Alan Gelfand, whose lawsuit against the US government led to the exposure of high-level agents of the FBI and Soviet secret police in the Socialist Workers Party, died Wednesday, October 29, in Los Angeles. He was 76 years old.
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Elon Musk’s $1 trillion payout and the case for expropriation
The awarding of Musk’s pay package is, at the same time, a declaration of intent by the ruling class to massively impoverish the working class through layoffs, austerity and the destruction of social programs.
As the longest government shutdown in US history continued, Trump’s Justice Department appealed to the highest court to block an order to resume food stamps.
Jacob Crosse•
WSWS reporters visited food banks and spoke with people seeking food assistance after the government reduced or cut their SNAP benefits this week.
Our reporters•
IMF says the enormous costs of European rearmament, the consequences of the international trade war and demands made by banks and companies for increased profits are incompatible with the welfare state.
Peter Schwarz•
The RMT’s attempt to present the settlement ending the dispute as achieving the aims London Underground train drivers, engineers, signalling and station staff were fighting for is based on distortions and evasions over the central demands for a pay rise and a shorter working week.
Tony Robson•
This lecture reviews in detail the key developments in the Security and the Fourth International investigation in 1976-77, as the ICFI relentlessly pursued the truth behind the GPU conspiracy to murder Leon Trotsky.
Evan Blake•
Josh Andrews•
International Committee of the Fourth International•
Workers League•
International Committee of the Fourth International•
The trillions hoarded by the billionaires must be expropriated and used to meet social needs: secure, well-paid jobs for all, healthcare, housing, education, and the eradication of hunger and poverty.
International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees•
Nothing could more clearly expose the deeply reactionary role of Sanders and his pseudo-left supporters than their attempt to divert the growing opposition of the working class to Donald Trump and the corporate oligarchy along nationalist lines.
Barry Grey•
The militarized operation is the latest and most brazen offensive in the Trump administration’s escalating war on the working class in the Boston area. ICE prevented workers from retrieving documents like work permits from their lockers, but instead “just took them.”
Mike Ingram•
The letter, which provocatively clashed with Lula’s federal government, represents a new intervention in Brazil’s internal affairs.
Tomas Castanheira•
The MAS, long regarded in pseudo-left circles as a flagship of the Pink Tide and “21st century socialism,” suffered a crushing defeat.
Bill Van Auken•
The Trump administration’s advocate in the Supreme Court revealed the essential role of “reciprocal tariffs.”
Nick Beams•
The construction of nuclear-powered submarines is a highly provocative move as it requires the possession of weapons-grade, highly enriched uranium needed to fuel its nuclear reactor.
Ben McGrath•
Resident doctors strike to go ahead after Labour government opposes pay increase
“Doctors are not only striking for themselves, but for the future of the NHS, including all its staff and patients”
As resident doctors prepare to strike, NHS FightBack is holding an online Zoom meeting on November 18 “Defeat Starmer-Streeting budget cuts and privatisation! For a united fightback by NHS workers!” To encourage the widest discussion the World Socialist Web Site is publishing an interview with a resident doctor about the issues posed in the dispute.
NHS FightBack•
It is believed that the strike that saw picket lines in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metro region was the largest strike of doctors and advanced practice providers in the United States.
Jonas Boquist•
Despite calls to shut it down, Israel’s High Court refused to close Sde Teiman in September 2024. Instead, the public uproar centres on the fact that the abuse was made public in the first place and by no less a person than Israel’s Chief Military Advocate.
Jean Shaoul•
A civil war is raging in the film, television and music fields between artists opposed to the mass murder in Gaza, as well as Trump’s fascist policies, and the upper echelons of studio executives and owners.
David Walsh•
Prime Minister Mark Carney has made it clear his Liberal government views the destruction of Canada Post in its current form as a testing ground for the attacks that the ruling class plans to mount against all workers.
Daniel Berkley•
Political arrests, operations targeting journalists, and growing attacks on press freedom are steps taken by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government to use the judiciary to build an authoritarian regime.
Barış Demir•
The political and class issues in Mamdani’s victory in New York City
The election of Mamdani reflects growing social anger and opposition to Trump—aspirations that Mamdani’s program cannot address.
Socialist Equality Party (US)•
Dick Cheney dead at 84: A war criminal who paved the way for Trump
As the power behind the throne in the Bush-Cheney administration, the vice president was responsible for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, CIA kidnappings and torture and illegal mass surveillance of the American population.
Patrick Martin•
Oxfam: 10 US billionaires have had their wealth increase 6-fold since 2020
The domination of the United States by a parasitic oligarchy, whose seat of power is in the White House, is on display for everyone to see.
Andre Damon•
The Gen Z protests and the struggle for the United Socialist States of Africa
The experiences unfolding across Africa brings to the fore the central problem of every revolutionary movement: leadership. The courage of the youth must find conscious political direction in the building of a revolutionary Trotskyist movement.
Alejandro López•
Tom Hall•
Jerry White•
Peter Symonds•
Jacob Crosse•
Tom Mackaman•
Report at Detroit, Michigan meeting on October 18
The “No Kings” demonstrations and the political strategy to fight Trump’s fascist conspiracy
This report was delivered by Joseph Kishore, the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (US), to a public meeting held in Detroit after the “No Kings” rallies on October 18, 2025.
Joseph Kishore•
Millions rally against fascism in “No Kings” protests
Reflecting mass anger against attacks on democratic rights, rising inequality and fascism, millions of people gathered at thousands of demonstrations against dictatorship.
Our reporters•
Democrats prepare to cave, as Trump refuses to release food stamp funding, threatens no back pay for furloughed workers
While the White House sought to downplay Trump’s rant that he would not fund food stamps until after the shutdown, in violation of a court order, the government is stalling for weeks in order to render the order meaningless.
Tom Hall•
US citizen shot by ICE in California as Illinois detainees sue over inhumane conditions
Every day in the United States, heavily armed masked agents of the state violate the constitutional rights of citizens and immigrants alike.
Jacob Crosse•
Nick Barrickman•
Patrick Martin•
Jacob Crosse•
Tom Hall•
Robert Stevens•
New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union calls off strike
The firefighters union has shut down its limited one-hour strikes as the unions seek to contain the explosive movement of the working class expressed in the October 23 “mega-strike.”
John Braddock•
Workers Struggles: Asia and Australia
Thousands of National Health Mission (NHM) workers held a three-day statewide strike in Assam on Monday demanding permanent jobs and equal pay for equal work.
New Zealand: How the 2017–2023 Labour government attacked public health and education workers
Following the mass strike last month, the Labour Party and the unions are promoting the lie that workers can oppose pay cuts and austerity by electing another Labour-led government.
Tom Peters•
British Library workers strike over poverty pay and declining services
Workers described a daily battle with the impact of low pay, forced to resort to unhealthy levels of overtime, taking second jobs, taking out loans with brutal interest rates and visiting food banks. Some colleagues had left to work in shops, supermarkets and restaurants.
Our reporters•
Anna Siviero•
Bill Shaw•
John Harris, Max Boddy•
Jim Franklin•
A House of Dynamite: Kathryn Bigelow’s film about the danger of nuclear war
If one is prepared to suspend one’s disbelief to an extent, A House of Dynamite has genuine value in evoking the horrifying threat of nuclear warfare.
Erik Schreiber•
French filmmaker Olivier Assayas’ Suspended Time: Did “time stand still” during the height of the pandemic?
Two brothers and their girlfriends are confined to the brothers’ family home in the countryside southwest of Paris.
David Walsh•
Lee Miller retrospective: “I didn’t waste a minute of all my life”
The retrospective is the most extensive ever staged in the UK. It leans heavily on gender politics, largely omitting the deeper ideological and historical events and issues that shaped Miller’s work and political engagement.
Paul Mitchell•
Writers Against the War on Gaza proposes a boycott of the New York Times
The exposure and discrediting of the Times is an important task of political and intellectual hygiene, indispensable to the development of socialist consciousness.
David Walsh•
Frank Anderson•
Eduardo Parati, Guilherme Ferreira•
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
Sandy English•
This week in history: November 3-9
Bush-Gore election result in doubt; Morocco monarchy stages “Green March” into Spanish Sahara; Battle of Pakchon in Korean War; Failed plot to assassinate Benito Mussolini
This week in history: October 27-November 2
Kosovo elections rebuff KLA; Ford backs NYC austerity; Nationalist uprising in Puerto Rico; Mikhail Frunze poisoned by Stalin
10th anniversary of Ankara bombings by ISIS which killed over 100 people
The massacre was part of the spread to Turkey of the war for regime change in Syria launched in 2011 by Washington and its regional allies, including Ankara.
Barış Demir, Ulaş Sevinç•
Historic images of slavery removed by national parks after Trump directive
The removal of powerful Civil War era photography from public museums is the latest in a series of attacks on historical truth orchestrated by the White House.
Landon Gourov, Tom Mackaman•
Douglas Lyons, Tom Mackaman•
Verena Nees•
Johannes Stern•
Shannon Jones•
Tom Mackaman•
The Historical and International Foundations of the Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal (Socialist Equality Party – Fourth International)
This document traces the central historical experiences of the working class and Marxist movement in the 20th and 21st centuries, and establishes the principled foundations for the building of the Trotskyist movement in Turkey and throughout the region.
Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal•
Opening Report to the Founding Congress of the Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal
This report explains the historical and international foundations and political perspectives of the Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi, placing them in the context of the deepening crisis of the global capitalist system and the struggle for socialist revolution today.
Ulaş Sevinç•
Statement of Principles of the Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal (Socialist Equality Party – Fourth International)
At its founding congress held on June 13–15, 2025, the Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi unanimously adopted this Statement of Principles.
Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi•
David North•
Statement of the International Committee of the Fourth International•
Germany’s Christian Democrats whip up hatred against Syrian refugees
The agitation against refugees also serves domestic political aims. It strengthens the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and shifts the axis of official politics ever further to the right.
Peter Schwarz•
Germany’s most senior military officer calls for conscription of entire age groups to prepare for war against Russia
With the demand to conscript entire age groups, Inspector General Breuer is driving forward the reintroduction of compulsory military service and the building of a mass army, as part of Germany and NATO’s comprehensive preparations for war against Russia.
Johannes Stern•
The Gaza genocide and the danger of a third world war
Mehring Verlag at the Left Literature Fair in Nuremberg: Strong turnout for book launch in face of attempt at censorship
The event was the only one at the fair that addressed the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the danger of a third world war.
Mehring Verlag•
DPD uses mass sackings against UK delivery workers standing up against pay cuts
One worker said, “We believe it is important that our voices are heard and that the public is made aware of the pressures and treatment faced by drivers under what many feel is a form of corporate dictatorship.”
Tony Robson•
Robert Stevens•
Robert Stevens•
Paul Bond•
Dennis Moore•
Parwini Zora•
Food pantries see record demand, as government shutdown becomes longest on record
Tens of millions face food shortages and job losses as Trump’s forced hunger policy continues, while Democrats plead for negotiations with the fascistic administration.
Jacob Crosse•
“We’re reaching a tipping point”: Unpaid air traffic controllers calling off sick as US government shutdown continues
Mass chaos threatens to erupt as federal government shutdown drags on.
Claude Delphian•
23 killed in convenience store explosion in Hermosillo, Mexico
An explosion sparked by a malfunctioning electrical transformer killed 23 people and injured 15 more on November 1 in Hermosillo in northwest Mexico.
Josh Varlin•
Carney’s 2025 “Canada Strong” federal budget: Austerity to fund rearmament, war and corporate profits
The Liberal government’s 2025 budget slashes public services and jobs while pouring billions into the military and corporate subsidies, marking a new stage in the ruling class assault on the working class.
Pierre Lajeunesse•
Claude Delphian•
Robert Milkowski•
Hugo Maltais•
Phyllis Steele•
Alex Findijs•
Australia’s Liberal-National Coalition in spiralling crisis
All possibilities are on the table, including a rupture of the Coalition, the dumping of Liberal leader Sussan Ley and a major split within the Liberal Party.
Oscar Grenfell•
Australia: Sydney rail defects and delays at highest level in a decade
The number of high-priority defects reached an all-time record of 4,714 in June 2025, compared with just over 3,800 when the “Rail Repair Plan” started two years earlier.
Leonard Johns•
At Sydney weapons expo, Labor outlines military build-up for war against China
Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles declared that the weapons of war on display spanned “the breadth of the beautiful, the menacing and the extremely cool” and represented the highpoint of “human ingenuity.”
Oscar Grenfell•
Fatal Cobar explosion part of broader trend of accidents in Australian mines
The Endeavor incident that killed two workers last week is far from an isolated tragedy. It is part of a growing pattern, in Australia and globally, of preventable workplace deaths and injuries.
Martin Scott•
Tom Peters•
John Malvar•
Wasantha Rupasinghe•
Mark Wilson•
Oscar Grenfell•
The place of Security and the Fourth International in the history of the Trotskyist movement
The following report was delivered by David North, national chairman of the Socialist Equality Party (US) and chairman of the World Socialist Web Site, to the opening session of the SEP summer school last week.
David North•
The Security and the Fourth International investigation deepens
This lecture reviews in detail the key developments in the Security and the Fourth International investigation in 1976-77, as the ICFI relentlessly pursued the truth behind the GPU conspiracy to murder Leon Trotsky.
Evan Blake•
The Indictment Stands
Issued October 1, 1976, “The Indictment Stands” reaffirms the charges against Joseph Hansen and George Novack by systematically rebutting Hansen’s August 1976 defense and exposing the revisionist “Verdict” as a political cover‑up.
International Committee of the Fourth International •
Sylvia Franklin Dossier
Published in May 1977, this dossier proves that Sylvia Franklin was a Stalinist agent who relayed internal Trotskyist correspondence to the GPU, while documenting years of shielding her by SWP leaders Joseph Hansen and George Novack.
International Committee of the Fourth International•
International Committee of the Fourth International•
Tom Hall•
International Committee of the Fourth International•
Andre Damon•
David Rye•
Police massacre in Rio de Janeiro signals generalization of capitalist violence and barbarism
The operation was deliberately conducted as a blood-soaked political spectacle by the same fascist forces that promoted the January 8, 2023 coup attempt.
Tomas Castanheira•
Peru’s political establishment lines up behind unelected far-right government
Amid a wave of mass protests against social inequality, Peru’s nominal opposition parties are doing everything possible to block any actions against recently installed President José Jerí.
Francis Portocarrero•
Milei’s midterm election win in Argentina exposes bankruptcy of Peronism and pseudo-leftist FIT-U
While the outcome is touted by the media as a popular endorsement of Milei’s economic austerity agenda, the mid-terms saw the lowest turnout since the end of the dictatorship in 1983.
Fátima Ferrante•
Lula kisses Trump’s ring as US prepares war on Latin America
The Brazilian president raised the subject of Venezuela with Trump, not to confront, but rather to collaborate with US imperialism.
Tomas Castanheira•
Tomas Castanheira•
Armando Cruz•
Cesar Uco•
Mauricio Saavedra•
Cesar Uco•
New York Mayor-elect Mamdani appoints transition team of right-wing Democratic Party operatives
In response to attacks from the Trump administration and sections of the corporate oligarchy, Mamdani is lurching rapidly to the right in the immediate aftermath of the election.
Sandy English•
Elon Musk, world’s richest man, awarded $1 trillion pay package
The massive payout for Musk sends a clear message from Wall Street that the sky is the limit for CEO pay and the enrichment of the financial oligarchy.
Andre Damon•
In rebuke to Trump’s fascism, Mamdani elected mayor of New York City, Democrats sweep governor races
In New York City—the global center of financial parasitism—a self-described democratic socialist, Zohran Mamdani, has won the mayoral election.
Jacob Crosse•
ICE shooting of TikToker Richard LA exposes the fraud of California’s “sanctuary” policy
ICE agents fired 11 shots at Carlitos Ricardo Parias on October 21 for exposing the daily repression of immigrants in Los Angeles
Hong Jian, Kimie Saito, Marc Wells•
Jerry White•
James Brewer•
Nate Rodshaw, Shannon Jones•
Benjamin Mateus•
Jacob Crosse•
Warnings of looming systemic financial risk getting louder
The chief executive of the global Swiss-based bank UBS has pointed to the dangers posed by the practices of insurance companies, once regarded as a pillar of stability in the financial system.
Nick Beams•
Supreme Court begins deliberations on Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs”
If the appeal is upheld, the Trump regime will have been granted virtually unlimited legal authority to impose tariffs against any country for virtually any reason it chooses to cite, simply by claiming its actions are in response to a national emergency.
Nick Beams•
Fed cuts interest rates amid market frenzy
Fed chair Jerome Powell warned that a further rate cut in December, which markets had largely priced in, was not a “foregone conclusion.”
Nick Beams•
First Brands collapse a symptom of spreading financial rot
The company’s demise, preceded by the failure of auto financing company Tricolor, has brought warnings that there could be more shocks in the pipeline.
Nick Beams•
Samia Hassan, the Butcher of Tanzania, sworn in as president amid escalating repression
The inauguration took place with the streets of major cities still stained with blood. As internet services gradually return following a six-day shutdown, reports are surfacing of mass killings.
Kipchumba Ochieng•
The Gen Z protests and the struggle for the United Socialist States of Africa
The experiences unfolding across Africa brings to the fore the central problem of every revolutionary movement: leadership. The courage of the youth must find conscious political direction in the building of a revolutionary Trotskyist movement.
Alejandro López•
The CPM-K’s “Letter to the Kenyan Left”: An attempt to inherit Odinga’s pro-capitalist legacy
Whatever form such regroupments take, the Permanent Revolutionary Congress and Kongomano la Mapinduzi share with the Communist Party Marxist-Kenya a fundamental orientation toward the capitalist state. These projects are designed to steer the Gen-Z revolt and the emerging strike movement against low wages and austerity back into safe parliamentary channels.
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Hundreds killed protesting Tanzanian election fraud
Opposition party CHADEMA alleges that as many as 800 people have been killed. A diplomatic source told the BBC that deaths could exceed 500. With restrictions to social media, foreign journalists barred from entering and domestic outlets parroting official CCM statements, the full scale of the bloodshed cannot be confirmed.
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Alejandro López •
Alejandro López•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kumaran Ira•
Sri Lankan student leaders lament government refusal to meet demands
The Inter-University Student Federation has halved its previous long-held demands for a 6 percent budget allocation for education and is calling instead for a 3 percent allocation.
Sakuna Jayawardana•
Sri Lanka: Electricity board union leaders suspend industrial action after meeting with government minister
The betrayal by CEB union bureaucracies is a lesson for all Sri Lankan workers and poses the need for independent action committees and a socialist program to fight Dissanayake’s IMF agenda.
Wimal Perera•
Sri Lankan government prepares next IMF-dictated budget
President Dissanayake’s November 7 budget speech to the parliament will include new IMF directives.
Saman Gunadasa•
Hypocrisy and lies: Sri Lankan President Dissanayake at the UN General Assembly
Dissanayake’s speech was a pathetic attempt to cover up the reality that poverty in Sri Lanka has drastically worsened under his JVP/NPP administration.
Saman Gunadasa•
N. Ranges•
Wasantha Rupasinghe, W.A. Sunil•
Wasantha Rupasinghe•
Saman Gunadasa•
S.K.Keerthi, Kapila Fernando•
UPS plane crash: The latest in capitalism’s string of industrial disasters
Whatever chain of events in the aircraft’s systems led to catastrophe, the ultimate cause is ruthless pursuit of profit by the corporate oligarchy which controls every aspect of American and world society.
Tom Hall, Jerry White•
Death toll rises to 12 in UPS air disaster in Louisville, Kentucky, involving plane just serviced for cracked fuel tank
More information will emerge, but what can be said for certain is that ruthless cost-cutting and profiteering by the capitalist ruling class make such disasters inevitable.
Tom Hall•
At least 7 dead, 11 injured after UPS cargo plane crashes in Louisville
The jet crashed and exploded shortly after takeoff at Louisville’s Worldport air hub, leveling industrial buildings, injuring dozens, and prompting a citywide emergency response.
Jane Wise•
On-the-spot report from Cobar, New South Wales
Two workers killed and a third injured in Australian mine explosion
One worker from the Endeavor mine said he didn’t know when or if it would reopen. He said conditions there were not safe, adding, “even if it does open there’s a lot of people who will not go back.”
Martin Scott•
Bernie Monk•
Trévon Austin•
Naveen Dewage•
Clara Weiss•
Mike Ingram•
Capitalism failing on all 45 indicators of climate progress
The United Nations’ “Emissions Gap Report 2025” shows the planet is on course for 2.8 degrees Celsius of warming above the pre-industrial average by the end of this century based on current policies.
Thomas Scripps•
Autism and the crisis of science: A conversation with Dr. Alycia Halladay
Dr. Halladay is a leading researcher into the causes of autism and an advocate for a science-based approach to this neurodevelopmental disorder.
Benjamin Mateus•
Jane Goodall, the primatologist who revolutionized our understanding of chimpanzees and ourselves, dies at 91
Goodall demonstrated that the evolutionary origins of many basic human behaviors are shared with our closest biological relatives.
Philip Guelpa•
The manufactured science that claims Tylenol causes autism
By declaring Tylenol a cause of autism, the Trump–Kennedy administration staged a political takeover of science—turning weak associations into official doctrine and using federal health agencies to legitimize ideology over evidence.
Benjamin Mateus•
Philip Guelpa•
Simon Whelan•
Philip Guelpa•
Bryan Dyne•
Mark Wilson•
UK government-backed persecution of anti-genocide medic Dr. Rahmeh Aladwan continues
A Tribunal agreed with the General Medical Council to continue investigations into Dr. Rahmeh Aladwan’s entirely legitimate social media activity.
Robert Stevens•
In Australian tour, US journalist Chris Hedges denounces media complicity in Gaza genocide
The corporate media’s coverage, Hedges said, “legitimises mass slaughter. It refuses to hold Israel to account. It betrays Palestinian journalists, those reporting and being killed in Gaza.”
Martin Scott•
Spanish workers and students stage national stoppages against Gaza genocide
The national stoppages and protests across Spain, called by major trade union and student federations, confirmed continued opposition to the Gaza genocide despite efforts to proclaim the success of Trump’s “peace deal”. But they were tightly controlled by the union bureaucracy which seeks to dissipate mass opposition into safe channels.
Alejandro López•
Protests across Australia oppose two years of the Israeli genocide in Gaza
“What they’re testing in Gaza will potentially impact the quality of life and workers’ rights in other countries. The governments are seeing how far they can push and get away with things.”
Our reporters•
Robert Stevens•
Luke Galvin•
Our reporters•
Our reporters•
David Walsh•
Ukraine faces financial crisis as winter approaches
Despite billions wasted and hundreds of thousands already killed in the proxy war with Russia, Ukraine and its EU backers remain committed to war.
Jason Melanovski•
Ukraine: From sporadic resistance to war to the first hotbeds of collective struggle
Resistance to forced mobilization in Ukraine is increasingly taking on social and collective forms.
Ukrainian journalists•
Amid deepening drone war with Ukraine, Kremlin imposes severe internet and cellphone shutdowns
Rolling internet and cell network shutdowns are now a feature of everyday life across the country.
Clara Weiss•
Ukraine’s voiceless army: Ukrainian deserters speak out
In this article by Ukrainian journalists, deserters from the NATO-backed Ukrainian army speak out about their experiences.
Ukrainian journalists•
Johannes Stern•
Ukrainian journalists•
Johannes Stern•
Jason Melanovski•
Peter Symonds•
Why the poor die 9 years earlier than the rich: An interview with Dr. Marc Cohen
Dr. Cohen is co-director of LeadingAge LTSS Center at University of Massachusetts Boston and has long studied the crisis of longevity in the US.
Benjamin Mateus•
Mandatory vaccination and democratic rights: An interview with law professor Dorit Reiss
Dorit Reiss is a law professor specializing in the legality and necessity of school vaccine mandates.
Benjamin Mateus•
Financialization and the crisis of US healthcare
Harvard study exposes deadly toll of private equity hospitals
A Harvard-led study has provided rigorous evidence that private equity ownership of hospitals increases patient mortality in emergency and intensive care units.
Benjamin Mateus•
As over 1 million Americans are infected with COVID daily, Trump administration plans further cutoff of vaccines
Amid the 11th COVID wave in the US, Kennedy is dismantling federal vaccine policy and scientific institutions and eroding decades of public health progress in the service of a radical, anti-vaccine political agenda.
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Remarks to IWA-RFC hearing
The death of autoworker Ronald Adams Sr. and the law of capitalist profit
It is the capitalist system that produces tragedies like the death of Ronald Adams Sr., a system that operates in the interests of the ruling class, which derives value and profit from the labor of workers.
David North•
6 months since the death of Stellantis worker Ronald Adams Sr., widow asks: “Why don’t I have answers?”
Stellantis, the United Auto Workers and Michigan safety officials continue to remain silent on the death of the 63-year-old skilled tradesman, even as full production at the engine plant has resumed.
Jerry White•
Dundee Engine nearly six months after workplace death: “The machines are running at full blast, and not a word is being said about Ronald Adams”
At a meeting for workers returning from layoff, management and United Auto Workers officials maintained a guilty silence about the death of the 63-year-old skilled tradesman.
Jerry White•
5 months after death of Stellantis worker Ronald Adams Sr., silence and cover-up continue
Five months since the death of Ronald Adams Sr., his widow Shamenia Steward-Adams said, “... all I know is that my husband is dead, and the workers are back working.”
Jerry White•
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Middle East leaders agree to police Gaza on behalf of US and Israel
The ceasefire will be monitored by the signatories to the deal—the US, Egypt, Qatar and Turkey—with the US guaranteeing to enforce it. Ever since, all four signatories have done nothing to stop Israel continuing its daily attacks on Gaza and withholding aid.
Jean Shaoul•
New report by The Lancet: More than 3 million Palestinian life-years lost in Gaza genocide
On Friday, the authoritative medical journal The Lancet issued a report that calculated 3,082,363 life-years have been lost by Palestinians during the Israeli genocide in Gaza between October 7, 2023 and July 31, 2025.
Kevin Reed•
The Gaza genocide and the danger of a third world war
Mehring Verlag at the Left Literature Fair in Nuremberg: Strong turnout for book launch in face of attempt at censorship
The event was the only one at the fair that addressed the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the danger of a third world war.
Mehring Verlag•
City of Nuremberg censors Mehring Verlag event on Gaza genocide at Left-wing Literature Fair
The censorship measure in Nuremberg is one of countless attacks on fundamental democratic rights. Congresses have been banned, cultural centres closed and artists and scientists persecuted for speaking out against the genocide in Gaza.
Mehring Verlag•
Andre Damon•
Jean Shaoul•
Andre Damon•
Jordan Shilton•
Andre Damon•
Ukrainian court rejects motion to dismiss judge for bias as Bogdan Syrotiuk is barred from accessing dental care
The decision to not dismiss the judge for bias underscores yet again that, within the Ukrainian court system, everything is stacked against Bogdan.
Clara Weiss•
Nikolaev appeals court rules to prolong detention of Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk
The Nikolaev appeals court based its argumentation on a distortion of a previous ruling by the European Court of Human Rights.
Clara Weiss•
Expand the campaign to free the imprisoned Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk!
We call upon all readers of the WSWS, supporters of democratic rights and opponents of imperialist war to respond to the ECHR’s decision to accept his case by expanding the campaign to free Bogdan.
Clara Weiss•
1 year since the arrest of the Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk
Exactly one year ago, the Ukrainian socialist and leader of the Young Guard of Bolshevik-Leninists was arrested by the Ukrainian Secret Service.
Young Guard of Bolshevik-Leninists•
Clara Weiss•
Clara Weiss•
WSWS Editorial Board•
Clara Weiss•
WSWS Editorial Board•
Socialism against oligarchy, fascism and war
Underlying the interlinked crises of the capitalist system is an oligarchy that subordinates all of society to profit and the accumulation of personal wealth. The fight against the oligarchy is by its very nature a revolutionary task.
Grey Wolves fascists attack leftist students at a university in Ankara, Turkey
In Ankara, the capital of Turkey, a group of fascists armed with knives attacked university students in front of the police.
Can Denizli•
Kurdish PKK withdraws its forces from Turkey
The negotiations between Ankara and the Kurdish Workers Party have nothing to do with the pursuit of peace and democracy. Turkey’s ruling elites have approached the negotiations from the outset as a security issue.
Barış Demir, Ulaş Sevinç•
Imprisoned CHP presidential candidate İmamoğlu indicted on charges of “espionage” in Turkey
The Erdoğan government’s use of the judiciary to attack democratic rights and build an authoritarian presidential regime reached a new level with the “political espionage investigation” launched on Friday.
Barış Demir, Ulaş Sevinç•
The north of Cyprus, a strategic island in the Eastern Mediterranean, holds presidential elections
The results of the elections held in Northern Cyprus amid regional power struggles and imperialist domination plans will certainly not bring any solution to the social and political issues facing the workers of Cyprus and the region.
Hakan Özal•
Hasan Yıldırım•
Barış Demir, Ulaş Sevinç•
Barış Demir, Ulaş Sevinç•
Barış Demir, Ulaş Sevinç•
Barış Demir, Ulaş Ateşçi•
Wolfgang Weber (1949-2024): A revolutionary intellectual and fighter for Trotskyism
Wolfgang devoted over 50 years of his life to building the Trotskyist party and fought tirelessly politically and theoretically for the independence of the working class.
May Day 2025: Socialism Against Fascism and War
The WSWS is posting here both the video and text of the speech by World Socialist Web Site International Editorial Board chairman David North, which opened the International May Day 2025 Online Rally.
David North•
May Day 2025
Join the Trotskyist movement to fight for socialism
This summation was given by Socialist Equality Party (UK) assistant national secretary Thomas Scripps at the International May Day 2025 Online Rally, held Saturday, May 3.
Thomas Scripps•
May Day 2025
The socialist response to the breakdown in Canada-US relations
This speech was given by Keith Jones, National Secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Canada), at the International May Day 2025 Online Rally, held Saturday, May 3.
Keith Jones•
May Day 2025
Unite the New Zealand and Pacific working class against war!
This speech was given by Tom Peters, a leading member of the Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand, at the International May Day 2025 Online Rally, held Saturday, May 3.
Tom Peters•
Deepal Jayasekera, M. Thevarajah•
Max Boddy•
Evan Blake•
Tomas Castanheira•
Joseph Kishore•
Nanda Wickremesinghe (1939-2025): A lifelong Trotskyist leader
Nanda Wickremesinghe’s political life as a Trotskyist spanned nearly seven decades. Right until the end, despite ailments that forced him to withdraw from active party work, our comrade had never lost his revolutionary spirit.
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)•
Sri Lanka: Hundreds pay their last respects to veteran Trotskyist Nanda Wickremesinghe
“Comrades, including Wicks, rejected the populist petty-bourgeois alternatives and turned to the International Committee, to the Sri Lankan and international working class and to building the revolutionary leadership of the working class.”
Our reporters•
International condolences on the death of Sri Lankan Trotskyist Nanda Wickremesinghe
“Comrade Wicks brought to the struggle for Trotskyism an immense array of political gifts. Possessed of an extraordinary intellectual curiosity, Wicks was immersed in the history of the international Trotskyist movement”—David North
Our reporter•
Book Review
Biography as demonology: Aidan Beatty’s The Party is Always Right: The Untold Story of Gerry Healy and British Trotskyism
Aidan Beatty's new book is not a biography, but rather a political diatribe against Gerry Healy and Trotskyism.
David North•
“I’ve been very impressed by the articles you’ve published”
Historian Kerby Miller discusses Aidan Beatty and the writing of Irish history
Miller, the preeminent American historian of Irish history, was recently interviewed by the World Socialist Web Site.
Tom Mackaman, Jordan Shilton•
Socialist Equality Party exposes Aidan Beatty’s falsifications in Institute of Historical Research seminar
After Beatty delivered a lengthy diatribe, Barbara Slaughter, David North and Eric London exposed his slanderous allegations against Gerry Healy and the history of the Trotskyist movement.
Slander vs. biography: Aidan Beatty’s falsification of Gerry Healy’s family and childhood in a decade of rebellion and civil war
This essay is devoted to a detailed review of Gerry Healy’s family background and youth, based on research conducted in Ireland, including visits to the relevant archives in Dublin and in Galway where the Healy family lived.
Thomas Scripps•
David North•
Tom Mackaman•
Andrea Peters•
David North•
Steve Long•
The Gaza genocide and the death of Aaron Bushnell: What are the political lessons?
This lecture was given by World Socialist Web Site International Editorial Board Chairman David North at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, March 12.
Australian Electoral Commission blocks evidence on its SEP ballot access ban
The AEC’s escalated reasons for refusing to release the information—claiming that it would not be in the “public interest” to do so—further underscore the anti-democratic nature of its ban on the SEP registration.
Mike Head•
The significance of the Socialist Equality Party’s vote and campaign in the Australian election
The vote for the SEP was small, but significant, revealing a growing constituency for a revolutionary, socialist alternative to the program of war, austerity and authoritarianism advanced by Labor and the entire capitalist establishment.
Max Boddy, Oscar Grenfell•
The Australian election, global opposition to Trump and the need for a socialist perspective
The election was marked by a mass repudiation of Trumpism, but within the framework of parliamentary politics, the outcome is a pro-business, pro-war Labor government that will collaborate with Trump.
Oscar Grenfell•
Liberal leadership contest marked by factional divisions after Australian election rout
The much diminished party-room was split down the middle, presaging further ructions.
Oscar Grenfell•
Mike Head•
Mike Head•
Oscar Grenfell•
Our reporters•
Oscar Grenfell•
84 years since the assassination of Leon Trotsky
Trotsky's assassination was the greatest political crime of the 20th century. Alongside Vladimir Lenin, Trotsky was the leader of the 1917 October revolution in Russia, which led to the establishment of the first workers’ state in history, and the preeminent strategist of world socialist revolution.
Independent soil testing finds staggering levels of toxic contamination in Los Angeles fire zones
Testing shows toxic heavy metals like lead, arsenic, and mercury at levels hazardous to human health, with children and workers bearing the brunt of the risk.
Marc Wells•
The Los Angeles fires: How the Democrats facilitated utility companies’ criminal neglect
Emerging evidence suggests that Assembly Bill 1054, passed by the Democratic Party-dominated legislature and signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom in 2019, played a crucial role in this catastrophe.
Marc Wells•
California governor makes significant concessions to corporate interests in rebuilding wildfire-hit areas
Newsom’s suspension of California’s landmark environmental regulations to fast-track utility infrastructure rebuilding in wildfire-affected areas, is a direct attack on democracy, environmental safeguards and working-class communities.
Marc Wells•
Signs point to Southern California Edison’s negligence and Democrats’ complicity in Los Angeles fire disaster
Edison prioritized profits over maintenance and fire prevention, endangering lives and communities.
Marc Wells•
Marc Wells•
Marc Wells•
Marc Wells•
Kimie Saito, Emily Ochiai, Jacob Crosse•
Marc Wells•
One Hundred Years Since the Death of Lenin
January 21 marked 100 years since the death of Vladimir Lenin in 1924. This page includes a collection of essays reviewing the life and ideas of the great Marxist theoretician, founder of the Bolshevik Party, and co-leader of the Russian Revolution.
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Join the struggle for a socialist future! Mobilise the working class against genocide, dictatorship, and world war!
The contradictions that lead capitalism to these disasters also form the basis for social revolution. Workers and youth everywhere are looking for a way out of war, genocide, the high cost of living, unemployment and anti-democratic attacks.
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (Turkey)•
A socialist perspective against genocide, world war and fascism
Students are returning to universities this October under extraordinary conditions. The IYSSE is distributing this statement at the beginning of the semester at universities in Germany and calls on students to join us in building a mass movement against war and capitalism among workers and young people.
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (Germany)•
IYSSE club at University of Melbourne holds well-attended meeting on the fight against fascism and war
One student said, “This was a great introduction for anyone who wants to get into socialism. What we’re seeing now around the world is capitalism in decline.”
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Wayne State University president resigns
President Espy and the Board of Governors that pushed her out were both responsible for a brutal police crackdown on pro-Palestinian and anti-genocide protests at the campus in 2023-24.
Esther Galen•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (UK)•
Tim Avery•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality•
The International Youth and Students for Social Equality at George Mason University•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (UK)•
A working class fighter for socialism: Joe Parnarauskis, 1954–2025
Parnarauskis is best known to readers of the WSWS for his 2006 campaign for Illinois state senate.
Tom Mackaman•
The case of Nancy Wohlforth, a.k.a. Fields, and the origins of Security and the Fourth International
On Tuesday, May 20, a memorial for Nancy Wohlforth was held in the national headquarters of the AFL-CIO. Notably absent was any reference to her central role in an attempt to destroy the Workers League, forerunner of the Socialist Equality Party.
David North•
The fight against fascism requires a fight against capitalism and war!
Having twice voted with the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in favor of a brutal policy of sealing the borders against refugees, the conservative Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) parliamentary groups in the Bundestag are prepared to accept the far-right party as a government partner.
Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei•
Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei slate in Berlin certified for the federal election
The SGP is standing in the election to oppose war, fascism and genocide.
Tamino Dreisam•
Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei•
Tony Robson•
Barbara Slaughter•
Thomas Scripps•
Chris Marsden•
WSWS hosts webinar with Momodou Taal, target of Trump’s efforts to deport anti-war students
Situating the attacks on Momodou Taal and other student activists in their political and historical context, the speakers urged viewers to become active in the struggle to mobilize the working class against fascism and war.
Evan Blake•
Sounding the Alarm and The Logic of Zionism: A discussion with David North on his two recent books
This discussion with David North, chairman of the World Socialist Web Site International Editorial Board, will focus on his two most recent books, Sounding the Alarm: Socialism Against War and The Logic of Zionism: From Nationalist Myth to the Gaza Genocide.
Of, by and for the oligarchy: Trump’s cabinet & the restructuring of the American state
The election of Trump and his cabinet of reactionaries signifies the brutal restructuring of global society being carried out by the financial oligarchy.
The election debacle and the fight against dictatorship
The election of Donald Trump is a critical event whose political repercussions will be felt throughout the world. This fascist demagogue has won the 2024 election with both an electoral and popular vote majority. He will be re-installed in the White House on January 20, 2025.
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COVID, Capitalism, and Class War: A Social and Political Chronology of the Pandemic
Mehring Books, the publishing arm of the Socialist Equality Party (US), is proud to announce the publication of Volume 1 of COVID, Capitalism, and Class War: A Social and Political Chronology of the Pandemic, a compilation of the World Socialist Web Site's coverage of this global crisis.
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Premiere in Berlin of a new documentary–Julian Assange and the Dark Secrets of War
The most telling episodes of the film include the testimony of Ethan McCord who relates that witnessing the savagery of the American military on that day in Iraq had changed his life forever.
Stefan Steinberg•
Julian Assange delivers first speech since release from UK prison: “I pleaded guilty to journalism”
Assange told the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe: “I am not free today because the system worked, I am free today after years of incarceration because I pled guilty to journalism.”
Laura Tiernan•
Australian spooks and their media mouthpieces bemoan Assange’s freedom
The complaints have a pathetic character to them, but also underscore the fact that the assault on democratic rights associated with the persecution of Assange persists and deepens.
Oscar Grenfell•
The Australian Labor Party’s record in the Assange case
The Australian government's involvement in the plea deal arrangements was the result of mass popular pressure. It followed years of Labor actively assisting the persecution of Assange.
Oscar Grenfell•
Oscar Grenfell•
Statement of the World Socialist Web Site editorial board•
Oscar Grenfell•
Thomas Scripps•
Oscar Grenfell•
Seminal documents of the Soviet Trotskyist movement from the early 1930s published for the first time
Published for the first time 90 years after they were written, the documents are an irrefutable vindication of the century-long struggle by the Trotskyist movement against Stalinism and for historical truth.
Clara Weiss•
Analyzing a World in Chaos from an Island of Tranquility
This speech was given by David North at the second international commemoration of the work of Leon Trotsky on Büyükada (Prinkipo), Turkey, during the first period of his exile from the Soviet Union between 1929 and 1933.
David North•
A reply to an anarchist’s falsification of the Leon Trotsky commemoration on Prinkipo
The event was covered by many national and local media outlets and widely discussed on social media before and after the event in Turkey. However, a former Maoist and current anarchist published an article on his website denouncing and misrepresenting David North’s remarks.
Ulaş Ateşçi•
On the anniversary of the assassination of Leon Trotsky
Eighty-four years ago today, on August 20, 1940, Leon Trotsky was assassinated by an agent of the Stalinist secret police, the GPU, in his villa in Coyoacan, Mexico, where he spent the final three years of his life as a political exile.
David North•
David North•
David North•
Eric London•
David North•
David North•
Opening report to the Eighth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US)
We are publishing here the opening report to the Eighth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US), given by David North, the national chairman of the SEP. The congress was held from August 4 to August 9, 2024.
David North•
Report to the SEP (US) Eighth National Congress
16 years since the Founding Congress of the Socialist Equality Party
We are publishing here the report to the Eighth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) given by Joseph Kishore, the national secretary of the SEP.
Joseph Kishore•
H5N1 Bird flu, climate change, and the social rights of the working class
The threat of pandemics and the deepening climate crisis raise existential concerns for all life and well-being on the planet, with capitalism bringing the world to the brink of annihilation.
Benjamin Mateus, Bryan Dyne•
Report to the SEP (US) Eighth National Congress
The barbarism of “forever COVID” and the fight for socialist public health
We are publishing here the report to the Eighth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) given by Evan Blake. The congress was held from August 4 to August 9, 2024.
Evan Blake•
Jerry White•
Clara Weiss•
Tom Hall•
Tom Carter•
Tom Mackaman•
“We shouldn’t be pitted against each other”: Canadian and US Stellantis workers call for cross-border unity to defend jobs
Workers from Windsor, Ontario and suburban Detroit spoke out against the destruction of jobs and the UAW and Unifor’s support for trade war.
Jerry White•
GM’s closure of its Ontario CAMI plant exposes the dead end of Unifor’s nationalist partnership with corporate Canada
GM's shuttering of the EV van assembly plant will eliminate more than 1,000 jobs. The fate of GM’s nearby, wholly-owned Ultium battery operation and the 200 workers employed there remains in limbo.
Carl Bronski•
UAW president hails Trump, praises Stellantis move to cut jobs in Canada
On the eve of the mass "No Kings" protests against the aspiring dictator Donald Trump, United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain issued another tribute to the fascist in the White House.
Shannon Jones•
Impact of Trump tariffs roils global auto production as workers bear the brunt
The impact of Trump’s tariffs are being felt by autoworkers in the form of relentless undermining of working conditions, layoffs and disruptions.
Shannon Jones•
Our reporter•
Our reporter•
International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees•
Jerry White•
Jerry White•
Helen Halyard (1950-2023), a tribute to a life dedicated to the victory of world socialism
We are publishing here the tribute given by David North to Helen Halyard, a leading member of the Socialist Equality Party and the International Committee of the Fourth International for more than half a century, who died suddenly at the age of 73 on November 28. North’s remarks opened a memorial meeting for Helen held Sunday, December 3.
David North•
Remarks by David North at the conclusion of the international memorial meeting for Helen Halyard
We are publishing here the summation given by David North to the memorial meeting for Comrade Helen Halyard held on December 3.
David North•
“Building the world party was Helen’s goal in life, to which she made an indelible contribution”
We are publishing here the tribute to Helen Halyard written by Patrick Martin, a member of the US editorial board of the World Socialist Web Site and a member of the Workers League and Socialist Equality Party for 52 years, and Esther Galen, a member of the Workers League and Socialist Equality Party for 53 years.
Patrick Martin, Esther Galen•
Tribute to Helen: Beverly Lozano, a supporter from California
A tribute to Helen Halyard written by Beverly Lozano, a supporter of the WSWS.
Beverly Lozano•
Patrick Martin•
Richard Phillips•
Ed Bergonzi•
Paul Sherman•
Nancy Hanover•
Leon Trotsky and the Struggle for Socialism in the Twenty-First Century
The essays in this book, though written over the span of more than 40 years, are connected by a central argument: Leon Trotsky was the most significant figure in the history of socialism during the first four decades of the twentieth century, and his legacy remains the critical and indispensable theoretical and political foundation of the ongoing contemporary struggle for the victory of world socialism.
Order your print or epub version of the book from Mehring Books today.
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Report to Sri Lanka meetings
Imperialism, the genocide in Gaza, and the world struggle for socialism
Socialist Equality Party (US) National Secretary Joseph Kishore delivered the following report to a meeting titled “Leon Trotsky and the Struggle for Socialism in the 21st Century” in Colombo on December 10.
Joseph Kishore•
University of Michigan IYSSE protests attack by pro-government thugs on Sri Lankan SEP members
We are publishing here a letter being sent by the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) at the University of Michigan condemning the violent attack on two members of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) in Sri Lanka by pro-government thugs.
International Youth and Students for Social Equality at U-M•
Magistrate court hearing on violent assault on Sri Lankan SEP members
While police have visited the crime scene and recorded witness statements they requested more time to obtain hospital medical reports.
Our reporters•
Academics denounce pro-government thug attack on Sri Lankan SEP members
The SEP is calling on all those who are concerned to defend democratic rights of freedom of expression to register their opposition by sending protest letters to the relevant authorities.
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Statement of the Editorial Board
For a Global Workers’ Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Inquest is necessary to break through the cover-up, lies and misinformation that have been used to justify policies responsible for the avoidable deaths of millions.
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DOJ settlement with Ashli Babbitt’s family: A political gift to the fascist right
The $5 million payout to the family of a fascist insurrectionist, alongside Trump’s blanket pardons and the Democrats’ capitulation, underscores the ruling class’s turn toward dictatorship.
Max Jones•
Wisconsin documents reveal details of strategy behind Donald Trump’s 2020 fake elector scheme
A trove of court documents released on Monday show Wisconsin attorney Kenneth Chesebro and former judge Jim Troupis were instrumental in formulating the strategy of Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 elections through court cases that generated “a cloud of confusion” combined with the appointment of “alternative” electors in seven key states.
Kevin Reed•
Appellate court rejects Trump’s claim that he cannot be prosecuted for seeking to overthrow the 2020 election
The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled against Donald Trump's assertion of absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for seeking to overthrow the 2020 election.
John Burton•
Third Trump coup lawyer pleads guilty and agrees to testify in Georgia election case
Jenna Ellis is the third lawyer and fourth defendant to plead guilty in relation to the conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
Jacob Crosse•
Kevin Reed•
Jacob Crosse•
Barry Grey•
Jacob Crosse•
Jacob Crosse•
25 years since the death of Vadim Rogovin
Vadim Z. Rogovin (10 May 1937 – 18 September 1998) was a Soviet Marxist sociologist and historian. Working in close collaboration with the International Committee of the Fourth International, Rogovin helped lay the foundations for the Trotskyist movement’s fight against the post-Soviet school of historical falsification, including in his six-volume Was There an Alternative? This page collects major essays and commemorations on Rogovin as well as links to his own writings.
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Former Montgomery, Alabama teacher testifies about the forced reopening of schools in 2020-21
In this interview, Tynisa Williams, former teacher in Montgomery, Alabama, describes the experience of being forced to teach in-person in the fall of 2020 and winter of 2021. She and her coworkers waged a courageous struggle to stop the deadly return to in-person learning that cost the lives of eight educators in the district.
Emma Arceneaux, Evan Blake•
Accomplices to social murder
The international pseudo-left and the lifting of Zero-COVID in China: Part 1
The pseudo-left’s hostility to public health and support for imperialism found sharp expression in their universal demand—echoing that of the Western corporate media and political establishment—that China abandon its Zero-COVID strategy.
Evan Blake•
Accomplices to social murder
The international pseudo-left and the lifting of Zero-COVID in China: Part 2
The pseudo-left’s hostility to public health and support for imperialism found its sharpest expression in their demand—echoing that of the Western corporate media and political establishment—that China abandon its Zero-COVID strategy.
Evan Blake•
Immunocompromised mother in Manhattan speaks to Global Workers’ Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic
Melanie, whose children attend public schools in New York City, spoke to the WSWS about the toll the “let it rip” policy toward the pandemic has taken on her and her family.
Tim Avery•
George Kirby•
Tom Peters•
Dylan Lubao•
Evan Blake•
Tom Peters•
The definitive left-wing critique of the 1619 Project. This volume includes interviews with eminent historians and essays from the World Socialist Web Site exposing the New York Times’ racialist falsification of history.
The Wuhan “lab leak” fraud: A political witch-hunt against science and public health
The hearings before the House subcommittee have been a bipartisan effort to foment anti-Chinese hysteria.
Benjamin Mateus•
Democrats join with Republican fascists to witch-hunt scientist Peter Daszak
During Wednesday’s House Subcommittee on COVID-19 with Dr. Peter Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance, Democrats joined ranks with fascistic Republican colleagues to promote the Wuhan lab-leak lies.
Benjamin Mateus•
The Wuhan lab lie: “Weapons of mass destruction” redux
In an uncanny instance of history repeating itself, the lies used to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq based on false claims about “weapons of mass destruction” are being used to promote the United States’ unprecedented military buildup around China.
Andre Damon•
A discredited conspiracy theory about the origins of COVID-19
The Wuhan Lab Leak slander being resurrected to bolster US war drive against China
The Wall Street Journal disclosed that the Department of Energy has shifted its opinion on the origin of the coronavirus to it being most likely a result of a lab leak. However, unnamed sources who have read the report indicate the evidence is of low confidence.
Benjamin Mateus•
Benjamin Mateus•
Andre Damon•
Andre Damon•
Benjamin Mateus•
Nikole Hannah-Jones’ Center for Democracy and Journalism: Racialist politics in the service of US imperialism
After one year, the Center’s main accomplishment has been to deepen the mutual embrace between sections of the upper middle class and the military-intelligence apparatus.
Dominic Gustavo•
The 1619 Project and the New York Times’ promotion of the racialist ideology of Ukrainian nationalism
The racialist historical revisionism of the Times and the racialist ideology of the Ukrainian neo-Nazis share a common premise: the mythological reimagining of history as a struggle of “the nation” and “the race.”
Tom Carter•
Oppose political censorship of antiwar views at Howard University!
We call on all students, faculty and staff members at Howard University to oppose this censorship and demand that the IYSSE be allowed to hold its planned meeting on campus.
International Youth and Students for Social Equality•
Marcus Garvey and the reactionary logic of racialist politics
More than one hundred years after the formation of his Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), Marcus Garvey's legacy remains highly relevant in the struggle to overcome efforts to divide the working class along racial lines.
Lawrence Porter•
Dominic Gustavo•
Tom Mackaman•
Douglas Lyons•
Tom Mackaman•
Tom Mackaman•
Wije Dias: A fighter for Trotskyism (1941-2022)
Comrade Wije Dias, the longtime general secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka), died in Colombo on July 27, 2022. This exhibit includes two tributes to Wije by WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North as well as a selection of Wije’s most significant articles and speeches.
The arrest of journalist Richard Medhurst and the fight to defend democratic rights
Medhurst said of his detention at the UK’s Heathrow Airport, “I believe I'm the first journalist to be arrested under this provision of the Terrorism Act.”
Robert Stevens•
Instagram shutters account of Palestinian publisher Quds News Network
Instagram shut the account without explanation. Quds is one of the most popular Palestinian networks and has featured on-the-spot exposures of the war crimes in Gaza.
Kevin Reed•
WSWS readers demand Facebook reverse ban on SEG in New Zealand
Readers have expressed outrage at the social media company’s anti-democratic censorship of the Trotskyist Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand.
Facebook blocks Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand from advertising
We call on readers to oppose Facebook’s blatant political censorship of the Trotskyist movement in New Zealand.
Tom Peters•
Kevin Reed•
Kevin Reed•
Kevin Reed•
Dominic Gustavo•
Eric Ludlow•
Forty-five years since the assassination of Tom Henehan (1951-1977): A Revolutionary Life
October 16 marked the 45th anniversary of the assassination of Tom Henehan, a member of the Political Committee of the Workers League—the predecessor of the Socialist Equality Party in the US. We are republishing here a tribute delivered by David North at a meeting in 1997.
Over 80,000 sign petition against NYU Langone’s termination of a pro-Palestinian resident physician
Over 80,000 people have signed a petition opposing the anti-democratic termination of Dr. Zaki Masoud by NYU Langone.
John Conrad•
Report exposes fraudulent antisemitism accusations at UK universities
The report concludes that critics of the Israeli state, advocates for Palestinian rights and those teaching the history and politics of the region have been “subjected to false allegations of antisemitism.”
Thomas Scripps•
An interview with Harvard anthropology Professor John Comaroff—Part one
We spoke recently to South African-born John Comaroff, the Hugh K. Foster Professor of African and African-American studies and of Anthropology, and Oppenheimer Research Fellow in African Studies, Harvard University.
David Walsh•
Harvard UAW, pseudo-left groups organize provocation against professor John Comaroff
The right-wing witch-hunt of John Comaroff at Harvard University continued Tuesday with a stage-managed protest during his first class of the semester.
Mike Ingram•
Socialist Equality Party (US), International Youth and Students for Social Equality•
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
James McDonald, Sam Wayne•
Mike Head•
President Sheinbaum minimizes growing US threats to bomb Mexico
In response to continuing US threats to bomb drug cartels in Mexico, President Claudia Sheinbaum has issued unconvincing and toothless denials that they will ever be carried out.
Don Knowland•
Israel murders 274 Gazans in a further escalation of the genocidal war
For a demonstration on July 24 in Washington D.C. to protest congressional invitation for Netanyahu
The World Socialist Web Site calls on workers and youth to respond to Congress’ invitation to the war criminal Netanyahu with a demonstration in Washington D.C.
Statement of the World Socialist Web Site Editorial Board•
Leaders of London rally issue dead-end call for Sunak and Starmer to reverse support for Israel’s genocide
The determined opposition of workers and young people is being corralled into a dead-end, with calls that the only way to stop Israel is to put pressure on the Tories and, above all, the Labour Party of genocide apologist in chief, Sir Keir Starmer.
Robert Stevens•
TikTok bans video demanding Bogdan Syrotiuk’s freedom, branding it “hate speech”
The TikTok ban comes just days after the Zelensky regime issued an order banning access to the World Socialist Web Site across Ukraine. The order was issued by the Ukrainian State Special Communications Service, a wing of the country’s military-intelligence apparatus.
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Oscar Grenfell•
Alex Lantier •
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Andre Damon•
Shannon Jones•
Timeline of thirty years of war: The historical background to the US-NATO conflict with Russia
This interactive timeline presents some of the most important events that have brought humanity to the brink of World War III. It includes links to critical articles and statements produced by the International Committee of the Fourth International over the past 30 years.
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Marxism in the academic’s imagination
Two new books on Marx and Marxism
What both books avoid is precisely what Marx insisted upon: that the liberation of humanity requires the political independence of the working class and the revolutionary overthrow of capitalism.
Tom Mackaman•
Dmitry Barinov’s “Zinoviev, Trotsky, University”: An important contribution to the history of the Left Opposition
Barinov has produced the most extensive account yet of the work of the Opposition in Leningrad, its structure, leading figures and activities among students and the working class.
Clara Weiss•
100 years of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby was published 100 years ago. What accounts for its continuing popularity and resonance?
Sandy English•
Brian Goldstone’s There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America: Working class families sliding gradually or dropping suddenly into homelessness
Goldstone constructs a damning brief. Though he limits his condemnation to the American housing system, the evidence he presents belies this limitation and makes an airtight case against capitalism itself.
James McDonald•
Clara Weiss•
Tom Peters•
David Walsh•
Thomas Scripps•
Eric London•
The fight for Trotskyism and the political foundations of the World Socialist Web Site
The WSWS is publishing the report delivered by David North 25 years ago, on February 1, 1997, motivating the proposal to end publication of the SEP’s printed newspaper and replace it with an international website; as well as North’s reply to the National Committee ‘s discussion of the proposal.
Elon Musk’s $1 trillion payout and the case for expropriation
The awarding of Musk’s pay package is, at the same time, a declaration of intent by the ruling class to massively impoverish the working class through layoffs, austerity and the destruction of social programs.
Andre Damon•
UPS plane crash: The latest in capitalism’s string of industrial disasters
Whatever chain of events in the aircraft’s systems led to catastrophe, the ultimate cause is ruthless pursuit of profit by the corporate oligarchy which controls every aspect of American and world society.
Tom Hall, Jerry White•
The political and class issues in Mamdani’s victory in New York City
The election of Mamdani reflects growing social anger and opposition to Trump—aspirations that Mamdani’s program cannot address.
Socialist Equality Party (US)•
Dick Cheney dead at 84: A war criminal who paved the way for Trump
As the power behind the throne in the Bush-Cheney administration, the vice president was responsible for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, CIA kidnappings and torture and illegal mass surveillance of the American population.
Patrick Martin•
Andre Damon•
Peter Symonds•
Tom Hall•
Andre Damon•
Socialist Equality Party (US)•
WSWS Review
Thirty years since the dissolution of the USSR
Review the most critical essays, lectures and letters produced by the ICFI in the course of its intervention in response to the crisis of Stalinism and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
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Pike River film whitewashes Labour Party and union’s role in New Zealand mine disaster
The film rewrites history to promote the Labour Party and the union bureaucracy, obscuring their role both in the 2010 mine disaster, which killed 29 people, and in the ongoing cover-up.
Tom Peters•
Bernie Monk, spokesman for families of Pike River mine disaster writes
New Zealand letter of condolence to the families of those killed in Cobar, Australia mine explosion
Monk, whose son was one of 29 workers killed in the 2010 Pike River disaster in New Zealand, extends condolences to the families of the two people killed in the Endeavour mine explosion on October 28 and urges them to “stay strong and pursue answers and accountability.”
Bernie Monk•
Letter from Bernie Monk, spokesperson for Pike River families in New Zealand, to the families of the Tennessee explosives plant disaster
Bernie Monk, whose son Michael was one of 29 workers killed in the 2010 underground Pike River Coal mine disaster, expresses support for the families of the 16 workers killed in the Tennessee Accurate Energetic Systems weapons factory explosion.
Bernie Monk•
Pike River movie undermined by glaring omissions
The film concerns New Zealand’s worst industrial accident—the gas explosions at the Pike River coal mine that killed 29 miners in November 2010.
Richard Phillips•
Tom Peters•
Tom Peters•
Tom Peters•
Tom Peters•
Tom Peters•