23 September 2011
World stock markets slump as Europe moves into recession
By Stefan Steinberg, 23 September 2011
World stock markets slumped sharply on Thursday following reports indicating a slide into recession in Europe and the US, together with a rapid slowing of growth in Asian markets.
Greek workers strike, protest against brutal austerity measures
By David Walsh, 23 September 2011
Tens of thousands of Greek public transport workers, teachers, civil servants and air traffic controllers walked off the job Thursday to protest the latest round of austerity measures announced by the PASOK government.
Opposition to UAW-GM deal grows
By Jerry White and Shannon Jones, 23 September 2011
There is widespread hostility among workers towards the new four-year labor agreement accepted by United Auto Workers for 49,000 hourly workers at General Motors
Police retreat from attack on Guardian over Murdoch phone-hacking scandal
By Robert Stevens, 23 September 2011
On Tuesday, citing procedural irregularities, the Met dropped its attempt to force the Guardian to hand over its sources for stories exposing phone hacking by Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World.
Japanese government proposes major tax increases
By John Chan, 23 September 2011
Like its counterparts around the world, the ruling Democratic Party of Japan is imposing the burdens of the worsening global economic crisis onto the backs of working people.
Australian big business steps up campaign for more “flexible” industrial relations laws
By Patrick O’Connor, 23 September 2011
Opposition leader Tony Abbott is under fire for last Tuesday declaring that he did not support the reintroduction of individual workplace agreements.
Ex-general set to win Guatemalan presidency
By Kevin Kearney, 23 September 2011
Otto Perez Molina, a former army general during Guatemala’s bloody civil war, won the greatest number of votes in the first round of the country’s presidential election.
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Perspective
Wealth and poverty in America
23 September 2011
The wealth of the richest 400 Americans increased 12 percent over the past year, while new census figures document a shocking increase in the level of poverty in cities and communities throughout the country.
Auto workers struggles
Volkswagen’s Tennessee plant sets new standard for low wages
By Andre Damon, 23 September 2011
Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Tennessee assembly plant, notorious for paying its entire production workforce $14.50 an hour, is now starting new-hires at $12.
Photo story: The Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee
By Andre Damon, 23 September 2011
The Chattanooga Volkswagen assembly plant employees almost 3,000 production workers and contractors, whose pay is among the lowest for auto workers in the US.
UAW: We’d “love to see” 40 percent of GM workers making tier-two wages
By Jerry White, 21 September 2011
Reject UAW sellout!
Establish rank-and-file committees to prepare strike action!
Abolish two-tier wage and restore pay and benefit concessions!
Statement of the Socialist Equality Party, 20 September 2011
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Commentary
The execution of Troy Davis
By Kate Randall, 22 September 2011
Obama at the UN: The arrogant voice of imperialism
By Bill Van Auken, 22 September 2011
Australia’s “finance minister of the year”
By Patrick O’Connor, 22 September 2011
Local residents speak on Welsh mining tragedy
By our reporters, 21 September 2011
Workers Struggles
Australia: Jeld-Wen strike into third week
By Mike Head, 23 September 2011
The door workers’ fight against pay-cutting flows directly from the intensifying global financial crisis that began in 2007-08, when it devastated the US housing market.
Spanish teachers and students protest education cuts
By Alejandro López, 22 September 2011
The California nurses strike and the right to health care
Statement of the Socialist Equality Party, 22 September 2011
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
23 September 2011
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SEP election campaign in Berlin
Julie Hyland addresses Berlin election campaign rally
By Julie Hyland, 23 September 2011
On September 17, the Partei für Soziale Gleichheit (Socialist Equality Party—PSG) held a European workers rally against racism, war and social cutbacks at the conclusion of the party’s election campaign in Berlin.
The significance of the Berlin elections
By Ulrich Rippert, 21 September 2011
Peter Schwarz addresses Berlin election campaign rally
By Peter Schwarz, 21 September 2011
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Science
New hominin fossil finds in South Africa may fill a gap in the record of human evolution
By Philip Guelpa, 23 September 2011
A newly reported fossil discovery from the Malapa, South Africa may provide greater insight into the evolution of the genus Homo from our australopithecine ancestors.
Arts review
Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers—reconsidering a hip hop “classic”
By Nikolai Barrickman, 20 September 2011
Wu-Tang Clan’s debut album, widely considered a hip hop classic, is a landmark in both the development and the decline of the genre.
Socialist Equality Party
Australia: SEP holds meetings to fight BlueScope Steel sackings
By our reporters, 20 September 2011
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This week in history: September 19 - September 25
25 years ago: Iraq-Iran War enters sixth year
On September 22, 1986 the Iraq-Iran War entered its sixth year with no end in sight. The two armies were hunkered down along a front that more or less corresponded to the 733-mile border that existed in 1980, when Iraq under Saddam Hussein, urged on by the US and Saudi Arabia, launched the war against Iran.
50 years ago: French military stages provocations
During this week in 1961, the cabal of French right-wing army officers calling itself the Organisation armée secrete (OAS) stepped up its provocations aimed at toppling President Charles de Gaulle and accelerating the effort to crush resistance to French rule in France’s most important remaining colony, Algeria.
75 years ago: Nazi military buildup advances
On September 20, 1936, the Nazi regime began Germany’s biggest troop maneuvers since just prior to the outbreak of World War I.
100 years ago: Spanish government suppresses strike wave
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Canalejas announced the suspension of constitutional guarantees throughout the country on September 19, 1911 in order to suppress a national general strike that had been called for the following day.
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