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Thousands of Russians fearing the political and economic fallout of the Ukraine war have fled to Istanbul, with most planning to travel on to Europe or former Soviet republics. 

On Sunday, representatives of a variety of pro-imperialist pseudo-left tendencies held an online event to support the US/NATO war drive in Ukraine. The event ended in a political debacle for the organizers, who expelled David North for raising criticisms of the meeting in the event’s public chat.

The reckless escalation of economic, political and military pressure by the United States and Nato against Russia is rapidly leading to a major global economic crisis with serious repercussions for...

The February 2022 invasion of Ukraine has brought war back to Europe after nearly eighty years of peace. War is far too complex to be boiled down to a simplistic struggle between good and evil.

BRIAN HOWEY:

Whether 2022 becomes a historical pivot point depends upon whether Putin is ousted as president of Russia — or uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine.

The <em>Wall Street Journal</em> has posted online and published in its March 12 print edition the following letter from David North, chairperson of the international editorial board of the <em>World Socialist Web Site</em>.

About every 80 years since the American Revolution began in 1776, there have been decisive pivot points or cataclysms in history. It was followed by the Civil War eight decades

As a foreign correspondent I used to report on dictators and democrats. Now I collect them

From Stalins reign of terror to Gorbachev and glasnost, meet the eight leaders who presided over the USSR.