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Erik Schreiber

Erik Schreiber

@socialistschreiber.bsky.social

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Reporter for the World Socialist Web Site, member of the Socialist Equality Party, and revolutionary optimist.

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Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 39m

Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna still support Maine Democrat Graham Platner, even after the exposure of his Nazi tattoo. It is not just the Republican Party, but the whole capitalist political system that is in terminal decay. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Bernie Sanders, Ro Khanna defend endorsement of Maine Democrat Graham Platner after Nazi tattoo revealed

Planter, a US veteran and mercenary, has continued to receive support from “progressive” Democrats even after it was revealed he had a <em>Totenkopf,</em> the favored symbol of Hitler’s SS, on his che...

Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 1h

The media are hailing Sanae Takaichi as the first female prime minister of Japan. But she is a right-wing nationalist bent on the remilitarization of Japan and the reassertion of its imperialist interests. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

New far-right prime minister installed in Japan

The new Japanese government marks a turning point in the ruling class’s agenda to reassert its imperialist interests militarily at the expense of the working class.

Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 2h

The nationalist regimes of the Middle East have hailed the Israel/Hamas “ceasefire” as “a rare moment of hope” in the region. In fact, it has allowed Israel to keep starving and killing Gazans and deprived the latter of self-determination. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Gaza “peace” deal exposed as cover for genocide and ethnic cleansing

The "peace" agreement has sanctified the permanent Israeli occupation and annexation of a large portion of Gaza, coupled with daily mass killing and the deliberate starvation of the population.

Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 23h

I second Joanne Laurier’s motion. Anyone who has not seen “The Battleship Potemkin” should make it his or her business to do so. Anyone who watched it decades ago, truly ought to watch it again. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

<em>The Battleship Potemkin</em>: A century since the making of Sergei Eisenstein’s masterpiece

One of the most direct and obvious expressions of the revolution's impact and influence is Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein’s epic silent film.

Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 1d

During his speech at the No Kings rally in Washington, DC, Senator Sanders accused the oligarchs of having hijacked the economy. In fact, it’s the economy that has produced the oligarchs and their drive toward dictatorship. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

At “No Kings” rally in Washington, Bernie Sanders covers for the Democrats and capitalism

When the ruling class needs someone to use radical-sounding phrases to divert workers and youth away from a struggle against capitalism and into the dead-end of the two-party system and electoral poli...

Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 1d

In the Trump administration and the Republican Party, the Nazi rot runs deep. Paul Ingrassia, an unapologetic fascist and racist, is only the latest example. The promotion of idiots like him is a sign of weakness and fear. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead Office of Special Counsel, withdraws after leak of fascist texts

Ingrassia is just the latest Republican operative to be outed as a Nazi.

Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s demolition of the East Wing of the White House is an attack on the American Revolution and the principles of democracy and equality. It is a staggering sign of the degeneration of the bourgeoisie. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Trump builds himself a Versailles on the Potomac

The seat of the American presidency, the White House, is being physically transformed into the architectural embodiment of oligarchic rule.

Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 1d

Jeannette Jara, a member of the Communist Party, is leading in the Chilean presidential polls. The Chilean CP has evolved from a Stalinist party into an openly bourgeois party that enforces the interests of the IMF. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Communist Party’s Jeannette Jara leads Chile’s presidential polls

The CP’s Jara heads a right-wing alliance that will deepen the program of pro-market fiscal austerity and police state authoritarianism that has characterized the government of Gabriel Boric.

Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 2d

Taylor Swift’s latest album is musically tepid, lyrically banal, and remarkably out of touch with a world wracked by war, inequality, and resurgent fascism. Fans are becoming critical. This thin effort won’t stand the test of time. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

<em>Life of a Showgirl</em>: Taylor Swift’s latest self-portrait

The new album confirms Swift’s indifference to virtually anything outside her bubble of fame, wealth and romance.

Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 2d

Trump is now threatening Colombia with military violence and denouncing its president as a drug trafficker. These threats are part of US attempts to counter China’s influence in Latin America and reimpose colonial shackles. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Trump adds Colombia to Latin America target list

The US president cut off aid to the longtime military ally and imposed new tariffs, denouncing Colombian President Gustavo Petro as an illegitimate narco leader.

Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 2d

The fight against Trump’s dictatorship must continue, and it will be lost if it remains under the influence of the Democratic Party. The movement requires the political independence of the working class and the fight for socialism. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

After the “No Kings” protests: What Next?

The mass protests mark the beginning of a powerful movement against the Trump regime, but without a clear political perspective and understanding of the broader situation, this immense popular opposit...

Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 2d

Mass protests against poverty & austerity in Madagascar have forced President Andry Rajoelina to flee the country. The CAPSAT military unit is overseeing the transition to a new capitalist government that will not alleviate mass suffering. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Madagascar president Rajoelina flees with French aid amid mass Gen Z protest

While the mass mobilization advances social demands that can only be met through a struggle for workers’ power and socialism, the army’s intervention aims to defend bourgeois order and preserve the in...

Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 3d

In a flagrant violation of freedom of speech, the State Department has revoked the visas of six foreign nationals who criticized Charlie Kirk on social media. Similar antidemocratic measures will be used against citizens. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

US State Department revokes visas of 6 people for denouncing Charlie Kirk’s politics

In a major attack on free speech rights, the Trump administration revoked the visas of six people for their social media posts criticizing the fascist politics of Charlie Kirk after his death.

Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 3d

Sunday was the deadliest day yet since Israel and Hamas agreed to the bogus ceasefire. Israel has used the agreement as legal cover for the continuation of the slaughter and the annexation of half of Gaza. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Israel massacres 45 Palestinians in a single day, exposing fraud of “peace” deal

Israeli troops massacred 45 Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday and further restricted aid shipments, in the deadliest day since the announcement of a “peace” agreement 10 days ago.

Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 3d

The recent No Kings protests showed that Trump is not all-powerful. At the same time, the massive and deep opposition to dictatorship will be derailed unless it becomes a revolutionary movement for socialism. Contact the Socialist Equality Party. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

The October 18 “No Kings” demonstrations and the fight against Trump’s dictatorship

The more than 2,700 separate demonstrations, involving an estimated 7 million people, were, collectively, one of the largest political demonstrations in the history of the country.

Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 3d

Texas State University fired Prof. Thomas Alter, a historian of labor and the American left, for his political remarks. This is an assault on freedom of speech and political organization, and on college students' right to education. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Texas State University upholds firing of Professor Tom Alter for political speech

A letter to Alter reveals that his firing is due to his advocacy for socialism.

Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 3d

The lesson of Raila Odinga’s death is that Kenya’s future cannot be built through the politics of bourgeois nationalism, but only through the independent struggle of workers and youth against the capitalist order that Odinga defended. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Raila Odinga’s funeral turns into another Ruto government massacre

Nothing could more starkly capture the bankruptcy of Odinga’s legacy than the massacre that unfolded at his funeral, carried out by the “broad-based” Kenyan government he helped forge.

Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 4d

On CNN the other day, AOC and Bernie Sanders displayed their craven willingness to negotiate with the Republicans on reopening the government. They breathed not a word about the advanced plans for fascist dictatorship. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez plead for GOP to negotiate, downplay Trump’s dictatorship

The “Democratic socialists” were virtually silent on Trump’s drive to dictatorship, repeatedly touting their willingness to negotiate with the Republicans to reopen the government in exchange for an e...

Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 4d

“In 2021, we were geared up for a strike, and then all of a sudden it was 8 am and we get a text message calling it off,” said Nurse Sylvia. “We still don’t know what happened and we felt like our national leaders sold us out at that time.” www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Kaiser nurses speak out from the picket on last day of strike set to coincide with the “No Kings” protests

With political issues at the forefront, the strike at Kaiser is taking place within a powder keg that is threatening to spill over beyond what the union apparatuses intended.

Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 6d

The BRICS countries are not the way forward. The contradiction between the global economy and the outlived nation-state system cannot be resolved under capitalism; all the BRICS countries, including China, are bourgeois nationalist states. The solution is proletarian internationalism and socialism.

Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 6d

Leaders of the Young Republicans are praising Hitler, denigrating Jews, joking about the Holocaust, and celebrating rape. This degeneracy is being cultivated consciously by the leadership of the Republican Party. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Leaders of Republican youth movement praise Hitler, joke about Holocaust in internal discussion

Following the exposure of the Telegram messages between Young Republican operatives, filled with admiration for Hitler and racial slurs, Vice President JD Vance has repeatedly defended the fascists as...

Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 7d

Jacobin is trying to rewrite history by erasing AOC’s consistent support for Israel and its genocide. Remember that this “socialist” called pro-Palestine protesters antisemitic and called for their demonstrations to be suppressed. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

<em>Jacobin </em>magazine attempts to conceal the pro-genocide record of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

The DSA, through <em>Jacobin</em>, is attempting to rewrite the record of support for genocide and present the Democratic Party and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez not as defenders and enablers of the genoci...

Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 7d

Trump may decide tomorrow to give Ukraine Tomahawk missiles, which have a range of 2,500 km and can carry nuclear warheads. NATO is on the brink of full-scale war with Russia. Only the working class can stop this madness. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Washington and Berlin push NATO to the brink of war with Russia

According to reports, the United States is preparing to supply Ukraine with Tomahawk cruise missiles—long-range precision weapons capable of striking targets up to 2,500 kilometers away, including Mos...

Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 7d

The Socialist Equality Party calls for the broadest possible participation in Saturday’s No Kings protests. This mass opposition must be led by the working class and adopt a revolutionary socialist program if it is to defeat fascism. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

No Kings, No Nazi Führers! Mobilize the working class against Trump’s dictatorship!

The October 18 demonstrations express deep hostility to the Trump administration’s efforts to set up a fascistic dictatorship, but what is lacking, and what is most critical, is a clear program and co...

Erik Schreiber @socialistschreiber.bsky.social · 7d

Trump is unilaterally closing “Democrat programs” that he opposes. He didn’t elaborate, because these programs include Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. Trump is usurping congressional power and attacking the working class. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

Trump preparing target list of “semi-communist” federal programs to be eliminated

The would-be dictator did not elaborate, but clearly further massive cuts are being planned for New Deal and Great Society-era programs of the 1930s and 1960s such as Social Security, Medicare and Med...