2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1428+ words) On Thursday, Sydney businessman Alexander Csergo was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for supposedly reckless foreign interference involving two Chinese people. The judge declared that such a severe punishment was needed to send a wider message. Csergo’s jailing underscores…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (637+ words) The international campaign for the release of Bogdan Syrotiuk, the 27-year-old Ukrainian socialist sentenced to 15 years in prison for his political opposition to the NATO-Russia war, continues to win support across Australia, New Zealand and in South Korea. The following…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (278+ words) The Alternative for Germany’s (AfD) election victory in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt has sparked shock and horror internationally—while at the same time drawing enthusiastic support from far-right forces and sections of the international oligarchy. No one should be…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (723+ words) The New York Times published a report on its front page Friday, under the headline “Dangerous Pattern of Russian Sabotage in Europe Risks Clash With NATO,” asserting, without substantiation, a “spate” of “plots” by Russia to carry out attacks on…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (571+ words) The World Socialist Web Site has received the following letter in defense of Bogdan Syrotiuk from Mark D. Steinberg, a leading scholar of Soviet and Russian history, Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, who previously taught at Harvard University…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1060+ words) On Sunday, 6 September, at 3 p.m., the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party, SGP) will hold a rally at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin demanding the immediate release of 27-year-old Ukrainian socialist and antiwar campaigner Bogdan Syrotiuk. On 10 August 2026, he was convicted for…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (523+ words) The origins of the provision invoked by the court are thoroughly reactionary. The Law on Ensuring the Functioning of Ukrainian as the State Language, adopted on April 25, 2019, was a blatant act of discrimination against a large portion of Ukraine’s population…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (746+ words) The international campaign for the immediate release of 27-year-old Bogdan Syrotiuk—a socialist and internationalist opponent of both the Zelensky and Putin regimes—and the dropping of all charges continues to win strong support in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (592+ words) The following speech was delivered by SGP candidate Tamino Wilck in the party’s first video for the Berlin Senate elections. More information on the SGP’s election campaign, manifesto and candidates can be found here. Start-ups that were originally founded for…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (481+ words) This week, CIA Director John Ratcliffe made a secret trip to Moscow, the first known visit by a CIA director to Russia since before the outbreak of the Ukraine war. CNN reported Thursday that Ratcliffe delivered a “warning to Russia…...