World News
Australia-Sri Lanka deal for joint crackdown on Tamil asylum seekers
By Richard Phillips, November 13, 2009
By reaching a deal with Colombo—that is, with the regime responsible for the oppression of Tamils—the Australian Labor government is legitimising its police state measures and nullifying the basic...
Former US diplomat Peter Galbraith grabs hundreds of millions in Iraqi oil money
By Alex Lantier, November 13, 2009
Peter Galbraith stands to make hundreds of millions of dollars in Iraqi oil money by cashing in on his links to the Kurdish regional leadership in Iraq.
US-China tensions overshadow Obama’s trip to Asia
By Peter Symonds, November 13, 2009
US President Barack Obama arrives today in Tokyo at the start of his first trip to Asia. While he will also stop off in South Korea and the APEC summit in Singapore, the central focus of the tour is C...
Trial by media in Australian terrorism case
By Mike Head, November 13, 2009
Despite objections by defence lawyers, highly-prejudicial and untested prosecution evidence was released to the media in Australia’s latest large-scale terrorist trial.
Abbas threatens resignation and collapse of the Palestinian Authority
By Chris Marsden, November 13, 2009
President Mahmoud Abbas’s threat to resign is a desperate gamble made necessary by the Obama administration’s undermining of its leading Palestinian ally.
Almost 200 million children undernourished in poor countries
By James Brewer, November 13, 2009
There are currently 195 million children under the age of five in underdeveloped countries whose growth is stunted due to chronic malnutrition, according to a UN agency.
Public Meeting in London
Historians in the service of the Big Lie
November 12, 2009
This important public meeting will be held on December 13 at the Friends Meeting House in London.
BBC poll shows widespread disaffection with capitalism
By Julie Hyland, November 12, 2009
A global poll by the British Broadcasting Corporation shows widespread disaffection with the capitalist free-market, including a significant opposition to capitalism per se.
Naval clash between two Koreas as Obama heads to Asia
By John Chan, November 12, 2009
Just days before US President Barack Obama commences his first major visit to Asia, a brief exchange of fire took place between South and North Korean naval vessels.
Schools “pushed toward the edge of a cliff”
Educators discuss impact of Michigan cuts
By Tom Eley, November 12, 2009
As the state of Michigan moves forward with massive funding cuts for public education, the World Socialist Web Site discussed the ramifications with leading educators.
Australian Pabloites prepare NPA-style dissolution
By Laura Tiernan, November 12, 2009
The Democratic Socialist Perspective will dissolve itself into the ailing Socialist Alliance electoral front in January 2010. Modelled closely on France’s New Anti-capitalist Party, the DSP is makin...
New Japanese government under pressure to slash social spending
By John Chan, November 12, 2009
The government of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama is facing growing demands from big business to ditch its election promises, slash social spending and rein in mushrooming public debt.
