http://www.wsws.org/ The World Socialist Web Site features daily news and analysis written from a socialist perspective, and commentary on the arts, culture, history, and politics. It is published by the International Committee of the Fourth International. en http://www.wsws.org/index.shtml http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/nov2009/hood-n06.shtml A US Army major reportedly about to be deployed to Afghanistan opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas Thursday, killing 12 and wounding 31 others. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/nov2009/jmot-n06.shtml Hearings over the past two days have been dominated by two key issues—Australian complicity with lawyer Julian Moti’s allegedly unlawful removal from the Solomons in December 2007, and the stagger... http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/nov2009/ital-n06.shtml In a landmark decision with global political repercussions, an Italian court has convicted in absentia 23 US agents for their role in the 2003 CIA kidnapping and http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/nov2009/pola-n06.shtml The US government promises that it will not hand over to Italy convicted CIA agents, guilty of abetting torture, should that country request their extradition. It has adopted a different attitude towa... http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/nov2009/bonu-n06.shtml The authors of the biggest financial catastrophe in world history—executives and traders at US investment and commercial banks—will see their year-end bonuses rise by an average of 40 percent comp... http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/nov2009/faul-n06.shtml The photograph published in yesterday’s press of John Faulkner, the Defence Minister in the Australian Labor government, draping an honorary Order of Australia around the neck of General David Petra... http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/nov2009/mado-n06.shtml Documents relating to the investigation of Bernard Madoff released last Friday by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) highlight the complicity of the US regulatory agencies in one of the bigg... http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/nov2009/nutt-n06.shtml Home Secretary Alan Johnson has sacked the government’s chief drugs adviser Professor David Nutt for speaking out against official cannabis drugs policy. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/nov2009/pers-n06.shtml With the indictment of ex-President Jacques Chirac, investigations of France’s political-financial scandals have developed into a full-blown governmental crisis. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/nov2009/refu-n06.shtml The plight of Tamils living in intolerable conditions in Sri Lanka has been brought into sharp relief by the tragic drowning of 12 Tamil asylum seekers attempting to reach Australia in a small vessel. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/nov2009/sept-n06.shtml A Philadelphia transit worker was struck and killed by a train Thursday morning as the strike by 5,000 SEPTA workers entered its third day. As the day ended, union officials met with Pennsylvania Gove... http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/nov2009/wkrs-n06.shtml The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute http://www.wsws.org/wsws/dd-formmailer/dd-formmailer.php to this regular feature. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/nov2009/mons-n06.shtml The Monsters of Folk is a collaborative “supergroup” composed of Conner Oberst and multi-instrumentalist-producer Mike Mogis of Bright Eyes, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, and singer-songwriter M... http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/nov2009/bsa2-n06.shtml This statement by the Central Committee of the Bund Sozialistischer Arbeiter, the predecessor of the Partei für Soziale Gleichheit (Socialist Equality Party of Germany), was issued on October 18, 198...