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21 May 2013

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Bangladeshi police attack garment workers’ protest

By K. Ratnayake, 21 May 2013

Police fired rubber bullets at tens of thousands of workers demanding higher wages and protesting the April 24 garment factory collapse that killed 1,127 workers.

Devastating tornado kills dozens in Oklahoma City

By Niles Williamson, 21 May 2013

On Monday afternoon, a massive tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, leaving a mile-wide swath of devastation.

Washington’s hacking charges escalate pressure on China

By Alex Lantier, 21 May 2013

The New York Times on Monday published a front-page article reiterating unsubstantiated allegations that the Chinese military is carrying out cyberwarfare against US corporations.

New revelations of US government spying on the press

By Ed Hightower, 21 May 2013

The FBI followed and obtained emails from Fox News chief Washington correspondent James Rosen as part of an investigation of a 2009 leak of information from the State Department.

Employers to offer bare-bones coverage under health care law

By Kate Randall, 21 May 2013

US employers will be able to avoid penalties under the Obama-backed health care legislation, while offering token plans to their workforces.

Hedge funds eye Detroit for “hostile takeover”

By Zac Corrigan, 20 May 2013

Detroit’s $8.6 billion in junk bond debt is being eyed by hedge funds eager to play their part in the looting of the city.

Obama to college graduates: “No room for excuses”

By Andre Damon, 21 May 2013

US President Barack Obama used his commencement speech at Morehouse College on Sunday to insist that if young people are poor or unemployed, it’s their own fault.

Guatemala’s high court overturns dictator Rios Montt’s genocide conviction

By Rafael Azul, 21 May 2013

Guatemala’s Constitutional Court has overturned former dictator José Efraín Rios Montt’s 80-year sentence for genocide and crimes against humanity.

Germany: Parliamentary inquiry into neo-Nazi murders concludes

By Peter Schwarz, 21 May 2013

The federal prosecutor and judges in the neo-Nazi NSU trial want to limit further revelations about state involvement in the group’s series of murders.

Spain’s Popular Party faces wave of strikes and demonstrations

By Alejandro López, 21 May 2013

A social explosion is brewing in Spain, where there have been at least 27 demonstrations since the beginning of the year.

New Zealand to increase military presence in South Pacific

By John Braddock, 21 May 2013

New Zealand’s military integration with the US and Australia is the culmination of a process begun by the previous Labour government.

Slovenian government adopts another austerity programme

By Markus Salzmann, 21 May 2013

Seven weeks after taking power, Slovenia’s centre-left governing coalition adopted a new austerity programme and presented it to the EU commission.

US seeks defence agreement with Maldives

By K. Ratnayake, 21 May 2013

The leaked agreement to build US bases on the Indian Ocean archipelago is part of a broader strategy to prepare war against China.

New in Greek

Η προδοσία της απεργίας των Ελλήνων δασκάλων

Του Κρις Μάρσντεν, 21 Μάιου 2013

Η απόφαση από ηγέτες του σωματείου των δασκάλων ΟΛΜΕ να εγκαταλείψουν μια συμφωνημένη απεργία όταν βρέθηκαν αντιμέτωποι με τη διαταγή πολιτικής επιστράτευσης έχει καταφέρει ένα σοβαρό πλήγμα σε ολόκληρη την ελληνική εργατική τάξη.

New in French

La criminalisation de la dissidence politique en Amérique

Par Tom Carter, 21 mai 2013

La dissidence politique est dans les faits de plus en plus criminaliser aux États-Unis.

Le Pentagone dit au Sénat américain que les guerres vont continuer durant des dizaines d'années

Par Alex Lantier, 21 mai 2013

Pour le Pentatgone, les lois prises après le 11 septembre 2001 lui donnent le droit de mener des guerres n'importe où sans en demander l'autorisation au Congrès.

Le légendaire musicien country, George Jones décède à 81

Par Hiram Lee, 21 mai 2013

Le chanteur country George Jones est décédé le 26 avril au Tennessee à 81 ans. Il a chanté l'expérience d'une génération, d'une région appauvrie, d'une classe sociale.

Les 15 ans du WSWS: réunion publique à Zurich

20 mai 2013

Le World Socialist Web Site a le plaisir d’annoncer sa première réunion publique en Suisse qui se tiendra le 1er juin.

Les quinze ans du WSWS: 1998-2013
Année passée en revue : 2004
Pourquoi je lis le WSWS: Courrier des lecteurs

New in German

Der Verrat am Streik der griechischen Lehrer

Von Chris Marsden, 21. Mai 2013

Die Entscheidung der Lehrergewerkschaft OLME, den beschlossenen Streik angesichts der zivilen Mobilisierung abzubrechen, hat der ganzen griechischen Arbeiterklasse einen schweren Schlag versetzt.

PSG-Team sammelt Unterstützungsunterschriften in Rüsselsheim

Von Marianne Arens, 21. Mai 2013

Die Stadt mit rund 60.000 Einwohnern ist vom Stammsitz der Opelwerke und dessen Entwicklung geprägt. Der Lohn- und Arbeitsplatzabbau bei Opel hat sie schwer getroffen. Viele Arbeiter treten aus der IG Metall aus.

Beppe Grillo hetzt gegen Immigranten

Von Marianne Arens, 21. Mai 2013

Der Führer der Fünf-Sterne-Bewegung beutet in seinem Blog den Amoklauf eines 21-jährigen Jugendlichen aus, um schwarzen Einwanderern pauschal die Schuld an Gewaltverbrechen in die Schuhe zu schieben und die Forderung nach effektiverer Abschiebung zu untermauern.

Großbritannien:
Konservative rebellieren wegen EU-Referendum

Von Robert Stevens, 21. Mai 2013

Die Hälfte aller Abgeordneten im britischen Parlament, insgesamt 116 Abgeordnete und Ministerialberater, stimmten gegen die Regierung Cameron.

Rom: Zehntausende demonstrieren gegen Sparpolitik

Von Stefan Steinberg, 21. Mai 2013

Gewerkschaftsführer nutzten die Großdemonstration vom Samstag in Rom, um von ihrer Unterstützung für die neue Koalitionsregierung unter Premier Enrico Letta abzulenken.

ThyssenKrupp kündigt den Abbau von weiteren 3.000 Arbeitsplätzen an

Von Elisabeth Zimmermann, 21. Mai 2013

Der Arbeitsplatzabbau ist Bestandteil eines umfangreichen Sparprogramms, mit dem der ThyssenKrupp-Vorstand bis 2014 insgesamt zwei Milliarden Euro an Kosten einsparen will.

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Perspective

Financial bubbles creating conditions for new crash

21 May 2013

The very measures put in place to avert a crisis are creating the conditions for a new financial meltdown.

Earlier Perspectives »

Fifteen Years of the World Socialist Web Site: 1998-2013

The WSWS is posting a year-by-year Chronology, selected from its archive of more than 45,000 articles, to provide readers with a comprehensive overview of the critical events of years 1998 to 2013.

We urge our readers to study the Chronology and review how the great events, political issues, social processes, and cultural and intellectual controversies of the last 15 years were reported on and analyzed by the WSWS.

New today: The year in review 2012

The year 2012 was marked by a deepening of the world economic crisis of capitalism, with Europe plunging further into slump, mass unemployment and poverty growing in the United States, and conflicts between the major powers intensifying.

15th Anniversary page »

Commentary

The crisis of Venezuela’s “Bolivarian” revolution and the political independence of the working class

By Bill Van Auken, 21 May 2013

Venezuelan workers can rely only on their own independent strength to defend social gains won over the past period and defeat the threat of a right-wing coup.

The decomposition of American democracy

By Tom Carter, 20 May 2013

The Left Party: A party of German imperialism

By Johannes Stern, 20 May 2013

The AP spying scandal and the crisis of American democracy

By Joseph Kishore, 17 May 2013

The International Socialist Organization and the imperialist onslaught against Syria

By David North and Alex Lantier, 11 May 2013

SEP (Australia) Election 2013

Why the SEP does not endorse the WikiLeaks Party

By Patrick O’Connor—SEP Senate candidate for Victoria, 20 May 2013

SEP Election 2013 campaign meetings: A socialist program to fight the drive to war

More on the SEP (Australia) election 2013 »

Support D'Artagnan Collier for Detroit Mayor

Detroit mayoral candidate D’Artagnan Collier campaigns at Eastern Market

By Thomas Gaist, 20 May 2013

Workers must reject emergency manager’s plan for Detroit

By D’Artagnan Collier—Socialist Equality Party candidate for Detroit mayor, 20 May 2013

SEP candidate D’Artagnan Collier on ballot for Detroit mayor race

Workers Struggles

Union limits UC Medical workers to two-day strike

By our reporters, 21 May 2013

Some 13,000 patient care workers are set to strike on Tuesday and Wednesday at University of California Medical Centers after voting by 97 percent to walk out.

Workers Struggles: The Americas

21 May 2013

The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.

Ontario elevator technicians continue strike action

By Carl Bronski and Lee Parsons, 20 May 2013

Socialist Equality Party

Tsar to Lenin to be shown at UK’s National Media Museum and at Cornerhouse cinema

21 May 2013

The World Socialist Web Site is proud to announce that Tsar to Lenin is to be screened by two major independent cinemas in the UK, the Cornerhouse in Manchester May 27 on and the National Media Museum in Bradford on June 1.

15 years of the WSWS: Public meeting in Zurich

18 May 2013

Arts Review

Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist: A clash of rival “fundamentalisms”

By Fred Mazelis, 20 May 2013

San Francisco International Film Festival 2013—Part one
The Kill Team: The murderous reality of the US war in Afghanistan

By Joanne Laurier, 16 May 2013

A new film version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby

25 years ago: Soviet pullout from Afghanistan under siege by US-backed jihadists

Unnamed “Western diplomats” from Islamabad, Pakistan announced May 24, 1988 that the increasing US-backed military assault on Afghan troops was delaying the scheduled Soviet pullout.