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Marxism and the Fundamental Problems of the 20th Century The Demise of Savas Michael’s “New Era” By David North, 7 June 2018 This examination and exposure of the inveterate opportunism of Savas Michael-Matsas, was originally published on August 11, 1989 and appeared in the Fourth International magazine. An aging liar peddles his wares By David North, 17 May 2018 Alex Steiner attempts to justify his repudiation of Trotskyism by slandering the International Committee. Lenin, Trotsky and the Marxism of the October Revolution By David North, 19 March 2018 David North, chairperson of the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site and of the Socialist Equality Party (US), delivered this lecture at the University of Leipzig on March 16. Marx’s analysis of the laws of capital and the share market crisis By Nick Beams, 17 February 2018 The largest fall in markets since the crisis of 2008 has provided a damning exposure of the entire framework of bourgeois economics and a living confirmation of the analysis of Karl Marx. Nothing learned from Auschwitz By Johannes Stern, 6 February 2018 Just a cursory glance at the politicians assembled in the German parliament to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz makes clear the same ruling class that made Hitler chancellor 85 years ago is returning to its infamous traditions. An interview with David North Socialism or Barbarism: Reflections on Global Disorder 6 February 2018 In October 2017, David North delivered a lecture on the centenary of the October Revolution at St. Andrews College in Scotland. Prior to the lecture, he was interviewed by Adam Stromme, the editor in chief of the St Andrews Economist, the official publication of the St Andrews Economics Society. The bicentenary of Marx’s birth, socialism and the resurgence of the international class struggle 3 January 2018 The year 2018—the bicentenary of Marx’s birth—will be characterized, above all, by an immense intensification of social tensions and an escalation of class conflict around the world. On the Centenary of the October Revolution By David North, 7 November 2017 The October Revolution ranks among the greatest and most progressive events in world history. From the July Days to the Kornilov coup: Lenin’s The State and Revolution By Barry Grey, 17 October 2017 We are publishing here the text of a lecture delivered Saturday, October 14, by Barry Grey, the US national editor of the World Socialist Web Site. Watch the lecture online. Professor Sean McMeekin revives discredited anti-Lenin slanders (Part I) By David North, 30 June 2017 The century-old lie that the leader of the October Revolution was acting on behalf of German imperialism is revived in an Op-Ed piece published by the New York Times. This week in the Russian Revolution May 29 – June 4: Lenin and Trotsky move toward unity as calls for Soviet power spread Lenin and Trotsky have been brought together politically by the imperialist world war and the course of the Russian Revolution. Both insist on the transfer of power to the Soviets and for a final break with the nationalist and opportunist socialist tendencies. Lecture on the centenary of the Russian Revolution Lenin’s Return to Russia and the April Theses By James Cogan, 8 May 2017 We are publishing here the text of a lecture delivered on Saturday, May 6, by James Cogan, national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Australia). The audio for the lecture is embedded in the text. May Day 2017: Lessons of history and the fight for socialism By David North, 1 May 2017 This speech was delivered by WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North to open the 2017 International May Day Online Rally, held on April 30. This week in the Russian Revolution May 1-7: April Crisis breaks out in Petrograd Newspapers in Petrograd publish a telegram by the Provisional Government’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, promising to abide by the tsar’s secret treaties and “fight the world war out to a decisive victory.” Workers and soldiers in Petrograd respond with massive anti-government demonstrations. Lecture on the centenary of the Russian Revolution Spontaneity and Consciousness in The February Revolution By Joseph Kishore, 26 April 2017 This is an edited version of a lecture delivered live on April 22, 2017 by Joseph Kishore, national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (US). The audio and slides for the lecture are embedded in the text. To register for the lecture series, visit wsws.org/1917. Series on the centenary of the Russian Revolution Online lecture Saturday: The February Revolution Joseph Kishore, National Secretary of the Socialist Equality Party in the United States, will be delivering the lecture on Saturday, April 22 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Register for the series at wsws.org/1917. War and Revolution: 1914–1917 By Nick Beams, 10 April 2017 We are publishing here the text of a lecture delivered Saturday, April 8 by Nick Beams, a member of the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site. This is the third in a series of five international online lectures being presented by the International Committee of the Fourth International to mark the centenary of the 1917 Russian Revolution. Writings of Trotsky from 1917 From Whom and How to Defend the Revolution By Leon Trotsky, 21 March 2017 In this article, Trotsky writes, ‘“The gentry’s lands, but not Constantinople!’—the soldier-proletarian will say to the soldier-peasant, explaining to him who is served by the imperialist war and what its aims are.” Writings of Trotsky from 1917 War or Peace? (Internal Forces of the Revolution) By Leon Trotsky, 20 March 2017 In this article, Trotsky writes, “The international struggle against world-wide slaughter and imperialism is now our task more than ever before.” Writings of Trotsky from 1917 Under the Banner of the Commune By Leon Trotsky, 17 March 2017 In this article, Trotsky writes, “In the trenches overflowing with blood and mud, in the starving cities and villages, millions of hearts are filled with indignation, despair and rage. And these feelings, when combined with socialist thought, are turning into revolutionary enthusiasm.” The Revolution in Russia By Leon Trotsky, 16 March 2017 In this article, translated for the first time, Trotsky writes, “Our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren will speak of these days as the beginning of a new epoch in the history of mankind.” Large global turnout for online lecture, “Why Study the Russian Revolution?” A large audience from more than 60 countries listened live to the lecture delivered by WSWS chairman David North, the first in a series marking the centenary of the Russian Revolution. Why Study the Russian Revolution? By David North, 13 March 2017 We are publishing here the text of a lecture delivered Saturday, March 11 by David North, chairman of the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site. This is the first in a series of five international online lectures being presented by the International Committee of the Fourth International to mark the centenary of the 1917 Russian Revolution. Registrations from throughout the world for Russian Revolution centenary online lectures Workers and students in India express strong support By Sasi Kumar and Moses Rajkumar, 10 March 2017 People from more than 55 countries have signed up to participate in the ICFI’s online lecture series, which begins on March 11 with a lecture by David North, “Why Study the Russian Revolution?” “We are still fighting the same things they fought out 100 years ago” Registrations from throughout the world as interest in Russian Revolution centenary lectures grows 7 March 2017 Individuals from more than 50 countries have registered to participate in the International Committee of the Fourth International’s online lecture series that begins on March 11. Socialism and defence of the free movement of labour: Part two By Julie Hyland, 10 February 2017 The support of the pseudo-left for immigration controls is the outcome of their perspective of national economic regulation under capitalism. The Guardian’s Jonathan Jones denounces the Russian Revolution and its art By Chris Marsden and Paul Mitchell, 8 February 2017 Jones paints a lying picture of gratuitous violence by the Bolsheviks, but fails to mention the intervention of the imperialist powers, or to detail the White terror they helped sustain. Seventy-five years since the Wannsee Conference By Clara Weiss, 25 January 2017 Last Friday, January 20, marked the 75th anniversary of the notorious Wannsee Conference, in which 15 influential representatives of the Nazi regime discussed the so-called “final solution of the Jewish question.” Hitler’s Professors: A documentation of war crimes by German academics against the Jewish people By Clara Weiss, 16 January 2017 Max Weinreich’s classic study, Hitler’s Professors, first published in 1946, documents the role of leading German academics in the murder of Europe’s Jewish population. Socialism and the centenary of the Russian Revolution: 1917-2017 By David North and Joseph Kishore, 3 January 2017 A specter is haunting world capitalism: the specter of the Russian Revolution. This year marks the centenary of the world-historical events of 1917, which began with the February Revolution in Russia and culminated in October with the conquest of political power by the Bolshevik Party, under the leadership of Lenin and Trotsky. The End of the USSR By David North, 30 December 2016 On January 4, 1992, David North, national secretary of the Workers League (predecessor of the Socialist Equality Party), delivered a report which explained the historical background and significance of the end of the USSR. To mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of this critical event, the World Socialist Web Site is posting North's report. 100 Years since the Russian Revolution Mehring Books announces centenary edition of landmark documentary, Tsar to Lenin 12 December 2016 Produced by the legendary Herman Axelbank and narrated by Max Eastman, Tsar to Lenin is the definitive documentary of a revolution that “shook the world” and changed the course of history. Georgi Valentinovich Plekhanov (1856–1918): His Place in the History of Marxism By David North and Vladimir Volkov, 5 December 2016 On December 11, the international socialist movement marks the 160th anniversary of the birth of the “father of Russian Marxism,” Georgi Valentinovich Plekhanov. Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today—the 1948 documentary restored By Clara Weiss, 5 December 2016 The film, written and directed by Stuart Schulberg, was intended to advertise the principles underlying the indictment of the Nazi criminals at the Nuremberg Trials. Hundreds attend lecture by David North in Frankfurt, Germany By our correspondents, 25 October 2016 In a lecture titled “Philosophy and Politics in Times of War and Revolution,” David North presented his book The Frankfurt School, Postmodernism and the Politics of the Pseudo-Left. New book by David North A Quarter Century of War: The US Drive for Global Hegemony 1990–2016 By David North, 11 July 2016 We publish here the preface to A Quarter Century of War: The US Drive for Global Hegemony, 1990-2016 by David North, the chairman of the international editorial board of the World Socialist Web Site. The book is available for preorder today at Mehring Books. German court sentences former SS Auschwitz guard to five years imprisonment By Sybille Fuchs, 24 June 2016 A court in Detmold found 94-year-old Reinhold Hanning guilty of complicity in the murders of 170,000 people. Ninety years since the coup of Piłsudski The Strategy of the Intermarium—Part 4 NATO’s preparations for war with Russia By Clara Weiss, 3 June 2016 This is the final part of a series reviewing the history of the Intermarium, which was developed as a bourgeois nationalist antipode to the United Socialist States of Europe as proposed by Leon Trotsky. Ninety Years Since the Coup of Piłsudski The Strategy of the Intermarium—Part 3 The Intermarium and Poland’s integration into the US war alliance against Russia By Clara Weiss, 2 June 2016 This is the third part of a series reviewing the history of the Intermarium, which was developed as a bourgeois nationalist antipode to the United Socialist States of Europe as proposed by Leon Trotsky. May Day 2016: Introductory report by David North By David North, 2 May 2016 We are publishing here the introductory remarks to the International Online May Day Rally by David North, chairman of the WSWS International Editorial Board and national chairman of the Socialist Equality Party (US). A comment on demoralized opportunists By David North, 19 April 2016 The anti-Trotskyist blog site of Alex Steiner and Frank Brenner recently reported on a meeting that they hosted in Brooklyn, New York, on April 12. Behind the designation of Russia and China as “imperialist”: A case study in theoretical charlatanry By Johannes Stern, 14 April 2016 The politically reactionary implications of the definition of Russia and China as imperialist powers are exposed by the positions of the German-based Revolutionary Communist International Tendency. Marxism and the pseudo-left: David North interviewed at Leipzig Book Fair 1 April 2016 Following a presentation of the new German edition of The Frankfurt School, Postmodernism and the Politics of the Pseudo-Left, North was interviewed by the newspaper Schattenblick on the theoretical and political issues addressed in his book. The political economy of endless austerity By Nick Beams, 31 March 2016 The imposition of austerity is determined not by a lack of economic resources, but by the relentless logic of the profit system. David North addresses Sri Lankan SEP launch of Sinhala edition of The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century By David North, 22 March 2016 Publication of this new translation of David North’s The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century will contribute significantly to the education of workers and youth in Sri Lanka. Colombo meeting launches Sinhala translation of The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century By our correspondents, 22 March 2016 SEP general secretary Wije Dias stressed that the book’s exposure of historical falsifications was “a weapon in the revolutionary struggles of the future.” Who would celebrate Hitler today?: The German satirical film Look Who’s Back By Bernd Reinhardt, 16 December 2015 The satirical film, based on the novel of the same title by Timur Vermes, has been seen by over two million people, making it one of the most watched in Germany this year. Seventy years since the Nuremberg Trials By Verena Nees, 3 December 2015 The post-World War II trials led to the adoption of the Nuremberg principles, forbidding aggressive war as the greatest international crime. Meetings in Germany mark the 75th anniversary of the death of Leon Trotsky By our correspondents, 23 November 2015 Over 200 people participated in meetings organised by the International Youth and Students for Social Equality in the cities of Berlin, Frankfurt and Bochum. Security and the Fourth International, the Gelfand Case and the deposition of Mark Zborowski An open letter from David North to Susan Weissman 10 November 2015 Netanyahu’s apology for Hitler By Jean Shaoul, 23 October 2015 The Israeli prime minister has foully slandered the Palestinian people by attributing to them the responsibility for the Holocaust. A world convulsed by crises By Andre Damon and Barry Grey, 12 September 2015 Crisis is not the exception, but the rule. The very speed of events, with virtually no intervals of calm between the storms, denotes an intensifying general crisis. IYSSE, SEP (Australia) lectures: 100 years since the Zimmerwald conference 6 August 2015 The issues that erupted at Zimmerwald a century ago have the most decisive contemporary significance. What is the pseudo-left? By The WSWS Editorial Board, 30 July 2015 Political developments in Greece in recent months are a striking confirmation of the WSWS's analysis of “pseudo-left” tendencies. Foreword to The Frankfurt School, Postmodernism and the Politics of the Pseudo-Left: A Marxist Critique Part Three By David North, 23 July 2015 The polemical essays in this volume examine the complex interaction between history, philosophy and politics. It is vital reading for those who wish to deepen their knowledge of classical Marxism. A review of Stephen Kotkin’s Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928: Part one By Fred Williams, 1 June 2015 Stephen Kotkin’s first volume of a projected three-volume biography of Stalin, published by Penguin Press, is a travesty of historical writing. Germany: Auschwitz survivors testify against former SS officer By Elisabeth Zimmermann, 12 May 2015 The prosecution of former SS officer Oskar Gröning has highlighted his role in crimes against humanity. The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century published in German By Peter Schwarz, 2 March 2015 David North’s book is essential in providing a political orientation and formulating a socialist response to the global crisis of capitalism. The 100th anniversary of the World War I Christmas truce By Julie Hyland, 24 December 2014 The enduring lesson of the Christmas truce, which has burning relevance today, is that the spontaneous international solidarity of the working class soldiers had been betrayed months before by the collapse of the Second International. Wide audience for online interview with David North, author of The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century By our reporter, 15 December 2014 Many hundreds of people from over thirty countries listened to the interview held December 13. The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century now available in eBook format 3 December 2014 This book by David North is an essential addition to every Marxist library. Small audiences mark Remembrance Day in Australia By James Cogan, 13 November 2014 The “Eleventh of the Eleventh” is considered of secondary importance by the Australian ruling elite in promoting patriotism. German intellectuals in World War I By Verena Nees, 20 October 2014 In 1914, German intellectuals launched an “Appeal to the Civilized World” to justify imperialist war. Today, their heirs hypocritically invoke “human rights” to build popular support for war. Australian government “celebrates” first WWI military action By Richard Phillips, 19 August 2014 The seizure of Germany’s Pacific colonies underlined the real character of World War I as an imperialist war. One hundred years since the outbreak of World War I By Nick Beams, 5 August 2014 The only progressive solution was not the victory of one or another imperialist power, but the overthrow of the capitalist system. The lessons of August 4, 1914 By Ulrich Rippert, 4 August 2014 One hundred years ago, the social democracy’s vote for war credits in World War I sounded the death knell of the epoch of national programs for the working class. One hundred years since Sarajevo By David North, 28 June 2014 Today marks the one-hundredth anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the event that triggered the outbreak of World War I. The diary of Lena Mukhina: An important document on the Leningrad blockade Lenas Tagebuch, translated by Lena Gorelik and Gero Fedtke, Munich, 2013 By Clara Weiss, 11 June 2014 Lena’s Diary is an important historical document relating to one of most horrific, although often forgotten, war crimes of German imperialism. Nationalism and fascism in Ukraine: A historical overview Part two By Konrad Kreft and Clara Weiss, 10 June 2014 The collaboration of Germany and the US with Ukrainian fascists has historical precedents reaching back 100 years. Nationalism and fascism in Ukraine: A historical overview Part one By Konrad Kreft and Clara Weiss, 9 June 2014 The collaboration of Germany and the US with Ukrainian fascists has historical precedents reaching back 100 years. D-Day anniversary: Commemorating the Second World War and preparing the Third By Bill Van Auken, 7 June 2014 The presence of a dwindling band of survivors of World War II—the greatest exercise in mass killing in the history of the planet—only underscored the boundless hypocrisy of the official ceremonies. Financial Times’ attack on Piketty under fire By Nick Beams, 30 May 2014 The Financial Times’ scurrilous attack on Thomas Piketty has been opposed by those working in the field of economic and social inequality. As geopolitical tensions grow with China Australian columnist lauds World War I as a “just war” By James Cogan, 12 May 2014 The language used by Sheridan resonates with his portrayal of US and Australian foreign policy as a justified response to China’s “military build-up.” French TV documentary: “Shoah by Shooting—SS Death Squads in Ukraine” By Clara Weiss, 22 April 2014 Earlier this year, the French television documentary “Shoah by Shooting—Death Squads in Ukraine” was released on DVD in Germany. Paul Keating’s Remembrance Day address: Nationalist myth-making to glorify World War I By James Cogan, 28 November 2013 Keating’s speech was an attempt to explain away any concerns about commemorating the war and glorify Australia’s involvement. Eighty years since Hitler’s coming to power By Peter Schwarz, 2 February 2013 Leon Trotsky drew far-reaching conclusions from the disastrous defeat of the German working class in 1933. A reader reviews Tsar to Lenin 29 October 2012 A WSWS reader has written in with a comment on the unique documentary film Tsar to Lenin, available from Mehring Books. British historian Eric Hobsbawm (1917-2012) 8 October 2012 On October 1, noted British historian Eric Hobsbawm died at the Royal Free Hospital in London. He was 95. Film showings and lectures by David North The historical significance and enduring political relevance of the 1917 Russian Revolution 10 September 2012 In this series of meetings in the US, Socialist Equality Party National Chairman David North will introduce showings of Tsar to Lenin with a lecture on the Russian Revolution. 75 years since the Flint sit-down strike By Barry Grey, 30 December 2011 Today marks the 75th anniversary of a momentous chapter in the history of the American and international working class—the beginning of the Flint sit-down strike. Arthur Ransome and the Bolshevik Revolution Part one By Dave Hyland, 25 June 2011 This is the first in a three-part consideration of the English author Arthur Ransome, particularly as regards his relationship to the October 1917 revolution in Russia. Now available at Mehring Books online Revolution and Counterrevolution in Spain by Felix Morrow Mehring Books is making available for online purchase Felix Morrow’s Revolution and Counterrevolution in Spain. Hands off Rosa Luxemburg! The historical falsification of Rosa Luxemburg's heritage by the German Left Party By Lucas Adler, 14 January 2011 In a vulgar attempt to distort Rosa Luxemburg’s writings, the German Left Party resorts to interpreting passages out of context in order to justify their own opportunism. Marxism and the Holocaust By Nick Beams, 15 May 2010 The following is an addendum to the lecture “Imperialism and the political economy of the Holocaust,” delivered by Nick Beams at San Diego State University on April 29. Imperialism and the political economy of the Holocaust By Nick Beams, 12 May 2010 This lecture was delivered at San Diego State University on April 29. It was the eighth in a series entitled "Killing for a higher cause: Political violence in a world in crisis" sponsored by the Institute on World Affairs within the Political Science Department of the San Diego State University. Nick Beams delivers lecture in Sydney and Melbourne World War Two: Lessons and Warnings By Nick Beams, 18 November 2009 Nick Beams, national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Australia) and a member of the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site, delivered a lecture on “World War Two: Lessons and Warnings” to audiences in Sydney and Melbourne in November, 2009. Myths and legends about World War II exposed at Australian SEP public meetings By our correspondents, 18 November 2009 The Socialist Equality Party in Australia held public meetings in Sydney and Melbourne this month on “Seventy years since World War II: lessons and warnings”. The fall of the Berlin Wall By Peter Schwarz, 9 November 2009 The contradiction between the official celebrations and the lack of public enthusiasm over the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall speaks volumes about the real significance of the events of November 1989. Twenty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall Statement of the Bund Sozialistischer Arbeiter, October 18, 1989—Part 2 Overthrow the Stalinist bureaucracy! Build workers’ councils in East Germany! 6 November 2009 This statement by the Central Committee of the Bund Sozialistischer Arbeiter, the predecessor of the Partei für Soziale Gleichheit (Socialist Equality Party of Germany), was issued on October 18, 1989. Today we are posting the second of three parts of the statement. European Trotskyists mark seventieth anniversary of World War II Whole families were forced into exile due to their anti-Nazism By Françoise Thull, 4 November 2009 On October 11 in London, the European sections of the International Committee of the Fourth International held a joint meeting on the lessons of the Second World War. We publish here the remarks made by Françoise Thull, a member of the Socialist Equality Party in Germany (Partei Partei für Soziale Gleichheit, PSG), who spoke on the experiences of her family in France during that period. European Trotskyists mark seventieth anniversary of World War II “It was industrialised slaughter on an unimaginable scale” By Barbara Slaughter, 2 November 2009 On October 11 in London, the European sections of the International Committee of the Fourth International held a joint meeting on the lessons of the Second World War. We publish here the remarks made by veteran Trotskyist and SEP (UK) Central Committee member Barbara Slaughter. European Trotskyists mark 70th anniversary of World War II A battle for empire rooted in profound contradictions of capitalism By Julie Hyland, 31 October 2009 The following is a contribution by WSWS Editorial Board member Julie Hyland to an October 11 meeting convened by the European sections of the International Committee of the Fourth International to consider the lessons of the Second World War. “Socialism in One Country” and the Soviet economic debates of the 1920s By Nick Beams, 13 October 2009 The lectures deal with some of the crucial conflicts over economic policy in the Soviet Union during the 1920s. One of the motivations for the lectures was to answer the distortions advanced by the British academic Geoffrey Swain in his book Trotsky published in 2006. Seventy years on World War II: The essential lessons Joint public meeting of the Socialist Equality Party, Britain and Germany 22 September 2009 World War II engulfed the entire European continent, pitting all of the continental powers in the bloodiest slaughter in world history. Seventy years since World War II Its causes and its lessons for today 22 September 2009 World War II was the bloodiest and most tragic event in world history. Up to 70 million people lost their lives during the six year conflict. It witnessed unimaginable barbarism, including above all the mass murder of 6 million European Jews by the Nazis. The war ended with the dropping of the atomic bomb on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Revolutionary leadership and the struggle of 1934 75th anniversary of the Minneapolis truck drivers’ strike—Part four By Ron Jorgenson, 29 August 2009 The final part of a four-part series on the 1934 Minneapolis general truck drivers’ strike. Revolutionary leadership and the struggle of 1934 75th anniversary of the Minneapolis truck drivers’ strike—Part three By Ron Jorgenson, 28 August 2009 The third part of a four-part series on the 1934 Minneapolis general truck drivers’ strike. Revolutionary leadership and the struggle of 1934 75th anniversary of the Minneapolis truck drivers’ strike–Part one By Ron Jorgenson, 26 August 2009 The first part of a four-part series on the 1934 Minneapolis general truck drivers’ strike. 70 years since the Hitler-Stalin Pact By Alex Lantier, 24 August 2009 Seventy years ago, Nazi foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov met in Moscow to sign a hastily-negotiated Non-Aggression Pact between Hitlerite Germany and the USSR. Lecture 2 “Socialism in One Country” and the Soviet economic debates of the 1920s—Part 2 By Nick Beams, 7 May 2009 This is the second of two lectures delivered at an SEP summer school in August 2007 that deal with some of the crucial conflicts over economic policy in the Soviet Union during the 1920s.
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Dördüncü Enternasyonal Dördüncü Enternasyonal'in kuruluşunun 80. yıldönümü üzerine David North, 7 Eylül 2018 Dördüncü Enternasyonal'in Troçki'nin önderliğinde kurulması, son derece büyük tarihsel öneme ve güncel geçerliliğe sahip bir olaydır. Sol Muhalefet’in 1930’ların başlarındaki el yazmaları bulundu Vladimir Volkov ve Clara Weiss, 31 Ağustos 2018 Belgelerin ortaya çıkartılması, karşıdevrimci Stalinizme karşı 1938’de Dördüncü Enternasyonal’i kurmuş olan Troçkist hareketin onlarca yıllık mücadelesinin güçlü bir doğrulanmasıdır. SEP (ABD) Beşinci Ulusal Kongre Kararı Sınıf Mücadelesinin Canlanması ve Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi’nin Görevleri 27 Ağustos 2018 İşçi sınıfının nesnel radikalleşmesi ile partinin pratiğinin kesişmesi, işçi sınıfının zaferinin, kapitalizmin ortadan kaldırılmasının ve dünya ekonomisinin sosyalist dönüşümünün koşullarını yaratacaktır. Lev Troçki’nin öldürülmesinin 78. yılı Eric London ve David North, 22 Ağustos 2018 Uluslararası Komite, bugün, Troçki’nin öldürülmesinin 78. yıldönümünde, onun yaşamını adamış olduğu dünya sosyalizmi ilkesi ve programı uğruna mücadeleyi ilerletirken, bu olağanüstü devrimcinin anısına olan saygısını ifade eder. Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi (ABD) Beşinci Ulusal Kongre’sini düzenledi 6 Ağustos 2018 Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’ndeki Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi (SEP), Beşinci Ulusal Kongre’sini, 22-27 Temmuz tarihleri arasında, Güneydoğu Michigan’da düzenledi. Savunduğumuz Miras'ın otuzuncu yıldönümü baskısına önsöz David North, 11 Temmuz 2018 Savunduğumuz Miras'ın yeniden yayınlanması, kapitalizmin nesnel krizinin radikalleştirdiği yeni işçi ve gençlik kuşağının devrimci eğitimine katkıda bulunacaktır. Savas Michael’in “Yeni Dönem”inin ölümü David North, 2 Temmuz 2018 Gerry Healy ile Savas Michael arasındaki bölünme, bu iki Troçkizm döneğinin ve Stalinist Sovyet bürokrasisi dalkavuğunun kirli ortaklığına seviyesiz ve acınası bir nokta koymuştur. Sri Lanka SEP, 50. yıldönümü için güçlü bir toplantı düzenledi Muhabirlerimizden, 29 Haziran 2018 Sri Lanka’daki Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi (SEP), 22 Haziran’da Colombo’da, 50. yıldönümünü kutlamak için başarılı bir toplantı düzenledi. David North’un Sri Lanka SEP’in 50. yıldönümü toplantısına gönderdiği kutlama mesajı David North, 29 Haziran 2018 Sadece Sri Lanka’da değil ama Asya genelinde önümüzde duran mücadelelerde muazzam bir tarihsel rol oynamak SEP’in yazgısıdır. Partido Obrero, neo-faşistlerle bağları olan Rus Stalinist ile ittifak konusundaki soruları örtbas ediyor Bill Van Auken, 21 Haziran 2018 Partido Obrero’ya sosyalizm uğruna mücadele arzusuyla katılmış olan parti üyelerinin, bazı soruları sormaya başlamalarında yarar var. Partido Obrero, Dördüncü Enternasyonal’i Stalinizm ile ittifak içinde “yeniden kurma” peşinde Eric London ve Bill Van Auken, 12 Haziran 2018 Partido Obrero’nun önderi Jorge Altamira ve Yunanistan’daki İşçilerin Devrimci Partisi’nin başındaki Savas Michael-Matsas, yeniden inşa edilmiş Dördüncü Enternasyonal’in Rusya’daki Stalinizm yanlısı örgütleri de kapsaması gerektiğini ilan ettiler. 75 yıl önce: Stalinist bürokrasi Komintern’i dağıtıyor Komintern’in resmen dağıtılması, Stalinist bürokrasinin Britanya’yı, Fransa’yı ve ABD’yi kapsayan emperyalist müttefiklerine bir işaret olarak tasarlanmıştı. Kapitalizmin yasaları ve küresel ekonominin çöküşü Nick Beams, 22 Mayıs 2018 Aşağıdaki konuşma, Avustralya’daki Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi’nin önde gelen üyelerinden Nick Beams tarafından, DEUK’un 2018 Uluslararası Çevrimiçi 1 Mayıs Toplantısı’nda yapıldı. 2018 Uluslararası Çevrimiçi 1 Mayıs Toplantısı Karl Marx’ın doğumunun 200. yılı WSWS, Marx’ın doğum gününü, işçi sınıfının uluslararası dayanışma günü 1 Mayıs ile birlikte uluslararası çevrimiçi bir toplantıyla kutluyor. Dünya Sosyalist Web Sitesi’nin 20. yılı: 1998-2018 David North ve Joseph Kishore, 17 Şubat 2018 WSWS'nin 20. yıldönümü, uluslararası sosyalist ve işçi hareketinin tarihinde önemli bir kilometre taşını temsil etmektedir. İnternet sansürü ile mücadele etmek üzere uluslararası bir güç birliği için Dünya Sosyalist Web Sitesi’nin Uluslararası Yayın Kurulu’nun sosyalist, savaş karşıtı, solcu ve ilerici web sitelerine, örgütlere ve aktivistlere açık mektubu Dünya Sosyalist Web Sitesi, internet sansürü ile mücadele etmek üzere Sosyalist, Savaş Karşıtı ve İlerici Web Sitelerinin Uluslararası Güç Birliği’nin kurulması için inisiyatif alıyor. Savunduğumuz Miras ve David North ile DEUK’un diğer önemli kitapları Türkçede yayınlandı Halil Celik, 25 Ocak 2018 Genel olarak sosyalist harekete neredeyse tüm tarihi boyunca Stalinizmin, Maoculuğun ve küçük burjuva ulusalcı eğilimlerin egemen olduğu bir ülke olan Türkiye’de, bu kitaplar, işçiler ve gençlik içinde sosyalist bilincin gelişmesi açısından son derece büyük önem taşımaktadır. WSWS internet sansürüne karşı koymak için sosyalist ve savaş karşıtı web sitelerine güç birliği çağrısı yapıyor Niles Niemuth, 25 Ocak 2018 WSWS, 16 Ocak’ta, sosyalist ve savaş karşıtı web sitelerine ve gazetecilere, internet sansürüne karşı koymak için uluslararası bir güç birliği oluşturma çağrısı yaptı. Ekim Devrimi’nin yüzüncü yıldönümünün son yansımaları David North, 4 Ocak 2018 Uluslararası Komite, geçtiğimiz yılın tüm eğitim faaliyetini, 2018’in en çarpıcı siyasi özelliği olacak olan uluslararası sınıf mücadelesinin yeniden canlanmasına temel bir hazırlık olarak görmektedir. Rus Devrimi’ni Neden İncelemeliyiz? David North, 3 Ocak 2018 Felakete gidişi durdurabilecek tek şey, dünya sosyalizmi uğruna bilinçli mücadelenin yeniden canlandırılmasıdır. Rus Devrimi’ni incelemek, her şeyden önce bunun için gerekiyor. Leipzig Üniversitesi Öğrenci Konseyi’ne açık mektup IYSSE Leipzig, 27 Kasım 2017 Aşağıdaki mektup, Leipzig Üniversitesi’ndeki IYSSE grubu tarafından Öğrenci Konseyi üyelerine gönderildi. Hıristiyan Demokrat Öğrenciler Grubu, IYSSE’nin yasaklanması çağrısı yaptı Christoph Vandreier, 27 Kasım 2017 Almanya’daki iki hükümet partisinin öğrenci örgütü Hıristiyan Demokrat Öğrenciler Grubu, Toplumsal Eşitlik İçin Uluslararası Gençlik ve Öğrenciler’in (IYSSE) Alman üniversitelerinde yasaklanması çağrısı yapan iki açıklama yayınladı. New York Times, WSWS’nin Google’a yönelik suçlamalarını haber yaptı Andre Damon, 5 Ekim 2017 NYT’de, Bay Wakabayashi’nin makalesi, Google’ın solcu sitelere yönelik şirket sansürüne ilişkin ABD düzen medyasındaki ilk kayda değer haberdir. Google solcu sitelere yönelik sansürü yoğunlaştırıyor Andre Damon, 23 Eylül 2017 Önde gelen 13 haber kaynağının arama trafiğini Nisan’dan bu yana yüzde 55 kesen Google, solcu, ilerici ve savaş karşıtı web sitelerine yönelik sansürünü yoğunlaştırıyor. Cynthia Brust Moore (1944-2017): Troçkist hareketin kararlı bir destekçisi Fred Mazelis, 9 Eylül 2017 Dünya Sosyalist Web Sitesi, yaşamı boyunca Troçkist hareketi desteklemiş olan Cynthia Brust Moore’un 72 yaşında öldüğünü derin üzüntüyle bildirir. İnternet sansürünü durdurun! Google’ın Dünya Sosyalist Web Sitesi’ni kara listeye almasına son verin! Dünya Sosyalist Web Sitesi, 17 Ağustos 2017 Tüm okurlarımızı, Dünya Sosyalist Web Sitesi’nin Google sansürüne karşı başlattığı imza kampanyasına katılmaya çağırıyoruz. Google WSWS’ye erişimi engellemek için aramalara hile karıştırıyor WSWS Yayın Kurulu, 31 Temmuz 2017 İnternet ağı trafiği verilerine ilişkin bir inceleme, Google’ın WSWS'ye erişimi engellemek için arama sonuçlarını manipüle ettiğini açık bir şekilde gösteriyor. Google’a göre, WSWS Lev Troçki hakkında yazı yazmıyor Joseph Kishore, 31 Temmuz 2017 “Leon Trotsky” için yapılan Google araması, insanları gerici, komünizm karşıtı, Musevi karşıtı, iftiracı ve saçma sapan birçok sayfaya yönlendirmekte, ancak WSWS bulunamamaktadır. Savaşa karşı siyasi mücadele ve Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi’nin görevleri Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi’nin (Sri Lanka) Birinci Ulusal Kongresi’nin perspektif kararı Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi (Sri Lanka), 8 Temmuz 2017 SEP’in (Sri Lanka) kongresinde oybirliğiyle kabul edilen karar, partinin artan emperyalist savaş ve toplumsal karşı-devrim tehdidine karşı Sri Lanka’daki ve Güney Asya’daki mücadelesinin ana dayanağıdır. Savunduğumuz Miras’ın Türkçe basımına önsöz David North, 1 Temmuz 2017 David North’un Savunduğumuz Miras adlı kitabının Türkçe basımı, Türkiye'deki Troçkist grup Toplumsal Eşitlik'in yayınevi Mehring Yayıncılık tarafından önümüzdeki ay yayınlanacak. Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi Uluslararası Amazon İşçilerinin Sesi bültenini çıkarıyor Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi, 27 Mayıs 2017 Amazon işçilerini, kendi hikayelerini paylaşmak ve işyerlerindeki haksızlıkları teşhir etmek için Uluslararası Amazon İşçilerinin Sesi’ne yazmaya çağırıyoruz. 1 Mayıs 2017: Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’nde militarizm, toplumsal gericilik ve otoriter rejim Kristina Betinis, 18 Mayıs 2017 30 Nisan’da düzenlenen 2017 Uluslararası Çevrimiçi 1 Mayıs Toplantısı’nda Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi’nden (ABD) Kristina Betinis tarafından yapılan konuşma. 1 Mayıs 2017: Göçmenlere ve sığınmacılara yönelik zulme karşı çıkın Julie Hyland, 17 Mayıs 2017 30 Nisan’da düzenlenen 2017 Uluslararası Çevrimiçi 1 Mayıs Toplantısı’nda Britanya’daki Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi Ulusal Sekreter Yardımcısı Julie Hyland tarafından yapılan konuşma. Britanya seçimlerindeki sınıfsal meseleler Chris Marsden, 15 Mayıs 2017 30 Nisan’da düzenlenen 2017 Uluslararası Çevrimiçi 1 Mayıs Toplantısı’nda Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi (Britanya) Ulusal Sekreteri Chris Marsden tarafından yapılan konuşma. 1 Mayıs 2017: Komplo kurulan Hindistanlı 13 Maruti Suzuki işçisini savunun Keith Jones, 15 Mayıs 2017 30 Nisan’da düzenlenen 2017 Uluslararası Çevrimiçi 1 Mayıs Toplantısı’nda Kanada’daki Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi Ulusal Sekreteri Keith Jones tarafından yapılan konuşma. 1 Mayıs 2017: Kuzey Doğu Asya’da nükleer savaş tehlikesi Peter Symonds, 13 Mayıs 2017 Dünya Sosyalist Web Sitesi’nin Avustralya editörü Peter Symonds’un 30 Nisan’da düzenlenen 2017 Uluslararası Çevrimiçi 1 Mayıs Toplantısı’nda yaptığı konuşma. 1 Mayıs 2017: Latin Amerika’da sosyalist enternasyonalizm uğruna mücadele Bill Van Auken, 13 Mayıs 2017 30 Nisan’da düzenlenen 2017 Uluslararası Çevrimiçi 1 Mayıs Toplantısı’nda Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi’nden (ABD) Bill Van Auken tarafından yapılan konuşma. Ekonomik ulusalcılığın ve korumacılığın yükselişi Nick Beams, 11 Mayıs 2017 Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi’nin (Avustralya) kurucu üyesi ve 1985’ten 2015’e kadar ulusal sekreteri olan Nick Beams’in, 30 Nisan günü düzenlenen 2017 Uluslararası Çevrimiçi 1 Mayıs Toplantısı’nda yaptığı konuşma. Avrupa Birliği’nin krizi Peter Schwarz, 11 Mayıs 2017 Dördüncü Enternasyonal’in Uluslararası Komitesi’nin sekreteri Peter Schwarz’ın 30 Nisan’da düzenlenen 2017 Uluslararası Çevrimiçi 1 Mayıs Toplantısı’nda yaptığı konuşma. Alman militarizminin yükselişi ve tarihin yeniden yazılması Sven Wurm, 11 Mayıs 2017 30 Nisan’da düzenlenen 2017 Uluslararası Çevrimiçi 1 Mayıs Toplantısı’nda Toplumsal Eşitlik İçin Uluslararası Gençlik ve Öğrenciler’in (IYSSE) Humboldt Üniversitesi’ndeki sözcüsü Sven Wurm tarafından yapılan konuşma. Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi’ni (Fransa) inşa edin! 9 Mayıs 2017 Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi (Parti de l'égalité socialiste – PES) Kasım 2016’da Paris’te düzenlenen kongrede, Dördüncü Enternasyonal’in Uluslararası Komitesi’nin Fransa şubesi olarak kabul edildi. PES, Fransa seçimlerinin aktif boykotu üzerine Paris’te toplantı düzenledi Muhabirlerimizden, 6 Mayıs 2017 DEUK Fransa şubesi Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi (PES), Fransa cumhurbaşkanlığı seçimlerine yönelik aktif boykot çağrısını açıklamak için, geçtiğimiz yıl kurulmasından bu yana ilk açık toplantısını Paris’te düzenledi. 1 Mayıs 2017 Fransa cumhurbaşkanlığı seçimlerinde işçi sınıfının perspektifi Alex Lantier, 6 Mayıs 2017 30 Nisan’da düzenlenen 2017 Uluslararası Çevrimiçi 1 Mayıs Toplantısı’nda Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi’nin (Fransa) kurucu üyesi Alex Lantier tarafından yapılan konuşma. DEUK’un 2017 Uluslararası Çevrimiçi 1 Mayıs Toplantısı’nın siyasi değerlendirmesi Joseph Kishore, 3 Mayıs 2017 30 Mayıs Pazar günü düzenlenen 2017 Çevrimiçi 1 Mayıs Toplantısı, Dördüncü Enternasyonal’in Sosyalist Devrimin Dünya Partisi olarak inşasında önemli bir gelişmeye işaret ediyor. 1 Mayıs 2017: Tarihin dersleri ve sosyalizm uğruna mücadele David North, 3 Mayıs 2017 WSWS Uluslararası Yayın Kurulu Başkanı David North’un Uluslararası Çevrimiçi 1 Mayıs Toplantısı’ndaki açılış konuşması. Barış, Eşitlik ve Sosyalizm İçin! Dördüncü Enternasyonal’in Uluslararası Komitesi, Çevrimiçi 1 Mayıs Toplantısı’na çağırıyor Dördüncü Enternasyonal’in Uluslararası Komitesi, 30 Nisan Pazar günü, işçi sınıfının tarihsel uluslararası dayanışma günü olan 1 Mayıs’ı kutlamak için bir uluslararası çevrimiçi toplantı düzenleyecek. 1905’in Mirası ve Rus Devrimi Stratejisi Rus Devrimi’nin 100. yıldönümü üzerine ikinci çevrimiçi konferans bu Cumartesi düzenlenecek Dördüncü Enternasyonal’in Uluslararası Komitesi’nin Rus Devrimi’nin 100. yıldönümünü anmak üzere düzenlendiği çevrimiçi konferans serisinin ikinci konferansı, 25 Mart Cumartesi günü yapılacak.