5 November 2011

Papandreou pledges Greek government of national unity

By Chris Marsden, 5 November 2011

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou survived a vote of no confidence last night, but only by pledging immediate moves to form a national unity government.

October another bleak month for US jobs

By Joe Kishore, 5 November 2011

Only 80,000 jobs were created in the US last month, far less than the number needed to keep pace with the growth of the labor force.

Joint US-Israeli campaign against Palestinian UN bid

By Julie Hyland, 5 November 2011

The vote by Unesco to admit Palestine as a member has met with an aggressive reaction from Israel and the United States

US again threatening to take military action inside Pakistan

By Vilani Peris and Ali Ismail, 5 November 2011

US threats to mount cross-border raids into Pakistan have prompted the country's military to warn that Pakistan will repel any force that violates its sovereignty.

Corzine resigns from MF Global amid mounting probes

By Bill Van Auken, 5 November 2011

Jon Corzine, the former New Jersey Democratic senator and governor, resigned as CEO of MF Global, amid multiple probes into possible criminal violations at the bankrupt investment firm.

United Mine Workers issues findings on Upper Big Branch mine disaster

By Clement Daly, 5 November 2011

The UMWA issued findings of an investigation into the April 5, 2010 disaster at Massey's Montcoal, West Virginia mine.

Major parties pledge austerity agenda in New Zealand election campaign

By John Braddock, 5 November 2011

The ruling National Party and opposition Labour Party are both responsible for the country’s economic and social crisis and have no fundamental disagreement on the pro-market policies to be pursued.

Hundreds of thousands without power in wake of Northeast US storm

By Kate Randall, 5 November 2011

Nearly a week after an unusually early snowstorm hit the Northeast US, hundreds of thousands of electric customers remained without power as of Friday.

New in Arabic

سكري يدافع عن مذبحته،ويطلق هجمات جديدة على المتظاهرين

ن14 أكتوبر/ تشرين الأول 2011

دافع لؤاءات المجلس الأعلى للقوات المسلحة المصرية عن حملتهم الأخيرة على المتظاهرين السلميين،في مؤتمر صحفي يوم الثلاثاء.كان الجيش قد هجم بوحشية على حوالي 10000متظاهر سلمي أغلبهم من الأقباط أمام مبنى الإذاعة و التليفزيون في ماسبيرو،بوسط القاهرة.وقتل26متظاهر على الأقل وأصيب أكثر من 300.

New in French

Un intervenant du SEP s'oppose au « Pas de politique » lors du mouvement Occupons la Bourse de Londres

Par Aidan Claire, 5 novembre 2011

Depuis le 15 octobre, date où le campement Occupons la Bourse de Londres s'est installé devant la cathédrale St Paul, un certain nombre de ses organisateurs, composés de sympathisants du parti travailliste et de membres de diverses organisations de pseudo-gauche, insistent pour que le « Pas de politique » en soit le principe conducteur.

New in Russian

Движение "Захвати Уолл-Стрит" на распутье

Джозеф Кишор, 5 ноября 2011 г.

Протесты против неравенства в рамках движения "Захвати Уолл-Стрит", начавшиеся в Нью-Йорке более чем месяц назад и распространившиеся с того момента на сотни городов США и всего мира, находятся в настоящий момент на политическом распутье.

New in Romanian

SUA/Marea Britanie se pregătesc pentru un război împotriva Iranului

De Peter Symonds, 5 noiembrie 2011

Articole publicate miercuri de ziarele britanice The Guardian şi Telegraph au dezvăluit informaţii despre pregătirile militare efectuate de către SUA şi Marea Britanie în vederea unui atac asupra Iranului.

Plănuieşte Obama împreună cu NATO o lovitură de stat militară în Grecia?

De Bill Van Auken, 5 noiembrie 2011

Pe fundalul unui scandal internaţional legat de o propunere pentru un referendum privind planul de datorie al UE, demiterea brusca de marţi noaptea a comandei armatei elene are toate semnele distinctive ale unei acţiuni întreprinse pentru a preveni ameninţarea unei lovituri de stat militare.

New in German

USA und Großbritannien bereiten Krieg gegen Iran vor

Von Peter Symonds, 5. November 2011

Der Grund für die Kriegspläne ist nicht die Angst vor dem iranischen Atomprogramm, sondern wachsende Rivalität zwischen den imperialistischen Mächten unter Bedingungen der globalen Wirtschaftskrise.

USA wollen den Abzug aus dem Irak durch Aufmarsch im Persischen Golf kompensieren

Von Bill Van Auken, 5. November 2011

Die Regierung Obama und das Pentagon organisieren derzeit als Ausgleich für den Truppenabzug aus dem Irak einen massiven militärischen Aufmarsch im Persischen Golf und bereiten neue Kriege in der Region vor.

US-Wirtschaftsmagazin: Militärputsch beste Lösung für Griechenland

Von Bill Van Auken, 5. November 2011

Das Forbes-Magazin, das sich als "Informationsquelle der Wirtschaftsführer der Welt" anpreist, veröffentlichte auf seiner Internetseite einen Artikel unter dem Titel "Die wahre Lösung für Griechenland: ein Militärputsch."

Italienische Regierung bereitet historischen Angriff auf Arbeiter vor

Von Marc Wells, 5. November 2011

Die Maßnahmen, die Italien auf Druck der EU jetzt durchsetzen will, werden hart erkämpfte Errungenschaften der Arbeiter aus der Nachkriegszeit vernichten.

Fahrzeugtechnik Dessau verlangt 48-Stunden-Woche und Lohnkürzungen

Von Dietmar Henning, 5. November 2011

Wer geglaubt hat, Arbeitsbedingungen wie in Osteuropa oder den USA seien in der von Sozialpartnerschaft und Mitbestimmung geprägten deutschen Metallindustrie nicht möglich, wird durch ein Ereignis im sachsen-anhaltinischen Dessau eines Besseren belehrt.

Spanien
Baskische ETA erklärt Ende des bewaffneten Kampfes

Von Alejandro Lopez, 5. November 2011

Die baskische Separatistengruppe Baskenland und Freiheit (Euskadi ta Askatasuna, ETA) erklärte Ende Oktober "die endgültige Beendigung ihrer bewaffneten Aktivitäten".

Kroatische Regierungspartei in tiefer Krise

Von Markus Salzmann, 5. November 2011

Einen Monat vor den Parlamentswahlen in Kroatien steckt die Regierungspartei Kroatische Demokratische Gemeinschaft (HDZ) in einer tiefen politischen Krise.

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Perspective

G20 summit failure brings world recession closer

5 November 2011

The G20 meeting has once again revealed the deepening fractures in the world economy and the inability of the ruling elites to even begin to tackle them.

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Commentary

A global political strategy for Qantas workers

By James Cogan, 5 November 2011

Last Saturday’s grounding of the entire global fleet of Qantas Airways, some 48 hours ahead of a planned lock-out of its workforce, has placed the Australian-based company at the forefront of an international offensive against airline workers.

US/Britain prepare for war against Iran

By Peter Symonds, 4 November 2011

Are Obama and NATO plotting a military coup in Greece?

By Bill Van Auken, 3 November 2011

Unemployment and the global financial aristocracy

By Joseph Kishore, 2 November 2011

Arts Review

Margin CallMargin Call: A look at the parasitical one percent

By Joanne Laurier, 4 November 2011

"Ostalgia": Art from the Stalinist and post-Stalinist bloc, 1960s to the present

By Clare Hurley, 3 November 2011

An exhibition entitled "Ostalgia" at the New Museum in New York City this past summer brought together the work of over 50 artists from the former Soviet Union and Eastern bloc countries.

Theater review
Betrayed: An American liberal looks at the disaster he helped bring about in Iraq

By Richard Adams, 31 October 2011

Workers Struggles

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

5 November 2011

The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.

Science

Tentative evidence of particles travelling faster than light

By Margaret Bourne, 4 November 2011

Initial results from a group of scientists appear to indicate that neutrinos travel at a velocity greater than the speed of light.

Thomas S. Kuhn, post-modernism and materialist dialectics

By William Whitlow, 28 October 2011

Auto Workers Struggles

US automakers to cash in from new UAW contracts

By Jerry White, 1 November 2011

Video: Warren, Michigan Chrysler workers speak on contract vote

27 October 2011

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Socialist Equality Party

Ten years on: The SIEV X tragedy and the assault on democratic rights

By the Socialist Equality Party (Australia), 31 October 2011

SEP and ISSE public meetings
Occupy Wall Street and Beyond: Equality and the Fight for Socialism

The Socialist Equality Party and the International Students for Social Equality are holding a series of public meetings throughout the United States on the political significance and implications of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Sri Lankan NSSP repudiates socialism and the October Revolution

Statement of the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka),
25 October 2011

25 years ago: Reports reveal US shipped arms to Iran

This week in 1986 reports emerged that officials in the Reagan administration were involved in the covert shipping of arms to the Islamic Republic of Iran under Ayatollah Khomeini.


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50 years ago: Kennedy steps up US Vietnam intervention

On November 3, 1961, US General Maxwell Taylor returned from a fact-finding mission in South Vietnam with the recommendation that the US commit thousands of combat troops to defend the regime of Ngo Dinh Diem.

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75 years ago: Roosevelt landslide victory amidst wildcat strike of seamen

In one of the most one-sided presidential elections in American history, Democratic President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was re-elected in a landslide election on November 3, 1936.

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100 years ago: Franco-German Convention ends the Second Moroccan Crisis

On November 4, 1911 France and Germany signed an agreement, effectively bringing to an end the Second Moroccan Crisis, which had raised the specter of a major military conflagration over rivalries in the North African region.

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