30 September 2009

US Census Bureau report: 40 million living in poverty

By Kate Randall, 30 September 2009

The overall poverty rate in the US rose to 13.2 percent in 2008 as more workers lost their jobs across all sectors of the economy.

Sri Lankan army fires on Tamil detainees

By Sarath Kumara and Subash Somachandran, 30 September 2009

Sri Lankan soldiers last Saturday shot at unarmed Tamil civilians being held in the country’s huge military-run internment camps.

German Interior Ministry plans to expand the powers of the secret police

By Justus Leicht, 30 September 2009

The Interior Ministry, currently headed by Wolfgang Schäuble, plans to expand the authority of the German state to spy on its own citizens.

Israeli Arabs to launch strike against discriminatory policies

By Jean Shaoul, 30 September 2009

Israel’s 1.4 million Arab citizens are to stage a one-day general strike on October 1 to oppose the racist and discriminatory policies of the government.

Typhoon causes widespread destruction in the Philippines

By John Roberts, 30 September 2009

A major storm struck the Philippines last Saturday killing at least 250 people and causing over 435,000 to flee their flooded homes.

Spain: Unions and PSOE government prepare austerity measures

By Vicky Short, 30 September 2009

Spanish trade unions are collaborating with the Socialist Party government and employers in preparing a programme of austerity measures.

GM Truck & Bus plantGM shuts down assembly plant in Pontiac, Michigan

By Jerry White, 30 September 2009

Tuesday was the last day of work for most of the 1,100 workers at the General Motors Pontiac East Assembly Plant, just north of Detroit.

Director Roman Polanski faces months in Swiss prison

By Hiram Lee, 30 September 2009

Film director Roman Polanski could spend months in a Swiss prison following his September 26 arrest in Zürich. Protests against the detention of the renowned filmmaker continue to mount.

New in German

Neue Regierung bereitet Angriffe auf Arbeiter vor

Von Peter Schwarz, 30. September 2009

Die Bundestagswahl vom Sonntag kündigt eine Periode heftiger gesellschaftlicher Kämpfe an.

Obama setzt im Iran Bushs Modus Operandi fort

Von Peter Symonds, 30. September 2009

Der Propagandafeldzug, den hohe Vertreter des Weißen Hauses gegen den Iran führen, erinnert gespenstisch an die Vorbereitung der Bush-Regierung auf den Irakkrieg.

New in French

France : Expulsion brutale des migrants d'un campement de Calais

Par Antoine Lerougetel, 30 septembre 2009

Des centaines de policiers ont effectué mardi un raid brutal dans un camp près de Calais en France, où s'abritaient quelque 800 migrants sans papiers, principalement des Afghans cherchant à émigrer en Grande-Bretagne.

Perspective

“Cheats and Deceivers”

30 September 2009

In an editorial published Sunday, the Financial Times of London joined the media onslaught against Iran, calling its rulers “cheats and deceivers” who “cannot be remotely trusted” in relation to the country’s nuclear program.

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Political Statements

Germany: Incoming government prepares attacks on working class

By Peter Schwarz, 30 September 2009

The results of Sunday’s federal election herald a period of intense social struggles in Germany.

Arts Review

AmajiToronto International Film Festival 2009—Part 1
Polarization and protest

By David Walsh, 30 September 2009

To make useful sense of an event as large and contradictory as the Toronto film festival, which screened 273 feature films from 64 countries this year, is no easy matter.

ISSE

Public Meeting in Richmond Virginia
Obama: The Class Issues

30 September 2009

The International Students for Social Equality calls this public meeting to discuss the historical origins of the Obama administration’s policies, as well as the perspective by which workers and students can oppose them.

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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