4 April 2009
US unemployment rate hits 8.5 percent
By Andre Damon, 4 April 2009
The US unemployment rate reached 8.5 percent in March, its highest level since 1983, according to figures released Friday by the Labor Department.
Court rules detainees in Afghanistan can challenge imprisonment
By Bill Van Auken, 4 April 2009
In a rebuke to the Bush and Obama administrations’ bid to hold so-called enemy combatants indefinitely without charges or trials, a federal judge has ruled that three detainees at a US prison in Afghanistan have the right to challenge their detention in court.
OECD report: German jobless to top 5 million in 2010
By Ludwig Weller, 4 April 2009
The OECD anticipates unemployment in Germany will rise to 11.5 percent in 2010, and exceed the 5 million mark.
Wall Street Journal report: US executive perks “flourished” in 2008
By David Walsh, 4 April 2009
Executives in the health care industry led the way, with average compensation of $12.45 million, followed by technology CEOs at $8.83 million, those in consumer goods at $8.73 million, in oil and gas at $8.17 million and financial firm executives at $7.60 million.
Australia: “Closing the Gap”—another Rudd Labor fraud
By Richard Phillips, 4 April 2009
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s first annual “progress report” on his government’s pledge to “Close the Gap” between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians in health and education was crafted to divert attention from his government’s expansion of the Northern Territory “intervention,” which has drastically worsened the social position of tens of thousands of indigenous people.
Spain: Big business demands savage attacks on working class following bank crash
By Paul Stuart, 4 April 2009
Big business leaders in Spain are stepping up their demands for labour reforms in the wake of a regional banks collapse.
New in German
Die Nato feiert 60. Jahrestag und weitet den Krieg in Zentralasien aus
Von Stefan Steinberg, 4. April 2009
Die Diskussionen beim Nato-Gipfel, der am Freitag und Samstag stattfindet, werden beherrscht von der Besetzung Afghanistans – dem längsten Krieg, den das Militärbündnis in seiner 60jährigen Geschichte geführt hat.
G-20-Gipfel: USA und Europa verwischen Gegensätze
Von Chris Marsden und Bill Van Auken, 4. April 2009
Der G20-Gipfel in London hat weder die Forderung der USA und Großbritanniens nach koordinierten globalen Konjunkturprogrammen, noch die Forderung von Deutschland und Frankreich nach einer internationalen Regulierung der großen Finanzeinrichtungen erfüllt.
Hunderte Flüchtlinge ertrinken vor Libyens Küste
Von Martin Kreickenbaum, 4. April 2009
An einem einzigen Tag sind vor der Küste Libyens mehrere hundert Flüchtlinge ertrunken. Verantwortlich für diese Tragödie ist die Abschottungspolitik der Europäischen Union.
New in French
France : les travailleurs de Caterpillar retiennent des cadres de l'entreprise
Par Antoine Lerougetel, 4 avril 2009
Des travailleurs des deux usines Caterpillar de Grenoble en France ont retenu dans leurs bureaux cinq cadres de leur direction mardi matin et les ont gardés jusqu'à une heure de l'après-midi le jour suivant.
Perspective
Behind the surge on Wall Street
4 April 2009
The surge in the stock market shows that the American ruling elite has regained its confidence. The source of this shift in market sentiment lies in the policies of the Obama administration.
Workers Struggles
Workers occupy car parts factories in England and Northern Ireland
By Steve James, 4 April 2009
Hundreds of workers at car parts maker Visteon have launched occupations and sit-in protests at the company’s sites in Belfast, Enfield and Basildon.
Workers Struggles:
Asia, Australia and the Pacific
4 April 2009
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
Socialist Equality Party
Sri Lankan SEP campaigns at hard-hit industrial estate
By Panini Wijesiriwardane and Iranganie Silva, 4 April 2009
A Socialist Equality Party election team visited the Katuwana industrial estate in Homagama to meet workers and discuss the party’s policies. Katuwana was once regarded as a model “small scale industrial estate” but since 2008 thousands of jobs have been destroyed.
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.
Correspondence
A letter on engineering and the financial aristocracy
4 April 2009
For the 30-odd years I’ve been working, the financial aristocracy’s dominance over those with solid technical knowledge, training and experience in the world has only increased.
Videos and Images

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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
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