Washington issues ultimatum to Venezuela over “humanitarian aid” ploy
By Bill Van Auken, 7 February 2019
Behind the cynical pretense of concern over Venezuela’s social crisis, the Pentagon and CIA are setting the stage for an armed confrontation on the country’s border.
Paris steps up calls for coup in Venezuela
Hands off Venezuela!
Wave of walkouts in Matamoros, Mexico builds toward general strike
By Alex González, 7 February 2019
An additional 15,000 workers have gone on strike across multiple industries, threatening to bring the city to a standstill.
As Unifor escalates racist anti-Mexico campaign
Canadian union leader postures as supporter of Matamoros strikers
The US pseudo-left’s conspiracy of silence on the Matamoros workers’ rebellion
French National Assembly passes police state “anti-riot” law targeting protests
By Will Morrow, 7 February 2019
Introduced in response to the “yellow vest” protests, the law marks a significant step in the transformation of France into a police state.
“Yellow vest” assemblies meet in Commercy
The pseudo-left parties seek to intervene in France’s “yellow vest” movement
Twelfth “yellow vest” protest marches against police repression in France
More on the "yellow vests" protests in France »
US military conducting urban warfare training exercises in Los Angeles
By Dan Conway, 7 February 2019
With little in the way of advanced warning, thousands of frightened Los Angeles residents awoke this week to the sound of low-flying helicopters, gunfire and explosions.
US-backed campaign for UN inquiry into China’s treatment of Uyghurs
By Peter Symonds, 7 February 2019
While the Beijing regime is undoubtedly engaged in repressive activities in Xinjiang, the US has cynically seized on the issue as part of its aggressive campaign on all fronts to pressure, weaken and undermine China.
Protests erupt in Birmingham, Alabama after Thanksgiving Day police shooting of innocent man declared “justified”
By Shelley Connor, 7 February 2019
Bradford was shot three times from behind by the officer, whose identity has been withheld by the police.
Dearborn, Michigan mayor suppresses historical article on Henry Ford’s anti-Semitism
By Tom Mackaman, 7 February 2019
The censored article details how Ford’s Dearborn Independent newspaper served as a platform for vile slanders against Jews—and an inspiration for Hitler and the Nazis.
Berlin-based airline files for bankruptcy
By Ulrich Rippert, 7 February 2019
As in the case of the bankruptcy of Air Berlin, where Verdi and Lufthansa worked closely together, it is ultimately the workforce that will pay the costs of insolvency.
Election of Nayib Bukele in El Salvador signals further shift to US imperialism
By Andrea Lobo, 7 February 2019
The overwhelming victory of Bukele was chiefly an expression of popular loathing toward the traditional ruling parties.
Stansted 15 anti-deportation protesters go free
By Robert Stevens, 7 February 2019
While avoiding jail sentences, the 15 were still found guilty and now have criminal records.
NHS 10-year plan: Recipe for further attacks on services and privatisation in UK
By Ajanta Silva, 7 February 2019
Under the banner of providing more choices, the government is ready to send more and more patients to private hospitals with the NHS footing the bill.
Chinese billionaire stripped of Australian residency as “foreign interference” campaign ramps up
By James Cogan, 7 February 2019
Huang’s banishment may well be the prelude to the first criminal charges laid against Australian citizens under the “foreign interference” laws.
Australian Labor Party outbids Coalition in big business tax handouts
By Mike Head, 7 February 2019
Far from opposing inequality, Labor governments have spearheaded the slashing of corporate and high-income tax rates.
Australian actor Craig McLachlan’s defamation case postponed following police charges
By Richard Phillips, 7 February 2019
Gold Logie-winning actor Craig McLachlan’s career has been “effectively destroyed” by the #MeToo allegations.
New in Russian
Боритесь с увольнениями на автозаводах Ford! Создавайте комитеты действий для объединения рабочих автомобильной промышленности по всей Европе!
Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei и Socialist Equality Party и Parti de l’égalité socialiste, 7 февраля 2019 г.
Рабочий класс не может признать за корпорациями «права» закрывать заводы, уничтожать целые сообщества и разрушать жизни десятков тысяч рабочих.
New in Turkish
Venezuela’dan elinizi çekin!
Bill Van Auken, 7 Şubat 2019
ABD’deki, Avrupa’daki ve Kanada’daki işçiler, Venezuela’daki bu gerici ve yağmacı emperyalist müdahaleye karşı çıkmalı ve mücadelelerini, ortak düşman olan dünya kapitalist sistemine karşı, Venezuela ve Latin Amerika işçilerinin mücadeleleri ile birleştirmeliler.
Sudan’da hükümet karşıtı protestolar devam ediyor
Jean Shaoul, 7 Şubat 2019
Protestolar, 1989’da bir darbeyle iktidara gelmesinden bu yana, Devlet Başkanı Ömer El Beşir yönetimine yönelik en büyük tehdidi oluşturuyor.
New in French
«Grève nationale» CGT: l’appareil syndical veut récupérer les «gilets jaunes»
nos reporters, 7 février 2019
De la part des syndicats, c’était une mobilisation des bureaucrates pour aller à la rencontre des «gilets jaunes» et d’essayer de faire dérailler le mouvement.
L‘état de peur: la diatribe de Trump contre le socialisme
Patrick Martin, 7 février 2019
L‘assertion d’un « miracle » économique par le président était démentie par son attaque du soutien public croissant pour le socialisme aux États-Unis.
Des travailleurs mexicains des pièces d'automobile appuient la manifestation du 9 février à Detroit
Andrea Lobo et Eric London, 7 février 2019
« J'appui...ttaque du soutien public croissant pour le socialisme aux États-Unis.
Des travailleurs mexicains des pièces d'automobile appuient la manifestation du 9 février à Detroit
Andrea Lobo et Eric London, 7 février 2019
« J'appuie l'appel à une grève générale au Canada, aux États-Unis et au Mexique. Nous devons être unis. Il n'y a pas de frontières. Nous restons fermes sur ce point. »
Tandis qu'Unifor intensifie sa campagne raciste anti-mexicaine
Un dirigeant syndical canadien prétend appuyer les grévistes de Matamoros
Roger Jordan, 7 février 2019
Le silence quasi complet d’Unifor sur la lutte courageuse des travailleurs de Matamoros ne fait qu’un avec leur campagne réactionnaire blâmant les travailleurs mexicains pour le massacre d’emplois lancé par GM.
New in Spanish
Estado del temor: Trump emprende contra el socialismo
Por Patrick Martin, 7 feberero 2019
Las afirmaciones del presidente de que un “milagro” económico en marcha fueron desmentidas por sus propia diatriba contra el aumento en el apoyo público hacia el socialismo dentro de Estados Unidos.
París intensifica su exigencia de un golpe de Estado en Venezuela
Por Alex Lantier, 7 feberero 2019
En medio de una creciente represión a las protestas de los “chalecos amarillos”, es crítico que los trabajadores de Francia y de toda Europa se opongan a los intentos de imponer un régimen ultraderechista en Venezuela.
Unifor lanza un boicot antimexicano como distracción de la lucha por el cierre de Oshawa
Por Carl Bronski, 7 feberero 2019
El presidente de Unifor Dias ha anunciado un boicot de consumidores antimexicano sobre el cierre de Oshawa ya que los trabajadores en plantas en Matamoros, México expanden su lucha contra condiciones de explotación.
Los trabajadores de autopartes mexicanos apoyan manifestación del 9 de febrero en Detroit
Por Andrea Lobo y Eric London, 7 feberero 2019
“Apoyo el llamado a una huelga general en Canadá, Estados Unidos y México para poner fin a los despidos, abusos y por salarios juntos. Debemos estar unidos. No hay fronteras. Acá estamos firmes”.
Cómo el WRP traicionó al trotskismo:1973-1985
25. Estalla la guerra entre Irán e Irak
Declaración del Comité Internacional de la Cuarta Internacional, 7 feberero 2019
Este es el texto del análisis realizado en el verano de 1986 por el Comité Internacional de la Cuarta Internacional sobre el colapso de su sección británica, el Workers Revolutionary Party.
New in Norwegian
Hendene vekk fra Venezuela!
Bill Van Auken, 6. februar 2019
Med bistand fra europeisk og kanadisk imperialisme og de høyreorienterte regjeringene i Latin-Amerika, forbereder Washington seg på å invadere Venezuela eller kaste landet ut i borgerkrig.
Det amerikanske pseudo-venstres taushetskomplott om Matamoros-arbeidernes opprør
Alex González, 6. februar 2019
Med sin uærlige taushet demonstrerer USAs pseudo-venstre sin fiendtlighet for den modige kampen til en av de mest undertrykte delene av den internasjonale arbeiderklassen.
Integrity Initiative: Storbritannias innblanding i Norge
Bjørn Halvorsen, 6. februar 2019
Anonymous’ lekkede dokumenter avslører en antidemokratisk konspirasjon mot den norske allmennhetens antikrigholdning.
USA med nye krigstrusler for olje mot Venezuela
Eric London, 6. februar 2019
En militærintervensjon i Venezuela – med en befolkning på 30 millioner – kunne drepe hundretusener eller til og med millioner av mennesker og forvandle Latin-Amerika til et imperialistisk slakteri.
Fagforeningen legger ned Audi-streiken i Ungarn
Markus Salzmann, 6. februar 2019
En uke-lang streik av 12.000 arbeidere på den ungarske Audi-fabrikken i Györ hadde en massiv innvirkning på produksjonen ved flere fabrikker i Europa og rystet bilindustrien.
De tolvte «gul vest»-protestmarsjene i Frankrike var mot politirepresjon
Anthony Torres, 6. februar 2019
Mens fagforeninger forberedte en symbolsk én-dags-streik for tirsdagen i dag, opponerte massene av «gul vest»-protesterende mot fagforeningenes forsøk på å overta og kvele deres bevegelse.
Avvis UAWs og Unifors antimeksikanske kampanje
Foren amerikanske, kanadiske og meksikanske arbeidere mot GM-fabrikknedleggelsene
Jerry White, 6. februar 2019
I opposisjon til fagforbundene UAWs og Unifors nasjonalisme vil demonstrasjonen mot GM-fabrikknedleggelsene den 9. februar i Detroit oppfordre til enheten av amerikanske, kanadiske og meksikanske arbeidere, for å slåss for deres felles interesser mot deres felles fiender – de transnasjonale bilkonsernene.
New in German
Hände weg von Venezuela!
Bill Van Auken, 6. Februar 2019
Mit Hilfe des europäischen und kanadischen Imperialismus und der rechten Regierungen Lateinamerikas bereitet sich Washington darauf vor, Venezuela entweder zu erobern oder in einen Bürgerkrieg zu stürzen.
Berliner Fluggesellschaft Germania meldet Pleite an
Ulrich Rippert, 6. Februar 2019
Wie schon bei der Pleite von Air Berlin, bei der die Gewerkschaft Verdi eng mit Lufthansa zusammenarbeitete, zahlt letztlich die Belegschaft die Kosten der Insolvenz.
Entlassungswelle bei Ford und GM
Ford kündigt 1.000 Entlassungen an, General Motors beginnt massiven Stellenabbau
Von unseren Reportern, 6. Februar 2019
Während General Motors mit der Entlassung von 4.250 Beschäftigten begonnen hat, kündigte Ford die Abschaffung der zweiten Schicht in seinem Werk in Flat Rock (Michigan) zum 1. April an, wodurch mehr als 1.000 Stellen wegfallen.
40 Jahre seit der Erstausstrahlung der Serie „Holocaust“
Clara Weiss, 6. Februar 2019
Vier Jahrzehnte nach ihrer Erstausstrahlung hat die Serie inmitten eines internationalen Rechtsruckes nichts an ihrer Relevanz verloren.
New in Portuguese
Greve de Matamoros ameaça parar indústria automotiva norte-americana
Por Eric London, 6 fevereiro 2019
A mídia corporativa está se mantendo em silêncio sobre a maior greve na América do Norte das últimas duas décadas.
Washington prepara golpe de direita na Venezuela
Por Bill Van Auken, 6 fevereiro 2019
O apoio de governos da América Latina e ao redor do mundo à tentativa de golpe orquestrado pelos EUA faz parte de um giro global à direita e à ditadura.
A greve dos trabalhadores automotivos de Matamoros e a censura na internet
Por Andre Damon, 6 fevereiro 2019
A greve de mais de 70.000 trabalhadores que está acontecendo na cidade de Matamoros, no México, não tem sido noticiada pelos principais jornais e emissoras de televisão.
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Perspective
The reality of capitalism: GM makes $11.8 billion in profits while closing plants, eliminating 14,000 jobs
7 February 2019
The huge profits, side-by-side with the destruction of entire communities, expose the real character of the capitalist system and why the working class must abolish it.
Featured Commentary
AfD deputy denounces a Holocaust commemoration in German parliament
By Christoph Vandreier, 7 February 2019
Seventy-four years after the liberation of Auschwitz, the crimes of the Nazi regime are being downplayed in the German Bundestag (parliament) without triggering any significant protest.
Right-wing Humboldt University Professor Jorg Baberowski threatens students
Halil Celik, a fighter for socialism (1961-2018)
By Peter Schwarz, 1 February 2019
On December 31, 2018, Halil Celik, founder and leader of the group Sosyalist Eşitlik, which supports the International Committee of the Fourth International in Turkey, died of cancer at the age of 57. This obituary presents an overview of his life.
In memory of Halil Celik (1961–2018)
February 9 demonstration against GM plant closings
Lordstown GM plant closing: Another blow to northeastern Ohio
By Samuel Davidson, 7 February 2019
The impending closure of General Motors Lordstown assembly plant will be another blow to communities in the northeast region of Ohio that have been devastated by more than three decades of steel mill and factory closings.
Sri Lankan tea plantation workers committee supports call for February 9 demonstration in Detroit
By our reporters, 7 February 2019
“We consider the actions taken by the steering committee as a blow not only for the defense of the fundamental rights of the US auto workers but also on behalf of the international working class as a whole.”
“The auto workers will not be forgotten men and women!”: Press conference promotes March to Fight Plant Closures
WSWS Labor Editor Jerry White addressed a press conference Tuesday in front of GM world headquarters in downtown Detroit ahead of this weekend’s march to oppose mass layoffs in the auto industry.
Jobs bloodbath at Ford and GM
Ford announces 1,000 job cuts as GM begins mass layoffs
By our reporters, 5 February 2019
Reject the anti-Mexican campaign of the UAW and Unifor
Unite US, Canadian and Mexican workers against GM plant closings!
By Jerry White, 5 February 2019
February 9 demonstration against auto plant closures in Detroit
The program and strategy to defend jobs
By Joseph Kishore, 1 February 2019
The demonstration, called by the WSWS and the Steering Committee of the Coalition of Rank-and-File Committees, is the first organized expression of rank-and-file opposition to GM’s jobs massacre.
Students and youth must join the fight to oppose GM job cuts!
No layoffs! No concessions!
Autoworkers call for demonstration February 9 to fight GM plant closings
By Jerry White, 12 January 2019
Obituary
Stanley Hill, who presided over wholesale corruption in NYC unions, dead at 82
By Alan Whyte, 7 February 2019
Hill personified the transformed role of the unions, in both the public and private sectors, as junior partners of big business and the government in imposing attacks on jobs and living standards.
Commentary
The Governor Ralph Northam affair
By Patrick Martin, 4 February 2019
The Strategy of International Class Struggle and the Political Fight Against Capitalist Reaction in 2019
By James Cogan, Joseph Kishore and David North, 3 January 2019
One hundred years since the murder of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht
By Peter Schwarz, 15 January 2019
Socialist Equality Party
Sri Lankan SEP public meetings to launch Tamil edition of The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century
7 February 2019
The book is critical in exposing the many lies perpetrated about the Russian Revolution in 1917 and the subsequent degeneration of the Soviet Union.
History
One hundred years since the death of Franz Mehring
By Peter Schwarz, 6 February 2019
Mehring was one of the leading Marxist theoreticians of his time. Unlike other leading Social Democrats, who shifted to the right, he joined the Spartacus League during World War I.
Arts Review
Fire in my mouth: New York Philharmonic premieres oratorio on the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
By Fred Mazelis, 6 February 2019
The Land of Steady Habits: Postcrash American disillusionment
Defend Julian Assange!
Rally to demand the Australian government acts to free Julian Assange!
Sydney Martin Place Amphitheatre, March 3! Melbourne State Library, March 10!
By the Socialist Equality Party (Australia), 25 January 2019
Australian workers and youth support March rallies in defence of Julian Assange
John Pilger to speak at March 3 Sydney rally to defend Julian Assange
Julian Assange issues “urgent” legal challenge against US extradition plans
More on the campaign to free Julian Assange »
Matamoros Auto Strike
70,000 strike at US-Mexico border
Help break the media blackout of the Matamoros strike by sharing this video.
Watch: A Texas Amazon worker's message to Matamoros workers
"Attention striking workers in Matamoros: I want you to know we have heard your here in the United states. We are with you and we support you." Help break the media blackout of the Matamoros strike by sharing this video.
As strike expands in the maquiladoras
Mexican auto parts workers explain how they formed strike committees
By Andrea Lobo, 26 January 2019
More on the Matamoros workers rebellion »
Workers Struggles
Teachers at four Chicago charter school campuses walk out
By Kristina Betinis, 6 February 2019
48-year-old teacher perishes in house fire on Chicago’s southwest side
Oakland, California teachers overwhelmingly vote to strike
Lawsuit alleges Amazon caused worker’s death
By Jeff Lusanne, 2 February 2019
This week in history: February 4-10
25 years ago: Byron De La Beckwith convicted for 1963 assassination of civil rights leader Medgar Evers
Byron De La Beckwith, member of a white supremacist group, was convicted on February 5, 1994 for the 1963 assassination of Medgar Evers, a civil rights activist and head of the Mississippi state branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
50 years ago: Millions strike in Italy
On February 5, 1969, millions of Italian workers participated in a one-day general strike called by the major labor federations to demand higher pensions.
75 years ago: Roosevelt moves to control Arabian oil
On February 6, 1944, the US government’s Petroleum Reserve Corporation, set up by President Franklin Roosevelt, unveiled its plans to construct a vast pipeline across Saudi Arabia to transport crude oil from the Arabian wells.
100 years ago: Seattle general strike begins
On February 6, 1919, 25,000 workers in Seattle, Washington walked out to join 35,000 shipyard workers already off the job, as a general strike virtually shut down the city.
IYSSE
Oppose political censorship and fascist threats against the ISO and DSA in Portland!
By the International Youth and Students for Social Equality at PSU, 31 January 2019
Two political meetings on college campuses in Portland were shut down by campus police after provocations from the far-right group Patriot Prayer.
Successful election result for IYSSE at Humboldt University in Berlin
By the IYSSE chapter at Humboldt University, 26 January 2019
Mehring Books
The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century published in Tamil
1 February 2019
The translation of David North’s book is vital for Tamil-speaking workers, youth and intellectuals on the Indian sub-continent, in Sri Lanka, and exile communities around the world.
ICFI meeting announcement
Indian Trotskyists campaign for Kolkata meeting to mark the 80th anniversary of the Fourth International
By Arun Kumar and Ritwik Mitter, 26 January 2019
Indian university students discuss the rising danger of war and the betrayal by the Stalinist parties of the working class.
Indian Trotskyists in Kolkata to celebrate 80 years of the Fourth International
7 January 2019
The Kolkata meeting will review the essential political lessons of the protracted struggle of the Fourth International and their relevance to the fight for socialist internationalism today.
Security and the Fourth International
New book now available
Agents: The FBI and GPU Infiltration of the Trotskyist Movement
By Mehring Books, 21 January 2019
The WSWS announces the release of a new book, Agents: The FBI and GPU Infiltration of the Trotskyist Movement, by Eric London.
The origins and findings of the Security and the Fourth International investigation
By Eric London, 14 November 2018
Seventy-eight years since the assassination of Leon Trotsky
By Eric London and David North, 21 August 2018
Socialist Equality Party (Germany)
Socialist Equality Party takes legal action against surveillance by German secret service
By the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei, 10 January 2019
Dr. Peer Stolle, the lawyer for the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei, has submitted formal notice in writing to the German Federal Agency for the Protection of the Constitution. The text of the letter is published here.
International Committee of the Fourth International
The 50th anniversary of the founding of the SEP (Sri Lanka)
Victory of the Trotskyists in the 1985–1986 split in the ICFI
By Saman Gunadasa and K. Ratnayake, 29 December 2018
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
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
Book Review
Rohini Hensman’s Indefensible: The ISO discovers its muse—the CIA
By Alex Lantier, 14 December 2018
Rohini Hensman’s book, issued by the International Socialist Organization’s (ISO) Haymarket Books publishing house, is an endorsement of imperialist war.
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