28 October 2009
Pakistani army offensive devastates tribal communities
By James Cogan, 28 October 2009
The military offensive into South Waziristan is having a devastating impact on the entire civilian population. Villages and towns are literally being bombed into rubble and tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee for their lives.
October the bloodiest month for US troops since Afghan war began
By Bill Van Auken, 28 October 2009
The deaths of eight more soldiers in bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan Tuesday made October the bloodiest month for US occupation forces since the war began in 2001.
Germany: A government of social confrontation
By Ulrich Rippert, 28 October 2009
All of the parties represented in the new German coalition government are agreed that the burden of the economic crisis and the ballooning state debt is to be placed upon the backs of the general population.
Child deaths from abuse and neglect rise in the US
By Naomi Spencer, 28 October 2009
Five children died from abuse or neglect every day on average in the United States between 2001 and 2007, according to a new report. Over the period, 10,440 child deaths were linked to abuse or neglect.
America’s crumbling infrastructure
By Jeff Lassahn, 28 October 2009
America’s roads, bridges, and sewerage are in advanced state of decay, according to a 2009 report by an association of civil engineers.
US companies, governments continue to slash jobs and pay
By David Walsh, 28 October 2009
The US economy continues to shed jobs, wreaking havoc on countless lives, even as government officials prepare to announce the official end of the recession that began in December 2007.
Australian government intensifies crackdown on asylum seekers
By Richard Phillips, 28 October 2009
The Rudd government is planning an “Indonesian solution” paying Jakarta to incarcerate refugees intercepted while trying to reach Australia.
New in German
Eine Regierung der sozialen Konfrontation
Von Ulrich Rippert, 28. Oktober 2009
Alle Regierungsparteien sind sich darin einig, die Last der Wirtschaftskrise und der staatlichen Verschuldung, die mit dem Bankenrettungspaket von 480 Milliarden Euro und den folgenden Konjunkturprogrammen drastisch gestiegen ist, auf die Bevölkerung abzuwälzen.
Rot-rot-grüner Protest ist keine Alternative zur schwarz-gelben Bildungspolitik
Von Johannes Stern, 28. Oktober 2009
Die International Students for Social Equality (ISSE) rufen Studierende und Schüler dazu auf, das Recht auf Bildung und den freien Zugang zu allen Bildungseinrichtungen auf Grundlage eines internationalen, sozialistischen Programms zu verteidigen.
Philosoph Peter Sloterdijk verteidigt Sarrazins rassistische Ausfälle
Von Stefan Steinberg, 28. Oktober 2009
Der deutsche Philosoph Peter Sloterdijk verteidigt offen die rassistischen Äußerungen des Bundesbankvorstands Thilo Sarrazin
New in Portuguese
Honduras: estariam os EUA apoiando a eleição do "estado de sítio"?
Por Bill Van Auken, 28 de outubro de 2009
Tendo chegado em um empasse as negociações em Honduras - entre as delegações representantes do presidente deposto de Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, e o regime de golpe, liderado por Roberto Micheletti - o governo Obama pode estar se preparando para fazer seu pedido de retorno de Zelaya ao cargo.
New in Italian
Lotta per il potere in Italia intorno a Berlusconi
Di Marianne Arens, 28 ottobre 2009
Mentre l’Italia è attualmente colpita da forti venti autunnali, il governo Berlusconi sta affrontando una vera e propria tempesta politica.
New in French
La réalité derrière le « succès » américain en Irak
Par James Cogan, 28 octobre 2009
Les explosions massives dans le centre-ville de Bagdad dimanche sont un rappel particulièrement sanglant des conflits politiques, ethniques et sectaires générés en Irak par l'occupation américaine qui dure depuis six ans et demi.
Vingt ans après le retour du capitalisme
Le niveau de vie en Europe de l'Est chute toujours
Par Stefan Steinberg, 28 octobre 2009
Vingt ans après la réintroduction du capitalisme en Union soviétique et en Europe de l'Est, un rapport de la Banque mondiale reconnait qu'un tiers de la population de toute la région vit dans la pauvreté.
Perspective
Israel, the United States and international law
28 October 2009
Israel has responded to accusations of war crimes during its assault on Gaza by denouncing the United Nations and seeking to overturn existing international law.
Workers Struggles
Mass opposition grows
Ford workers speak out against contract
By our reporters, 28 October 2009
Reporters from the World Socialist Web Site spoke to Ford workers in Michigan on Tuesday, who denounced the UAW-Ford concessions contract, as more locals voted “No.”
Sri Lanka: Plantation unions accept wage sell-out
By M. Vasanthan, 28 October 2009
All the plantation unions, including those that initially opposed it, have effectively fallen into line behind a deal that binds workers to poverty-level wages and productivity speed-up for the next two years.
Videos and Images
50,000 line up for housing assistance in Detroit
ISSE members speak on education cuts at rally
Detroit residents speak on utility bills, social crisis
Michigan’s Oakland University faculty strike has student support
Detroit teachers denounce pay cuts
Detroit city workers oppose concessions, layoffs
Interviews at Los Angeles health care clinic
Workers continue Vestas occupation on Isle of Wight
A conversation with Windsor municipal workers
NYC workers speak against cuts in social services
Flint, Michigan and the bankruptcy of General Motors
GM workers on bankruptcy and plant closings
Michigan auto workers and families speak on plant closures
GM workers speak out on concessions contract
Protesting students and parents speak to the WSWS
Chrysler workers speak on concessions vote
UK Visteon workers speak on occupation
GM and Chrysler workers oppose more concessions
Chrysler workers oppose Obama auto plan
WSWS interviews G20 protesters in London
Pontiac residents speak on schools crisis
Workers interviewed at Detroit jobs fair
Ford workers: “Now the fight is with our own union.”
GM workers denounce concession demands 
Chrysler workers oppose pay cuts, concession demands
Over 100,000 demonstrate in London against Sri Lankan war
Funeral for Michigan man frozen following utility shut-off
Exposing Franco's mass graves
Bay City, Michigan residents speak on death from utility shut-off
WSWS interviews London protesters
London demonstrators protest Israeli assault on Gaza
Chrysler workers denounce pay cuts
The Writer and Revolution: A conversation with Trevor Griffiths
Other Languages
- Deutsch
- Obamas Besuch in China (21.11.2009)
- Obama verhindert Abkommen zum Klimaschutz (21.11.2009)
- Der australische Imperialismus, die Intervention in Osttimor im Jahr 1999 und die so genannte "Linke" (21.11.2009)
- Krebs und Klassengesellschaft (20.11.2009)
- Schwarz-Gelb nimmt Kurs auf sozialen Kahlschlag (20.11.2009)
- Der amerikanisch-chinesische Gipfel beleuchtet scharfe Gegensätze (19.11.2009)
- Großbritannien: Der Cambridge-Report (19.11.2009)
Eine vernichtende Widerlegung der Lügen Labours über den Zustand des Bildungswesens - PSG-Veranstaltung in Leipzig
Zwanzig Jahre seit dem Mauerfall (19.11.2009) - Schüler und Studenten protestieren in ganz Deutschland (18.11.2009)
- BBC-Umfrage enthüllt weit verbreitete Unzufriedenheit mit dem Kapitalismus (18.11.2009)
- Français
- Pour un mouvement indépendant de la classe ouvrière pour la défense de l’éducation (23.11.2009)
- De tragédies à propagande pour la guerre (21.11.2009)
- La chute du Mur de Berlin (20.11.2009)
- France : les affaires que le procès Clearstream tente de passer sous silence (19.11.2009)
- Le procès Clearstream : un conflit au sein de la bourgeoisie française (18.11.2009)
- Vingt ans depuis la chute du Mur de Berlin
Déclaration du Bund Sozialistischer Arbeiter, 18 octobre 1989 Troisième partie (18.11.2009) - Deuxième Conférence de l’université d’été 2007 du SEP (USA)
« Le socialisme dans un seul pays » et les débats sur l'économie soviétique des années 1920 — Deuxième partie (17.11.2009) - Deuxième conférence de l’université d’été 2007 du SEP (USA)
« Le socialisme dans un seul pays » et les débats sur l'économie soviétique des années 1920 — Première partie (16.11.2009)
- Español
- La respuesta socialista al desempleo y la pobreza (26.10.2009)
- Capitalism: A Love Story, de Michael Moore (22.10.2009)
- Huelga general en Puerto Rico contra los despidos en masa (19.10.2009)
- La devaluación del dólar y la clase trabajadora (19.10.2009)
- El Premio Nobel de la Guerra (17.10.2009)
- A un año del colapso de Lehman Brothers (12.10.2009)
- Se le niega fianza a Roman Polanski mientras la prensa sigue con la histeria (09.10.2009)
- Únanse a los Estudiantes Internacionales por la Igualdad Social (EIIS)
Establecer clubes del EIIS en las universidades y las escuelas o liceos (07.10.2009) - Lecciones para la clase trabajadora sesenta años después de la Revolución China (06.10.2009)
- Sindicatos españoles y el gobierno del PSOE preparan medidas de austeridad (06.10.2009)
- El director Roman Polanski enfrenta meses de cárcel en Suiza (02.10.2009)
- Русский
- Рабочие АвтоВАЗа протестуют против массовых увольнений (26.10.2009)
- Нобелевская премия войны (14.10.2009)
- Шестьдесят лет Китайской революции: Уроки для рабочего класса (08.10.2009)
- Иран и Афганистан находятся в фокусе устремлений американского империализма (06.10.2009)
- Экономический кризис и геополитическое соперничество определяют ход избирательной кампании на Украине (02.10.2009)
- Историческое поражение социал-демократов на всеобщих выборах в Германии (29.09.2009)
- В защиту исторической правды: Партия расстрелянных Вадима Роговина (18.09.2009)
- Исторический упадок Либерально-демократической партии Японии (15.09.2009)
- 70 лет пакту Гитлера-Сталина (09.09.2009)
- Документы учредительного съезда ПСР: Заявление о принципах (26.08.2009)
- Português
- Recuperação especulativa prepara catástrofe econômica ainda maior (17.11.2009)
- Seção pablista da Austrália prepara dissolução similar à da LCR (17.11.2009)
- Após trabalhadores derrotarem sindicato conciliador
Ford dos EUA relata US$ 1 bilhão em lucros no terceiro trimestre (11.11.2009) - Um ano desde a eleição de Barack Obama (10.11.2009)
- Taxa oficial de desemprego nos EUA atinge o maior nível em 26 anos (10.11.2009)
- A reforma financeira (burguesa) de Obama (05.11.2009)
- Carteiros britânicos realizam greve nacional (05.11.2009)
- Washington pressiona por acordo com golpistas em Honduras (03.11.2009)
- Irã faz concessão significativa para desarmar acordo nuclear (03.11.2009)
- Honduras: estariam os EUA apoiando a eleição do "estado de sítio"? (28.10.2009)
- Pressão dos EUA cresce nas negociações com o Irã em Viena (20.10.2009)
- A Desvalorização do dólar e a classe trabalhadora (20.10.2009)
- Türkçe
- SEP (Almanya) yürütmekte olduğu seçim kampanyası için uluslararası destek çağrısı yapıyor (17.09.2009)
- Alman parlamento seçimlerinde oyunu Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi’ne ver
Kapitalist krize sosyalist bir yanıt için (28.08.2009) - Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi’nin Tarihsel ve Uluslararası Temelleri (19.08.2009)
- İran işçi sınıfının görevleri(1.07.2009)
- İran: Batı baskıyı artırırken seçim çatışmaları tırmanıyor (30.06.2009)
- Obama’nın ziyareti Türkiye’nin oynadığı rolün artacağının ve daha büyük gerilimlerin sinyalini verdi (26.06.2009)
- Trotskiy’in mirasını ve 20. yüzyıl tarihindeki yerini yeniden ele almaya doğru (23.06.2009)
David North tarafından verilmiş bir konferans - Dünya ekonomik krizi, kapitalizmin başarısızlığı ve sosyalizmin gerekliliği (13.06.2009)
- Sri Lanka: LTTE’nin yenilgisi ve milliyetçiliğin çıkmazı (26.05.2009)
- Paris'te yapılan toplantı Sri Lanka'daki savaşı sona erdirmek için sosyalist bir program öne sürdü (19.05.2009)
- >>
