Horror across US-Mexico border with multiple parents, infants dead
By Eric London, 25 June 2019
Over the weekend, two young parents and four young children died crossing the desert in separate instances while Mexican police shot a young migrant in the head.
Trump, Democrats seek anti-immigrant deal
Report highlights mistreatment of refugee children in US internment camps
More on the attack on immigrants in the US »
Severe water shortage afflicts Chennai, India’s fourth-largest metro area
By Arun Kumar, 25 June 2019
While the authorities have sought to blame the crisis on the failure of the monsoon, the real cause of the acute water shortage is the criminal indifference of successive central and state governments to people’s basic needs.
“Water has been made a commodity for profit”—Chennai residents speak out on city’s water crisis
By a WSWS Reporting Team, 25 June 2019
WSWS reporters spoke with workers and other impoverished residents of Chennai about the severe water crisis afflicting India’s fourth largest metropolitan area.
Trump imposes new sanctions amid continuing war threat against Iran
By Bill Van Auken, 25 June 2019
The latest sanctions, largely symbolic, do little except escalate tensions as the threat of armed conflict remains on a hair trigger.
Assange legal advisor: Pentagon spearheaded pursuit of WikiLeaks founder
By Oscar Grenfell, 25 June 2019
Geoffrey Robertson’s statement is another demonstration that Assange would not receive anything resembling a fair trial if he were extradited to the US.
Pete Buttigieg’s town hall debacle: A Democratic Party “golden boy” unmasked
By Jessica Goldstein, 25 June 2019
Working class residents of South Bend, Indiana, heckled Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg, the city’s mayor, as he stammered through empty promises to address police brutality.
Oregon legislature shut down by right-wing militia threats
By Kayla Costa, 25 June 2019
The Oregon State Capitol building in Salem was shut down after right-wing militias made violent threats in defense of 11 Republican senators who fled the state to prevent a vote on a carbon-emissions bill.
Explosion and fire at Philadelphia refinery as company puts profits over safety
By Samuel Davidson, 25 June 2019
The massive explosion and fire at a Philadelphia oil refinery are the direct result of the criminal drive for profits at the expense of the safety of the workers and the collaboration of the USW with the company.
US schools erecting a massive digital surveillance infrastructure, choking dissent and free speech
By Doug Martin, 25 June 2019
Millions of young people across the US are facing intrusive surveillance of their social media use, emails and online searches from their schools, increasingly trampling upon their civil liberties, freedom of speech and rights to privacy.
Why is the US government using social media to monitor the public?
UK: Domestic row seized on in effort to block Boris Johnson premiership
By Robert Stevens and Chris Marsden, 25 June 2019
Reports indicate that up to 12 Tory MPs are contemplating voting against a government led by Johnson if a no-confidence motion is brought by the Labour Party.
Chinese and North Korean leaders pledge closer links at Pyongyang summit
By Ben McGrath, 25 June 2019
The United States will not welcome closer relations between the two Stalinist regimes as it tries to pull the North into its own orbit.
Australian Labor Party embraces huge tax cuts for richest 5 percent
By Mike Head, 25 June 2019
Labor has signalled its readiness to accept, directly or indirectly, the government’s plan to slash income taxes for those receiving more than $200,000 a year.
Australian Labor MPs push for huge tax cuts for wealthy
Students and staff to protest imposition of trimesters at Australian university
By Martin Scott, 25 June 2019
The University of New South Wales management has put commercial interests ahead of education.
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Por uma campanha mundial para impedir a rendição de Julian Assange aos EUA! Pela formação de um Comitê Global de Defesa para garantir sua liberdade!
Declaração do Conselho Editorial Internacional do World Socialist Web Site, 25 Junho 2019
Um movimento de massas internacional deve ser organizado para impedir a extradição de Julian Assange aos EUA.
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Straffende bøter truer varsleren Chelsea Manning med konkurs
Oscar Grenfell, 25. juni 2019
Manning holdes fengslet for forakt for retten og blir nå bøtlagt med $ 500 dagen for at hun nekter å vitne for en storjury med formål å pønske ut anklager mot Julian Assange og WikiLeaks.
Fire menn anklaget for mord basert på fordreid MH-17-etterforskning
Clara Weiss, 25. juni 2019
Anklagene mot pro-Moskva separatister ble fremlagt basert på en «etterforskning» påvirket av det ukrainske regimet, som ikke produserte noe bevis for russisk involvering i nedskytingen av Malaysian Airlines MH-17.
Minutter før katastrofe: Lærdommer å trekke fra konfrontasjonen med Iran
Andre Damon, 25. juni 2019
På torsdag kom USA innen minutter av å starte en krig uten noen seriøs vurdering av dens militære konsekvenser.
Kampanje til forsvar for historisk serie av fresker i San Franscisco over «Washingtons liv»
25. juni 2019
Undervisningsrådet i San Francisco vurderer å ødelegge eller tildekke en serie av 13 fresker over George Washingtons liv ved en lokal hugh school. WSWS snakket med historieprofessor emeritus Robert Cherny om saken.
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Trump aggrave les menaces de guerre après qu’un drone américain est abattu sur l’Iran
Bill Van Auken, 25 juin 2019
Le New York Times a rapporté que le président américain a autorisé des frappes militaires contre l'Iran jeudi avant de les annuler de manière inattendue.
Les dirigeants de l'Organisation socialiste internationale dissoute adoptent ouvertement les politiques du Parti démocrate
David Walsh, 25 juin 2019
La disparition de l'ISO a permis aux dirigeants et aux membres en général de s'intégrer plus fermement et plus résolument dans le cadre de la politique bourgeois.
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Lübcke-Mord: Bundesregierung heuchelt Opposition gegen rechts
Johannes Stern, 25. Juni 2019
Nachdem sie tagelang geschwiegen hatten, versuchten sich führende Regierungsvertreter am Wochenende wenig überzeugend als Vorkämpfer gegen neonazistische Terrornetzwerke darzustellen.
Haarscharf an der Katastrophe vorbei: Lehren aus der Konfrontation mit dem Iran
Andre Damon, 25. Juni 2019
Am Donnerstag vergangener Woche standen die Vereinigten Staaten unmittelbar davor, einen Krieg vom Zaun zu brechen, ohne die militärischen Folgen zu bedenken.
Türkei
Niederlage für AKP bei der Neuwahl des Istanbuler Bürgermeisters
Ulas Atesci, 25. Juni 2019
AKP-Kandidat Binali Yıldırım gestand am Sonntagabend seine Niederlage ein. Zuvor hatte die AKP nach einer knappen Niederlage den ersten Wahlgang am 31. März für ungültig erklären lassen.
Prag: 300.000 demonstrieren gegen Regierungschef
Markus Salzmann, 25. Juni 2019
Auf der größten Demonstration in der Tschechischen Republik seit der sogenannten Samtenen Revolution von 1989 forderten die Teilnehmer den Rücktritt von. Andrej Babiš.
New in Spanish
Trump y los demócratas persiguen un acuerdo antiinmigrante
Patrick Martin, 25 junio 2019
La postergación de los allanamientos masivos planeados para el domingo en la mañana prepara la aprobación de leyes que proveen miles de millones de dólares más para arrestar y encarcelar inmigrantes.
Enorme apagón afecta a cincuenta millones de personas en Argentina y Uruguay
Rafael Azul, 25 junio 2019
La red eléctrica atraviesa décadas de inatención, a pesar de enormes subsidios y aumentos de tarifas.
¿Por qué está utilizando las redes sociales el Gobierno estadounidense para monitorear al público?
Kevin Reed, 25 junio 2019
La denuncia de New Sanctuary Coalition y otros grupos dice que ICE marcó a individuos específicos para su deportación para suprimir su discurso político.
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在五四运动一百周年之际向中国的工人与青年问候致意
Peter Symonds, 2019年6月18日
在2019年的五一国际劳动节,第四国际国际委员会(the International Committee of the Fourth International)在五四运动一百周年之际向中国的工人与青年致以问候。这场运动标志着反对帝国主义的抗争迎来了一个历史性的转折点。
New in Bengali
ভারতের জাতীয় নির্বাচনে বিপর্যয়ের মুখোমুখি স্তালীনপন্থী সি-পি-এম এবং সি-পি-আই
-দীপাল জয়শেখরা, ২৭ মে ২০১৯
ভারতের হিন্দু আধিপত্ববাদী ভারতীয় জনতা পার্টি (বিজেপি)-র নেতৃত্বাধীন সরকারের বিরুদ্ধে এবং তিন দশকের "বাজারমুখী" সংস্কারের ফলে হওয়া ক্ষতির বিরুদ্ধে যখন শ্রমিক শ্রেণীর বিরোধীতা ক্রমে বেড়ে চলেছে, তখন ভারতের প্রধান স্তালীনন্থী দলগুলি - ভারতীয় কমিউনিস্ট পার্টি (মার্কসবাদী) বা সিপিএম এবং তার ছোট কিন্তু তার চেয়ে পুরোনো শরিক ভারতীয় কমিউনিস্ট পার্টি বা সিপিআই নির্বাচনে এক হতাশাজনক ফল করেছে।
ভারতের নির্বাচন এবং কঠোরতা, যুদ্ধ এবং সাম্প্রদায়িক প্রতিক্রিয়ার বিরোধীতা করার জন্য বৈপ্লবিক কর্মসূচি
কিথজোন্স্, ৮ মে ২০১৯
ভারতের বহু-পর্যায়ের কেন্দ্রীয় নির্বাচনের প্রচার এক ভয়াবহ দৃশ্যদূষণে পরিণত হয়েছে।
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Миллионы протестуют в Гонконге против закона об экстрадиции
Бен Макграт, 19 июня 2019 г.
Огромная демонстрация в воскресенье является признаком массового недовольства в Гонконге не только в отношении демократических прав, но и по поводу растущего социального кризиса в городе.
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The Lübcke murder and the return of the “Nazi problem” in Germany
25 June 2019
The far-right murder of German politician Walter Lübcke has exposed the dirty truth of German politics: Nearly 75 years after the end of World War II and the downfall of Hitler’s Third Reich, Germany once again has a real Nazi problem.
Free Assange and Manning
Parti de l’égalité socialiste meeting in Paris demands freedom for Julian Assange
By our reporters, 25 June 2019
The meeting came three days after the World Socialist Web Site issued a call to build a Global Defense Committee fighting for Assange’s freedom.
Socialist Equality Group (New Zealand) calls rally to demand freedom for Julian Assange
By the Socialist Equality Group (New Zealand), 25 June 2019
Support the SEG’s rally on Sunday July 14 as part of the international campaign to demand freedom for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and whistleblower Chelsea Manning.
For a worldwide campaign to prevent Julian Assange’s rendition to the US!
For the formation of a Global Defense Committee to secure his freedom!
Statement of the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site, 20 June 2019
Punitive fines threaten whistleblower Chelsea Manning with bankruptcy
By Oscar Grenfell, 24 June 2019
The war on journalism is a war on the humanities
By Monika Eisenhauer, 21 June 2019
The Guardian’s direct collusion with media censorship by secret services exposed
By Thomas Scripps, 22 June 2019
SEP (Australia) calls rallies demanding freedom for Julian Assange
11 June 2019
SEP Australia meetings on Labor’s election debacle and the defence of Assange
More on the campaign to Free Assange and Manning »
Featured Commentary
Leaders of dissolved International Socialist Organization openly embrace Democratic Party politics
By David Walsh, 24 June 2019
The demise of the ISO has permitted leading figures and the membership generally to integrate themselves more firmly and decisively into the bourgeois political set-up.
Factional provocation, middle-class hysteria, and the collapse of the International Socialist Organization
Minutes to disaster: Lessons to be learned from the confrontation with Iran
By Andre Damon, 24 June 2019
On Thursday, the United States came within minutes of launching a war, without any serious examination of its military consequences.
Autoworkers Struggles
Vote “No” on UAW sellout agreement!
Build rank-and-file committees to unite Faurecia and all autoworkers in a national strike
By the WSWS Autoworker Newsletter, 25 June 2019
The following statement is being distributed to auto parts workers in Saline, Michigan who will be voting Thursday on a contract that maintains poverty wages and sweatshop conditions.
Faurecia and Ford workers denounce UAW sabotage of auto parts strike
By a WSWS reporting team, 24 June 2019
After Bridgend strike vote in opposition to plant closure
Ford workers in Wales must adopt an international strategy
By Robert Stevens, 22 June 2019
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Arts Review
Artists, writers, film scholars protest Bowling Green State University decision to remove Lillian Gish’s name
By David Walsh, 25 June 2019
More than 50 filmmakers, actors, writers, academics and film scholars have signed a petition urging Bowling Green State University in Ohio to restore the names of famed actresses Lillian and Dorothy Gish to its film theater.
Campaign to defend historic, Depression-era “Life of Washington” murals in San Francisco
24 June 2019
The San Francisco Board of Education is considering either destroying or covering over a series of 13 frescoes on the life of George Washington at a local high school. The WSWS spoke to professor emeritus of history Robert Cherny about the issue.
San Francisco Board of Education to decide on the fate of historic murals said to be “offensive”
Minding the Gap: Skateboarding to “get away” in decayed Rockford, Illinois
By Frank Anderson and George Marlowe, 20 June 2019
Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die: Not awake in his own particular way
By Joanne Laurier, 19 June 2019
Commentary
The significance of Trump’s awarding of the Freedom Medal to Arthur Laffer
By Nick Beams, 25 June 2019
The fact that Laffer’s theories were exposed as economic nonsense from the outset did not in any way lessen their influence because they encapsulated the unrelenting drive for increased wealth that has dominated the ruling elite over the past four decades.
Trump’s aborted strikes on Iran: Ten minutes to World War III
By Bill Van Auken, 22 June 2019
Trudeau lines Canada up behind Trump’s war drive against Iran
US names Taiwan a “country,” stoking tensions with China
Ecuadorian government gives Pentagon a base in the Galapagos
Turkey’s ruling AKP defeated in re-run of İstanbul mayoral election
By Ulas Atesci, 24 June 2019
EU powers build joint “Future Combat Air System”
European Union rearms for World War III
By Johannes Stern, 21 June 2019
Why are reparations for slavery being made an issue in the 2020 US elections?
By Niles Niemuth, 21 June 2019
Biden under fire over comments about working with segregationist senators
UK sociologist Noah Carl and the cultivation of the far right in academia
By Thomas Scripps, 20 June 2019
“Dictatorships as alternative orders”: Not on our watch
Berlin’s Humboldt University plans to finance right-wing think tank
A letter to the New York Times on the resurgence of anti-Semitism in Germany
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Workers Struggles
One-day general strike in Peru, Chilean teachers continue strikes and protests
Workers Struggles: The Americas
25 June 2019
Various union organizations held a one-day nationwide strike in Chile in June to protest regressive economic legislation, while educators across Peru are continuing strikes and protests over pay, working conditions and ongoing privatizations.
Anger and disgust over UAW betrayal of Mercy St. Vincent nurses strike in Toledo, Ohio
By Shannon Jones, 24 June 2019
Toledo Mercy Health nurses vote down UAW sellout
As Trump ramps up trade war, US Steel to idle three blast furnaces in the US and Europe
By Jessica Goldstein, 22 June 2019
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra musicians locked out
By Harvey Simpkins, 22 June 2019
Science
Multiple studies demonstrate global warming is melting glaciers faster
By Philip Guelpa, 24 June 2019
The accelerating rate of ice melting occurring around the world is a grave warning that climate change is rapidly reaching the point at which its catastrophic consequences will be felt by billions of people.
The Grenfell Inferno
Grenfell fire anniversary used by pseudo-left to boost Labour and Corbyn
By Robert Stevens, 17 June 2019
“Everyone is fighting for justice, not only for the people for Grenfell Tower, but all the people around the world”
Family members and supporters of Grenfell fire victims speak to the WSWS
By our reporters, 17 June 2019
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Investigative Report
US flight attendants speak out over uniforms that cause illness
By Brian Brown and Tom Hall, 12 June 2019
History
The Tiananmen Square massacre, 30 years on
By Peter Symonds, 8 June 2019
Socialist Equality Party
Sri Lankan workers need a socialist program to defeat Colombo’s police-state preparations
the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka), 12 June 2019
Mehring Books
Available in English and Spanish
New pamphlet on Matamoros wildcat strikes
6 June 2019
Mehring Books is pleased to announce the publication of a new pamphlet, The 2019 workers’ rebellion in Matamoros, Mexico by WSWS writer Andrea Lobo.
Matamoros workers run for office: The political questions
New trade union bureaucracies or rank-and-file workers’ power?
Lessons of the Matamoros workers’ rebellion: Part one
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The Fight Against Fascism
Successful book presentation of Why Are They Back? at the Heinrich Böll Library in Berlin
By our reporter, 30 May 2019
“The Threat of Fascism and How to Fight It”
Video: Christoph Vandreier’s full lecture at Wayne State
By Christoph Vandreier, 21 May 2019
The WSWS makes the full recording of Vandreier’s April 11, 2019 lecture available.
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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