Obama “reform” seeks new framework for illegal NSA spying
By Thomas Gaist and Joseph Kishore, 26 March 2014
The proposed changes to the bulk telephone metadata program would affect only a small portion of the vast and unconstitutional police-state spying apparatus.
Former President Jimmy Carter says NSA likely spying on his communications
By Andre Damon, 26 March 2014
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US, EU press Russia to recognize Ukraine’s putschist regime
By Alex Lantier, 26 March 2014
Obama spoke in The Hague yesterday to increase military and economic pressure on Moscow to recognize the regime in Kiev.
Leader of US-backed Ukrainian fascist Right Sector militia killed in police shootout
By Alex Lantier, 26 March 2014
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Egypt on the verge of a social explosion
By Jean Shaoul, 26 March 2014
The Egyptian military junta’s savage repression of the Muslim Brotherhood takes place in the context of growing social tensions and a wave of strikes.
US Supreme Court hears corporate challenge to Obamacare contraception provision
By Barry Grey, 26 March 2014
A ruling in favor of Hobby Lobby and Conestoga would mark an historic and unprecedented attack on the principle of separation of church and state.
Search continues for survivors in massive Washington State mudslide
By Hector Cordon, 26 March 2014
Search and rescue operations continue at a massive Washington State landslide as news emerges of long-standing warnings by geologists of the probability of such an occurrence.
As BP receives new contracts for Gulf Coast
Oil spill threatens Houston-area wildlife
By Tom Hall, 26 March 2014
Twenty-five years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill, oil industry and government practices continue to threaten the environment.
Turkey shoots down Syrian fighter jet
By Halil Celik and Ulrich Rippert, 26 March 2014
Just days before regional elections, Turkey’s government led by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is increasingly unstable.
Thousands of refugees intercepted off the coast of Sicily
By Martin Kreickenbaum, 26 March 2014
The Italian authorities’ boasting about the recent rescue of refugees in the Mediterranean is a cynical cover for their anti-refugee policies.
Australian government minister steps aside: A revealing episode
By Terry Cook, 26 March 2014
A corruption scandal sheds light on growing inequality and the aspirations of an upper middle class layer.
Australia: State government to sell off Sydney Harbour public housing
By Stephen Griffiths, 26 March 2014
The NSW government aims to drive low-paid workers and pensioners out of inner Sydney.
“No section of public housing is safe”
Inner-Sydney tenants denounce government’s privatisation
By our reporters, 26 March 2014
Following the New South Wales Liberal government’s announcement that it was privatising all public housing in the area, WSWS reporters spoke with residents of Millers Point and The Rocks.
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Comment expliquer les victoires électorales du Front national néofasciste en France ?
Par Alex Lantier, 26 mars 2014
Le Front national n'est en mesure de tirer parti du mécontentement social que parce que les groupes de pseudo-gauche comme le Nouveau Parti anticapitaliste étouffent toute expression d’opposition de la classe ouvrière à la politique menée par le gouvernement du Parti socialiste.
Égypte: La junte militaire condamne à mort 529 membres des Frères musulmans
Par Johannes Stern, 26 mars 2014
La plus grande condamnation à mort de masse de l'histoire récente marque une nouvelle étape dans l'escalade des efforts de la junte militaire soutenue par les États-Unis pour annihiler ses opposants politiques et noyer la révolution égyptienne dans le sang.
Le premier ministre canadien Harper visite Kiev pour saluer le coup d’État et menacer la Russie
Par Keith Jones, 26 mars 2014
Le Canada a joué un rôle important dans la campagne menée par les États-Unis et l’Allemagne pour détacher l’Ukraine de la sphère d’influence de la Russie.
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Fransa’daki neo-faşist Ulusal Cephe’nin seçim zaferi ne anlama geliyor?
Alex Lantier, 26 Mart 2014
Fransa’daki yerel seçimler, hem bu ülkedeki hem de bir bütün olarak Avrupa’daki siyasi krizi ve işçi sınıfının karşı karşıya olduğu tehlikeleri açığa vurdu.
Mısır’daki ABD destekli cunta 529 Müslüman Kardeşler üyesine ölüm cezası verdi
Johannes Stern, 26 Mart 2014
Dün, Mısır’daki bir mahkeme Müslüman Kardeşler’in (MK) 529 üyesine ölüm cezası verdi.
Almanya Dışişleri Bakanı Steinmeier Ukraynalı oligarkların desteğini kazanmaya çalışıyor
Peter Schwarz, 26 Mart 2014
Almanya Dışişleri Bakanı Frank-Walter Steinmeier (Sosyal Demokrat Parti-SPD), hafta sonu, bu sanayi kentinin oligarklarını onore etmek için Ukrayna’nın doğusundaki Donetsk kentini ziyaret etti.
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Stop Egypt’s Pinochet from murdering 529 Muslim Brotherhood supporters!
26 March 2014
Monday’s death sentence handed down by a kangaroo court in Egypt to 529 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) marks a new stage in the military junta’s brutal efforts to terrorize and intimidate popular opposition.
Commentary
What was US teachers union president Randi Weingarten doing in Kiev?
By Jerry White, 26 March 2014
The president of the American Federation of Teachers traveled to Kiev to praise the Western-backed regime installed through a fascist-led coup.
The US State Department’s “labor man” in Ukraine
By Jerry White, 26 March 2014
What accounts for the electoral victories of France’s neo-fascist National Front?
By Alex Lantier, 25 March 2014
The International Socialist Organization’s silence on CIA spying
By Patrick Martin, 25 March 2014
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The Bankruptcy of Detroit
Kevyn Orr justifies pension cuts, attack on DIA
Detroit emergency manager at the University of Michigan
By Shannon Jones, 26 March 2014
The appearance of Kevyn Orr Tuesday at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor was an exercise in cynicism and deceit.
IYSSE statement: University of Michigan welcomes the dictator of Detroit
By International Youth and Students for Social Equality, 25 March 2014
Three Detroit metro hospitals planning mega-merger
By Thomas Gaist, 25 March 2014
Report to the Workers Inquiry
The Political Conspiracy Behind the Bankruptcy of Detroit: Anatomy of a Crime
By Larry Porter, 21 February 2014
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The Grand Budapest Hotel from Wes Anderson
By Joanne Laurier, 25 March 2014
WSWS Arts Editor David Walsh speaks at Wayne State University in Detroit
By our reporter, 21 March 2014
Charlie Chaplin’s The Gold Rush comes to Lexington, Kentucky
By Hiram Lee, 24 March 2014
Science
Imprint of primordial gravitational waves detected
By C. Frederick Graves, 24 March 2014
Crisis in Ukraine
Leading US-backed Ukrainian politician calls for annihilation of Russia
By Mike Head, 25 March 2014
German foreign minister Steinmeier woos Ukrainian oligarchs
By Peter Schwarz, 25 March 2014
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Sri Lankan SEP speaks to Colombo residents about austerity and war
By our correspondents, 24 March 2014
David North speaks on “The Philosophy and Politics of Historical Falsification” at The New School in New York City
By our reporters, 19 March 2014
North spoke on the political and philosophical roots of the falsification of history that has emerged in the more than two decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union and today figures prominently in a renewed drive toward world war.
NSA Spying and the Defense of Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden exposes NSA spying against Chinese telecom firm Huawei
By Tom Carter, 24 March 2014
Christopher Boyce: “Snowden is a very brave man”
Former US intelligence contractor speaks on 1975 Australian coup
By Mike Head, 24 March 2014
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WSWS publishes interviews with children of the Left Opposition
By Fred Williams and Clara Weiss, 25 February 2014
The World Socialist Web Site is publishing interviews with three children of Soviet Left Oppositionists—Tatiana Smilga, Zorya Serebryakova and Yuri Primakov—and with Tatiana Isaeva, granddaughter of the outstanding Marxist literary critic, Alexander Voronsky.
In Defence of Leon Trotsky
Berlin IYSSE protests Professor Jörg Baberowski’s suppression of democratic discussion at Humboldt University
22 February 2014
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