Capitalism versus socialism: The pandemic and the global class struggle
8 February 2021
On Sunday, February 7, the WSWS hosted an online meeting entitled, “Capitalism vs. Socialism: The pandemic and the global class struggle.”
The speakers were SEP (US) National Secretary Joseph Kishore, SEP (US) National Chairman and WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North, WSWS writers and leading SEP (US) members Patrick Martin and Andre Damon, Johannes Stern, a leading member of the
Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei in Germany, and Tomas Castanheira, a member of the Socialist Equality Group in Brazil.
The participants reviewed the critical political, historical and programmatic issues for workers in fighting against the homicidal policies of the ruling elite against the coronavirus pandemic, and the sharp turn towards fascism, authoritarianism and dictatorship by governments around the world, from the US to Germany and Brazil.
WSWS’s fight against Facebook censorship draws international support
The
World Socialist Web Site, Socialist Equality Party (SEP) and International Youth & Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) have received an outpouring of support internationally following the announcement on Friday that Facebook had deleted the accounts of leading members of the SEP and shut down the page of the IYSSE at the University of Michigan.
The widespread support including letters to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, statements on the WSWS, thousands of likes and shares on social media from workers, young people, journalists and professionals were a critical factor in the decision by Facebook to restore the IYSSE page and SEP accounts.
January 26, 2021
By Caitlin JOHNSTONE
There has been a purge of left-wing accounts from social media, with socialist organizations being targeted on Facebook and multiple Antifa-associated accounts suspended from Twitter.
“We have just confirmed that Facebook has disabled the page of the International Youth and Students for Social Equality at the University of Michigan, as well as the accounts of all admins,”
World Socialist Website editor tweeted today. “This is an unprecedented attack on the speech rights of an official campus student group.”
On Friday, Facebook carried out a purge of left-wing, antiwar and progressive pages and accounts, including leading members of the Socialist Equality Party. Facebook gave no explanation why the accounts were disabled or even a public acknowledgement that the deletions had occurred.
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