Oprah (net worth $3 billion) belting about "joy" at the #DNC last night, amidst escalating war, unprecedented levels of social inequality and the danger of fascism, sums up the manufactured, inane, self-absorbed and politically reactionary character of the event as a whole.

Der Staatsbesuch von Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz (SPD) in der Republik Moldau stand ganz im Zeichen der Eskalation des #Nato-Kriegs gegen #Russland. wsws.org/de/articles/20…

Yesterday I gave a lecture on the island of Büyükada, where Trotsky spent the first four years (1929-1933) of his exile from the Soviet Union. I thank Mayor Ali Ercan Akpolat for his hospitality and sincere respect for the legacy of Leon Trotsky.

Obtaining ballot status for the Socialist Equality Party campaign in Michigan is of immense national and international significance. Michigan will be a critical battleground state in the 2024 presidential elections. In 2020, it was a center of the fascistic plotting of Trump

The Socialist Equality Party is on the ballot in Michigan! We are building a working class movement against war, the Gaza genocide, the turn of the ruling class toward fascism, and the escalating assault on the rights of the working class. Sign up at socialism2024.org!

At the Michigan Canvassers mtg today, I denounced efforts by the Democrats to keep Cornel West off the ballot--a major factor in the 3-1 decision to certify his petition. The Socialist Equality Party has profound political differences with West, but we defend the right to vote.

SEP presidential candidate Joe Kishore spoke yesterday at the Michigan Canvassers meeting demanding that Cornel West be placed on state ballot. Following Kishore's speech, the deciding vote shifted in West's favor. He will be on the ballot. 1/1

On August 25 I spoke on the island of Büyükada at the Second International Leon Trotsky Conference. I reviewed Trotsky's struggle against the rise of fascism during the four years of his Büyükada exile (1929-33) and the immense contemporary significance of his political legacy.

Der Vorsitzende der Sozialistischen Gleichheitspartei (SGP - Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei), Christoph Vandreier (Christoph Vandreier), verurteilt die rechtsextreme Hetzkampagne aller Bundestagsparteien und der Medien gegen Flüchtlinge nach dem Anschlag von #Solingen. wsws.org/de/articles/20…

In the lecture in Büyükada on August 25, I stated that the crimes of the fascistic Israeli regime had vindicated Trotsky's indictment of Zionism as a "tragic mockery" of the Jewish people. The descendants of the victims of genocide have become the perpetrators of genocide.

Die Maßnahmen, die #Ramelow und der thüringische Innenminister Georg Meier (SPD) am Mittwoch präsentierten, könnten auch von der faschistischen AfD stammen. wsws.org/de/articles/20…

Exposing and opposing Zionism: A conversation with Ilan Pappé wsws.org/en/articles/20…

Die Arbeiterinnen und Arbeiter bei Opel Eisenach zeigten sich solidarisch mit ihren Kollegen in den USA. Die Angriffe auf die Arbeitsplätze können von den Autoarbeitern in allen Ländern nur abgewehrt werden, wenn sie sich international zusammenschließen. wsws.org/aktionskomitees

Teilt und studiert diese wichtige Rede, die der Vorsitzende der internationalen WSWS-Redaktion, David North, anlässlich der zweiten internationalen Gedenkfeier für Leo #Trotzki am 25. August auf der türkischen Insel Büyükada (Prinkipo) gehalten hat. wsws.org/de/articles/20…

The pseudo-left is in fact a new right. The anti-refugee and police state measures presented by the Left Party-led state government in #Thuringia at a press conference on Wednesday could also have come from the fascist #AfD. wsws.org/en/articles/20…

Die Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (SGP - Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei) lehnt die Flüchtlingshetze, die Verschärfung des Asylrechts und die Ermächtigung der Sicherheitsbehörden kategorisch ab, die vor den Wahlen in #Sachsen und #Thüringen das öffentliche Leben beherrschen. wsws.org/de/articles/20…

During the Q&A that followed his lecture in Büyükada, David North replied to an anarchist who denied that NATO was waging an imperialist proxy war, arguing that it only assisting Ukraine's defense against Russia's unprovoked invasion.

This weekend, Jerry White and I spoke with workers at the Labor Day parade in Detroit, MI. A lot of interest in the Socialist Equality Party's campaign, the fight for rank-and-file committees and against the Democrats and Republicans. Get involved at socialism2024.org

Trump's meeting on Thursday at the New York Economic Club with "the titans of finance" recalls Hitler's meeting with German bankers and industrialists on February 20, 1933, where he told them, "Private enterprise cannot be maintained in the age of democracy." 1/

Hitler demanded and received millions of dollars from the plutocrats to fund the critical March 1933 election, which he promised would be the last ever held in Germany. In his private discussions after the speech, what promises did Trump make to the US corporate oligarchs? 2/2