1 October 2009

Talks with Iran open in Geneva amid threats and provocations

By Bill Van Auken, 1 October 2009

Talks between Iran and the so-called P5+1—the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany—open in Geneva today in an atmosphere of threats and provocations generated by Western governments and media over the Iranian nuclear program.

US Senate panel votes down “public option” for health care

By Kate Randall, 1 October 2009

The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday voted down two amendments that would have provided a “public option” in an overhaul of the health care system.

Tsunami hits several South Pacific countries

By Frank Gaglioti, 1 October 2009

A six-metre tsunami, followed by several smaller waves, hit the South Pacific islands of American Samoa, Samoa, and Tonga on Tuesday morning. Around 140 people are dead, many more are missing and at least 1,000 people have been displaced.

Military regime massacres protestors in Guinea

By Ann Talbot, 1 October 2009

Repression continues in the aftermath of the massacre of an estimated 157 people attending an opposition rally outside a football stadium in Conakry, the capital of Guinea, on Monday.

Wall Street lauds FDIC plan to replenish bank deposit insurance fund

By Barry Grey, 1 October 2009

The US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced Tuesday that its deposit insurance fund, which guarantees the bank deposits of millions of American consumers, would fall into the red this week.

Mass sackings in Russia
AvtoVAZ to lay off 28,000, Aeroflot 2,200

By Niall Green, 1 October 2009

Russia’s largest car maker will axe more than one quarter of its total workforce, destroying 27,600 jobs. In a double blow, Aeroflot airline announced that it plans to cut 2,215 staff.

Protests mount against Pakistan’s blasphemy laws

By Ali Ismail, 1 October 2009

Pakistan’s draconian “blasphemy” laws have come under renewed criticism since several Christians were killed this summer by a mob of Muslim fundamentalists in a pogrom-style attack.

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Irland: Lehnt den Lissabon-Vertrag ab!
Für die Vereinigten Sozialistischen Staaten von Europa

Erklärung  der Socialist Equality Party, Großbritannien, und der Partei für Soziale Gleichheit, 1. Oktober 2009

Die britische Socialist Equality Party und die deutsche Partei für Soziale Gleichheit rufen dazu auf, beim irischen Referendum über den Lissabon-Vertrag mit Nein zu stimmen.

 

Erfolgreiche Wahlabschlussveranstaltung der PSG in Berlin

Von unserem Korrespondenten, 1. Oktober 2009

Am vergangenen Samstag beendete die PSG ihren Berliner Wahlkampf mit einer erfolgreichen Abschlussveranstaltung. Etwa 100 Unterstützer waren gekommen, um mit Vertretern und Kandidaten der Partei über die politische Entwicklung und "eine sozialistische Antwort auf Krieg und Krise" zu diskutieren.

 

Die USA und die Europäer drohen dem Iran

Von Patrick  Martin, 1. Oktober 2009

In einer abgestimmten politischen Provokation haben die Vereinigten Staaten, Großbritannien und Frankreich mit der Unterstützung Deutschlands eine angeblich geheime iranische Atomanlage verurteilt und verschärfte Wirtschaftssanktionen sowie mögliche Militäraktionen angedroht.

 

Revolte und "Dialog" in Honduras

Von Bill Van Auken, 1. Oktober 2009

Der Dialog zwischen dem gestürzten Präsidenten Zelaya und den Putschisten soll den Volksaufstand gegen das Putschregime unterlaufen, der Honduras unregierbar zu machen droht.

Kinderarmut und ihre Folgen für die Entwicklung des Gehirns

Von Clara Weiss, 1. Oktober 2009

Die Umwelt eines Kindes spielt eine entscheidende Rolle in der Entwicklung des Gehirns.

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Sri Lanka : un appel du Comité d'action de la plantation Balmoral à tous les travailleurs

1er octobre 2009

L'appel suivant a été publié par des travailleurs de la plantation de thé de Balmoral à Agarapathana et s'adresse aux travailleurs de toutes les plantations de thé, caoutchouc et noix de coco du Sri Lanka, leur demandant de les suivre dans leur rejet de l'accord salarial actuel et de prendre eux-mêmes les choses en main en créant un comité d'action indépendant de tous les syndicats.

Sur le sommet du G20 à Pittsburgh planent les conflits entre grandes puissances

Par Barry Grey, 1 octobre 2009

Les dirigeants politiques et les chefs des banques centrales réunis pour le sommet du G20 des principales économies ce week-end à Pittsburgh ont devant eux la tâche de masquer des conflits de plus en plus patents et acerbes sur une politique de redémarrage de l’économie mondiale et celle de prévenir un nouveau désastre financier.

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Tres meses después del golpe
Régimen golpista impone estado de sitio en Honduras

Por Bill Van Auken, 1 Octubre 2009

Tres meses después del golpe que lo llevó al poder, el régimen derechista de Roberto Micheletti, dirigente del Partido Liberal, ha impuesto un estado de sitio por 45 días. Se han suspendido todos los derechos democráticos.

Perspective

Sixty years after the Chinese Revolution: Lessons for the working class

1 October 2009

Communist Party bureaucrats today will join hands with the representatives of global capitalism in toasting the formation of the Peoples Republic of China. These celebrations are not at variance with Maoism and the 1949 Chinese Revolution, but rather are their logical outcome.

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Arts Review

The New York Times throws Roman Polanski to the wolves

By David Walsh and David North, 1 October 2009

The arrest of film director Roman Polanski in Switzerland and his threatened extradition to the US have stirred the baying hounds of ‘law and order’ into action. To these reactionary voices, we can now add the editorial board of the New York Times.

Socialist Equality Party

SEP holds public meeting in Sri Lankan plantations

By S. Jayanth, 1 October 2009

The SEP in Sri Lanka held a successful public meeting in the central highland town of Hatton on September 27 to discuss the political lessons of the recent plantation workers’ struggle.

Ireland: Vote “No” to the Lisbon Treaty
For the United Socialist States of Europe

Statement of the Socialist Equality Parties of the UK and Germany,
1 October 2009

The Socialist Equality Parties of the UK and Germany call for a “No” vote in the Irish referendum on the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty on Friday, October 2.

Australia: The political issues facing Victorian paramedics

By the Socialist Equality Party (Australia), 1 October 2009

A “no” vote must be the first step towards a coordinated industrial and political campaign mounted in opposition to the grossly inadequate salaries and dangerous working conditions endured by ambulance workers, and in defence of the public health system as a whole.

Germany: Successful rally in Berlin ends PSG election campaign

By our correspondent, 1 October 2009

The Partei für Soziale Gleichheit (PSG, Socialist Equality Party) ended its election campaign with a rally to discuss a socialist answer to war and crisis.

Correspondence

Letters on two recent films

1 October 2009

A selection of recent letters sent to the World Socialist Web Site on District 9 and Star Trek.

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