The World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) is the most widely accessed international socialist news site in the world, and is the online news and information center of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI). The site publishes articles and analysis covering a wide range of topics and events all around the world. A major portion of the site has been dedicated to the history of working class movements and the ICFI in particular.
The WSWS supports and helps campaign for the Socialist Equality Parties in elections. The site has no corporate sponsorship and runs no advertisements except for material from Mehring Books, the ICFI's publishing arm. Instead, it sustains itself through the donations of readers and supporters. The content is published in 19 different languages. David North serves as Chairman of the site's International Editorial Board.
The American right-wing press has referenced the World Socialist Web Site as an example of left-wing extremism, and Glenn Beck, formerly of Fox News, cited the web site on numerous occasions while on air, calling it an example of "radical Islamists, communists, socialists" all working together. WSWS articles are often collated by the Asian Tribune and AllAfrica.com regional news sites, and its articles are regularly cited in newspapers in Africa, the Middle East and in Asia.
Sections
- The daily 'Perspective' article presents the position of the WSWS on a wide range of political, theoretical, and historical issues.
- News articles which cover the days significant political and economic developments.
- Arts Review - with leading Marxist arts critics David Walsh and Joanne Laurier critiquing films, film festivals, music selections, theatre productions, and writing lectures concerning Art and Socialism
- Science, focusing on Human Genetics, Evolution, the Internet, Space Research & Astronomy, and Climate Change
- Workers Struggles, reporting from picket lines across the world, and inviting workers to write in about their experiences
- "This Week in History", providing brief synopses of important historical events occurring 25, 50, 75, and 100 years ago.
- ICFI/Marxist Library - the Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party is archived, along with original translations of classic Marxist literature, with works by James P. Cannon, Leon Trotsky, Vladimir Lenin, and Karl Marx
History
The WSWS was launched on February 14, 1998, turning the Workers League printed newspaper The Bulletin into an online newspaper.
The site was redesigned and launched on October 22, 2008 enhancing the visual and technical aspects of the content and web site.
Content
The World Socialist Web Site has been cited in the United States for its coverage of social inequality and workers' rights, social struggles, international politics and economics, and American wars and war crimes.
References
External links
- World Socialist Web Site Official Site
- World Socialist Web Site 15 Year Anniversary with timeline and year-by-year review
- World Socialist Website Daily Podcast