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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 12.18 days ago
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Israel's genocide in Gaza5 months ago
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Hal Ashby's The Last Detail: "Imprisoned" by the US Navy, two sailors escort a young seaman to the brig2 hours ago
50 YEARS SINCE THE SOCIALLY CRITICAL FILMS OF 1974: AN INTRODUCTION2 days ago
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The Dmitriev Affair: A confused and confusing film about the historian of Stalin's Great Terror14 days ago
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Workers Struggles: The Americas1 day ago
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German defence minister signs decree for war against Russia4 days ago
May Day in Germany: Police and unions take action against opponents of war4 days ago
Jobs massacre at department store chain Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof4 days ago
Asia and the Pacific2 years ago
North and South Korea2 years ago
Australia: Police shoot dead 16-year-old accused of extremist stabbing18 hours ago
Australian PM Albanese backs Zionist witch hunt against anti-genocide protesters1 day ago
Australian health professional faces discipline on bogus antisemitism charges1 day ago
Philippines drawn into US network of anti-China alliances2 days ago
Australian government, media downplay reports of Indian spy ring2 days ago
New Zealand foreign minister ramps up anti-China campaign2 days ago
New Solomon Islands prime minister maintains China alliance4 days ago
Australia: Victorian nurses and midwives vote for strikes against Labor government wage cuts4 days ago
New Zealand May Day rallies seek to cover up union complicity with austerity6 days ago
Democratic Party enlists Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to cover up Biden's war crimes1 day ago
The arrest of Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein is an attack on democratic rights9 days ago
The hush money trial of Donald Trump and the crisis of class rule in America18 days ago
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An election for the billionaires29 days ago
The COVID-19 pandemic and the 2024 US elections1 month ago
Cornel West selects Black Lives Matter promoter Melina Abdullah as running mate25 days ago
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Sri Lankan Tamil parties debate tactics in the presidential election1 day ago
Sri Lankan workers and youth must demand the repudiation of all foreign debt4 days ago
The SEP (Sri Lanka) launches party development fund to expand its political work15 days ago
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How to fight to reinstate 62 Sri Lankan victimised electricity workers13 days ago
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Sri Lankan government announces unprecedented anti-democratic restrictions on election candidates19 days ago
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UK virtually ends free vaccines as COVID-19 continues to spread17 days ago
Global pandemic agreement undermined by corporate interests20 days ago
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Hidden Long COVID crisis deepens in New Zealand28 days ago
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Australian government, media silent on last COVID wave that killed one thousand people29 days ago
Free Julian Assange!2 years ago
Imperialist leaders cover up illegal detention of Julian Assange on World Press Freedom Day2 days ago
Biden administration issues "weasel words" assurances to secure Assange's extradition21 days ago
SEP (Australia) forum in Melbourne demands freedom for Assange26 days ago
Australian Labor government complicit in Assange extradition threat1 month ago
Young people speak at UK public meetings on fight to free Julian Assange: "It should be a focus for this generation"1 month ago
UK High Court puts Assange on the brink of extradition to the United States1 month ago
Julian Assange and the fight against imperialist war1 month ago
Assange lawyers rebuff anti-democratic US government extradition arguments2 months ago
Assange supporters march to Downing Steet as two-day hearing ends in London2 months ago
Another Boeing whistleblower dies, the second in two months5 days ago
Quebec government targets construction workers' jobs and working conditions6 days ago
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FBI opens criminal investigation into Baltimore bridge collapse19 days ago
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Florida law banning abortions after 6 weeks takes effect5 days ago
Far-reaching anti-democratic implications of US Supreme Court hearing on Trump's legal immunity claim6 days ago
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Supreme Court hearing on Trump immunity claim debates how far US president can go in committing crimes12 days ago
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Colombia cuts ties with Israel over Gaza genocide4 days ago
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Brazilian federal education strikes expose broad attacks by Lula government11 days ago
Over one million march in defense of Argentina's universities as Milei brutally represses protests13 days ago
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The 1917 Russian Revolution2 years ago
This Week in History2 years ago
54 years since the Kent State massacre—and a warning for today1 day ago
This week in history: May 6–132 days ago
Liz French on the 40th Anniversary of the British Miners' Strike: "We were betrayed by the TUC and Labour Party."1 month ago
India's 1983 Nellie communal massacre in historical perspective1 month ago
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Mehring Yayıncılık publishes Turkish edition of Vadim Rogovin's 1937: Stalin's Year of Terror1 month ago
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Fed says interest rates to stay higher for longer6 days ago
A significant speech by a central banker8 days ago
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Inflation numbers push back possible Fed interest rate cut23 days ago
IMF warning over growing private credit market28 days ago
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United Nations human rights experts oppose UK decision to make Shamima Begum stateless2 months ago
Thousands of textile workers strike at Egypt's largest industrial plant in Mahalla al-Kubra2 months ago
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The US-NATO war with Russia9 months ago
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German Economy Minister Habeck's war visit to Kiev16 days ago
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Youth and Students11 months ago
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Upcoming IYSSE (Australia) lecture: The fight of Trotskyism against the pseudo-left19 days ago
IYSSE meetings in Australia and New Zealand: The crisis of political perspective of the Gaza protests1 month ago
IYSSE holds first meeting at Otago University in New Zealand2 months ago
Australian IYSSE wins support at universities for its opposition to the Gaza genocide2 months ago
Capitalism leads to genocide and war—youth and students must fight for world socialism!3 months ago
Former IDF soldiers attack pro-Palestinian student protesters at Columbia University3 months ago
Columbia University students and faculty protest ongoing genocide and further attacks on academic freedom3 months ago
Oppose the state-organized witch hunt of opponents of genocide on US campuses!4 months ago
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. -- View page3 months ago
On the 50th anniversary of the Chilean coup -- Fifty years after Chile's horrific September 11 coup, its political relevance is becoming ever more urgent as the specter of dictatorship once again haunts the political life of Latin America. -- Read7 months ago
Italian court sets out evidence of Egypt's state torture and murder of Giulio Regeni in 20165 days ago
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EU, IMF and regional powers bail out Egypt in return for services rendered to Israel's genocidal war1 month ago
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Scientific—and social—dimensions of the 2024 total solar eclipse1 month ago
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Earliest known example of a human-built wood structure, dating to nearly a half-million years ago, discovered in Africa4 months ago
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Ford Rouge worker dies on the assembly line14 days ago
More Stellantis layoffs at Sterling Heights and Mack Avenue Assembly in Detroit, forced overtime announced in Toledo14 days ago
UAW President Fain dines with billionaires, warmongers at White House reception for Japanese PM26 days ago
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Mass layoffs hit auto industry as job cuts mount, profits surge1 month ago
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Stellantis fires 400 white-collar workers during mandatory remote workday1 month ago
Helen Halyard (1950-2023), a tribute to a life dedicated to the victory of world socialism5 months ago
Remarks by David North at the conclusion of the international memorial meeting for Helen Halyard2 months ago
"Building the world party was Helen's goal in life, to which she made an indelible contribution"3 months ago
Tribute to Helen: Beverly Lozano, a supporter from California3 months ago
Helen Halyard (1950-2023), a life dedicated to the liberation of the working class5 months ago
"Helen Halyard gave to the party, its program, and the international working class, the 'full measure' of her life"3 months ago
An appreciation of Comrade Helen Halyard3 months ago
"To Helen ours was a party of the great principles of internationalism and the central revolutionary role of the working class"4 months ago
"Helen exemplified what it means to be a party cadre"4 months ago
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. -- Read10 months ago
Imperialism, the genocide in Gaza, and the world struggle for socialism4 months ago
Sri Lankan workers condemn pro-government thug attack on SEP members4 months ago
Australian workers and youth condemn violent attack on Sri Lankan SEP members4 months ago
British Trotskyists condemn pro-government thug attack on Sri Lankan SEP members4 months ago
SEP (US) National Secretary Joseph Kishore addresses "Centenary of Trotskyism" public meeting in Colombo4 months ago
SEP (US) National Secretary Joe Kishore addresses "Centenary of Trotskyism" public meeting at Sri Lanka's Peradeniya University4 months ago
Trump's January 6 coup d'état2 years ago
Wisconsin documents reveal details of strategy behind Donald Trump's 2020 fake elector scheme2 months ago
Appellate court rejects Trump's claim that he cannot be prosecuted for seeking to overthrow the 2020 election3 months ago
Third Trump coup lawyer pleads guilty and agrees to testify in Georgia election case6 months ago
Trump coup plot accomplice Chesebro pleads guilty in Georgia fake elector case6 months ago
Top Trump coup lawyer Sidney Powell turns state's witness on eve of Georgia trial6 months ago
Trump-backed election denier Jim Jordan fails in second vote for House speaker6 months ago
Former Capitol Police chief blasts Pentagon officials for delaying deployment of National Guard during January 6 coup7 months ago
Retiring Senator Romney confirms Pentagon, Congress knew Trump planned violent coup days before January 67 months ago
Georgia special grand jury recommended charging 39 top Republicans, including Sen. Lindsey Graham, lawyer Cleta Mitchell and retired Gen. Michael Flynn7 months ago
NOW AVAILABLE -- 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. -- Read the introduction1 year ago
Socialist Equality Party2 years ago
Put a socialist, anti-war party on the ballot! Join the SEP (Australia) as an electoral member today!1 month ago
Sri Lankan SEP meeting to launch two books on the Sinhala chauvinist JVP1 month ago
Comrade Halil Çelik: An inspiration for workers and youth internationally3 months ago
Comrade Halil Çelik blazed the socialist-internationalist path the workers of Turkey must follow3 months ago
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka) celebrates 80th birthday of veteran Trotskyist K. Ratnayake5 months ago
Greetings to veteran Sri Lankan Trotskyist K. Ratnayake on his 80th birthday5 months ago
Enthusiastic response by Sri Lankan workers and students to upcoming international May Day online rally1 year ago
SEP (Australia) holds well-attended post-election public meeting1 year ago
World Socialist Web Site launches its Ukrainian-language edition1 year ago
20 years since the 2003 US invasion of Iraq -- March 20 marks 20 years since the beginning of the US invasion of Iraq, launched on the basis of lies. At the time of the initial invasion, the WSWS published many statements on the background of the war, its history and its implications. This page features some of the most important statements. -- Read1 year ago
For an active boycott of Australian Labor's Voice referendum!7 months ago
Indigenous Voice leaders denounce Australian voters6 months ago
Australian pseudo-left slanders population as racist after defeat of Voice referendum23 days ago
Defeat of Australian Labor's Voice referendum highlights stark class divide, not racism6 months ago
Australian workers oppose the Voice, call for better conditions for Aboriginal people6 months ago
Defeat of Australian Labor's Voice referendum highlights massive class divide6 months ago
On referendum day Australian workers and young people support the SEP's active boycott of Labor's Voice to parliament6 months ago
For an active boycott of the Voice referendum! Build a socialist movement of the working class against war and austerity!6 months ago
For an active boycott of Australian Labor's Voice referendum!8 months ago
Australian students denounce attacks on Gaza and hypocrisy of Labor's Voice campaign6 months ago
On the 25th anniversary of the World Socialist Web Site -- Twenty-five years ago, the International Committee of the Fourth International began posting the World Socialist Web Site. In this video, WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North explains the background to the WSWS, reviews its record and contemporary significance and makes an appeal to all readers to donate to the WSWS and expand its readership. -- Watch now1 year ago
The Prinkipo commemoration of Trotsky's exile and the global resurgence of the working class8 months ago
An Island at the Center of World History: Trotsky on Prinkipo8 months ago
The ICFI's investigation exposed the GPU conspiracy to murder Trotsky8 months ago
Leon Trotsky's years on Prinkipo8 months ago
2023: The global capitalist crisis and the growing offensive of the international working class -- In 2022 the accumulating pressure of these intersecting elements of the world capitalist crisis attained the equivalent of critical mass: that is, they have reached the point where the dynamic of crisis has passed beyond the ability of governments to control the movement toward a social cataclysm. -- Read statement1 year ago
1985-86: The victory of Trotskyism within the ICFI6 months ago
The Workers League's defence of the Theory of Permanent Revolution against the opportunism of the Workers Revolutionary Party7 months ago
1982: Marxism, the revolutionary party, and the critique of Healy's Studies in Dialectics7 months ago
The role of Security and the Fourth International in the fight for the continuity of the International Committee of the Fourth International7 months ago
Wohlforth's renegacy, the renewal of the struggle against Pabloism in the Workers League, and the turn to the working class7 months ago
The ICFI's exposure of Ernest Mandel's "neo-capitalism" and the analysis of the global economic crisis: 1967–19717 months ago
Leon Trotsky and the Struggle for Socialism in the Epoch of Imperialist War and Socialist Revolution9 months ago
The continuing struggle against Pabloism, the centrism of the OCI and the emerging crisis within the ICFI8 months ago
The "Great Betrayal" in Ceylon, the formation of the American Committee for the Fourth International, and the founding of the Workers League8 months ago
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. -- Read7 months ago
Will Lehman campaign for UAW President1 year ago
Will Lehman issues letter to Mack Trucks coworkers on eve of UAW contract expiration: "We must seriously prepare for a major battle"7 months ago
Will Lehman sues Biden administration demanding rerun of fraudulent UAW election10 months ago
Stop the UAW sabotage of the autoworkers struggle! Hold emergency local meetings to demand an all-out strike!7 months ago
"It's almost like we are in a civil war between the rich and the poor": Autoworkers respond to Will Lehman's Newsweek op-ed7 months ago
The battle against the automakers is more than a strike, it's class warfare7 months ago
Unite the rank and file for an all-out autoworkers strike!7 months ago
Mobilize the rank and file against the UAW sellout!7 months ago
Will Lehman replies to Biden's Department of Labor in ongoing lawsuit to demand rerun of UAW election8 months ago
Will Lehman and attorney discuss lawsuit against Biden admin demanding re-run of UAW election10 months ago
A call to youth throughout the world: Build a mass movement to stop the Ukraine war! -- The International Youth and Students for Social Equality—the student and youth movement of the Socialist Equality Parties, the national sections of the International Committee of the Fourth International—calls for the building of a mass global movement of young people to end the reckless escalation toward World War III. -- Read statement11 months ago
May Day 2023: For the international unity of the working class against national chauvinism and war!1 year ago
For the unity of the Russian and Ukrainian working class!1 year ago
May Day 2023 and the struggle against war1 year ago
The American ruling class confronts its most powerful antagonist at home: The working class11 months ago
New Zealand Labour government imposes austerity, war and endless COVID infections11 months ago
Canadian imperialism bares its fangs11 months ago
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. -- Find out more2 years ago
The Global Workers' Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic2 years ago
Former Montgomery, Alabama teacher testifies about the forced reopening of schools in 2020-211 year ago
The international pseudo-left and the lifting of Zero-COVID in China: Part 11 year ago
The international pseudo-left and the lifting of Zero-COVID in China: Part 21 year ago
Immunocompromised mother in Manhattan speaks to Global Workers' Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic1 year ago
Michigan hospital worker with Long COVID speaks about the destruction of health care in the US1 year ago
Teacher describes struggle to get treated for Long COVID in New Zealand1 year ago
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WSWS speaks with New Zealand Long Covid sufferer1 year ago
The New York Times' 1619 Project and the Racialist Falsification of History2 years ago
The Wuhan Lab conspiracy theory2 years ago
Democrats join with Republican fascists to witch-hunt scientist Peter Daszak5 days ago
The Wuhan lab lie: "Weapons of mass destruction" redux1 year ago
The Wuhan Lab Leak slander being resurrected to bolster US war drive against China1 year ago
Republicans revive discredited Wuhan Lab Leak theory and call Anthony Fauci to testify1 year ago
Anthony Fauci gives aid and comfort to COVID-19 "lab leak" conspiracy theory1 year ago
Washington Post backs Republican-led witch-hunt against scientists1 year ago
Boston University study on Omicron variant smeared as dangerous gain-of-function research by right-wing reactionaries1 year ago
Twitter labelled scientific reporting of COVID-19 as "misinformation"1 year ago
Timothy Snyder's Bloodlands: Right-wing propaganda disguised as historical scholarship -- This five-part series and historical timeline exposes Snyder's Bloodlands as a work of falsification, aimed at justifying the imperialist proxy war against Russia in Ukraine and the alliance of US imperialism with the Ukrainian far-right. -- Read1 year ago
The New York Times' 1619 Project2 years ago
Nikole Hannah-Jones' Center for Democracy and Journalism: Racialist politics in the service of US imperialism7 months ago
The 1619 Project and the New York Times' promotion of the racialist ideology of Ukrainian nationalism1 year ago
Oppose political censorship of antiwar views at Howard University!1 year ago
Marcus Garvey and the reactionary logic of racialist politics1 year ago
1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones was paid over $1 million to speak about race at colleges in 20221 year ago
The New York Times 1619 Project: A New Origin Story: History as the emanation of race2 years ago
An interview with Mark Kruger, author of The St. Louis Commune of 1877: Communism in the Heartland2 years ago
Historian Jack Rakove on American history writing and the falsifications of the 1619 Project and its defenders2 years ago
The New York Times' Jake Silverstein concocts "a new origin story" for the 1619 Project2 years ago
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. -- View the Timeline2 years ago
The SEP (US) 2022 Seventh National Congress1 year ago
The historical and political principles of the socialist opposition to imperialist war and the Putin regime1 year ago
The historical background of the COVID-19 pandemic and the fight for global elimination1 year ago
America's "New World Order"— The historical and social roots of US plans for war with Russia and China1 year ago
Build rank-and-file committees, the organs of 21st century working class struggle!1 year ago
The Theory of Permanent Revolution in Turkey and throughout the world1 year ago
New Australian Labor government intensifies assault on working class and war preparations against China1 year ago
The fight against mass COVID infection and militarism in New Zealand1 year ago
The fight against Canadian imperialism and for socialist internationalism1 year ago
New revolutionary epoch opens doors for building the ICFI in Brazil1 year ago
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 1997.1 year ago
Instagram shutters account of Palestinian publisher Quds News Network5 months ago
WSWS readers demand Facebook reverse ban on SEG in New Zealand11 months ago
Facebook blocks Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand from advertising1 year ago
Elon Musk's Twitter abruptly reverses ban on promotion of alternative social media platforms1 year ago
Musk continues to ban from Twitter journalists who criticize him1 year ago
Musk's attack on Twitter workers brings company to the brink of collapse1 year ago
Elon Musk issues ultimatum to Twitter employees: Submit to "extremely hardcore" culture, or face termination1 year ago
Facebook censors Australians Against Covid spokesperson Craig Wallace and a Sydney health worker1 year ago
Australians Against Covid spokesperson Craig Wallace speaks to WSWS about Facebook censorship1 year ago
The defense of academic freedom2 years ago
Over 80,000 sign petition against NYU Langone's termination of a pro-Palestinian resident physician6 months ago
Report exposes fraudulent antisemitism accusations at UK universities7 months ago
An interview with Harvard anthropology Professor John Comaroff—Part one1 year ago
Harvard UAW, pseudo-left groups organize provocation against professor John Comaroff1 year ago
Defend Harvard professor John Comaroff against the right-wing witch-hunt!1 year ago
The politically driven campaign against Harvard anthropologist John Comaroff2 years ago
The concerted, cowardly #MeToo attack on Harvard professor John Comaroff2 years ago
Campus opposition at University of Michigan mounts to victimization of Bright Sheng2 years ago
Australian High Court sets precedent for sacking dissenting academics2 years ago
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.1 year ago
War and militarism2 years ago
Russia downs British-supplied long-range missile as Zelensky and Sunak declare "jets coalition"11 months ago
Pentagon national strategy document targets China1 year ago
Australia dispatching military "trainers" to aid the US-NATO war against Russia1 year ago
German President Steinmeier delivers war speech to the nation1 year ago
One year since the US military's withdrawal from Afghanistan1 year ago
New Zealand media, politicians ramp up war propaganda after soldier killed in Ukraine1 year ago
UN documents civilian deaths in Syrian war, ignoring their cause1 year ago
US extends economic war on Russia to China1 year ago
At NATO summit, New Zealand PM backs war with Russia, military build-up against China1 year ago
A historic advance in the fight for Trotskyism -- The International Committee of the Fourth International accepts application of the Sosyalist Eşitlik Grubu to become its section in Turkey -- The June 19 decision followed extensive discussions with representatives of the International Committee in Istanbul on the development of the fight for Trotskyism in Turkey and the Aegean and Black Sea regions. -- Read more1 year ago
The German SGP lawsuit against the Verfassungsschutz2 years ago
Germany's secret service intensifies persecution of war opponents and warns against "Trotskyism"9 months ago
Peace activist sentenced for criticizing German war policy in Ukraine1 year ago
Large-scale raid against right-wing terrorist network reveals the extent of the fascist danger in Germany6 months ago
German secret service operates hundreds of far-right social media profiles1 year ago
German Interior Minister Faeser wants to fight climate change activists "with all her might"1 year ago
Berlin Administrative Court affirms secret service observation of left-wing newspaper junge Welt2 years ago
Berlin Administrative Court declares criticism of capitalism unconstitutional2 years ago
UK Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee denounces court ruling upholding designation of Germany's Socialist Equality Party as "left wing extremists"2 years ago
Berlin Administrative Court rules socialist ideas are "anti-constitutional"2 years ago
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.2 years ago
Ghassan Zeineddine's Dearborn: Short stories about Arab-American life1 month ago
The Best American Short Stories 2023: A step backward2 months ago
Killing for Country: A Family History—a harrowing but distorted view of the massacres of Australian Aboriginal people3 months ago
How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer: A documentary approaches the American novelist with sympathy, but not enough scrutiny3 months ago
A comment on the life and death of Czech-French novelist Milan Kundera (1929-2023)4 months ago
Adolph Reed, Jr.'s The South: Jim Crow and its Afterlives4 months ago
Why have right-wing forces attacked Adania Shibli's novel Minor Detail?5 months ago
Award-winning novelist Arundhati Roy denounces "brazen slaughter" and "crimes against humanity" in Gaza2 months ago
The racialist theory of "color blind racism": Eduardo Bonilla-Silva's Racism without Racists6 months ago
Biden backs police repression against non-violent anti-genocide protests5 days ago
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. -- Read more2 years ago
The 2010 Pike River mine disaster2 years ago
New Zealand: Court action continues over Pike River mine disaster12 days ago
Police locate more bodies in New Zealand's Pike River mine10 months ago
New Zealand police extend investigation into Pike River mine disaster until the end of 202311 months ago
Nine dead, 44 still missing in mine collapse in China1 year ago
New Zealand: Court action over Pike River mine disaster1 year ago
New Zealand police to drill more boreholes at Pike River mine1 year ago
NZ government's "Working with Survivors" continues cover-up of Pike River mine disaster1 year ago
Pike River mine disaster families seek answers about unlawful payment to avoid prosecution of CEO1 year ago
Online book launch: Political lessons of the Pike River disaster and cover-up1 year ago
Eighty years since the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union -- The WSWS has published a feature page incorporating a selection of essential essays from its own archives, and other documents produced contemporaneously by the Fourth International. -- Read more2 years ago
Cliff Slaughter: A political biography (1928-1963) -- By David North -- Cliff Slaughter died on May 3, 2021, in Leeds, England, at the age of 92. His enduring contribution in the 1960s to the defense of Trotskyism stands in tragic contrast with his subsequent political opportunism and repudiation of revolutionary Marxism.2 years ago
Sylvia Ageloff and the assassination of Leon Trotsky -- With David North and Eric London -- North and London discussed the significance of the latest revelations of the the Security and the Fourth International investigation into Trotsky's assassination. -- Watch the video2 years ago