30 January 2012
US, Arab League push for UN action against Syria
By Jean Shaoul, 30 January 2012
The United States is working with Qatar and Saudi Arabia to push through a resolution at the UN Security Council laying the basis for military intervention in Syria.
Berlin calls for EU-run bankers’ dictatorship over Greek economy
By Stefan Steinberg, 30 January 2012
The German government is proposing that the European Union be empowered to directly control Greek budget policy.
European Central Bank averted global financial freefall
By Nick Beams, 30 January 2012
European markets could have frozen last month, setting off a global credit crisis, had it not been for a massive injection of ECB funds.
Hundreds arrested in police crackdown on Oakland protests
By Jack Hood, 30 January 2012
Police in Oakland, California used rubber bullets, flash bangs, smoke grenades, bean bag guns, batons and tear gas to suppress the demonstrations.
Obama’s Jobs Council promotes pro-corporate policies
By Patrick Martin, 30 January 2012
The report of Obama’s Jobs Council, an advisory group of millionaire CEOs, spells out plans to subordinate every aspect of American society to a single goal—boosting corporate profits.
New York Mayor Bloomberg backs police commissioner in uproar over anti-Muslim film
By Ali Ismail, 30 January 2012
Muslim civil rights advocates and other civil liberties supporters denounced New York Mayor Bloomberg and police commissioner Kelly over an Islamophobic film shown to 1,500 police officers.
London primary school mounts legal challenge over academy status
By Harvey Thompson, 30 January 2012
Downhills Primary School in Haringey, north London has launched a legal challenge to Education Secretary Michael Gove’s attempt to force it to become an academy.
London march against Academy status for schools
By Jo March, 30 January 2012
Over 1,000 London parents, children, teachers, and others protested government plans to force three local primaries to become academies.
Indian foreign minister visits Sri Lanka
By Wije Dias, 30 January 2012
While he cynically expressed concern about the plight of Sri Lankan Tamils, Krishna’s trip sought to push India’s economic and geopolitical interests.
New Zealand court refuses bail in Megaupload case
By John Braddock, 30 January 2012
The judge conceded that the US authorities had not presented any evidence in support of their substantive case against Dotcom.
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Protestele sociale iau amploare în Europa de Est
De Peter Schwarz, 30 ianuarie 2012
Valul de revolte sociale care au zguduit anul trecut Orientul Mijlociu, SUA, Grecia, Spania și alte țări a ajuns acum în Europa de Est.
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L'Union européenne impose un embargo pétrolier contre l'Iran
Par Peter Symonds, 30 janvier 2012
Les sanctions de l'UE sont en fait une guerre économique qui intensifie le risque d'un glissement vers des hostilités militaires
Les protestations sociales se propagent en Europe de l'Est
Par Peter Schwarz, 30 janvier 2012
La vague de soulèvements sociaux qui a secoué l'année dernière le Moyen-Orient, les Etats-Unis, la Grèce, l'Espagne et d'autres pays atteint à présent l'Europe de l'Est.
Obama soutient un changement de régime en Syrie à l'unisson des appels à une intervention
Par Bill Van Auken, 30 janvier 2012
Le président Obama a exprimé mardi son soutien en faveur du changement du régime en place en Syrie tandis que les demandes d'intervention dans ce pays du Moyen-Orient ont continué à s'intensifier.
Manroland: Un article du WSWS provoque un débat dans un journal local
Par notre correspondant, 30 janvier 2012
Un article récemment paru sur le site du WSWS et traitant de la trahison par les syndicats des travailleurs de Manroland a provoqué un vif débat dans un journal allemand.
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Perspective
US tightens the military noose around China
30 January 2012
Washington’s talks with Manila over an expanded US military presence in the Philippines are another step in Obama’s reckless strategy of containing China.
Socialist Equality Party
Twenty years since the dissolution of the USSR
The capitalist crisis and the radicalization of the working class in 2012
By David North, 30 January, 2012
This report was given by David North to a series of regional aggregate meetings of the Socialist Equality Party (US) held during the month of January.
Sri Lankan army instigates violence against Jaffna SEP members
By the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka),
28 January, 2012
This Week in History: January 30 - February 5
25 years ago: ANC leader Tambo meets with Reagan administration
On January 28, 1987, Secretary of State George Schultz held a 50-minute meeting with African National Congress (ANC) President Oliver Tambo.
50 years ago: Kennedy imposes embargo on Cuba
On February 3, 1962, President John F. Kennedy ordered a total ban on all exports to Cuba, a measure aimed at destabilizing the three-year-old nationalist government led by Fidel Castro.
75 years ago: Besieged Flint sit-down strikers remain resolute
In Flint, Michigan, Circuit Court Judge Gadola granted General Motors (GM) an injunction against the sit-down strikers occupying the Fisher Body works on January 30 1937.
100 years ago: Futurist exhibition in Paris
On February, 5, 1912, the first Futurist exhibition outside Italy opened at Galerie Bernheim-Jeune in Paris.
Arts Review
The Adventures of Tintin: A generic boy scout travels a computer-generated world
By Alex Lantier, 30 January 2012
In The Adventures of Tintin, director Stephen Spielberg sets out to render the Belgian comic strip Tintin in film using motion-capture animation technology.
The death of Greek filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos
"I no longer deal with politics, with generalisations. I have stopped understanding them."
By Stefan Steinberg, 27 January 2012
Workers Struggles
Unite’s sabotaging of UK electricians dispute aided by ex-left
By Paul Bond, 30 January 2012
Electricians opposing the imposition of new contracts that would cut wages by up to a third face the sabotage of their struggle by the union Unite.
Cooper Tire workers in UK express solidarity with Ohio struggle
By Richard Duckworth, 28 January 2012
Arkansas Cooper Tire local ratifies contract
By James Brewer, 28 January 2012
The Cooper Tire lockout and the lowering of US wages
By Jerry White, 27 January 2012
More on the lockout of Cooper Tire workers »
Trustees endorse Unilever attack on UK workers' pensions
By Danny Richardson, 27 January 2012
Unilever worker says: “It's like we have gone back a hundred years”
By Danny Richardson, 27 January 2012
Manroland: WSWS article unleashes debate in local newspaper
By our reporter, 25 January 2012
More on the struggle at Manroland »
Science
A friendly response to William Whitlow's comments on Thomas Kuhn
By Philip Guelpa, 30 January 2012
This commentary is written as a supplement to the WSWS article “Thomas S. Kuhn, post-modernism and materialist dialectics,” by William Whitlow.
Commentary
Mounting social struggles cast shadow over Davos economic summit
By Nick Beams, 28 January 2012
The trade unions and Obama's State of the Union speech
By Barry Grey, 28 January 2012
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