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“The philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.”
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Joined September 2009
50 Years since the Canberra Coup Its political lessons are more critical than ever today as the ruling classes turn increasingly to authoritarian and fascistic forms of rule, above all at the very centre of imperialism in the United States... https://t.co/TJwBIa8EUg
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In Australia, a purportedly stable capitalist parliamentary democracy, this entire democratic facade was thrust aside in 1975 in response to what was a potentially revolutionary upsurge of working-...
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Democrats move to end shutdown, bail out Trump Just at the point of Trump’s maximum vulnerability, the Democrats intervened to prop him up. https://t.co/6VLmCBIA38
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The Democratic Party leadership is responding to the mass repudiation of Trump at the “No Kings” protests, in the streets of Chicago and at the polls November 4 by shutting down their phony display...
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James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA’s double helix structure, dies at 97 Watson's racist views often obfuscated his scientific achievements. https://t.co/QfPy8mBgVg
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This monumental scientific achievement occurred within a context of intense international collaboration, rapid technical advancement and from a collective scientific effort spanning decades and...
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The Carleton Twelve Perhaps not all of the Carleton 12 were agents. But one thing is certain: None of them were Trotskyists. https://t.co/I1zweFRwef
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This lecture addresses the discovery that 12 prominent leaders of the Socialist Workers Party all came from the same small Midwestern college.
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David Neita: January 5, 1948 – October 30, 2025 While Dave had previously resisted nationalist politics, the Workers League provided him with a theoretical understanding of the role of the international working class in the struggle for socialism. https://t.co/ZE71Zw9F1l
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David Neita, who played a leading role in the Workers League (predecessor of the Socialist Equality Party) during the 1970s, died on October 30 in Los Angeles at the age of 77.
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Trump threatens unpaid air traffic controllers: “Get back to work, now!” The defense of air traffic controllers is part of a broader struggle against authoritarianism, war and capitalist exploitation. https://t.co/YqtU1cwiq7
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Air traffic controllers who have not been paid during the government shutdown are selling plasma, driving Ubers and taking other jobs to feed their families.
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After granting clemency to nearly 1,600 January 6 foot soldiers, Trump has now pardoned his top coup lawyers and fake electors, several of whom still face state charges for their role in the 2020 election conspiracy.
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After granting clemency to nearly 1,600 January 6 foot soldiers, Trump has now pardoned his top coup lawyers and fake electors, several of whom still face state charges for their role in the 2020...
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The SEP meeting in Indianapolis is 1 week from today. Make plans now to attend & hear a report by SEP leader Jerry White on the #socialist strategy required to defend jobs & living standards and stop Trump's attempt to impose a #fascist dictatorship. @jerrywhiteSEP @WSWS_Updates
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SOAS student charged under counter-terror laws speaks out: “Really Draconian powers are in place to police and harass and repress people who stand up and speak out on behalf of Palestine and on behalf of other causes.”
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Join the IYSSE for an in-person and online meeting tomorrow at 7pm ET, “How high school students can fight against fascism and deportations: A socialist perspective.” Join in-person: Wayne State Student Center, Hilberry D (Second Floor) Join online: https://t.co/QZmmAr1eFl
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Trump intensifies immigration Gestapo terror in Chicago While Democrats are calling on residents to trust the courts and wait for legal remedies, the Trump regime has already made it clear that it will defy rulings that interfere with its operations. https://t.co/ZWhXLyVFMZ
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In the course of the assault on the city, Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino has appeared in multiple videos physically assaulting, tackling and tossing teargas canisters at demonstrators and...
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San Diego workers speak out as hunger and homelessness surge “We’re trying to stock up before things get worse. In a few weeks, these lines will be three times as long.”
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Workers in San Diego spoke to the WSWS about empty fridges, lost benefits and the daily struggle to feed their families.
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Dmitri Shostakovich, at the age of 18, composed his First Symphony 100 years ago His music can’t be fully appreciated apart from the October Revolution, which created the circumstances under which it was composed.
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Shostakovich is remembered by contemporaries who were interviewed many decades later as a student of single-minded determination, even as a young teenager.
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Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi defies Turkish state’s intervention on its program The Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal rejects the demands to change or remove the demands in our Program https://t.co/26JdiRqBKo
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The Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi, which was officially established in August in Turkey, received a letter from the Supreme Court of Appeals Prosecutor’s Office demanding that it change its program. It...
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Defend the Socialist Equality Party in Turkey: "We call on readers of the World Socialist Web Site and all defenders of democratic rights to oppose this unacceptable intervention and to share our statement as widely as possible." https://t.co/Vr6vf0an6g
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The Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi, which was officially established in August in Turkey, received a letter from the Supreme Court of Appeals Prosecutor’s Office demanding that it change its program. It...
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Online meeting November 16: Build rank-and-file committees to fight layoffs and hunger! The government shutdown, having now lasted more than a month, is deliberate economic blackmail aimed at starving workers and dismantling social programs. https://t.co/fjZiMnL3PG
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The trillions hoarded by the billionaires must be expropriated and used to meet social needs: secure, well-paid jobs for all, healthcare, housing, education, and the eradication of hunger and poverty.
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Musk sits atop a paper fortune, whose connection to underlying economic activity is largely a cover. It is, in the classic definition of a Ponzi scheme, indistinguishable from a normal business as long as the money flowing in exceeds the money flowing out https://t.co/zLQifiByAf
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The awarding of Musk’s pay package is, at the same time, a declaration of intent by the ruling class to massively impoverish the working class through layoffs, austerity and the destruction of social...
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𝘈 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘦: Kathryn Bigelow’s film about the danger of nuclear war Despite its unflattering depiction of US missile defense, and the dread and terror of nuclear war that it evokes, the film is weak in important respects. https://t.co/p56RdI358J
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If one is prepared to suspend one’s disbelief to an extent, A House of Dynamite has genuine value in evoking the horrifying threat of nuclear warfare.
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Alan Gelfand: A fighter for socialism and historical truth Alan fought indefatigably for the building of the Trotskyist movement.
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Alan Gelfand, whose lawsuit against the US government led to the exposure of high-level agents of the FBI and Soviet secret police in the Socialist Workers Party, died Wednesday, October 29, in Los...
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In response to attacks from the Trump administration and sections of the corporate oligarchy, Mamdani is lurching rapidly to the right in the immediate aftermath of the election #ZohranMamdani
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In response to attacks from the Trump administration and sections of the corporate oligarchy, Mamdani is lurching rapidly to the right in the immediate aftermath of the election.
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