5 September 2015
As Yemen assault continues, US announces billion-dollar arms deal with Saudi Arabia
By Niles Williamson, 5 September 2015
While the deal is ostensibly aimed at easing Saudi concerns over the US-Iran nuclear deal, it also facilitates the escalation of the Saudi monarchy’s bloody assault on Yemen.
Washington launches new drone assassination program in Syria
Trident Juncture 2015: NATO’s biggest manoeuvre since 2002
Death of Syrian infant exposes Canadian complicity in refugee crisis
By Keith Jones, 5 September 2015
The Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper rebuffed efforts by a woman living in Vancouver to rescue her Syrian relatives, including three-year-old Alan Kurdi.
Who is responsible for the refugee crisis in Europe?
Thousands of refugees held at Budapest train station
US markets fall after release of jobs report
By Gabriel Black, 5 September 2015
US employers added 173,000 jobs last month, while the labor force participation rate remained at 62.6 percent—the lowest rate since October 1977.
Wages for low-income workers collapsed under Obama
India invites Japan for naval exercises with US
By Arun Kumar, 5 September 2015
The decision by Prime Minister Modi to hold trilateral naval games involving India, the US and Japan has been encouraged by Washington as part of its aggressive “pivot” against China.
Sri Lankan prime minister appoints huge cabinet
By K. Ratnayake, 5 September 2015
The new US-backed government is trying to cement its position and prepare to ram through harsh austerity measures.
Guatemalan president jailed after being forced out
By Bill Van Auken, 5 September 2015
Perez Molina, the ousted president and former commander in the genocidal repression of the 1980s, has been placed in a military prison.
California Democrat urges court to reinstate death penalty
By John Andrews and Alan Gilman, 5 September 2015
California Attorney General Kamala Harris, with the support of Democratic Governor Jerry Brown, is defending the death penalty in federal court.
Upwards of 100,000 people held in solitary confinement in the US
The cover-up of torture in America’s prisons
Global economic crisis leads to job cuts in South Africa
By G.T. Maqhubela, 5 September 2015
Amid a commodity price rout and rising costs, corporations have announced plans to shed some 10,000 jobs in South African gold, coal, iron and platinum mining.
Australian 7-Eleven workers under-paid and super-exploited
By Oscar Grenfell, 5 September 2015
Convenience store workers, often vulnerable international students, are forced to work for half-pay.
South Australian government and private corporations axe thousands of jobs
New Zealand: Substandard repairs to earthquake-damaged homes in Christchurch
By Sam Price and Tom Peters, 5 September 2015
Five years after the first destructive earthquake, thousands of insurance claims have not been settled.
New in Greek
Το δράμα των προσφύγων και το απάνθρωπο πρόσωπο του ευρωπαϊκού καπιταλισμού
Πέτερ Σβάρτς, 5 Σεπτέμβριος 2015
Η απανθρωπιά προς τους πρόσφυγες δεν αποτελεί μεμονωμένο ζήτημα, αλλά είναι η έκφραση ενός βαθιά απάνθρωπου συστήματος.
New in Russian
Злодеяния ИГИС и социоцид американских войн
Билл Вэн Оукен, 5 сентября 2015 г.
ИГИС и нынешнее кровопролитие в Сирии и Ираке являются прямым продуктом сходных актов социоцида со стороны американского империализма.
New in French
Washington lance un nouveau programme d'assassinats par drone en Syrie
Par Bill Van Auken, 5 septembre 2015
Ces assassinats sont des exécutions arbitraires, où la cible ne reçoit ni accusation ni aucune forme de procès.
Qui est responsable de la crise des réfugiés en Europe?
Par Bill Van Auken, 5 septembre 2015
La couverture par les médias de la crise des réfugiés est volontairement muette sur le rôle de l'OTAN dans la création de cette tragédie.
New in Turkish
Avrupa’daki mülteci krizinin sorumlusu kim?
Bill Van Auken, 5 Eylül 2015
Üç yaşındaki Suriyeli çocuğun yürek burkan görüntüleri, tüm dünyadaki insanların Avrupa sınırlarında gerçekleşen umutsuz kriz konusunda gerçekleri görmesini sağladı.
Aksayan altyapı sistemine karşı kitlesel protestolar Lübnan’ı sarsıyor
Jean Shaoul, 5 Eylül 2015
Göstericilerin çöp krizine bir çözüm bulunması ve elektrik, su, düzgün yollar gibi temel hizmetlerin sağlanması yönündeki istemleri, daha yüksek ücretler, seçimler ve ülkedeki yolsuzluğa ve mezhep temelli hükümet sistemine son verilmesi taleplerine dönüştü.
Yunanistan’da Stalinizm
Christoph Dreier, 5 Eylül 2015
Marksistler için, bir partinin değerlendirmesi, onun tarihinin incelenmesi yoluyla yapılır. Kendisini Stalinizmin barbar suçlarıyla özdeşleştiren bir siyasi örgüt, işçi sınıfının Yunanistan’daki ve uluslararası ölçekteki bir düşmanıdır.
New in German
Europäische Regierungen behandeln Flüchtlinge wie eine feindliche Invasionsarmee
Von Peter Schwarz, 5. September 2015
„Wenn wir den Flüchtlingen den Eindruck vermitteln, sie seien willkommen, dann wäre das eine moralische Niederlage“, sagt der ungarische Regierungschef Viktor Orban.
Wer ist für die Flüchtlingskrise in Europa verantwortlich?
Von Bill Van Auken, 5. September 2015
Amerikanische Medien schweigen über die zentrale Rolle der US-Regierung bei der Entstehung der europäischen Flüchtlingstragödie.
In Griechenland wächst die Unzufriedenheit mit Syriza
Von Robert Stevens, 5. September 2015
Vor den Neuwahlen versuchen Syriza und andere bürgerliche Parteien, Allianzen zu schmieden, mit denen sie die Angriffe auf die Arbeiterklasse durchsetzen können.
Großes Interesse für Griechenland-Veranstaltung der PSG
Von unseren Korrespondenten, 5. September 2015
Zum Thema „Solidarität mit den griechischen Arbeitern! Kämpft gegen das Diktat von Schäuble und Merkel!“ führt die Partei für Soziale Gleichheit (PSG) Veranstaltungen in Leipzig, Bochum und Frankfurt durch.
Wachsende Spannungen zwischen Venezuela und Kolumbien
Von Bill Van Auken, 5. September 2015
Die Regierung Maduro in Venezuela nutzt Grenzzwischenfälle, um Nationalismus zu schüren und von der wachsenden sozialen Krise abzulenken.
New in Arabic
الاتفاق النووي الايراني يقود الامبريالية الامريكية للهيمنة على العالم
21 تموز 2015
كيت جونز
توصلت ادارة اوباما الاسبوع الماضي ، بعد عشرين شهرا من المفاوضات، الى اتفاق لمدة 15 عاما مع ايران و الصين و فرنسا و روسيا و المملكة المتحدة والمانيا لـ (تطبيع) البرنامج النووي الايراني. و حتى يتجاوز هذا الاتفاق المعارضة القوية من قبل بعض النخب الحاكمة في الولايات المتحدة، عليه ان يشكل تحولا تكتيكيا هاما يضمن تأثيرا بعيد المدى لصالح الامبريالية الامريكية
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Perspective
European governments treat refugees as a hostile invasion force
5 September 2015
European governments are treating the stream of refugees as a hostile invasion force, constructing border fences, using tear gas and deploying the army against migrants.
Autoworkers Struggles
Autoworkers speak out from Bedford, Indiana
By Eric London, 5 September 2015
Autoworkers in southern Indiana spoke to the World Socialist Web Site about the bankruptcy of the trade unions, growing support for rank-and-file committees, and the need for a nationwide strike.
Autoworkers speak out
GM workers: “If we can’t gain when they’re making profits, we’ll never get anything”
Autoworkers speak out: Louisville, Kentucky Ford worker denounces UAW-company alliance
Outpouring of support for WSWS Autoworker Newsletter among US autoworkers
Fiat Chrysler to move Jeep Cherokee production out of Toledo
By Shannon Jones, 4 September 2015
For a united struggle of US steel, auto and telecommunications workers!
By Jerry White, 3 September 2015
Eighty years after founding of UAW
Homeless American autoworker speaks out
By Zac Corrigan, 31 August 2015
Video: The battle facing US autoworkers
A portrait of life in America’s Rust Belt
Part One
By Eric London, 27 August 2015
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IYSSE
International letters protest IYSSE censorship at University of Melbourne
5 September 2015
A British student’s letter says the IYSSE ban is “part of a systematic attempt to block students from articulating their independent political interests, across Australia and internationally.”
Australian IYSSE members protest ban at University of Melbourne
IYSSE supporters protest ban on IYSSE at University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne student union imposes third ban on IYSSE club
By the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (Australia), 1 September 2015
Commentary
German professor Herfried Münkler agitates against refugees
By Christoph Dreier, 5 September 2015
With elaborate formulations and kitchen sink psychology, Humboldt University professor Münkler resurrects the strategy of making immigrants into scapegoats for social problems.
Britain’s pseudo-left line up behind Corbyn Labour leadership bid
By Julie Hyland, 5 September 2015
The pseudo-left groups are backing the campaign of Jeremy Corbyn in an attempt to revive support for Labour and present this right-wing party as an agent of social reform.
Disaffection with Syriza mounts in Greece ahead of election
By Robert Stevens, 4 September 2015
Stalinism in Greece
RISE: The “Scottish Syriza” that dare not speak its name
By Steve James and Julie Hyland, 3 September 2015
Arts Review
Jacques Tourneur’s Out of the Past (1947): The weight of history
By David Walsh and Joanne Laurier, 5 September 2015
Tourneur’s film, adapted from Build My Gallows High, a novel by American writer Daniel Mainwaring published in 1946, has one of the most suggestive titles in cinema history.
Phoenix: After WWII in Germany, a woman rises from the ashes
By Joanne Laurier, 3 September 2015
Author of books on Orson Welles, film noir, Vincente Minnelli and more
An interview with film historian and critic James Naremore
Workers Struggles
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
5 September 2015
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
As contract expires, USW orders steelworkers to stay on the job
By our reporters, 2 September 2015
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Australian steel unions enforce destruction of jobs and conditions
By Richard Phillips, 3 September 2015
Maritime Union of Australia thanks pseudo-lefts for “unity” as it foreshadows acceptance of port sackings
By Oscar Grenfell, 4 September 2015
Australia: Hutchison Ports dispute at the crossroads
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Australian mining giant replaces Blackwater workers with contractors
By Declan O’Malley, 2 September 2015
Unions keep Verizon and AT&T workers on job without contracts
By Samuel Davidson and Maria Kovalenko, 1 September 2015
2016 US Elections
Top aides to Hillary Clinton testify before Benghazi committee
By Patrick Martin, 4 September 2015
The 2016 US election and the scapegoating of immigrants
By Bill Van Auken, 1 September 2015
Donald Trump: The ugly face of capitalist politics
Sanders pledges his campaign to save Democratic Party
By Patrick Martin, 31 August 2015
Bernie Sanders: Silent partner of American militarism
Is Bernie Sanders a socialist?
Hillary Clinton and Black Lives Matter: A revealing confrontation
By Patrick Martin, 22 August 2015
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75 years since the assassination of Leon Trotsky
75 years since the assassination of Trotsky: 1940-2015
Leon Trotsky’s place in history
By David North, 21 August 2015
Published here is a section of a lecture delivered on the 60th anniversary of the assassination of Leon Trotsky. The full lecture is included in David North’s book, In Defense of Leon Trotsky.
Seventy-five years since the assassination of Leon Trotsky
By Joseph Kishore, 20 August 2015
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