Today on the WSWS

New Today -- 4 August 2017

Perspective

Trump makes an appeal to the fascistic right

What has unfolded over the past two weeks is a calculated political strategy aimed at mobilizing an ultra-right movement outside both the Democratic and Republican parties.

News & Analysis

Dow at 22,000: A new high for parasitism

The Dow's record-breaking close coincided with Depression-like scenes of thousands of workers in the US lining up for job applications with Amazon, a firm which epitomizes poverty wages and super-exploitation.

Amazon job applicants speak on social crisis in US

Trump threatens trade war measures against China

Leaked transcripts provide ugly picture of Trump and Australian prime minister

India-China border tensions continue unabated

Former Grenfell Tower residents left without permanent accommodation

Grenfell fire survivors speak out over poor treatment

Turkey launches mass trial of officers charged in July 2016 coup attempt

CSX railroad workers denounce Wall Street plundering

US court denies damage claim for American citizen wrongfully held for more than three years by ICE

Native American health care to be gutted as tribal elites support private markets

Labour Party leader resigns ahead of New Zealand election

Sri Lankan government to impose IMF dictated taxes

Google Censorship

Google blocked every one of the WSWS's 45 top search terms

Commentary

The abandonment of the CIA's Syrian "rebels" and the pseudo-left accomplices of US imperialism

Arts

The suicide of Linkin Park's Chester Bennington (1976-2017)

Workers Struggles

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa