23 July 2015
Japanese government ramps up tensions with China
By Peter Symonds, 23 July 2015
By demanding a halt to China’s oil-and-gas exploration platforms in the East China Sea, Tokyo is adding another potential flashpoint for conflict with Beijing.
Veteran filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki denounces government plans to remilitarise Japan
Greek parliament rubber-stamps new EU austerity plan
By Christoph Dreier and Alex Lantier, 23 July 2015
The parliament did not even have the time to read the 900-page draft dictated by the EU, submitted to it the day before Wednesday’s vote.
Troika representatives return to Athens
A letter from Athens: Taking stock of Syriza’s capitulation
More on the crisis in Greece »
Former Sri Lankan president makes bid for power
By Saman Gunadasa, 23 July 2015
Divisions deepen in the ruling elite as the Sri Lanka Freedom Party officially endorses Rajapakse for next month’s parliamentary elections.
Sri Lankan president pledges to block rival
Socialist Equality Party fields 43 candidates in Sri Lankan general elections
Global commodity prices in sharp decline
By Nick Beams, 23 July 2015
The fall in commodity prices is having a major impact on emerging markets, as well as raw-material exporting countries, in particular Australia and Canada.
Dramatic drop in profits for largest corporations in Latin America
By Cesar Uco, 23 July 2015
Federal Reserve documents stagnant state of US economy
UK announces “anti-extremism” plan sanctioning domestic repression and war
By Chris Marsden, 23 July 2015
Prime Minister David Cameron’s five year plan to address “extremism” will target Muslims and encourage anti-Islamic sentiment.
Tata Steel to sack 720 workers in England
By Danny Richardson, 23 July 2015
The plan to shut down three steel bar manufacturing plants is part of a six-year long business restructuring strategy.
US federal disability insurance trust to be depleted next year
By Tom Hall, 23 July 2015
Although the funding crisis can be solved with a technical fix, the political establishment is using this manufactured crisis to push for deep cuts to disability benefits.
Michigan legislature defies popular vote against road tax hike
By Kathleen Martin, 23 July 2015
The state legislature is moving to enact regressive taxes to pay for the road construction efforts, in defiance of a popular vote in a referendum only two months ago.
German politicians agitate against immigrants
By Martin Kreikenbaum, 23 July 2015
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière has called for further restrictions on refugees and demanded that already meager benefits be cut.
Australian Labor leader insists on turning back refugee boats
By Mike Head, 23 July 2015
By adopting the Abbott government’s regressive policy, Bill Shorten also sent a wider signal of his determination to shift Labor further to the right across the board.
Canada: Unions join Liberals, NDP in “Anybody but Conservative” campaign
By Dylan Lubao and Roger Jordan, 23 July 2015
The collaboration between high-level NDP, Liberal and trade union operatives highlights the preparations for a possible coalition government after this October’s federal election.
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Год после падения малазийского «Боинга»
Найлс Уильямсон, 23 июля 2015 г.
Поведение американского политического истеблишмента в годовщину падения малазийского «Боинга» рейса MH17 на востоке Украины было на удивление умеренным.
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Le pacte nucléaire avec l’Iran et l’offensive de l’impérialisme américain pour l’hégémonie mondiale
Par Keith Jones, 23 juillet 2015
«L’engagement» d’Obama avec l’Iran est un pari stratégique: grâce à une combinaison de pression et incitations, l’impérialisme américain sera en mesure d’exploiter Téhéran dans ses visées prédatrices.
Wesley Clark et l’internement des opposants: le spectre de la dictature militaire
Par Bill Van Auken, 23 juillet 2015
En préconisant l'internement de masse d'Américains « radicalisés », Clark parle au nom de couches puissantes au sein de l'Etat et de l'oligarchie au pouvoir, qui craignent la croissance de l'opposition sociale.
Le retour de la « question allemande »
Par Peter Schwarz, 23 juillet 2015
La presse internationale se préoccupe à nouveau de la question de comment maintenir le contrôle sur l’Allemagne et l’empêcher de dominer l’Europe.
La Troïka revient à Athènes
Par Christoph Dreier, 23 juillet 2015
Les représentants de la Banque centrale européenne, de l’Union européenne et du Fonds monétaire international vont travailler sur les détails du troisième programme d'austérité imposé à la Grèce.
Présidence des États-Unis à vendre
Par Patrick Martin, 23 juillet 2015
L'élection présidentielle américaine de 2016 ne sera pas décidée par les votes de la population, mais bien par le déluge de dollars d’une poignée de milliardaires.
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Die Linkspartei verteidigt Syrizas Verrat
Von Johannes Stern, 23. Juli 2015
Die Kapitulation der griechischen Syriza vor dem Spardiktat der deutschen Regierung zeigt auch den arbeiterfeindlichen und pro-imperialistischen Charakter ihre Schwesterpartei in Deutschland.
US-General ruft zur Internierung „illoyaler“ Amerikaner auf
Von Thomas Gaist, 23. Juli 2015
Der US-General Wesley Clark forderte im Nachrichtensender MSNBC, dass „radikalisierte“ US-Bürger für unbestimmte Zeit interniert werden sollten, solange „der globale Krieg gegen den Terror andauert“.
Ungarische Regierung geht gegen Flüchtlinge vor
Von Markus Salzmann, 23. Juli 2015
Ungarn baut an der Grenze zu Serbien einen vier Meter hohen Zaun und vertreibt Flüchtlinge aus bewohnten Gebieten.
Hohe Einkommensungleichheit in Deutschland
Von Denis Krassnin, 23. Juli 2015
Einer Studie des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) zufolge haben die unteren 40 Prozent der Bevölkerung, also über 30 Millionen Menschen, „real bis zu vier Prozent weniger als noch zur Jahrtausendwende“.
Italienische Gewerkschaften unterschreiben ergebnisbasierte Verträge bei Fiat Chrysler und CNH
Von Marc Wells, 23. Juli 2015
Der neue Vertrag für 85.000 Fiat-Chrysler-Arbeiter, der Lohnerhöhungen durch leistungsorientierte Zulagen ersetzt, kommt einer dauerhaften Lohnsenkung gleich.
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The police murder of Sandra Bland
23 July 2015
The July 13 death of Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old African-American woman, in an East Texas jail cell has once again brought the issues of police violence and attacks on democratic rights to the forefront of political life in the United States.
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An important contribution to Marxist theory
The Frankfurt School, Postmodernism and the Politics of the Pseudo-Left: A Marxist Critique
21 July 2015
The World Socialist Web Site is pleased to announce the upcoming publication of The Frankfurt School, Postmodernism and the Politics of the Pseudo-Left: A Marxist Critique by David North. The book is available for preorder today at Mehring Books.
Foreword to The Frankfurt School, Postmodernism and the Politics of the Pseudo-Left: A Marxist Critique
Part Three
By David North, 23 July 2015
David North’s foreword is being serialized in three parts: Part one was posted on Tuesday,July 21, part two was posted on Wednesday, July 22 and part three is posted today.
Autoworkers Struggles
Who’s who on the UAW negotiating team?
By Gabriel Black, 23 July 2015
The top four bargainers for the UAW—Dennis Williams, James Settles, Cindy Estrada and Norwood Jewell—have a long record of imposing the dictates of corporate management.
Autoworkers denounce UAW lies about ending two-tier system at Indiana plant
By Marcus Day, 21 July 2015
GM officials unlikely to face criminal charges for coverup of deadly defects
By Shannon Jones, 21 July 2015
The battle ahead for US autoworkers
Socialist Equality Party launches digital WSWS Autoworker Newsletter
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Commentary
Obama promotes militarism and murder
By Patrick Martin, 23 July 2015
In a speech Tuesday to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the US president boasted of the success of US drone missile and assassination programs, listing a series of victims.
Wesley Clark’s internment proposal: The specter of military dictatorship
By Bill Van Auken, 22 July 2015
The return of the “German question”
By Peter Schwarz, 22 July 2015
The Queen’s Nazi salute: Historical revisionism in the service of state censorship
By Julie Hyland, 22 July 2015
The Iran nuclear pact and US imperialism’s drive for global hegemony
One year since the crash of MH17
Is Bernie Sanders a socialist?
More on the 2016 US Elections »
Arts Review
R.W. Fassbinder at 70: the German filmmaker’s life on display in Berlin
By Hiram Lee, 23 July 2015
An exhibition at Berlin’s Martin-Gropius-Bau pays tribute to German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder on the seventieth anniversary of his birth.
What Happened, Miss Simone?: The life of African-American singer, pianist and civil rights activist Nina Simone
By Helen Hayes and Fred Mazelis, 22 July 2015
Artist Shepard Fairey arrested on felony charges for Detroit graffiti
International Youth and Students for Social Equality
Student initiatives in Germany oppose media witch-hunt against IYSSE and “Münkler-Watch”
By Christoph Dreier, 21 July 2015
Sebastian Kempkens in Uni Spiegel: Gutter journalism in the service of German imperialism
Students at Berlin’s Free University pass motion criticising right-wing Humboldt University professors
More on the fight for historical truth in Germany »
The Crisis in Greece
After Berlin dictates EU bailout of Greece
French ruling elite debates how to deal with Germany
By Kumaran Ira and Alex Lantier, 21 July 2015
The confessions of Yanis Varoufakis: The pseudo-left as a social type
By Chris Marsden, 20 July 2015
German parliament supports attacks on Greek workers
Tsipras expels critics of EU austerity deal from Greek cabinet
Racism and arrogance: Anti-Greek agitation in the German media
France’s Left Party applauds Syriza’s imposition of EU austerity
Lessons from Greece: The pseudo-left in power
UK Socialist Workers Party and Left Platform debate: Joint apologists for Syriza
Defend the Greek workers! Oppose the diktat of Schäuble and Merkel!
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