US violates ceasefire, launches strikes against Iranian sites in the Strait of Hormuz

One week after President Trump signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran, US military representatives confirmed on ...

U.S. Supreme Court strips refugees of protected status, blocks immigrants from applying for asylum

The rulings will have immediate—and, in some cases, deadly—consequences for hundreds of thousands of immigrants seeking ...

IYSSE meeting: World War, Imperialism and the Illusion of a Multipolar World

The International Youth and Students for Social Equality in Sri Lanka is holding an online public meeting on Wednesday, July ...

Enough is enough: Defend every job at Germany’s Volkswagen

IG Metall and the works councils are not opponents of Volkswagen’s restructuring plans, but accomplices. Workers must take ...

Crushing Prairieland sentences mark new stage in US ruling class’ war on political opposition

The first "antifa terrorism" prosecution under Trump's domestic counterterrorism framework establishes a precedent for ...

The “Ulm 5”: How Germany is criminalising opposition to the Gaza genocide

Throughout the proceedings, the defendants are being stripped of fundamental rights and subjected to the most adverse prison ...

The June 24 national transport strike in the Netherlands: the political questions

The Netherlands is one front in a strike wave now sweeping the continent, everywhere driven by the same socio-economic and ...

“Round up all the new hires and tell them to vote yes”: After rigged vote, UAW claims fourth deal ratified at Nexteer

There is widespread opposition to the deal and deep anger over the way the UAW bureaucracy has defied the will of the ...

US sends troops under cover of Venezuelan earthquake, as death toll surges

Forty-eight hours after the most powerful earthquakes to strike Venezuela in 125 years, the United States has seized upon the ...

The American Revolution and Its Place in History: From the War Against Monarchy to “No Kings”

These remarks open the WSWS webinar by situating the American Revolution as a world-historical bourgeois democratic ...

Europe burns in record 40℃ heatwave as climate funding targets missed by trillions

Burning fossil fuels to fill the pockets of the rich increasingly means burning human beings to death for profit—another way ...
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WSWS webinar on the American Revolution: The historical significance and contemporary relevance of 1776

The World Socialist Web Site's webinar marking the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution brought together leading historians to defend its revolutionary heritage at a moment of mounting ...