Today on the WSWS

New Today -- 22 February 2019

Perspective

State murder backed by imperialism

The bloodstained dictatorship of General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has the support of both Washington and the European powers.

News & Analysis

Another devastating fire kills at least 80 in Bangladesh capital

The inferno was fuelled by chemicals stored in the area, despite repeated government promises of crackdowns on building code violations.

Powerful support for Oakland teachers' strike

Support Oakland teachers! For a general strike to defend education!

House Education and Labor Committee: US schools are in shambles

Authorities confirm Assange's Australian passport was renewed last October

State and corporate attacks escalate against workers in Matamoros, Mexico

Macron threatens to criminalize opposition to Zionism in France

New revelations of right-wing terrorist network in German army

UK parliament committee demands sweeping social media censorship

Marathon workers in Galveston Bay, Texas reject USW-company sellout contract

Mercenaries flown back to US after their arrest in Haitian capital

China retaliates over New Zealand government's Huawei ban

Australia: Royal commission finds that Murray-Darling Basin Authority acted unlawfully

Commentary

The Jussie Smollett controversy: Must all accusations be believed?

History

Renewal: Life after the First World War in Photographs

Arts Review

Berlin Film Festival Part 2: Midnight Traveler"Sometimes life takes you through hell"

International Youth and Students for Social Equality

MIT refuses to cut ties to Saudi regime

Workers Struggles

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa