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යුරෝපීය සංගමය-චීන සමුළුව: බීජිං සහ බ්රසල්ස් අතර තියුණු ආතතීන්
පීටර් ෂ්වාස් විසිනි. චීනයට එරෙහි වෙලඳ යුද පියවර පිලිබඳ වොන් ඩර් ලේයන්ගේ තර්ජනය පෙන්නුම් කරන්නේ තීරුබදු පැනවීම එක්සත් ජනපද ජනාධිපති ට්රම්ප්ගේ පුද්ගලික විකාරයක් නොව, ධනේශ්වර පද්ධතියේ ගෝලීය අර්බුදයට ප්රතිචාරයක් බවයි. පළමු හා දෙවන ලෝක යුද්ධ ආසන්නයේ දී මෙන්, අමුද්රව්ය, වෙලඳපොලවල්…
Mobilize the working class to stop the Gaza genocide!
By WSWS Editorial Board. The genocidal war in Gaza, waged by Israel with the full backing of the United States and its imperialist allies, can only be stopped through the unified and revolutionary action of the international working class.
Zelensky government hails Trump’s resumption of weapons deliveries
By Jason Melanovski. Whatever the full story behind the rapid vacillations of Trump’s policy towards Ukraine, the ultimate goal of the Trump administration is to uphold the predatory interests of US capitalism, as demonstrated by the “critical minerals” signed between…
House passes Trump bill, which robs working people to give tax cuts for the super-rich
By Patrick Martin. The bill cuts taxes for the wealthy by $3 trillion, slashes more than $1 trillion from social spending on Medicaid and food stamps and pours $300 billion more into military violence abroad and domestic repression, particularly against…
Dollar fall an expression of the crisis of US and global capitalism
By Nick Beams. The dollar has fallen 10 percent since the start of the year, a sign of the loss of confidence in its role as the global currency and a safe haven amid growing financial storms.
American imperialism’s bombardment of Iran: A day that will live in infamy
By WSWS Editorial Board We repost below the World Socialist Web Site Editorial Board statement published on wsws.org here on June 23, 2025 June 22, 2025 is a day that will live in infamy. In a massive and unprovoked assault, the United…
Stop the war against Iran!
By WSWS Editorial Board. American imperialism and its Israeli proxy continue to escalate their illegal, unprovoked war of aggression against Iran, with US nuclear-capable B-52s and aircraft carrier battle groups readying to launch an imminent attack.
Oppose the imperialist war on Iran!
By WSWS Editoria Board. History has shown that imperialist wars lead to unforeseen and catastrophic consequences. Just as the US invasion of Iraq unleashed a regional disaster, so too will Israel’s assault on Iran. The people of the Middle East…
Israeli academics issue open letter condemning Gaza genocide
By Andre Damon, David North. The letter signifies the emergence of public opposition within Israel to the war. It is not yet clear how broadbased this opposition is. Recently published polls indicated that there still remains widespread support for the…
The Conscience of Sinhala Cinema: Malini Fonseka’s enduring Cinematic Legacy
By Sanjaya Jayasekera. Fonseka’s popularity, unmatched for decades, was not simply built on glamour but on the deep compassion she earned. For the oppressed, she did not offer escapism; she offered recognition and fight. Her status as “queen” is a…
Germany’s Social Democrats and conservatives elect Merz as Chancellor, sign reactionary coalition agreement
By Johannes Stern. The Merz government is undoubtedly the most reactionary and anti-working class government since the fall of the Nazi regime 80 years ago. Its central aim is to remove the last restraints imposed on German militarism as a…
David North addresses working class at 2025 International Online May Day Rally
On Saturday, May 3, the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) and the World Socialist Web Site (WSWS.org) held the annual International Online May Day Rally. The event took place at a critical juncture in international geopolitics, which determines…
Dollar’s role as global reserve currency under fire
By Nick Beams. Contrary to the claims of various bourgeois economists and not a few self-styled Marxists that the post-war economic capitalism boom which followed had refuted the Marxist analysis of the historically inevitable economic breakdown of the capitalist system,…
The Myth of Common Guilt: ‘Rani‘ as Perversion of Truth in the Form of Art
By Sanjaya Jayasekera. The capitalist state agents of terror, its political leadership, the military-intelligence apparatus, and the misdirected cadre of the JVP are equated, and these contradictory forces are placed on the same grounds as the poor and the working…
Batalanda Slaughter Chambers and the Mass Graves: The class roots of crimes against the poor and the working class of Sri Lanka
By Sanjaya Jayasekera. The realization of these demands requires direct political power to the hands of the working class. The ruling class—regardless of which party holds office, including NPP—will never willingly prosecute its own agents. The fight for truth and…
The Fight for the Historical Continuity of Bolshevism: The ICFI as the Political Expression of Socialist Internationalism in the 21st Century
By the Political Committee of the Socialist Lead of Sri Lanka and South Asia (SLLA), the Revolutionary Left Faction (RLF) of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) of Sri Lanka. The ICFI remains the only Marxist organization that fights for a…
Fed launches probe into expanding private credit market
Ever since the global financial crisis of 2008, market analysts, regulators and media commentators have been pondering the question of what might be the next sub-prime. The crisis in the US sub-prime mortgage market was the trigger for the 2008…
Sri Lanka’s ruling NPP secures a strong parliamentary majority to enforce IMF dictates: Build the SEP to fight the cuts!
Statement of the Socialist Lead of Sri Lanka and South Asia (SLLA), the Revolutionary Left Faction (RLF) of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka’s general election concluded with a landslide victory for the ruling National People’s…
Trump assembles cabinet of fascist repression and imperialist war
By Patrick Martin The two priorities of the incoming administration are preparing for war with China and arresting and deporting millions of migrants. In a rapid-fire series of appointments and announcements, fascist President-elect Donald Trump is assembling an administration in…
Opportunism and Empiricism: A Prelude
From the Theoretical arsenal of the ICFI. Opportunism and Empiricism by Cliff Slaughter. By Sanjaya Jayasekera. We invite our readers and comrades of the Trotskyist movement to study one of the most valued pieces of theoretical contributions in the literature…