The choice that confronts the working class is not between Trump and the Democrats. It is the choice that the great Marxists of the 20th century identified with increasing urgency and which the developments of the 21st have made undeniable: Socialism or descent into barbarism.

Donald Trump, the criminal mouthpiece of the US oligarchy, combines threats to bomb Iran "back to the Stone Age" with plans to drive American workers back to the 19th century

Max Ernst (1891) – Dadaist, surrealist, opposed the rise of fascism and protested Stalin's Moscow Trials, chased from France with the Gestapo at his heels. His art work reflected the artist's sense that civilization had received a near fatal blow from fascism and Stalinism.

Stupidity of Stalinist-nationalist thinking on display here. The idea that there is a national solution to imperialism, the political expression of global monopoly capitalism, is absurd. Only socialism can solve this problem, but that requires an internationalist program. 1/5

Nexteer workers voted 96% NO on the UAW’s sellout contract. That’s a powerful act, but it’s only the beginning. Form a rank-and-file committee, prepare for a real strike, and appeal to Big Three autoworkers to stand with you. Read my full statement: willforuawpresident.org/statements/nex…

If Trump carries out his threats, today—April 7, 2026—will live in infamy. It will be remembered as one of the great crimes of the modern era. This war has demolished the pretense that the United States is a democracy. wsws.org/en/articles/20…

Trump said: "An entire civilization will die tonight." We declare our solidarity with the people of Iran. The working class of the world must oppose this monstrous crime. It must be stopped.

Joe David and I are running as delegates for UAW Local 677 at Mack Trucks on April 9, not to get cushy jobs inside the apparatus, but to abolish it and transfer power to the rank and file. Read my full statement: willforuawpresident.org/statements/uaw…

The tragic death of Danhao Wang, a Chinese researcher at the University of Michigan, is the product of intimidation orchestrated by the federal government, enabled by the university - Suicide of U-M researcher: Stop the persecution of Chinese scientists! wsws.org/en/articles/20…

Turkish channel TV5 interviewed me last night (April 8) on the subject of the US-Israeli war against Iran. I stressed the urgency of building a mass working class movement against war on the basis of a socialist and internationalist program.

Stellantis autoworkers at Sterling Heights Assembly Plant in Michigan oppose the war in Iran. "What's behind this war is money. Many of us here do not support the attacks whatsoever. We should be going through revolutionary issues right here, right now."

Jacobin and the #DSA sow complacency to demobilize opposition to war against #Iran wsws.org/en/articles/20…

"We revolutionary Marxists have no cause for despair. The epoch into which we are now entering will be our epoch...What is left now of the hopes for a 'peaceful' development, for a mitigation of capitalist class contrasts, for a regular systematic growth into Socialism?" –Trotsky

I condemn the deportation of University of Washington graduate student and UAW member Kennedy Orwa and his 13-year-old son. I call on all UAW members, in auto plants and on campuses, to mobilize in opposition to this assault on immigrant workers and democratic rights. Read my

The New York Times, the Democratic Party and the preparation of Phase 2 of the war against Iran wsws.org/en/articles/20…

Within the oil-gas industry the view is that markets & governments do not understand the dimensions of the unfolding crisis. Bloomberg reported, after speaking with more than three dozen traders, executives & shippers-“The world still hasn’t grasped the severity of the situation”

The Trump Administration’s actions are leading to a major crisis of world and U.S. imperialism — this essay examines the role of oil, and the geopolitical outcome of the criminal war against Iran wsws.org/en/articles/20…

A decisive and insightful essay introducing a new work released by Mehring Books. Art and the Influence of Revolution wsws.org/en/articles/20…

NBC News cites doctors: "I regret to say Ms. El Gamal has suffered and continues to suffer at the hands of negligent staff at the Dilley facility. Their inaction places her life at risk in a very tangible way." Please raise your voices to demand release of the El Gamal family!

On April 6, 1776, the revolutionary government of the American colonies announced ports would be open to world trade rather than just to Britain. It was a declaration as consequential as any battle of the Revolution - When America opened ports to the world wsws.org/en/articles/20…