27 October 2008

Warnings of deep recession as US layoffs spread coast-to-coast

By Patrick O’Connor, 27 October 2008

Mass layoffs in the United States have spread from the financial sector and automobiles to virtually every sector of the economy. But the response of the political establishment, including Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, is to rule out any new programs to create jobs.

Pakistan forced to seek IMF bailout package

By Vilani Peiris, 27 October 2008

Pakistan has turned to the IMF for emergency loans to stave off state bankruptcy.

Political furore over Australian government’s bank guarantee

By Mike Head and Peter Symonds, 27 October 2008

Last week’s political crisis has shone a little light on the way in which the government and state bureaucracy have made available huge sums of public money to shore up the country’s largest banking institutions.

Canada: As economic crisis deepens
Conservatives to press ahead with right-wing tax-cutting agenda

By Keith Jones, 27 October 2008

Canada’s Finance Minister announced a further emergency measure to prop up the country’s banks Thursday, then reiterated the minority Conservative government’s commitment to cutting corporate and personal income taxes.

Martti Ahtisarri: Advocate of imperialist intervention awarded Nobel Peace Prize

By Paul Mitchell, 27 October 2008

Ahtisaari’s name became synonymous with the development of UN “plans for independence” that provided cover for imperialist interventions.

Economic crisis overshadows New Zealand elections

By John Braddock, 27 October 2008

The main political parties are scrambling to prove their economic credentials and their willingness to impose the brunt of the crisis on working people.

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سیاست های خط لوله نفتی آمریکا و درگیری های گرجستان
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L’industrie automobile en crise

Par Ulrich Rippert, 27 octobre 2008

Sur fond d’annonce de suppressions d’emplois et de mesures d’austérité dans l’industrie automobile, la bourse allemande a chuté jeudi de façon spectaculaire.

La Grande-Bretagne dans la récession : le moment de lucidité de Mervyn King

Par Chris Marsden, 27 octobre 2008

Mervyn King, le gouverneur de la Banque d’Angleterre, a dit devant un auditoire fortuné qu’il était « difficile d’exagérer la sévérité et l’importance des [récents] événements. Notre système bancaire n’a pas été, depuis le début de la Première Guerre mondiale, aussi proche d’un effondrement. »

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Wirtschaftskrise und Krieg

Von Barry Grey, 25. Oktober 2008

Während sich die Aufmerksamkeit der Welt auf die Weltwirtschaftskrise richtet, setzen die Vereinigten Staaten ihren neokolonialen Krieg im Irak fort und verstärken ihr gewaltsames militärisches Vorgehen in Afghanistan und den Grenzregionen Pakistans.

Hiobsbotschaften aus der europäischen Autoindustrie

Von Ulrich Rippert, 25. Oktober 2008

Während die Börsenkurse der DAX-Konzerne am gestrigen Freitag dramatisch einbrachen, kündigten Autokonzerne einen massiven Abbau von Arbeitsplätzen und Sparmaßnahmen an.

OECD: Wachsende soziale Ungleichheit und Armut in Deutschland

Von Dietmar Henning, 25. Oktober 2008

In Deutschland sind in den letzten Jahren die soziale Ungleichheit und die Armut auch im Vergleich zu den OECD-Ländern extrem stark angewachsen. Dies geht aus einer Studie hervor, die am Dienstag die OECD (Organisation für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung) vorstellte.

Perspective

The “dirty little secret” of the US bank bailout

27 October 2008

In an unusually frank article published in Saturday’s New York Times, economic columnist Joe Nocera reveals that the banking industry has no intention of using the government bailout money to make new loans.

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Arts Review

24 CityVancouver International Film Festival 2008—Part 5
Six films: problems of perspective, passivity

By David Walsh, 27 October 2008

Every film that fails or disappoints does so in its own way. Pointing to the flaws of a work is not a pleasurable task.

An interview with Azharr Rudin, director of This Longing

By David Walsh, 27 October 2008

The WSWS commented on This Longing, directed by Malaysian filmmaker Azharr Rudin, in the first part of the series on the Vancouver film festival. The movie takes place in Johor Baharu, in southern Malaysia.

SEP Meetings

SEP public meeting in Ann Arbor, Michigan on Saturday, November 1
70th Anniversary of the Fourth International: Socialism and the Future of Humanity

The world economy is entering a period of crisis on a scale not seen since the Great Depression. The ideological buttresses of the capitalist system are disintegrating, as the miracles of the “free market” are creating chaos throughout the world.

SEP candidates to speak in Canada

The SEP’s candidates for president and vice president will be speaking at meetings in Montreal and Toronto next week.

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