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26 June 2009

White House health care forum: Obama’s plan for “evidence-based” medical cuts

By Kate Randall, 26 June 2009

A White House forum on health care provided some insight into the Obama administration’s vision for a reform of the system.

Obama administration seeks to quash suit by 9/11 families

By Barry Grey, 26 June 2009

The Obama administration has intervened to quash a civil suit filed against Saudi Arabia by survivors and family members of victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Sri Lankan government stages sham local elections

By S. Jayanth, 26 June 2009

President Mahinda Rajapakse has called local council elections to provide a democratic façade for a permanent military occupation of the North and deflect criticism at home and internationally of his criminal war.

Memo confirms Bush and Blair knew claims Iraq had WMDs were lies

By Paul Bond, 26 June 2009

A confidential memo detailing a meeting between President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair confirms their determination to press ahead with the invasion of Iraq in 2003 without any evidence of weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

EU summit in Brussels
European heads of government bow to banks

By Peter Schwarz, 26 June 2009

The regulations for financial markets agreed by the European heads of state and government at their conference a week ago in Brussels are even weaker than the noncommittal regulations adopted by the US.

India bans CPI (Maoist) under draconian “anti-terror” law

By Keith Jones, 26 June 2009

India’s Congress Party-led central government has declared the Communist Party of India (Maoist) a “terrorist” organization under the draconian “anti-terrorist” legislation that it rushed through India’s parliament last December.

US Supreme Court rules school strip search unconstitutional

By Patrick Martin, 26 June 2009

By an 8-1 majority, the US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the strip search of a 13-year-old girl ordered by officials of an Arizona middle school was a violation of her constitutional rights.

Unemployment and poverty in California’s Imperial Valley

By Rory Dean, 26 June 2009

Residents of the Imperial Valley in southern California face some of the worst social conditions in the US. With a population of around 50,000 people, El Centro, the region’s major town, registered an official unemployment rate of 26.9 percent as of April 2009.

Australia: Early election threatened over fake email affair

By Patrick O’Connor, 26 June 2009

Parliament held its last session in Canberra yesterday before the six-week winter break amid media speculation that the Labor government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd may use the fake “ute-gate” email affair to call an early election.

New in Persian

برای قدرت گیری کارگران و ایرانی سوسیالیستی

پیتر سیموندز
۱۷ ژوئن ۲۰۰۹

بحران سیاسی در حال گسترش در ایران مسائل بنیادینی را برای طبقه ی کارگر مطرح می کند. نتیجه ی انتخابات ریاست جمهوری در جمعه ی هفته ی گذشته شکاف عمیقی را در رژیم مذهبی کشور میان هواداران محمود احمدی نژاد و هواداران رقیب اصلی او میرحسین موسوی بر ملا کرده است.

New in Turkish

Obama’nın ziyareti Türkiye’nin oynadığı rolün artacağının ve daha büyük gerilimlerin sinyalini verdi

Kerem Kaya, 26 Haziran 2009

Başkan Barack Obama’nın Türkiye ziyareti, ABD’nin Türkiye’yi, Kafkasya, Orta Doğu ve Orta Asya’daki ABD çıkarlarını güvence altına almak için bölgesel bir karakol olarak destekleme planlarını teyit etti.

New in German

Internationale Fragen in der Iran-Krise

Von David North und Alex Lantier, 26. Juni 2009

Mit Präsident Obamas Erklärung vom 23. Juni verschärfen die USA ihren Druck auf das klerikale Regime in Teheran. In einer Pressekonferenz sagte Obama, er sei "entsetzt und empört" über die Reaktion der iranischen Regierung auf die Proteste, die sich am Wahlresultat der Präsidentenwahl entzündet hatten.

Haushaltsdefizit: SPD und Union bereiten rigorose Sparmaßnahmen vor

Von Peter Schwarz, 26. Juni 2009

SPD und CDU/CSU sind entschlossen, die Auswirkungen der Weltwirtschaftskrise und die Milliardenbeträge, die sie den Banken zur Verfügung gestellt haben, nach der Bundestagswahl auf die Bevölkerung abzuwälzen.

New in Russian

Задачи рабочего класса Ирана

Питер Саймондс, 26 июня 2009 г.

В период, последовавший после проведения в Иране президентских выборов, внутри правящей элиты вырвались наружу глубокие разногласия. Проигравший кандидат Мир Хусейн Мусави, поддержанный со стороны США и европейских держав, мобилизовал преимущественно слои среднего класса под знаменами "демократии" в попытке взять верх над своими противниками, возглавляемыми действующим президентом Махмудом Ахмадинежадом.

New in French

Pour une révolution socialiste en Iran, pas une révolution de couleur

Par Peter Symonds, 26 juin 2009

Les manifestations survenant à Téhéran au cours du weekend ont montré à quel point la base sociale des opposants politiques de la faction dominante du régime clérical iranien était limitée. En plus de n’avoir pas réussi à attirer de plus larges couches de travailleurs, le mouvement d’opposition s’est significativement affaibli.