3 November 2008

US carries out more airstrikes in Pakistan

By James Cogan, 3 November 2008

In open contempt of the repeated protests by the Pakistani government, the US military carried out another two air strikes on October 31 inside Pakistan, killing at least 27 people.

Spain: Investigation launched into Franco’s crimes

By Paul Bond, 3 November 2008

Spain’s most prominent investigative judge has opened the country’s first criminal investigation into the executions and repression carried out by the fascist regime of General Francisco Franco.

Boeing machinists ratify contract

By Hector Cordon, 3 November 2008

Boeing machinists voted Saturday to end their eight-week strike against Boeing, approving a four-year contract.

NSW Labor’s pay offer to teachers foreshadows savage spending cuts

By Erika Zimmer, 3 November 2008

A salaries “offer” made by New South Wales Labor Premier Nathan Rees to the state’s public school teachers foreshadows savage cuts to government spending.

New South Wales teachers speak out: “We’re starving the public schools”

By our reporters, 3 November 2008

On October 25, delegates to a New South Wales Teachers Federation council meeting in Sydney spoke to World Socialist Web Site reporters about the latest offer by the NSW government.

Britain: GMB trade union works with JCB to slash jobs and pay

By Robert Stevens, 3 November 2008

Following an agreement between the GMB (Britain’s general trade union) and the construction equipment manufacturer JCB, thousands of workers voted to accept a concessions contract including 170 job losses and a pay cut of £50 week.

New in Spanish

La guerra de Georgia: La LCR en la estela de la política exterior de Sarkozy

Por Peter Schwarz, 3 Noviembre 2008

En seguida se reconoce la verdadera orientación clasista de un partido por la forma en que reacciona ante los acontecimientos políticos, por su capacidad de considerar las nuevas situaciones y de proporcionar una orientación política correcta.

New in Portuguese

O colapso capitalista e as perspectivas da IV Internacional
Parte 2

Por Nick Beams, 3 de noviembre de 2008

Publicamos abaixo a segunda parte de um relato feito em 28 de setembro por Nick Beams a um encontro realizado em Sydney sobre o 70o aniversário da Quarta Internacional.

New in French

Le secrétaire américain à la Défense étend la doctrine de la guerre préventive et y inclut l’usage de la bombe atomique

Par Alex Lantier, 3 novembre 2008

Dans un discours remarquable sur la politique nucléaire, le secrétaire d’Etat à la Défense, Robert Gates, a dressé un sombre tableau de la situation internationale et a argumenté en faveur d’une extension de la doctrine de la guerre préventive formulée par l’administration Bush à l’utilisation de frappes nucléaires.

Jerry White et Bill Van Auken au Canada :
Les candidats présidentiels du PES américain s’adressent aux travailleurs de Toronto et Montréal

Par notre correspondant, 3 novembre 2008

Les candidats à la présidence et à la vice-présidence du PES, Jerry White et Bill Van Auken, se sont adressés à des réunions tenues respectivement à Toronto et Montréal la semaine dernière.

Les origines et les implications de la crise financière : une analyse marxiste
Première partie

Par Bill Van Auken, 3 novembre 2008

Voici la première partie du discours qu’a prononcé mercredi dernier Bill Van Auken, le candidat vice-présidentiel du PES aux élections américaines, devant un auditoire de travailleurs et de jeunes à Montréal au Canada.

New in Russian

Оппортунизм versus социализм:
Уроки двух <левых> конференций в Британии

Крис Марсден, 1 ноября 2008 г.

Вчера Мировой Социалистический Веб Сайт опубликовал подробный отчет о состоявшихся на выходных конференциях, проведенных двумя <левыми> оппортунистическими организациями, британской Социалистической Рабочей партией (СРП - Socialist Workers Party) и <Возрождением достоинства> (Respect Renewal) Джорджа Геллоуэя (George Galloway).

Perspective

On the eve of the US elections

3 November 2008

In the run-up to Election Day, with polls pointing to a lopsided victory by the Democratic Party, both Barack Obama and leading congressional Democrats are making it clear in advance that a popular repudiation of the Bush administration will not determine the policies of an Obama White House or Democratic Congress.

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SEP Meetings

On the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Fourth International

By David North, 3 November 2008

Published today is a report given by David North, national chairman of the Socialist Equality Party and chairman of the international editorial board of the World Socialist Web Site, to a meeting entitled “Socialism and the Future of Humanity” held November 1 in Ann Arbor, Michigan to mark the 70th anniversary of the Fourth International.

“Socialism and the Future of Humanity”
SEP (US) meeting on 70th anniversary of the Fourth International

By Tim Tower, 3 November 2008

To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Fourth International, the Socialist Equality Party held a meeting at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Saturday, November 1.

SEP Election Campaign

SEP candidates complete successful campaign tour

By Tom Eley, 3 November 2008

Socialist Equality Party candidates Jerry White and Bill Van Auken have completed a successful tour in the month leading up to the US general elections, speaking at meetings across the US and Canada, as well as in Britain and Germany.

SEP candidates speak to workers in Toronto and Montreal

By our correspondent, 3 November 2008

The SEP candidates for president and vice president addressed meetings in Toronto and Montreal last week.

Arts Review

Body of LiesBody of Lies and Flash of Genius: One closer to the truth than the other

By Joanne Laurier, 3 November 2008

Ridley Scott’s Body of Lies gives advice on how better to prosecute the so-called “war on terror,” while Flash of Genius provides a moving account of a real-life battle against corporate criminality.

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