11 June 2009

While workers’ wages fall
Obama administration rejects limits on bankers’ pay

By Patrick Martin, 11 June 2009

The Obama administration announced Wednesday that it opposed any government-imposed limits on the salary and bonuses of the CEOs and other top officials of major banks that have received trillions of dollars in federal handouts and guarantees over the past eight months.

US reinforcements in place in southern Afghanistan

By James Cogan, 11 June 2009

The Obama administration’s “surge” in Afghanistan is taking shape, with 10,000 marines completing the commencement of their deployment to the volatile province of Helmand over the next several weeks.

56,000 jobs threatened
German government forces retail group Arcandor into bankruptcy

By Markus Salzmann and Ulrich Rippert, 11 June 2009

The decision by the German government to force one of the country's biggest business groups into bankruptcy is a direct response to the European elections. Following the Social Democratic Party’s dramatic loss of electoral support, neo-liberal business layers feel they have the upper hand.

Sri Lanka: JVP vehemently opposes any concessions to Tamils

By Wije Dias, 11 June 2009

The leader of the opposition Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna has warned the Sri Lankan government not to “betray” the army’s victory over the LTTE.

Employees speak on Chrysler dealership closureEmployees speak on Chrysler dealership closure

By our reporting team, 11 June 2009

Tuesday was the last business day for the 789 Chrysler dealers slated for shutdown in the automakers bankruptcy plan. WSWS reporters spoke to employees of a closing dealership in Livonia, Michigan.

Explosion at North Carolina plant leaves 3 dead, 41 injured

By Hiram Lee, 11 June 2009

An explosion at the ConAgra Foods plant in Garner, North Carolina has left three workers dead and dozens more injured.

In the aftermath of the George Tiller assassination
Slain doctor’s family announces closure of Kansas clinic

By Kate Randall, 11 June 2009

Following the assassination of Dr. George Tiller, the slain doctor’s family has announced that the Women’s Health Care Services clinic will not be reopened.

Australia: Rudd Labor’s NAPLAN school “league tables”
“NAPALM that kills learning”

By Will Marshall, 11 June 2009

The Rudd Labor government is pushing ahead with the publication of school reports that will pit schools against each other across the country, and which are the precursor to league tables. Results from the National Assessment Program for Literacy and Numeracy will form part of every school’s ranking.

New in Persian

انتخابات ریاست جمهوری ایران : بحث کاندیداها بر چرخش استراتژیک

سهند آودیس و الکس لانتیر
۴ ژوئن۲۰۰۹

استراتژی ملی وجه غالب ‫مبارزات ‫انتخاباتی ۱۲ ژوئن ریاست جمهوری ایران ، میان چهار کاندیدای تایید شده توسط شورای نگهبان می باشد . همزمان با بحران اقتصاد جهانی و انتظار تغییر سیاست خارجی ایالات متحده پس از انتخاب باراک اوباما، بخشهای قابل توجهی از بورژوازی ایران در تلاشند تا سیاستهای اجتماعی و دیپلماتیک رئیس جمهور کنونی، محمود احمدی نژاد را تغییر دهند.

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Elections européennes
France : Le Nouveau Parti anticapitaliste prône le réformisme keynésien

Par Antoine Lerougetel et Alex Lantier, 11 juin 2009

Lancée par la Ligue communiste révolutionnaire (LCR) qui s'est dissoute dans le NPA, l'initiative du NPA représente la tentative de la LCR de répudier toute référence au marxisme et de se mettre dans les bonnes grâces de l'establishment politique français.

New in German

Die Bedeutung des Europawahlkampfs der PSG

Von Ulrich Rippert, 11. Juni 2009

In den sozialen Konflikten die damit auf der Tagesordnung stehen, wird das internationale sozialistische Programm, das die PSG im Wahlkampf bekannt gemacht hat, eine große Bedeutung gewinnen.

Die Grünen bekennen sich zum Bürgertum

Von Peter Schwarz, 11. Juni 2009

Was die Grünen heute noch von anderen bürgerlichen Parteien unterscheidet, ist nicht ihr Programm, sondern bestenfalls ihr Lebensstil.

Obama verschärft seine Politik gegen Nordkorea

Von Peter Symonds, 11. Juni 2009

Die US-Regierung nimmt eine zunehmend aggressivere Haltung gegenüber Nordkorea ein, die die schon angespannte Situation in Nordostasien weiter verschärfen wird.

Perspective

The crisis of British Labour

11 June 2009

Factional infighting within the Labour government reached stalemate Monday after a group of rebels, whose challenge had been encouraged by the media, failed in their attempts to force Prime Minister Gordon Brown to stand down as party leader.

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Socialist Equality Party

Detroit election meeting
Stop the shutdown of Detroit! A socialist response to the economic crisis

10 June 2009

Socialist Equality Party candidate for Detroit mayor D’Artagnan Collier will speak at an election meeting June 16.

Workers Struggles

London Underground workers strike against assault on jobs and wages

10 June 2009

The two day strike on the London Underground rail network represents a determined stand by Tube workers against the frontal assault being waged on their jobs, wages and conditions.

US: Screen Actors Guild membership ratifies contract

By Ramón Valle and David Walsh, 11 June 2009

Nearly one year after the expiration of their old contract, Screen Actors Guild members have ratified a new two-year deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The results of the vote were announced June 9.

ICFI/Marxist Library

New in the ICFI/Marxist Library:
The Heritage We Defend

9 June 2009

First published in 1988, The Heritage We Defend is a Marxist analysis of the history of the Fourth International since the assassination of Leon Trotsky in 1940. Concentrating on the central political and theoretical issues that confronted the Fourth International during its first five decades, this volume examines the implications of the struggle waged by the Trotskyist movement against Stalinism, bourgeois nationalism and various forms of petty-bourgeois radicalism.

Correspondence

Letters from our readers

11 June 2009

A selection of recent letters sent to the World Socialist Web Site.

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