Fourth International Socialist Equality Party 25 years since the September 11 terrorist attacks The attacks of September 11, 2001 were seized upon as the pretext for a vast escalation of war abroad and the construction of a police state at home, which is now being turned against the working class. Trump promises $5,000 checks if Republicans win midterm elections, claims Congress may not be needed Recalling the economic pledge made by fascist presidential candidate Buzz Windrip in Sinclair Lewis’s 1935 novel, It Can’t Happen Here, Trump promised every American adult a $5,000 payment if Republicans retained control of Congress. The intensifying US-Canada trade war: A product and accelerant of inter-imperialist conflict The Socialism 2026 conference and the pro-war politics of the Democratic Socialists of America Behind the invocations of “anti-imperialism” and “socialism” stood the pro-war foreign policy of the Democratic Party. APWU bureaucracy enables Trump’s attack on mail voting The new rules restricting mail-in voting cannot be enforced if thousands of postal workers refuse to carry out the procedure. As states begin sending out ballots Trump administration doubles down on attack on mail ballots Less than 8 weeks before the November 3 midterm elections, the Trump administration is escalating its drive to disenfranchise millions of working class and poor voters. The centerpiece of the White House’s assault on the right to vote is its attack on mail-in voting. University speakouts in Australia and New Zealand demand freedom for Bogdan Syrotiuk “I think that Bogdan has definitely been wronged. He has just written his own truth, and the truth is not being accepted by Zelensky. After the Russian invasion, democracy has basically collapsed in Ukraine.” The campaign to free Bogdan Syrotiuk launches a new website Support in Australia and NZ for the freedom of jailed Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk Report to the Ninth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party AI, the crisis of capitalism and the tasks of the SEP We are publishing here the report to the Ninth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) given by Evan Blake. The Congress was held from August 2–7, 2026. This report introduced the fifth resolution, “AI and the fight for socialism,” which was unanimously adopted. AI and the fight for socialism 10,000 New Zealand public servants hold nationwide strike The Public Service Association is openly preparing to sell workers out with a below-inflation wage deal. “We have been complaining for months and used to joke that it would take someone to die for things to change” Workers react to death of Montreal Airport ramp worker Oscar Robayo “We work in a rail car factory in Hamilton. You work in an airport in Montreal. These seem like two completely separate industries that have little to nothing to do with each other. But, clearly, regardless of industry, or language, we face the same day-to-day issues with just coming home at the end of the day with our limbs still intact.” National Steel Car’s “incentive pay” is a system of speed-up and murder: it must be abolished The United Steelworkers apparatus has abandoned the demand for abolition, proposing instead to administer the incentive program. In answer to Trump’s trade war, Carney advances Canada’s own imperialist agenda At the centre of Carney’s “pivot” away from the Trump-led US is the push to intensify worker exploitation and forge closer ties with the European imperialist powers, as they rapidly rearm to pursue war on Russia. The New York Times fabricates a “Russian sabotage” narrative Friday's front-page report in the New York Times is a propaganda piece, built entirely on the unsubstantiated claims of unnamed intelligence officials, whose purpose is to justify an escalation of the war against Russia. The Mykolaiv court invokes Ukrainian-only language rule to stop the inflow of letters demanding Bogdan’s freedom The demand by a Ukrainian court that letters protesting the 15-year sentence of socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk be written in Ukrainian is an act of cynical chauvinism. Right-wing consensus over militarism and austerity in Sweden’s election campaign All the main parties agree on readying Sweden for war, scapegoating immigrants for the social crisis, and curbing public spending to fund rearmament and subsidies to wealthy investors. UK Labour government’s token sanctions against settlers conceal continued collusion with Israeli genocide The ethnic cleansing of the West Bank is only the logical extension of the ethnic cleansing of Gaza. And both are officially sanctioned government operations. In interview, German Foreign Minister Wadephul takes the war course against Russia to the extreme An interview that Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul (CDU) gave to the Bild newspaper on September 8 underscores the aggressiveness with which the German government is pushing forward its war course against Russia. Germany’s 2027 budget wages war on 2 fronts: Abroad and at home The Alternative for Germany’s electoral victory: Who is responsible? Rubio advances continental Plan Colombia 2.0 in Latin America tour Rubio’s stops in Colombia and Ecuador secured minerals, nuclear and military agreements that set up a permanent apparatus of repression across South America’s Pacific coast. Turkish government escalates its offensive of wage suppression and austerity While minimum wage and public-sector pay increases in Türkiye remain tied to artificially low inflation targets, interest payments and military spending are soaring. Report to the Ninth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party An assessment of the decade of socialist revolution and the tasks of the Socialist Equality Party We are publishing here the opening report to the Ninth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US), given by David North, the national chairman of the SEP. The congress was held from August 2 to August 7, 2026. Report to the Ninth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party AI, the crisis of capitalism and the tasks of the SEP We are publishing here the report to the Ninth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) given by Evan Blake. The Congress was held from August 2–7, 2026. This report introduced the fifth resolution, “AI and the fight for socialism,” which was unanimously adopted. Resolution of the Ninth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party The SEP and the struggle against imperialist war We are publishing here the first of six resolutions adopted unanimously by the Ninth National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US), held from August 2 to 7, 2026 Report to the Ninth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party Oligarchy, dictatorship and the political radicalization of the American working class We are publishing here the report delivered by Joseph Kishore, national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (US), to the party’s Ninth National Congress, held August 2–7, 2026. The drive to dictatorship and the political radicalization in the United States The attack on immigrants and Trump’s Operation Dictatorship For the defense of immigrants and the abolition of the immigration Gestapo The global eruption of the class struggle and the rebellion against the union bureaucracies On the international class struggle and the building of the IWA-RFC Fascist Ukrainian court sentences Bogdan Syrotiuk, socialist opponent of war, to 15 years in prison The sentencing of Bogdan Syrotiuk is aimed at terrorizing opposition to the NATO-backed war against Russia. Speech at the SGP rally “Stop the Ukraine war! Freedom for Bogdan Syrotiuk!” “The verdict against Bogdan is an indictment of the Ukrainian regime” On September 6, the Socialist Equality Party (SGP-Germany), as part of its campaign for the Berlin state election, held a rally in front of the Brandenburg Gate under the slogans “Stop the Ukraine war! Freedom for Bogdan Syrotiuk!” We publish below the speech by Katja Rippert, SGP candidate in the Berlin elections. Turkish preface to A Socialist Opponent of the NATO War in Ukraine: The Case of Bogdan Syrotiuk The Turkish edition of this volume appears under conditions in which the International Committee of the Fourth International has intensified its campaign for Bogdan’s freedom globally following the verdict. Historians Wendy Goldman, Lewis Siegelbaum, other academics and workers demand freedom for Bogdan Syrotiuk Letters demanding the release of the Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk continue to arrive at the Pervomaisk City District Court and the Mykolaiv Court of Appeal from historians, workers and opponents of war on four continents. La France Insoumise calls for the freeing of Bogdan Syrotiuk ICFI members from Britain and France interviewed by London Tamil TV on campaign to free Bogdan Syrotiuk “The case of Bogdan Syrotiuk shows: War abroad requires repression at home” WSWS readers in Asia demand the release of Bogdan Syrotiuk Volkswagen workers demand freedom for Bogdan Syrotiuk Argentina’s Milei hails the Pinochet coup: A government in crisis turns to dictatorship and nationalism A government whose austerity program is feeding the economic crisis and mass discontent is reaching simultaneously for the rehabilitation of the military dictatorships and for nationalist chauvinism. The Alternative for Germany’s electoral victory: Who is responsible? The AfD’s electoral success is part of an international shift to the right among the ruling elites. The struggle to oppose this must be based on a socialist programme directed against capitalism. Oppose war, fascism and oligarchy! Fight for socialism! Join the IYSSE! Students are returning to campus for the fall semester in the US under conditions of unprecedented crisis. A global war is expanding on three continents, a fascistic government of the oligarchy is dismantling democratic rights, and the capitalist system is driving the planet toward climate catastrophe. Labor Day 2026: The oligarchy demands that workers pay for the crisis of American capitalism Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps are being dismantled to finance war and tribute to the bondholders, while the union bureaucracy suppresses every struggle against it. The New York Times fabricates a “Russian sabotage” narrative The Mykolaiv court invokes Ukrainian-only language rule to stop the inflow of letters demanding Bogdan’s freedom Bond yields surge as governments borrow for war and rearmament The Roman Space Telescope: The power of science and the bankruptcy of capitalism The Pentagon takes control of Venezuela’s oil: Imperialist thievery and the bankruptcy of bourgeois nationalism Television and Miniseries Theater, Opera and Dance Interviews with directors and artists SAG-AFTRA bureaucracy backs Trump’s protectionist Hollywood agenda The scheme turns public money into corporate subsidies without restoring stable employment, leaving workers to absorb its economic and social costs. Peter Thiel of Palantir’s private viewing of the Bayeux Tapestry: Barbarians inside the gates Those who consider Thiel worthy of a private view of a great cultural masterpiece are barbarism’s servants and facilitators. Versatile jazz artist Cassandra Wilson dies at 70 The untimely loss of the exceptionally talented jazz artist leaves music fans searching for more of her music. Hemingway in decline: Film version of Across the River and Into the Trees But a decline in what? Simply in Hemingway’s skill as a writer? Or something more? It is necessary to briefly consider his history. Jewish artists oppose campaign to tar actor Mark Ruffalo as an “antisemite” Millions mourn singer Dolly Parton The human cost of the Paramount-Warner merger Entertainment unions intensify campaign for corporate tax handouts as film subsidy race to the bottom accelerates Paramount launches witch-hunt against actor Mark Ruffalo for opposing Gaza genocide Logistics workers The struggle of health care workers Transport workers Oil and gas workers Agricultural workers Garment workers Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa Firefighters in France in national strike over lack of resources after severe wildfire season; strikes and protests continue across Iran over pay and conditions involving oil workers, healthcare staff and retirees; students join protests as lecturers and non-academic staff strike over pay in Ondo State, Nigeria Chasm between workers and union apparatus on full display at Detroit Labor Day parade With workers facing existential threats on multiple fronts, trade unions could only mobilize a tiny fraction of their membership for the annual Detroit Labor Day event. Black lung cases surge to highest levels since 1978 among US coalminers Black lung has returned to 1970s levels among veteran underground miners in Central Appalachia as a long-delayed federal silica standard remains stalled and the UMWA bureaucracy has spent decades suppressing the industrial power of the miners. Mexican truck drivers block ports of entry to US over Trump’s mass revocation of B-1 visas The National Chamber of Freight Transport estimates more than 25,000 visas have been revoked from commercial drivers along Mexico’s northern border. 1,300 casino workers strike Wynn Resorts’ Encore Boston Harbor Railroaders: Break the isolation of the National Steel Car strike! Refuse to handle NSCX cars! For a united, cross-border struggle across the railroad industry! Workers Struggles: The Americas “Borders don’t mean anything to the workers”: National Steel Car strikers in Hamilton, Ontario speak out V&A museum workers strike over pay, conditions and government cuts North and South Korea Investigative report exposes vast US military basing in Australia The Guardian notes: “In total, the US military and US defence corporations have control of or access to 110 facilities on Australian territory, well over half of all the military installations in Australia.” Thailand’s bogus amnesty law The legislation provides amnesty (or official pardons) to royalist and conservative forces while continuing the persecution of critics of the monarchy and other political opponents. Australia: Reject the AEU’s false “unity” claim! Vote No in the all-staff ballot of Victorian educators! Australian Education Union President Mullaly’s video betrayed a nervousness that union members who voted Yes last time, or did not vote at all, may switch to No, as the nature of the betrayal becomes clearer. Australia: Major home building company Bathla collapses Tens of thousands of building workers, contractors and home buyers will be impacted by the collapse, which may be a harbinger of a deepening insolvency crisis in the construction sector. Australian state Labor government announces more police-state laws Hyundai autoworkers’ union in South Korea imposes sellout contract 10,000 public servants to strike against pay cuts in New Zealand No mention of Labor’s agenda at Australian university staff strikes in Sydney and Melbourne Australian Labor premier defends unconstitutional ban on Gaza genocide protests War and militarism US war against Iran enters new phase with strikes on oil tankers The US launched strikes on five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday, bringing the conflict to a new level of aggression that amounts to a declaration that Washington will use military force to assert its control over maritime trade, regardless of the consequences for the world economy. US removes Syria from its “state sponsors of terrorism” list The pseudo-left’s “revolution” rhetoric served to provide a cover for Washington's regime-change operation—as the Kurds’ capitulation, and their own inability to explain it, confirms. US bombs a wedding in Iran, killing four, amid escalating crisis in the US military The US military attacked a house hosting a wedding in Kuhestak, in Sirik County on Iran’s southern coast, with a missile on Tuesday, killing at least four people, including a 4-year-old child, and wounding dozens, Iranian officials said Wednesday. Russian-Israeli historian Artem Kirpichenok detained by Israeli secret service Kirpichenok’s arrest is an attack on the democratic rights of the entire working class and speaks to the utter lawlessness and criminality with which the Israeli state suppresses its critics, regardless of their faith and nationality. With “economic D-Day” against Iran, Washington escalates conflict with China UK resident doctor explains why NHS workers must demand Israel release Gaza’s Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya Online exhibition: The Living Record: Gaza’s journalists remember their martyred colleagues Australian government’s phony posturing over Israeli murder of aid worker Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan forge a military alliance amid Iran war Mamdani praises New York police amid 2 fatal shootings Far from denouncing the police and demanding that the officers be prosecuted, Democratic/DSA Mayor Mamdani defended the police and held an event in the Bronx, where he praised the police department and attacked Trump for withholding funds from it. Armed Republican attacks Ohio Democratic candidate for governor State police blocked the attacker from reaching Dr. Amy Acton, the Democratic candidate for Ohio governor. The oligarchy’s war on public education: Money, militarization and social control The new school year brings educators face to face with an unprecedented and bipartisan assault on public education, as the oligarchy moves to strip schools of funding and democratic control, in the service of world war. As capitalist crisis deepens, US House again votes to condemn socialism This is the third time in four years that the Republican-controlled House has voted to condemn socialism. Whistleblower warns Postal Service will deny mail ballots to millions under Trump scheme Supreme Court boosts Trump’s attack on mail-in voting Detroit judiciary attacks public defenders’ right to strike Democratic Party think tank Third Way launches campaign against socialism The US bond market crisis and the coming eruption of class struggle Two British ports turn away lifeboats with rescued migrants, amid far-right blockades The obscene pushback of the lifeboats took place as Britain’s main far-right party, Reform UK, was holding its conference. The occasion saw party leader Nigel Farage and National Rally President Jordan Bardella pledge to end small-boat arrivals from France "forever." After the AfD’s election victory: The Left Party is courting the CDU After the AfD’s election victory in Saxony-Anhalt, the Left Party is ingratiating itself even more openly with the CDU and the other establishment parties and offering to prop up CDU-led governments. This recipe will not weaken the AfD but strengthen it further. VW Osnabrück: Making weapons for genocide and war instead of convertibles With the sale of VW's Osnabrück plant to an Israeli financial investor, the SPD, IG Metall union and VW's works council are paving the way to a war economy. Reform UK lurches right, outlines planned authoritarian, militarist, austerity government The centrepiece of Reform’s conference was the appearance of Jordan Bardella, president of France's fascist National Rally, and the signing on stage of an anti-immigration memorandum. Madrid Forum seeks to strengthen Vox’s hand amid Ceuta fallout Glasgow SNP and Greens vote to cut council workers’ pay via “fire and rehire” The fight against the Alternative for Germany demands a fight against capitalism Social Democrats, Left Party, unions responsible for far-right Alternative for Germany’s record election result Volkswagen supervisory board rubber-stamps 50,000 more job cuts in secret deal with IG Metall union Global class struggle “Just don't ever let this happen to anybody else” Canada’s Algoma Steel agrees to wrist-slap fine after admitting guilt in the death of Damien Bryant When Senior Crown counsel David McCaskill announced the $250,000 in fines imposed on Algoma Steel for Bryant's death, he conceded the penalty could have been higher, but said the US tariffs on Canadian steel had to be taken into account. New York City transit worker killed on the subway tracks The death of a subway conductor last week—leaving three children motherless—is the product of the transit agency’s refusal to protect workers and the complicity of the TWU bureaucracy, which has kept workers on the job without a contract for four months. Contract technician dies at Applied Materials facility in Austin, Texas The Applied Materials death comes amid a series of high-profile workplace fatalities nationwide. Autoworker crushed at Kentucky auto parts plant, 1 day after Democratic governor celebrated its expansion Bradley Clouse, a 33-year-old maintenance worker, was killed on the job early Wednesday morning at the Astemo Americas auto parts plant in Berea, Kentucky. 2 weeks after deadly Brent Industries explosion in Toledo, Ohio families, residents demand answers Former Samsic ramp supervisor exposes deadly conditions behind Montreal airport worker Oscar Robayo’s death Maintenance worker crushed to death at Kaiser Aluminum plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan Postal worker Russell Scruggs Jr.’s ex-wife speaks out, backs call for rank-and-file inquiry into postal deaths Moving tribute to Oscar Robayo, Montreal airport worker crushed to death amid safety violations by subcontractor Will Lehman calls for rank-and-file committees as UAW academic workers return to campuses Academic workers now account for roughly one quarter of UAW membership. In recent years, graduate employees, postdocs, adjuncts and other university workers have carried out major strikes and repeatedly voted by overwhelming margins for strike action over wages, housing, insecure employment, immigration, democratic rights and the Gaza genocide. Family and coworkers to hold memorial service for James Brasher, third Stellantis worker killed under UAW 2023 sellout contract The 57-year-old Stellantis worker killed on the job August 1 at the company's Mopar Parts Distribution Center in Center Line. Federal monitor allows UAW official who issued death threat against Will Lehman to collect his $200,000 salary Six weeks after a $202,000-a-year UAW official posted an image of Will Lehman bound, gagged and under the gun, the court-appointed Monitor has left the question of his continued employment in the hands of the apparatus he was campaigning for. Forklift safety expert calls for independent investigation into catastrophic accident at GM Flint Assembly While forklifts can be equipped with cameras, proximity detectors and collision-warning systems, workers appear to remain dependent largely upon horns, painted lines, mirrors and the ability of a forklift driver to twist around and look backward. Forklift accident leaves worker with “life-altering” injuries at General Motors Flint Truck Assembly; workers told to keep line moving Official who threatened rank-and-file candidate Will Lehman suspended from UAW membership, but might remain on union payroll Raymond Jensen suspended from UAW, barred from ever running for office over threat to Will Lehman Ford brings K-9 units into Michigan Assembly, as UAW-backed surveillance regime intensifies Workers welcome 2-year suspension of UAW International staffer for death threat against Will Lehman New documents show EPA withheld information on chemical dangers from East Palestine, Ohio residents following 2023 derailment New federal records show that EPA and other agencies withheld information on serious chemical dangers while repeatedly assuring East Palestine residents their community was safe. Amazon Air crash in Miami kills 5 contract workers: The cost of profit Five subcontracted aircraft cleaners were killed after a Boeing 767 operated for Amazon overran a runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday. Mamdani praises New York police amid 2 fatal shootings Far from denouncing the police and demanding that the officers be prosecuted, Democratic/DSA Mayor Mamdani defended the police and held an event in the Bronx, where he praised the police department and attacked Trump for withholding funds from it. Massachusetts prosecutors weigh retrial of Lindsay Clancy after jury deadlocks with lone holdout Eleven of 12 jurors voted to acquit the mother who killed her three children in the throes of postpartum psychosis. Millions purged from US food stamp rolls, as Wall Street demands more cuts Tornado hits Detroit’s east side, as storms leave 250,000 without power in Michigan Unifor promotes trade war and Canadian militarism as it rams through “pattern” agreement with General Motors Videos show LAPD personnel beating handcuffed man before his death and fatally shooting another Quebec election called amid intensifying Canada-US trade war Peru’s President Keiko Fujimori requests extraordinary powers to wage assault on workers’ rights The Fujimori government's request for extraordinary legislative powers is no isolated event, but the implementation of the program Keiko Fujimori announced in her inauguration speech. Brazil’s PT unveils Lula’s election platform: austerity, nationalism and militarism amid deepening global crisis The PT’s election platform is vague, self-congratulatory and systematically deceptive, painting a social reality entirely at odds with that lived by Brazilian workers and youth. Brazilian judiciary scandal exposes crisis of rule one month before elections A month before Brazil’s elections, feuding factions of the Federal Supreme Court have exposed the terminal crisis of the political regime built on the 1988 Constitution. Peru’s President Fujimori backs US war drive, breaking diplomatic ties with Tehran The war in the Middle East is increasingly intertwined with the imperialist struggle for markets, resources and strategic dominance worldwide, drawing South America ever more directly into an expanding global confrontation. Trump administration tightens sanctions as Cuban government expands private ownership and foreign trade Crisis in Peru and the lessons of the 1977 general strike Political and media establishment silent on US constitutional implications of Pentagon oil grab in Venezuela Case of pro-Trump operative Cerimedo opens Pandora’s box of corruption, election interference and drug ties across Latin America US strikes on border and resignation of Sinaloa governor expose logic of Sheinbaum’s endless concessions to Trump Biology and evolution Medical science Space research and astronomy Scientific study sheds new light on human evolution The study has found genetic evidence that modern humans have inherited DNA from two previously unidentified extinct populations for which there are at present no known fossils. NASA launches Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to survey dark energy, dark matter Roman is the most capable deep space survey telescope ever built and will be used to study dark energy, exoplanets, supernovae and much more. T. rex fossil sold for $50.1 million Ever larger amounts on such “trophies” are being spent by members of the wealthy elite while support for basic science is slashed. US measles cases near their worst level since 1991, met with official silence The country is on course to lose the elimination status it achieved in 2000, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. guts the federal vaccine infrastructure. Fired drinking water adviser files suit against EPA Extreme heat has devastating effects on agriculture and workers David Attenborough at 100, an appreciation Scientists expelled by police at diabetes conference as Trump administration accelerates dismantling of biomedical research Likely Super El Niño will intensify climate change Internet Censorship Police violence ICE refuses to pay for medical care in its concentration camps ICE’s failed transition to a new medical claims system has left outside providers unpaid since October 2025, while detainees report delayed and canceled specialty care. UCLA doctoral student sues over punishment for anti-genocide protests UCLA doctoral student Dylan Kupsh is suing after nearly two years of disciplinary proceedings, campus exclusion and a withheld degree tied to his anti-genocide protests. ICE kidnaps record number of immigrants amid growing popular opposition ICE arrested nearly 51,000 immigrants in August, as students, workers and community members organized protests across the country against the expanding deportation drive. ICE kidnaps 76-year-old green card holder with stage 4 cancer at citizenship interview Loreto Javar has missed cancer treatments, developed a blood clot and suffered rapid weight loss during more than two months in ICE’s Tacoma concentration camp. ICE plans to spend up to $2 million on robot dogs for immigration raids Blood on their hands: Trump’s immigration Gestapo drives Haitian student Pierre Damas Bel to suicide The deportation of Brian Morales García: The war on immigrants is a war on the entire working class ICE Gestapo expands deportation flights to third countries in Africa US government officially designates Palestine Action as a terrorist organization Asia and the Pacific Sri Lankan government boasts of “economic recovery” as austerity deepens The economic growth since the 2022 crisis has been achieved by suppressing workers’ real wages and starving public services. Thousands of development officers protest across Sri Lanka The nationwide protest by low-paid public servants is part of a growing wave of workers’ struggles amid soaring living costs. Sri Lanka: More than 1,000 workers strike at Sevanagala Sugar Factory Workers have been on strike for more than a week demanding a wage increase, in defiance of the union bureaucracy. Sri Lankan government bans railway workers from using social media The JVP/NPP government aims to suppress opposition to the deliberate running down of railway services and its privatization agenda. Sri Lankan police harass SEP members campaigning at Jaffna University for release of Bogdan Syrotiuk Jaffna fishermen protest against bottom trawling, Tamil nationalists divert anger along communal lines Sri Lankan government rejects returning wartime military-occupied land Sri Lankan educators protest low pay and impossible working conditions One person killed as Sri Lankan military and police suppress prison protest Los Angeles DSA endorses mayoral candidate Nithya Raman after she abandons call to defund police Raman secured the endorsement as she works to assure the financial elite and police that her campaign represents no threat to their interests ahead of the November 3 election. The Madrid Forum comes to Santiago: An international organization of counterrevolution The same ruling class that made preemptive war its strategic doctrine is now applying the same logic to its domestic class enemies: strike before the enemy is organized. This is what the Madrid Forum is all about. Following report of meeting between Jeffries and Trump adviser Kushner Mamdani reaffirms support for Democratic House leader Hakeem Jeffries One day after the New York Times reported a private meeting between House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and close adviser, New York City Mayor and DSA member Zohran Mamdani reaffirmed his support for Jeffries’ bid to become the next speaker of the House. El-Sayed drops his left rhetoric at Michigan rallies The Michigan Democratic Senate nominee’s joint appearances with party leaders were organized to demonstrate his post-primary embrace of the party establishment. What lessons must be drawn from Mélenchon’s warnings of a French neofascist presidency? Mamdani goes to court to block $10,000 bonus for NYC paraprofessional school aides Mamdani silent on NYPD surveillance of New York City public housing tenants New York City workers respond to Mamdani’s firing of Haitian workers Mamdani opposes $10,000 bonus for paraprofessional school aides Resolution of the Ninth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party The SEP and the struggle against imperialist war We are publishing here the first of six resolutions adopted unanimously by the Ninth National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US), held from August 2 to 7, 2026 Socialist Equality Party (US) holds 9th National Congress amid world war, dictatorship and political radicalization Delegates adopted resolutions on the fight against imperialist war, the breakdown of American democracy, the defense of immigrants, the building of the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees, the attitude of socialists to AI and the defense of the heritage of the two American Revolutions. From the archives of Marxism: Twenty-five years since the Malvinas war The WSWS is republishing below an analysis of the Malvinas (Falklands) war written on its 25th anniversary, first published on June 21, 2007. Geethananda Balasuriya Jayasekara (1955–2026): A fighter for Trotskyism Geetha’s life stands as a fine example to all comrades and to all those in the future who will take up the struggle for socialism of what it means to be a Trotskyist fighter. In memory of Herma Huber, founding member of the German section of the International Committee of the Fourth International Farewell to Herma Huber, a fighter for Trotskyism Moxie Lieberman: 1970-2026 Trotsky’s My Life : An imperishable contribution to Marxism and world literature SEP (UK) calls for the release of Ali Ercan Akpolat at Turkish embassy in London Turkish Independent Miners Union organiser Başaran Aksu on hunger strike in prison Aksu is protesting the unlawful imprisonment of himself and the union’s chairman, Gökay Çakır, and demanding he and Cakir be immediately released. This demand must be taken up by workers in every mine, factory and workplace in Türkiye and internationally. They must be freed at once. Prison sentences for mayors in politically motivated trial in Türkiye Workers and young people must oppose the use of the judiciary as a weapon to suppress and neutralize political opposition, and must defend democratic rights. Turkish parliament passes law on Kurdish PKK disarmament The Turkish parliament passed a law on the PKK's surrender. The near-unanimity of Turkish and Kurdish parties alike expresses not a turn toward peace but the ruling elite closing ranks, as it is integrated ever more deeply into the US-led war across the Middle East. Türkiye’s new bill demands the Kurdish PKK’s liquidation, offers nothing in return Erdoğan’s government has submitted a bill to parliament formalizing the PKK’s dissolution. It offers no amnesty, leaves Öcalan imprisoned and places the fate of those covered entirely in the hands of the Turkish security apparatus. Turkish police attack teachers in Ankara: “No money” for education, billions for war and corporations 10 years since the Turkish military coup attempt targeting Erdoğan 6.5 million young people in Türkiye not in employment, education or training California Congressman Ro Khanna detained by Zionist settlers and Israeli soldiers in the West Bank Turkish teachers suspend Ankara protest ahead of NATO summit UK-Russia conflict escalates after Burnham’s provocations in Ukraine Having already supplied Ukraine with long-range Storm Shadow cruise missiles, the UK has now shared classified blueprints with Kyiv to allow the country to eventually manufacture its own. Elon Musk becomes the latest Nazi decorated by the Zelensky regime In honoring Musk, a committed ideological fascist and the world's leading promoter of the global far-right movement, the Zelensky regime is once again exposing the fraud of those who claim that Ukraine is fighting for "democracy." Ukrainian workers destroy army recruitment vehicle in expanding protests against “busification” The growing confrontations between Ukrainian workers and forced mobilization exposes the lie that Ukrainian society uniformly supports the disastrous imperialist proxy war. Ukrainian parliament approves new SBU-linked defense minister The appointment of the SBU-linked Khmara signals a profound crisis of the Zelensky regime and the entire NATO war against Russia. Russia and Ukraine bleed as NATO’s war threatens to engulf Europe Escalating strikes between Ukraine, Russia threaten global food supplies German government uses discovery of drone in Leipzig to escalate war on Russia As NATO and Ukraine’s war against Russia escalates, drone attacks on ships in the Black Sea increase Volodymyr Zelensky appoints new Commander-in-Chief amid intensifying drone warfare Japanese yen turbulence continues to threaten global financial markets A rise in Japanese interest rates may halt the yen’s slide but set off a disorderly unwinding of the so-called “carry trade.” Dutch central bank removes gold from New York The Dutch National Bank said its decision was motivated by the need to have greater “crisis preparedness.” Growing divisions at G20 finance ministers meeting The commitments on which the G20 was established—to promote global growth and enhance international cooperation—lie in tatters as conflicts within the global economy intensify. Interest rate rises adding to surging US debt G7 economies have already taken a hit of $16 billion in additional debt financing costs since the war on Iran began and may face $34 billion in extra costs by early next year. Fed chief sets the stage for interest rate increase The crisis of March 2020 is haunting the US financial system US and Canada “at war” over trade Bessent’s bond market intervention falls flat as turbulence continues US debt at $40 trillion as financial crisis deepens International Committee of the Fourth International Welcome Socialism AI: A historic advance in the political education of the working class Socialism AI is a transformative application of advanced technological development to the political education and mobilization of the international working class. Socialism AI answers the New York Times : Not yes or no to AI, but who controls it The New York Times welcomes the backlash against AI while channeling it toward a more responsible capitalism that leaves the oligarchy’s ownership of the technology untouched. Answers from Socialism AI The war on Iran: How did we get here, and what must the working class do? This feature highlights selected questions and answers from Socialism AI—concise, clear and politically insightful responses to some of the most pressing issues of our time. Answers from Socialism AI What must be done to prepare a nationwide general strike against the Trump administration?

This feature highlights selected questions and answers from Socialism AI—concise, clear and politically insightful responses to some of the most pressing issues of our time. Trump’s January 6 coup: Answers from Socialism AI Technology and the working class: Responding to an opponent of Socialism AI Science vs. suspicion and fear: An Open Letter to a critic of Socialism AI Socialism AI goes live on December 12, 2025 Will Lehman: Every worker should be using Socialism AI History of the Fourth International The 1917 Russian Revolution War and militarism This Week in History This week in history: September 7-13 Al-Qaeda attack on World Trade Center, Pentagon; Death of Mao Zedong; Japan signs two treaties with US, allies; Germany joins the League of Nations. Pinochet’s Operation Colombo: A fascist crime and its cover-up Fifty-one years after the Pinochet dictatorship’s most elaborate disinformation operation, the families of the 119 disappeared gathered in Santiago’s Plaza de Armas to demand justice. Trump administration moves to gut the National Historic Preservation Act Historic properties and archaeological sites would lose protection from development projects. Ninety years since the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War July 17 marked the ninetieth anniversary of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. The coup was a decisive event in the Spanish Revolution (1931-39). The defeat of the revolution was a seminal experience of the 20th century whose lessons are critical for the class struggle in the 21st century. Alexander Rabinowitch’s The Bolsheviks Survive: Petrograd 1919 The 1929–1930 miners’ lockout—a key strategic experience of the Australian working class Alan Greenspan (1926–2026) and the crisis of capitalism Alexander Rabinowitch (1934-2026), historian of the October Revolution 85 years since the Nazi war of annihilation against the Soviet Union Ex-president Zuma’s son, Duduzane, auditions in front of South African big business Duduzane Zuma’s boast that his father repeatedly “held back” revolt amounted to a personal political pledge. He was assuring his audience that, should the MKP enter government, he could perform the same function. The number of fatalities in the Congo Ebola outbreak reaches 3,226 The Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues unimpeded with little aid provided by the imperialist powers that extract untold riches from the country’s natural resources. Newly established Communist League of Uganda leaders arrested by Museveni regime Workers, youth and defenders of democratic rights internationally must oppose the persecution of political organisations by the Ugandan state and demand the immediate disclosure of the whereabouts and legal status of all those detained. Second deadliest Ebola outbreak on record spreads across the eastern Congo The WHO has allocated 70,000 doses of a vaccine licensed against a different Ebola species, while the destruction of US aid has stripped the region of the surveillance, food and sanitation that containment depends on. Ebola deaths near 2,000 as WHO concedes the outbreak is outrunning the response Congo Ebola outbreak becomes second largest ever recorded Kenya and Tanzania deploy security forces against Gen-Z-led Saba Saba protests Nearly 25,000 migrants flee South Africa amid xenophobic violence Tanzanian regime bans Gen-Z Saba Saba protests, deploys army and police The New York Times’ 1619 Project The American Civil War Once again in defense of the American Revolution: A reply to a Brazilian historian The WSWS replies to Brazilian historian Mário Maestri, who argues that the American Revolution, like Brazilian independence, failed to bring about a “class-based transformation” and therefore does not merit the designation of a revolution. An interview with historian Timothy H. Breen on popular mobilization in the American Revolution Breen discusses the role of ordinary people and local committees in the American Revolution, the emergence of popular sovereignty and democracy from below, the cultural break with Britain, and the contemporary misuse and neglect of the revolution’s history. “It was universally understood as a revolution.” An Interview with historian Matthew Stewart on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence The World Socialist Web Site spoke with historian Matthew Stewart about the American Revolution, slavery, abolition, radical philosophy and the democratic and egalitarian traditions in American history. The American Revolution and Its Place in History: From the War Against Monarchy to “No Kings” These remarks open the WSWS webinar by situating the American Revolution as a world-historical bourgeois democratic revolution, tracing its development through the Civil War and examining the present-day assault on its democratic legacy. WSWS begins posting highlight clips from webinar on the American Revolution 250 years since the Declaration of Independence WSWS webinar on the American Revolution: The historical significance and contemporary relevance of 1776 July 4th and America’s revolutionary influence on Britain A letter from historian Steven Mintz on “The American Revolution and Its Place in History” 11 months since the death of Stellantis worker Ronald Adams Sr.: “We need an explanation,” says widow The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) have issued no findings. The United Auto Workers (UAW) has said nothing. The engine plant is back in full production. 9 months since death of Michigan autoworker Ronald Adams Nine months after the preventable death of 63‑year‑old machine repairman Ronald Adams Sr. , the silence from the company, the United Auto Workers and state remains deafening. “Our family wants answers that we have not gotten”: 8 months since the death of Stellantis worker Ronald Adams Sr. Adams’ killing on the shop floor—crushed while performing maintenance on a gantry hoist that suddenly activated—continues to be shrouded in silence. 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. 6 months since the death of Stellantis worker Ronald Adams Sr., widow asks: “Why don’t I have answers?” 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” 5 months after death of Stellantis worker Ronald Adams Sr., silence and cover-up continue Autoworkers speak on the investigation into the death of Dundee Engine worker Ronald Adams Sr. and continuing industrial carnage International statements of solidarity to IWA-RFC hearing into the death of Ronald Adams Sr. Who decides what is safe to eat: The cyclosporiasis outbreak and the failure of American food safety The largest cyclosporiasis outbreak in US history has spread through 48 states without a source being named. A century after the Pure Food and Drug Act, the apparatus built to answer such questions is being dismantled. New CDC director erases 2 measles deaths from the record Two unvaccinated Lancaster County residents died of measles in August, but the CDC is saying that they died “with” the disease rather than “of” it, the same lie used to justify mass COVID-19 deaths. Disease outbreaks multiply, as Trump and Kennedy wage war on science The largest cyclosporiasis outbreak in American history, a returning measles epidemic and the worst Ebola epidemic in Congolese history are expressions of a single crisis. Trump cuts childhood vaccine schedule and turns the Justice Department on states that require shots The order writes into national policy the schedule Kennedy’s purged advisory committee produced, and turns federal litigation and funding against the five states that still require immunization for school entry. Who died and why: COVID-19, class and mass death in the United States Who died and why: COVID-19, class and mass death in the United States First deaths in US cyclosporiasis outbreak reported in Michigan Ebola deaths pass 1,000 in the DRC, faster than any previous outbreak US cyclosporiasis lettuce recall expands to 27 states as Taylor Farms dictates response 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. Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi defies Turkish state’s intervention on its program The Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi, which was officially established in August in Turkey, received a letter from the Supreme Court of Appeals Prosecutor’s Office demanding that it change its program. It categorically rejected this political intervention. 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. 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. 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. Greetings to the Founding Congress of the Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi The Socialist Equality Party is established in Turkey as a section of the International Committee of the Fourth International 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. Capitalist crisis, war and the international class struggle This speech was delivered by WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North to open the 2026 International May Day Online Rally. The 2026 International May Day Online Rally and the tasks of the international working class Speakers at the May Day rally analyzed the war against Iran as the culmination of a 35-year capitalist crisis and advanced a revolutionary program for the international working class entering a new period of global struggle. Canadian imperialism: predator, not prey, in global war This speech was delivered by Keith Jones, Socialist Equality Party (Canada) national secretary, at the 2026 May Day Online Rally, organized by the WSWS and the ICFI. Unite the New Zealand and Pacific working class against imperialism! This speech was delivered by Tom Peters, a leader of the Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand, at the 2026 May Day Online Rally, organized by the WSWS and the ICFI. The role of Australian imperialism in the war on Iran and China South Asia, the Iran war and the bankruptcy of bourgeois nationalism The new scramble for Latin America and the road to revolution French imperialism, the war on Iran and the EU assault on migrants Trotsky and the British General Strike of 1926 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. 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. Sylvia Ageloff and the assassination of Leon Trotsky In a four-part series published in February 2021, the WSWS refuted the 80-year-old unchallenged narrative that Sylvia Ageloff was an innocent dupe who was used by Mercader to gain access to Trotsky. Lecture to the 2025 SEP Summer School Joseph Hansen—the FBI’s asset in the SWP This lecture examines material which has been published in recent years regarding FBI investigation and infiltration of the SWP, and the additional light it shines on the findings of Security and the Fourth International. Lecture to the SEP 2025 Summer School The Gelfand Case: Depositions and the fight against summary judgement This lecture outlines the legal struggle of Alan Gelfand to expose the penetration of the Trotskyist movement by agents of the Stalinist GPU, and reviews the successful brief against the SWP’s motion for summary judgment. The Gelfand Case: 1978-1982 (Part 2) The Gelfand Case: 1978-1982 (Part 1) The Barnes group and the decline and fall of the Socialist Workers Party Hansen builds a world network of agents Hansen’s World Network Exposed 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. London meeting marks 40 years since the expulsion of the Workers Revolutionary Party The Workers Revolutionary Party’s expulsion from the International Committee of the Fourth International in the mid-1980s was a defining moment in the history of the international socialist movement. At stake was the survival of Trotskyism, of revolutionary Marxism as an organised political tendency. 40 years since the suspension of the Workers Revolutionary Party from the ICFI The suspension of the WRP by International Committee in December 1985 marked a decisive victory for Trotskyism over Pabloite opportunism and opened a new stage in the building of the Fourth International. From the Archives Documents of the International Committee of the Fourth International on the suspension of the WRP We are reposting here two documents, the resolution of the ICFI on the suspension of the WRP from December 16, 1985 and a statement adopted the following day. 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. Historian Kerby Miller discusses Aidan Beatty and the writing of Irish history Socialist Equality Party exposes Aidan Beatty’s falsifications in Institute of Historical Research seminar Slander vs. biography: Aidan Beatty’s falsification of Gerry Healy’s family and childhood in a decade of rebellion and civil war Socialist Equality Party exposes Aidan Beatty’s hackwork and Zionist-Israeli financial ties The fabrication of a slander: Aidan Beatty’s forgery of Gerry Healy’s youth—and Irish history 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. Prize-winning writer Richard Flanagan denounces escalating pro-Zionist attacks on democratic rights in Australia Flanagan’s speech, which received a prolonged standing ovation from a sold-out audience of 1,000 people, systematically exposed the state-backed pro-Zionist campaign that falsely equates opposition to Israel’s war crimes with antisemitism. Britain’s healthcare workers must demand Israel release Gaza’s Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya The mobilisation by medical professionals takes place in defiance of the Labour government’s efforts to silence opponents of genocide. Five hundred more pro-Palestine protesters arrested in UK despite High Court ruling Over 3,300 people have now been arrested on these charges since Palestine Action was outlawed by the Labour government in June-July last year. New Zealand protests against war on Iran, Lebanon and Gaza Thousands of people joined protests to denounce New Zealand’s alliance with the US and government silence on US and Israeli war crimes. The organisers, however, promoted illusions in Labour and the Greens. Violent arrests follow police rampage at Sydney anti-genocide protest Palestine Solidarity Duisburg: Ahmad Othman wins again in court against the state of North Rhine-Westphalia Zionist assassination plot against Nerdeen Kiswani is a warning to the working class Australia: Anti-genocide protesters arrested in Brisbane under “hate speech” laws UN report warns of ethnic cleansing in Gaza, West Bank 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. 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.” 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 Sri Lankan SEP celebrates 85th birthday of veteran Trotskyist leader Nanda Wickremesinghe 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. 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. 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. 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. Crisis in South Asia and the fight for socialism The Australian election and plans for war against China The global implications of the Trump-Kennedy war on science Unite Latin American and US workers against Trump’s imperialist drive Trump’s dictatorship, global war, and the fight for socialism 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. 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. 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. Liberal leadership contest marked by factional divisions after Australian election rout The much diminished party-room was split down the middle, presaging further ructions. Australia’s second-term Labor government will accelerate pro-business, pro-war agenda After the Australian election, what the crisis of the Liberals reveals Australian pseudo-left promotes illusions in pro-business, pro-war Labor government Australian election day interviews: Major parties have no answers for social crisis Australian election highlights mass opposition to Trump globally 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. 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. 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. 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. How should Los Angeles be rebuilt after the fires? With Steadfast LA, billionaire Rick Caruso spearheads elite's exploitation of Los Angeles wildfires The role of budget cuts and private equity firms in the Los Angeles wildfires Los Angeles fire survivors erupt in anger over slow and inadequate government response Trump’s visit to Los Angeles foreshadows massive attacks on social programs, democratic rights Fifty-four-day strike at São Paulo’s universities: The political lessons A strike movement swept São Paulo’s state universities, drawing students, staff and faculty into one of the largest movements in the history of Brazilian higher education. Defend the University of Michigan Eight! Drop all charges! Mobilize the working class against dictatorship and war! This prosecution is a blatant and dangerous political witch-hunt and frame-up. It must not be allowed to stand. It is a major escalation by the Trump administration of the effort to criminalize left-wing opposition to war, dictatorship and social inequality. 3 IYSSE representatives elected to Berlin’s Humboldt University student parliament The IYSSE was the only university group at Berlin's Humboldt University to stand on a socialist programme against the genocide in Gaza, the development of war and the militarisation of the universities. No Bundeswehr in schools! Against the cooperation agreement between the state of Berlin and the Armed Forces! On 8 June, Berlin's Education Senator (state minister) Günther-Wünsch (Christian Democratic Union, CDU) signed an agreement with the Bundeswehr granting youth officers exclusive access to our classrooms. Stop militarisation and cuts at Germany’s universities! No to genocide and world war! No cannon fodder for war plans of the German ruling class! Canada’s universities and colleges to serve as cogs in war machine under Liberal government’s Defence Industrial Strategy Harvard Corporation demands graduate workers pay the price for Trump’s assault on academic freedom Australian and New Zealand university students oppose US-Israeli war on Iran and Labor government complicity 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. David North to speak at two universities in Ankara, Turkey: “The American volcano and the global tsunami” David North, Chairman of the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site and National Chairman of the Socialist Equality Party (United States), will deliver lectures via video conferences. 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. 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. 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. 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.” 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. 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. Julian Assange arrives in Australia free Julian Assange is free, but the struggle to defend democratic rights continues Julian Assange freed after plea deal with the US The fight to free Assange is the fight against war! Four years since the arrest and imprisonment of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange 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. The 1917 Russian Revolution The Left Opposition’s fight against Stalinism (1923-1933) History of the Fourth International On the 86th anniversary of the assassination of Leon Trotsky Eighty-six years after Trotsky's assassination and 90 years after the Moscow Trials, the ideals of the October Revolution Trotsky fought to preserve and expand are finding a growing audience around the world. Trotsky’s My Life : An imperishable contribution to Marxism and world literature This speech was given by David North at the fourth annual international commemoration of Leon Trotsky’s exile on the island of Büyükada (Prinkipo), Turkey, held August 16 before an audience of more than 100, under the title “My Life, Written on Prinkipo, and Trotsky's Years in Exile.” David North answers questions at the international Trotsky commemoration in Prinkipo North answered questions on the fate of Ernst Thälmann, the Kronstadt uprising, the situation confronting workers in the Middle East and the strength of the Left Opposition inside the Soviet Union. International Commemoration of Leon Trotsky Trotsky’s years on Prinkipo and the journey of My Life in Turkish The fourth annual International Commemoration of Leon Trotsky was held on August 16, 2026, at the Taş Mektep venue on Büyükada, hosted by the Adalar Municipality with the support of Mehring Yayıncılık and the World Socialist Web Site. Now available from Mehring Verlag: “My Life” by Leon Trotsky Seminal documents of the Soviet Trotskyist movement from the early 1930s published for the first time Analyzing a World in Chaos from an Island of Tranquility A reply to an anarchist’s falsification of the Leon Trotsky commemoration on Prinkipo On the anniversary of the assassination of Leon Trotsky 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Sri Lankan workers condemn pro-government thug attack on SEP members Australian workers and youth condemn violent attack on Sri Lankan SEP members British Trotskyists condemn pro-government thug attack on Sri Lankan SEP members SEP (US) National Secretary Joseph Kishore addresses “Centenary of Trotskyism” public meeting in Colombo SEP (US) National Secretary Joe Kishore addresses “Centenary of Trotskyism” public meeting at Sri Lanka’s Peradeniya University 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Michigan hospital worker with Long COVID speaks about the destruction of health care in the US Teacher describes struggle to get treated for Long COVID in New Zealand Alberta nurse speaks about union indifference to mass illness and death Flight attendant shares his experience being intubated for 19 days with COVID-19 WSWS speaks with New Zealand Long Covid sufferer 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. 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. 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.” 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. 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. 1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones was paid over $1 million to speak about race at colleges in 2022 The New York Times 1619 Project: A New Origin Story : History as the emanation of race An interview with Mark Kruger, author of The St. Louis Commune of 1877: Communism in the Heartland Historian Jack Rakove on American history writing and the falsifications of the 1619 Project and its defenders The New York Times’ Jake Silverstein concocts “a new origin story” for the 1619 Project 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. US-NATO Conflict with Russia over Ukraine Stop Israel's genocide in Gaza! The Afghanistan war The war in Syria Free Julian Assange! US Southern Command announces sustained operations in Ecuador and Colombia while sinking more fishing boats in the Pacific US imperialism is building a hemispheric repressive apparatus that is distinctly fascist: fishermen killed or their livelihoods destroyed without trial, prosecutors and journalists murdered and bodies displayed as propaganda. US sends troops under cover of Venezuelan earthquake, as death toll surges Forty-eight hours after the most powerful earthquakes to strike Venezuela in 125 years, the United States has seized upon the humanitarian catastrophe to accelerate its military control over the country. Threat of US military action against Cuba mounts with Iran ceasefire President Donald Trump has stated repeatedly that “Cuba will be next,” as the Pentagon prepares for military action. US imperialism’s debacle in Iran Despite killing more than 3,000 Iranians and triggering a global food and energy crisis, the United States has failed to achieve the objectives for which it went to war. Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy and the militarization of Canadian society Trump poised to launch criminal war on Iran behind smokescreen of talks US planes flood UK bases in preparation for attack on Iran US draws up plans for “leadership change” and “targeting individuals” in Iran strike US forces in position for illegal attack on Iran 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. Alexander Rabinowitch’s The Bolsheviks Survive: Petrograd 1919 The fourth and final volume of Rabinowitch’s books on the October Revolution in Petrograd is a major contribution to the history of the civil war. New book questions official finding that fascist Brenton Tarrant acted alone in Christchurch massacre The book is a scathing critique of the 2020 Royal Commission of Inquiry, which declared that fascist terrorist Brenton Tarrant acted alone and that his mass murder of 51 people could not have been prevented. Gary Stevenson and the dead end of wealth-tax reformism The capitalist state is not a neutral instrument that can be picked up and aimed at the wealthy by a sufficiently determined government. It is an organ of class rule. Red Dawn over China : An extended exercise in anti-communist propaganda Frank Dikötter’s new book is a fundamentally flawed work that makes little pretence of academic objectivity or intellectual honesty. WSWS interviews Pulitzer Prize winner Brian Goldstone, author of There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America : “In America right now, a low-wage job … is homelessness waiting to happen” Jörg Baberowski’s Bypassing the People: Fascism as a revitalisation of democracy Book review: American Midnight: The Great War, a violent peace, and democracy's forgotten crisis Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights : Is this all that we can expect? Video: Strong interest in “Where Is America Going? Fascism or Socialism” at the Leipzig Book Fair 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. Governments escalate the global war on online anonymity The drive to abolish online anonymity is the digital dimension of a broader turn toward authoritarianism, austerity and imperialist war. 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.” 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. 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 Elon Musk’s Twitter abruptly reverses ban on promotion of alternative social media platforms Musk continues to ban from Twitter journalists who criticize him Musk’s attack on Twitter workers brings company to the brink of collapse Elon Musk issues ultimatum to Twitter employees: Submit to “extremely hardcore” culture, or face termination 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. 25 years since the September 11 terrorist attacks The attacks of September 11, 2001 were seized upon as the pretext for a vast escalation of war abroad and the construction of a police state at home, which is now being turned against the working class. The intensifying US-Canada trade war: A product and accelerant of inter-imperialist conflict American imperialism’s aggression cannot be opposed by lining up with any one or a coalition of its imperialist rivals. The trade war between the US and Canada is a reactionary conflict between two imperialist powers desperately seeking to secure their interests. The Alternative for Germany’s electoral victory: Who is responsible? The AfD’s electoral success is part of an international shift to the right among the ruling elites. The struggle to oppose this must be based on a socialist programme directed against capitalism. Labor Day 2026: The oligarchy demands that workers pay for the crisis of American capitalism Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps are being dismantled to finance war and tribute to the bondholders, while the union bureaucracy suppresses every struggle against it. The New York Times fabricates a “Russian sabotage” narrative The Mykolaiv court invokes Ukrainian-only language rule to stop the inflow of letters demanding Bogdan’s freedom German government provokes escalation of Ukraine war Bond yields surge as governments borrow for war and rearmament The Roman Space Telescope: The power of science and the bankruptcy of capitalism 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.