28 February 2009
Obama announces plan to continue US military occupation of Iraq
By Joseph Kishore, 28 February 2009
President Obama formally announced his administration’s plans for the continued US military occupation of Iraq on Friday. The plan will maintain present troop levels for one year, with a substantial military presence at least through the end of 2011.
Pakistan rocked by protests after opposition leaders stripped of political rights
By Keith Jones, 28 February 2009
There have been demonstrations in cities across Pakistan for the past three days protesting against a Supreme Court ruling that the two principal leaders of the country’s main opposition party are ineligible to stand for election or hold any public office.
Bangladesh’s government ends revolt by border guards
By K. Ratnayake, 28 February 2009
A 33-hour mutiny by the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), the country’s border guards, has shaken the government and the military. Having persuaded the mutineers to surrender, the government is ruthlessly reasserting its authority.
US economy shrinks at 6.2 percent rate
By Andre Damon, 28 February 2009
The US economy contracted at an annualized rate of 6.2 percent in the last quarter of 2008, the sharpest quarterly decline since 1982, marking a significant deepening of the recession.
Australia: Labor government and unions seek to divert anger over Pacific Brands closures
Clothing workers speak to WSWS
By our correspondents, 28 February 2009
Amid growing anger among Pacific Brands workers and throughout the working class over the clothing company’s destruction of 2,700 jobs, the Rudd government and the textile union held talks with the company in Melbourne yesterday.
Video: Australian bush fire survivors speak with the World Socialist Web Site
28 February 2009
World Socialist Web Site reporters visited Whittlesea, just north of Melbourne on February 14, to speak with survivors of massive bushfires that swept through Victorian towns and settlements on February 7.
British auto union leaders claim it couldn't happen in Germany
By Richard Tyler, 28 February 2009
Like their British counterparts, temporary workers in the German auto industry are among the hardest hit by the recession.
Britain: Fractious leadership contest in Unite union
By Peter Reydt, 28 February 2009
A fractious leadership contest is under way in the Unite trade union.
Chicago: 16 more public schools slated for closures, cuts
By Clement Daly, 28 February 2009
Chicago school officials voted on Wednesday to close, consolidate, or vastly restructure 16 public schools beginning in the fall. Since 2000, nearly one in ten of the city’s public schools have been shuttered and replaced with privately run charter schools.
New in German
Obamas endlose Bankenbürgschaften
Von Barry Grey, 28. Februar 2009
Die Obama-Regierung will erneut massiv Steuergelder in die Banken pumpen, um eine neue Welle von Zusammenbrüchen zu verhindern – ohne Rücksicht auf die Folgen für die große Bevölkerungsmehrheit.
Aktionstag bei
Opel
Das Gift des Gewerkschaftsnationalismus
Von Ulrich Rippert, 28. Februar 2009
Die Opel-Kundgebungen, der IG-Metall und des Betriebsrats am vergangenen Donnerstag in Rüsselsheim und Eisenach dienten nicht der Verteidigung der Arbeitsplätze, sondern der Verbreitung der nationalistischen Konzepte der Gewerkschaft.
Hillary Clinton drängt China zum Kauf weiterer amerikanischer Schatzbriefe
Von Bill Van Auken, 28. Februar 2009
Die amerikanische Außenministerin Hillary Clinton schloss ihre einwöchige Asienreise mit einem ausdrücklichen Appell an die Pekinger Regierung ab, weiterhin amerikanische Schatzbriefe zu kaufen, da ansonsten das Risiko bestände, dass sich die Krise weiter verschärft und China mit den USA in den Abgrund reißt.
Der Wirtschaftszusammenbruch von 2008 und seine revolutionäre Bedeutung
Von Nick Beams, 28. Februar 2009
Der Zusammenbruch des Kapitalismus ist nicht einfach eine Wirtschaftskrise. Er bedeutet den Beginn einer neuen Epoche, in der das Schicksal der Gesellschaft für die nächsten Jahrzehnte entschieden wird. Wir sind jetzt in eine solche Periode eingetreten. Das Jahr 1914 signalisierte den ersten großen Zusammenbruch der kapitalistischen Ordnung. Das Jahr 2008 markiert den zweiten.
59. Berlinale
Ein
alarmierendes Zurückbleiben hinter der Zeit
Von Stefan Steinberg, 28. Februar 2009
Besonders auffällig an der diesjährigen Berlinale war das mangelnde Verständniss der Dringlichkeit der gegenwärtigen Krise. Keine der brennenden Fragen am Ende des ersten Jahrzehnts des 21. Jahrhunderts wurde auf dem Festival angemessen behandelt.
New in Italian
Decreto di Berlusconi legalizza milizie contro immigrati
Di Marianne Arens, 28 febbraio 2009
Il primo ministro italiano Silvio Berlusconi ha sancito con decreto l’istituzione di ronde private notturne di quartiere.
Italia: Il caso di Eluana Englaro
La strumentalizzazione di una tragedia personale e le sue implicazioni politiche
Di Marc Wells, 28 febbraio 2009
Nel gennaio 1992, la ventenne Eluana Englaro fu coinvolta in un terribile incidente d’auto che la condannò ad uno stato vegetativo permanente.
New in French
En honneur du bicentenaire d’Abraham Lincoln et de Charles Darwin
Par Tom Eley et Daniel Douglass, 28 février 2009
La naissance le même jour, le 12 février 1908, d’Abraham Lincoln et de Charles Darwin, figure parmi les coïncidences les plus remarquables de l’histoire.
Perspective
Day of action at Opel in Germany
The poison of trade union nationalism
28 February 2009
The rallies organised in Germany by IG Metall and the European works councils at Opel on Thursday had nothing to do with the defence of jobs. Instead, they were an opportunity for the trade union leadership to propagate its nationalist and protectionist conceptions.
Workers Struggles
Germany: Union leaders call on workers to sacrifice to rescue Opel
By Helmut Arens, 28 February 2009
The IG Metall and the works councils at Opel organised a European day of action on Thursday. The cynical manoeuvre provided a platform for the union leaders to advance a plan to divide US and European workers employed by GM and publicise their nationalist and protectionist views.
Reject UAW sellout at Ford! Mobilize autoworkers to defend jobs and living standards!
26 February 2009
Ford workers should reject the sellout agreement negotiated by the United Auto Workers union and fight to mobilize the strength of all autoworkers against the attack on jobs, living standards and working conditions.
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
28 February 2009
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
Socialist Equality Party
ISSE meetings in Australia
Marxism and the world economic crisis
26 February 2009
The International Students for Social Equality in Australia are holding meetings at universities in Sydney, Melbourne and Newcastle during March to present a Marxist analysis of the world economic crisis and the necessity for a socialist and internationalist solution for the working class.
Videos and Images
GM workers denounce concession demands

Chrysler workers oppose pay cuts, concession demands

Over 100,000 demonstrate in London against Sri Lankan war

Funeral for Michigan man frozen following utility shut-off

Exposing Franco's mass graves

Bay City, Michigan residents speak on death from utility shut-off

WSWS interviews London protesters

London demonstrators protest Israeli assault on Gaza

Chrysler workers denounce pay cuts

The Writer and Revolution: A conversation with Trevor Griffiths

WSWS report on Chicago factory occupation

The rise and fall of Highland Park, Michigan

UK photographic exhibition: Images of War

Kandy O'Neill speaks to the WSWS
Thousands mourn Detroit firefighter

Wilmington, Ohio residents speak on DHL job cuts

WSWS interviews workers at Detroit poverty summit

SEP Candidate Jerry White speaks in Chicago

WSWS speaks with family members of Michigan fire victims

Detroit residents denounce social decay in fire deaths

Highland Park, Michigan residents speak on deadly fire

Northern Territory intervention: Comments from an Aboriginal town

New York workers denounce Wall Street bailout

SEP presidential candidate speaks with workers in Detroit

WSWS interviews director of homeless shelter in Los Angeles

SEP presidential candidate denounces Wall Street bailout

SEP presidential candidate speaks on financial crisis

New York City taxi drivers speak to WSWS on gas prices
Northern Territory intervention: Photographs by John Hulme

Social crisis in Detroit: Food banks struggle to meet needs

Social crisis in Detroit: "We don't take that Sunday drive"

Arrests on American Axle picket line in Detroit
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