28 September 2009

Historic defeat for Social Democrats in German federal election

By Stefan Steinberg, 28 September 2009

The German federal election held Sunday produced a historic defeat for the Social Democratic Party and a sharp drop in support for all of the parties involved in Germany's outgoing coalition government.

UN: Record number of Afghan civilian deaths in 2009

By Tom Eley, 28 September 2009

The UN reported about 1,500 civilian deaths resulting from the war in Afghanistan during the first six months of the year, a record in the eight-year-old war.

International protests against arrest of film director Roman Polanski

By Barry Grey, 28 September 2009

Expressions of shock and anger are mounting internationally over the arrest Saturday night of Oscar-winning film director Roman Polanski.

United States halts food aid for Somali women and children

By Barry Mason, 28 September 2009

The World Food Programme has closed twelve feeding centres for women and children in Somalia as a result of US restrictions on aid to areas that are under the control of groups designated as terrorists.

US: Thousands line up for free health care in Texas

By Andre Damon, 28 September 2009

Over two thousand people attended a free healthcare clinic in Houston, the largest one-day event of its kind in the US.

Britain: Behind the disciplinary action in the Unison trade union

By Julie Hyland, 28 September 2009

The disciplinary action taken by the public sector union Unison against several of its members raises important issues of political perspective.

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Revuelta y "dialogo" en Honduras

By Por Bill Van Auken, 28 Septiembre 2009

Con el retorno esta semana del depuesto mandatario, Manuel Zelaya, a Honduras, el régimen golpista encabezado por Roberto Micheletti, dirigente del mismo Partido Liberal al cual Zelaya pertenece, se ha visto bajo una creciente presión para ponerle fin a la crisis que ha azotado al país por tres meses.

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Les travailleurs d’Opel manifestent à Anvers pour la défense de leurs emplois
Les comités d’entreprise et les syndicats préparent une trahison

Par nos reporters, 28 septembre 2009

Mercredi, 3.500 salariés d’Opel ont manifesté devant l’entrée de l’usine Opel d’Anvers en Belgique pour la défense de leurs emplois. Les dirigeants syndicaux ont exploité le rassemblement de manière cynique dans le but de supprimer des emplois.

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

Par Peter Daniels, 28 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

Obama follows Bush’s modus operandi on Iran

28 September 2009

In a manner chillingly reminiscent of the Bush administration’s buildup to the Iraq war, top White House officials yesterday intensified the US propaganda offensive against Iran.

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Correspondence

The PSG and the German Left Party: An exchange of letters

By Peter Schwarz, 28 September 2009

Peter Schwarz replies to a letter from a reader on the attitude of the Socialist Equality Party of Germany (Partei für Soziale Gleichheit—PSG) to the German Left Party and various middle-class organizations on its periphery.

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SEP Sri LankaSri Lankan SEP campaigns in southern rural villages

By our correspondents, 28 September 2009

The SEP has intervened in the southern coastal town of Hikkaduwa and surrounding villages, including Udumulla, Thotagamuwa and Seenigama, as part of its campaign for the Southern Provincial Council elections on October 10.

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 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

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.

ISSE meeting: Health care—the socialist response

28 September 2009

This meeting will analyze the character of Obama's health care overhaul and explain the socialist response—which proceeds from the interests of social need, not corporate profit.

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