Archive: 11/2011
2011-11-01
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
- Occupy Wall Street organizing underway in La Crosse, Wisconsin
- Occupy movement continues in upstate New York
- Unions move to sell out Southampton Council strike
- Early snowstorm wreaks havoc with northeast US
- Australian corporate elite hails Qantas assault
- NATO declares formal end to criminal war on Libya
- UK library cuts proceeding apace
- South Korean elections reveal widespread political disaffection
- ILO report warns of sharp employment downturn, social unrest
- Police order end to occupation in Perth, Western Australia
- US automakers to cash in from new UAW contracts
- Occupy Albany action enters second week
2011-11-02
- Security official convicted of obstructing probe into West Virginia mine disaster
- Political tensions rise as Thai flood disaster continues
- Spain faces economic catastrophe
- Sri Lankan government boosts military spending
- Australian “border protection” regime responsible for more refugee deaths
- Unemployment and the global financial aristocracy
- Anti-Wall Street protesters in New York denounce “Governor 1 percent”
- UK: Manchester’s most vulnerable face devastating cuts
- An exchange with a local union president on the Detroit library closures
- Letter to WSWS from Todd Kelly, AFSCME Local 1259 President
- Two Kentucky miners killed in wall collapse
- Italian government prepares historic attack on workers
- Coup fears in Greece over referendum plan
- US financial trader brought down by eurozone crisis
- Berlin’s new Senate agrees on security buildup
2011-11-03
- Obama green lights new BP Gulf oil drilling
- Are Obama and NATO plotting a military coup in Greece?
- “Ostalgia”: Art from the Stalinist and post-Stalinist bloc, 1960s to the present
- SEP speaker opposes “no politics” at Occupy London Stock Exchange
- Thousands march in Oakland to defend Occupy movement
- New Libyan prime minister installed by NATO-backed regime
- “These are the Royal Courts of Injustice”
- Europe on the brink as Greece staggers towards default
- Indonesian government orders police to break Papuan mine strike
- Washington austerity drive targets Medicare, Social Security
- British High Court dismisses appeal by WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange against extradition
2011-11-04
- Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
- UK government to limit employment protection
- Sharp rise in extreme-poverty neighborhoods in the US since 2000
- US/Britain prepare for war against Iran
- Papandreou cancels referendum on Greek austerity plan
- New York City: Dozens of Occupy Wall Street protesters going to trial for arrests
- Arrests follow Occupy Oakland demonstrations
- Tentative evidence of particles travelling faster than light
- US state Medicaid funding already squeezed in advance of federal cuts
- Margin Call: A look at the parasitical one percent
- US business magazine: Military coup best solution for Greece
- Afghan army trainee kills three Australian soldiers
2011-11-05
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
- US again threatening to take military action inside Pakistan
- Joint US-Israeli campaign against Palestinian UN bid
- United Mine Workers issues findings on Upper Big Branch mine disaster
- Hundreds of thousands without power in wake of Northeast US storm
- A global political strategy for Qantas workers
- G20 summit failure brings world recession closer
- Major parties pledge austerity agenda in New Zealand election campaign
- October another bleak month for US jobs
- Papandreou pledges Greek government of national unity
- Corzine resigns from MF Global amid mounting probes
2011-11-07
- German company demands 48-hour week and wage cuts
- This week in history: November 7-13
- Occupy Pittsburgh protesters oppose police repression in California
- Germany’s Pirate Party reveals its true colors
- Oppose the extradition of Julian Assange
- Pakistani government exploits railways crisis to pursue privatisation
- Police arrest 20 Occupy Atlanta protesters during late-night rally
- New incident raises safety fears in UK mining
- Israeli leaders press for attack on Iran
- Large numbers of US households to be denied heating assistance this winter
- Greek prime minister forced out in euro crisis deal
- Australia’s central bank cuts growth forecast amid global turmoil
- City government in Duluth, Minnesota prepares to evict Occupy protesters
- Illinois Democrats plan budgetary assault
- Detroit bus drivers stage one-day strike
- Australia: Police seek to block Occupy demonstrations
2011-11-08
- A generation ago, young US households were three times wealthier than today
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
- Reply to UK trade union official on Southampton Council strike
- The JVP crisis and the SEP’s struggle for Marxism in Sri Lanka
- The MF Global collapse, the Democratic Party and Wall Street
- Workers vote for strike action at Park Cakes factories, north west England
- Anti-worker legislation faces referendum vote in Ohio
- German chancellor seeks closer alliance with the trade unions
- Malaysian government moves for early election
- Major powers successfully dictate regime change in Greece
- Protests mount against power grab by Egyptian military
- Euro crisis deepens after failure of G20 meeting
- First arrests in Occupy Detroit protest
- Letters from our readers
- Wisconsin power plant spills coal ash into Lake Michigan
- “Chagall and the Russian Avant-Garde” at the Art Gallery of Ontario
- Greek government crisis triggers new round of budget cuts in Europe
- Australian government pledges new cuts as budget deficit looms
2011-11-09
- London student protest: Defend education with class struggle methods
- Australia: Bipartisan agreement on retrospective anti-refugee law
- SEP campaigns at J’pura University for release of political prisoners
- 49 million Americans in poverty, Census study finds
- Greece and the dictatorship of finance
- Occupy protesters face more arrests, threats to encampments
- Occupy Los Angeles: “Obama promised us hope and change, and we got war and poverty instead.”
- Chicago regional rail passengers to be hit with sharp fare hikes
- Three occupations continue in Maine
- Talks on Greek national government stagger on without agreement
- Germany: Young people caught in the debt trap
- Croatia’s ruling party in crisis
- California Governor Jerry Brown proposes public pension rollbacks
- Strong opposition to Detroit suburban bus cuts
2011-11-10
- UAW contracts set stage for global attack on auto workers
- US off-year balloting shows mass opposition to right-wing policies
- Sweden’s Social Democrats in freefall
- Southern Illinois University faculty strike
- IAEA dossier heightens danger of war against Iran
- Occupy New York contingent sets off on march to Washington
- Australia: Corporate-backed government offensive against Victorian nurses
- Nine candidates vie to lead Canada’s NDP
- Another Kentucky coal miner killed
- Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi announces his resignation
- No national government in Greece as talks break up
- European debt crisis sparks global sell-off on financial markets
- Letters from our readers
2011-11-11
- Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
- British authorities launch “Total Policing” at student protest
- A portrait of contemporary anxiety in Take Shelter
- US, UN snub Tamil National Alliance delegation
- Russian nationalists march in Moscow
- Once again on Obama and Wall Street
- James Murdoch compared to “mafia boss” in British phone hacking inquiry
- Students at London demonstration speak
- The Occupy movement, identity politics and the International Socialist Organization
- Obama extends educational “competition” to preschoolers
- University authorities seek to block and isolate Occupy Harvard
- Favorite of European banks appointed to head Greek government
- UK electricians’ demonstration faces police repression
- Occupy Detroit protesters determined, despite threats from city
- First police action against Occupy Canada movement—more planned
- Police attack Occupy protesters in Berkeley, California
- Eurozone crisis brings worsening outlook in China and Asia
2011-11-12
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
- Unemployment in Germany: Appearance and reality
- Thai floods compound government’s political problems
- Australian government imposes new student union fee
- Tensions over Scottish independence referendum
- City of Sacramento criminalizes peaceful Occupy protest
- “Total Policing” and the criminalisation of dissent
- Former leader Arthur Scargill makes apologia for British National Union of Mineworkers
- The Occupy movement and beyond
- India: Maruti Suzuki union leaders given huge payouts after ending strike
- Greek “left” prepares new trap for the working class
- European Union presses for change of government in Italy
- Army sergeant convicted as ringleader of Afghan war crimes
- Exciting and engaging: Richard Dawkins’ The Magic of Reality: How We Know What’s Really True
- Letters from our readers
- A bridge to somewhere: Billionaire obstructs new Michigan-Ontario crossing
2011-11-14
- This week in history: November 14-20
- Arab League suspension of Syria brings military intervention closer
- Saudi Arabia plays key role in US anti-Iranian alliance
- The Rum Diary: Fear and loathing in the Caribbean
- US authorities step up nationwide crackdown on Occupy protests
- Police evict Occupy Portland protesters
- The unravelling of the European Union
- Mexican police arrest protesters in Juarez
- Resignation of Italy’s Berlusconi clears way for “technocratic” government chosen by the banks
- Oppose all utility shutoffs! Heat and Light are a social right! Join CAUS Today!
- US deficit panel focuses on cuts to Medicare, Social Security
- US presses China on trade issues at APEC summit
- Australian elite troops prepared for decade-long operations in Afghanistan
2011-11-15
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
- Tunisia delays forming government amid a new wave of strikes
- UK couple driven to suicide by poverty and neglect
- 900 miners sacked in Romania
- The crackdown on Occupy protests and the criminalization of dissent
- The Penn State scandal and sports in America
- OECD says economic slump will deepen throughout the world
- Police evict Occupy Oakland demonstrators
- Social reality in New York
- New Zealand election: Mana Party a new political trap for workers
- Newly-installed Greek government pledges continued cuts
- Report reveals largest UK education cuts since 1950s
- With eviction threat looming, protesters mark one month of Occupy Detroit
- Letters from our readers
- Australia: Striking process workers resist police attacks
- Brazilian army, police occupy Rio de Janeiro slums
- Asuncion: Inauspicious debut play from film actor Jesse Eisenberg
2011-11-16
- Protesters speak on Occupy Wall Street eviction
- UK’s major parties unite to demand action from Germany over euro crisis
- Politicians cover up austerity measures planned after Spanish elections
- Australian airline unions seek deal with Qantas
- Papua New Guinea riots expose mounting social tensions
- Berlusconi and the Italian “left”
- New York City police raid Occupy Wall Street camp
- Neo-Nazi terror and the German intelligence forces
- Commissioners vote to close four Detroit branch libraries
- Huge explosion at Iranian missile base kills top general
- US Supreme Court to hear challenge to Obama health care law
- Boston protesters denounce raid on Occupy Wall Street
2011-11-17
- The story of Mark Zborowski: Stalin’s spy in the Fourth International
- UAW-run trust fund to cut retiree health benefits
- UK unemployment reaches 17-year high
- US more segregated in rich and poor neighborhoods
- The shutdown of Occupy Wall Street
- Mayors conspired to close Occupy Wall Street encampments
- Jefferson County, Alabama files largest municipal bankruptcy in US history
- Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar
- Japanese PM’s support for US trade pact provokes opposition
- Israel imposes heavy sentence on whistle-blower Anat Kam to protect the guilty
- Political issues in the arson attack on France’s Charlie Hebdo magazine
- Papuan miners extend two-month strike
- Letters on the Penn State scandal
- Pro-European Union, right-wing candidate wins Bulgarian presidency
- Thousands protest education fee hikes in California
- Obama increases US military presence in Australia and Asia
2011-11-18
- Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
- Syria targeted for imperialist intrigue after Arab League suspension
- Portland Occupy protests face heavy police intimidation
- The German state and the neo-Nazi killings
- Massive police mobilization against Occupy Wall Street protesters
- Obama lays down the challenge to China
- Australian nurses’ industrial action banned by Labor’s laws
- Italy: The cabinet of Mario Monti—a government of the banks
- US Congress blocks rules on healthier school lunches
- Italian “left” supports new Prime Minister Mario Monti
- Financial markets continue offensive as European recession deepens
- Obama moves to legalize cluster munitions
- Detroit mayor outlines drastic cuts
2011-11-19
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
- Spain’s “Anti-Capitalist” electoral coalition: An anti-socialist trap for the working class
- JVP dissidents in Sri Lanka: a new political trap
- Service Employees International Union endorses Obama in 2012
- Mass protests against university fee hikes in Quebec
- Constitutional crisis erupts in Papua New Guinea
- Obama heightens danger of war in Asia
- Police repression escalates against Occupy protests
- Sixth Kentucky coal miner killed
- Labour’s Ed Miliband discovers “predatory capitalism”
- A reader responds on the suicide deaths of UK couple
- Germany’s Christian Democrats head toward a grand coalition
- Police use pepper spray against unarmed protesters in Davis, California
- Letters from our readers
- Obama seeks to build anti-China coalition at Bali summit
- Occupy Albany, NY: “The people need to represent the people”
2011-11-21
- The police attack at UC Davis: The working class and the defense of democratic rights
- This week in history: November 21-27
- Crackdown on Occupy Canada encampments
- Western powers back Syrian insurgents as Arab League deadline expires
- PSA Peugeot Citroën to slash 6,000 jobs in Europe
- Ex-Philippine President Arroyo arrested for electoral fraud
- The threat of dictatorship in Greece
- Mounting food crisis in Latin America
- Egyptian military junta carries out deadly crackdown on protesters
- French parliament approves austerity measures
- The counterrevolutionary role of the Egyptian pseudo-left
- Mark Duggan unarmed when shot by UK police
- US and Australia discuss joint military base in Indian Ocean
- California students face unending tuition hikes
- US budget panel fails to reach deficit-cutting agreement
- Obama forces discussion at Bali summit on South China Sea
- New York governor moves to forcibly remove Occupy Albany protesters
2011-11-22
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
- Opposition grows to police attack on UC Davis students
- Social democrats pave way for return of right-wing Popular Party in Spain
- US Census figures show jump in child poverty
- Greece, the crisis of the Euro and the dictatorship of finance
- Three oil refineries on US East Coast face possible shutdown
- Renewed uprising signals turning point in Egyptian revolution
- After the New Zealand election: the fight against social inequality
- Australia: Nurses continue industrial action in defiance of industrial laws
- Gaddafi’s son captured in Libya
- Letter on Occupy Toronto
- US budget impasse, European debt contagion spark sell-off on world stock markets
- Letters from our readers
- European debt crisis threatens Balkan economies
- IMF warns that China’s financial system is “vulnerable”
- Occupy Bristol supporters attend Capita strike picket
2011-11-23
- Spain: Inequality soars to record levels
- What the Gleision mining tragedy reveals about Britain’s trade unions
- Australia: Qantas imposes arbitration to enforce restructuring
- New York police beat and arrest students protesting tuition increase
- The police assault at University of California, Davis
- Australia: The political issues facing Victorian nurses
- Inquiry hears evidence of extent of phone hacking at Murdoch’s News International
- Letter from historians to German publisher Suhrkamp on Robert Service’s biography of Trotsky
- European historians oppose publication by Suhrkamp of Robert Service’s Trotsky biography
- David Harvey and the Occupy Movement
- Australia: Elderly patients die in Sydney nursing home fire
- Millions protest to demand overthrow of US-backed Egyptian junta
- Detroit residents: “There is nothing here for the people but a struggle”
- Thousands line up for heating assistance in Detroit
- Thousands rally at UC Davis against police brutality and education cuts
- Obama administration defends unlimited warrantless GPS surveillance before Supreme Court
- Obama, Congress make new austerity plans
- Anonymous: An ignorant assault on Shakespeare
2011-11-24
- UN lines up behind Arab League-Turkey action against Syria
- Obama’s aggressive turn to Asia
- The Occupy protests in Australia, the unions and the pseudo-left
- Former Libyan PM exposes US-NATO machinations
- Social crisis in America: Thanksgiving 2011
- Greek police make first raid on university since fall of military junta
- Mass protests intensify against Egyptian junta
- As euro crisis worsens, new signs of world downturn
- Video: Michigan residents denounce DTE Energy’s “Customer Assistance Day”
- Obama’s move on Burma
- Issues involved in the National Basketball Association lockout
- Auto workers denounce police attack on California students
2011-11-25
- Yemeni president signs deal to step down
- Police evict Occupy Toronto protesters
- Squalid manoeuvre gives extra vote to minority Australian Labor government
- The crisis of the euro
- UK bakers union calls off strikes at Park Cakes
- Working people disenfranchised in New Zealand election
- Corruption-plagued NYPD tramples on democratic rights
- Australian nurses rally in defence of wages and conditions
- Nearly half of US Congress members are millionaires
- Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
- Labour’s new president promotes “Irishness” to cover austerity
- The Greens: Adjuncts of US and Australian militarism
- Beijing considers response to US diplomatic offensive
- Berlin city government: SPD and CDU agree on a coalition
2011-11-26
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
- Former Sri Lankan presidential candidate jailed for three years
- The civil war in Syria and the fate of the Middle Eastern revolution
- Members of 20 UK unions vote to join strike over pensions
- Australia: Union shuts down nurses’ industrial action
- NPA responds to debt crisis by promoting alliances with French bourgeois “left”
- Russia, Germany launch Nord Stream pipeline
- Australian government “delivers” on mining tax
- Renewed calls for Medicare cuts
- International statements of support for UC Davis protests
- Millions demand downfall of US-backed Egyptian junta
- Detroit mayor cuts jobs, threatens state takeover
- Mother of Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder, speaks with the WSWS
- Inequality in Boston
2011-11-28
- “Robert Service has written a diatribe, not a scientific polemic!”
- This week in history: November 28-December 5
- Former owner GM blocks Saab takeover
- Australia: Refugees narrowly survive another boat disaster
- The Egyptian revolution turns against the military
- Joint military exercise highlights growing Pakistan-China relations
- The Occupy London movement at the crossroads
- Labour routed in New Zealand election
- The Australian trade unions and the betrayal of the Victorian nurses’ struggle
- French petty-bourgeois “left” plots military intervention in Syria
- Germany: The Nazi terrorist cell and the poison of anti-communism
- NATO raid kills two dozen Pakistani soldiers
- Mexican teachers fight to defend public education
- South Korea ratifies free trade deal with US
- UC Davis Chancellor Katehi’s past: Police repression in Greece, FBI spying in the US
- Unite the working class to defend public education and democratic rights!
2011-11-29
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
- Sri Lankan SEP/ISSE holds public meeting on JVP crisis
- The US-Australia military agreements: Preparations for war with China
- US Census: One third of US population poor or near-poor
- Mass layoffs in Germany highlight new stage in global slump
- Outrage spreads in Pakistan over NATO bombings
- Protesters in Philadelphia and Los Angeles resist attempts to end occupations
- Massive increase in UK wage inequality
- Australian banks sound alarm over euro-zone fallout
- Students protest tuition hikes and police violence at UC Davis
- New York: CUNY students denounce police attacks
- Letters from our readers
- Strikes rock manufacturing centres in southern China
- UK academies pay managers up to £280,000
2011-11-30
- Germany: The referendum on the “Stuttgart 21” rail project
- For a general strike to bring down the Cameron government!
- Sri Lankan government imposes austerity budget
- An exchange: More on the contemporary assault on Shakespeare
- Euro crisis deepens amid warnings of depression
- West Yorkshire, UK parents and teachers march against school privatisation
- An exchange on the union’s role in the Australian nurses’ dispute
- Australian government slashes spending as global crisis deepens
- Article sheds light on the fabrication of charges against Strauss-Kahn
- First round of Egyptian parliamentary elections begins
- WikiLeaks wins top Australian journalism prize
- American Airlines files for bankruptcy protection
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