1 April 2009
OECD paints bleak picture of global economy
By Peter Symonds, 1 April 2009
On the eve of the G20 summit in London, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has issued a grim forecast for the global economy, undercutting more optimistic predictions by governments.
British Army chief ready to send more UK troops to Afghanistan
By Harvey Thompson, 1 April 2009
The head of the British Army announced at the weekend that he stood ready to send 2,000 additional troops to Afghanistan.
Indian Elections:
Stalinists woo Congress Party and BJP allies
By Kranti Kumara, 1 April 2009
The Stalinist Communist Party of India (Marxist) and its Left Front allies are frantically wooing pro-big business, state- and caste-based parties in a bid to stitch together a “Third Front” governmental bloc and reclaim an important role in India’s government.
Corruption and capitalist Russia
By Vladimir Volkov, 1 April 2009
From top to bottom, corruption in post-Soviet Russia permeates the bureaucratic apparatus, the security structures and big business.
Detroit auto workers denounce Obama's concession demands
By Tim Tower, 1 April 2009
Auto workers responded angrily on Tuesday to the concessions demanded by President Barack Obama in exchange for providing loans to the auto industry.
Turkey: Municipal elections reveal deep socio-political divisions
By Sinan Ikinci, 1 April 2009
Losses for the ruling AKP reflect a growing political polarisation in Turkey. The results represent the first electoral setback for the AKP since 2002.
The collapse of the Cologne state archive building could have been prevented
By Sybille Fuchs, 1 April 2009
According to expert testimony, the collapse of the Cologne state archive building on March 3, which claimed two lives, could have been avoided.
Former Pacific Islands trade official denounces Australian bullying
By Patrick O’Connor, 1 April 2009
A former Pacific Islands Forum official has accused Canberra of bullying small states in the South Pacific into accepting trade agreements aimed at benefiting Australian corporations.
New in German
Obama erklärt Autoarbeitern den Krieg
Von Joe Kishore, 1. April 2009
Präsident Obamas Erklärung triefte vor Klassenarroganz und Zynismus, als er die Sparvorschläge von General Motors und Chrysler als unzureichend abkanzelte und von den Autoarbeitern weitere Zugeständnisse verlangte.
New in French
Le président de l’UE déclare que la politique économique américaine est engagée sur une « voie vers l’enfer »
Par Stefan Steinberg, 1er avril 2009
Un jour seulement après avoir été contraint de démissionner de son poste de premier ministre du gouvernement tchèque, Mirek Topolanek, qui assure actuellement la présidence tournante de l’Union européenne, a ouvertement critiqué la politique financière du gouvernement américain en disant aux députés du parlement européen que les Etats-Unis étaient engagés sur une « voie vers l’enfer ».
Un homme d’affaires populiste s’empare du pouvoir à Madagascar
Par Barry Mason, 1er avril 2009
Après plusieurs mois de manifestations, le dirigeant de l’opposition Andry Rajoelina a prêté serment comme président de l’île de Madagascar qui est située dans l’Océan indien. L’ancien président, Marc Ravalomanana, a démissionné la semaine dernière après avoir tenté de confier le pouvoir à un comité militaire composé de hauts gradés de l’armée et de la marine.
Perspective
Media backs Obama’s assault on US auto workers
1 April 2009
The news media has given its enthusiastic support to President Obama’s insistence that auto workers accept the destruction of jobs, living standards and working conditions in order to return the US auto industry to profitability.
Arts Review
Lions roaring in a well
Vince Melocchi’s Lions at the Pacific Resident Theatre
By Richard Adams, 1 April 2009
Lions is set in a neighborhood tavern in Detroit. The play treats the lives of a group of working class football fans, as their team disappoints them once again, and their economic and personal prospects darken.
Socialist Equality Party
The future of art in an age of crisis
David Walsh, WSWS arts editor, to speak in Michigan and Virginia
1 April 2009
The International Students for Social Equality and the Socialist Equality Party are hosting meetings in Michigan and Virginia in April.
SEP campaigns among Sri Lankan rubber plantation workers
By Sampath Perera, 1 April 2009
As a part of its campaign for provincial elections in Sri Lanka, a Socialist Equality Party team visited rubber plantation workers in the Puwakpitiya estates.
Political Analysis
After the slaughter: political lessons of the Balkan War
By David North, 30 March 2009
March 24 marked the 10th anniversary of the beginning of the 11-week US-NATO bombardment of Serbia and Kosovo. This statement by David North, chairman of the international editorial board of the World Socialist Web Site and national chairman of the Socialist Equality Party, was originally published on June 14, 1999.
Videos and Images

WSWS interviews G20 protesters in London

Pontiac residents speak on schools crisis

Workers interviewed at Detroit jobs fair

Ford workers: “Now the fight is with our own union.”
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