17 November 2009

A record 49 million Americans faced hunger in 2008

By Barry Grey, 17 November 2009

A yearly survey on hunger released Monday by the United States Department of Agriculture reported that a record 49.1 million Americans in 17 million households lacked dependable access to adequate food in 2008.

Washington’s crisis over Afghanistan deepens

By Bill Van Auken, 17 November 2009

The increasingly public dissension within the Obama administration over the proposed escalation in Afghanistan reflects the reality that US imperialism has no good options in the war that it launched more than eight years ago.

Wave of bombings hits Pakistan’s north west

By James Cogan, 17 November 2009

The Pakistani Taliban is carrying out an intense campaign of suicide bombings and assassinations in retaliation for the military offensive in the tribal agency of South Waziristan.

Sharp rise in birth defects in Iraqi city destroyed by US military

By David Walsh, 17 November 2009

As a likely result of the weaponry unleashed on the Iraqi city of Fallujah by the US military in 2004, doctors are discovering a horrifying increase in birth defects and deformities.

Credit ratings agency gives verdict on British economy

By Jean Shaoul, 17 November 2009

Credit ratings agency Fitch warns that Britain could lose its prized AAA status as a sovereign borrower.

Courtroom murderer sentenced to lifelong imprisonment in Germany

By Justus Leicht, 17 November 2009

Alex W, a German-Russian citizen was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a 31 year-old Egyptian woman in a courtroom.

Solomon Islands: parliamentary report rubberstamps Australian-led RAMSI intervention force

By Patrick O’Connor, 17 November 2009

A report released by the Solomon Islands’ parliamentary Foreign Relations Committee last Thursday brushes aside many serious issues regarding the legal status of the immunity of RAMSI personnel from Solomons’ law.

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Karstadt: Gewerkschaft Verdi vereinbart Lohnkürzung und Schließung von Kaufhäusern

Von Dietmar Henning, 17. November 2009

Der Betriebsrat und der Insolvenzverwalter der Kaufhauskette Karstadt haben vereinbart, mehrere Kaufhäuser stillzulegen sowie insgesamt 150 Millionen Euro auf Kosten der Belegschaft einzusparen. Die Große Tarifkommission der Gewerkschaft Verdi hat diese Vereinbarung am Montag abgesegnet.

 

Wiederbelebung der Spekulation legt den Grundstein für eine noch größere Wirtschaftskrise

Von Barry Grey, 17. November 2009

Am Mittwoch gab das Federal Open Market Committee, das Entscheidungsgremium der amerikanischen Zentralbank, bekannt, dass es seinen Leitzins auf dem jetzigen Niveau von Null bis 0,25 Prozent halten werde. Während diese Entscheidung allgemein erwartet worden war, wurde viel darüber spekuliert, ob die Fed in ihrer Ankündigung Formulierungen benutzen würde, die auf eine baldige Anhebung des Leitzinses hindeuten.

 

Studentenproteste in Österreich halten an

Von Marius Heuser, 17. November 2009

Seit vier Wochen besetzen österreichische Studierende die wichtigsten Hörsäle der Universitäten des Landes. Die WSWS sprach mit Beteiligten.

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Recuperação especulativa prepara catástrofe econômica ainda maior

Por Barry Grey, 17 de novembro de 2009

Na quarta-feira, dia 4/11, o Comitê Federal de Mercado Aberto ? comissão responsável pela taxa básica de juros do Federal Reserve, banco central dos EUA ? anunciou a manutenção de sua taxa de juros no atual patamar de zero a 0,25% ao ano.

 

Seção pablista da Austrália prepara dissolução similar à da LCR

Por Laura Tiernan, 17 de novembro de 2009

Em seu Congresso Nacional, marcado para janeiro de 2010, a Perspectiva Socialista-Democrática (DSP), seção australiana da internacional pablista, se dissolverá na falida frente eleitoral da Aliança Socialista (SA).

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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 — Deuxième partie

Par Nick Beams, 17 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

Once again: The New York Times and Obama’s attack on health care

17 November 2009

The New York Times has stepped up its campaign in support of the Obama administration’s drive to overhaul the US health care system, providing arguments in defense of rationing and a class-based system of medical care.

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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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ISSE

For an independent working class movement to defend education

Statement by the ISSE (Germany), 17 November 2009

This statement has been issued by the ISSE in Germany in response to protests that have erupted in Europe against the profit-oriented restructuring of the education system.

Socialist Equality Party

Sri Lankan SEP holds meeting on lessons of World War II

By our correspondent, 17 November 2009

The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) and International Students for Social Equality (ISSE) in Sri Lanka held a well-attended meeting in Colombo on November 10 to mark the 70th anniversary of World War II.

Science

Moon experiment shows presence of water

By Patrick Martin, 17 November 2009

The deliberate crashing of a US rocket into the surface of the Moon has produced evidence of “a significant amount” of water ice, a discovery that could revolutionize the exploration of the Earth’s satellite and even open the way to long-term settlement.

Workers Struggles

Illinois teaching and research assistants strike

By Tom Mackaman and Clement Daly, 17 November 2009

Graduate student employees at the University of Illinois went on strike on Monday against the university’s demand that it be allowed the right to impose tuition on teaching and research assistants.

Workers Struggles: The Americas

17 November 2009

The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.

Correspondence

Letters on Robert Service’s Trotsky

17 November 2009

A selection of recent letters sent to the World Socialist Web Site.

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