David North is the chairman of the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site, and the National Chairman of the Socialist Equality Party in the United States.
Jacobin downplays “No Kings” mass protests and shields Democratic Party
Jacobin seeks to downplay the political significance of the mass protests and cover up the Democratic Party’s complicity with and capitulation to the Trump regime.
David Rye, Barry Grey•
As Trump weighs open war with Iran, Bernie Sanders announces toothless war powers bill
The resolutions serve as political cover for the fact that the illegal imperialist war against Iran enjoys bipartisan support from both Democratic and Republican leadership.
Jacob Crosse•
Spain’s Socialist Party-Sumar government faces collapse amid corruption scandal, war drive, and rising class struggle
The scandal engulfing Sánchez’s government is being used not only to settle internal disputes within the political establishment, but to prepare the ground for a realignment aimed at imposing deeper austerity, intensified repression of the working class, and a full-scale turn to militarism.
Alejandro López•
Argentina’s Peronist former president sentenced to house arrest and lifetime political ban
The ruling represents a further step in the criminalization of political opposition, which can be fought only on the basis of a sober assessment of the role played by the Peronists and pseudo-left in disarming any viable resistance in the working class.
Rafael Azul, Andrea Lobo•
Sandy English, Fred Mazelis•
Oscar Grenfell•
Chris Marsden•
Tomas Castanheira, Ulas Atesci•
Tony Robson•