9 October 2009

White House-backed plan to slash health care costs advances in Senate

By Kate Randall, 9 October 2009

President Obama’s push for a cost-cutting overhaul of the US health care system that will slash benefits for millions of workers and retirees moved forward Wednesday, with the release of a report from the Congressional Budget Office on legislation drafted by the Senate Finance Committee.

UN agency bombed in Pakistan

By James Cogan, 9 October 2009

A Pakistani Taliban militant carried out a suicide bombing against the UN World Food Program headquarters in Islamabad on Monday, killing five UN workers.

GM to cut 10,500 more jobs by year’s end

By Tom Eley, 9 October 2009

General Motors announced Wednesday that it will lay off 10,500 more workers by January 1 in order to meet the terms of its “restructuring” plan, which was forced on the largest US automaker by the Obama administration’s Auto Task Force in the summer.

France: New Anti-Capitalist Party prepares “unitary” coalition with state parties

By Kumaran Ira and Antoine Lerougetel, 9 October 2009

The New Anti-Capitalist Party of Olivier Besançenot met with Stalinist and social-democratic parties and the trade unions to further declare its support for an emerging right-wing consensus in the French bourgeois left.

Prosecuted for saving the lives of refugees
The case of Cap Anamur president Elias Bierdel and his crew

By Stefan Steinberg, 9 October 2009

The scandalous treatment of Bierdel and his crew is a direct result of the criminal immigration policy adopted by the EU aimed at turning Europe into a fortress.

US: Pennsylvania enters fourth month without a budget

By Samuel Davidson, 9 October 2009

Pennsylvania began its fourth month without a budget as schools, social service agencies, childcare providers and other social services were forced to close or make deep cuts for lack of funds.

New in German

Rassismus aus der Bundesbank

Von Justus Leicht, 9. Oktober 2009

Mit Sprüchen, die man sonst nur von rechtsextremen Parteien kennt, hetzt Bundesbanker Thilo Sarrazin (SPD) gegen die Schwächsten der Gesellschaft – gegen Arbeitslose und Arme im allgemeinen und Türken und Araber im besonderen.

New in French

Le PSG et le Parti La Gauche: un échange de lettres

Par Peter Schwarz, 9 octobre 2009

Peter Schwarz répond à la lettre d’un lecteur concernant les positions du Parti de l’Egalité sociale (Partei für Soziale Gleichheit, Allemagne) face au Parti la Gauche et aux différentes organisations petites bourgeoises à sa périphérie.

New in Spanish

Se le niega fianza a Roman Polanski mientras la prensa sigue con la histeria

Por Hiram Lee, 9 Octubre 2009

El martes el Ministerio de Justicia de Suiza rechazó la petición del director Roman Polanski para que lo pongan en libertad.

Perspective

The socialist answer to unemployment and poverty

9 October 2009

Wednesday’s lineup of tens of thousands of people seeking housing assistance in Detroit is one of those events that suddenly reveals the social reality in America that is ignored and concealed by the media and the political establishment.

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Video: Tens of thousands line up for housing assistance in Detroit

8 October 2009

Tens of thousands of Detroit residents lined up at the city’s Cobo complex for a chance to get financial assistance against evictions and utility shutoffs.

Socialist Equality Party

Sri Lanka: Vote SEP in the Southern Provincial Council election

Statement of the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka) , 9 October 2009

The SEP calls on workers, farmers and youth in the Galle district to vote for its slate of candidates in the Southern Provincial Council elections on Saturday.

Arts Review

The sordid coalition pursuing filmmaker Roman Polanski

By David Walsh, 8 October 2009

The effort to vilify film director Roman Polanski and have him extradited to the United States has become the rallying point for a broader campaign against “Hollywood liberals,” intellectuals, artists, and non-conformists of all sorts.

Workers Struggles

Leeds refuse workers vote to continue strike
SEP (Britain) warns against sellout by union leadership

By our reporter, 9 October 2009

At a mass meeting of striking refuse workers in Leeds yesterday, the 300 strikers present voted to continue their five week strike against attempts to slash wages by up to £6,000 a year.

Britain: Postal workers vote for national strike

By Robert Stevens, 9 October 2009

Postal workers in Britain voted Thursday for national strike action in their ongoing dispute with the state-run Royal Mail.

Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa

9 October 2009

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