14 October 2019
Syrian army, Iran threaten counterattack against Turkish invasion of Syria
By Alex Lantier, 14 October 2019
A large-scale Middle East war could strangle world oil supply, and escalate into war between nuclear-armed powers. The working class is coming face to face with the real possibility of a Third World War.
US sends 3,000 more troops to defend Saudi monarchy
Mack Truck, copper miners, Chicago teachers, gig economy workers
Spreading strike wave shows potential for GM workers to expand struggle to Ford and Fiat-Chrysler
By Jerry White, 14 October 2019
If the month-long strike is to be won, autoworkers must take the fight into their own hands, end the isolation imposed by the UAW, and fight for an industry-wide shutdown.
Auto strike in peril: UAW, GM prepare to end strike and impose contract betrayal
After secret meeting with CEO Mary Barra, UAW moving to shut down GM strike
Who is UAW Vice President Terry Dittes?
“It’s like the UAW is management:” GM strikers speak out as union moves towards sellout
By Tom Hall, 14 October 2019
Reporting teams for the World Socialist Web Site Autoworker Newsletter spoke to striking GM workers throughout Southeast Michigan over the weekend, as news emerged that the UAW is preparing to move towards a tentative agreement to shut down the four-week strike and enforce concessions.
UAW promoting anti-Mexican nationalism to isolate and defeat GM strike
As GM strike enters fifth week, Mack Truck-Volvo workers launch first strike in more than 35 years
By Nick Barrickman, 14 October 2019
The two American automotive strikes are part of an international movement of the working class against austerity, including 70,000 auto parts workers in Mexico and rolling strikes at GM’s South Korean plants.
As UAW keeps Mack-Volvo workers on job past contract deadline, Daimler’s Freightliner Trucks cuts 900 jobs
US impeachment inquiry: State Department official testifies in defiance of Trump ban
By Patrick Martin, 14 October 2019
Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch is the first Trump administration official to testify before the House Intelligence Committee since the White House declared its policy of noncooperation with the impeachment inquiry.
Large Berlin solidarity protests against anti-Semitism and right-wing terrorism.
By our reporters, 14 October 2019
This weekend’s protests underscored, once again, the widespread opposition that exists to the return of fascism in Germany.
Right-wing extremist network behind fascist synagogue attack in Germany
Thousands protest in Germany against right-wing violence following fascist Yom Kippur attack
By Marianne Arens, 14 October 2019
Last Wednesday’s attack in Halle by a heavily armed fascist, anti-Semite, on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, has evoked horror and a wave of solidarity protests against right-wing violence.
German Nazi murders two in Yom Kippur Synagogue attack
Wildfires and forced blackouts lead to multiple deaths in California
By Evan Blake, 14 October 2019
In total, Pacific Gas and Electric cut power to over 700,000 homes or businesses in two phases last Wednesday and Thursday, likely equivalent to over two million people.
The irrationality of capitalism: Millions cut off from electricity, lives endangered by California utility PG&E
As wildfires, power outages spread throughout California, tens of thousands ordered to evacuate
Mass arrests continue in London and other cities in global Extinction Rebellion protests
By Robert Stevens, 14 October 2019
By Sunday afternoon, police had arrested 1,309 protesters in London, more than were arrested in the first wave of demonstrations in April.
Nationalists win parliamentary elections in Kosovo
By Markus Salzmann, 14 October 2019
The turnout of just 44 percent shows that the majority of the population rejects the policies of the narrow layer that runs the country.
Trump backs China’s handling of Hong Kong protests
By Peter Symonds, 14 October 2019
Trump’s comments demonstrate that US imperialism, far from defending democratic rights, cynically and selectively exploits “human rights” as the means for prosecuting its own interests.
Conflict erupts over European Central Bank’s return to “quantitative easing”
By Nick Beams, 14 October 2019
According to initial reports of the September meeting, as many as nine members of the 25-member governing council opposed the ECB's decision to return to “quantitative easing.”
Chicago Teachers Union announces “path” to block strike and impose austerity settlement
By Kristina Betinis, 14 October 2019
CTU leaders announced on Saturday a proposal that will allow the district to “phase in” resources in a school system that has been denied the basics for decades.
Two dead, one missing after hotel worksite collapses in New Orleans
By Aaron Murch, 14 October 2019
The area remains under evacuation, with at least 100 people being forced from their nearby homes due to the danger of further collapses.
Four homeless men murdered in New York City’s Chinatown
By Owen Mullan and Sandy English, 14 October 2019
The tragic incident, involving six of the poorest people in the United States, is a product of the city’s social decay, the most unequal large American city.
New York City transit authority adds 500 police officers
NDP advocates spending tens of billions on Canada’s military
By Roger Jordan, 14 October 2019
Canada’s social democrats are full-throated supporters of the Trudeau Liberal government’s plans to buy new fleets of warships and fighter jets.
Canada’s NDP spouts “progressive” rhetoric while planning to prop up minority Liberal government
12 October 2019
Five dead and almost 1,000 arrested as repression mounts in Ecuador
By Andrea Lobo, 12 October 2019
Ecuador’s president retreats from capital in face of growing mass protests
European Union continues talks with Johnson government over possible Brexit deal
By Robert Stevens, 12 October 2019
UK ruling class considers whether to entrust Corbyn with overcoming Brexit crisis
US and China reach limited trade deal
By Nick Beams, 12 October 2019
US immigration policies sending thousands of children, including babies, back to Mexico
By Kevin Martinez, 12 October 2019
Immigrants shut down Matamoros-Brownsville border crossing in protest over US-Mexico asylum ban
Prosecutors in Illinois charge nine-year-old with murder after mobile home fire claims the lives of five family members
Official cover-up continues of Australian paramedic’s suicide
By Cheryl Crisp, 12 October 2019
Ahead of ruling in Catalan show trials
Catalan nationalists, Spanish unions and pseudo-left demobilize opposition
By Alejandro López, 12 October 2019
Spanish Supreme Court approves exhumation of fascist dictator Francisco Franco
Dortmund, Germany withdraws prestigious award from the author Kamila Shamsie over support for BDS
By Sybille Fuchs, 12 October 2019
New in Norwegian
Seks måneder siden den brutale arresteringen av WikiLeaks-utgiver Julian Assange
Oscar Grenfell, 14. oktober 2019
Samtidig som Assange blir utsatt for det som utgjør tortur i et britisk fengsel går krigsforbryterne han har gjort så mye for å avsløre fri.
Fem døde og nesten 1 000 arrestert, med økende undertrykking i Ecuador
Andrea Lobo, 14. oktober 2019
Ombudsmannskontoret i Ecuador bekreftet at represjonen har etterlatt 5 demonstranter drept, 554 såret og 929 arrestert. Disse tallene skjuler imidlertid undertrykkingens brutalitet.
Roger Waters’ konsertfilm «US + Them» tar opp globale anliggender
Kevin Reed, 14. oktober 2019
Konsertfilmen er fra liveopptredener i Amsterdam i juni 2018, og inneholder Waters’ tolkninger fra Pink Floyd-katalogen og fra hans solokarriere, sett i lys av nåværende sosiale og politiske kriser rundt om i verden.
Edward Snowden: Mannen som avslørte amerikansk etterretnings elektroniske overvåkning av alle
Kevin Reed, 14. oktober 2019
Memoarboka Permanent Record, skrevet av den tidligere etterretningskontraktøren og varsleren Edward Snowden, er en viktig beretning om livet til mannen bak eksponeringen av de hemmelige, globale elektroniske overvåkningsprogrammene operert av NSA og CIA.
New in French
Le Nouveau parti anticapitaliste exige une escalade militaire contre la Turquie en Syrie
Alex Lantier, 14 octobre 2019
Le NPA pabliste s’oppose farouchement à une lutte pour unir la classe ouvrière au niveau international dans un mouvement contre la guerre impérialiste et la bourgeoisie du Moyen-Orient.
Six mois depuis l'arrestation brutale de Julian Assange, éditeur de WikiLeaks
Oscar Grenfell, 14 octobre 2019
Tandis qu’Assange est soumis à ce qui équivaut à de la torture dans une prison britannique, les criminels de guerre qu’il a tant fait pour dénoncer, ne sont pas inquiété.
Avant la décision des procès-spectacles catalans
Les nationalistes catalans, les syndicats espagnols et la pseudo-gauche démobilisent l'opposition
Alejandro López, 14 octobre 2019
Les nationalistes bourgeois catalans sont terrifiés par l'opposition croissante de la classe ouvrière aux politiques d'austérité et d’État policier de la classe dirigeante espagnole.
Canada: Le NPD débite une rhétorique «progressiste» tout en envisageant de soutenir un gouvernement libéral minoritaire
Roger Jordan, 14 octobre 2019
Les pressions du chef néo-démocrate Jagmeet Singh en faveur d'une coalition de fait avec les libéraux de Trudeau s'inscrivent dans la tradition du NPD en tant que parti nationaliste et procapitaliste allié à la bureaucratie syndicale.
New in German
Die Auflösung der UdSSR und der ‚Unipolare Moment‘ des US-Imperialismus
Bill Van Auken, 14. Oktober 2019
Diesen Vortrag hielt Bill Van Auken am 25. Juli 2019 an der Sommerschulung der Socialist Equality Party (USA). Van Auken nimmt in der Redaktion der World Socialist Web Site eine führende Stellung ein.
Tausende demonstrieren gegen Antisemitismus und rechten Terror
unseren Reportern, 14. Oktober 2019
Die Proteste in Berlin, Halle und anderen deutschen Städten am Wochenende zeigten erneut die enorme Opposition in der Bevölkerung gegen die Rückkehr der faschistischen Gefahr in Deutschland.
USA: Weitere 3.000 Soldaten sollen saudische Monarchie schützen
Bill Van Auken, 14. Oktober 2019
Im Vorfeld der neuen US-Truppenstationierung im Nahen Osten wurde ein iranischer Öltanker im Roten Meer mit Raketen angegriffen.
Autostreik in Gefahr: GM und Gewerkschaft bereiten Ausverkauf vor
Tom Hall, 14. Oktober 2019
Die Autogewerkschaft UAW hat die Streikenden vier Wochen lang isoliert. Nun will sie den Ausstand zu den Bedingungen von General Motors beenden.
New in Turkish
Julian Assange’ın hayatı tehlikede!
James Cogan, 9 Ekim 2019
Assange’a ve Manning’e özgürlük kampanyası, işçi sınıfını kapitalizme bağlı tutmaya uğraşan siyaset ve sendika aygıtlarına karşı bir başkaldırı uğruna mücadeleden ayrılamaz. Onları savunma kampanyası, işyerlerine, üniversitelere, okullara ve işçi sınıfı mahallelerine taşınmalıdır.
ABD-Yunanistan askeri anlaşmasını imzalayan Pompeo İran’ı, Rusya’yı ve Çin’i tehdit etti
Alex Lantier ve V. Gnana, 9 Ekim 2019
Pompeo’nun Balkan turu, Washington’da ve onun NATO üyesi Avrupalı ve Türk sözde “müttefikler” ile ilişkilerinde patlayıcı bir krizin ortasında gerçekleşti.
Washington Türkiye’nin Suriye’de YPG’ye saldırısına yeşil ışık yaktı
Alex Lantier ve Ulaş Ateşçi, 9 Ekim 2019
Washington, 2015’ten beri Suriye’deki NATO savaşında başlıca vekil gücü olarak savaşan ve Türk hükümetinin teröristler olarak suçladığı Kürt milliyetçisi milisleri kaderlerine terk etti.
New in Spanish
Seis meses desde el arresto brutal del editor de WikiLeaks, Julian Assange
Oscar Grenfell, 14 octubre 2019
Mientras que Assange está siendo sometido a lo que equivale a tortura en la prisión británica, los criminales de guerra que ha hecho tanto por exponer caminan libres.
EUA y China alcanzan un acuerdo comercial limitado
Nick Beams, 14 octubre 2019
Los mercados respondieron con entusiasmo con el Dow cerrando al alza por más de 300 puntos pero, a pesar de todas las celebraciones, el acuerdo es muy limitado.
Introducción al informe de 1951 a la Cuarta Internacional del trotskista chino Peng Shuzhi
Peter Symonds, 14 octubre 2019
El World Socialist Web Site vuelve a publicar el informe de Peng que proporciona información importante sobre el carácter de la revolución china de 1949 y los problemas que planteó para la Cuarta Internacional.
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Las causas de la victoria del Partido Comunista chino sobre Chiang Kai-Shek y las perspectivas del PCCh
Peng Shuzhi, 14 octubre 2019
Informe sobre la situación de China al Tercer Congreso de la Cuarta Internacional en 1951.
Huelga en peligro: el UAW y GM preparan finalizar huelga e imponer un contrato traicionero
Tom Hall, 14 octubre 2019
Habiendo aislado a los huelguistas por cuatro semanas, el UAW está procediendo a acabar el paro bajo los términos de GM.
Guasón: un enfoque desacertado sobre problemas serios
Carlos Delgado, 14 octubre 2019
La película intenta tratar una serie de cuestiones sociales críticas, pero no hace mucho sentido de ellas.
Nuevo Partido Anticapitalista exige escalada militar contra Turquía en Siria
Alex Lantier, 14 octubre 2019
El NPA pablista se opone con amargura a la lucha por unificar internacionalmente a la clase obrera en un movimiento contra la guerra imperialista y la burguesía del Medio Oriente.
Inmigrantes cerraron el cruce fronterizo Matamoros-Brownsville en protesta por acuerdo entre Estados Unidos y México que prohíbe el derecho de asilo
Eric London, 14 octubre 2019
La protesta es un poderoso indicio de una creciente oposición entre los aproximadamente 40,000 inmigrantes que se encuentran en condiciones inhumanas en el norte de México.
Presidente peruano Vizcarra disuelve el Congreso en respuesta al conflicto dentro del Estado peruano
Armando Cruz, 14 octubre 2019
Uno de los principales sostenes del gobierno de Vizcarra ha sido el rechazo de la pseudoizquierda en desafiar sus políticas derechistas.
New in Portuguese
Setenta anos desde a Revolução Chinesa
As lições políticas da falência do maoísmo
Por Peter Symonds, 9 Outubro 2019
Os herdeiros políticos de Mao Zedong não conseguem explicar como e por que as aspirações dos trabalhadores por um futuro socialista, pelo qual tantos se sacrificaram há 70 anos, resultaram hoje no beco sem saída do capitalismo.
New in Russian
Правительство Украины объявляет о масштабной приватизации, угрожающей массовыми увольнениями
Джейсон Мелановски, 5 октября 2019 г.
Правый мозговой центр «Атлантический совет» приветствовал инициируемую Зеленским экономическую политику как «крупнейшую постсоветскую распродажу на протяжении жизни целого поколения».
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No to American fascism! Build a mass movement to force Trump out!
14 October 2019
The defeat of Trump’s efforts to create an extreme rightwing authoritarian regime and the defense of democratic rights require the political mobilization of the working class.
Free Assange and Manning
M.I.A. visits Julian Assange in prison: “It’s about truth—and that’s something people have to uphold and fight for”
By Laura Tiernan, 14 October 2019
Speaking at a press conference outside Belmarsh late Saturday afternoon, M.I.A.—Sri Lankan-born Mathangi ‘Maya’ Arulpragasam—condemned Assange’s tormentors, indicting the US and UK governments, the courts and the corporate media.
Prominent Australian parliamentarian declares extradition of Julian Assange to US “totally unreasonable”
By James Cogan, 14 October 2019
Barnaby Joyce admitted this morning that the attempt to extradite Assange is a flagrant attack on his rights as an Australian citizen.
Protest in New Zealand six months after Assange’s arrest
By our reporters, 14 October 2019
The Socialist Equality Group’s Tom Peters denounced the New Zealand government’s support for US imperialism and the persecution of Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning.
Six months since the brutal arrest of WikiLeaks’ publisher Julian Assange
By Oscar Grenfell, 12 October 2019
WikiLeaks source Jeremy Hammond held in contempt by grand jury
By Kevin Reed, 11 October 2019
CIA spied on Assange’s lawyers, visitors in Ecuadorian embassy
By Oscar Grenfell, 11 October 2019
More on the campaign to Free Assange and Manning »
Commentary
Germany: The election of the SPD leader and the decline of social democracy
By Ulrich Rippert, 14 October 2019
A glance at the list of candidates for the leadership of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) makes clear the wealthy social layers that set the tone and whose reactionary programme they represent.
New Anti-capitalist Party demands military escalation against Turkey in Syria
By Alex Lantier, 12 October 2019
Crisis mounts over Turkish offensive against Kurdish forces in Syria
Turkey launches US-backed offensive targeting Kurdish forces in Syria
Washington green lights Turkish attack on Kurdish forces in Syria
Seattle Democrats endorse Socialist Alternative’s Kshama Sawant
By Julio Patron, 12 October 2019
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's “just society”: Palliatives that will never be implemented
By Genevieve Leigh, 11 October 2019
Iraq in flames
By Bill Van Auken, 5 October 2019
This week in history: October 14-20
25 years ago: Hamas terrorist attack kills 22
On October 19, 1994, 22 civilians were killed and 50 more were injured in a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv by the Palestinian Islamic fundamentalist group Hamas. The attack came on the eve of the signing of the Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace and was coupled with two other terrorist acts the same week.
50 years ago: 250,000 demonstrate against Vietnam War
On October 15, 1969 over 250,000 Americans joined the “Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam” demonstrations in US cities. Protesters gave speeches, held teach-ins, sang songs, and read the names of the 40,000 Americans who had died in the war.
75 years ago: US military launches reconquest of the Philippines from Japan
On October 20, 1944, US military forces, including divisions of the Navy, Army and Air Force, launched a bid to retake the Philippines from Japan. The archipelago had been among American imperialism’s first conquests in the late 19th century, and was viewed as strategically critical to defeating Japan in the Pacific theater of World War II.
100 years ago: Adolf Hitler gives first speech to fascist party
On October 16, 1919, Adolf Hitler, then working for German military intelligence, gave his first speech to the ultra-right-wing German Workers Party (Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, DAP) in Munich’s Hofbräukeller, a beer hall. In a few months, the DAP would become a part of the renamed National Socialist German Workers (Nazi) Party.
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Race, Class and the Fight for Socialism: Perspectives for the Coming Revolution in America
11 October 2019
This meeting series will refute the historical falsifications advanced in the New York Times “1619 Project,” explain their underlying political motivations and present the strategy for socialist revolution in America today.
Video: SEP presidential candidate Pani Wijesiriwardena addresses nationally-televised meeting in Sri Lanka
By our reporters, 11 October 2019
Wijesiriwardena’s speech was heard by about 4,000 people at the event and watched by tens of thousands across Sri Lanka on two television networks.
Sri Lankan SEP announces presidential election campaign public meetings
9 October 2019
Socialist Equality Party in Sri Lanka to contest the November presidential election
By the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka), 5 October 2019
Sri Lankan SEP/IYSSE public meeting: The political issues at stake in the Indian government’s savage Kashmir lockdown
By the Socialist Equality Party and IYSSE (Sri Lanka), 25 September 2019
The Trump impeachment crisis
Trump makes fascistic appeal to police and military at Minneapolis rally
By Patrick Martin, 11 October 2019
Trump White House declares it will not cooperate with impeachment inquiry
By Joseph Kishore, 9 October 2019
Trump admits US killed millions in war based on lies
Democrats exclude Trump’s fascist anti-immigrant policies from impeachment inquiry
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Book Review
Edward Snowden: The man who exposed the electronic surveillance of everyone by US intelligence
By Kevin Reed, 12 October 2019
The memoir Permanent Record by the former intelligence contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden is an important account of the life of the man behind the exposure of secret global electronic surveillance programs run by the NSA and CIA.
Arts Review
Roger Waters “Us + Them” concert film takes on global issues
By Kevin Reed, 11 October 2019
Joker: An unenlightening approach to serious problems
By Carlos Delgado, 9 October 2019
New Met production of Porgy and Bess prompts racialist criticisms of America’s greatest opera
By Barry Grey, 26 September 2019
Placido Domingo resigns from LA Opera, as #MeToo campaign continues
By Fred Mazelis, 4 October 2019
Singer Placido Domingo’s forced departure from New York’s Metropolitan Opera
Science
Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for research in cosmology and exoplanets
By Bryan Dyne, 10 October 2019
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded for research in cellular responses to oxygen
Workers Struggles
India: Thousands of Telangana transport workers strike; Darjeeling tea estate workers demand higher pay; New Zealand medical laboratory workers strike
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand
12 October 2019
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
UK: Bootle Royal Mail workers’ strike sold out by Communication Workers Union
By Robert Stevens, 10 October 2019
Brazilian unions push “green and yellow” chauvinism in education strike against austerity, political interference
By Miguel Andrade, 9 October 2019
History
Introduction to the 1955 SWP resolution “The Third Chinese Revolution and its Aftermath”
By Peter Symonds, 9 October 2019
From the archives
SWP resolution: The Third Chinese Revolution and its Aftermath
9 October 2019
Introduction to the 1951 report to the Fourth International by Chinese Trotskyist Peng Shuzhi
By Peter Symonds, 3 October 2019
From the archives
The Causes of the Victory of the Chinese Communist Party over Chiang Kai-Shek, and the CCP’s Perspectives
By Peng Shuzhi
Australia: Important response to first IYSSE lectures on the 1949 Chinese Revolution
By our reporters, 7 October 2019
IYSSE lecture series in Australia
Seventy years after the Chinese Revolution: How the struggle for socialism was betrayed
9 September 2019
Autoworkers struggles
UAW prepares to sell out GM strike, as new corruption revelations emerge
By Marcus Day, 3 October 2019
From the archive of the World Socialist Web Site
Eighty-two years since the victory of the Flint sit-down strike
By Jerry White, 1 October 2019
From the archive of the World Socialist Web Site
Why are trade unions hostile to socialism?
By David North, 28 September 2019
“The CEOs and Wall Street are trying to take your wages and benefits… Don’t Give in. Stand your ground!”
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Drawing the lessons of the ICFI split—International Strategy and National Tactics: The change in the ICFI’s approach to national liberation movements
By Deepal Jayasekera, 30 September 2019
This lecture was delivered to the Socialist Equality Party (US) Summer School on July 25, 2019 by Deepal Jayasekera, Assistant Secretary of the Socialist Equality Party in Sri Lanka
Introduction to the Turkish language edition of In Defense of Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky’s four fateful years in Prinkipo: 1929-1933
By David North, 23 September 2019
The ICFI and the Crisis of Stalinism
The World Capitalist Crisis and the Tasks of the Fourth International: An analysis of the ICFI Perspectives resolution of 1988
The International Committee’s response to the “End of History”: The March 1992 Plenum of the ICFI
The Dissolution of the USSR and the Unipolar Moment of US Imperialism
China: Thirty years since the Tiananmen Square massacre
The Political Origins and Consequences of the 1982–86 Split in the International Committee of the Fourth International
International Youth and Students for Social Equality
Mandarin announcement of Australian lecture series on 70th anniversary of the Chinese Revolution
27 September 2019
The lectures, which are being held on university campuses across the country, have been organised by the International Youth and Students for Social Equality.
Lectures in Australia and New Zealand on the 1949 Chinese Revolution
Mehring Books
Preface to the Turkish edition of The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century
By David North, 2 September 2019
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Author’s introduction to Bolsheviks Against Stalinism 1928-1933: Leon Trotsky and the Left Opposition
By Vadim Z. Rogovin, 30 August 2019
Now available from Mehring Books
Bolsheviks Against Stalinism 1928-1933: Leon Trotsky and the Left Opposition by Vadim Z. Rogovin
The 2020 US Elections
Joe Biden: A familiar face, a deeply reactionary record
By Patrick Martin, 23 September 2019
Amy Klobuchar: The favorite Democrat of Senate Republicans
By George Gallanis, 19 August 2019
- Senator Kirsten Gillibrand: #MeToo, McCarthyism and machine politics
- Beto O’Rourke: The incredible shrinking empty suit
- Kamala Harris: Law-and-order with a dose of identity politics
- Pete Buttigieg: The made-to-order political “outsider”
- Elizabeth Warren espouses economic nationalist policies aligned with Donald Trump
International Online May Day Rally 2019
Opening report to Online International May Day Rally
The resurgence of class struggle and the fight for socialism
By David North, 6 May 2019
The future lies in socialism
By Joseph Kishore, 13 May 2019
- The class struggle in the United States and the fight against war
- The ICFI’s program intersects with a new wave of working-class struggle
- Imperialist war, the working-class upsurge in the Mideast and North Africa, and the strategy of Permanent Revolution
- The defense of Venezuela and the struggle for socialism in Latin America
- France’s “yellow vest” protests and the global resurgence of the class struggle
- The defence of Assange and Manning is the spearhead of the struggle against imperialism
- The Christchurch terror attack and the promotion of fascism by the ruling elite
- The persecution of Assange and Manning is an attack on the working class
- Greetings to Chinese workers and youth on the centenary of the May 4 movement
- May Day 2019: The resurgence of the class struggle and the fight for socialism
On May 4, the International Committee of the Fourth International held its annual International May Day Online Rally, with speakers and participants from throughout the world. Readers can listen to the entire rally here.
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