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2 January 2009

Israel rejects ceasefire calls and escalates attacks in Gaza

By Peter Symonds, 2 January 2009

The murderous Israeli air assault on Gaza continued unabated for a sixth day yesterday. According to Palestinian emergency services, at least 420 people have been killed and more than 2,100 injured. The UN estimates that at least a quarter of those killed have been civilians.

German Chancellor Merkel defends Israeli onslaught on Gaza

By Dietmar Henning, 2 January 2009

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has given her full backing to the murderous attack launched by Israel on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Britain: Financial pain and insecurity for millions of families in 2009

By Julie Hyland, 2 January 2009

A report from the British Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development said that 2009 will be the worst for job losses in at least 20 years, with some 300,000 workers laid off in the months leading up to March 31.

Australian university review proposes student vouchers

By Carolyn Robinson, 2 January 2009

For two decades, the higher education system has been systematically starved of funds. Now the dire state of over-stretched universities is being used to justify a radical pro-market restructuring.

New in German

Die New York Times und Gaza: Rechtfertigung von Völkermord

Von Bill Van Auken, 2. Januar 2009

Wenig unterscheidet die Darstellung der Ereignisse dieser "Qualitätszeitung" von der verlogenen Berichterstattung der übrigen amerikanischen Medien: Die Palästinenser sind die Aggressoren und Israel das Opfer. Die schreckliche und unverhältnismäßige Gleichung in diesem Konflikt wird übergangen: etwa hundert tote Palästinenser auf einen Israeli.

Die historischen und internationalen Grundlagen der Socialist Equality Party
Teil 9

2. Januar 2009

"Das Programm der SEP hat prinzipiellen, nicht konjunkturellen oder pragmatischen Charakter. Es gründet sich auf eine Analyse der Krise des Weltkapitalismus und beinhaltet die strategischen Erfahrungen der Arbeiterklasse und der internationalen sozialistischen Bewegung."

New in Russian

Политические вопросы, поставленные массовыми протестами в Греции

Ульрих Рипперт, 31 декабря 2008 г.

Мировой Социалистический Веб Сайт полностью солидаризируется с десятками тысяч студентов, представителей молодежи и трудящихся, вышедших на улицы городов Греции в ходе волны протестов, стачек и острых столкновений с вооруженными отрядами полиции.

Perspective

The crash of 2008 and the prospects for 2009

2 January 2009

2008 was the year when the supposedly impossible happened: The world capitalist system underwent a financial breakdown which now threatens to repeat, or even eclipse, that which began in 1929.

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Polemics

Steiner, Brenner and Neo-Marxism: The Marcusean Component

By Adam Haig, 2 January 2009

As a supporter of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) who has been following the political and philosophical charges of Alex Steiner and Frank Brenner, the author of this paper is interested in addressing their embrace of critical theorist Herbert Marcuse.