в крупных городах Украины после того, как правительство объявило нацистских коллаборационистов «национальными героями»
Джейсон Мелановски и Клара Вайс, 11 января 2020 г.
Прославление киевским правительством одиозных антисемитских фигур и нацистских коллаборационистов сопровождается постыдным молчанием со стороны империалистических патронов Украины.
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Grevlerin yayıldığı Fransa'da milyonlarca insan yürüyüşlere katıldı
Anthony Torres ve Alex Lantier, 11 Ocak 2020
İleriye giden yol, sendikalardan bağımsız eylem komiteleri inşa ederek, grevcileri, "sarı yelekliler"i ve gençleri, kapitalist sisteme karşı işçi iktidarı uğruna mücadelenin parçası olarak Macron hükümetine karşı birleştirmekten geçiyor.
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La cacería de brujas internacional contra Julian Assange
Por Eric London y Thomas Scripps, 15 enero 2020
La persecución de Assange es una burla de la justicia que manchará por siempre a los Gobiernos de EE. UU., Reino Unido, Australia, Suecia y Ecuador.
El asesinato del general iraní Suleimani planeado con meses de anticipación
Por Bill Van Auken, 15 enero 2020
Ha sido expuesto como una deliberada mentira la afirmación de la administración Trump de que el asesinato se llevó a cabo en respuesta a alguna amenaza "inminente¨.
Berlín, Londres y París amenazan a Irán por el tratado nuclear de 2015
Por Alex Lantier, 15 enero 2020
Después del reciente asesinato estadounidense del general iraní Qasem Soleimani, las potencias europeas no están denunciando no a Washington, sino a Teherán, como una amenaza para Oriente Medio.
Texas se convierte en el primer estado en rechazar el restablecimiento de refugiados
Por Meenakshi Jagadeesan, 15 enero 2020
Una orden emitida por Trump en septiembre prohibe que las organizaciones no gubernamentales y sin fines de lucro reasentar a los refugiados sin el consentimiento de los gobiernos estatales y locales.
New in French
L'Iran frappe des bases américaines en Irak alors que le Pentagone déploie des bombardiers B-52
Bill Van Auken, 9 janvier 2020
En préparation évidente d'une guerre à grande échelle, le Pentagone a envoyé une force de frappe composée de six bombardiers lourds B-52 sur la base militaire américaine de l'île de Diego Garcia.
Après le meurtre de Soleimani, le NPA part en guerre contre l’Iran
Alexandre Lantier, 9 janvier 2020
Le NPA met en avant le mensonge que l’Iran, un pays ex-colonial, serait une puissance impérialiste qui attaque Washington, et traite Soleimani de meurtrier de masse.
Corbyn rampe devant le Conseil privé, cherchant à bloquer un mouvement anti-guerre de masse
Laura Tiernan, 9 janvier 2020
La lettre de Corbyn à Johnson était rédigée de manière à défendre les intérêts de la sécurité nationale britannique et portait la marque de fabrique de Corbyn, celle de sa soumission à l’Etat
Podemos entre au gouvernement espagnol
Alex Lantier, 9 janvier 2020
La formation du gouvernement a mis un terme à deux mois de manœuvres dans l’élite dirigeante espagnole suite au parlement sans majorité sorti des élections du 10 novembre.
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The Libya conference and the new scramble for Africa
18 January 2020
The Berlin meeting is reminiscent of the infamous Congo Conference, also held in Berlin in 1884-85 and aimed at the complete colonization of Africa.
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The prosecution of Julian Assange, the destruction of legality and the rise of the national security state
By Richard Hoffman, 15 January 2020
The political and legal attack on Assange represents a qualitative intensification of the destruction of core rights and, indeed, on legality itself as the mode of bourgeois rule.
Delta workers poisoned by toxic work uniforms file class action lawsuit
By Tom Carter, 17 January 2020
“I am confident that these uniforms are affecting many thousands of people,” lead attorney Bruce A. Maxwell told the World Socialist Web Site.
The New York Times' 1619 Project
“The saddest part of this is that the response of the Times is simply to defend their project”
An interview with historian Clayborne Carson on the New York Times’ 1619 Project
By Tom Mackaman, 15 January 2020
The 1619 Project and the falsification of history: An analysis of the New York Times’ reply to five historians
By David North and Eric London, 28 December 2019
The New York Times’ “1619 Project”
Nikole Hannah-Jones, Shell Oil and mass killings in Africa
By Trévon Austin and Bill Van Auken, 18 December 2019
The New York Times’s 1619 Project: A racialist falsification of American and world history
By Niles Niemuth, Tom Mackaman and David North, 6 September 2019
- Oxford historian Richard Carwardine on the New York Times’ 1619 Project
- An interview with historian Dolores Janiewski on the New York Times’ 1619 Project
- Historian Gordon Wood responds to the New York Times’ defense of the 1619 Project
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1619 Project director speaks at New York University
Nikole Hannah-Jones, race theory and the Holocaust
By Eric London and David North, 26 November 2019
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Arts Review
Sigrid Nunez’s National Book Award-winning novel, The Friend: One form of contemporary misanthropy
By James McDonald, 18 January 2020
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Sam Mendes’ 1917: A technological step forward, several ideological and artistic steps back
By Joanne Laurier, 17 January 2020
Wozzeck at New York’s Metropolitan Opera: Alban Berg’s opera on the tragic fate of an impoverished soldier
By Fred Mazelis, 16 January 2020
The 2020 Academy Award nominations: A generally weak, if unsurprising showing
By David Walsh, 15 January 2020
Neil Peart, renowned drummer for rock band Rush, dead at 67
Theater of Operations: The Gulf Wars 1991–2011: A significant exhibition at Museum of Modern Art’s contemporary arts center
International Youth and Students for Social Equality
No to war against Iran! For an international movement against capitalism and war!
IYSSE holds first meeting in campaign for student parliament elections at Berlin’s Humboldt University
By our reporters, 17 January 2020
The Reiss Center at NYU’s Law School: A think tank for the national security establishment and the Democratic Party
Part 1: Obama’s national security apparatus in exile
Workers Struggles
Mumbai hospital workers demand outstanding wages; South Korean car workers strike; Australian tram drivers vote to walk out
Workers Struggles: Asia and Australia
18 January 2020
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
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By Alan Whyte, 16 January 2020
Northern Virginia transit union officials announce tentative deal with private bus contractor to end bus drivers’ strike
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Trump exploits Iran war crisis to incite violence against political opponents
By Barry Grey, 15 January 2020
Indian workers in general strike call for unity
By our correspondents, 14 January 2020
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By James Cogan, 14 January 2020
The assassination of Qassem Suleimani and the criminalization of US state policy
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The decade of socialist revolution begins
By David North and Joseph Kishore, 3 January 2020
Free Assange and Manning
Assange’s French legal advisor Juan Branco: “We’ve experienced a strong shift that we now need to nurture”
By Oscar Grenfell, 16 January 2020
In comments to the WSWS this week, Branco stated: “Citizens have their mass and geniuses like Julian Assange on their side—private interests have their economical power, cynicism and capacity to corrupt on theirs.”
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An Open Letter to fellow Educators: Take a stand with Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning
By James McDonald, 15 January 2020
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Left-wing British film and television producer Tony Garnett dead at 83
By our reporter, 16 January 2020
Garnett’s career spanned 50 years, but he is identified above all with one of the most significant and creative periods in the history of television drama in the UK.
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Sri Lankan SEP holds public meeting: How to fight the new Rajapakse regime
By our correspondents, 16 January 2020
About 150 workers, youth, professionals and housewives, including party members and supporters from Colombo and outstations, attended the event held in Colombo Public Library Auditorium.
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This week in history: January 13-19
25 years ago: Great Hanshin Earthquake strikes Japan
On January 17, 1995, the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck the Hyogo prefecture in southern Japan. It registered a 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale and reached a maximum intensity of 7 on the JMA Seismic Intensity Scale.
50 years ago: Frame-up at Soledad Prison in California
On January 16, 1970 three African American inmates at Soledad Prison in California were charged with the crime of murdering a guard. The accused, George Jackson, Fleeta Drumgo and John Clutchette, all under age 30, would become known as the “Soledad Brothers” as they fought to prove their innocence.
75 years ago: Red Army liberates Warsaw
On January 17, 1945, the Soviet Red Army’s First Belorussian Front secured control of Warsaw, the capital of Poland, expelling German troops from a city that had been the site of some of the worst crimes committed during the Second World War.
100 years ago: Social Democrats declare martial law in Germany
On January 14, 1920, the Social Democratic (SPD) government, with Gustav Noske as minister of defense, declared martial law throughout Germany as government troops killed 50 protesters and wounded over 100 in front of the Reichstag.
Autoworkers Struggles
GM workers in Mexico thank Australian workers for support
By the WSWS Autoworker Newsletter, 10 January 2020
GM workers in Mexico thank US workers for donating to their defense fund
Defend the Silao Seven!
Fired Mexican GM workers issue open letter to American workers
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Vadim Rogovin’s Bolsheviks against Stalinism 1928–1933: Leon Trotsky and the Left Opposition
A magnificent account of Stalin’s opponents in the USSR
By Andrea Peters, 21 December 2019
Stalin’s rise was neither foreordained nor a natural outgrowth of the October Revolution. The Great Russian chauvinist and bureaucrat secured power in ferocious conflict with the proletariat, peasantry and cadre of the revolutionary socialist movement.
Science
Skin Deep, Journey in the Divisive Science of Race, by Gavin Evans
By Philip Guelpa, 9 December 2019
The overwhelming weight of scientific research demonstrates that “race” does not exist as a valid biological category, but is a social construct.
History
David North introduces Turkish-language edition of In Defense of Leon Trotsky at Istanbul Book Fair
By our reporter, 11 November 2019
Mehring Yayıncılık announced the publication of five major works by the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) at its Istanbul Book Fair stall, including two authored by David North.
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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
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The Causes of the Victory of the Chinese Communist Party over Chiang Kai-Shek, and the CCP’s Perspectives
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Mehring Yayıncılık publishes new ICFI books for İstanbul Book Fair
By Ulas Atesci, 29 October 2019
Preface to the Turkish edition of The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century
By David North, 2 September 2019
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Author’s introduction to Bolsheviks Against Stalinism 1928-1933: Leon Trotsky and the Left Opposition
By Vadim Z. Rogovin, 30 August 2019
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Bolsheviks Against Stalinism 1928-1933: Leon Trotsky and the Left Opposition by Vadim Z. Rogovin
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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
The ICFI and the Crisis of Stalinism
The World Capitalist Crisis and the Tasks of the Fourth International: An analysis of the ICFI Perspectives resolution of 1988
The International Committee’s response to the “End of History”: The March 1992 Plenum of the ICFI
The Dissolution of the USSR and the Unipolar Moment of US Imperialism
China: Thirty years since the Tiananmen Square massacre
The Political Origins and Consequences of the 1982–86 Split in the International Committee of the Fourth International
The 2020 US Elections
Joe Biden: A familiar face, a deeply reactionary record
By Patrick Martin, 23 September 2019
Amy Klobuchar: The favorite Democrat of Senate Republicans
By George Gallanis, 19 August 2019
- Senator Kirsten Gillibrand: #MeToo, McCarthyism and machine politics
- Beto O’Rourke: The incredible shrinking empty suit
- Kamala Harris: Law-and-order with a dose of identity politics
- Pete Buttigieg: The made-to-order political “outsider”
- Elizabeth Warren espouses economic nationalist policies aligned with Donald Trump
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