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Statement of the ICFI. The ICFI welcomes with pride and enthusiasm the establishment of the Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi – Dördüncü Enternasyonal (Socialist Equality Party – Fourth International) as the Turkish section of the World Party of Socialist Revolution.

By Lee Parsons. This is foul Zionist propaganda. The constructed and entirely contrived narrative treats the events of October 7 entirely outside of history—as if they fell from the sky. Its narrative frame conforms to a “T” with that of…

By Peter Symonds. Significantly, the protests in Indonesia reverberated more broadly throughout South East Asia as workers and young people confront very similar economic and social problems, exacerbated by slowing economies. Protests took place last week in support of those…

Our Correspondent. I went closer. I could not believe my eyes. The house was demolished and everything was burning. I could see human flesh burning inside the house close to the main door. I saw a skull burning. I could…

By Peter Symonds. The grouping has its roots in what was dubbed the “Shanghai Five,” formed by China and Russia with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in 1996 to counter US interventions in Central Asia following the dissolution of the Soviet…

By Sanjaya Jayasekera. One does not have to grope around to relate these mass graves to the Sri Lankan armed forces who occupied Jaffna after 1995. “The fate of about 600 people who disappeared from Jaffna Peninsula in recent times…

By Jordan Shilton. One million people, around half of the enclave’s population, will initially be driven south toward the Mawasi “humanitarian zone”—a concentration camp—after which a military offensive will be launched in the ethnically cleansed area. Many of these people,…

පීටර් ෂ්වාස් විසිනි. චීනයට එරෙහි වෙලඳ යුද පියවර පිලිබඳ වොන් ඩර් ලේයන්ගේ තර්ජනය පෙන්නුම් කරන්නේ තීරුබදු පැනවීම එක්සත් ජනපද ජනාධිපති ට්‍රම්ප්ගේ පුද්ගලික විකාරයක් නොව, ධනේශ්වර පද්ධතියේ ගෝලීය අර්බුදයට ප්‍රතිචාරයක් බවයි. පළමු හා දෙවන ලෝක යුද්ධ ආසන්නයේ දී මෙන්, අමුද්‍රව්‍ය, වෙලඳපොලවල්…

By WSWS Editorial Board. The genocidal war in Gaza, waged by Israel with the full backing of the United States and its imperialist allies, can only be stopped through the unified and revolutionary action of the international working class.

By Jason Melanovski. Whatever the full story behind the rapid vacillations of Trump’s policy towards Ukraine, the ultimate goal of the Trump administration is to uphold the predatory interests of US capitalism, as demonstrated by the “critical minerals” signed between…

By Patrick Martin. The bill cuts taxes for the wealthy by $3 trillion, slashes more than $1 trillion from social spending on Medicaid and food stamps and pours $300 billion more into military violence abroad and domestic repression, particularly against…

By Nick Beams. The dollar has fallen 10 percent since the start of the year, a sign of the loss of confidence in its role as the global currency and a safe haven amid growing financial storms.

By WSWS Editorial Board We repost below the World Socialist Web Site Editorial Board statement published on wsws.org here on June 23, 2025 June 22, 2025 is a day that will live in infamy. In a massive and unprovoked assault, the United…

By WSWS Editorial Board. American imperialism and its Israeli proxy continue to escalate their illegal, unprovoked war of aggression against Iran, with US nuclear-capable B-52s and aircraft carrier battle groups readying to launch an imminent attack.

By WSWS Editoria Board. History has shown that imperialist wars lead to unforeseen and catastrophic consequences. Just as the US invasion of Iraq unleashed a regional disaster, so too will Israel’s assault on Iran. The people of the Middle East…

By Andre Damon, David North. The letter signifies the emergence of public opposition within Israel to the war. It is not yet clear how broadbased this opposition is. Recently published polls indicated that there still remains widespread support for the…

By Sanjaya Jayasekera. Fonseka’s popularity, unmatched for decades, was not simply built on glamour but on the deep compassion she earned. For the oppressed, she did not offer escapism; she offered recognition and fight. Her status as “queen” is a…

By Johannes Stern. The Merz government is undoubtedly the most reactionary and anti-working class government since the fall of the Nazi regime 80 years ago. Its central aim is to remove the last restraints imposed on German militarism as a…

On Saturday, May 3, the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) and the World Socialist Web Site (WSWS.org) held the annual International Online May Day Rally. The event took place at a critical juncture in international geopolitics, which determines…

By Nick Beams. Contrary to the claims of various bourgeois economists and not a few self-styled Marxists that the post-war economic capitalism boom which followed had refuted the Marxist analysis of the historically inevitable economic breakdown of the capitalist system,…