Region-wide war threatens as Iraqi state disintegrates
By James Cogan, 27 June 2014
Iraq’s prime minister has turned toward enlisting the assistance of Shiite militias, the Iranian Shiite regime and Russia.
The fiasco of Kerry’s Middle East tour
Democracy and the debacle in Iraq
US, NATO deliver fresh ultimatums to Russia over Ukraine
By Bill Van Auken, 27 June 2014
Secretary of State Kerry warned that Moscow had just “hours” to take steps to end the revolt in eastern Ukraine.
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ACLU report exposes US federal government’s role in creating “paramilitary police”
By Andre Damon, 27 June 2014
The ACLU report concludes that the “federal government has justified and encouraged the militarization of local law enforcement.”
Police violence and the American gulag
The return of the state secret police in Germany
By Ulrich Rippert, 27 June 2014
Top secret documents provided to the media by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden make clear the close collaboration between US and German intelligence agencies.
Inequality doubles in the US between 2003-2013
By Gabriel Black, 27 June 2014
A report by a group of University of Michigan researchers documents that inequality has nearly doubled in the US since 2003, with the median American household losing 36 percent of its wealth.
Chicago Public Schools lays off 1,150 workers
By Kristina Betinis, 27 June 2014
The layoffs affect more than 500 teachers and 650 assistants and school staff, in the latest attack on public education.
Pennsylvania school district contract to cut 15 percent of teachers
By Phyllis Scherrer, 27 June 2014
The Wilkinsburg Education Association has accepted a contract that will lay off 15 percent of district teachers.
News of the World hacking trial ends: Scandal still poses threat to Britain’s ruling elite
By Robert Stevens, 27 June 2014
Despite the end of this week’s trial, the News of the World hacking scandal is far from over and still poses a significant threat to Britain’s ruling elite.
South African platinum miners return to work
By Chris Marsden and Barry Mason, 27 June 2014
The five-month strike of 70,000 South African platinum miners is over following the acceptance of a deal by the Association of Miners and Construction Union.
Australian government faces parliamentary logjam over austerity budget
By Richard Phillips, 27 June 2014
Deep public hostility to the May 13 budget threatens to produce a political crisis.
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Anti-Chinese campaign backfires on New Zealand Labour Party
By Tom Peters, 27 June 2014
The claims and counter-claims over the Liu affair indicates the fetid atmosphere swirling around all the parties, three months from national elections.
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A Bagdad, Kerry lance la menace d’une intervention militaire
Par Patrick Martin, 26 juin 2014
Le secrétaire d’Etat a dit que le président Obama pourrait ordonner une intervention militaire contre les militants Sunnites sans attendre un remaniement du gouvernement irakien.
Votez «non» au référendum de l'Écosse: Il faut lutter pour une Grande-Bretagne socialiste
Déclaration du Parti de l'égalité socialiste (G.-B.), 26 juin 2014
Toutes les affirmations que l'«indépendance» est une demande démocratique qui offre une alternative aux coupes sociales et à l'austérité sont des mensonges.
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Kerrys Reise durch den Nahen Osten endet im Fiasko
Von Bill Van Auken, 27. Juni 2014
Die außerplanmäßige Reise des US-Außenministers in die Region verdeutlichte nur die heuchlerische und kriminelle Politik, die zu dem aktuellen Debakel im Irak geführt hat.
Neue Berichte bestätigen Europas wirtschaftliche Stagnation
Von Stefan Steinberg, 27. Juni 2014
Die Wirtschaftskrise bewegt sich zunehmend von der Peripherie zum Herzen Europas hin.
Kiew setzt Faschisten gegen politische Gegner ein
Von Clara Weiss, 27. Juni 2014
Die ukrainische Regierung setzt gegen Widerstand im Osten des Landes neben der Armee auch rechte paramilitärische Verbände ein.
Drastische Umverteilung der Gesundheitskosten von oben nach unten
Von Elisabeth Steinert, 27. Juni 2014
Eine Gesetzesänderung soll sicherstellen, dass künftig alle Kostensteigerungen im Gesundheitssystem möglichst geräuschlos auf die gesetzlich Krankenversicherten abgewälzt werden.
Gegen die Angriffe auf Muslime in Sri Lanka
Von der Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka), 27. Juni 2014
Die Socialist Equality Party von Sri Lanka verurteilt die Angriffe der extremistischen buddhistischen Brigade Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) auf Muslime in Aluthgama und Beruwela im Südwesten von Sri Lanka, die sich auf weitere Teile des Landes ausbreiteten.
Metropolitan Opera zensiert „The Death of Klinghoffer“
Von David Walsh, 27. Juni 2014
Die Entscheidung, die weltweite Video- und Radioübertragung von John Adams Oper abzusetzen, ist eine skandalöse und feige Kapitulation vor den Rechten.
New in Russian
Меморандум об убийстве американских граждан беспилотниками оправдывает диктатуру президента
Бэрри Грей, 27 июня 2014 г.
Апелляционный суд Второго округа США в понедельник, 23 июня, опубликовал сокращенную версию меморандума, который используется администрацией Обамы для оправдания законности убийств американских граждан, совершаемых без предъявления обвинения и судебного процесса.
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Detroit water shutoffs violate human rights
27 June 2014
A UN agency has issued a statement condemning the city’s decision to cut off water service to tens of thousands of poor and unemployed.
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Clint Eastwood’s Jersey Boys: The story of The Four Seasons on screen
By Joanne Laurier, 27 June 2014
Clint Eastwood’s latest directorial effort is a film version of the popular musical that premiered on Broadway in 2005 and revived interest in the music of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.
New York’s Metropolitan Opera demands major givebacks from thousands of employees
By Fred Mazelis, 27 June 2014
The ruling elite is demanding complete control over all aspects of cultural life.
The Metropolitan Opera’s censorship of The Death of Klinghoffer
Eli Wallach (1915-2014): Major character actor of stage, screen and television
By Fred Mazelis, 27 June 2014
The actor’s career spanned 65 years and intersected with the work of many leading figures in the film and theater worlds.
Hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan to release “secret” album to highest-paying bidder
By Nick Barrickman and David Walsh, 26 June 2014
“Italian Futurism, 1909-1944: Reconstructing the Universe” at the Guggenheim Museum in New York
Prolific composer and master jazz pianist Horace Silver dies at 85
Science
New studies reveal further details of Higgs particle
By Bryan Dyne, 26 June 2014
Commentary
US economic output tumbled by 2.9 percent in the first quarter
By Andre Damon, 26 June 2014
The Obama drone murder memo
By Barry Grey, 25 June 2014
Memo on drone killings of US citizens makes case for presidential dictatorship
ISIS offensive in Iraq exposes French pseudo-left’s support for Syria war
German Social Democrats, Greens, Left Party support German war policy
Multi-millionaire Hillary Clinton denies she is part of the “truly well-off”
Washington’s persecution of immigrant children
Workers Struggles
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
27 June 2014
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
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By Carl Bronski, 24 June 2014
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Fifty years since the murder of the Mississippi civil rights workers
By Fred Mazelis, 23 June 2014
James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner sacrificed their lives in the struggle for democratic rights and social equality.
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25 years ago: New Chinese Communist Party head appointed amid wave of state terror
On June 24, 1989, Jiang Zemin was appointed general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party.
50 years ago: NAACP seeks Mississippi takeover
On June 26, 1964, after the disappearance of three civil rights workers in Mississippi, NAACP leaders called for the US government to take over the administration of the state of Mississippi.
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During this week in 1939, the crisis over the Free City of Danzig was exacerbated by fascist terror.
100 years ago: Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated
On June 28, 1914, Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot dead by Gavrilo Princip, a young Serbian nationalist, in the streets of Sarajevo.
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