Today on the WSWS

New Today -- 25 October 2016

Perspective

Social inequality and the fight against capitalism

Facts and figures featured in the analysis conducted by French political economist Thomas Piketty underscore that there is no possibility of combating ever-growing social inequality other than by means of socialist revolution.

News & Analysis

French police launch demolition of "Jungle" refugee camp in Calais

The Socialist Party government's hailing of the police assault on the camp as a "humanitarian" operation designed to protect refugees is an odious political lie.

Obama administration split on "Plan B" for Syria intervention

Clinton beginning informal talks with congressional Republicans

Podemos, pseudo-left prepare for political power in Spain

Scottish National Party pushes for second independence referendum

Plans take shape for red-red-green federal coalition in Germany

Germany: 1.4 million live on welfare for more than eight years

Layoffs hit US auto industry as sales slow

Unifor's Detroit Three "pattern" pact and the ruling class assault on pensions

Blue Cross retirees in Michigan to protest health benefit cuts

US agency report documents failure to act on Flint water crisis

Sri Lanka assists India to isolate Pakistan by not attending SAARC summit

Mehring Books

Hundreds attend lecture by David North in Frankfurt, Germany

Philosophy and Politics in an Age of War and Revolution

Commentary

Following meeting, leading Black Lives Matter activist endorses Clinton

Arts Review

Nick Hedges's photographs reveal what Britain's slums were like in the 1960s and 1970s

SEP 2016 US Election Campaign

SEP presidential candidate speaks in Toronto on struggle against war

Workers Struggles

Workers Struggles: The Americas