10 November 2011
Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi announces his resignation
By Marianne Arens and Peter Schwarz, 10 November 2011
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced his resignation Tuesday evening. He plans to stay in office until the Italian parliament has adopted the austerity measures demanded by the European Union.
European debt crisis sparks global sell-off on financial markets
By Joseph Kishore, 10 November 2011
The debt crisis in Europe, now centered in Italy as well as Greece, sent world markets tumbling Wednesday amidst fears of another financial collapse and a sharp downturn in world economic growth.
No national government in Greece as talks break up
By Chris Marsden, 10 November 2011
After three days of negotiations, Greece still has no functioning government.
US off-year balloting shows mass opposition to right-wing policies
By Patrick Martin, 10 November 2011
The results of Tuesday’s off-year elections and referendum votes scattered across the United States showed mass popular opposition to the right-wing agenda of the Republican Party, but little enthusiasm for the Democratic Party.
Anti-Wall Street protests
Occupy New York contingent sets off on march to Washington
By our reporters, 10 November 2011
A group of protesters from Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan have begun a two-week march to Washington.
More on the anti-Wall Street protests »
Sweden’s Social Democrats in freefall
By Jordan Shilton, 10 November 2011
In recent weeks, support for Sweden’s Social Democrats has fallen to historic lows, with polls indicating that little more than 25 percent of voters support the party.
Australia: Corporate-backed government offensive against Victorian nurses
By Will Morrow, 10 November 2011
Detailed preparations have been made for an unprecedented Qantas-style lockout of Victoria’s 60,000 nurses.
Nine candidates vie to lead Canada’s NDP
By Carl Bronski, 10 November 2011
The trade union-based NDP and all nine of its leadership candidates are seeking to convince the Canadian ruling class that the social democrats can be trusted to rule on their behalf.
Another Kentucky coal miner killed
By Naomi Spencer, 10 November 2011
The death of a Kentucky miner Monday morning brings to 20 the number of US coal miners killed on the job this year.
New in Russian
Греция и диктатура финансов
Петер Шварц, 10 ноября 2011 г.
Древние Афины по праву считаются колыбелью европейской демократии. Современные Афины грозят превратиться в ее могилу. События, потрясшие Грецию в течение последних дней, служат уроком и предупреждением всем и каждому в Европе.
New in French
La Grèce et la dictature de la finance
Par Peter Schwarz, 10 novembre 2011
Les événements qui ont secoué la Grèce ces derniers jours sont une leçon et un avertissement pour toute l'Europe.
Un rapport de l'OIT met en garde contre l'agitation sociale et une baisse marquée de l'emploi
Par Joseph Kishore, 10 novembre 2011
L'Organisation internationale du travail (OIT) a publié un rapport soulignant la situation désastreuse des emplois dans le monde et le « cercle vicieux » qui entraîne l'économie mondiale dans une nouvelle récession.
New in Arabic
المجلس العسكري 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.
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- Deutsch
- Verhindert Julian Assanges Auslieferung (08.11.2011)
- Nach dem G-20-Gipfel: Die weltweite Rezession rückt näher (08.11.2011)
- Papandreou sagt Regierung der nationalen Einheit zu (08.11.2011)
- Jungen Menschen in der Schuldenfalle (08.11.2011)
- USA und Großbritannien bereiten Krieg gegen Iran vor (05.11.2011)
- USA wollen den Abzug aus dem Irak durch Aufmarsch im Persischen Golf kompensieren (05.11.2011)
- US-Wirtschaftsmagazin: Militärputsch beste Lösung für Griechenland (05.11.2011)
- Italienische Regierung bereitet historischen Angriff auf Arbeiter vor (05.11.2011)
- Fahrzeugtechnik Dessau verlangt 48-Stunden-Woche und Lohnkürzungen (05.11.2011)
- Spanien
Baskische ETA erklärt Ende des bewaffneten Kampfes (05.11.2011) - Kroatische Regierungspartei in tiefer Krise (05.11.2011)
- Planen Obama und die Nato einen Militärputsch in Griechenland? (04.11.2011)
- Français
- La Grèce et la dictature de la finance (10.11.2011)
- Un rapport de l'OIT met en garde contre l'agitation sociale et une baisse marquée de l'emploi (10.11.2011)
- Portrait de l'Amérique en déclin (09.11.2011)
- Obama et l’OTAN complotent-ils un coup d’Etat militaire en Grèce? (08.11.2011)
- Les USA et la Grande Bretagne se préparent une guerre contre l'Iran (07.11.2011)
- Grèce: Papandreou s'engage pour un gouvernement d'union nationale (07.11.2011)
- Un intervenant du SEP s'oppose au « Pas de politique » lors du mouvement Occupons la Bourse de Londres (05.11.2011)
- Grèce: Craintes de menace d'un coup d'Etat militaire suite au projet de referendum (03.11.2011)
- Le sommet de Bruxelles intensifie les conflits entre nations en Europe (02.11.2011)
- Les Etats-Unis planifient un renforcement militaire dans le Golfe persique pour compenser le retrait de l'Irak (02.11.2011)
- Español
- Grecia: Papandreou promete gobierno de unidad nacional (7.11.2011)
- Manifestantes de Ocupar Londres: "Esto es un movimiento global" (7.11.2011)
- Un retrato de los Estados Unidos en declive (2.11.2011)
- Retiro de tropas de Irak por Obama: preludio a una guerra más grande (1.11.2011)
- Medio millón de universitarios colombianos en huelga contra reforma de ley de educación (1.11.2011)
- Movimiento Ocupar Wall Street en la encrucijada (29.10.2011)
- Reunión cumbre europea no encuentra soluciones (29.10.2011)
- Turquía preparada para intervenir militarmente en Siria (27.10.2011)
- El camino a seguir en la lucha contra Wall Street (26.10.2011)
- Estados Unidos y la OTAN asesinan a Muamar Gadafi (25.10.2011)
- La "liberación" de Libia (25.10.2011)
- Reunión cumbre de los G20: evaluaciones optimistas ocultan discordias (25.10.2011)
- Русский
- Греция и диктатура финансов (10.11.2011)
- Движение "Захвати Уолл-Стрит" на распутье (05.11.2011)
- Какой дорогой идти массовому общественному движению в Израиле? (16.09.2011)
- День труда в США 2011 года: Банкротство капитализма и администрация Обамы (09.09.2011)
- Протесты в Израиле и возрождение рабочего класса (15.08.2011)
- В защиту "великого и непреходящего исторического значения" Троцкого (13.07.2011)
- "Книга, которая не соответствует базовым стандартам исторических исследований":
Журнал American Historical Review разоблачает несостоятельность биографии Льва Троцкого, написанной Робертом Сервисом (05.07.2011) - Разногласия в Кремле усиливаются (15.06.2011)
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- Смертельная агония американской демократии (04.11.2011)
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- OTAN comemora a "libertação" da Líbia (25.10.2011)
- A execução de Troy Davis (25.10.2011)
- O movimento internacional de ocupações e a política (17.10.2011)
- Ocupar Wall Street
Protestos se espalham pelos EUA (11.10.2011) - União Europeia prepara-se para a falência do Estado grego (11.10.2011)
- Parlamento alemão aprova aumento de fundo europeu de resgate bancário (05.10.2011)
- EUA se tornam centro de mão de obra barata (05.10.2011)
- A pobreza nos EUA (20.09.2011)
- Trabalhadores gregos são lançados na miséria (20.09.2011)
- Crescentes conflitos sobre a crise do euro (13.09.2011)
- A fraude de empregos de Obama (13.09.2011)
- Líbia como um modelo de "redivisão" do Oriente Médio (06.09.2011)
- OTAN prepara banho de sangue em Sirte (06.09.2011)
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- 政治与国际“占领”运动 (15.10.2011)
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- 华盛顿公开40年前出版的五角大楼文件 (28.06.2011)
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- 希腊工人阶级被侵犯 (10.06.2011)
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Perspective
IAEA dossier heightens danger of war against Iran
10 November 2011
As in the war against Iraq, the latest allegations about Iranian weapons of mass destruction are nothing but a threadbare pretext for further aggression against Tehran, including further sanctions and ultimately military attack.
Auto Workers Struggles
“We need a revolution to get rid of the UAW”
UAW contracts set stage for global attack on auto workers
By Jerry White, 10 November 2011
Two weeks after the United Auto Workers signed a new round of labor agreements with General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, it is becoming clear that the deals only set the stage for a further offensive against workers in the global auto industry.
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
More on auto workers' struggles »
Workers Struggles
Southern Illinois University faculty strike
By our reporters, 10 November 2011
Faculty at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale walked out on strike for the first time in the college’s history on November 3.
Commentary
Greece and the dictatorship of finance
By Peter Schwarz, 9 November 2011
49 million Americans in poverty, Census study finds
By Andre Damon, 9 November 2011
The MF Global collapse, the Democratic Party and Wall Street
By Barry Grey, 8 November 2011
Oppose the extradition of Julian Assange
By Robert Stevens, 7 November 2011
International Students for Social Equality
London student protest: Defend education with class struggle methods
Statement of the International Students for Social Equality (UK),
9 November 2011
Arts Review
“Chagall and the Russian Avant-Garde” at the Art Gallery of Ontario
By Joe Silvaggio, 8 November 2011
The Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto is currently hosting a fascinating exhibition entitled “Chagall and the Russian Avant-Garde,” from the collection of the Centre Pompidou in Paris. The show gathers 118 works by artist Marc Chagall and his Russian contemporaries, focusing on the period around the First World War and Russian Revolution.
Margin Call: A look at the parasitical one percent
By Joanne Laurier, 4 November 2011
Socialist Equality Party
SEP campaigns at J’pura University for release of political prisoners
By our correspondents, 9 November 2011
The JVP crisis and the SEP’s struggle for Marxism in Sri Lanka
The ISSE will hold a public lecture in Colombo on November 17 on the internal crisis of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna and its implications for workers and youth.
SEP and ISSE public meetings
Occupy Wall Street and Beyond: Equality and the Fight for Socialism
Science
Tentative evidence of particles travelling faster than light
By Margaret Bourne, 4 November 2011
This Week in History: November 7 - November 13
25 years ago: Reagan admits to arms deals with Iran
On November 13, 1986, President Ronald Reagan told a national television audience that the US had secretly sent weapons to Iran, which was in the sixth year of a bitter war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq.
50 years ago: OECD calls for 50 percent GNP growth by 1970
In advance of a meeting scheduled in Paris the next week, members the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) announced on November 11 that they would seek an agreement calling for a 50 percent increase in economic output by 1970.
75 years ago: Stalin's agents steal Trotsky's archive in Paris
In the early hours of the 7th of November, 1936, Soviet agents broke into the International Institute of Social History in Paris and stole a portion of Leon Trotsky's recently deposited archives.
100 years ago: Bitter debate over Franco-German Convention
On November 9, 1911, a heated debate in the German Reichstag exposed the bitterness and frustration in the ruling elite over the signing of the Franco-German Convention the previous week.
Correspondence
Letters from our readers
10 November 2011
A selection of recent letters to the World Socialist Web Site.
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