16 November 2009

Obama seeks to boost US influence in Asia

By John Chan, 16 November 2009

On his first trip to Asia, US President Barack Obama has made clear that its main purpose is to reassure key allies and enhance American interests in the region against Washington’s main rivals, especially China.

US House health care bill would slash Medicare services

By Kate Randall, 16 November 2009

Benefits provided under Medicare would be sharply reduced for some senior citizens under the health care plan recently passed by the US House of Representatives, according to a new government report released Saturday.

Thai-Cambodian tensions escalate over Thaksin appointment

By John Roberts, 16 November 2009

A diplomatic row between Bangkok and Phnom Penh over Cambodia’s appointment of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as economic advisor intensified last week.

China continues its aggressive pursuit of Africa’s resources

By Brian Smith and Ann Talbot, 16 November 2009

The ministerial Forum on China-Africa Cooperation met in Egypt last week, attended by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. He pledged $10 billion (£6bn) in concessional loans to Africa over the next three years. His offer was warmly welcomed by African ministers. The result has already been an exacerbation of tensions between China and the US.

Britain: The Cambridge review
A damning refutation of Labour’s education lies

By Tania Kent, 16 November 2009

A recently published study, the “Cambridge Primary Review: Children, their World, their Education”, is a damning critique of the destructive impact of Labour’s policies on an entire generation of children.

New Zealand university administration calls police on protestors

By Victoria University of Wellington ISSE,
16 November 2009

In a blatant attack on democratic rights, two former university students were arrested when they attempted to deliver a petition to the administration of Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) in New Zealand on October 21.

VideoVideo: Handful of jobs offered at Detroit jobs fair

14 November 2009

Thousands of Detroit area residents lined up downtown Friday at a jobs fair, waiting in long lines to apply for some 400 positions.

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Das Ende des sozialdemokratischen Programms

Von Ulrich Rippert, 16. November 2009

Der Dresdner Parteitag der SPD leitet ein neues Stadium ihres Niedergangs ein. Die Abwendung der Wähler und Mitglieder wird weiter gehen.

Für eine unabhängige Bewegung an Unis, Schulen und in Betrieben
Kein Vertrauen in Grüne, Jusos und Linke.SDS

Erklärung der ISSE, 16. November 2009

Die Demonstrationen, die heute auf der ganzen Welt stattfinden und die seit Wochen in ganz Europa anhaltenden Besetzungen von Hörsälen sind ein wichtiger Schritt im Kampf gegen die profitorientierte Umstrukturierung des Bildungssystems.

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Deuxième conférence de l’université d’été 2007 du SEP (USA)
« Le socialisme dans un seul pays » et les débats sur l'économie soviétique des années 1920 — Première partie

Par Nick Beams, 16 novembre 2009

Voici la première partie de la deuxième conférence portant sur la théorie stalinienne du « Socialisme dans un seul pays » donnée par Nick Beams, secrétaire national du Socialist Equality Party (Australie) et membre du Comité éditorial international du WSWS, lors de l'université d'été de 2007 au Michigan.

Perspective

German Social Democrats invoke failed and abandoned reformist program

16 November 2009

The German Social Democratic Party, having suffered its worst ever result in September's national elections, pledged at its just completed congress to “return to the program of social democracy.”

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This Week in History: November 16-22

“Baby Fae,” who received baboon heart transplant, dies

Stephanie Fae Beauclair, known to the world as "Baby Fae," dies on November 16, 1984, two weeks after an initially successful operation to replace her failing heart with that of a baboon.


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Algerian rebel government names prisoners peace envoys

AlgeriaAlgeria's Tunisia-based rebel government on November 20, 1959 names five prisoners of France, including Mohammed Ben Bella, as envoys for peace discussions. French President Charles de Gaulle rejects the request.

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Roosevelt administration plans works programs to create jobs

WPAWith unemployment in the US at nearly 22 percent in 1934, the Roosevelt administration indicates its intention to expand major public works projects in order to provide jobs.

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United States moves to depose Zelaya

ZelayaOn November 18, 1909 the US administration of William Howard Taft sends war ships to the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua as it prepares to depose the regime of President José Santos Zelaya.

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Book Review

In The Service of Historical Falsification
A Review of Robert Service’s Trotsky: A Biography

By David North, 11 November 2009

In this review, David North, chairman of the international editorial board of the World Socialist Web Site, responds to the latest attack on and falsification of the life of Leon Trotsky.

Socialist Equality Party

TrotskyPublic Meeting in London
Historians in the service of the Big Lie:
An examination of Robert Service’s new biography of Leon Trotsky

This public lecture on December 13 in London will be given by David North, chairman of the international editorial board of the World Socialist Web Site and national chairman of the Socialist Equality Party.

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