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24 September 2009

Great power conflicts overhang G20 summit in Pittsburgh

By Barry Grey, 24 September 2009

As political leaders gather for the Group of 20 summit of major economies, to be held today and Friday in Pittsburgh, they face the task of papering over increasingly open and embittered conflicts over policies to revive the world economy and prevent another financial disaster.

Massive police buildup for Pittsburgh G20 summit

By Samuel Davidson, 24 September 2009

A massive police buildup is well underway in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as thousands of police, National Guard, FBI, secret service and other law enforcement officials flood into the city in preparation for the G20 summit this week.

At UN general assembly, Obama urges international support for US wars

By Tom Eley, 24 September 2009

In his first address to the UN, Obama at once defended US unilateralism and demanded foreign capitals provide further support. Obama also menaced Iran and declared Israel to be a “Jewish state.”

Obama gives Israel carte blanche on settlement construction

By Chris Marsden, 24 September 2009

Tuesday’s meeting between Barack Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was widely regarded as little more than a photo opportunity before it began.

Scottish National Party prepares deep spending cuts

By Jordan Shilton, 24 September 2009

The Scottish National Party minority government in Edinburgh is set to launch deep public spending cuts as a result of the economic crisis.

France: Opportunist “lefts” unite with CGT to derail fight for jobs

By Pierre Mabut, 24 September 2009

A demonstration of auto industry workers provides an object lesson in how the trade unions, aided and abetted by the middle class opportunists of Lutte Ouvrière and the New Anti-Capitalist Party, are leading workers into an impasse.

Appeasing right wing, US Justice Department launches ACORN probe

By Jerry White, 24 September 2009

The Inspector General of the US Justice Department has agreed to open a formal investigation into whether the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) sought or received any Justice Department grant money.

The Australian media and the Julian Moti case

By Patrick O’Connor, 24 September 2009

The Australian media has imposed an effective blackout on proceedings brought before the Queensland Supreme Court by former Solomon Islands’ Attorney General Julian Moti.

New in German

Opel-Arbeiter demonstrieren in Antwerpen für Erhalt des Werks
Betriebsräte und Gewerkschaften bereiten Ausverkauf vor

Von unseren Reportern, 24. September 2009

Die gesamte Veranstaltung hatte das Ziel, die Arbeiter speziell in Antwerpen ruhig zu stellen und mit falschen Versprechen und Hoffnungen abzuspeisen.

Österreich: Sozialdemokraten stürzen bei Landtagswahl in Vorarlberg ab

Von Markus Salzmann, 24. September 2009

In Voralberg hat die rechtsradikale Freiheitliche Partei (FPÖ) vom Zerfall der Sozialdemokratie profitiert. Sie erhielt einen Viertel der abgegebenen Stimmen.

400. Jahrestag der astronomischen Entdeckungen Galileis

Von Hector Cordon, 24. September 2009

Die Internationale Astronomische Union und die UNESCO haben 2009 zum Internationalen Jahr der Astronomie erklärt, um dem 400. Jahrestag der astronomischen Entdeckungen Galileis und Johannes Keplers zu gedenken.

New in Spanish

El desempleo es una crisis mundial

Por Tom Eley, 24 Septiembre 2009

Varios informes de último momento sobre el desempleo, la pobreza y el hambre publicados esta semana indican que la crisis económica mundial se está usando para reestructurar de manera fundamental las relaciones sociales. La restructuración se caracteriza por el enorme desempleo y empobrecimiento a largo plazo de la clase trabajadora.

Desempleo en California llega a su nivel más alto en 70 años

Por Andrea Peters, 24 Septiembre 2009

El desempleo oficial de California, estado de mayor población de Estados Unidos, ha llegado a un punto histórico. Al alcanzar una tasa de 12.2%, ha alcanzado su más alto nivel más desde 1940. Sólo en el último año ha aumentado en un 4.6%.

Mensaje de David North, Presidente de la Junta Directiva Editorial del WSWS

24 Septiembre 2009

Por más de once años, desde que comenzara su publicación diaria en febrero, 1998, el World Socialist Web Site ha adquirido una reputación sin par como voz autoritativa del socialismo internacional. No hay otra organización semejante en la faz de la tierra. Ninguna otra publicación izquierdista del Internet ofrece semejante variedad o calidad de noticias, temas de interés, análisis político, comentario social y crítica del arte.

New in French

France : Le Parti socialiste et « l'extrême-gauche » signalent leur soutien à une alliance de droite

Par Kumaran Ira, 24 septembre 2009

Des propositions d'alliance entre le Parti socialiste et le MoDem droitier signalent des préparatifs pour un virage à droite majeur de la politique bourgeoise en France.

Lettre ouverte aux salariés des usines d’Opel et de Vauxhall

Par Ulrich Rippert, 24 septembre 2009

Le texte suivant d'Ulrich Rupert, candidat en tête de liste pour le Parti de l'égalité sociale aux élections législatives en Allemagne, a été distribué aux salariés d’Opel et de Vauxhall lors de la manifestation du 23 septembre à Anvers.

Perspective

US troops out of Afghanistan

24 September 2009

With the US commander in Afghanistan set to deliver a request for tens of thousands more troops, all sides in the Obama administration’s so-called strategy debate are pushing for increased bloodletting in both Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Earlier Perspectives »

Socialist Equality Party

Germany: SEP holds election campaign meetings in four cities

By our correspondents, 24 September 2009

The Socialist Equality Party has held a series of meeting across Germany as part of its intensive campaign for the German federal election on September 27.

Seventy years on
World War II: The essential lessons
Joint public meeting of the Socialist Equality Party, Britain and Germany

22 September 2009

World War II engulfed the entire European continent, pitting all of the continental powers in the bloodiest slaughter in world history.

Workers Struggles

Sri Lankan unions collaborate in police witch-hunt of plantation workers

By M. Vasanthan, 24 September 2009

Leaders of plantation-based trade unions have assisted the police in bringing charges against workers opposing last week’s pay agreement.

Sri Lanka: An appeal to all workers by the Balmoral Estate Action Committee

22 September 2009

Workers at the Balmoral tea estate near Bogawanthalawa have issued an appeal calling on workers throughout Sri Lanka’s plantations to follow their lead in rejecting the current pay agreement and forming an action committee independent of all the trade unions.

International Students for Social Equality

For a fight against education cuts in California!

Statement of the International Students for Social Equality,
23 September 2009

This statement will be distributed to California university faculty, students and staff participating in a one-day walkout on September 24 to protest layoffs, pay cuts, and tuition increases. The ISSE at San Diego State University has called a rally on the same day. For more information, click here.

ISSE Meetings: Seventy years since World War II
Its causes and its lessons for today

22 September 2009

World War II was the bloodiest and most tragic event in world history. Up to 70 million people lost their lives during the six year conflict. It witnessed unimaginable barbarism, including above all the mass murder of 6 million European Jews by the Nazis.

Michigan Public Meeting
Lessons of the Oakland University professors’ strike

23 September 2009

The SEP and ISSE will be hosting this public meeting in Rochester, Michigan on September 24 to discuss the crisis of education and the lessons of the Oakland University professors’ strike.