23 May 2013
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Perspective

• The social disaster in Tornado Alley

World News

• Behind Syria peace talks proposal, US prepares regional war
• Iran blocks presidential campaign of pro-US candidate Rafsanjani
• Witness tied to Boston bombing suspect killed by FBI
• Chicago officials release final list of 49 school closures
• DC mayor to offer closed schools to charter operators
• Poverty skyrockets in US suburbs
• Far-right Japan Restoration Party defends wartime abuse of “comfort women”
• Australian budget reports pave way for deeper austerity offensive
• Low turnout in Sri Lankan strike reflects no confidence in the unions and opposition
• Argentina’s ex-dictator Videla dead at 87
• Popular Party government honours Spanish fascists in Hitler’s army
• The European Commission, French President Hollande accelerate austerity

Fund Appeal

• Support the WSWS 15th Anniversary Fund! An appeal from Nick Beams

Commentary

• The “Ecosocialist” conference in New York
  A fraudulent campaign for “climate justice”
• The SPD celebrates its 150th anniversary
• The crisis of Venezuela’s “Bolivarian” revolution and the political independence of the working class
• The decomposition of American democracy
• The Left Party: A party of German imperialism
• The International Socialist Organization and the imperialist onslaught against Syria

Detroit in Crisis

• Emergency manager to decide on Detroit bankruptcy within six weeks

Support D'Artagnan Collier for Detroit Mayor

• Emergency Meeting: A workers program to answer the crisis in Detroit
• Detroit mayoral candidate D’Artagnan Collier campaigns at Eastern Market
• Workers must reject emergency manager’s plan for Detroit
• SEP candidate D’Artagnan Collier on ballot for Detroit mayor race

Auto Workers Struggles

• UAW and Fiat battle over union’s multi-billion dollar stake in Chrysler

Workers Struggles

• California nurses go on weeklong strike
• Australian Education Union pushes sell out through delegates’ meetings
• Union limits UC Medical workers to two-day strike

Arts Review

• Milestone Films’ Mary Pickford: Rags and Riches Collection: The inventor of movie acting

SEP (Australia) Election 2013

• Why the SEP does not endorse the WikiLeaks Party
• SEP Election 2013 campaign meetings: A socialist program to fight the drive to war
• Gillard Labor’s budget: The class issues
• SEP announces candidates for 2013 Australian election

Socialist Equality Party

• Tsar to Lenin to be shown at UK’s National Media Museum and at Cornerhouse cinema
• 15 years of the WSWS: Public meeting in Zurich
• SEP (Germany) election statement
  A socialist program against social cuts and unemployment in Europe
• This week in history: May 20-26