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Today ---------- 5 July 2008 News & Analysis ----------------------------------------------------- Bush reaffirms "all options on the table" over Iran A socialist answer to the global rise in gas prices Spain: Prime Minister Zapatero lashes out at European Central Bank Spain: Popular Party right-wing rejects "turn to the centre" Italy: Berlusconi government steps up its attacks on Roma and foreigners 1968: The general strike and student revolt in France Part 3--How Alain Krivine's JCR covered for the betrayals of Stalinism (1) Indian delegation visits Sri Lanka: A sign of rising regional rivalries Australia: Release of secret reports highlights Labor's role in boosting spy agencies US: Mentally ill woman left to die in hospital waiting room Australia: Federal and state by-elections reveal growing disaffection with Labor Workers Struggles ----------------------------------------------------- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific Correspondence ----------------------------------------------------- Letters from our readers New in German -------------------------------------------- Die Bundeswehr übernimmt die Leitung der Eingreiftruppe in Afghanistan Wie die französischen Gewerkschaften eine Offensive der Arbeiterklasse sabotiert haben New in French -------------------------------------------- Obama vire à droite sur les questions de l’Irak et du militarisme       ---------- 4 July 2008 News & Analysis ----------------------------------------------------- Obama continues lurch to the right on Iraq war and militarism Inflation worsens as China lifts petrol prices Bush administration encouraged oil deal in Kurdistan, undermining Iraqi "national unity" European Union crisis Former German foreign minister demands more determination and less democratic scruples US: The Federal Reserve's dilemma Haltemprice and Howden by-election Britain: SEP speaks to voters in Cottingham and Willerby New York court dismisses case against former stock exchange head China: Guizhou riots over cover-up of teenager's death New Zealand economy lurches sharply into reverse Workers Struggles ----------------------------------------------------- Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa Correspondence ----------------------------------------------------- Letters on Obama's "patriotism tour" New in German -------------------------------------------- Nordkorea lässt erste Schritte zur atomaren Abrüstung erkennen New in French -------------------------------------------- Des procès-verbaux de la Réserve fédérale américaine montre l’ampleur de la crise de Bear Stearns       ---------- 3 July 2008 News & Analysis ----------------------------------------------------- Job losses mount as US economy heads into virtual freefall South Korean government turns to repression to curb protests Bush administration settles Hatfill suit, buries anthrax investigation Global food price rises exacerbate famine in Ethiopia and Somalia India: government crisis deepens over US nuclear deal Florida stages first execution since 2006 Conglomerates present Screen Actors Guild with their "final" offer Solomon Islands: RAMSI forces mobilised against Solomons workers Britain: SATs school tests criticised by official report SEP/ISSE Events -------------------------------------------- Socialist Equality Party public meeting in Melbourne on July 20 The Australian Education Union, the Labor Party, and the political lessons of the Victorian teachers' struggle New in German -------------------------------------------- Fischer fordert mehr Entschlossenheit und weniger demokratische Skrupel der europäischen Elite Italien: Regierung Berlusconi verschärft Angriffe auf Roma und Ausländer Simbabwe: Tsvangirais Rückzug aus der Wahl Großbritannien und USA wollen Regimewechsel New in French -------------------------------------------- Le président Sarkozy en visite en Israël pour jouer le rôle d’intermédiaire dans un alignement régional     ---------- 2 July 2008 News & Analysis ----------------------------------------------------- Obama's patriotism tour: the last refuge of a Democratic scoundrel Zimbabwe election: US and UK move to impose sanctions US appeals court emphatically overturns military tribunal ruling Haltemprice and Howden by-election Britain: SEP campaigns in Cottingham The Exxon Valdez ruling: the Supreme Court once again defends big business Northern Territory intervention A "third-world" health catastrophe Part 3 More high-level threats against the Sri Lankan media New round of job cuts at German-based Siemens Arts Review ----------------------------------------------------- Not quaint at all The BBC's Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story New in German -------------------------------------------- US-Notenbank in weltweite Turbulenzen verstrickt Großbritannien: Wahlkampf der SEP bei der Nachwahl im Wahlkreis Haltemprice and Howden Chris Talbot erklärt warum er kandidiert US-Wahlkampf McCain-Berater erwartet bei neuem Terroranschlag verbesserte Wahlchancen der Republikaner New in French -------------------------------------------- Les démocrates appuient les attaques américaines clandestines contre l’Iran       ---------- 1 July 2008 News & Analysis ----------------------------------------------------- Bank for International Settlements annual report World economy may be at "tipping point" US advisers steered Iraqi oil contracts to Western firms Iraqi government claims Mahdi Army on verge of collapse Court verdict against former Pakistan prime minister threatens to split ruling coalition Malaysian opposition leader threatened with spurious new charges US: Consumer confidence hits lowest level in 28 years Britain's Haltemprice and Howden by-election: Guardian divided on response to David Davis American Axle CEO's reward for slashing wages--$8.5 million bonus Britain: Scottish Labour Party leader Wendy Alexander resigns Workers Struggles ----------------------------------------------------- Workers Struggles: The Americas Arts Review ----------------------------------------------------- Film noir and postwar America Correspondence ----------------------------------------------------- Letters from our readers New in German -------------------------------------------- Erneut massiver Arbeitsplatzabbau bei Siemens New in French -------------------------------------------- France : Comment les syndicats ont brisé l’offensive de la classe ouvrière New in Portuguese -------------------------------------------- A crise mundial dos alimentos e o mercado capitalista Parte Três       ---------- 30 June 2008 News & Analysis ----------------------------------------------------- As war clouds gather: Democrats back covert US attacks on Iran Fed minutes show extent of Bear Stearns crisis Haltemprice and Howden by-election Britain: Tony Benn defends his decision to back David Davis Britain: SEP campaign in Cottingham and Beverley France: How the unions broke an offensive of the working class The need for socialist politics in the film and television industry Screen Actors Guild negotiations continue in secret on eve of contract expiration RAMSI immunity challenged after death of Solomon Islander in car accident Australia's "Iguanagate": the politics of scandal New in French -------------------------------------------- La crise des Etats-Unis et de l’OTAN en Afghanistan augmente la pression sur le Pakistan France : Incendie d’un centre de rétention suite à la mort d’un retenu Young@Heart : ne pas partir passivement… New in Portuguese -------------------------------------------- A crise mundial dos alimentos e o mercado capitalista Parte dois         ---------- 28 June 2008 News & Analysis ----------------------------------------------------- The reactionary politics of the Supreme Court's "gun rights" decision More signs of Israeli-US preparations for attacking Iran North Korea makes initial nuclear disarmament gestures Britain: SEP campaign in Haltemprice and Howden by-election Chris Talbot explains why he is standing European press leaks US military reports on nuclear weapons safety German Social Democrats in free-fall Right-wing seeks to topple party chairman France: immigrant retention centre burnt down following death of inmate Iceland's economic turmoil threatens instability throughout Scandinavia Australia: Once again unions call off Qantas stoppages Workers Struggles ----------------------------------------------------- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific Arts Review ----------------------------------------------------- You can't go home again: George Romero's Diary of the Dead New in German -------------------------------------------- Zum Tod von Filmregisseur Sydney Pollack (1934-2008) New in French -------------------------------------------- Populisme et ploutocratie : Obama s’adresse au Wall Street Journal Grande-Bretagne : Le SEP participe à l’élection législative partielle à Haltemprice and Howden		Appeal to Readers Donate to the World Socialist Web Site! Join the International Students for Social Equality! SEP/ISSE Events Socialist Equality Party public meeting in Melbourne on July 20 The Australian Education Union, the Labor Party, and the political lessons of the Victorian teachers' struggle ICFI/ISSE Summer School in Australia The world crisis of capitalism and the prospects for socialism By Nick Beams Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 SEP (US) National Aggregate Notes on the political and economic crisis of the world capitalist system and the perspective and tasks of the Socialist Equality Party By David North Keerthi Balasuriya On the 20th anniversary of his death SEP general secretary pays tribute to Keerthi Balasuriya Twenty years since the death of Keerthi Balasuriya Part 1 Part 2 US Financial Crisis Bank for International Settlements annual report World economy may be at "tipping point" Fed minutes show extent of Bear Stearns crisis Shades of 1929: the global implications of the US banking collapse Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 More... Australia Two letters and a reply on the teachers' dispute in Victoria Australia: Demand mass meetings to reject Victorian teachers' union sell-out! Australian Labor government's "2020 summit": more political spin to package right-wing agenda More... Book Review Bolsheviks in Power - Professor Alexander Rabinowitch's important study of the first year of soviet power New titles from Mehring Books New pamphlet from Mehring Books in Australia Order online Marxism, History & Socialist Consciousness by David North Order online Leon Trotsky & the Post-Soviet School of Historical Falsification by David North Order online Historical Review Leon Trotsky and the post-Soviet school of historical falsification A review of two Trotsky biographies by Geoffrey Swain and Ian Thatcher Part 1: Seventy years since Stalin's year of terror Part 2: The study of Trotsky after the fall of the USSR Part 3: The Method of Ian Thatcher Part 4: The relevance of Trotsky A letter from Professor Geoffrey Swain and a reply by David North ISSE/SEP Emergency Conference Against War Opening remarks to the conference The political foundation for a movement against war Resolution adopted by the ISSE/SEP Emergency Conference Against War End the occupation of Iraq! No to war against Iran! For an international socialist movement against war! More... Middle East Stop the US war drive against Iran! Available to download as a PDF brochure US Letter format : A4 format Also in Farsi For an international mobilization of workers and youth against the war in Iraq Statement of the WSWS and the ICFI Available to download as a PDF brochure US Letter format : A4 format Also in Farsi Iraqi government claims Mahdi Army on verge of collapse Army chief sworn in as Lebanon's new president Israeli press reports US pledge of war on Iran--is Bush preparing an October Surprise? More... Political Crisis in the US Obama's patriotism tour: the last refuge of a Democratic scoundre As war clouds gather: Democrats back covert US attacks on Iranl The reactionary politics of the Supreme Court's "gun rights" decision More... Sri Lanka A socialist program for Sri Lankan teachers' wage struggle Communalism and militarism on display at Sri Lanka's independence day celebrations Sri Lankan independence: 60 years of communalism, social decay and war More... Europe Britain: SEP campaign in Cottingham and Beverley Britain: Brown assures Bush more troops for Afghanistan, no Iraq withdrawal France: Unions collaborate with employers, government to deregulate working hours More... Asia-Pacific North Korea makes initial nuclear disarmament gestures Australian call for "Asia-Pacific Community": A sign of growing tensions South Korean government unravels in the face of mass political protests More... WSWS International Editorial Board Meeting David North: Opening report to meeting of WSWS International Editorial Board Nick Beams: Report on the world economy in 2006 Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 The consequences of the US-led war against Iraq Report on US: The Bush administration and the global decline of American capitalism Part 1 Part 2 The social and political crisis in the United States and the 2006 SEP election campaign Part 1 Part 2 The implications of China for world socialism Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 The dead-end of European capitalism and the tasks of the working class Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 New Labour and the decay of democracy in Britain Part 1 Part 2 Report on Latin American perspectives Part 1 Part 2 Artistic and cultural problems in the current situation Part 1 Part 2 Democratic rights and the attack on constitutionalism South Asia and the political bankruptcy of bourgeois nationalism and Stalinism Africa and the perspective of international socialism Part 1 Part 2 The economic, social and political disaster produced by the Zionist project Part 1 Part 2 US Hurricane Disaster This pamphlet brings together 20 articles and statements published by the World Socialist Web Site in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Order online One year since Hurricane Katrina: New Orleans left to rot Three months after the Katrina disaster: New Orleans left for dead 50,000 Katrina evacuees without permanent housing FEMA to stop paying hotel bills Katrina, the Iraq war and the struggle for socialism SEP/WSWS Summer School Lecture one: The Russian Revolution and the unresolved historical problems of the 20th century Download as a PDF Lecture two: Marxism versus revisionism on the eve of the twentieth century Download as a PDF Lecture three: The origins of Bolshevism and What Is To Be Done? Download as a PDF Lecture four: Marxism, history and the science of perspective Download as a PDF Lecture five World War I: The breakdown of capitalism Download as a PDF Lecture six: Socialism in one country or permanent revolution Download as a PDF Lecture seven: Marxism, art and the Soviet debate over "proletarian culture" Download as a PDF Lecture eight: The 1920s--the road to depression and fascism Download as a PDF Lecture nine: The rise of fascism in Germany and the collapse of the Communist International Download as a PDF A PDF file containing all nine lectures that were delivered at the SEP/WSWS Summer School is available: In US Letter format In A4 format WSWS & ICFI Fifty years since the founding of the International Committee of the Fourth International Nick Beams: "The program of the ICFI has stood the test of time" Chris Marsden: The split with the WRP and the ascendancy of Trotskyism Peter Schwarz: "The founding principles have been confirmed" David North addresses Sri Lankan Trotskyists on the 50th anniversaryof the ICFI WSWS republishes extracts from The Heritage We Defend: A Contribution to the History of the Fourth International By David North, Chairman of the WSWS International Editorial Board The Split in the Fourth International James P. Cannon's "Open Letter" History and the socialist movement 26 years since the assassination of Tom Henehan (1951-1977) A tribute to Vadim Rogovin: "A passion for historical truth" A Tribute to Vadim Rogovin