13 January 2012
US marines desecrate Afghan dead
By James Cogan, 13 January 2012
A video published yesterday shows four US marines in Afghanistan urinating on the heads of three Afghan dead, joking among themselves as they desecrate the corpses.
Obama’s new war doctrine fuels debate in China
By John Chan, 13 January 2012
An intense discussion is underway in Chinese ruling circles over how to respond to the confrontational US stance and threat of military conflict.
US job cuts hit financial, IT, manufacturing sectors
By Kate Randall, 13 January 2012
Job cutting continues in the new year across a wide range of economic sectors in the US.
Pakistan faces creeping military coup
By Ali Ismail and Keith Jones, 13 January 2012
Relations between Pakistan’s civilian government and its military establishment have deteriorated sharply, leading to press speculation that the military is preparing to oust President Zardari and the PPP-led government.
Former Turkish army chief of staff arrested
By Peter Schwarz, 13 January 2012
The former chief of staff of the Turkish army, Ilker Basbug, was arrested last Friday in Istanbul, accused of leading a “terrorist organisation” and planning to overthrow the AKP (Justice and Development Party) government.
Miliband commits UK Labour to long-term austerity
By Julie Hyland, 13 January 2012
Ed Miliband committed Labour to long-term austerity policies, in a speech trailed as one of the most significant of his 15-month leadership of the party.
Russia warns US, allies planning for war in Syria
By Niall Green, 13 January 2012
The Russian government has accused Washington and its allies in Europe and the Middle East of preparing for a military intervention into the civil conflict in Syria.
Iran’s Green Opposition endorses imperialist intervention in Syria
By Sahand Avedis, 13 January 2012
As the Western powers threaten to intervene in Syria, the Iranian "Green" opposition is denouncing the Iranian regime for refusing to back pro-Western Syrian protesters.
Libya: TNC releases anti-democratic draft electoral laws
By Will Morrow, 13 January 2012
The NATO-installed regime’s legislation features provisions preventing people nominating themselves as candidates.
Scores injured, arrested in housing demolition in the Philippines
By Joseph Santolan, 13 January 2012
The demolition is part of the forcible relocation of the Manila poor and working class carried out on behalf of real estate developers.
SeaFrance cross-channel ferries liquidated
By Antoine Lerougetel, 13 January 2012
The Paris Commercial Court on Monday ruled the liquidation of France's only cross-channel ferry company SeaFrance.
New in Chinese
五角大楼的战略评估：一份世界大战的蓝图
作者: 比尔 • 凡 • 奥肯，2012年1月13日
总统奥巴马在五角大楼提出的国防战略构成了新世界大战的危险。
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SUA se pregăteşte pentru un război împotriva Chinei
De Peter Symonds, 13 ianuarie 2012
Noua strategie a Pentagonului, de reorientare a politicii SUA dinspre Orientul Mijlociu spre Asia, indică pregătirile SUA pentru un război cu China.
New in French
L’ANC de l'Afrique du Sud a 100 ans : un bilan du nationalisme bourgeois
Par Bill Van Auken, 13 janvier 2012
La célébration du centenaire du Congrès national africain (ANC) de l'Afrique du Sud est l'occasion idéale pour faire un bilan de la nature et du sort de l’ANC et des mouvements nationalistes bourgeois similaires.
Le premier ministre arrivé au pouvoir sans élections exige des sacrifices supplémentaires de la part des travailleurs grecs
Par Stefan Steinberg, 13 janvier 2012
Le premier ministre grec Lucas Papademos, a rencontré les dirigeants syndicaux mercredi pour obtenir leur soutien dans la prochaine série de mesures d'austérité.
Manifestations à Clermont-Ferrand après la mort d'un homme sous les coups de la police
Par Antoine Lerougetel, 13 janvier 2012
Wissam el-Yamni est mort lundi des suites de son arrestation brutale, la nuit de la Saint-Sylvestre
New in German
Neue Richtlinien des Pentagon:
China rückt
ins Fadenkreuz
Von Peter Symonds, 13. Januar 2012
Die Umorientierung der US-Außenpolitik vom Nahen auf den Fernen Osten verschärft die internationalen Spannungen und erhöht die Gefahr eines Weltkrieges
Manroland: Wie weiter im Kampf um die Arbeitsplätze?
Von Ulrich Rippert, 13. Januar 2012
Nicht der Kampf zur Verteidigung der Arbeitsplätze ist gescheitert, sondern die Illusion ist geplatzt, dass ein solcher Kampf von der IG Metall oder im Bündnis mit ihr geführt werden könne.
Atomwissenschaftler in Teheran ermordet
Von Alex Lantier, 13. Januar 2012
Professor Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan (32) wurde am 11. Januar durch einen Bombenanschlag getötet. Das Attentat war der vierte Mord an iranischen Nuklearwissenschaftlern seit 2010.
Der Brandanschlag in Lübeck und die Zwickauer Terrorzelle
Von Dietmar Henning, 13. Januar 2012
Standen die Zwickauer Neonazi-Terroristen unter dem Schutz staatlicher Behörden? Es wäre nicht das erste Mal. Besonders gut belegt ist in dieser Hinsicht der Brandanschlag auf ein Lübecker Flüchtlingsheim im Januar 1996.
Generalstreik eskaliert – Regierung wendet Gewalt an
Von Robert Stevens, 13. Januar 2012
Siebzig Prozent der Bevölkerung leben von weniger als einem Euro pro Tag. Das hindert die Regierung und den IWF nicht, drastische Sparmaßnahmen durchzusetzen und dabei Tote in Kauf zu nehmen.
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- Neue Richtlinien des Pentagon:
China rückt ins Fadenkreuz (13.01.2012) - Manroland: Wie weiter im Kampf um die Arbeitsplätze? (13.01.2012)
- Atomwissenschaftler in Teheran ermordet (13.01.2012)
- Der Brandanschlag in Lübeck und die Zwickauer Terrorzelle (13.01.2012)
- Generalstreik eskaliert – Regierung wendet Gewalt an (13.01.2012)
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"Belogen und verheizt haben sie uns" (12.01.2012) - Türkei: Ehemaliger Generalstabschef verhaftet (12.01.2012)
- Bundesregierung informiert über NS-Vergangenheit von Staatsbeamten und Politikern (12.01.2012)
- Norwegen:
Neofaschist Breivik warnte Behörden vor Mordplänen (12.01.2012)
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- L’ANC de l'Afrique du Sud a 100 ans : un bilan du nationalisme bourgeois (13.01.2012)
- Le premier ministre arrivé au pouvoir sans élections exige des sacrifices supplémentaires de la part des travailleurs grecs (13.01.2012)
- Manifestations à Clermont-Ferrand après la mort d'un homme sous les coups de la police (13.01.2012)
- Le gouvernement du Parti populaire espagnol annonce des coupes budgétaires sans précédent (12.01.2012)
- La mission de la Ligue arabe en Syrie sert à focaliser les demandes d'intervention militaire (12.01.2012)
- L’école post-soviétique de la falsification historique se voit porter un coup (12.01.2012)
- La nouvelle année (11.01.2012)
- Des travailleurs américains et canadiens mis en lock-out pour s'être opposés à des baisses de salaire (11.01.2012)
- Québec : Deuxième semaine du lock-out des travailleurs de Rio Tinto Alcan d'Alma (11.01.2012)
- France: Le Nouveau Parti anticapitaliste soutient une intervention impérialiste en Syrie (07.01.2012)
- Español
- El 2012 inicia con una creciente amenaza de Guerra en el Golfo Pérsico (12.01.2012)
- Comienza un año nuevo (04.01.2012)
- La realidad de la guerra de Irak (24.12.2011)
- Perú: Presidente Humala vira hacia la derecha para enfrentar creciente crisis social (17.12.2011)
- Juez chileno acusa a ex oficial de EE.UU. por homicidio de periodistas estadounidenses (15.12.2011)
- El camino a seguir en la lucha por la igualdad social (6.12.2011)
- El agresivo giro de Obama en relación con Asia (3.12.2011)
- Nuevos levantamientos señalan un punto de inflexión en la revolución egipcia (1.12.2011)
- La crisis del euro (01.12.2011)
- El mundo se acerca más la recesión tras el fracaso de la cumbre de los G20 (19.11.2011)
- Русский
- Российское Социалистическое движение — политическая ловушка для рабочего класса (24.12.2011)
- Путин осуждает протесты по итогам выборов (19.12.2011)
- Российский миллиардер вступает в президентскую гонку против Путина (19.12.2011)
- Представители США угрожают России на фоне протестов, вызванных итогами парламентских выборов (12.12.2011)
- Представители США угрожают России на фоне протестов, вызванных итогами парламентских выборов (12.12.2011)
- Европейские историки выступают против публикации немецким издательством Suhrkamp биографии Троцкого, написанной Робертом Сервисом (24.11.2011)
- Политическая биография и историческая ложь: Критика книги Роберта Сервиса Троцкий (15.11.2011)
- 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)
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- O retorno da pobreza em massa na Europa (12.01.2012)
- Bulgária: greves e protesto contra demissões e austeridade (04.01.2012)
- Trabalhadores europeus enfrentam austeridade e ditadura (19.12.2011)
- EUA - Fome e desabrigo vão às alturas em meio a cortes nos gastos sociais?
Metade dos americanos é pobre ou de baixa renda (19.12.2011) - Sinais de um novo levante dos trabalhadores chineses (13.12.2011)
- Conferência em Bruxelas termina com isolamento do Reino Unido (13.12.2011)
- Grã-Bretanha: Mais de dois milhões em greve (7.12.2011)
- Queda da produção desencadeia novas greves (7.12.2011)
- Ataque policial à Universidade da Califórnia, Davis (30.11.2011)
- A crise do euro (30.11.2011)
- União Europeia empurra mudança de governo na Itália (19.11.2011)
- O "policiamento total" e a criminalização do dissenso (19.11.2011)
- 中文
- 五角大楼的战略评估：一份世界大战的蓝图 (13.01.2012)
- 新年伊始 (07.01.2012)
- 富豪们的哀歌 (30.12.2011)
- 中国农村抗争获得广泛支持 (22.12.2011)
- 美中矛盾笼罩台湾总统大选 (19.12.2011)
- 欧洲工人面临紧缩与专政 (16.12.2011)
- 中国新罢工潮的迹象 (13.12.2011)
- 希拉里在缅甸：美国针对中国的另一举措 (7.12.2011)
- 大卫 • 哈维与“占领运动” (3.12.2011)
- 叙利亚内战和中东革命的命运 (30.11.2011)
- 罢工震动华南制造业中心 (30.11.2011)
- 警察侵犯美国加州大学戴维斯分校 (29.11.2011)
- 新起义标志埃及革命的转折点 (26.11.2011)
- 奥巴马增加亚洲爆发战争的危险 (23.11.2011)
- 国际货币基金组织警告中国金融体系的“脆弱” (23.11.2011)
- 奥巴马在巴厘岛峰会寻求建立反华联盟 (21.11.2011)
- “占领华尔街”被关闭 (19.11.2011)
- 欧盟的瓦解 (18.11.2011)
- 政治与国际“占领”运动 (15.10.2011)
- 经济危机加剧全球冲突 (15.10.2011)
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Perspective
Guantánamo: A decade of US torture and repression
13 January 2012
Ten years after the first prisoners in Washington's "global war on terror" arrived at Guantánamo in hoods and shackles, the infamous prison camp remains open, its operations codified by Congress and President Obama into US law.
Workers Struggles
“It’s going back to the 1930s”
Cooper Tire workers speak on struggle
By Jerry White, 13 January 2012
Cooper Tire workers in Findlay, Ohio discussed with the World Socialist Web Site the issues raised by their struggle.
More on the lockout of Cooper Tire workers »
Manroland employees in Plauen: “We have been lied to and cheated”
By Ernst Wolf, 13 January 2012
Workers at the Manroland print manufacturer spoke bitterly of their experiences with IG Metall, when questioned by a WSWS reporter team.
London, Ontario locomotive workers in showdown with Caterpillar
By Andre Damon, 6 January 2012
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
13 January 2012
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
Arts Review
Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915-1935
By Paul Mitchell, 12 January 2012
London and Berlin are the most recent venues in the six-year tour of an exhibition of work of artists, architects, engineers and photographers who were inspired by the Russian revolution of 1917.
The Iron Lady: What were they thinking?
By Chris Marsden, 10 January 2012
Commentary
US prepares for war against China
By Peter Symonds, 12 January 2012
Nigerian general strike escalates as government steps up repression
By Robert Stevens, 12 January 2012
Mitt Romney, Bain Capital and American capitalism
By Patrick Martin, 12 January 2012
Crisis in Detroit
Detroit-area CEOs rake in millions while city prepares further cuts
By Shannon Jones, 11 January 2012
Two die in Detroit house fire
By Lawrence Porter, 10 January 2012
Auto Workers Struggles
Ford closes Minnesota truck assembly plant
By Ron Jorgenson, 9 January 2012
More on auto workers struggles »
This Week in History: January 9 - January 15
25 years ago: Soviet cease-fire in Afghanistan signals withdrawal policy
Afghan Communist Party leader Mohammad Najibullah announced a unilateral cease-fire by the PDPA government and the Soviet troops that supported it, to take effect January 15, 1987. This began the withdrawal phase of Soviet foreign policy, announced over five months earlier by Premier Mikhail Gorbachev.
On January 12, 1962, the Kennedy administration launched the first large-scale US military operation in South Vietnam, where it was seeking to prop up the corrupt pro-Western regime of Ngo Dinh Diem against a popular insurgency coalescing around the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam.
75 years ago: Trotsky arrives in Mexico
The oil tanker Ruth carrying Leon and Natalia Trotsky arrived in Tampico harbour, Mexico on Saturday morning, January 9, 1937. Apprehensive of what might await them, the Trotskys, despite the threats of the Norwegian police commander on board, refused to disembark until they were met by friends.
100 years ago: The Lawrence textile strike begins
Textile employers in Lawrence, Massachusetts cut wages on January 12, 1912, sparking a mass walkout. The wage cut followed the enactment of a law by the Massachusetts legislature reducing working hours from 56 to 54 hours a week.
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