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12/07/2024

On Wednesday, Amnesty International published an exhaustive 296-page report proving that "Only an intent to destroy the Palestinians in Gaza" can "explain the scale and scope" of the mass murder, forcible displacement, and deliberate starvation of the Palestinians in Gaza by Israel.

12/07/2024

At the 40th International Documentary Association (IDA) awards in Los Angeles December 5, No Other Land, a scathing indictment of Zionist repression and violence in the illegally Occupied West Bank, received three major awards.

However, the film distribution network, also headquartered in the same city, has refused to see to it that the work is actually shown to the public in the US. This is an explicit act of acquiescing to pro-Israeli intimidation and objectively covering up massive, world-historical crimes.

The film distribution network has refused to see to it that the work is actually shown to the public in the US.

12/04/2024

After Beatty delivered a lengthy diatribe, Barbara Slaughter, David North and Eric London exposed his slanderous allegations against Gerry Healy and the history of the Trotskyist movement.

12/04/2024

Holiday sale at Mehring!

11/23/2024

wsws.org/nov24

11/22/2024

Israeli director Yuval Abraham has sharply denounced the latest campaign by German authorities to stigmatise his film No Other Land and the filmmaker himself as “antisemitic.” No Other Land has gone on general release in Germany and Britain, but has only had a limited release in the US.

Israeli director Yuval Abraham has sharply denounced the latest campaign by the German authorities to stigmatise his film and the filmmaker himself as antisemitic.

11/22/2024

11/22/2024

This discussion with David North, chairman of the World Socialist Web Site International Editorial Board, will focus on his two most recent books, Sounding the Alarm: Socialism Against War and The Logic of Zionism: From Nationalist Myth to the Gaza Genocide.

Drawing on the historical legacy of Leon Trotsky and the Fourth International to reclaim the revolutionary traditions of May Day, Sounding the Alarm compiles the May Day speeches North delivered between 2014 and 2024. These speeches provide a Marxist analysis of the deepening crisis of world capitalism and the growing danger of imperialist war.

The Logic of Zionism: From Nationalist Myth to the Gaza Genocide traces the intellectual and political development of Zionism, from its origins in the 19th century to its present-day manifestation in the horrific genocide of the Palestinian people.

Amid widespread and growing opposition to war, genocide, inequality and dictatorship, both in the US and globally, the issues dealt with in North’s latest works are critical to the development of a revolutionary socialist leadership capable of leading the coming struggles of the working class against dictatorship and war.

This discussion with David North, chairman of the World Socialist Web Site International Editorial Board, will focus on his two most recent books, "Sounding the Alarm: Socialism Against War" and "The Logic of Zionism: From Nationalist Myth to the Gaza Genocide".

08/30/2024

The United States is currently mired in its ninth wave of mass infection since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the population now completely abandoned by the powers that be.

03/09/2024

The jury declared that No Other Land “gets under the skin and shows the inhumane, ignorant policies of the Israeli government.” The film struck a chord with countless Germans who oppose government and media support for Israel's genocidal war.
The film was made by two friends - one Israeli, another a Palestinian - about the expulsion of Palestinians from their village by right-wing settlers.
Both friends now face threats and violence in returning home.

In a significant blow to the German political establishment and media the documentary film No Other Land won the Panorama Audience Award at this year’s  film festival. A number of film makers made powerful statements against Israel’s genocide.

03/09/2024

David Walsh examines the significance of the immense global response to Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer. As he explains, the film is, at the very least, a wake up call for those who have been caught up in the pro-Ukraine war propaganda of the Democrats.

Nolan's film is a work that bears re-viewing, and the second or third viewing brings out elements that one has previously missed.

03/07/2024

Gershwin was also a painter & collector. For him, painting & music “spring from the same elements, one emerging as sight, the other as sound.”
His work & collection are gathered in an exhibit in Naples Florida:

Gershwin wrote that his painting and music “spring from the same elements, one emerging as sight, the other as sound.”

03/07/2024

Gershwin's RHAPSODY IN BLUE was first played one hundred years ago. Wonderful interview with Ira Gershwin's assistant Michael Feinstein:

Michael Feinstein: “It’s quite remarkable to consider that this piece is 100 years old, because the cultural impact, the musical influence is as strong as ever, if not stronger.”

01/19/2024

New from Mehring!

New Year 2024 Statement of the WSWS International Editorial Board:

The Working Class, the Fight Against Capitalist Barbarism, and the Building of the World Party of Socialist Revolution

Order here: https://mehring.com/product/new-year-2024-wsws-statement/

01/08/2024

More than 300 British artists, curators, writers, designers and others have addressed an open letter to the Turner Contemporary, the contemporary arts space in Margate, Kent, demanding that the venue take a stand against the Israeli mass murder in Gaza. The group also includes musicians, actors, composers, teachers and educators, photographers and students.

The letter of protest refers to the “the horrific dehumanisation of the Palestinian people, the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the rapidly deteriorating human rights situation in the West Bank.”

01/08/2024

Chennai book fair 2024

01/08/2024