10 February 2010
US pushes for new sanctions against Iran
By Peter Symonds, 10 February 2010
Washington is pressing for the rapid imposition of new UN sanctions over Iran’s nuclear programs. As a pretext, the US has seized on Tehran’s announcement that it will produce more highly enriched uranium to fuel its research reactor.
Goldman Sachs made billions by pushing AIG to bankruptcy
By Barry Grey, 10 February 2010
An investigative report published Sunday by the New York Times documents the role of Goldman Sachs in pushing the insurance giant American International Group (AIG) to the brink of bankruptcy.
Spain: Government and unions conspire to impose austerity measures
By Vicky Short, 10 February 2010
Prime José Luis Zapatero of the ruling Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) government has held secret meetings with the leaders of Spain’s trade unions to negotiate labour reforms and austerity measures behind the backs of the working class.
EU moves to end preferential imports from Sri Lanka
By Saman Gunadasa, 10 February 2010
International tensions over Sri Lanka were highlighted last Friday when the EU moved to suspend tariff concessions to the country, citing ongoing concerns about human rights abuses.
Witch-hunt against the unemployed in Germany
By Dietmar Henning, 10 February 2010
A witch-hunt is being conducted against the unemployed in Germany by leading politicians, economic “experts” and sections of the media.
One year since Australian bushfires: communities abandoned as government cover-up continues
By Richard Phillips, 10 February 2010
Sunday marked the first anniversary of the devastating bushfires in the Australian state of Victoria that killed 173 people—23 of them children—and destroyed more than 2,000 homes.
Victorian bushfire survivors continue to face uncertainty and devastation
By a WSWS reporting team, 10 February 2010
One year after Black Saturday, the reality of life for bushfire survivors is far different than the sanitised picture painted by the government and the media.
Housing crisis deepens in New York City
By Peter Daniels, 10 February 2010
As big investors face bankruptcy or walk away from failed real estate deals, renters are joining the many thousands of homeowners in New York City confronting the impact of the foreclosure crisis.
The crisis of public education in California
Los Angeles votes on school restructuring initiatives
By Dan Conway, 10 February 2010
Schools throughout Los Angeles held community elections last week to decide whether or not to restructure public schools in accordance with provisions of the city’s recently-drafted Public School Choice initiative.
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Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz verschärft Drohungen gegen den Iran
Von Ulrich Rippert, 10. Februar 2010
Die Vorwürfe und Attacken gegen den Iran nehmen immer bedrohlichere Formen an und erinnern stark an die Propagandakampagne, mit der die amerikanische Regierung 2003 den Irakkrieg vorbereitete.
Die USA und die europäischen Mächten begegnen Angebot Irans mit Drohungen und Schikanen
Von Keith Jones, 10. Februar 2010
Die USA und ihre europäischen Alliierten zeigen eine deutlich unterkühlte Reaktion auf den betont offensiven Versuch Irans, ein von der Internationalen Atomenergieorganisation (IAEO) vermitteltes Abkommen wiederaufleben zu lassen. Das Abkommen würde es Teheran erlauben, den Atomforschungsreaktor des Landes in Betrieb zu lassen
Sri Lanka: SEP antwortet der United Socialist Party
Von Wije Dias, 10. Februar 2010
Während die USP damit prahlt, dass sie durch ihre "Einheitsfront" mit der rechtsgerichteten UNP demokratische Rechte verteidigt, betont die SEP, dass diese Klassenzusammenarbeit die Fähigkeit der Arbeiterklasse untergräbt, ihre Rechte durch unabhängige Aktionen zu verteidigen.
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La montée dangereuse des tensions entre la Chine et les Etats-Unis
Par Jon Chan, 10 février 2010
La détermination des Etats-Unis et de la Chine à adopter, sans regard pour les conséquences, une position dure dans le conflit qui les oppose à propos d’une vente d’armes à Taïwan, fait naître le spectre d’une fracture dans les relations diplomatiques et politiques entre ces deux pays.
Perspective
The class divide between US auto workers and the UAW
10 February 2010
Last month, hundreds of workers clashed with officials of the United Auto Workers at a meeting in Fremont, California.
Socialist Equality Party
Unite New York City teachers, students, workers to stop school closings and cuts
Statement of the Socialist Equality Party, 10 February 2010
Defying citywide protests, New York’s billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg is escalating school closings and budget cuts. The Socialist Equality Party calls upon students, teachers and workers to initiate mass resistance to this attack on public education.
Sri Lankan SEP establishes trilingual web site
5 February 2010
The SEP has converted its presidential election web site into a permanent party site in the country’s three main languages—English, Sinhala and Tamil.
Commentary
Why the media silence on the Flight 253 bombing hearings?
By Alex Lantier, 10 February 2010
In keeping silent on evidence of the US government’s role in the failed Flight 253 bombing, the mass media are helping to facilitate more anti-democratic plots.
Government debt: a new stage in the global financial crisis
9 February 2010
The tremors on global financial markets signal a new stage in the financial crisis brought on by fears of vast social struggles as governments attempt unprecedented cuts in jobs, wages and social services.
The “Tea Party” movement in the US: A right-wing media creation
By David Walsh, 9 February 2010
The “Tea Party” movement, which held a convention last weekend in Nashville, Tennessee, is largely a media concoction, aimed at shifting American politics even further to the right.
Arts Review
Jazz drummer Ed Thigpen dies at 79
By Jesse Werner, 10 February 2010
Jazz drummer Ed Thigpen, best known for his work with the Oscar Peterson Trio, died in mid-January at the age of 79. With a career spanning nearly six decades, he was an underrated master in his field.
International Students for Social Equality
International Students for Social Equality meetings in Britain
A socialist programme to defend education
9 February 2010
The International Students for Social Equality is holding a series of meetings in the UK to advance a socialist programme in opposition to the cuts in higher and further education by the Labour government of Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
This Week in History: February 8 - February 14
With parliamentary elections approaching, South Korea's leading dissident, Kim Dae-jung, and an entourage of 30 American supporters—including two US Congressmen—were roughed up on their arrival at Seoul's airport. Kim was immediately placed under house arrest. Members of the American delegation said that Kim was beaten and that they too were manhandled by dozens of plainclothes police. The South Korean government had banned all media from the area.
50 years ago: France tests first atomic bomb
On February 13, 1960, France detonated a 70 kiloton nuclear bomb in the atmosphere over Algeria's southern Sahara, not far from Mali and Mauritania. "Gerboise bleue," as Paris dubbed the explosion, announced France had joined the US, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom as a nuclear-armed state.
Italian dictator Benito Mussolini this week in 1935 dispatched two divisions, numbering up to 35,000 soldiers, accompanied by heavy artillery and at least 50 planes to the border area between Ethiopia and Italian-Somalia. Three warships were also stationed off the Horn of Africa in preparation for a full scale invasion of one of the last two independent African states.
The Socialist Party of Germany (SPD) held hundreds of rallies across Germany on February 13, 1910, to protest against the perpetuation of the Prussian three-class franchise, which stipulated that the wealthiest voters would have out-sized representation in the Reichstag, the German parliament.
Videos and Images
Family members denounce deaths in Detroit fire
Detroit teachers speak out against DFT Contract
Handful of jobs offered at Detroit jobs fair
Thousands line up for Swine Flu vaccine in Michigan
Ford workers speak on contract rejection
Ford workers speak out against concessions contract
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
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