26 September 2009

US and European powers threaten Iran

By Patrick Martin, 26 September 2009

With all the hallmarks of an orchestrated political provocation, the US, Britain and France, with the support of Germany, denounced a supposedly secret Iranian nuclear plant, threatening stepped-up economic sanctions and possible military action.

G20 summit sets stage for sharpening of international tensions

By Barry Grey, 26 September 2009

The Pittsburgh summit of the Group of 20 leading economies concluded Friday with the issuing of a joint communiqué contrived to mask sharpening conflicts between the major powers over policies to revive the world economy and stave off another financial meltdown.

Five more US soldiers killed in Afghanistan

By Tom Eley, 26 September 2009

Five more US soldiers were killed in Afghanistan on Thursday, as debate raged in Washington over the character of the next US “surge.”

France: Brutal eviction of migrants from Calais encampment

By Antoine Lerougetel, 26 September 2009

Hundreds of police officers carried out a brutal raid Tuesday on a camp near Calais, France, home to some 800 undocumented immigrants, mostly Afghans trying to emigrate to Britain.

Obama comes to aid of Israel over UN war crimes charges

By Jean Shaoul, 26 September 2009

An authoritative and highly critical United Nations inquiry released last week concluded that Israel “committed actions amounting to war crimes, possibly crimes against humanity” during its three-week offensive against Gaza in December last year.

Austria: Collapse for Social Democrats in Vorarlberg state election

By Markus Salzmann, 26 September 2009

In the election in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg last Sunday the Socialist Party (SPÖ) obtained its worst result in the history of the post-war Austrian Second Republic.

“Fair Work Australia”: A union-enforced straitjacket on workers

By Mike Head, 26 September 2009

The trade unions are enforcing Labor’s industrial legislation that goes far beyond the previous government’s “Work Choices” laws in prohibiting nearly all strikes.

Britain: Businesses to control more state schools as government-backed academies fail

By Harvey Thompson, 26 September 2009

The start of the new school term has seen a welter of government activity in support of the expansion of its privately run academies programme, even as the educational value of these institutions is discredited.

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Die PSG und die Linkspartei
Antwort auf einen Leserbrief

Von Peter Schwarz, 26. September 2009

Die Linkspartei ist nicht der Ausgangspunkt für den Aufbau einer kämpferischen Arbeiterpartei, sondern das Ergebnis einer bewussten Initiative von Vertretern der herrschenden Klasse, um eine unabhängige Bewegung der Arbeiterklasse zu unterdrücken.

 

Innenministerium plant Geheimpolizei

Von Justus Leicht, 26. September 2009

Geht es nach dem Bundesinnenministerium (BMI), das gegenwärtig von Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU) geführt wird, gibt es nach der Bundestagswahl am 27. September eine neue Dimension in der Bespitzelung der Bürger durch den Staat. Dem Inlandsgeheimdienst sollen weitgehende polizeiliche Kompetenzen eingeräumt und die Trennung von Polizei und Geheimdiensten faktisch aufgehoben werden.

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La Révolution trahie et le sort de l’Union soviétique
Première partie

Par Peter Daniels, 25 septembre 2009

Les soixante-quatorze années d’histoire de la Révolution russe représentent une expérience stratégique majeure de la classe ouvrière internationale. Octobre 1917 fut la première révolution socialiste réussie. Peu importe l’attitude de certains envers la révolution, cette dernière doit être étudiée et comprise. Bien que l’Union soviétique n’existe plus aujourd’hui, elle a laissé sa trace.

Perspective

Revolt and “dialogue” in Honduras

26 September 2009

The turn to “dialogue” by ousted President Zelaya and those who overthrew him is aimed at quelling a mounting popular revolt against the coup regime that is calling into question the governability of Honduras.

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Political Statements

Police attack protesters at G20 summit in Pittsburgh

By Joe Kishore, 26 September 2009

Over 80 have been arrested, and police have deployed batons, sound cannons, rubber bullets and OC gas to attack demonstrators.

The significance of the German elections

25 September 2009

None of the problems confronting working people can be resolved through the Bundestag (federal parliament) elections this Sunday. The working class needs a new party based on an international socialist programme. This is the significance of the participation of the Partei für Soziale Gleichheit (PSG—Socialist Equality Party), the German section of the Fourth International.

Socialist Equality Party

Video: German SEP candidate calls for defence of jobs at Opel

26 September 2009

Dietmar Gaisenkersting, a candidate of the German Socialist Equality Party (Partei für Soziale Gleichheit—PSG) in the current German federal election, addresses the situation at GM-Opel.

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 plantation workers speak out against pay sell-out

By our correspondents, 26 September 2009

Speaking to the WSWS, workers from several tea estates angrily condemned the pay deal and all of the unions, including those that nominally claimed to oppose it.

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.

Workers Struggles:
Asia, Australia and the Pacific

26 September 2009

The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.

International Students for Social Equality

ISSE holds rally in San Diego in defense of public education

By Reem Nour, 26 September 2009

The rally on the campus of San Diego State University was called to opposed budget cuts to higher education throughout California.

Video: ISSE members speak on education cuts at rally

26 September 2009

Members of the International Students for Social Equality denounced cuts to public education at a rally on Thursday.

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.

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