After two crashes that killed 346 people
Fired CEO Dennis Muilenburg gets $80.7 million on exit from Boeing
By Bryan Dyne, 13 January 2020
The aerospace giant allocated only $50 million to compensate the 346 families who lost loved ones in the two Boeing 737 Max 8 crashes, $144,500 for each life lost.
Iran admits to inadvertently shooting down Ukraine International Airlines jet, killing 176
By Jordan Shilton and Keith Jones, 13 January 2020
The felling of Flight 752 came amid a war crisis fomented by Washington’s campaign of “maximum pressure” on Tehran and its January 3 assassination of Suleimani.
House Democrats to forward Trump impeachment articles, setting stage for Senate trial
By Patrick Martin, 13 January 2020
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the next step would be taken Tuesday at a meeting of the House Democratic caucus.
House and Senate deadlocked over Trump impeachment trial
Thousands displaced as Puerto Rico enters third straight week of relentless earthquakes
By Zac Corrigan, 13 January 2020
The earthquakes have compounded the social and economic crisis, with many residents still suffering from the destruction wrought by Hurricane Maria in 2017 and the criminal government indifference that followed.
Tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans still without electricity, water, days after earthquake
Working through injuries, bomb threats and tornadoes: Amazon workers describe conditions at Spartanburg, South Carolina warehouse
By Tom Carter, 13 January 2020
According to OSHA, there were 57 injuries last year at the GSP1 facility—but Amazon workers suspect the real number is higher.
Stop the War rally tries to restore Corbyn’s tattered anti-war credentials
By Robert Stevens, 13 January 2020
The more dangerous the world situation becomes, the less the STWC, which orients to the rightward-lurching Labour and trade union apparatus, is able to mobilise popular support.
UK: Corbyn offers no fight against war with Iran
Oppose Trump’s criminal war against Iran!
Boston area professor fired after anti-Trump Facebook posting
“We’ve seen this all happen before, with the Iraq war. We saw how that went. It was a complete tragedy”
UK protesters speak out against war on Iran
By our reporters, 13 January 2020
WSWS reporters spoke to attendees at Saturday’s demonstrations in the UK against the danger of war in Iran.
French strikers march as Prime Minister Philippe offers cosmetic changes to pension cuts
By Alex Lantier and Anthony Torres, 13 January 2020
Hundreds of thousands of strikers and “yellow vests” marched against French President Emmanuel Macron’s pension cuts Saturday.
Millions march in France as strikes against Macron pension cut spread
In New Year’s address, French President Macron pledges to impose austerity despite mass strike
Spain’s new PSOE-Podemos government commits itself to austerity and war
By Alejandro López, 13 January 2020
Described by its architects as Spain’s most progressive government since the Second Republic (1931-1939), it is in fact committed to austerity, repression and militarism.
Taiwan’s anti-China president wins re-election
By Ben McGrath, 13 January 2020
Emboldened by her victory, and with Washington’s backing, Tsai Ing-wen will continue to escalate cross-strait tensions with China.
General election in Taiwan marked by anti-China atmosphere
Australian PM declares “new normal” of climate disasters
By Mike Head, 13 January 2020
Morrison’s performance was a desperate attempt at political damage control, combined with an effort to exploit the bushfire disaster to boost the “emergency” powers of the armed forces.
The Australian fire crisis and the necessity for socialism
“It’s the big companies that are responsible for this”
Mass climate change rallies held amid Australian bushfire emergency
Australian bushfire catastrophe exposes the contempt of the ruling elites for working people
Australia: Gospers Mountain fire survivors denounce government cuts in firefighting and bush management
By our reporters, 13 January 2020
One resident stated “With regards to government policy, it’s all about the bottom line. It’s all about money.”
“Everyone is saying this government has to go”
Australia: Victim of East Gippsland bushfire voices anger over government negligence
Australian bushfire victims speak-out: “What is our government doing at the moment?”
Inadequate government relief for Australian bushfire victims
Strikebreaking operation directed at workers in plant near Pittsburgh
By Samual Davidson, 13 January 2020
Management at a metal fabricating plant near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, have begun hiring scabs to replace 90 members of the United Auto Workers, on strike since September.
GM layoff of 240 temps exposes UAW’s bogus “pathway” to full-time positions
By Tom Hall, 13 January 2020
This move reveals the pattern for the future: a small trickle of temps hired in, with the rest strung out on a nearly unattainable “pathway” before being disposed of.
Corruption investigation targets newly installed UAW president Rory Gamble
Lessons of the US autoworkers’ struggle of 2019
Rank-and-file teachers in San Diego County initiate fight against layoffs and school cuts
By Evelyn Rios, 13 January 2020
After union-sanctioned mass layoffs, San Diego area teachers call for rank-and-file committees in every school to mobilize students, parents and workers to defend hundreds of educators' jobs.
Washington, D.C., political establishment blocks minimum wage increase for city’s tipped workers
By Douglas Lyons and Nick Barrickman, 13 January 2020
Analysis of the past two District election cycles found that restaurant industry lobbyists contributed more than $236,000 in total to the campaigns of the Democratic mayor as well as multiple city council members.
Archives Australia suppresses documents detailing Papua New Guinea intervention
By John Braddock, 13 January 2020
The suppressed documents will contain further damning evidence of Canberra’s 1997 destabilisation operations in its former colony.
11 January 2020
Denied US entry, asylum seeker takes his own life on US-Mexico border bridge
By Norisa Diaz, 11 January 2020
Surveillance video outside Jeffrey Epstein’s cell during first “suicide attempt” deleted
By Kevin Reed, 11 January 2020
Mack Trucks to layoff 305 workers at Allentown, Pennsylvania factory
By Steve Filips, 11 January 2020
Royal Canadian Mounted Police advocated use of live fire against indigenous pipeline protesters
By Penny Smith and Roger Jordan, 11 January 2020
UK police fire stun guns 2,500 times as deployment of weapon escalates
By Dennis Moore, 11 January 2020
Germany: Response to satirical children’s video exposes self-censorship of the media
By Dietmar Gaisenkersting, 11 January 2020
World famous pianist Igor Levit victim of anti-Semitic death threats
By Marianne Arens, 11 January 2020
US and Australia ready another regime-change operation in Solomon Islands
By Patrick O’Connor, 11 January 2020
American and Australian officials had exerted considerable efforts to dissuade Sogavare from aligning with China, and reacted with fury to his diplomatic switch away from Taiwan.
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Сторонники Бандеры маршируют в крупных городах Украины после того, как правительство объявило нацистских коллаборационистов «национальными героями»
Джейсон Мелановски и Клара Вайс, 11 января 2020 г.
Прославление киевским правительством одиозных антисемитских фигур и нацистских коллаборационистов сопровождается постыдным молчанием со стороны империалистических патронов Украины.
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Grevlerin yayıldığı Fransa'da milyonlarca insan yürüyüşlere katıldı
Anthony Torres ve Alex Lantier, 11 Ocak 2020
İleriye giden yol, sendikalardan bağımsız eylem komiteleri inşa ederek, grevcileri, "sarı yelekliler"i ve gençleri, kapitalist sisteme karşı işçi iktidarı uğruna mücadelenin parçası olarak Macron hükümetine karşı birleştirmekten geçiyor.
New in Norwegian
Millioner masjerer i Frankrike der streikene mot Macrons pensjonskutt brer seg
Anthony Torres og Alex Lantier, 11. januar 2020
Raffinerier, havner og flyselskaper meldte seg med i streiken, med hundretusener av arbeidere og ungdommer som marsjerte mot innstramminger, militarisme og politiets undertrykking.
Massiv generalstreik over hele India protesterte mot Modis pro-investor og kommunalistiske politikk
Deepal Jayasekera og Keith Jones, 11. januar 2020
Streikens størrelse og omfang varierte over landet, men det er ingentvil om at den hadde massive konsekvenser og attesterte arbeiderklassens voksende militans og enorme sosiale kraft.
India: Massive ramaskrik over hindu-sjåvinisters voldelige angrep på JNU-studenter
Wasantha Rupasinghe, 11. januar 2020
Alle omstendighetene rundt angrepet peker på at det ble utført med Narendra Modis BJP-regjerings medvitende, om ikke på dens befaling.
FN-rapportør Nils Melzer fordømmer Storbritannias kriminelle rolle i torturen av Julian Assange
Oscar Grenfell, 11. januar 2020
Melzer krever at utleveringsbehandlingen avvises, Assanges frihet og en kriminaletterforskning av de ansvarlige for hans forfølgelse.
New in Spanish
Los demócratas aprueban resolución fraudulenta de Pelosi contra la guerra
Patrick Martin, 11 enero 2020
El jueves, los demócratas de la Cámara de Representantes respaldaron una resolución “concurrente” que no limita significativamente la habilidad de Trump de iniciar una guerra contra Irán.
El relator de la ONU, Nils Melzer, condena el papel criminal británico en la tortura de Julian Assange
Oscar Grenfell,11 enero 2020
Melzer exigió el abandono de los procedimientos de extradición, la libertad de Assange y una investigación criminal de los responsables de su persecución.
Millones de personas marchan en Francia mientras las huelgas se extienden contra los recortes de las pensiones bajo Macron
Anthony Torres y Alex Lantier, 11 enero 2020
Los trabajadores de las refinerías, portuarios y empleados de Air France se unieron a la huelga mientras cientos de miles de trabajadores y jóvenes marchaban contra la austeridad, el militarismo y la represión policial.
Gobierno de Trump inicia programa para deportar solicitantes de asilo mexicanos a Guatemala
Meenakshi Jagadeesan, 11 enero 2020
Las deportaciones ya estaban en marcha cuando salió la noticia; sin embargo, el Gobierno de Trump ha pausado el programa desde entonces, en gran parte por las críticas de los defensores de inmigrantes y las agencias federales.
Inicia recolección de ADN de inmigrantes detenidos bajo Gobierno de Trump
Kevin Reed, 11 enero 2020
La nueva política infringe los derechos bajo la Cuarta Enmienda a la Constitución y establece el primer paso para la creación de una base de datos biométrica policial de toda la población.
Tras el asesinato de Soleimani, el Nuevo Partido Anticapitalista respalda la guerra de EEUU con Irán
Alex Lantier, 11 enero 2020
El NPA plantea la mentira de que Irán, un antiguo país colonial, es de hecho una potencia imperialista que ataca a Washington y calumnia personalmente a Soleimani como asesino en masa.
New in German
Demokraten verabschieden heuchlerische Antikriegsresolution im US-Repräsentantenhaus
Patrick Martin, 11. Januar 2020
Am Donnerstag verabschiedete das US-Repräsentantenhaus mit der Mehrheit der Demokraten eine rein symbolische Resolution, die Trumps Möglichkeit, einen Krieg gegen den Iran zu entfesseln, nicht im Geringsten einschränkt.
Demonstrationen und Streiks in Frankreich gegen Macrons Rentenkürzungen breiten sich weiter aus
Anthony Torres und Alex Lantier, 11. Januar 2020
Immer mehr Arbeiter und Jugendliche beteiligen sich an den landesweiten Streiks in Frankreich, die sich nicht nur gegen Macrons geplante Rentenkürzungen richten, sondern auch gegen weitere Sparmaßnahmen, Militarismus und Polizeigewalt.
Mahnwache für Julian Assange in Frankfurt am Main
einem Korrespondenten, 11. Januar 2020
Weltweit mehren sich die Initiativen zur Verteidigung des inhaftierten WikiLeaks-Gründers. Eine Unterstützergruppe demonstrierte am Mittwoch in Frankfurt für Julian Assanges Freiheit.
Neue Tatversion im Lübcke-Mord
Dietmar Gaisenkersting, 11. Januar 2020
Der mutmaßliche Mörder des CDU-Politikers Walter Lübcke hat in einer neuen Aussage einen Bekannten der Tat beschuldigt. Dieser soll den Kasseler Regierungspräsidenten „versehentlich“ erschossen haben.
Europäische Regierungen unterstützen Kriegsvorbereitungen gegen Iran
Peter Schwarz, 11. Januar 2020
Drei Jahrzehnte nach dem Zusammenbruch der Sowjetunion haben die Anarchie des Kapitalismus und die Überholtheit des Nationalstaatensystems zu einer dramatischen Verschärfung imperialistischer Konflikte geführt.
New in French
L'Iran frappe des bases américaines en Irak alors que le Pentagone déploie des bombardiers B-52
Bill Van Auken, 9 janvier 2020
En préparation évidente d'une guerre à grande échelle, le Pentagone a envoyé une force de frappe composée de six bombardiers lourds B-52 sur la base militaire américaine de l'île de Diego Garcia.
Après le meurtre de Soleimani, le NPA part en guerre contre l’Iran
Alexandre Lantier, 9 janvier 2020
Le NPA met en avant le mensonge que l’Iran, un pays ex-colonial, serait une puissance impérialiste qui attaque Washington, et traite Soleimani de meurtrier de masse.
Corbyn rampe devant le Conseil privé, cherchant à bloquer un mouvement anti-guerre de masse
Laura Tiernan, 9 janvier 2020
La lettre de Corbyn à Johnson était rédigée de manière à défendre les intérêts de la sécurité nationale britannique et portait la marque de fabrique de Corbyn, celle de sa soumission à l’Etat
Podemos entre au gouvernement espagnol
Alex Lantier, 9 janvier 2020
La formation du gouvernement a mis un terme à deux mois de manœuvres dans l’élite dirigeante espagnole suite au parlement sans majorité sorti des élections du 10 novembre.
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Arts Review
Theater of Operations: The Gulf Wars 1991–2011: A significant exhibition at Museum of Modern Art’s contemporary arts center
By Clare Hurley, 13 January 2020
A large-scale group exhibition focused on US violence in the Middle East is currently on display at MoMA PS1 in Queens, New York.
Bombshell invents a ruling-class hero
By Erik Schreiber, 11 January 2020
The Kill Team: Are US military atrocities in Afghanistan just the work of a few “bad apples”?
By Joanne Laurier, 10 January 2020
At the Golden Globes awards ceremony: Comic Ricky Gervais causes a stir
By David Walsh, 9 January 2020
The Mandalorian and Disney Plus: The media giant targets the small screen
By Matthew MacEgan, 8 January 2020
Commentary
The Indian general strike and the global fight against communalism and war
By Keith Jones, 11 January 2020
Tens of millions of workers, youth and rural toilers participated in Wednesday’s all-India one-day general strike, transcending communal, caste and ethno-linguistic divides.
European powers support war preparations against Iran
By Peter Schwarz, 11 January 2020
After Suleimani murder, New Anti-capitalist Party backs US war on Iran
Bernie Sanders says “some wars are necessary”
By Tom Hall, 11 January 2020
The Democrats pass Pelosi’s phony antiwar resolution
Trump bides his time, but the preparations for war against Iran will continue
The US propaganda machine justifies the assassination of Qassem Suleimani
The decade of socialist revolution begins
By David North and Joseph Kishore, 3 January 2020
The New York Times' 1619 Project
The New York Times’ 1619 Project promoted in schools across the US
By Genevieve Leigh, 10 January 2020
Despite its historical errors and omissions, major efforts are underway to establish the 1619 Project as the official narrative of American history at schools and major academic institutions.
The 1619 Project and the falsification of history: An analysis of the New York Times’ reply to five historians
By David North and Eric London, 28 December 2019
New York Times Magazine editor Jake Silverstein, reviving discredited racialist distortions of the American Revolution and Civil War, refuses to correct historical errors in the 1619 Project.
The New York Times’ “1619 Project”
Nikole Hannah-Jones, Shell Oil and mass killings in Africa
By Trévon Austin and Bill Van Auken, 18 December 2019
The New York Times’s 1619 Project: A racialist falsification of American and world history
By Niles Niemuth, Tom Mackaman and David North, 6 September 2019
“A preposterous and one-dimensional reading of the American past”
Oxford historian Richard Carwardine on the New York Times’ 1619 Project
By Tom Mackaman, 31 December 2019
- An interview with historian Dolores Janiewski on the New York Times’ 1619 Project
- Historian Gordon Wood responds to the New York Times’ defense of the 1619 Project
- A historian’s critique of the 1619 Project
- An interview with political scientist Adolph Reed, Jr. on the New York Times’ 1619 Project
- Slavery and the American Revolution: A Response to the New York Times 1619 Project
- The “Irrepressible Conflict:” Slavery, the Civil War and America’s Second Revolution
- Perspectives for the coming revolution in America: Race, class and the fight for socialism
- An interview with historian Gordon Wood on the New York Times’ 1619 Project
- An interview with historian James McPherson on the New York Times’ 1619 Project
- An interview with historian James Oakes on the New York Times’ 1619 Project
- Historian Victoria Bynum on the inaccuracies of the New York Times 1619 Project
1619 Project director speaks at New York University
Nikole Hannah-Jones, race theory and the Holocaust
By Eric London and David North, 26 November 2019
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Autoworkers Struggles
GM workers in Mexico thank Australian workers for support
By the WSWS Autoworker Newsletter, 10 January 2020
Amid the looming threat of war after the US killing of Iranian General Suleimani, the statement calls workers to fight against war and the environmental destruction that triggered Australia’s bushfires.
GM workers in Mexico thank US workers for donating to their defense fund
Defend the Silao Seven!
Fired Mexican GM workers issue open letter to American workers
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Commentary
Chelsea Clinton’s millions and the American aristocracy
By Sam Dalton, 10 January 2020
Harvey Weinstein criminal trial begins amid media frenzy
By Eric London, 9 January 2020
Central banks losing firepower to counter recession
By Nick Beams, 9 January 2020
Workers Struggles
India: Haryana public transport workers strike against outsourcing; Pakistani journalists oppose salary and job cuts
Workers Struggles: Asia and Australia
11 January 2020
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
Florida teachers to rally January 13 against attacks on public education
By Matthew MacEgan and Nancy Hanover, 10 January 2020
Another Kentucky coal company refuses to pay miners
By Samuel Davidson, 9 January 2020
Free Assange and Manning
Sri Lanka: SEP meeting in Colombo demands release of Assange and Manning
By our correspondents, 7 January 2020
Afterwards, a University of Colombo student, declared: “I agree with the point made in this meeting that the fight for the freedom of Assange is so crucial for the defence of democratic rights internationally.”
Ex-Australian foreign minister calls for release of Julian Assange to halt damage to US alliance
By Mike Head, 4 January 2020
Mexican president calls for Julian Assange’s freedom
By Kevin Reed, 4 January 2020
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Mehring Books
Vadim Rogovin’s Bolsheviks against Stalinism 1928–1933: Leon Trotsky and the Left Opposition
A magnificent account of Stalin’s opponents in the USSR
By Andrea Peters, 21 December 2019
Stalin’s rise was neither foreordained nor a natural outgrowth of the October Revolution. The Great Russian chauvinist and bureaucrat secured power in ferocious conflict with the proletariat, peasantry and cadre of the revolutionary socialist movement.
Socialist Equality Party
UK Public Meetings:
The election of Boris Johnson and the failure of Corbynism
28 December 2019
Socialist Equality Party used UK general election to put forward a socialist perspective
Sri Lankan SEP/IYSSE to hold public meeting on how to fight the new Rajapakse regime
14 December 2019
International Youth and Students for Social Equality
The Reiss Center at NYU’s Law School: A think tank for the national security establishment and the Democratic Party
Part 2: The Reiss Center’s role in the impeachment crisis and anti-Russia campaign
the New York University IYSSE, 11 December 2019
The Reiss Center at NYU’s Law School: A think tank for the national security establishment and the Democratic Party
Part 1: Obama’s national security apparatus in exile
IYSSE, student unions defend students in Germany against right-wing attacks
By our reporters, 2 December 2019
Science
Skin Deep, Journey in the Divisive Science of Race, by Gavin Evans
By Philip Guelpa, 9 December 2019
The overwhelming weight of scientific research demonstrates that “race” does not exist as a valid biological category, but is a social construct.
History
David North introduces Turkish-language edition of In Defense of Leon Trotsky at Istanbul Book Fair
By our reporter, 11 November 2019
Mehring Yayıncılık announced the publication of five major works by the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) at its Istanbul Book Fair stall, including two authored by David North.
Socialist Equality Party
Video: 70 years after the Chinese Revolution—How the struggle for socialism was betrayed
31 October 2019
Introduction to the 1955 SWP resolution “The Third Chinese Revolution and its Aftermath”
From the archives
SWP resolution: The Third Chinese Revolution and its Aftermath
Introduction to the 1951 report to the Fourth International by Chinese Trotskyist Peng Shuzhi
From the archives
The Causes of the Victory of the Chinese Communist Party over Chiang Kai-Shek, and the CCP’s Perspectives
Mehring Books
Mehring Yayıncılık publishes new ICFI books for İstanbul Book Fair
By Ulas Atesci, 29 October 2019
Preface to the Turkish edition of The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century
By David North, 2 September 2019
Preview the new publication from Mehring Books
Author’s introduction to Bolsheviks Against Stalinism 1928-1933: Leon Trotsky and the Left Opposition
By Vadim Rogovin, 30 August 2019
Now available from Mehring Books
Bolsheviks Against Stalinism 1928-1933: Leon Trotsky and the Left Opposition by Vadim Z. Rogovin
Featured Commentary
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
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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
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