3 March 2009
After the worst monthly selloff since 1933
US stocks hit lowest level in 12 years
By Andre Damon, 3 March 2009
Stock markets in the United States fell heavily on Monday, following plunges in Europe and Asia. The selloff continues a major fall in equity prices as the world enters a period of depression.
Brussels: Divisions dominate EU summit in face of deepening crisis
By Stefan Steinberg, 3 March 2009
At the Brussels summit, EU nations were unable to agree on any concrete measures to combat the mounting economic crisis.
Obama administration announces billions more in bailouts to AIG
By Jerry White, 3 March 2009
The US Treasury handed over another $30 billion in public assets to American International Group (AIG) Monday, as the Obama administration continues to pursue a policy of massive Wall Street bailouts.
Rising unemployment in Taiwan as exports plunge
By John Chan, 3 March 2009
In the face of the rapidly deteriorating global recession, job losses in Taiwan are rising sharply. The official statistics released last Thursday showed that unemployment rose to 5.31 percent in January, the highest in more than six years.
Sweden: Unions promote nationalism over Saab
By Jordan Shilton, 3 March 2009
Sweden’s trade unions have organised a campaign for state aid to rescue the ailing carmaker Saab.
Former Guantánamo guard details prisoner abuse
By Alexander Fangmann, 3 March 2009
In testimony given in December to a US human rights organization, former Army Spc. Brandon Neely, previously a guard at Guantánamo, detailed the torture and abuse that he witnessed or personally participated in at the notorious US military prison.
New Zealand “Jobs Summit” places burden of recession on working people
By John Braddock, 3 March 2009
The new conservative John Key government in New Zealand convened a so-called “Jobs Summit” last week that brought business, banks, government and unions together to make a series of recommendations that will place the full burden of the deepening recession onto the backs of working people.
As unemployment hits double digits, California lurches towards depression
By D. Lencho and Rafael Azul, 3 March 2009
California’s official jobless rate has reached 10.1 percent. The economic crisis is having a devastating effect on many social layers, including those who not long ago would have been considered middle class.
Workers and students in Los Angeles speak to the WSWS
“I’ve never experienced a worse economy”
By D. Lencho and Rafael Azul, 3 March 2009
WSWS reporters visited a social service agency, CalWorks, in Norwalk, a suburb southeast of Los Angeles and spoke with people applying for food stamps and other benefits.
New in German
USA im Konflikt mit Karsai über vorzeitige Neuwahlen in Afghanistan
Von James Cogan, 3. März 2009
Der afghanische Präsident Hamid Karsai gab am Wochenende seine Entscheidung bekannt, dass die Präsidentschaftswahlen 30 bis 60 Tage stattfinden sollen, bevor seine Amtszeit am 21. Mai endet. Angesichts der sich laufend verschlimmernden Sicherheitslage und der Ausweitung der Kriegshandlungen ist diese Entscheidung bei der Regierung Obamas auf offene Ablehnung gestoßen. Dadurch wird einmal mehr die Spaltung zwischen dem Weißen Haus und der von den USA abhängigen Regierung in Kabul deutlich.
Weiterer Anstieg von
Arbeitslosigkeit und Kurzarbeit im Februar
10.000 Stahlarbeiter
demonstrieren in Duisburg gegen drohende Entlassungen
Von Elisabeth Zimmermann, 3. März 2009
Die Stahlkonzerne sind massiv von der internationale Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise Krise betroffen und bereiten Entlassungen vor. In den Betrieben wächst Opposition und Widerstand.
59.
Berlinale
Ein
Brodeln unter der Oberfläche – aber nicht mehr
Von Bernd Reinhardt, 3. März 2009
In einer Sonderreihe der Berlinale zeigte die Deutsche Kinemathek verschiedene Filme vom Ende der siebziger bis Ende der achtziger Jahre in der DDR, Osteuropa und der Sowetunion. Diese Spielfilme, Dokumentarfilme, Experimentalfilme, Animationsfilme geben einen Einblick in die Entfremdung zwischen den stalinistischen Regimen und großen Teilen der Bevölkerung.
Der Wirtschaftszusammenbruch von 2008 und seine revolutionäre Bedeutung - Teil 3
Von Nick Beams, 3. März 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.
New in French
Le débat sur la nationalisation des banques
Par Barry Grey, 3 mars 2009
Pour défendre l’idée d’une acquisition temporaire des banques par le gouvernement américain, Paul Krugman, prix Nobel en économie et chroniqueur au /New York Times/, déclare que « les banques doivent être sauvées… L’effondrement de Lehman Brothers a presque détruit le système financier mondial et nous ne pouvons courir le risque de laisser imploser des institutions beaucoup plus importantes comme Citigroup et Bank of America. »
New in Turkish
Kuruluş kongresine doğru
giderken
Fransa'nın Sol Parti'si Fransız burjuva solunu yeniden
örgütlemeye çalışıyor
Kumaran Ira ve Alex Lantier, 3 Mart 2009
Sol Parti, Sosyalist Parti ve Fransız Komünist Partisi’nin fiilen çökmüş olmalarıyla birlikte ortaya çıkmış olan siyasi boşluğu doldurabilecek, Fransız siyasi düzeninin Sosyalist Parti’nin solunda yer alan hemen hemen bütün kesimlerine kur yapıyor.
Trotskiy'in Norveç'te sürgündeyken kaldığı ev
3 Mart 2009
DEUK’un Alman bir taraftarı, kısa bir süre önce Norveç’e yaptığı bir seyahat sırasında Lev Trotskiy’in 1929 yılında Sovyetler Birliği’nden sürgün edilmesinin ardından bir süre sonra sığındığı evi ziyaret etti. Bu okurumuz, Trotskiy’in sürgünde geçirdiği bu dönemle ilgili olarak aşağıda yer alan yazıyı gönderdi.
New in Spanish
Se intensifican relaciones entre Rusia y EE.UU debido a clausura de base militar
Por Bill Van Auken, 3 Marzo 2009
Puede que los planes del gobierno de Obama para expandir la guerra en Afganistán, dirigida por Estados Unidos, sufran serias consecuencias si la amenaza con cerrar una base clave de abastecimientos del Pentágono en la antigua república soviética de Kirguistán se lleva a cabo.
Perspective
Hillary Clinton reprises “peace process” fraud
3 March 2009
Hillary Clinton used her first visit to the Middle East as Obama’s secretary of state to promote a “two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict” under conditions in which US and Israeli policy has exposed this proposal as a reactionary fraud.
Socialist Equality Party
Britain: Student meetings hear report on socialist perspective for the Middle East
By our correspondent, 3 March 2009
Jean Shaoul of the World Socialist Web Site recently addressed a series of meetings held by the International Students for Social Equality in Britain on the war in Gaza.
World Socialist Web Site and SEP/ISSE conference
The World Economic Crisis, the Failure of Capitalism, and the Case
for Socialism
2 March 2009
The World Socialist Web Site, the Socialist Equality Party (US) and the International Students for Social Equality are sponsoring this conference to examine the origins of the economic crisis and discuss the necessary program and perspective for a new socialist movement of the American and international working class.
Workers Struggles
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: The Americas
3 March 2009
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
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
Other Languages
- Deutsch
- Syrien und die Gefahr eines Weltkriegs (02.09.2012)
- IBM führt globale Tagelöhnerei ein (02.09.2012)
- USA und Israel "im Gleichschritt" gegen Iran (02.09.2012)
- Die französische kleinbürgerliche "Linke" und die Wahlchancen der Neofaschisten (02.09.2012)
- Griechenland:
Regierung stimmt brutalen Einschnitten zu, aber Troika verlangt mehr (02.09.2012) - CIA-Drohnen feuern auf Rettungskräfte und Trauernde (02.08.2012)
- Merkel in China (02.08.2012)
- Hände weg von der SEP! Verteidigt die SEP-Mitglieder in Jaffna! (02.08.2012)
- Syrien
USA schließen Botschaft und drohen mit Krieg (02.08.2012) - Schottische Nationalisten planen Unabhängigkeits-Referendum (02.08.2012)
- Français
- La Syrie et les germes d’une guerre mondiale (10.02.2012)
- Les drones de la CIA ciblent des sauveteurs et des cortèges funèbres (09.02.2012)
- Les protestations contre la junte égyptienne se propagent après le massacre à l'issue d'un match de football (09.04.2012)
- Le défaut de paiement de la Grèce se rapproche sur fond d'avertissements d'« explosion sociale. » (09.02.2012)
- Des protestations de masse font chuter le gouvernement en Roumanie (09.02.2012)
- L'opposition contre l'austérité s'intensifie en Belgique (09.02.2012)
- Les provocations belliqueuses américaines contre la Syrie (07.02.2012)
- Les ministres de l'OTAN tiennent des pourparlers de crise sur l'Afghanistan (07.02.2012)
- Israël menace de lancer une guerre contre l'Iran dans quelques mois (07.02.2012)
- L'Europe placée sous la dictature des banques (06.02.2012)
- Español
- El Juez Baltasar Garzón juzgado por investigar los crímenes de Franco (31.01.2012)
- SOPA, PIPA y la libertad del Internet (27.01.2012)
- Gobiernos latinoamericanos se "disculpan" por los crímenes de las dictaduras (25.01.2012)
- El retorno de la pobreza en masa a Europa (23.01.2012)
- El 2012 inicia con una creciente amenaza de Guerra en el Golfo Pérsico (12.01.2012)
- Comienza un año nuevo (04.01.2012)
- La realidad de la guerra de Irak (24.12.2011)
- Perú: Presidente Humala vira hacia la derecha para enfrentar creciente crisis social (17.12.2011)
- Juez chileno acusa a ex oficial de EE.UU. por homicidio de periodistas estadounidenses (15.12.2011)
- El camino a seguir en la lucha por la igualdad social (6.12.2011)
- El agresivo giro de Obama en relación con Asia (3.12.2011)
- Русский
- Дэвид Норт выступает в Берлине: "В защиту Льва Троцкого и исторической правды" (07.02.2012)
- Социальные протесты распространяются по Восточной Европе (06.02.2012)
- Один год египетской революции (28.01.2012)
- Российское Социалистическое движение — политическая ловушка для рабочего класса (24.12.2011)
- Путин осуждает протесты по итогам выборов (19.12.2011)
- Российский миллиардер вступает в президентскую гонку против Путина (19.12.2011)
- Представители США угрожают России на фоне протестов, вызванных итогами парламентских выборов (12.12.2011)
- Представители США угрожают России на фоне протестов, вызванных итогами парламентских выборов (12.12.2011)
- Европейские историки выступают против публикации немецким издательством Suhrkamp биографии Троцкого, написанной Робертом Сервисом (24.11.2011)
- Политическая биография и историческая ложь: Критика книги Роберта Сервиса Троцкий (15.11.2011)
- Греция и диктатура финансов (10.11.2011)
- Português
- Egito: Manifestações contra a junta militar se alastram após massacre de torcedores (07.02.2012)
- Novos protestos marcam aniversário da Revolução Egípcia (1.02.2012)
- Bancos e líderes da União Europeia cobram medidas de austeridade econômica mais severa (1.02.2012)
- 'SOPA' e 'PIPA' — As leis antipirataria e a liberdade da Internet (25.01.2012)
- Operários da Foxconn ameaçam protesto suicida na China (20.01.2012)
- Construindo a Revolução: arte e arquitetura soviética entre 1915 e 1935 (20.01.2012)
- O retorno da pobreza em massa na Europa (12.01.2012)
- Bulgária: greves e protesto contra demissões e austeridade (04.01.2012)
- Trabalhadores europeus enfrentam austeridade e ditadura (19.12.2011)
- EUA - Fome e desabrigo vão às alturas em meio a cortes nos gastos sociais?
Metade dos americanos é pobre ou de baixa renda (19.12.2011) - Sinais de um novo levante dos trabalhadores chineses (13.12.2011)
- Conferência em Bruxelas termina com isolamento do Reino Unido (13.12.2011)
- Türkçe
- Obama’nın göreve başlamasından buyana geçen bir yıl (08.03.2010)
- SEP (Almanya) yürütmekte olduğu seçim kampanyası için uluslararası destek çağrısı yapıyor (17.09.2009)
- Alman parlamento seçimlerinde oyunu Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi’ne ver
Kapitalist krize sosyalist bir yanıt için (28.08.2009) - Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi’nin Tarihsel ve Uluslararası Temelleri (19.08.2009)
- İran işçi sınıfının görevleri(1.07.2009)
- İran: Batı baskıyı artırırken seçim çatışmaları tırmanıyor (30.06.2009)
- Obama’nın ziyareti Türkiye’nin oynadığı rolün artacağının ve daha büyük gerilimlerin sinyalini verdi (26.06.2009)
- Trotskiy’in mirasını ve 20. yüzyıl tarihindeki yerini yeniden ele almaya doğru (23.06.2009)
David North tarafından verilmiş bir konferans - Dünya ekonomik krizi, kapitalizmin başarısızlığı ve sosyalizmin gerekliliği (13.06.2009)
- Sri Lanka: LTTE’nin yenilgisi ve milliyetçiliğin çıkmazı (26.05.2009)
- >>


Follow us on