World Socialist Web Site

28 November 2008

Terrorist atrocity in Mumbai

By Keith Jones, 28 November 2008

Whoever were the authors of this week’s terrorist attack in Mumbai, it was a vile act that will only serve reaction in India and internationally.

As oil prices plummet, OPEC meets to consider another production cut

By Patrick O'Connor, 28 November 2008

The value of a barrel of crude oil fell below $50 this month—just one-third of the record $147 a barrel recorded in July—marking the sharpest price collapse since formal futures trading began in 1981.

CEOs “cashed out” prior to economic crisis

By Tom Eley, 28 November 2008

A recent survey by the Wall Street Journal reveals that CEOs at major US financial and real estate firms converted tens of millions of dollars of overvalued stock into cash prior to the eruption of the current financial crisis.

Britain: Labour’s secret plans for tax hikes and spending cuts revealed

By Chris Marsden, 28 November 2008

Leaked documents reveal that the Labour government contemplated raising Value Added Tax to 18.5 percent in Chancellor Alistair Darling’s pre-budget announcement.

Sri Lankan soldiers and their families speak to the WSWS

By our correspondents, 28 November 2008

Fierce fighting between the army and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in recent weeks in northern Sri Lanka has led to scores, if not hundreds, of deaths and many more injured on both sides.

US: Muslim charity and five leaders convicted after witch-hunt trial

By John Andrews, 28 November 2008

A Dallas, Texas federal court jury has returned 108 guilty verdicts against the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development—once the largest Muslim charity in the United States—and five of its former officials.

Australian biotechnology company enforces cancer gene patent, restricting medical scanning

By Frank Gaglioti, 28 November 2008

Biotechnology firm Genetic Technologies has moved to enforce its patent over two critical genes implicated in the development of breast and ovarian cancer, shutting down genetic scanning on potential cancer victims in publicly funded facilities.

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Sozialistische Partei Frankreichs in der Krise

Von Alex Lantier, 28. November 2008

Der Vorstand der Sozialistischen Partei hat Martine Aubry, die Bürgermeisterin von Lille, als Parteivorsitzende bestätigt. Damit sind vier Tage heftiger Auseinandersetzungen zu Ende gegangen, die in Frankreich die Schlagzeilen beherrscht haben.

Das schmutzige Geheimnis des Kosovo
Zu den Hintergründen der BND-Affäre

Von Peter Schwarz, 28. November 2008

Die Verhaftung dreier Agenten des deutschen Auslandsgeheimdiensts BND im Kosovo hat den Blick auf die Gesellschaft freigegeben, die in diesem ehemaligen Teil Jugoslawiens mit deutscher und amerikanischer Hilfe entstanden ist. Es ist ein Abgrund von Korruption, organisierter Kriminalität und Geheimdienstintrigen.

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Italie : Un deuxième « jugement de la honte » concernant le sommet du G8 de Gênes

Par Marianne Arens, 28 novembre 2008

Le deuxième procès de Gênes sur les graves violences policières perpétrées en 2001 durant le sommet du G8 a lui aussi abouti à des acquittements et à des peines peu sévères.