25 May 2013
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Perspective
World News
- US and allies step up war preparations against Syria, Lebanon, Iran
- Rioting hits Stockholm after police shoot Portuguese immigrant
- Sequester cuts shut down four government agencies for one day
- The Skagit River Bridge collapse: Another example of decaying infrastructure
- Chinese Premier Li signals new pro-market reforms before European tour
- Japanese officials secretly visit North Korea
- Mental disorders increasing among US children
- Traumatic brain injuries increase risk of veteran suicides
- Quebec unions silence criticism of PQ welfare cuts
- Amazon workers strike in Germany
- Split on gay marriage and Europe, UK Tories rescued by Labour Party
- Far-right figure commits suicide in Paris’ Notre Dame to protest gay marriage
Support D'Artagnan Collier for Detroit Mayor
- Emergency financial manager considers selling off Detroit Institute of Arts collection
- SEP campaigners oppose Detroit home evictions
- Emergency Meeting: A workers program to answer the crisis in Detroit
- Detroit mayoral candidate D’Artagnan Collier campaigns at Eastern Market
SEP (Australia) Election 2013
- An international political strategy for Ford Australia workers
- 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
- German Socialist Equality Party campaign wins support among Opel workers in Rüsselsheim
- 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
Arts Review
- Ray Manzarek, a founding member of The Doors, dead at 74
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San Francisco International Film Festival 2013—Part three
Museum Hours and The Artist and the Model: In defense of art and the artistic personality -
San Francisco Film Festival 2013
An interview with Jem Cohen, director of Museum Hours: “Art is something people do like breathing.” -
San Francisco International Film Festival 2013—Part two
Let the Fire Burn and The East: The MOVE bombing in 1985 and present-day anarchism - Milestone Films’ Mary Pickford: Rags and Riches Collection: The inventor of movie acting
Workers Struggles
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
- University of California medical workers strike
- California nurses go on weeklong strike
Auto Workers Struggles
- Works council in Bochum seeks to stifle opposition to GM-Opel plant closing
- UAW and Fiat battle over union’s multi-billion dollar stake in Chrysler
Commentary
- Obama offers tortured defense of targeted killings
- Apple’s tax dodge: The case for public ownership
- The social disaster in Tornado Alley
- The crisis of Venezuela’s “Bolivarian” revolution and the political independence of the working class
- The International Socialist Organization and the imperialist onslaught against Syria
- This week in history: May 20-26
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