14 October 2009

US Senate panel approves Obama-backed health care plan

By Kate Randall, 14 October 2009

The US Senate Finance Committee voted Tuesday to approve health care legislation that, if implemented, will slash health care benefits for millions of Americans.

US pressure builds ahead of talks with Iran in Vienna

By Peter Symonds, 14 October 2009

In the lead-up to international talks next Monday on Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium, the Obama administration has been intensifying pressure on Tehran.

Sri Lankan president invents an “international conspiracy”

By Vilani Peiris, 14 October 2009

The president regularly denounces unnamed powers and their local co-conspirators for smearing the name of the Sri Lankan military and undermining its victory against the LTTE. The “conspiracy” is woven into the government’s tub-thumping jingoism and used to denounce any critic of its war crimes and anti-democratic methods.

Citigroup spins off subsidiary to pay trader $100 million

By Andre Damon, 14 October 2009

Citigroup announced Friday plans to sell its energy-trading subsidiary Phibro to Occidental Petroleum, the fourth largest US energy company. The $250 million sale is largely designed to fulfill Citigroup’s obligation to pay one energy trader, Andrew Hall, a $100 million bonus.

Political fallout grows over Indonesian bank bailout

By John Braddock, 14 October 2009

A festering scandal in Indonesia over the government bailout of the mid-sized Bank Century late last year is threatening to cast a shadow over the second term of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Nationalist tensions deepen over Magna’s purchase bid for GM Europe

By Robert Stevens, 14 October 2009

The proposed buy-out of General Motors’ European arm by Magna International continues to expose trade rivalries within Europe.

New in French

La Bosnie au bord de l’effondrement

Par Paul Mitchell,14 octobre 2009

Un certain nombre de rapports signalent un danger d’effondrement de plus en plus en grand de la Bosnie-Herzégovine et même de la possibilité d’un déclenchement de guerre.

New in German

VW-Porsche-Übernahmeskandal
Norwegischer Pensionsfond bricht Kartell des Schweigens

Von Patrick Richter, 14. Oktober 2009

Norwegens staatlicher Pensionsfond wirft Porsche-Miteigentümer Ferdinand Piëch schwere Interessenskonflikte und Verletzung der Regeln guter Unternehmensführung vor.

Die New York Times glorifiziert den amerikanischen Militarismus

Von Patrick Martin, 14. Oktober 2009

Der außenpolitische Chefkommentator der New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman, präsentiert das amerikanische Militär als humanitäre und befreiende Kraft - vor allem in Afghanistan und dem Irak.

New in Russian

Нобелевская премия войны

Билл Вэн Оукен, 14 октября 2009 г.

Объявленное в пятницу, 9 октября, решение норвежского Нобелевского комитета о том, что премия за мир 2009 года присуждается Бараку Обаме, было с удивлением встречено во всем мире.

Perspective

Obama tops Bush in troop buildup

14 October 2009

The report Tuesday that the combined troop deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan are now larger than under Bush marks a grim milestone in the Obama administration’s military escalation.

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News Feature

The American way of debt: Turning a profit by preying on the poor

By Nancy Hanover, 14 October 2009

A section of business has turned the growth of poverty into a gold mine. Standing behind the big banks are several layers of an increasingly complex and parasitic finance industry. At the bottom are the collection agencies, the scavengers who relentlessly pursue individual workers.

Socialist Equality Party

WWII meetingEuropean Trotskyists mark seventieth anniversary of World War II

By our reporter, 14 October 2009

On October 11 in London, the European sections of the International Committee of the Fourth International held a joint meeting on the lessons of WWII.

Workers Struggles

Workers expose GM payoff to Canadian auto union officials

By Carl Bronski and Keith Jones, 14 October 2009

Management at the General Motors transmission plant in Windsor, Ontario have been forced to annul a secret memorandum of understanding with local officials of the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW) after outraged workers launched a campaign to recall shop committee members who benefited from the sweetheart deal.

Arts Review

UnlovedToronto International Film Festival 2009—Part 5
Compassion, vision, genius

By Joanne Laurier, 14 October 2009

The poor throughout the world are neglected and abandoned, increasingly left by the authorities to their own devices. In an imaginative and sensitive fashion, some artists are beginning to concern themselves with this state of affairs.

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