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Today
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25 October 2008
News
& Analysis
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Warnings
of recession send global share markets plunging
Biggest impact in Asia
The
New York Times' endorsement of Obama
European
auto industry in crisis
US
federal appeals court stays Troy Davis execution
More
setbacks for Guantánamo show trials
Britain:
Labour, the Conservatives and the oligarchs
Workers
Struggles
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Workers
Struggles:
Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Arts
Review
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Socialist Equality Party UK public meetings
Art and Socialism--a talk by David Walsh, WSWS arts editor
And a conversation with Trevor Griffiths: The Writer and Revolution
SEP/ISSE
Events
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SEP
public meetings in Ann Arbor, New York, and California
70th Anniversary of the Fourth International: Socialism and
the Future of Humanity
SEP
candidates to speak in Canada
SEP
Election Campaign
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SEP election meetings
The origins and implications of the financial crisis: A Marxist
analysis
Upcoming Meetings:
Saturday, October 25
Santa Monica, California
Monday, October 27
Chicago, Illinois & Portsmouth, Ohio
New in German
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Wirtschaftskrise
und Krieg
Hiobsbotschaften
aus der europäischen Autoindustrie
OECD:
Wachsende soziale Ungleichheit und Armut in Deutschland
New in Portuguese
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Ernest
Mandel, 1923-1995: Uma avaliação crítica
de seu papel na história da Quarta Internacional
Quarta Parte: O racha na Quarta Internacional
New in Russian
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"Socialism"
vtorgaetsya v vybory 2008 goda
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24 October 2008
News
& Analysis
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US
layoffs mount, home foreclosures rise
More
recriminations over US/NATO quagmire in Afghanistan
The
economic crisis and war
Britain
in recession: Mervyn King's moment of clarity
Fearing
default, Argentina moves to nationalize private pension funds
French
Airbus worker: "Boeing and Airbus workers have the same
enemy-we should fight them together"
Britain:
Millions threatened with negative home equity and repossession
Mass
strike in Italy against Berlusconi government
German
Social Democrats meet in the shadow of the financial crisis
Indian
politicians threaten to resign over Sri Lankan war
Polemics
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The Frankfurt School vs. Marxism:
The Political and Intellectual Odyssey of Alex Steiner--Part
3
Workers
Struggles
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Canada:
Toronto transit system avoids essential service designation
Workers
Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
Book
Review
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Little Audrey by Ruth White:
a family in postwar Virginia
SEP/ISSE
Events
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SEP
public meetings in Ann Arbor, New York, and California
70th Anniversary of the Fourth International: Socialism and
the Future of Humanity
SEP
Election Campaign
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SEP election meetings
The origins and implications of the financial crisis: A Marxist
analysis
New in German
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70
Jahre Vierte Internationale
Der Zusammenbruch des Kapitalismus und die revolutionäre
Perspektive der Vierten Internationale
Deutschland
vor 85 Jahren
1923: Die verpasste Revolution
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La
honte du Canada : lincarcération, la torture et
lexpulsion dAbousfian Abdelrazik
France
: Entretien avec un travailleur dAirbus
« Les travailleurs de Boeing et dAirbus ont le
même ennemi. Il faut lutter ensemble contre cet ennemi.
»
New in Portuguese
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Ernest
Mandel, 1923-1995: Uma avaliação crítica
de seu papel na história da Quarta Internacional
Terceira Parte: A ascensão do Pablismo
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23 October 2008
News
& Analysis
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Job
cuts mount as global recession takes hold
"Socialism"
intrudes on the 2008 elections
Can
China fund the US and European bailouts?
Eastern
European economies face bankruptcy
Germany:
Parliament authorises 500 billion bank bailout
Detroit
area house fire kills four
General
strike in Greece amid deepening financial crisis
Australian
by-elections record massive anti-Labor swings
Canada's
shame: the incarceration, torture, and exile of Abousfian Abdelrazik
Under
cover of "voter fraud" allegations, Republicans suppress
the vote--Part 2
Polemics
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The
Frankfurt School vs. Marxism: The Political and Intellectual
Odyssey of Alex Steiner--Part 2
Art
Review
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Vancouver International Film Festival 2008--Part 4
Repentance, betrayal and the less dramatic
SEP/ISSE
Events
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SEP
public meetings in Ann Arbor, New York, and California
70th Anniversary of the Fourth International: Socialism and
the Future of Humanity
SEP
Election Campaign
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SEP election meetings
The origins and implications of the financial crisis: A Marxist
analysis
Correspondence
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Letters
on "In defense of Bill Ayers," and a reply by David
Walsh
New in German
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Die
World Socialist Web Site in neuer Gestalt
70
Jahre Vierte Internationale
Der Zusammenbruch des Kapitalismus und die revolutionäre
Perspektive der Vierten Internationale
Deutschland
vor 85 Jahren
1923: Die verpasste Revolution
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Lappel
de lUE pour une réglementation financière
mondiale masque des tensions inter-européennes et internationales
1968
: Grève générale et révolte étudiante
en France
Sixième partie : la ligne centriste de l'OCI (2)
New in Portuguese
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Ernest
Mandel, 1923-1995: Uma avaliação crítica
de seu papel na história da Quarta Internacional
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22 October 2008
News
& Analysis
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Biden's chilling remarks at fundraiser
What "incredibly tough" foreign policy actions is Obama
preparing?
The
Democrats' "economic recovery" fraud
OECD
report ranks US third worst in inequality and poverty
More
signs of recession in Japan
Under
cover of "voter fraud" allegations, Republicans suppress
the vote--Part 1
Irish
government imposes harsh budget cuts
Fiji:
High Court rejects former prime minister's legal challenge to
military junta
Stella
D'oro strikers rally in the Bronx, New York
Polemics
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The
Frankfurt School vs. Marxism: The Political and Intellectual
Odyssey of Alex Steiner--Part 1
SEP/ISSE
Events
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SEP
public meetings in Ann Arbor, New York, and California
70th Anniversary of the Fourth International: Socialism and
the Future of Humanity
SEP
Election Campaign
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SEP election meetings
The origins and implications of the financial crisis: A Marxist
analysis
Art
Review
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W: A crude approach is
not good for grasping much of anything
New in German
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"Konvention
der Linken": Rechtsruck der britischen kleinbürgerlich-radikalen
Gruppen
Deutschland
vor 85 Jahren
1923: Die verpasste Revolution
Rumänische
Lehrer streiken für höhere Gehälter
SPD-Parteitag
im Schatten der Finanzkrise
"Konvention
der Linken": Rechtsruck der britischen kleinbürgerlich-radikalen
Gruppen
New in French
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Près
de 30 pour cent des familles américaines survivent avec
un salaire de misère
1968
: Grève générale et révolte étudiante
en France
Cinquième partie : La ligne centriste de l'OCI (1)
Réunion
publique du PES à Montréal pour les élections
américaines
Les origines et les implications de la crise financière
: Une analyse marxiste
New in Portuguese
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Ernest
Mandel, 1923-1995: Uma avaliação crítica
de seu papel na história da Quarta Internacional
Primeira Parte
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21 October 2008
News
& Analysis
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Iraqis
protest against proposed security agreement with US
India:
Police accused of summarily executing "terrorist suspects"
Housing
crisis accelerates blight in Detroit neighborhoods
Britain:
Labour scapegoats immigrants for the financial crash
US:
Screen Actors leadership calls for federal mediator
East
Timor: Political crisis deepens as divisions in police force
re-emerge
SEP/ISSE
Events
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SEP
public meetings in Ann Arbor, New York, and California
70th Anniversary of the Fourth International: Socialism and
the Future of Humanity
SEP
Election Campaign
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SEP election meetings
The origins and implications of the financial crisis: A Marxist
analysis
Workers
Struggles
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Workers
Struggles: The Americas
Art
Review
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Sex,
consolation for misery: Chuck Palahniuk's Choke comes
to the big screen
Correspondence
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Letters
from our readers
New in German
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SEP-Präsidentschaftskandidat
Jerry White in Frankfurt
"Europäische und amerikanische Arbeiter müssen
gemeinsam auf die Finanzkrise reagieren"
500-Milliarden-Euro-Rettungspaket
für Banken verabschiedet
Selbstentmachtung des Parlaments
70
Jahre Vierte Internationale
Der Zusammenbruch des Kapitalismus und die revolutionäre
Perspektive der Vierten Internationale
New in French
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Les
pertes des banques américaines effacent les profits de
la spéculation
La
LCR sert de couverture aux partisans de gauche de limpérialisme
français en Afghanistan
New in Portuguese
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Fechamento
de fábricas e demissões nos EUA e Europa
1968:
A greve geral e a revolta estudantil na França
Parte 8 - A linha centrista da OCI (4)
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20 October 2008
News
& Analysis
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Colin
Powell endorses Obama
Growing ruling class consensus behind Democratic candidate
Pakistan
facing bankruptcy as world financial crisis deepens
US
Supreme Court denies Mumia Abu-Jamal's appeal for new trial
France:
360 billion to bail out the banks
IMF:
Spain to be hit hard by recession
Detroit
residents speak on economic crisis and US elections
Malaysia's
prime minister to step down next year
SEP/ISSE
Events
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SEP
public meetings in Ann Arbor, New York, and California
70th Anniversary of the Fourth International: Socialism and
the Future of Humanity
SEP
Election Campaign
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SEP election meetings
The origins and implications of the financial crisis: A Marxist
analysis
Art
Review
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Vancouver International Film Festival 2008--Part 3
The oppressed and excluded
An
interview with Li Yifan, director of The Longwang Chronicles
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France
: 360 milliards deuros pour renflouer les banques
Le
projet dIsraël dattaquer lIran se confirme |
Socialist Equality Party holds founding Congress
SEP Statement of Principles
Part 1 Part
2
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The Historical and International Foundations of
the Socialist Equality Party
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PDF
The revolutionary implications of the decline of
American capitalism
Part 1 Part
2
Download PDF
Support the SEP campaign fund!
Socialist Equality Party launches new election
web site

SEP election meetings
The origins and implications of the financial crisis: A Marxist
analysis
Meeting Saturday, October 25 in Santa Monica, California
Reject
Obama and McCain!
Support the
socialist alternative in 2008!
Build the Socialist Equality Party!
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No return to the 1930s! For the public ownership
of the banks!
Statement of SEP presidential candidate Jerome White
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Pakistan facing bankruptcy as world financial crisis
deepens
EU call for global financial regulation masks intra-European
and international tensions
Plant closures, layoffs mount in US and Europe
More...
On the 20th anniversary of his death
SEP general secretary pays tribute to Keerthi Balasuriya
Twenty years since the death of Keerthi Balasuriya
Part 1 Part 2
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Political
Crisis in the US |
Colin Powell endorses Obama
Growing ruling class consensus behind Democratic candidate
The Washington Post endorses Obama
Obama floats economic plan: tax breaks and austerity
More...
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ICFI/ISSE
Summer School in Australia |
The world crisis of capitalism and the prospects
for socialism
By Nick Beams
Part
1 Part 2
Part 3 Part 4 Part
5
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SEP
(US) National Aggregate |
Notes on the political and economic crisis of the
world capitalist system and the perspective and tasks of the
Socialist Equality Party
By David North
Cheney in Georgia: Gunboat diplomacy in pursuit
of oil
European Union summit sides with Georgia
US, Europe denounce Russian support for Georgian
provinces' independence
More...
France: 360 billion to bail out the banks
IMF: Spain to be hit hard by recession
The G7 and the Euro Group agree to pour billions
into banks
More...
Stop the US war drive against Iran!
Available to download
as
a PDF brochure
US Letter format : A4
format
Also in Farsi
For an international mobilization of workers and
youth against the war in Iraq
Statement of the WSWS and the ICFI
Available to download as
a PDF brochure
US Letter format : A4
format
Also in Farsi
British diplomat paints bleak view of Afghan war
Israel's plan to attack Iran confirmed
Iraq: Handover in devastated Anbar hailed as a
victory
More...
Australian government props up banks as signs of
a deep global recession emerge
Australian central bank interest rate cut reveals
fears of global slowdown
Australia: Climate change, the Garnaut report,
and the profit system
More...
Sri Lankan officials offer empty reassurances over
the global financial crisis
Sri Lankan police release arrested SEP member
Sri Lankan Trotskyists mark 40 years of struggle
for socialist internationalism
More...
China's land reform will deepen the gulf between
rich and poor
Asian stocks tumble after rejection of US bailout
package
China's milk crisis: another disaster unleashed
by the capitalist market
More...
Bolsheviks in Power
- Professor Alexander Rabinowitch's important study of the first
year of soviet power
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New
titles from Mehring Books |

New
pamphlet from Mehring Books in Australia
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Marxism,
History
& Socialist
Consciousness
by David
North
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online

Leon
Trotsky & the Post-Soviet School of Historical Falsification
by
David North
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This
pamphlet brings together 20 articles and statements published
by the World Socialist Web Site in the immediate aftermath
of Hurricane Katrina.
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online
Leon Trotsky and the post-Soviet school of historical
falsification
A review of two Trotsky biographies by Geoffrey Swain and Ian
Thatcher
Part 1: Seventy years since Stalin's year of terror
Part 2: The study of Trotsky after the fall of
the USSR
Part 3: The Method of Ian Thatcher
Part 4: The relevance of Trotsky
A letter from Professor Geoffrey Swain and a reply
by David North
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WSWS
International Editorial Board Meeting |
David North: Opening report to meeting of WSWS
International Editorial Board
Nick Beams: Report on the world economy in 2006
Part 1 Part
2 Part 3
The consequences of the US-led war against Iraq
Report
on US: The Bush administration and the global decline of American
capitalism
Part 1 Part
2
The
social and political crisis in the United States and the 2006
SEP election campaign
Part 1 Part
2
The implications of China for world socialism
Part 1 Part
2 Part 3
The dead-end of European capitalism and the tasks of the working
class
Part 1 Part
2 Part 3
New
Labour and the decay of democracy in Britain
Part 1 Part
2
Report
on Latin American perspectives
Part 1 Part
2
Artistic
and cultural problems in the current situation
Part 1 Part
2
Democratic rights and the attack on constitutionalism
South Asia and the political bankruptcy of bourgeois
nationalism and Stalinism
Africa and the perspective of international socialism
Part 1 Part
2
The economic, social and political disaster produced
by the Zionist project
Part 1 Part
2
Lecture one:
The Russian Revolution and the unresolved historical problems
of the 20th century
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as a PDF
Lecture two: Marxism versus revisionism on the
eve of the twentieth century
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as a PDF
Lecture three: The origins of Bolshevism and What
Is To Be Done?
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as a PDF
Lecture four: Marxism, history and the science
of perspective
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Lecture five
World War I: The breakdown of capitalism
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Lecture six: Socialism in one country or permanent
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Lecture seven: Marxism, art and the Soviet debate
over "proletarian culture"
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Lecture eight: The 1920s--the road to depression
and fascism
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Lecture nine: The rise of fascism in Germany and
the collapse of the Communist International Download
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A PDF file containing all nine
lectures that were delivered at the SEP/WSWS Summer School is
available:
In US Letter format
In
A4 format
Fifty
years since the founding of the International Committee of the
Fourth International
Nick Beams: "The program
of the ICFI has stood the test of time"
Chris Marsden: The split with
the WRP and the ascendancy of Trotskyism
Peter Schwarz: "The founding
principles have been confirmed"
David North addresses Sri Lankan
Trotskyists on the 50th anniversaryof the ICFI
WSWS republishes extracts from
The Heritage We Defend: A Contribution to the History of the
Fourth International
By David North, Chairman of the WSWS International Editorial
Board
The Split in the Fourth International
James P. Cannon's "Open
Letter"
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History
and the socialist movement |
26 years since the assassination
of Tom Henehan (1951-1977)
A tribute to Vadim Rogovin:
"A passion for historical truth"
A Tribute to Vadim Rogovin |