11 December 2018
Egypt bans yellow vest sales as French protesters reject Macron’s concessions
By Alex Lantier, 11 December 2018
Governments worldwide are panicking in the face of the growing militancy and political radicalization of the international working class.
Which way forward for France’s “yellow vest” protests?
The “yellow vests”: A movement of workers against social inequality
By our reporters, 10 December 2018
In this video, workers participating in France’s “yellow vests” demonstrations explain their demands and appeal for international support.
UK workers, young people defend Yellow Vest protests in France: “I only wish that we could do it here as well!”
By our reporters, 11 December 2018
WSWS reporters spoke to workers and youth in Britain who support the Yellow Vest protests in France.
The demonstrations in France and the global class struggle
Mobilize the working class against Macron!
The mass protests in France: A new stage in the international class struggle
More on the 2018 "yellow vest" protests in France »
Democrats begin open discussion of impeachment
By Patrick Martin, 11 December 2018
Two top members of the House Democratic leadership said that Trump could be impeached or jailed over alleged campaign finance violations.
White House turmoil deepens after Kelly firing
Outrage spreads over video showing police ripping child from mother’s arms at Brooklyn food stamp office
By Fred Mazelis, 11 December 2018
The young mother, after being mistreated and brutalized, is being held without bail and facing four separate charges, including resisting arrest.
“Our action is part of a broader fight for education”
Teachers in Oakland, California speak out at wildcat demonstrations
By Kayla Costa, 11 December 2018
Teachers in Oakland, California participated in wildcat “sickouts” and demonstrations on Monday to demand pay raises, smaller class sizes, and better school conditions.
Oakland, California teachers hold wildcat “sickout”
Chicago teacher union shuts down charter school strike, holds rally for Democratic candidates
By Kristina Betinis and Alexander Fangmann, 11 December 2018
Union officials showered Democrats with praise while offering no concrete details of the agreement to charter school teachers or when they could vote on the deal.
May delays Brexit vote while Corbyn refuses to move no confidence motion
By Chris Marsden, 11 December 2018
May called off today’s scheduled vote because she knew her proposed agreement with the EU would be heavily defeated.
UK government’s role in anti-Corbyn campaign exposed
By Robert Stevens, 11 December 2018
The Integrity Initiative (II), funded by the UK, US governments and NATO, has played a central role in the campaign against the Labour Party leader.
Huffington Post renews smear campaign against UK Professor Piers Robinson
Turmoil on Wall Street continues
By Nick Beams, 11 December 2018
Concerns over global growth are a significant factor in the ongoing slide and volatility in US markets, with signs of a downturn reflected in the fall of commodity prices.
Sri Lankan plantation companies reject workers’ wage demand
By W.A. Sunil, 11 December 2018
Despite an indefinite strike, the employers are insisting that profits must be defended by subjecting workers to super-exploitation.
Indian workers face slave-like conditions in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan plantation strike: Abbotsleigh workers march to demand action committees and socialist policies
Sri Lankan plantation workers launch indefinite strike for 100 percent pay rise
Brazilian auto workers denounce union blackout of GM’s planned factory closures
By WSWS reporting team, 11 December 2018
Workers at Brazil’s oldest functioning auto plant outside of São Paulo expressed concern over the global implications of GM’s restructuring plans.
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Tymoshenko tours Washington to garner support for presidential bid
By Jason Melanovski and Clara Weiss, 11 December 2018
The ultimate goal of Tymoshenko’s visit to Washington was to promise to continue with the United States’ militarization of the country and the Black Sea.
Demonstrations in Bolivia hit court decision allowing Evo Morales to run for fourth term
By Cesar Uco, 11 December 2018
The court’s decision backed Morales’s bid to override a 2016 referendum in which 51.3 percent of the voters rejected the Bolivian president’s bid for another term.
Japanese government rams through new immigration law
By Gary Alvernia, 11 December 2018
While portrayed as a “liberalisation” of existing policy, the law reflects concerns within ruling circles over the economic impact of Japan’s declining workforce.
Australian university moves to sack academic critical of Israeli and US wars
By Oscar Grenfell, 11 December 2018
The University of Sydney’s suspension of Tim Anderson is aimed at intimidating students and academics opposed to escalating militarism and war.
New in Dutch
De massa-protesten in Frankrijk: Een nieuw stadium in de internationale klassenstrijd
World Socialist Web Site Editorial Board, 3 December 2018
De uitbarsting van sociale protesten zijn de voorbode van de terugkeer van de werkende klasse op het podium van de wereldgeschiedenis, na decennia van onderdrukking.
Nee tegen dienstplicht in Frankrijk en Europa!
Verklaring van de Parti de l’égalité socialiste (PES)
23 November 2018
Ten tijde van massale protesten tegen hun bezuinigingsbeleid, heeft de zeer impopulaire Franse regering onder leiding van President Emmanuel Macron op maandag aangekondigd, de militaire dienstplicht te zullen introduceren.
New in Turkish
Fransa’daki “sarı yelek” protestoları için ileriye giden yol hangisi?
Alex Lantier, 11 Aralık 2018
Dördüncü “sarı yelek” protestolarıyla birlikte, işçiler arasında, kapitalist sisteme karşı bir kitle hareketi açık bir şekilde gelişiyor.
Fransa’daki “sarı yelekli” protestocular baskıya ve gözaltılara meydan okudu
Alex Lantier ve Kumaran Ira, 11 Aralık 2018
Protestocular, gösterilere katılarak, kaygı verici devlet şiddeti tehditlerine ve güvenlik güçlerinin geniş çaplı seferber edilmesine meydan okudular.
Faşist Vox partisi, Endülüs seçimlerinde azımsanmayacak bir başarı elde etti
Paul Mitchell, 11 Aralık 2018
Endülüs’te düzenlenen bölgesel seçimlerin sonuçları, Franco’nun 1975’te ölmesinden ve demokrasiye geçişten 43 yıl sonra, faşizmin İspanyol politikasına açık bir şekilde dönüşünü haber vermektedir.
New in French
La Chine convoque l’ambassadeur américain à propos de la détention d’une dirigeante de Huawei
Peter Symonds, 11 décembre 2018
Les actions américaines hautement provocatrices font partie de la campagne généralisée de Trump pour empêcher les grands groupes chinois de mettre en cause la domination technologique américaine.
Les travailleurs allemands expriment leur solidarité avec les Gilets jaunes français
nos correspondants, 11 décembre 2018
Les travailleurs allemands qui se sont entretenus avec les candidats du Parti de l’égalité socialiste (SGP) ont exprimé leur sympathie pour les manifestations de masse des Gilets Jaunes en France. Beaucoup partagent les mêmes griefs et sont confron...listes de WSWS se sont entretenus avec des travailleurs, des jeunes et des Britanniques qui soutiennent les protestations des Gilet jaunes.
La réunion publique de Detroit décide d’organiser la lutte contre les fermetures d’usines de General Motors
Will Morrow, 11 décembre 2018
Les participants ont voté à l’unanimité en faveur de l’adoption d’une résolution appelant à la formation de comités de quartier et de lieux de travail de base pour organiser une lutte contre les fermetures d’usines.
Vadim Rogovin et la sociologie du stalinisme
Andrea Peters, 11 décembre 2018
Le 18 septembre marquait 20 ans depuis le décès de l’historien et sociologue marxiste soviétique Vadim Rogovin, l’auteur d’une série de sept volumes sur le stalinisme et l’opposition marxiste à la bureaucratie soviétique.
New in Spanish
¿Cuál es el camino por seguir de las protestas de los “chalecos amarillos” en Francia?
Por Alex Lantier, 11 diciembre 2018
La cuestión crítica es la organización independiente de la clase obrera, en Francia e internacionalmente, en preparación para una huelga general en Europa.
El Dow cae otros 560 puntos
El Wall Street Journal prevee una possible “estampida” bursatil
Por Nick Beams, 11 diciembre 2018
El mercado alcista más largo de la historia se ha basado en la supresión de la lucha de clases por parte de la burocracia sindical, la cual esta llegando a su fin.
New in German
Wie weiter im Kampf der „Gelbwesten“?
Alex Lantier, 11. Dezember 2018
Die entscheidende Aufgabe ist die unabhängige Organisation der Arbeiterklasse in Frankreich und international und die Vorbereitung eines Europa-weiten Generalstreiks.
Bundesweiter Warnstreik legt Bahnverkehr lahm
Dietmar Henning, 11. Dezember 2018
Die Eisenbahn- und Verkehrsgewerkschaft (EVG) rief am Montagmorgen von fünf bis neun Uhr zu Warnstreiks in ganz Deutschland auf. Sie reagierte damit auf den Unmut der Beschäftigten.
Bundeswehr stellt neues Panzerbataillon auf
Johannes Stern, 11. Dezember 2018
Die Vergrößerung der Panzereinheiten ist Bestandteil einer umfassenden militärischen Aufrüstung.
Massenentlassungen und Werkschließungen bei General Motors:
Arbeiterversammlung in Detroit beschließt, den Kampf aufzunehmen
Will Morrow, 11. Dezember 2018
Zu der Versammlung hatte der Autoworker Newsletter der World Socialist Web Site eingeladen. Die Teilnehmer verabschiedeten einstimmig eine Resolution, die zur Bildung von Basiskomitees in den Betrieben und Wohnvierteln aufruft.
New in Russian
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75 лет назад: Итальянские евреи депортированы в Освенцим
8 декабря 2018 г.
6 декабря 1943 года 246 евреев были отправлены поездом из Милана и Вероны в Освенцим.
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Perspective
Another day, another horror in America: Five children killed in Youngstown, Ohio, house fire
11 December 2018
While the immediate cause of the fire remains under investigation, the tragedy which struck Sunday night is not an isolated event but the outcome of a failed social and economic system.
The fight against mass layoffs at GM
Autoworkers at Detroit public meeting: “Rank-and-file committees of the working class are the answer”
By our reporters, 11 December 2018
Workers expressed their support for a campaign to build new organizations of struggle, independent of the United Auto Workers, to lead a fight against all plant closures.
Detroit public meeting resolves to organize fight against General Motors plant closures
By Will Morrow, 10 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
David North spoke to the meeting in Wellington about the history of the Fourth International, the lessons of the rise of fascism in the 1930s, and the political and theoretical basis for building a socialist leadership in the working class.
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
Fund appeal
Commentary
Oklahoma Republicans demand the abolition of public schools
By Nancy Hanover, 11 December 2018
A section of the Republican Party, speaking for broader Wall Street interests, advocates ending tax-funded public education.
In name of fighting fascism, ISO promotes class collaboration and Democratic Party
By Kayla Costa, 10 December 2018
Jacobin urges readers to “log off” social media
By Will Morrow, 8 December 2018
China summons American ambassador over detention of Huawei executive
By Peter Symonds, 10 December 2018
The kidnapping of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou
The state funeral for George H. W. Bush and the ritual of oligarchy
By Patrick Martin, 6 December 2018
Arts Review
Icebox: The US government locks up children
By David Walsh, 11 December 2018
Icebox focuses on a 12-year-old Honduran boy, Oscar (Anthony Gonzalez), forced by gang activity to flee his home country and head for the US, where an uncle lives.
Protest at Whitney Museum in New York calls for ouster of trustee who owns tear gas firm
By Sandy English, 10 December 2018
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.
Workers Struggles
Workers Struggles: The Americas
Chilean public workers and airline workers strike
11 December 2018
Public workers in Chile held a nationwide walkout December 6 to protest layoffs at the same time that airport workers for LATAM airline in Chile walked off the job in a pay dispute.
Chicago charter teacher strike continues, as unions announce backing for Democratic machine politician
By Kristina Betinis, 7 December 2018
National Health Service workers among increasing users of food banks in Britain
By Ben Trent, 7 December 2018
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.
This week in history: December 10-16
25 years ago: US admits secret tests of radiation weapons
The US government deliberately released massive amounts of radiation into the environment as part of a secret program aimed at developing a weapon using radioactive fallout.
50 years ago: Mass political repression in Brazil
After replacing General Humberto Castelo Branco in 1967, retired General Arthur de Costa e Silva, pledged to “humanize” the dictatorship established in the 1964 military coup and promised to transition Brazil to a democracy.
75 years ago: Soviets try Nazi war criminals
On December 15, 1943, Soviet authorities began the first trial of Nazi war criminals in the Ukrainian city of Kharkov.
100 Years: Lloyd George wins Britain’s “khaki election”
In the British election held on December 14, 1918, David Lloyd George’s coalition government won a large majority on a platform promising social reforms, as well as punishment of the German “war criminals.”
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.
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Science
Last light for the Kepler space telescope
By Bryan Dyne, 1 December 2018
The first and most productive space telescope designed to find planets beyond our Solar System has been retired after exhausting its fuel supply.
NASA InSight mission successfully lands on Mars
By Bryan Dyne, 28 November 2018
California Wildfires
Rainstorm ends California wildfires, but threatens to cause flash flooding
By Evan Blake, 23 November 2018
Photo Essay: The social cost of the Camp Fire
Refugees from Paradise
The WSWS spoke to some of the thousands who lost everything in the Camp Fire disaster in northern California. Many blame energy monopoly PG&E.
The fire in Paradise, California: From natural disaster to social catastrophe
Mehring Books
Mehring Books launches holiday sale
Most titles 10 to 50 percent off!
By Mehring Books, 23 November 2018
Our annual holiday sale is a great opportunity to introduce friends to socialism and to expand your Marxist library.
David North in conversation with Nick Beams
Book launch of The Heritage We Defend in Sydney, Australia
Why are they back?
New title from Mehring Books explains resurgence of fascism in Germany
New In Arabic
Arabic translation of “Eighty Years of the Fourth International: The Lessons of History and the Struggle for Socialism Today”
We are publishing here the Arabic translation of a lecture delivered by World Socialist Web Site International Editorial Board chairman, David North in Colombo to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Fourth International and the 50th anniversary of the Socialist Equality Party in Sri Lanka.
History
The centenary of the “Spanish Flu”—Lessons for today
Part two
By Benjamin Mateus, 20 November 2018
This is the second part of a two-part series. The first part was posted on November 19.
The centenary of the “Spanish Flu”—Lessons for today
Part one of a two-part series
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.
Socialist Equality Party (Australia)
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
By our reporters, 31 October 2018
International Committee of the Fourth International
Resolution of the SEP (US) Fifth National Congress
The Resurgence of Class Struggle and the Tasks of the Socialist Equality Party
8 August 2018
This resolution was unanimously adopted by the Socialist Equality Party Congress, held from July 22–27, 2018.
Opening report to the Fifth National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US)
By David North, 4 August 2018
The 50th anniversary of the founding of the SEP (Sri Lanka)
The lessons of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party’s Great Betrayal
By Rohantha De Silva and Vilani Peiris, 24 September 2018
PART ONE | PART TWO | PART THREE
Support the Socialist Equality group in Turkey!
Statement of the SE group, in sympathy with the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI), on the snap elections in Turkey
WSWS 20th Anniversary
Twenty years of the World Socialist Web Site: 1998–2018
By David North and Joseph Kishore, 14 February 2018
As the WSWS marks its 20th anniversary of daily posting, it is taking the lead in exposing the conspiracy by governments and corporations to censor the Internet as the ruling class prepares for war and domestic repression.
Lenin, Trotsky and the Marxism of the October Revolution
By David North, 19 March 2018
David North, chairperson of the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site and of the Socialist Equality Party (US), delivered this lecture at the University of Leipzig on March 16.
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