18 December 2018
Financial market fall accelerates on global growth fears
By Nick Beams, 18 December 2018
With all indexes now in “correction” territory, having fallen more than 10 percent since their highs, Wall Street is on track to record its biggest annual decline since 2008.
China’s economic slowdown: The political issues confronting the working class
Bombings kill 62 in Somalia amid escalating US scramble for Africa
By Bill Van Auken, 18 December 2018
The intensive US air strikes in Somalia came on the heels of Washington’s unveiling of a new policy based upon Africa as an arena of great power conflict.
Sri Lanka: Action committee of Abbotsleigh Estate workers holds inaugural meeting
By our correspondents, 18 December 2018
The meeting passed resolutions calling for independent action committees to fight for decent wages and conditions, and pledged support to “yellow vest” protesters in France, US auto workers and jailed Maruti Suzuki workers in India.
The international significance of the Sri Lankan plantation workers’ strike
Sri Lankan plantation workers end strike action under protest
Los Angeles teachers and supporters speak out at mass rally
“We don’t want the wars, we don’t want the prisons, we want that money to go to students who need it”
By our reporters, 18 December 2018
WSWS reporters were warmly received by teachers and their supporters at a mass rally in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday.
Mass demonstration by Los Angeles teachers
Los Angeles teachers and the fight for social equality
“Our action is part of a broader fight for education”
Teachers in Oakland, California speak out at wildcat demonstrations
Chicago teacher union shuts down charter school strike, holds rally for Democratic candidates
Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court refuses to hear SEP’s legal action against May Day meeting ban
By our correspondent, 18 December 2018
The government’s intention was to sabotage May Day demonstrations and rallies, a tradition established by workers before the end of British colonial rule in 1948.
Sri Lankan president reinstates sacked prime minister
“My union president acts as if he owns us. Like we’re his property.”
Indiana Lear worker denounces UAW effort to push through sellout deal on third vote
By Marcus Day, 18 December 2018
Voting ends Tuesday night on a third attempt by the UAW to gain ratification of a sellout deal that is little different from two earlier proposals decisively rejected by workers in Hammond and Portage.
Form rank-and-file committees to advance the fight!
UAW attempts third sellout contract at northwest Indiana Lear auto parts plants
US Navistar workers to vote again on contract after 98 percent “no” vote
“I think the whole shipping business is a little corrupt”
Amazon worker wrongfully fired for theft reveals company’s dead-end appeal system
By Nick Barrickman, 18 December 2018
A former employee at Amazon’s BWI-5 facility in Baltimore, Maryland contacted the International Amazon Workers Voice to describe what can only be called a nightmare of corporate red tape at his former employer.
Protests against new labour law in Hungary
By Markus Salzmann, 18 December 2018
Several thousand workers have taken to the streets of Budapest on a daily basis to protest against the tightening up of labour law by the Hungarian government.
Massive collapse of UK housing built for “social rent” in last decade
By Simon Whelan, 18 December 2018
The number of council homes in Britain has halved over recent decades and is now at its lowest level since the late 1960s.
Australian Labor Party to boost police-military operations to block refugees
By Mike Head, 18 December 2018
Shorten unequivocally restated Labor’s intent to keep using the navy to push back refugee boats and to retain the “offshore processing” regime of detaining asylum seekers on remote Pacific islands.
MSF reveals “mental health suffering” in Australia’s Nauru refugee detention camp
Australian Labor Party leaders warn of rising popular discontent
“Lefts” ensure stage-managed Australian Labor Party conference
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İleriye doğru önemli bir adım: Detroit’teki otomotiv işçileri toplantısı
Joseph Kishore, 18 Aralık 2018
Detroit’teki toplantıda, fabrikaların kapatılmasına, işten çıkarmalara ve işçi sınıfına yönelik diğer saldırılara karşı mücadele etmek için, sendikalardan bağımsız, tabandan fabrika komiteleri kurma kararı alındı.
Detroit toplantısı, General Motors’un fabrikaları kapatmasına karşı mücadele örgütleme kararı aldı
Will Morrow, 18 Aralık 2018
Otomotiv İşçileri Bülteni tarafından çağırısı yapılarak düzenlenen toplantıda, General Motors’un (GM) ABD’deki ve Kanada’daki beş fabrikasını kapatma ve 15.000 işçiyi işten çıkarma planına karşı bir direniş örgütleme kararı alındı.
GM fabrikalarının kapatılmasına karşı Detroit toplantısının kararı
GM fabrikalarının kapanmasına hayır! İşten çıkarmaları ve tavizleri durdurmak için işçi sınıfını harekete geçirin!
18 Aralık 2018
Toplantı, fabrikaların kapatılmasına karşı muhalefeti örgütlemek için, etkilenen tüm işyerlerinde, fabrikalarda ve mahallelerde, UAW’den, Unifor’dan ve diğer sendikalardan bağımsız taban komiteleri kurmayı karara bağlar.
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Cinquième manifestation des Gilets Jaunes contre le gouvernement Macron
Alex Lantier, 18 décembre 2018
Les médias et les partis officiels font pression sur les Gilets Jaunes pour qu’ils acceptent la légalisation des référendums d’initiative populaire comme une concession qui justifierait la fin des manifestations.
La crise mondiale du pouvoir capitaliste et la stratégie de la révolution socialiste
Joseph Kishore, 18 décembre 2018
Quelles que soient les particularités nationales, la crise politique de la domination de classe dans chaque pays est déterminée par les mêmes processus mondiaux.
Corbyn, le Brexit et la lutte pour les États socialistes unis d’Europe
Chris Marsden, 18 décembre 2018
Le dirigeant travailliste Jeremy Corbyn s’est attribué le rôle de garant de la stabilité nationale, dénonçant l’incapacité de Theresa May et des conservateurs à « mettre fin au chaos ».
Le parlement étudiant de l’Université Humboldt de Berlin condamne l’attaque de la droite contre la réunion de l’IYSSE
Nos correspondants, 18 décembre 2018
Le parlement étudiant a adopté à l’unanimité une résolution défendant l’International Students for social equality contre les tentatives de l’Alternative pour l’Allemagne, parti d’extrême droite, de perturber ses réunions.
Le Canada soumet la dirigeante de Huawei à de lourdes conditions de remise en liberté en attente des résultats des procédures d’extradition vers les États-Unis
Keith Jones, 18 décembre 2018
La Chine a publié une déclaration mardi qualifiant l’arrestation de Meng de «complot politique» fomenté par le Canada et les États-Unis.
New in German
Die globale Krise der kapitalistischen Herrschaft und die Strategie der sozialistischen Revolution
Joseph Kishore, 18. Dezember 2018
Unabhängig von den nationalen Besonderheiten wird die politische Krise der Klassenherrschaft in jedem Land von den gleichen globalen Prozessen getragen.
Rechtsextreme Zelle in der Frankfurter Polizei
Marianne Arens, 18. Dezember 2018
Offenbar ist in der Frankfurter Polizei ein rechtsradikales Netzwerk aufgeflogen. Die Polizisten schickten sich Nazi-Kommentare, Hakenkreuze und ausländerfeindliche Hetzparolen. Sie sollen auch hinter den Morddrohungen gegen die zweijährige Tochter einer Rechtsanwältin stecken.
Eisenbahngewerkschaft akzeptiert minimale Lohnerhöhung
Dietmar Henning, 18. Dezember 2018
Am Wochenende einigten sich die Deutsche Bahn und die Eisenbahngewerkschaft EVG auf einen neuen Tarifvertrag. Auf ein Jahr gerechnet beträgt die prozentuale Erhöhung 2,5 Prozent, was etwa der aktuellen Inflationsrate entspricht.
NRW-Landtag verschärft Polizeigesetz und Regeln der Abschiebehaft
Elisabeth Zimmermann, 18. Dezember 2018
Obwohl Zehntausende dagegen demonstriert hatten, stimmte neben den Regierungsparteien CDU und FDP auch die SPD für das umstrittene Gesetz.
Sri Lanka: Präsident setzt entlassenen Premierminister wieder ein
K. Ratnayake, 18. Dezember 2018
Sirisenas Entscheidung, Wickremesinghe wieder einzusetzen, wird die Krise nicht beenden, sondern den politischen Konflikt in der herrschenden Elite Sri Lankas nur kurzzeitig unterbrechen.
Verteidigung Leo Trotzkis auf Moskauer Buchmesse „non/fiction“ vorgestellt
unseren Korrespondenten, 18. Dezember 2018
Die russische Ausgabe von David Norths Verteidigung Leo Trotzkis wurde auf der internationalen Buchmesse „non/fiction“ in Moskau vorgestellt.
New in Spanish
La crisis global del dominio capitalista y la estrategia de la revolución socialista
Por Joseph Kishore, 18 diciembre 2018
Más allá de las peculiaridades nacionales, los mismos procesos globales impulsan las crisis políticas del gobierno capitalista en cada país.
Manifestación masiva de docentes en Los Ángeles
Por Dan Conway, 18 diciembre 2018
La protesta, la cual involucró hasta 50.000 manifestantes, es la más reciente indicación del retorno de la resistencia por parte de los educadores en todo EUA que han participado en la mayor ola huelguística de maestros en décadas.
Los docentes de Los Ángeles y la lucha por la igualdad social
Por el Boletín de los maestros del WSWS, 18 diciembre 2018
Esta declaración será distribuida en la manifestación masiva de maestros y simpatizantes en Los Ángeles el sábado.
Indefendible de Rohini Hensman: la ISO descubre su musa —la CIA— Primera parte
Por Alex Lantier, 18 diciembre 2018
Los argumentos de Hensman se inclinan inevitablemente en una dirección: las guerras estadounidenses han sido la principal fuerza liberadora del último cuarto de siglo.
New in Russian
Протесты «желтых жилетов» во Франции: Куда дальше?
Алекс Лантье, 14 декабря 2018 г.
Ключевым вопросом является создание независимых организаций рабочего класса во Франции и в международном масштабе в качестве подготовки к европейской всеобщей забастовке.
New in Norwegian
Israel ruller ut den røde løperen for Europas nyfascister
Bill Van Auken, 14. desember 2018
Netanyahus hylling av Italias høyreekstreme innenriksminister Salvini som en «stor venn av Israel» demonstrerer affiniteten mellom den sionistiske staten og nyfascismen.
Julian Assange fordømmer sin illegale innesperring i den ekvadorianske ambassaden
Oscar Grenfell, 14. desember 2018
WikiLeaks-utgiveren, som åpenbart er ved forringet helse, kom med kommentarene i en høring mot den ekvadorianske regjeringens «Spesialprotokoll», som har som formål å tvinge ham over i britiske og amerikanske hender.
Tre drept og 12 såret i masseskyting i Strasbourg, før «gul vest»-protest
Alex Lantier, 13. desember 2018
Den franske styringseliten griper allerede til angrepet som anledning til å trampe på demokratiske rettigheter, med krav om at «gule vest»-demonstranter legger ned sine protester mot Macron.
Tyske aviser anklager Macron for kapitulering for den «gule mobben»
Peter Schwarz, 13. desember 2018
Næringslivsorienterte tyske medier reagerer med indignasjon på den franske presidentens forsøk på å tekkes «gul vest»-protestbevegelsen med sine sosiale innrømmelser.
Bundeswehr anskaffer ny tanksbataljon
Johannes Stern, 13. desember 2018
Utvidelsen av tanksdivisjonene er en del av Tysklands omfattende planer for oppgradering av alle Bundeswehrs våpengrener.
Ford-direktører dømt for torturanklager fra 1970-tallet
Bill Van Auken, 13. desember 2018
Ford-direktørene anga militante arbeidere til militærdiktaturets politi og bidro med å sette opp et torturssenter inne på bilkonsernets argentinske fabrikkanlegg.
Et vesentlig skritt fremover: Bilproduksjonsarbeidernes Detroit-møte beslutter å etablere grunnplankomitéer
Joseph Kishore, 13. desember 2018
I sentrum av verdenskapitalismen begynner arbeiderklassen å etablere det nødvendige organisatoriske og politiske rammeverket for en motoffensiv.
«Dette møtet er et kraftig uttrykk for den voksende opposisjonen i arbeiderklassen»Rapport til Detroit-møtet for å bekjempe GM-fabrikknedleggelsene
Jerry White, 13. desember 2018
Jerry White, arbeidsredaktør for WSWS, introduserte resolusjonen til 9.-desember-møtet, som skisserte strategien for å forene arbeidere i USA og internasjonalt mot angrepene på arbeidernes jobber og betingelser.
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The disinformation campaign behind the allegations of Russian “disinformation”
18 December 2018
The US media was dominated Monday by reports that Russia is responsible for the growth of opposition to police violence and social inequality in the United States.
Featured Commentary
The global crisis of capitalist rule and the strategy of socialist revolution
By Joseph Kishore, 17 December 2018
Whatever the national peculiarities, the political crisis of class rule in every country is driven by the same global processes.
The fight against mass layoffs at GM
Watch: Shannon Allen's remarks at Detroit autoworkers meeting
On December 9, Amazon worker Shannon Allen delivered these remarks at an emergency meeting of autoworkers held in Detroit to oppose plant closures.
A significant step forward: Detroit meeting of autoworkers resolves to form rank-and-file committees
By Joseph Kishore, 13 December 2018
- Report to Detroit meeting to fight GM plant closings
- No to GM plant closings! Mobilize the working class to stop layoffs and concessions!
- Autoworkers at Detroit public meeting: “Rank-and-file committees of the working class are the answer”
- Detroit public meeting resolves to organize fight against General Motors plant closures
Socialist Equality Party
Parti de l’égalité socialiste holds Paris meeting on “yellow vest” protests
By our reporter, 18 December 2018
Several dozen people attended the meeting, including several “yellow vest” protesters as well as members of the Tamil community in Paris.
SEP (Australia) meeting announces rallies in defence of Julian Assange
By our reporters, 18 December 2018
The protests in Sydney and Melbourne will demand that the government take immediate action to secure Assange’s return to Australia, with a guarantee against extradition to the US.
SEP meeting attendees speak out in defence of Julian Assange
By our reporters, 18 December 2018
Book Review
Rohini Hensman’s Indefensible: The ISO discovers its muse—the CIA—Part 4
By Alex Lantier, 18 December 2018
Hensman’s attempts to provide a moral-humanitarian rationale for supporting imperialist wars as “democratic revolutions” form an obscene political lie.
Commentary
Corbyn, Brexit and the struggle for the United Socialist States of Europe
By Chris Marsden, 17 December 2018
The demonstrations in France and the global class struggle
By Alex Lantier, 7 December 2018
French state prepares crackdown for fifth Saturday of “yellow vest” protests
Fifth French “yellow vest” protest opposes Macron government
By Alex Lantier, 17 December 2018
Ex-1968 student leader Cohn-Bendit denounces French “yellow vest” protests
More on the 2018 "yellow vest" protests in France »
Israel rolls out the welcome mat for Europe’s neo-fascists
By Bill Van Auken, 14 December 2018
Democrats downplay Google censorship at congressional hearing
By Andre Damon, 13 December 2018
Jacobin urges readers to “log off” social media
Workers Struggles
Ontario Tories to block power workers strike; Mexican teachers strike to demand bonus
Workers Struggles: The Americas
18 December 2018
Thousands of teachers in Baja California struck to demand payment of their year-end bonus last week while the Ontario Tory government has recalled the provincial legislature to illegalize a threatened strike by power workers.
Nightmare odyssey of an American autoworker
A Chrysler worker’s 15-year fight to win her job back
By Shannon Jones, 14 December 2018
Over 4,000 Kaiser Permanente mental health workers on limited strike in California
Germany: Ford announces massive job cuts at its Saarlouis plant
Arts Review
Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma: Art and struggle
By Rafael Azul, 17 December 2018
Bodyguard: A political thriller in six episodes from the UK
By David Walsh, 15 December 2018
The ignorant, repressive attack on Frank Loesser’s “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”
By David Walsh, 14 December 2018
WSWS 2018 Year End Fund
Homeless Amazon worker Shannon Allen: “In order to grow, the WSWS needs money.”
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IYSSE
Student parliament condemns right-wing attack on IYSSE meeting at Humboldt University in Berlin
By our reporters, 17 December 2018
This week in history: December 17-23
25 years ago: Milošević wins Serbian parliamentary election
The party of Serbian President Slobodan Milošević won parliamentary elections on December 19, 1993, the first popular vote to be held in Serbia after the break-up of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
50 years ago: Apollo 8 begins voyage to the moon
On December 21, 1968, the US Apollo 8 spacecraft lifted off from Cape Kennedy in Florida on a mission to become the first manned vehicle to circle the moon.
75 years ago: Military coup in Bolivia
On December 20, 1943, Bolivian President Enrique Penarada was overthrown by a coup carried out by military officers under the leadership of Gualberto Villarroel and supported by the bourgeois nationalist Revolutionary Nationalist Movement.
100 years ago: Revolutionary sailors block all the exits of the Reich Chancellery in Berlin
On December 23, 1918, German sailors of the Peoples Naval Division, who had been threatened with transfer and had had their pay withheld by the Social Democratic government, marched on the government headquarters in Berlin.
Mehring Books
In Defense of Leon Trotsky presented at Moscow Book Fair
By our correspondents, 15 December 2018
Science
Greenland ice sheet melting at an accelerating rate due to global warming
By Philip Guelpa, 14 December 2018
International Committee of the Fourth International
David North addresses New Zealand meeting celebrating 80 years of the Fourth International
By our reporters, 11 December 2018
80th anniversary of the Fourth International celebrated in Melbourne with public lecture
By our reporters, 8 December 2018
Eighty Years of the Fourth International: The Lessons of History and the Struggle for Socialism Today
By David North, 9 October 2018
On the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Fourth International
By David North, 3 September 2018
Fund appeal
Socialist Equality Party (Australia)
SEP meeting and livestream on December 16: What next in the fight to free Julian Assange?
By the Socialist Equality Party (Australia), 28 November 2018
The meeting will discuss the Socialist Equality Party’s political perspective to mobilise and lead the defence of Julian Assange.
Watch: Two Hundred Years Since the Birth of Karl Marx
By Nick Beams, 31 October 2018
Nick Beams delivers successful lectures on the contemporary relevance of Karl Marx at Australian universities
Socialist Equality Party
Resolution of the SEP (UK) Fourth National Congress
The resurgence of the class struggle and the tasks of the Socialist Equality Party (UK)
By the Socialist Equality Party (UK), 6 December 2018
This resolution was unanimously adopted by the Fourth National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party in Britain, which was held October 27-30, 2018.
Security and the Fourth International
The origins and findings of the Security and the Fourth International investigation
By Eric London, 14 November 2018
This is the text and audio of a lecture delivered by Eric London in Detroit, Michigan reviewing the monumental investigation conducted by the International Committee of the Fourth International titled Security and the Fourth International, which exposed the infiltration of the movement by agents of the FBI and Stalinist GPU.
An “Exemplary Comrade”: The Socialist Workers Party’s 40-year-long cover-up of Stalinist spy Sylvia Callen: Part one
By Eric London, 14 August 2018
This is the first part in a four-part series examining the cover-up by the Socialist Workers Party beginning in 1947 of information exposing the role of Sylvia Callen, the personal secretary of long-time party leader James P. Cannon, as a Stalinist agent.
Part two | Part three | Part four
Seventy-eight years since the assassination of Leon Trotsky
By Eric London and David North, 21 August 2018
On August 21, 1940, Leon Trotsky, the founder of the Fourth International and the co-leader of the Russian Revolution, died from wounds inflicted the day before by an assassin, the Stalinist GPU agent Ramon Mercader.
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