Within the limitations imposed by the era and the social milieu, Robert Redford’s contributions to American filmmaking were real, as a charismatic leading man, a director, a sponsor of independent filmmaking. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

“What’s happening here is similar to my country, the way they attack news stations that they don’t agree with. In Venezuela, the government shut down a TV station, RCTV, which was one of the biggest in the country.” www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Days after Trump’s fascist incitement at Charlie Kirk’s funeral, a day after his celebration of war and lawlessness at the UN, the Democrats’ message to Trump is “Please meet with us so we can help you avoid a government shutdown!” www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

In his extraordinary speech at the UN, Trump defied international law, gloried in violence, attacked immigrants, and excoriated US allies. The putrefaction of American democracy and global capitalism was on full display. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Gunboat diplomacy is back with a vengeance. Trump’s outrageous show of force is not about stopping the flow of drugs. It’s about reimposing colonial shackles on Venezuela. It occurs amid domestic deployments of the National Guard. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Tens of thousands of Italian workers and youths held one of the largest anti-genocide demonstrations in Europe. This tremendous power, which could end the slaughter, is being held in check by the trade unions and bourgeois parties. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

For the second time in just a few days, a NATO member has seized on an alleged air space incursion by Russia to invoke Article 4. The world is perilously close to an open war between NATO and Russia. Only the working class can stop it. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

“I hate my enemies!” Trump proclaimed at Charlie Kirk’s funeral. “You are nothing!” Stephen Miller told the left. After this unprecedented outpouring of fascist bile, the Democrats didn’t even make a peep. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

When UAW President Shawn Fain stumbles, the Democratic Party is threatened. That’s why the New York Times rushed to defend Fain against his critics in the bureaucracy (without acknowledging workers’ opposition to him). www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Anger at the misery produced by capitalism is fueling the protests in the Philippines, but the protests have gathered behind banners targeting corruption. The Marcos and Duterte factions are using this theme to obscure the political issues. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

The funeral for Charlie Kirk was an obscene spectacle of fascism and Christian fundamentalism. These demagogues in no way represent the American masses. Workers and students must organize now to prevent dictatorship. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Trump boasts that the stock market is the best it’s ever been. But its lofty heights result from the infliction of social misery. One in five children is hungry, and long-term unemployment has become widespread. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

There is no innocent or progressive side in the faction fight that has erupted in Your Party. This project never represented an alternative. To defeat Labour and the far right, the working class must join the SEP (UK) and fight for socialism. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Ethan Coen's "Honey Don't!" is terribly smug and supercilious. We see the complacent upper middle class portraying itself as tolerant and liberated and everyone else in America as backward and perpetually led by the nose. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Trump’s crusade to whitewash American history mirrors his administration’s attacks on art and science. It is a regime that depends for its existence on the construction of a false reality in the past as much as the present. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

"I always start from the basic premise that no one deserves to be hurt or killed by a preventable disease. I also think many people who are anti-vaccine are sincere, but they are working off disinformation and a completely different reality." www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Trump is preparing to send soldiers to more American cities and declaring that "bad" newscasts about him should be "illegal." These are not the ravings of a madman, but the cold-eyed policy of the entire capitalist class. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

By blocking external critique, limiting scientific input, and replacing transparent deliberation with antivaccine propaganda, Kennedy’s ACIP represents a fascistic departure from evidence-based public health. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

“This current military operation is completely destroying entire blocks, and there are still families who are trapped under the debris of targeted houses, particularly in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood,” reported Al Jazeera journalist Abu Azzoum. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

There's no time to lose. The fight against dictatorship, in the US and internationally, must be organized in the working class. This fight is inseparable from the fight for socialism. Read this perspective and get involved. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

I got my COVID and flu vaccines. I encourage everyone to do the same as the season of respiratory illnesses begins. Protect yourself and your community!

The firing of the BLS director has not stopped the stream of bad news. The long-term unemployed account for 26% of all unemployed people. This level of long-term unemployment has previously been observed only during recessions. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

The judge’s order to deport Mahmoud Khalil to Algeria or Syria is nakedly political. “This is further proof of retaliation for my political activity,” said Khalil. “They want to silence anyone who stands against genocide in Gaza.” www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Kimmel’s suspension is part of the subordination of cultural, educational and intellectual endeavors to the dictates of the financial oligarchy - As outrage grows over Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension, Trump administration threatens further free speech crackdown. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

During Trump’s state visit to the UK, the world’s oligarchs gathered to display their wealth and jockey for new opportunities to enrich themselves. The world cannot afford these parasites, who are promoting fascism and war. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Stephen Miran didn’t resign as chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, but merely took a temporary leave of absence. For the first time, an employee of the administration has sat on the governing body of the supposedly “independent” Fed. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Jimmy Kimmel’s comments were entirely accurate and not inflammatory. But the Republicans, with the Democrats trailing behind them, can’t accept the slightest criticism. This is because they know their position is precarious. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

“We tried to leave when the leaflets were dropped, but the bombs followed us down the coastal road,” said one survivor. “If we turn back, we die. If we go forward, we may still die.” www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

CEO pay is soaring, while wage gains have petered out for the working class. As corporations buy back their own stock, workers are falling further into debt and delinquency. These processes underlie the vicious state attacks on democracy. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Trump’s order to “Make Federal Architecture beautiful Again” is part of his campaign to control culture, curb artistic freedom, and stifle critical thinking. It echoes the Nazis’ propaganda campaign. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, whose agenda and composition now reflect Kennedy’s long-standing promotion of antivaccine disinformation, will meet on Thursday and Friday. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

As Trump prepared to deploy the National Guard to Memphis, his fascistic adviser Stephen Miller praised the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and other right-wing militias. The Democrats have not done anything to resist this fascist attack. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

If there is any individual whom Charlie Kirk most closely resembles, in terms of persona and political tactics, it is George Lincoln Rockwell, the leader of the American Nazi Party in the 1960s. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Randy Manner, former acting vice chief of the National Guard, called the recent deployments “absolutely nothing more than a political grab of power. … I’ve never heard of this kind of thing happening before this administration.” www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Neil Young is one of the few musicians to protest Trump’s unfolding coup d’état in his work. Artists are no exception to the rule that consciousness lags behind the objective situation. But the most conscious artists can impel us forward. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Jim Vena, CEO of Union Pacific, advised Trump to send the National Guard to three cities that just happen to be critical rail junctions for his company. The ruling class uses the state to protect its material interests. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

The overwhelming majority of political violence in the US has always come from the far right, not the “radical left,” as Trump claims. He is using the murder of Charlie Kirk as a pretext for war on political opposition. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Silverio Villegas González, a Mexican immigrant and father, was shot and killed by an ICE officer in Franklin Park, Illinois. González was unarmed and not posing a threat. He had no convictions or violent offenses. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Amid France's crisis, Mélenchon says, "Let the situation ripen." He wants to lull workers into passivity and allow the trade unions to consolidate their control so that they can uphold bourgeois rule. For rank-and-file committees! www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

The Boeing workers' rejection of a third contract shows their strong determination to win better living conditions. But the IAM will redouble its efforts to end the strike and impose a pro-company agreement. Workers must organize independently. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

In Brazil, the line is that the conviction of Bolsonaro shows that "we are ending the cycles of backwardness in Brazilian history." But the breakdown of democracy and the rise of fascism are not national, but international processes. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

The immediate erasure of Banksy's mural on the Royal Courts of Justice underscored how completely it had hit the mark. The British government is forcefully attacking free expression and assembly and abetting genocide. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

The German Army Inspector is demanding around 100,000 additional active soldiers and the building of “reserves for a war of attrition.” The German Army is preparing for a large-scale, protracted war against Russia. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

The glorification of the foul hatemonger Charlie Kirk has reached epic proportions. Both parties and the media are legitimizing fascism and providing a justification for the violent suppression of leftist dissent. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Congratulations to our comrades on the establishment of the Socialist Equality Party of Turkey! This achievement is a major development for the ICFI and an advance in the struggle for socialism. Forward to the world socialist revolution! www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Since Tuesday, dozens of Palestinians have been killed amid relentless bombardment, while overcrowding in the southern camps is forcing civilians to return to homes in Gaza City, which is under Israeli attack. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

More than 260,000 Americans filed unemployment claims last week. This figure, the highest in four years, gives the lie to Trump’s claim that the tariffs would protect jobs and benefit workers. The tariffs are intended to protect businesses. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Trump’s decision to award the fascist Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom is sickening. Even more sickening, and highly revealing, is the Democrats’ rehabilitation of Kirk as an acceptable political figure. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Jesse Welles is expressing the confusion of many when he shows pity for Charlie Kirk and admonishes us about guns and hypocrisy. What the working class needs is not moral preachment but Marxist analysis. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

The smoldering social anger in Nepal finally fueled the fire that protesters started in the Parliament building. This immense anger at inequality and joblessness needs a socialist perspective if it is to become constructive. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...