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.

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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.

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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.

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