. David North and Thomas Mackaman, eds. Mehring Books, 2021. Pp. xxvi, 339; 28 plates. $24.95
The falsification of a society’s history is a tyrant’s weapon. As are mythologies of blood. In its ongoing mission to disorient and divide the American working class, the
New York Times has wielded both these weapons with its 1619 Project, which asserts that the “true founding” of the United States dates back to the year the first African slaves arrived in Virginia rather than to 1776, the year of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
The 1619 Project debuted as a special edition of the
New York Times Magazine in August of 2019. Promoted by the
California Governor Newsom faces right-wing recall wsws.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wsws.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Trump escalates threats of violence and dictatorship
Appearing at a campaign rally in Muskegon, Michigan, his first visit to the state since 14 right-wing militia members were arrested for plotting to kidnap and murder the state’s Democratic governor, President Donald Trump escalated his incitement of violence against his political opponents, as well as his threats to stay in office indefinitely.
Trump sought to whip up the crowd with denunciations of Governor Gretchen Whitmer, only 10 days after a gang of fascists was rounded up while making last-minute preparations for her assassination. “Get the governor to open up your state,” he shouted, although virtually all major businesses have been permitted by Whitmer to reopen, including the major auto plants, despite a rising toll of coronavirus infections and death.
Socialist Equality Party launches campaign for 2021 German federal election
“Workers need their own party!”
The Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party, SGP) began its campaign for the 2021 German federal elections in September with a strong launch meeting Sunday, which was followed by hundreds of workers and young people online. SGP candidates and several international guest speakers outlined the extent of the capitalist crisis and presented a socialist answer.
The nine speeches made clear that the ruling elite has declared war on the working class around the world. They have sacrificed hundreds of thousands of lives to protect their profits, are preparing for large-scale warfare, and are resorting to authoritarian and ultimately fascist methods to impose their policies.
Ten highlights from “Sylvia Ageloff and the Assassination of Leon Trotsky”
On Sunday, February 14, the
World Socialist Web Site hosted a live Q&A discussion with David North and Eric London reviewing the recent four-part series by Eric London exposing the role of Sylvia Ageloff in the assassination of Leon Trotsky in Mexico City on August 20, 1940.
Below are 10 key moments from the discussion.
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Socialist Equality Party National Secretary Joseph Kishore opened the event by providing a review of Trotsky’s struggle against the Stalinist bureaucracy.
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David North reviewed the background of
Security and the Fourth International and why the Trotskyist movement in the 1970s had to uncover the circumstances surrounding Trotsky’s death 35 years prior.