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The '''World Socialist Web Site''' (WSWS) is an international socialist [[news site]] that is the online news and information center of the [[International Committee of the Fourth International]] (ICFI). The site is closely associated with the [[Trotskyism|Trotskyist]] [[Socialist Equality Party (United States)|Socialist Equality Party]]. The World Socialist Web Site publishes articles and analysis of news and events all around the world updated on a daily basis. The site also includes extensive coverage of the history of working class political and organized labor movements.
The '''World Socialist Web Site''' (WSWS) is an international socialist [[news site]] that is the online news and information center of the [[International Committee of the Fourth International]] (ICFI). The site is closely associated with the [[Trotskyism|Trotskyist]] [[Socialist Equality Party (United States)|Socialist Equality Party]]. The World Socialist Web Site publishes articles and analysis of news and events all around the world updated on a daily basis. The site also includes extensive coverage of the history of working class political and organized labor movements.


==History==
==About==
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The World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) was established on February 14, 1998, as an online purveyor of socialist news and analysis.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160520040135/https://www.wsws.org/en/years/1998/ "Year in Review: 1998,"] World Socialist Web Site, www.wsws.org/ May 2016.</ref> The site was launched as a means of turning the official organ of the [[Workers League (US)|Workers League]], the newspaper ''The Bulletin,'' into an online newspaper.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.accuracy.org/release/62207/|title=Is “Fake News” Scare Being Used to Stifle Dissent? {{!}} Accuracy.Org|website=www.accuracy.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-10-23}}</ref> The site was redesigned on October 22, 2008.<ref>[http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/oct2008/pers-o22.shtml Welcome the redesigned World Socialist Web Site]</ref>
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The WSWS supports and helps campaign for the [[Socialist Equality Party (disambiguation)|Socialist Equality Parties]] in elections. The site has no corporate sponsorship and runs no advertisements except for material from [[Mehring Books]], the ICFI's publishing arm. Instead, it sustains itself through the donations of readers and supporters. The content is published in 19 different languages, including English, Spanish<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wsws.org/es/|title=World Socialist Web Site - Análisis marxista, las luchas de la clase obrera internacional y la lucha por el socialismo|website=www.wsws.org|access-date=2017-10-23}}</ref>, French<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wsws.org/fr/|title=World Socialist Web Site|website=www.wsws.org|access-date=2017-10-23}}</ref>, Turkish<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.toplumsalesitlik.org/|title=Toplumsal Eşitlik|website=www.toplumsalesitlik.org|access-date=2017-10-23}}</ref>, German<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wsws.org/de|title=World Socialist Web Site - Marxistische Analysen, Kämpfe der internationalen Arbeiterklasse & der Kampf für Sozialismus|website=wsws.org|access-date=2017-10-23}}</ref>, Norwegian, Sinhalese<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wsws.org/sinhala/|title=ලෝක සමාජවාදී වෙබ් අඩවිය|website=www.wsws.org|access-date=2017-10-23}}</ref>, and Tamil<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wsws.org/tamil/|title=World Socialist Web Site - Tamil|website=www.wsws.org|access-date=2017-10-23}}</ref>. [[David North (Socialist)|David North]] serves as Chairman of the site's International Editorial Board.<ref>[http://www.wsws.org/about.shtml Statement of the ''World Socialist Web Site:'']</ref>
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The World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) was established on February 14, 1998, as an online purveyor of socialist news and analysis.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160520040135/https://www.wsws.org/en/years/1998/ "Year in Review: 1998,"] World Socialist Web Site, www.wsws.org/ May 2016.</ref> The site was launched as a means of turning the official organ of the [[Workers League (US)|Workers League]], the newspaper ''The Bulletin,'' into an online newspaper.{{cn|date=October 2017}}


The World Socialist Web Site is regularly cited by journals, newspapers, and books for its coverage of [[social inequality]] and [[Labor rights|workers' rights]]<ref>Millow, Courtland, "A Charitable Project Worthy of Billions: The Nation's Capital," The Washington Post, July 5, 2006.</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hayden|first=Bridget|date=2010|title=The Hand of God: Capitalism, Inequality, and Moral Geographies in Mississippi After Hurricane Katrina|url=http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/anthropological_quarterly/v083/83.1.hayden.html|journal=Anthropological Quarterly|volume=83|pages=|via=Project Muse}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Porfilio|first=Bradley J|title=Guiding White pre-service and in-service teachers toward Critical Pedagogy:|url=http://www.academia.edu/218072/Guiding_White_pre-service_and_in-service_teachers_toward_Critical_Pedagogy_|language=en}}</ref>, [[Social conflict|social struggles]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Timor Leste: Politics, History, and Culture|last=Molnar|first=Andrea|publisher=Routledge|year=2009|isbn=1135228841|location=|pages=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=After Occupy: What Next for the World?|last=Sykes|first=Frank|publisher=Trafford Publishing|year=2013|isbn=146699181X|location=|pages=}}</ref>, [[International relations|international politics]]<ref>Brenner, Susan W, "At light speed: attribution and response to cybercrime/terrorism/warfare," Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 1 January 2007.</ref> and [[International economics|economics]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/19/business/taking-in-the-sites-internet-can-help-sort-out-economic-turmoil-in-asia.html|title=Taking In the Sites; Internet Can Help Sort Out Economic Turmoil in Asia|last=Sreenivasan|first=Sreenath|date=1998|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-10-23|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>Dris-Aït-Hamadouche, Louisa and Zoubir, Yahia, "The US-Saudi relationship and the Iraq War: The dialectics of a dependent alliance," Journal of Third World Studies, 1 April 2007.</ref>, and [[Timeline of United States military operations|American wars]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Interventionism, Information Warfare, and the Military-Academic Complex|last=Forte|first=Maximillian|publisher=|year=2011|isbn=0986802115|location=|pages=}}</ref><ref>Whitlock, Craig, "U.S. soldiers accused of killing Afghan civilians for sport," The Washington Post, 20 September 2010</ref> and [[United States war crimes|war crimes]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Palestine, Palestinians and International Law|last=Boyle|first=Francis Anthony|publisher=|year=2002|isbn=093286337X|location=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0932863922|pages=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Western Mainstream Media and the Ukraine Crisis: A Study in Conflict Propaganda|last=Boyd-Barrett|first=Oliver|publisher=Routledge|year=2016|isbn=1138677191|location=|pages=}}</ref><ref>"WikiLeaks exposes occupiers war crimes in Afghanistan," Mehr News Agency, 28 July 2010.</ref>. ''WSWS'' articles are often collated by the ''[[Asian Tribune]]'' and ''[[AllAfrica.com]]'' regional news sites, and its articles are also regularly cited in newspapers in Africa<ref>"Lessons for All From the Tunisia Revolution," All Africa, 19 January 2011.</ref><ref>Johnston, D. and Rogers, A., "Economic analysis clarifies how Chad benefits from oil," Oil and Gas Journal, 28 July 2008.</ref><ref>Lessons for All From the Tunisia Revolution," All Africa, 19 January 2011.</ref>, the Middle East<ref>Ngurare, Elijah, "The Cowboy Justice Suffered By Saddam," All Africa, 12 January 2007.</ref> and in Asia<ref>"Internationalist socialist solution ideal for Lanka," The Daily News, 5 November 2005.</ref><ref>"Sri Lankan government to give evicted land to Chinese," New Indian Express, 29 September 2010.</ref>.
The site was redesigned on October 22, 2008.<ref>[http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/oct2008/pers-o22.shtml Welcome the redesigned World Socialist Web Site]</ref>


Writers for the World Socialist Web Site deliver lectures around the world on a variety of topics, including Marxist theory<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://louisproyect.org/2011/06/03/reflections-on-the-world-socialist-web-site/|title=Reflections on the World Socialist Web Site|date=2011-06-03|work=Louis Proyect: The Unrepentant Marxist|access-date=2017-10-23|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://thedailyaztec.com/80386/news/data-shows-voter-change-in-election/|title=Data shows voter change in election|last=Moran|first=Jocelyn|work=The Daily Aztec|access-date=2017-10-23|language=en-US}}</ref>, history<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thesouthend.wayne.edu/features/article_1fedf82a-df5e-11e5-97f2-1bcee56002ab.html|title=IYSSE facilitates campus discussion about socialism|work=The South End|access-date=2017-10-23}}</ref>, art<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~iysse/blog/?ai1ec_event=david-walsh-art-socialism-and-the-working-class|title=David Walsh: Art, Socialism and the Working Class (2014-05-01)|access-date=2017-10-23|language=en-US}}</ref>, and war.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://library.sdsu.edu/socialism-and-struggle-against-war|title=Socialism and the Struggle Against War {{!}} SDSU Library and Information Access|website=library.sdsu.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-10-23}}</ref>
The WSWS supports and helps campaign for the [[Socialist Equality Party (disambiguation)|Socialist Equality Parties]] in elections.{{cn|date=October 2017}} The site has no corporate sponsorship and runs no advertisements except for material from [[Mehring Books]], the ICFI's publishing arm.{{cn|date=October 2017}} Instead, it sustains itself through the donations of readers and supporters.{{cn|date=October 2017}} The content is published in 19 different languages, including English, Spanish, French, Turkish, German, Norwegian, Sinhalese, and Tamil.{{cn|date=October 2017}} [[David North (Socialist)|David North]] serves as Chairman of the site's International Editorial Board.<ref>[http://www.wsws.org/about.shtml Statement of the ''World Socialist Web Site:'']</ref>


==Content==
The World Socialist Web Site periodically undertakes focused political campaigns, during which numerous articles, videos, interviews, and perspectives are published on the topic. Campaigns undertaken by the WSWS include defending [[Edward Snowden]] and opposing spying by the [[National Security Agency]] (NSA),<ref>{{Citation |last=Mazhar |first=Fatimah |title=World’s Most Widely Accessed Socialist Website Defends Edward Snowden |newspaper=Carbonated.TV |url=http://www.carbonated.tv/news/worlds-most-widely-accessed-socialist-website-defends-edward-snowden |accessdate=20 February 2016}}</ref>{{better source|link is dead|date=October 2017}} the 2015 [[United Automobile Workers]] (UAW) concessions contract,<ref>{{Citation |last=Burns |first=Gus |title=Socialist media 'forcibly' ejected from UAW press conference in Dearborn |newspaper=MLive |date=27 November 2015 |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2015/11/socialist_media_kicked_out_of.html |accessdate=20 February 2016}}</ref> US involvement in the [[Syrian Civil War]]{{cn|date=October 2017}} and the opposition to utility shutoffs in Detroit.{{cn|date=October 2017}}
The World Socialist Web Site periodically undertakes focused political campaigns, during which numerous articles, videos, interviews, and perspectives are published on the topic. Campaigns undertaken by the WSWS include defense of democratic rights<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/hunt-was-up-against-civil-rights-arguments-20100604-xkm2.html|title=Hunt was up against civil rights arguments|last=Elliott|first=Tim|date=2010-06-05|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=2017-10-23|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://blog.sfgate.com/hottopics/2010/09/01/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-rape-allegations-whats-behind-them/|title=WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange rape allegations: What’s behind them?|date=2010-09-01|work=Hot Topics|access-date=2017-10-23|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Mazhar|first=Fatimah|title=World’s Most Widely Accessed Socialist Website Defends Edward Snowden|url=http://www.carbonated.tv/news/worlds-most-widely-accessed-socialist-website-defends-edward-snowden|newspaper=Carbonated.TV|accessdate=20 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.kingstonist.com/2010/04/10/keith-jones-and-the-socialist-alternative/|title=Keith Jones and the Socialist Alternative - Kingstonist|date=2010-04-10|work=Kingstonist|access-date=2017-10-23|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.salon.com/2017/10/18/fake-news-or-free-speech-is-google-cracking-down-on-left-media/|title="Fake news" or free speech: Is Google cracking down on left media?|date=2017-10-18|work=Salon|access-date=2017-10-23|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/06/now-even-socialists-are-bashing-the-loony-race-protesters-at-evergreen-state/|title=Socialists Bash Loony Campus Race Protesters At Evergreen State|work=The Daily Caller|access-date=2017-10-23|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/2010/12/10/glenn-beck-revolution-is-now.html|title=Glenn Beck: The Revolution Is Now|date=2010-12-10|work=Fox News|access-date=2017-10-23|language=en-US}}</ref>, intervention in the 2015 [[United Automobile Workers]] (UAW) concessions contract and other contract negotiations,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://eagnews.org/union-deductions-leaving-many-chicago-teachers-with-tiny-paychecks/|title=Union deductions leaving many Chicago teachers with tiny paychecks|date=2012-10-09|work=EAGnews.org|access-date=2017-10-23|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://dailycaller.com/2015/09/23/socialists-slam-seattle-teachers-union-for-capitulating-to-bourgeois-bosses-teaching-kids/|title=Socialists SLAM Seattle Teachers Union|work=The Daily Caller|access-date=2017-10-23|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://recoveryteam.tv/a-reply-to-redbaiting-by-the-general-counsel-of-the-detroit-afl-cio/|title=A reply to redbaiting by the general counsel of the Detroit AFL-CIO – Recovery Team UAW 933|website=recoveryteam.tv|language=en-US|access-date=2017-10-23}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Burns|first=Gus|title=Socialist media 'forcibly' ejected from UAW press conference in Dearborn|date=27 November 2015|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2015/11/socialist_media_kicked_out_of.html|newspaper=MLive|accessdate=20 February 2016}}</ref> and the opposition to utility shutoffs and bankruptcy in Detroit<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thesouthend.wayne.edu/features/article_1fedf82a-df5e-11e5-97f2-1bcee56002ab.html|title=IYSSE facilitates campus discussion about socialism|work=The South End|access-date=2017-10-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2013/12/socialist-equality-party-holds-press-conference-to-announce-workers-inquiry/|title=Socialist Equality Party Holds Press Conference to Announce Workers Inquiry|date=2013-12-07|work=Independent Political Report|access-date=2017-10-23|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2013/10/socialists_to_protest_in_defen.html|title=Socialists to protest in defense of Detroit's DIA Friday, day after EM Orr tells business leaders he was once 'somewhat of a Socialist' himself|work=MLive.com|access-date=2017-10-23|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article43404.html|title=Detroit Bankruptcy: Banksters and Unions Conspiracy Against the Working Class :: The Market Oracle ::|last=Ltd|first=Market Oracle|website=www.marketoracle.co.uk|access-date=2017-10-23}}</ref>. The WSWS also is a partisan newspaper against imperialist war<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/antiwar/subsection/0,12809,884056,00.html|title=Guide to anti-war websites {{!}} Special reports {{!}} guardian.co.uk|website=www.theguardian.com|language=en|access-date=2017-10-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://personalliberty.com/nuclear-expert-says-wwiii-probably-wipe-human-race/|title=Nuclear expert says WWIII would probably wipe out the human race - Personal Liberty®|date=2017-04-21|work=Personal Liberty®|access-date=2017-10-23|language=en-US}}</ref>.


=== Google Search algorithms===
=== Sections ===
# The daily 'Perspective' article presents the position of the WSWS on a range of political, theoretical, and historical issues.
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In July 2017, the World Socialist Website began a campaign to oppose new [[Google]] [[search algorithms]] that claimed to fight "[[fake news]]."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/08/09/google-censors-block-access-to-counterpunch-and-other-progressive-sites/|title=Google Censors Block Access to CounterPunch and Other Progressive Sites|date=2017-08-09|website=www.counterpunch.org|access-date=2017-08-14}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=RT America|title=Google turning into ‘censorship engine’ – reporter|date=2017-07-31|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07unP-i--xQ|accessdate=2017-08-14}}</ref> The ''WSWS'' presented evidence from [[SEMrush]] that showed that several socialist, anti-war, and progressive news sites had received reduced traffic from Google due to changes in its search algorithm; between late April 2017 and the beginning of August 2017, wsws.org Google search traffic fell by 67 percent.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/08/02/pers-a02.html|title=Google’s new search protocol is restricting access to 13 leading socialist, progressive and anti-war web sites|last=Damon|first=Andre|access-date=2017-08-14}}</ref> In an interview responding to the data WSWS International Chairman [[David North (socialist)|David North]] stated, "The actions of Google constitute political censorship and are a blatant attack on free speech. At a time when public distrust of establishment media is widespread, this corporate giant is exploiting its monopolistic position to restrict public access to a broad spectrum of news and critical analysis.”<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/07/27/goog-j27.html|title=New Google algorithm restricts access to left-wing, progressive web sites|last=Damon|first=Andre|access-date=2017-08-14}}</ref>
# News articles which cover the day's significant international political and economic developments
# Arts Review - under the editorship of Marxist arts critics [[David Walsh (writer)|David Walsh]] and Joanne Laurier critiquing films, film festivals, music selections, theatre productions, and writing lectures concerning Art and Socialism<ref>Merli, Melissa, "Celebration Company season: Mix of offerings," The News Gazette, 19 September 2004.</ref><ref>Grimes, William, "Robin Wood, Film Critic Who Wrote on Hitchcock, Dies at 78," The New York Times, December 2, 2009.</ref><ref>Storm, Jonathan, "24: Its number is up, but is Jack Bauer's, too?" The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 23, 2010.</ref>
# Science - Human Genetics, Evolution, the Internet, Space Research & Astronomy, and Climate Change
# Workers' Struggles, reporting from picket lines across the world, and inviting workers to write in about their experiences<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theroot.com/shame-on-you-jeff-bezos-amazon-data-center-threatens-a-1797398370|title=Shame on You Jeff Bezos! Amazon Data Center Threatens a Century-Old Black Va. Neighborhood|last=Helm|first=Angela|work=The Root|access-date=2017-10-23|language=en-US}}</ref>
# History lectures focused on the 20th century
# Philosophy lectures which defend philosophical [[materialism]] and oppose [[idealism]]
# "This Week in History", providing brief synopses of important historical events occurring 25, 50, 75, and 100 years ago<ref>[http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/nov2009/hist-n03.shtml New Feature: This Week in History]</ref>
# ICFI/Marxist Library - the Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party is archived, along with original translations of classic Marxist literature, with works by [[James P. Cannon]], [[Leon Trotsky]], [[Vladimir Lenin]], and [[Karl Marx]]


=== Opposition to Google Censorship===
==Contents==
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In July 2017, the World Socialist Website began a campaign to oppose new [[Google]] [[search algorithms]] that claimed to fight "[[fake news]]."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/08/09/google-censors-block-access-to-counterpunch-and-other-progressive-sites/|title=Google Censors Block Access to CounterPunch and Other Progressive Sites|date=2017-08-09|website=www.counterpunch.org|access-date=2017-08-14}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=RT America|title=Google turning into ‘censorship engine’ – reporter|date=2017-07-31|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07unP-i--xQ|accessdate=2017-08-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.accuracy.org/release/62207/|title=Is “Fake News” Scare Being Used to Stifle Dissent? {{!}} Accuracy.Org|website=www.accuracy.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-10-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rt.com/op-edge/407078-facebook-social-media-intelligence-censorship/|title=Facespook! Social media giant becomes arm of US intel|website=RT International|language=en-US|access-date=2017-10-23}}</ref> The ''WSWS'' presented evidence from SEMrush that showed that several socialist, anti-war, and progressive news sites had received reduced traffic from Google due to changes in its search algorithm; between late April 2017 and the beginning of August 2017, wsws.org Google search traffic fell by 67 percent.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://consortiumnews.com/2017/07/28/the-dawn-of-an-orwellian-future/|title=The Dawn of an Orwellian Future|date=2017-07-28|work=Consortiumnews|access-date=2017-10-23|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/08/02/pers-a02.html|title=Google’s new search protocol is restricting access to 13 leading socialist, progressive and anti-war web sites|last=Damon|first=Andre|access-date=2017-08-14}}</ref> In an interview responding to the data WSWS International Chairman [[David North (socialist)|David North]] stated, "The actions of Google constitute political censorship and are a blatant attack on free speech. At a time when public distrust of establishment media is widespread, this corporate giant is exploiting its monopolistic position to restrict public access to a broad spectrum of news and critical analysis.”<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/07/27/goog-j27.html|title=New Google algorithm restricts access to left-wing, progressive web sites|last=Damon|first=Andre|access-date=2017-08-14}}</ref>
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===Notable Interviews===
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On September 26 2017, the ''New York Times'' published an interview with David North concerning Google censorship of left-wing websites.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/26/technology/google-search-bias-claims.html|title=As Google Fights Fake News, Voices on the Margins Raise Alarm|last=Wakabayashi|first=Daisuke|date=2017-09-26|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-10-23|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
The World Socialist Web Site publishes interviews with workers, students, academics, and artists.

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===Notable Interviews===
The World Socialist Web Site publishes interviews with workers, students, academics, and artists.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://theweek.com/articles/482612/should-college-students-food-stamps|title=Should college students get food stamps?|date=2011-08-10|access-date=2017-10-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/topics/anniversary/anniversary-interviews/|title=Interviews|last=World Socialist Web Site|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>


{{plainlist|
{{plainlist|*[[Julian Assange]], founder of Wikileaks
*[[Chris Hedges]], Pulitzer Prize awarded journalist
*[[Chris Hedges]], Pulitzer Prize awarded journalist
*[[Cindy Sheehan]], American anti-war activist
*[[Robert Bea]], Professor Emeritus at Berkeley University
*Robert Bea, Professor Emeritus at Berkeley University
*[[James M. McPherson|James McPherson]], American Civil War historian
*[[James M. McPherson|James McPherson]], American Civil War historian
*[[Mary Liuzzo Lilleboe]], daughter of [[Viola Liuzzo]]
*Mary Liuzzo Lilleboe, daughter of [[Viola Liuzzo]]
*[[Marc Edwards (civil engineering professor)|Marc Edwards]], civil engineer, on the [[Flint water crisis]]
*[[Marc Edwards (civil engineering professor)|Marc Edwards]], civil engineer, on the [[Flint water crisis]]
*[[Tom Hurwitz]], award-winning cinematographer
*[[Tom Hurwitz]], award-winning cinematographer
*[[Mose Allison]], jazz and blues singer
*[[Mose Allison]], jazz and blues singer
*[[Tatiana Isaeva]], granddaughter of the Marxist literary critic [[Alexander Voronsky]]
*[[Tatiana Isaeva]], granddaughter of the Marxist literary critic [[Alexander Voronsky]]
*[[Tatiana Smilga-Poluyan]], daughter of [[Left Opposition]] member [[Ivar Smilga]]
*Tatiana Smilga-Poluyan, daughter of [[Left Opposition]] member [[Ivar Smilga]]
*[[Yuri Primakov]], daughter of [[Left Opposition]] member [[Vitaly Primakov]]
*Yuri Primakov, daughter of [[Left Opposition]] member [[Vitaly Primakov]]
*[[Zorya Leonidovna Serebryakova]], daughter of the leading [[Bolshevik]] and Left Oppositionist [[Leonid Serebryakov]]
*Zorya Leonidovna Serebryakova, daughter of the leading [[Bolshevik]] and Left Oppositionist [[Leonid Serebryakov]]
*[[Daniel Tedesco]], director of ''[[The Wrecking Crew (2008 film)|The Wrecking Crew]]''
*Daniel Tedesco, director of ''[[The Wrecking Crew (2008 film)|The Wrecking Crew]]''
*[[Sybrina Fulton]] and [[Tracy Martin]], Parents of [[Trayvon Martin]]
*Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, Parents of [[Trayvon Martin]]
*[[Robert Meeropol|Robert]] and [[Michael Meeropol]], sons of [[Julius and Ethel Rosenberg]]
*[[Robert Meeropol|Robert]] and [[Michael Meeropol]], sons of [[Julius and Ethel Rosenberg]]
*[[Helen Edmundson]], author of the play ''[[Mary Shelley (play)|Mary Shelley]]''
*[[Helen Edmundson]], author of the play ''[[Mary Shelley (play)|Mary Shelley]]''
*[[Andrew L. Moore]], author of ''[[Detroit Disassembled]]''
*[[Andrew L. Moore]], author of ''[[Detroit Disassembled]]''
*[[Bryan D. Palmer]], biographer of [[James P. Cannon]]
*Bryan D. Palmer, biographer of [[James P. Cannon]]
*Professor [[Immanuel Ness]]
*Professor [[Immanuel Ness]]
*[[Michael Mills]]{{dn|date=October 2017}}
*[[Steven Starr]], anti-nuclear activist
*[[Steven Starr]], anti-nuclear activist
*[[Tony Jones]],{{dn|date=October 2017}} author of ''[[James Jones]]''{{dn|date=October 2017}}
*[[Roy Scranton]], author of ''[[War Porn]]''
*[[Roy Scranton]], author of ''[[War Porn]]''
*[[David Williams]]{{dn|date=October 2017}}, author of ''[[Bitterly Divided]]''
*David Williams, author of ''Bitterly Divided''
*[[Victoria Bynum]], author of ''[[Free State of Jones (book)|Free State of Jones]]''
*Victoria Bynum, author of ''[[Free State of Jones (book)|Free State of Jones]]''
*[[Rahul Roy]], director of ''[[Factory (disambiguation)|The Factory]]''{{dn|date=October 2017}}
*[[Allen Guelzo]], historian
*[[Allen Guelzo]], historian
*[[Philippe Lioret]], director of ''[[Welcome (2009 film)|Welcome]]''
*[[Philippe Lioret]], director of ''[[Welcome (2009 film)|Welcome]]''
*[[Babak Jalali]], director of [[Radio Dreams]]
*[[Babak Jalali]], director of [[Radio Dreams]]
*[[Ted Dawe]], author of ''[[Into the River]]''
*Ted Dawe, author of ''[[Into the River]]''
*[[James Naremore]] - film historian
*[[James Naremore]] - film historian
*[[He Jianjun]] director of ''[[River People]]''
*[[He Jianjun]] director of ''River People''
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The World Socialist Web Site commemorated the Russian Revolution of 1917. The site published a weekly chronology entitled 'This Week in the Russian Revolution', which brought forward global events, Russian events, culture, and political questions each week throughout 1917. Writers of the World Socialist Web Site participated in a lecture series concerning questions surrounding the Russian Revolutions of February and October.
The World Socialist Web Site commemorated the Russian Revolution of 1917. The site published a weekly chronology entitled 'This Week in the Russian Revolution', which brought forward global events, Russian events, culture, and political questions each week throughout 1917. Writers of the World Socialist Web Site participated in a lecture series concerning questions surrounding the Russian Revolutions of February and October.


The WSWS also published new, original translations of documents published during 1917.<ref>{{cite web|title=From the archives of the Revolution|url=http://www.wsws.org/en/special/1917/documents.html|website=World Socialist Web Site|publisher=ICFI}}</ref>
The WSWS also published new, original translations of documents published by Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky during 1917.<ref>{{cite web|title=From the archives of the Revolution|url=http://www.wsws.org/en/special/1917/documents.html|website=World Socialist Web Site|publisher=ICFI}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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For the radio station, see WSWS (FM).
World Socialist Web Site
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Type of site
News and Analysis
HeadquartersOak Park, Michigan
OwnerInternational Committee of the Fourth International
URLwsws.org

The World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) is an international socialist news site that is the online news and information center of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI). The site is closely associated with the Trotskyist Socialist Equality Party. The World Socialist Web Site publishes articles and analysis of news and events all around the world updated on a daily basis. The site also includes extensive coverage of the history of working class political and organized labor movements.

About

The World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) was established on February 14, 1998, as an online purveyor of socialist news and analysis.[3] The site was launched as a means of turning the official organ of the Workers League, the newspaper The Bulletin, into an online newspaper.[4] The site was redesigned on October 22, 2008.[5]

The WSWS supports and helps campaign for the Socialist Equality Parties in elections. The site has no corporate sponsorship and runs no advertisements except for material from Mehring Books, the ICFI's publishing arm. Instead, it sustains itself through the donations of readers and supporters. The content is published in 19 different languages, including English, Spanish[6], French[7], Turkish[8], German[9], Norwegian, Sinhalese[10], and Tamil[11]. David North serves as Chairman of the site's International Editorial Board.[12]

The World Socialist Web Site is regularly cited by journals, newspapers, and books for its coverage of social inequality and workers' rights[13][14][15], social struggles[16][17], international politics[18] and economics[19][20], and American wars[21][22] and war crimes[23][24][25]. WSWS articles are often collated by the Asian Tribune and AllAfrica.com regional news sites, and its articles are also regularly cited in newspapers in Africa[26][27][28], the Middle East[29] and in Asia[30][31].

Writers for the World Socialist Web Site deliver lectures around the world on a variety of topics, including Marxist theory[32][33], history[34], art[35], and war.[36]

Content

The World Socialist Web Site periodically undertakes focused political campaigns, during which numerous articles, videos, interviews, and perspectives are published on the topic. Campaigns undertaken by the WSWS include defense of democratic rights[37][38][39][40][41][42][43], intervention in the 2015 United Automobile Workers (UAW) concessions contract and other contract negotiations,[44][45][46][47] and the opposition to utility shutoffs and bankruptcy in Detroit[48][49][50][51]. The WSWS also is a partisan newspaper against imperialist war[52][53].

Sections

  1. The daily 'Perspective' article presents the position of the WSWS on a range of political, theoretical, and historical issues.
  2. News articles which cover the day's significant international political and economic developments
  3. Arts Review - under the editorship of Marxist arts critics David Walsh and Joanne Laurier critiquing films, film festivals, music selections, theatre productions, and writing lectures concerning Art and Socialism[54][55][56]
  4. Science - Human Genetics, Evolution, the Internet, Space Research & Astronomy, and Climate Change
  5. Workers' Struggles, reporting from picket lines across the world, and inviting workers to write in about their experiences[57]
  6. History lectures focused on the 20th century
  7. Philosophy lectures which defend philosophical materialism and oppose idealism
  8. "This Week in History", providing brief synopses of important historical events occurring 25, 50, 75, and 100 years ago[58]
  9. ICFI/Marxist Library - the Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party is archived, along with original translations of classic Marxist literature, with works by James P. Cannon, Leon Trotsky, Vladimir Lenin, and Karl Marx

Opposition to Google Censorship

In July 2017, the World Socialist Website began a campaign to oppose new Google search algorithms that claimed to fight "fake news."[59][60][61][62] The WSWS presented evidence from SEMrush that showed that several socialist, anti-war, and progressive news sites had received reduced traffic from Google due to changes in its search algorithm; between late April 2017 and the beginning of August 2017, wsws.org Google search traffic fell by 67 percent.[63][64] In an interview responding to the data WSWS International Chairman David North stated, "The actions of Google constitute political censorship and are a blatant attack on free speech. At a time when public distrust of establishment media is widespread, this corporate giant is exploiting its monopolistic position to restrict public access to a broad spectrum of news and critical analysis.”[65]

On September 26 2017, the New York Times published an interview with David North concerning Google censorship of left-wing websites.[66]

Notable Interviews

The World Socialist Web Site publishes interviews with workers, students, academics, and artists.[67][68]

Centenary of the Russian Revolution

The World Socialist Web Site commemorated the Russian Revolution of 1917. The site published a weekly chronology entitled 'This Week in the Russian Revolution', which brought forward global events, Russian events, culture, and political questions each week throughout 1917. Writers of the World Socialist Web Site participated in a lecture series concerning questions surrounding the Russian Revolutions of February and October.

The WSWS also published new, original translations of documents published by Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky during 1917.[69]

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  29. ^ Ngurare, Elijah, "The Cowboy Justice Suffered By Saddam," All Africa, 12 January 2007.
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  44. ^ "Union deductions leaving many Chicago teachers with tiny paychecks". EAGnews.org. 2012-10-09. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
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  46. ^ "A reply to redbaiting by the general counsel of the Detroit AFL-CIO – Recovery Team UAW 933". recoveryteam.tv. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
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