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“The philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.”
Immigration Gestapo descends on Charlotte, carrying out mass arrests and drawing protests

As was the case in Chicago, LA, SD and D.C., the flooding of federal immigration agents into the city has provoked anger among large sections of the population
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Immigration Gestapo descends on Charlotte, carrying out mass arrests and drawing protests
Over the weekend, masked and heavily armed federal immigration agents, led by Customs and Border Protection commander Gregory Bovino, abducted and assaulted immigrants and citizens.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:51 AM
“Why are people dying?”: Postal worker speaks out on death of Nick Acker

Nick's coworkers are continuing to speak out about what they know. Workers are demanding answers and an end to the constant pressure to keep the mail machines running at all cost.
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“Why are people dying?”: Postal worker speaks out on death of Nick Acker
“I genuinely think that the Post Office feels that the American people want their mail at all costs, and I think that that is not correct. I think that the American people would rather have their mail...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Stop Trump's deportation flight of Ukrainian immigrants into forced conscription!

Deportation to conscription into the Ukrainian army is the equivalent of a death sentence.

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Stop Trump's deportation flight of Ukrainian immigrants into forced conscription!
The Trump administration plans Monday to deport 83 people to Ukraine—the first mass deportation to the country in years—where they face immediate conscription and deployment to the front.
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November 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Perfect quote to describe this fascist abettor:
“The bourgeoisie is leading its society to complete bankruptcy… finance capital is obliged to create special armed bands, trained to fight the workers just as certain breeds of dog are trained to hunt game.”
November 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Hansen builds a world network of agents

The alignment of the politics and objectives of Pabloism with Hansen’s network of state agents vindicates the fight for orthodox Trotskyism waged by the International Committee.
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Hansen builds a world network of agents
This lecture examines the international operations of the US Socialist Workers Party under the direction of Joseph Hansen, exposed as an FBI agent by the Security and the Fourth International investig...
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November 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The lessons of history demonstrate that fascism cannot be crushed outside expropriating the oligarchs behind it and redistributing their ill-gotten fortunes to fund universal education, healthcare, and secure employment for all.

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Shielding the Democrats: Randi Weingarten’s “Why Fascists Fear Teachers” obscures the necessary fight against fascism
The longtime president of the American Federation of Teachers and leading Democratic Party figure is incapable of presenting a historical and scientific analysis of fascism, let alone a proposal for e...
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November 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Trump signs Democrat-backed spending package to end longest government shutdown in US history

Playing their assigned role as “loyal” opposition, the Democrats intervened to end the shutdown at precisely the time the Trump administration was at its weakest
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Trump signs Democrat-backed spending package to end longest government shutdown in US history
As was the case in the Senate, several House Democrats joined their “Republican colleagues” in funding the fascistic Trump government.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Trump, Epstein and the Democrats: A criminal ruling class

The same system that covered for Epstein is now waging war abroad, cutting food stamps for tens of millions and unleashing police and intelligence agencies to repress opposition at home.

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Trump, Epstein and the Democrats: A criminal ruling class
The scandals connected to deceased sex trafficker and billionaire financial fixer Jeffrey Epstein have touched off a massive political crisis for the Trump administration.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:32 AM
US hands off Latin America! Halt Trump’s killing spree!

There is an appearance of lunacy in the war aims of US imperialism in Latin America

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US hands off Latin America! Halt Trump’s killing spree!
A pair of US missile strikes over the weekend brought the toll from the Trump administration’s criminal military campaign off South America’s coasts to at least 76.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:43 AM
ICE raids last week in Eugene, Oregon result in kidnapping of more than a dozen people

During the assault, one of the masked agents mockingly waved and blew kisses at the crowd that had gathered in response to the attack.

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ICE raids last week in Eugene, Oregon result in kidnapping of more than a dozen people
The tactics and naked brutality of the kidnappings are a continuation of the Trump administration’s campaign of terror, which seeks to scapegoat immigrant workers around the country.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:56 AM
The reemergence of eugenics in American immigration policy

The State Department's cable represents a modern revival of the 20th century eugenics doctrines that once shaped US immigration and public health policy and reached their most murderous form in Nazi Germany.
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The State Department’s “public charge” directive: The reemergence of eugenics in American immigration policy
The directive empowers consular officers to deny visas over health conditions, marking a reactionary assault on immigrants, the sick and the working class.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Email dump confirms Epstein’s role as purveyor to Trump and entire US ruling class

The emails confirm a criminal ruling class deeply intertwined with Epstein and fully aware of his conduct.

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Email dump confirms Epstein’s role as purveyor to Trump and entire US ruling class
Newly released documents reveal Epstein’s ongoing influence with Trump, top officials and major media figures long after his conviction.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Democrats rally behind Chuck Schumer after vote to end shutdown on Republicans’ terms

The legislation would end the shutdown on terms dictated by President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers, with no provisions, as had been demanded by the Democrats
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Democrats rally behind Chuck Schumer after vote to end shutdown on Republicans’ terms
The House is poised to take up the spending package on Wednesday and will likely pass it along party lines.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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...
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50 Years since the Canberra Coup
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-cla...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Democrats move to end shutdown, bail out Trump

Just at the point of Trump’s maximum vulnerability, the Democrats intervened to prop him up.

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Democrats move to end shutdown, bail out Trump
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 of...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:33 AM
James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA’s double helix structure, dies at 97

Watson's racist views often obfuscated his scientific achievements.
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James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA’s double helix structure, dies at 97
This monumental scientific achievement occurred within a context of intense international collaboration, rapid technical advancement and from a collective scientific effort spanning decades and contin...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:27 AM
The Carleton Twelve

Perhaps not all of the Carleton 12 were agents. But one thing is certain: None of them were Trotskyists.

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The Carleton Twelve
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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November 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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.
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David Neita: January 5, 1948 – October 30, 2025
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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November 11, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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.

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Trump threatens unpaid air traffic controllers: “Get back to work, now!”
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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November 11, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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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Trump pardons January 6 coup architects and fake electors
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 elec...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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.
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Trump intensifies immigration Gestapo terror in Chicago
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 journali...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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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San Diego workers speak out as hunger and homelessness surge
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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November 10, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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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Dmitri Shostakovich, at the age of 18, composed his First Symphony 100 years ago
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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November 10, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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

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Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi defies Turkish state’s intervention on its program
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 ca...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM