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The radicalism of the youth of the 1960 was not "drug inspired." It was a response to Vietnam, the struggle for civil rights, and, even more fundamentally, the fresh and not-forgotten horrors of the two World Wars. The 1917 October Revolution had not disappeared from memory, capitalism and anti-communism were in bad odor, Stalinism was increasingly discredited, and there was a revival of interest in Trotsky, whose extraordinary books were recognized as political and literary masterworks. This resurgence was suppressed by the reactionary political climate of the Reagan-Thatcher years to which Mr. Luce was exposed, to his own misfortune, during his intellectually formative years. But Mr. Luce correctly detects a process of radicalization among the world's youth. The question is, at what point will this radicalization break beyond the bounds of the media-vetted pseudo-leftism of people like Sanders and Mamdani and reestablish contact with the the genuine Marxian-socialist political perspective and culture that was exemplified in the October Revolution and figures like Lenin, Trotsky and Luxemburg. This break must and will occur, and the rediscovery of Trotsky's extraordinary political legacy and writings will be a critical element of the reemergence of Marxism as a mass socialist movement based on the working class. The World Socialist Web Site has posted today a preface I have written to a new edition of Trotsky's autobiography, My Life. It can be accessed at wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06…

Piker reminds one of Trotsky's description of Kerensky: "He had no theoretical preparation, no political schooling, no ability to think, no political will." He has "that kind of eloquence which operates neither upon mind or will, but upon the nerves." wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05…

This letter, signed “A. Lincoln”, appeared in my email this morning. Despite its unexplained origin, the signature demands that attention be given to the letter; and, for this reason, it is being made available to readers of the WSWS. wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05…

THREAD: French & US passengers evacuated from the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius are now testing positive—exactly as predictable epidemiology warned. This is a catastrophic failure of public health governance.

This is madness. MV Hondius passengers being released without universal PCR testing despite 8-week hantavirus incubation period. 50% fatality rate, cases on 4 continents, and health officials STILL won't test people who could be incubating for weeks. nytimes.com/2026/05/09/world…

The Trump government is a government of the oligarchy, the product of unprecedented levels of social inequality that are not compatible with democratic forms of rule.

The May Day rally of the International Committee of the Fourth International denounced the Iran War and declared solidarity with all class war prisoners. The ICFI stressed that 2026 has witnessed the resurgence of a global working class movement against capitalism.

El gamal family still sitting on a tarmac in the Midwest. Many delays. BRING THEM HOME NOW!! Fed Ct Orders being violated here! Wdtx and d. Colorado!

Federal Court grants our Emergency Motion stopping Trump from illegally deporting El Gamal family. The plane is landing in Michigan in an hour. It constitutionally cannot be allowed to take off.

ICE has RE-DETAINED the El Gamal family, defying a court order yesterday ordering their release. They are presently on a flight to Willow Run airport in Ypsilanti, for immediate deportation to an unknown location. wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04…

Statement from El Gamal family attorneys.

THE EL GAMAL FAMILY WAS REDETAINED BY ICE MOMENTS AGO. ICE SAYS DEPORTATION IS IMMINENT. PLEASE ACTIVATE YOUR CONTACTS TO STOP THIS TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE FROM TAKING PLACE.

The El Gamal family is free.

The court order has been published demanding ICE release the El Gamal family immediately and ICE has still not yet even agreed to speak to us. We have been at Dilley for an hour.

The El Gamals are finally, finally being released.

On the “Global Progressive Mobilization”: A very low bar has been set for what now passes as “progressivism.” The term has been emptied of all serious content. It now embraces virtually every politician to the left of Attila the Trump. wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04…

If Mamdani were transported back to the 1930s as mayor of Berlin, he would say: "Hitler is the leader of the Nazis, but he loves sauerkraut and so do I."

Turkish channel TV5 interviewed me last night (April 8) on the subject of the US-Israeli war against Iran. I stressed the urgency of building a mass working class movement against war on the basis of a socialist and internationalist program.

Only the working class can stop this atrocity. The threat itself is a war crime. The American working class must organize a General Strike to bring down Trump!