9 November 2009

Obama will send tens of thousands more troops to Afghanistan

By Patrick Martin, 9 November 2009

According to US press reports Sunday, President Barack Obama has decided to send tens of thousands of additional US troops to further escalate the war in Afghanistan.

US House passes health care bill
Democrats agree to broad anti-abortion amendment

By Kate Randall, 9 November 2009

The US House of Representatives narrowly passed legislation on Saturday to overhaul the nation’s health care system, with the inclusion of an amendment that imposes strict bans on the use of federal funds to finance abortion.

Honduras: Republicans praise Obama for “reversing” policy

By Bill Van Auken, 9 November 2009

Republican lawmakers who openly back the coup regime in Honduras have voiced satisfaction that the Obama administration has “reversed” its policy on the return to office of the country’s ousted president, Manuel Zelaya.

British government mounts world’s largest bank bailout

By Jean Shaoul, 9 November 2009

Alistair Darling, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has just announced the world’s biggest bailout for a single bank in a bid to rescue the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).

Quebec’s Liberal government to impose draconian spending cuts, fee hikes

By Louis Girard, 9 November 2009

The ruling elite views the province’s deteriorating fiscal position as an opportunity to press for changes in socio-economic policy that it has long sought, including cuts in public and social services, hikes in university fees, electricity rates, and user fees for many government services.

Sri Lanka’s top general emerges as possible presidential candidate

By Sarath Kumara and K. Ratnayake, 9 November 2009

With the prospect of a presidential election early next year, General Sarath Fonseka is increasingly likely to become the opposition candidate to challenge President Mahinda Rajapakse.

Tamil asylum-seekers reject Australian government demands

By Richard Phillips, 9 November 2009

The Rudd government is intensifying its pressure on 78 Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers aboard the Oceanic Viking to disembark and enter Indonesian immigration detention centres.

Video: Thousands line up for Swine Flu vaccine in MichiganH1N1 video

9 November 2009

The WSWS interviewed residents lining up to get a Swine Flu vaccine in Sterling Heights, Michigan.

Canada: Chaotic response to swine flu pandemic highlights government indifference

By Carl Bronski, 9 November 2009

Federal and provincial health officials are backtracking on earlier commitments to help both high-risk groups and members of the general population seeking vaccination.

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France: Les scandales politico-financiers

Par Alex Lantier, 9 novembre 2009

Avec le renvoi en correctionnelle de l'ancien président Jacques Chirac, les enquêtes sur les scandales politico-financiers de France se sont développées en une crise gouvernementale de grande ampleur.

Les trotskystes européens commémorent le 70e anniversaire de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale
Des familles entières furent obligées de s’exiler à cause de leur antinazisme

Par Françoise Thull, 9 novembre 2009

Le 11 octobre, les sections européennes du Comité international de la Quatrième Internationale (CIQI) ont tenu une réunion conjointe à Londres sur les enseignements à tirer de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale. Nous publions ci-dessous les réflexions de Françoise Thull, membre du Parti de l’Egalité sociale en Allemagne (Partei für Soziale Gleichheit, PSG), qui a parlé des expériences de sa famille durant cette période en France.

Perspective

The fall of the Berlin Wall

9 November 2009

The contradiction between the official celebrations and the lack of public enthusiasm over the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall speaks volumes about the real significance of the events of November 1989.

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This Week in History: November 9-15

Pinochet imposes state of siege on Chile

PinochetThis week in 1984, Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet unleashes the military on working class neighborhoods in Santiago, arresting thousands, and shutting down opposition media. The actions followed the president’s declaration of a national state of siege on November 6.


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Iraqi prime minister touts nationalist measures

In a nationwide radio speech delivered on November 14, 1959, Iraqi Prime Minister Abd al-Karim Qasim declares that his nation has been made "rich" by what he describes as its rejection of western imperialism. It is his first speech since being wounded in an assassination attempt a month earlier.

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Doumergue’s “Cabinet of Truce” collapses in France

The conservative national unity government under Gaston Doumergue collapses on November 8, 1934, after only eight months.

Doumergue was installed in office in the wake of the February 6, 1934 fascist riots in the Place de la Concorde, and days before the general strike of February 12.

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Coal mine disaster in Cherry, Illinois, claims the lives of 259

Cherry Mine The familiar sound of the mine siren brings the women and children of little Cherry, Illinois, to the mine head on November 13. Whose father, husband, or brother has died or been maimed today?

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Commentary

The Ford vote and the UAW’s defenders

By Jerry White, 9 November 2009

Last week’s defeat of the UAW-Ford concessions contract by the rank-and-file has not diminished the claims by various middle class organizations that all opposition should be channeled through the UAW.

Letters

A letter and reply on Theodor Adorno

By Stefan Steinberg, 9 November 2009

This letter was written in response to the article, “German philosopher Peter Sloterdijk defends racist remarks by central banker”. It is followed by a response from the author of the article, Stefan Steinberg.

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