17 December 2018
Mass demonstration by Los Angeles teachers
By Dan Conway, 17 December 2018
More than 33,000 teachers and health and human service professionals in the Los Angeles Unified School District have been working without a new contract since the expiration of their old one in June 2017.
Los Angeles teachers and the fight for social equality
“Our action is part of a broader fight for education”
Teachers in Oakland, California speak out at wildcat demonstrations
Chicago teacher union shuts down charter school strike, holds rally for Democratic candidates
Sri Lankan president reinstates sacked prime minister
By K. Ratnayake, 17 December 2018
Sirisena’s decision to reappoint Wickremesinghe will not end the crisis but is just a temporary pause in the ongoing political conflict within Sri Lanka’s ruling elite.
Sri Lankan Supreme Court rules against President Sirisena’s decision to dissolve parliament
Fifth French “yellow vest” protest opposes Macron government
By Alex Lantier, 17 December 2018
The media and official parties are pressing the “yellow vests” to accept the legalizing of citizen-initiated referendums as a concession that would justify ending the protests.
Democrats, media silent on child’s death at US border
By Patrick Martin, 17 December 2018
The Caal family's attorneys dispute the official account, saying Jakelin was in good health on arrival at the border station, only displaying signs of illness after being held there for eight hours.
The death of Jackeline Caal: A seven-year-old victim of Trump’s war on immigrants
Trump’s war on immigrants
Nearly 15,000 children held in detention camps across the US
More on North American immigrants »
Federal judge in Texas rules Affordable Care Act unconstitutional
By Kate Randall, 17 December 2018
The ruling was opposed by healthcare groups and, if upheld, threatens to throw insurance markets into chaos and strip coverage from tens of millions of Americans.
Trump appoints budget director Mick Mulvaney as acting White House chief of staff
By Barry Grey, 17 December 2018
The naming of Mulvaney has the character of a circling of the wagons around a narrow core of Trump family members in a legally and politically besieged White House.
Political warfare in Washington escalates to crisis of capitalist rule
Legal noose tightens around Trump
More on the Trump presidency »
New York City school therapists protest for changes to union-backed contract
By Steve Light, 17 December 2018
The action demonstrates, yet again, the determination of teachers to defend their living standards and stop the assault on public education, against the unions' role.
West Virginia: Task force concludes without a “fix” for public workers’ insurance
By Clement Daly, 17 December 2018
Throughout the strike and pro-forma hearings, teachers and public service workers demanded that health care be funded through increased taxes on the state’s oil and gas industry.
Coal mine rescue brings to light desperate social conditions in West Virginia
By Naomi Spencer, 17 December 2018
The tragedy unfolded just a few miles from the scene of the 2010 Upper Big Branch mine disaster, where 29 miners lost their lives in a massive explosion.
Hundreds attend vigil for victims of Youngstown, Ohio house fire
By Samuel Davidson, 17 December 2018
A ceremony was held Saturday evening for the five young children who died after an inferno engulfed their home last week.
UK: “Stansted 15” anti-deportation protesters found guilty of terrorism charges
By Margot Miller, 17 December 2018
The defendants, who are preparing to appeal the verdict, potentially face life in prison for preventing the departure of an immigration removal flight.
Grenfell fire: Local resident and Grenfell Action group member, Joe Delaney, gives harrowing account to inquiry of night of fire
By Barry Mason, 17 December 2018
Delaney has a long record of fighting for decent and safe housing in the area and seeking justice for the victims and survivors of the Grenfell inferno, which has earned him the respect of the entire local community.
MSF reveals “mental health suffering” in Australia’s Nauru refugee detention camp
By Max Newman, 17 December 2018
Médecins Sans Frontières said the mental health problems were among the worst it had ever seen anywhere in the world.
Australian Labor Party leaders warn of rising popular discontent
By Mike Head, 17 December 2018
Party leader, Bill Shorten, insisted that anger, frustration and discontent within the working class were the Labor's Party’s main “opponent,” not the current Liberal-National Coalition government.
The Australian Labor Party and the persecution of Julian Assange
“Lefts” ensure stage-managed Australian Labor Party conference
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Çin’in ekonomik yavaşlaması: İşçi sınıfının karşı karşıya olduğu siyasi meseleler
Nick Beams, 17 Aralık 2018
Çin hükümetinden elde edilen verilere göre, perakende satışlar Kasım ayında 15 yılın en yavaş hızında büyürken, sanayi üretimi neredeyse üç yıl içindeki en düşük seviyede artış kaydetti.
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La mort de Jackeline Caal, sept ans: victime de la guerre de Trump contre les immigrés
Patrick Martin, 17 décembre 2018
Si les démocrates ont dénoncé cette mort, ils ont soutenu des mesures tout aussi répressives sous Obama.
Le ralentissement économique en Chine et les questions politiques posées à la classe ouvrière
Nick Beams, 17 décembre 2018
Le ralentissement de l’économie chinoise s’inscrit dans un processus mondial et démasque la fraude de l’affirmation que l’économie mondiale aurait finalement «tourné la page» après la profonde récession due à la crise financière d’il y a dix ans.
Au Sri Lanka, les travailleurs des plantations arrêtent leur grève mais manifestent leur colère
Saman Gunadasa, 17 décembre 2018
Les travailleurs des plantations de thé du Sri Lanka ont dénoncé les syndicats alors qu‘ils reprenaient le travail le 14 décembre, après une grève de neuf jours pour un doublement du salaire journalier.
Québec: hausse marquée de la fréquentation des banques alimentaires
Frédéric Charlebois, 17 décembre 2018
La hausse marquée de l'insécurité financière et alimentaire est la conséquence directe de décennies d'attaques de la classe dirigeante contre les travailleurs.
New in Spanish
La desaceleración china: las cuestiones políticas para la clase trabajadora
Nick Beams, 17 diciembre 2018
La ralentización del crecimiento en China es parte de un proceso global, exponiendo la afirmación fraudulenta de que la economía global finalmente ha “doblado recodo” tras la profunda recesión producida por la crisis financiera hace una década.
La muerte de Jackeline Caal: víctima de siete años de la guerra de Trump contra los inmigrantes
Patrick Martin, 17 diciembre 2018
Mientras que los demócratas denuncian su muerte, apoyaron las mismas políticas represivas bajo Obama.
Ejecutivos de Ford en Argentina fueron condenados por cargos de tortura en la década de 1970
Bill Van Auken, 17 diciembre 2018
Los directores de Ford reportaron a los trabajadores militantes a la policía de la dictadura militar y ayudaron a establecer un centro de tortura dentro de la planta de automóviles.
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Chinas wirtschaftlicher Abschwung: Die politischen Fragen für die Arbeiterklasse
Nick Beams, 17. Dezember 2018
Die Verlangsamung von Chinas Konjunktur ist Teil eines globalen Prozesses. Er widerlegt die Behauptung, dass die Weltwirtschaft nach der tiefen Rezession, die durch die Finanzkrise vor einem Jahrzehnt ausgelöst wurde, endlich „die Wende geschafft“ habe.
Proteste gegen Arbeitsgesetz in Ungarn
Markus Salzmann, 17. Dezember 2018
In Ungarn wehren sich Arbeiter in den heftigsten Proteste seit mehr als zehn Jahren gegen ein „Sklavengesetz“ der Regierung Orbán.
Amad Ahmad: Brandgutachten weckt Zweifel an Selbstmordversion
Martin Kreickenbaum, 17. Dezember 2018
Ein vom ARD-Magazin Monitor in Auftrag gegebenes Brandgutachten widerlegt die von den Behörden verbreitete Version, der Flüchtling aus Syrien habe den Brand in der JVA Kleve selbst gelegt.
Geldern: Demonstration fordert Aufklärung über Tod von Amad Ahmad
Dietmar Henning, 17. Dezember 2018
Am Samstag demonstrierten rund 100 Menschen, um Aufklärung über den Tod des syrischen Flüchtlings zu fordern, der in einer brennenden Gefängniszelle den Tod fand.
Frankfurter Societätsdruckerei: Betriebsrat stimmt 70 Entlassungen zu
Marianne Arens, 17. Dezember 2018
Am 15. Dezember hat der Betriebsrat einen Deal akzeptiert, in dem 70 Kollegen (von noch insgesamt 270 Beschäftigten) entlassen werden. Verdi hatte sich ausdrücklich geweigert, den Kampf der Drucker auszuweiten.
Srilankische Plantagenarbeiter beenden Streik unter Protest
Saman Gunadasa, 17. Dezember 2018
Die srilankischen Plantagenarbeiter verurteilten die Gewerkschaften und kehrten am 14. Dezember nach einem neuntägigen Streik für die Verdoppelung ihres Tageslohns an die Arbeit zurück.
New in Russian
Протесты «желтых жилетов» во Франции: Куда дальше?
Алекс Лантье, 14 декабря 2018 г.
Ключевым вопросом является создание независимых организаций рабочего класса во Франции и в международном масштабе в качестве подготовки к европейской всеобщей забастовке.
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Israel ruller ut den røde løperen for Europas nyfascister
Bill Van Auken, 14. desember 2018
Netanyahus hylling av Italias høyreekstreme innenriksminister Salvini som en «stor venn av Israel» demonstrerer affiniteten mellom den sionistiske staten og nyfascismen.
Julian Assange fordømmer sin illegale innesperring i den ekvadorianske ambassaden
Oscar Grenfell, 14. desember 2018
WikiLeaks-utgiveren, som åpenbart er ved forringet helse, kom med kommentarene i en høring mot den ekvadorianske regjeringens «Spesialprotokoll», som har som formål å tvinge ham over i britiske og amerikanske hender.
Tre drept og 12 såret i masseskyting i Strasbourg, før «gul vest»-protest
Alex Lantier, 13. desember 2018
Den franske styringseliten griper allerede til angrepet som anledning til å trampe på demokratiske rettigheter, med krav om at «gule vest»-demonstranter legger ned sine protester mot Macron.
Tyske aviser anklager Macron for kapitulering for den «gule mobben»
Peter Schwarz, 13. desember 2018
Næringslivsorienterte tyske medier reagerer med indignasjon på den franske presidentens forsøk på å tekkes «gul vest»-protestbevegelsen med sine sosiale innrømmelser.
Bundeswehr anskaffer ny tanksbataljon
Johannes Stern, 13. desember 2018
Utvidelsen av tanksdivisjonene er en del av Tysklands omfattende planer for oppgradering av alle Bundeswehrs våpengrener.
Ford-direktører dømt for torturanklager fra 1970-tallet
Bill Van Auken, 13. desember 2018
Ford-direktørene anga militante arbeidere til militærdiktaturets politi og bidro med å sette opp et torturssenter inne på bilkonsernets argentinske fabrikkanlegg.
Et vesentlig skritt fremover: Bilproduksjonsarbeidernes Detroit-møte beslutter å etablere grunnplankomitéer
Joseph Kishore, 13. desember 2018
I sentrum av verdenskapitalismen begynner arbeiderklassen å etablere det nødvendige organisatoriske og politiske rammeverket for en motoffensiv.
«Dette møtet er et kraftig uttrykk for den voksende opposisjonen i arbeiderklassen»Rapport til Detroit-møtet for å bekjempe GM-fabrikknedleggelsene
Jerry White, 13. desember 2018
Jerry White, arbeidsredaktør for WSWS, introduserte resolusjonen til 9.-desember-møtet, som skisserte strategien for å forene arbeidere i USA og internasjonalt mot angrepene på arbeidernes jobber og betingelser.
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The global crisis of capitalist rule and the strategy of socialist revolution
17 December 2018
Whatever the national peculiarities, the political crisis of class rule in every country is driven by the same global processes.
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IYSSE
Student parliament condemns right-wing attack on IYSSE meeting at Humboldt University in Berlin
By our reporters, 17 December 2018
The student parliament unanimously passed a resolution defending the International Youth and Students for Social Equality against attempts by the right-wing extremist Alternative for Germany to disrupt its meetings.
Book Review
Rohini Hensman’s Indefensible: The ISO discovers its muse—the CIA—Part 3
By Alex Lantier, 17 December 2018
For Hensman, being “moral” means embracing the lies and provocations used to market US wars.
Rohini Hensman’s Indefensible: The ISO discovers its muse—the CIA—Part 1
Rohini Hensman’s Indefensible: The ISO discovers its muse—the CIA—Part 2
Commentary
Corbyn, Brexit and the struggle for the United Socialist States of Europe
By Chris Marsden, 17 December 2018
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has cast himself as a guarantor of national stability, denouncing the inability of May and the Conservatives to “end the chaos.”
The international significance of the Sri Lankan plantation workers’ strike
By Deepal Jayasekera, 17 December 2018
In the midst of the strike, workers at the Abbotsleigh Estate turned towards revolutionary politics and forms of organisation, establishing an action committee independent of the unions, under the political guidance of the Socialist Equality Party.
Sri Lankan plantation workers end strike action under protest
China’s economic slowdown: The political issues confronting the working class
By Nick Beams, 15 December 2018
The demonstrations in France and the global class struggle
By Alex Lantier, 7 December 2018
French state prepares crackdown for fifth Saturday of “yellow vest” protests
Ex-1968 student leader Cohn-Bendit denounces French “yellow vest” protests
More on the 2018 "yellow vest" protests in France »
Israel rolls out the welcome mat for Europe’s neo-fascists
By Bill Van Auken, 14 December 2018
Democrats downplay Google censorship at congressional hearing
By Andre Damon, 13 December 2018
Jacobin urges readers to “log off” social media
Arts Review
Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma: Art and struggle
By Rafael Azul, 17 December 2018
Roma is a sensitive portrait of a family breaking apart in the broader context of a social crisis. It follows Cleo, a Mixtec Indian, as she performs her daily chores, which include caring for the family’s four children.
Bodyguard: A political thriller in six episodes from the UK
By David Walsh, 15 December 2018
The ignorant, repressive attack on Frank Loesser’s “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”
By David Walsh, 14 December 2018
This week in history: December 17-23
25 years ago: Milošević wins Serbian parliamentary election
The party of Serbian President Slobodan Milošević won parliamentary elections on December 19, 1993, the first popular vote to be held in Serbia after the break-up of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
50 years ago: Apollo 8 begins voyage to the moon
On December 21, 1968, the US Apollo 8 spacecraft lifted off from Cape Kennedy in Florida on a mission to become the first manned vehicle to circle the moon.
75 years ago: Military coup in Bolivia
On December 20, 1943, Bolivian President Enrique Penarada was overthrown by a coup carried out by military officers under the leadership of Gualberto Villarroel and supported by the bourgeois nationalist Revolutionary Nationalist Movement.
100 years ago: Revolutionary sailors block all the exits of the Reich Chancellery in Berlin
On December 23, 1918, German sailors of the Peoples Naval Division, who had been threatened with transfer and had had their pay withheld by the Social Democratic government, marched on the government headquarters in Berlin.
Mehring Books
In Defense of Leon Trotsky presented at Moscow Book Fair
By our correspondents, 15 December 2018
Featured Interview
Nightmare odyssey of an American autoworker
A Chrysler worker’s 15-year fight to win her job back
By Shannon Jones, 14 December 2018
Workers Struggles
Pakistan police attack dock workers’ march; Sri Lanka Telecom workers demonstrate over poor conditions; Tigerair pilots vote to strike in Australia
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
15 December 2018
Over 4,000 Kaiser Permanente mental health workers on limited strike in California
By Kevin Martinez and Kim Saito, 14 December 2018
The fight against mass layoffs at GM
A significant step forward: Detroit meeting of autoworkers resolves to form rank-and-file committees
By Joseph Kishore, 13 December 2018
“This meeting is a powerful expression of the growing opposition of the working class”
Report to Detroit meeting to fight GM plant closings
Resolution to the Detroit meeting against GM plant closures
No to GM plant closings! Mobilize the working class to stop layoffs and concessions!
Autoworkers at Detroit public meeting: “Rank-and-file committees of the working class are the answer”
Detroit public meeting resolves to organize fight against General Motors plant closures
Form rank-and-file committees to advance the fight!
UAW attempts third sellout contract at northwest Indiana Lear auto parts plants
By Marcus Day, 15 December 2018
Germany: Ford announces massive job cuts at its Saarlouis plant
US Navistar workers to vote again on contract after 98 percent “no” vote
By Shannon Jones, 15 December 2018
Science
Greenland ice sheet melting at an accelerating rate due to global warming
By Philip Guelpa, 14 December 2018
International Committee of the Fourth International
David North addresses New Zealand meeting celebrating 80 years of the Fourth International
By our reporters, 11 December 2018
80th anniversary of the Fourth International celebrated in Melbourne with public lecture
By our reporters, 8 December 2018
Eighty Years of the Fourth International: The Lessons of History and the Struggle for Socialism Today
By David North, 9 October 2018
On the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Fourth International
By David North, 3 September 2018
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Socialist Equality Party (Australia)
SEP meeting and livestream on December 16: What next in the fight to free Julian Assange?
By the Socialist Equality Party (Australia), 28 November 2018
The meeting will discuss the Socialist Equality Party’s political perspective to mobilise and lead the defence of Julian Assange.
Watch: Two Hundred Years Since the Birth of Karl Marx
By Nick Beams, 31 October 2018
Nick Beams delivers successful lectures on the contemporary relevance of Karl Marx at Australian universities
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Resolution of the SEP (UK) Fourth National Congress
The resurgence of the class struggle and the tasks of the Socialist Equality Party (UK)
By the Socialist Equality Party (UK), 6 December 2018
This resolution was unanimously adopted by the Fourth National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party in Britain, which was held October 27-30, 2018.
Obituary
Debra Ann Washington Miller–A fighter for the working class
January 18, 1952–December 1, 2018
By Helen Halyard, 8 December 2018
It is with great sadness that the World Socialist Web Site reports the recent death of Debra Ann Washington Miller, an active supporter of the Socialist Equality Party in Detroit who played a significant role in mobilizing workers against evictions in the downtown area.
Security and the Fourth International
The origins and findings of the Security and the Fourth International investigation
By Eric London, 14 November 2018
This is the text and audio of a lecture delivered by Eric London in Detroit, Michigan reviewing the monumental investigation conducted by the International Committee of the Fourth International titled Security and the Fourth International, which exposed the infiltration of the movement by agents of the FBI and Stalinist GPU.
An “Exemplary Comrade”: The Socialist Workers Party’s 40-year-long cover-up of Stalinist spy Sylvia Callen: Part one
By Eric London, 14 August 2018
This is the first part in a four-part series examining the cover-up by the Socialist Workers Party beginning in 1947 of information exposing the role of Sylvia Callen, the personal secretary of long-time party leader James P. Cannon, as a Stalinist agent.
Part two | Part three | Part four
Seventy-eight years since the assassination of Leon Trotsky
By Eric London and David North, 21 August 2018
On August 21, 1940, Leon Trotsky, the founder of the Fourth International and the co-leader of the Russian Revolution, died from wounds inflicted the day before by an assassin, the Stalinist GPU agent Ramon Mercader.
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