David Walsh

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David Walsh@DavidWSWSarts · 23 h

Playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856)-“The reason why Shaw’s own dramatic works dwarf those of his contemporaries is that they so unhesitatingly appealed to the reason. His world is one that arises from opinions. The opinions of his characters constitute their fates.” (Brecht)

DavidWSWSarts's tweet image. Playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856)-“The reason why Shaw’s own dramatic works dwarf those of his contemporaries is that they so unhesitatingly appealed to the reason. His world is one that arises from opinions. The opinions of his characters constitute their fates.” (Brecht)

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David Walsh@DavidWSWSarts · 23 h

Peymann understood the theatre as a politically and socially significant and indispensable institution, without making any artistic concessions - On the death of German theatre director Claus Peymann: “War makes resistance necessary–art can do that” wsws.org/en/articles/20…

DavidWSWSarts's tweet card. Peymann's importance lay in the fact that he understood and defended the theatre as a politically and socially significant and indispensable institution, without making any artistic concessions

David Walsh@DavidWSWSarts · 23 h

The basic reality is that had existing workplace safety laws and regulations been followed, Ronald Adams’ horrifying death would not have been possible - Ronald Adams Sr. and Brayan Neftali Otoniel Canu Joj: Workers' lives sacrificed for profit wsws.org/en/articles/20…

DavidWSWSarts's tweet card. The sole reason for continued industrial slaughter, year after year, is the capitalist system. It has become an absolute barrier to human progress.

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David Walsh@DavidWSWSarts · 23 h

The administration claims its new concentration camps are for immigrants, but they will also be used to detain homeless people, alleged drug addicts and other “undesirables” - Trump issues executive order expanding bipartisan war on people without homes wsws.org/en/articles/20…

DavidWSWSarts's tweet card. The order promotes forced institutionalization while ordering federal funds to be withheld from programs that promote placing people in housing first.

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David Walsh@DavidWSWSarts · 23 h

Israel can carry out the Gaza genocide with brutality that can only be compared to that of the Nazis because the Zionist regime enjoys the full backing of imperialism - Zionist regime slaughters over 1,000 Palestinians seeking aid in less than two months wsws.org/en/articles/20…

DavidWSWSarts's tweet card. Those lucky enough to escape death directly at the hands of Israel’s genocide face the increasing danger of succumbing to the ravages of disease. According to British charity OXFAM, waterborne...

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David Walsh@DavidWSWSarts · Jul 25

Thomas Eakins (1844)-Painter deeply influenced by the US Civil War. “His reputation as the greatest realist among American painters rests largely upon his ruthlessly honest portraits and portrait groups.” “Hardly appreciated in his time, a man virtually ignored by his society.”

DavidWSWSarts's tweet image. Thomas Eakins (1844)-Painter deeply influenced by the US Civil War. “His reputation as the greatest realist among American painters rests largely upon his ruthlessly honest portraits and portrait groups.” “Hardly appreciated in his time, a man virtually ignored by his society.”

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David Walsh@DavidWSWSarts · Jul 25

'To a Land Unknown,' by Palestinian-Danish director Mahdi Fleifel, one of the most important films released this year or last, is playing in theaters in the US - Mahdi Fleifel’s To a Land Unknown: Palestinian refugees search for the land of milk and honey wsws.org/en/articles/20…

DavidWSWSarts's tweet card. Fleifel’s fiction film follows two undocumented Palestinian refugees and cousins, Reda and Chatila, who find themselves in Athens and make desperate efforts to reach Germany.

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David Walsh@DavidWSWSarts · Jul 25

The WSWS spoke to filmmaker Mahdi Fleifel, the director of 'To a Land Unknown,' in a video call - An interview with Palestinian filmmaker Mahdi Fleifel, director of To a Land Unknown: “Do we want to actually respect and embrace our humanity?” wsws.org/en/articles/20…

DavidWSWSarts's tweet card. The WSWS spoke last year to filmmaker Mahdi Fleifel, the director of To a Land Unknown, in a video call.

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David Walsh@DavidWSWSarts · Jul 25

Columbia’s capitulation comes amid a broad political offensive by the Trump administration to criminalize campus protests, suppress dissent and assert authoritarian control over education - Columbia University surrenders to Trump in $220 million settlement wsws.org/en/articles/20…

DavidWSWSarts's tweet card. The settlement includes broad changes to the university's admissions policies and academic programs, along with a crackdown on student protests.

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David Walsh@DavidWSWSarts · Jul 25

The L.A. County Sheriff described it as an “industrial accident.” It was social murder, the product of profit-driven negligence of safety procedures - Tina’s Burritos worker killed in meatgrinder identified as 19-year-old Brayan Neftali Otoniel Canu Joj wsws.org/en/articles/20…

DavidWSWSarts's tweet card. According to his family, Brayan had only months prior immigrated to the US from Guatemala, “in hopes of supporting his mother and siblings.”

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David Walsh@DavidWSWSarts · Jul 25

An article from February 19, 1973 on the death of Rick Hertzig, a steelworker who was horrifically killed on the job at a US Steel mill in Lorain, Ohio - From the archives: “Death of a steelworker” (February 19, 1973) wsws.org/en/articles/20…

DavidWSWSarts's tweet card. The World Socialist Web Site is reposting an article by David North written in 1973 on the death of Rick Hertzig, a steelworker who was horrifically killed on the job at a US Steel mill in Lorain,...

David Walsh@DavidWSWSarts · Jul 25

Bogdan and the YGBL have opposed both the Putin and the Zelensky regimes, insisting that the war can only be stopped through the unity of Ukrainian and Russian workers - Expand the campaign to free the imprisoned Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk! wsws.org/en/articles/20…

DavidWSWSarts's tweet card. We call upon all readers of the WSWS, supporters of democratic rights and opponents of imperialist war to respond to the ECHR’s decision to accept his case by expanding the campaign to free Bogdan.

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Socialist Equality Party (Australia)@SEP_Australia · Jul 24

IYSSE and SEP member Taylor urges youth and students to attend the public meeting organised by the SEP and the Neighbourhood Action Committee set up to stop the demolition of 44 public housing towers in Melbourne and defend public housing #publichousing #housingcrisis #auspol

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David Walsh@DavidWSWSarts · Jul 24

The situation in the US has reached a point of such tension where even mild critiques of power face censure or censorship to secure mergers, curry favor with the state or avoid legal penalties - CBS cancels The Late Show with Stephen Colbert wsws.org/en/articles/20…

DavidWSWSarts's tweet card. Corporate mergers, political pressure and economic decline are reshaping American media.

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David Walsh@DavidWSWSarts · Jul 24

According to the Journal, citing unnamed “senior administration officials,” the DOJ reviewed what Bondi called a “truckload” of documents in which “Trump’s name appeared multiple times” - Trump named repeatedly in Epstein files, Wall Street Journal reports wsws.org/en/articles/20…

DavidWSWSarts's tweet card. Attorney General Pam Bondi informed Trump of this fact in May, but Trump denied it as recently as July 15.

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David Walsh@DavidWSWSarts · Jul 24

The genocide will not be stopped through appeals to the governments carrying out and enabling the genocide. Urgently required is the independent eruption of the working class onto the political stage - Mobilize the working class to stop the Gaza genocide! wsws.org/en/articles/20…

DavidWSWSarts's tweet card. The genocidal war in Gaza, waged by Israel with the full backing of the United States and its imperialist allies, can only be stopped through the unified and revolutionary action of the international...

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David Walsh@DavidWSWSarts · Jul 24

The case against Bogdan should have already been dropped. The only “evidence” cited by the prosecution are articles Bogdan wrote and translated for the WSWS - European Court of Human Rights accepts case of imprisoned Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk wsws.org/en/articles/20…

DavidWSWSarts's tweet card. The acceptance of the case by the court is an important step in the campaign to demand the release of Bogdan.

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WSWS Arts Review@WSWSArts · Jul 22

What the Russian Revolution meant for modern art and culture? wsws.org/en/articles/20…

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David Walsh@DavidWSWSarts · Jul 23

A project like this is unlikely to deviate from the tried and true, from cliches and formulas. It can’t afford to, as far as its producers are concerned. Too much is at stake to let art and complexity interfere - F1: The Movie–Hollywood formulas 1, 2 and 3 wsws.org/en/articles/20…

DavidWSWSarts's tweet card. The technology and skills involved in Formula 1 racing are extraordinary—the vehicles are traveling at 200 miles per hour and more, and sometimes within inches of each other.

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David Walsh@DavidWSWSarts · Jul 23

In a recent poll 70 percent of Ukrainians said their leaders use the war to enrich themselves. 100s of 1000s of Ukrainians have been killed so far, with many more maimed and wounded - Zelensky appoints new prime minister in major government shakeup wsws.org/en/articles/20…

DavidWSWSarts's tweet card. The primary aim of the government shakeup is to solidify Kiev’s ties with the Trump administration.

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