30 December 2015
After grand jury whitewash in Tamir Rice killing
More police murders across the US
By Tom Eley, 30 December 2015
Police have taken repeated exonerations, often in the face of overwhelming evidence, as in the murder of Tamir Ricer, as a green light for more violence.
Cleveland cop who killed twelve-year-old exonerated
US cops killed more people this year than in 2014
More on police violence in America »
Federal agency prepares new crackdown on US travelers
By Patrick Martin, 30 December 2015
The Transportation Security Administration will reject driver’s licenses from at least nine states as valid ID for boarding an airplane, with the first notices to be issued in January.
The US terror scare
Japan and South Korea reach agreement over comfort women
By Ben McGrath, 30 December 2015
The deal will be welcomed in Washington which has been pressing its two allies to mend their rift and collaborate more closely in the US “pivot to Asia” against China.
Seven confirmed dead in industrial landslide in Shenzhen, China
By Will Morrow, 30 December 2015
The response of the Chinese regime is aimed at diverting attention from the broader social and political implications of the disaster.
Chinese industrial zone engulfed by waste landslide
Dictatorship conditions at Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant: Part Two
With UAW complicity, Ford fires workers for voicing opposition
By Eric London, 30 December 2015
A local UAW official confirmed that at least a dozen workers have been fired from the Kansas City plant for comments posted on Facebook, and the union has done nothing.
Dictatorship conditions at Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant: Part One
Autoworker crushed to death in conveyer belt catastrophe
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New York City intensifies assault on the homeless
By Philip Guelpa, 30 December 2015
As the growth of income inequality in the city compounds a major housing crisis, the de Blasio administration is increasing its attacks on the homeless.
UK floods bring further destruction to thousands
By Barry Mason, 30 December 2015
The storms are estimated to have dropped an average month’s rainfall within a 24-hour period.
Wedding video shows Israeli far-right gathering celebrating arson attack on Palestinians
By Jean Shaoul, 30 December 2015
The couple getting married was well known in the radical right, and guests included friends of the suspects in the arson attack.
As fighting in Turkey mounts, Kurdish nationalists escalate independence drive
By Halil Celik, 30 December 2015
Kurdish nationalist groups are responding to the Turkish military crackdown with appeals to Russia and the imperialist powers for support to wage war inside Turkey.
After Paris attacks, anti-Muslim riot erupts in Corsica
By Kumaran Ira, 30 December 2015
The anti-Muslim riots in Corsica are the product of the incitement of racial hatreds by the entire French political establishment.
German trade union chief agrees to €1 an hour jobs for refugees
One million people fled to Europe in 2015
Drug company boss is new head of Croatian government
By Markus Salzmann, 30 December 2015
The naming of Orešković was preceded by weeks of horse-trading between the right-wing HDZ and MOST and the former Stalinist SDP.
New in Russian
Российские дальнобойщики протестуют против резкого роста платежей
Андреа Питерс, 30 декабря 2015 г.
Российские водители-дальнобойщики проводят по всей стране акции протеста, выступая против введения новой транзитной платы за пользование федеральными автотрассами, которая подорвет их доходы.
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2015’te “dünyada barış” yoktu
Andre Damon, 30 Aralık 2015
2015’te dünyayı gözlemlemiş olan herkes, 2016’nın eşi görülmedik bir şiddet ve toplumsal sefalet yılı olacağını beklemelidir. Fakat dünyayı dünya savaşının eşiğine getiren aynı süreçler, zorunlu olarak, işçi sınıfının toplumsal mücadelesine de yol açmaktadır.
İspanya seçim krizindeki siyasi meseleler
Alex Lantier, 30 Aralık 2015
Syriza'dan hiçbir farkı olmayan Podemos, Avrupa işçi sınıfını savaşa, kemer sıkmaya ve Avrupa Birliği'ne karşı birleştirme mücadelesinin amansız bir düşmanı olduğunu kanıtlayacaktır.
Fed’in faiz artışı sonrasında küresel ekonomik fay hatları derinleşiyor
Nick Beams, 30 Aralık 2015
Fed ve diğer merkez bankaları tarafından piyasalara trilyonlarca dolarlık ucuz para sağlanması, 2008’de patlak vermiş olan krizi çözmek ya da gerçek bir ekonomik toparlanma yaratmak adına hiçbir şey yapmamıştır.
Berlin'deki IYSSE toplantısında Suriye savaşı ve Alman emperyalizminin Ortadoğu'daki hedefleri tartışıldı
Muhabirlerimizden, 30 Aralık 2015
Toplumsal Eşitlik İçin Uluslararası Gençlik ve Öğrenciler (IYSSE), Almanya'nın Berlin şehrindeki Humboldt Üniversitesi'nin öğrenci meclisi seçimleri kampanyasını "Savaşa hayır! Savaş propagandası değil, bilim" başlıklı bir dizi konferansla başlattı.
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Die USA planen für 2016 eine Ausweitung ihrer globalen Militäroperationen
Von Thomas Gaist, 30. Dezember 2015
Der US-Imperialismus baut sein globales Netzwerk von Spezialkräften aus, bringt neue Kampftruppen gegen Russland und China in Stellung und überschwemmt jeden Teil der Welt mit hochmodernen Waffen.
Bundeswehr stationiert weitere Soldaten in der Türkei
Von Christoph Dreier, 30. Dezember 2015
Die Nato verlegt mehrere Awacs-Aufklärungsflugzeuge aus Deutschland in die Türkei. Ein Drittel der Besatzung besteht aus deutschen Soldaten.
Flüchtlinge werden häufiger und brutaler abgeschoben
Von Elisabeth Zimmermann, 30. Dezember 2015
Seit der Verschärfung des Asylrechts im Oktober ist die Zahl der Abschiebungen massiv gestiegen und die Brutalität und Unmenschlichkeit haben eine neue Qualität erreicht.
Star Wars: Das Erwachen der Macht – kein wirkliches Erwachen
Von Matthew MacEgan und David Walsh, 30. Dezember 2015
Der neue Star Wars Streifen ist als Teil einer Trilogie gedacht, die die Geschichte der nächsten Generation erzählt. Sie bedient sich dabei vielfach der gleichen Ideen und visuellen Effekte wie die vorangegangenen Filme.
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Perspective
A New Year’s sense of foreboding over the global economy
30 December 2015
Economic developments in 2015 were dominated by intensifying recessionary trends throughout the world economy.
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Commentary
Obama, Trump and the working class
By Niles Williamson, 30 December 2015
Trump’s ability to exploit grievances and popular anger for reactionary purposes is due above all to what passes for “left” in official American politics, exemplified by Obama, which has nothing but hostility and contempt for the working class.
The New York Times, fascism and Donald Trump
More on the 2016 US elections »
The New York Times celebrates “retaking Ramadi”
By Bill Van Auken, 30 December 2015
The Times’ duplicitous cheerleading for the military action by the Pentagon and its Iraqi puppet forces serves only to cover up for those who are principally to blame for the rise of ISIS.
US-backed Iraqi forces recapture Ramadi from ISIS
More on the war in Iraq and Syria »
US military to expand global operations in 2016
By Thomas Gaist, 29 December 2015
Winter storms kill dozens across US South and Midwest
Criminal investigation launched into police killing of unarmed man in London
The fracturing of the European Union
Portugal’s new Socialist Party government bails out another bank
German weekly Die Zeit calls for a “strong state”
India’s Modi makes surprise visit to Pakistan
Tamil People's Forum sets a new nationalist trap for Sri Lankan workers
Obama administration prepares raids on Central American immigrants
No “peace on Earth” in 2015
Socialist Equality Party
SEP (Sri Lanka) holds public meeting on 75th anniversary of Leon Trotsky’s assassination
By our correspondents, 30 December 2015
Well aware that World War II would produce revolutionary upheavals, neither Stalinism nor imperialism could tolerate Trotsky’s continued existence.
Public meetings in Australia mark 75th anniversary of Leon Trotsky’s murder
By our correspondents, 23 December 2015
Workers and youth speak on Trotsky’s life and death
Arts Review
The year in popular music
30 December 2015
World Socialist Web Site music writers pick their favorite recordings of 2015.
In Jackson Heights: Documentarian Frederick Wiseman on life in a New York City neighborhood
By Mark Witkowski and Fred Mazelis, 29 December 2015
John Heartfield: Laughter Is A Devastating Weapon
David King on the famed German photomontage artist
An interview with performer, educator and archivist of the Great American Songbook, Michael Feinstein
Workers Struggles
Workers Struggles: The Americas
30 December 2015
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
History
Notes on a visit to Łódź, Poland
By Clara Weiss, 24 December 2015
American Nazi web site acclaims Humboldt Professor Jörg Baberowski
By Johannes Stern, 19 December 2015
Autoworkers Struggles
Walter Reuther and the rise and fall of the UAW
By Tom Mackaman, 23 December 2015
More on autoworkers struggles »
International Youth and Students for Social Equality
Second election meeting of IYSSE at Humboldt University
Herfried Münkler: An academic in the service of German imperialism
By our correspondents, 23 December 2015
Mehring Books
Pamphlet on Syriza’s betrayal in Greece now available from Mehring Books
21 December 2015
The betrayal of the anti-austerity struggles of the Greek working class by the Syriza government is a strategic experience for the working class not only in Greece, but internationally.
The 2016 US Elections
Socialist Alternative forms group to support Sanders campaign
By Eric London, 24 December 2015
Fear-mongering and war dominate third Democratic presidential debate
Republican “debate” in Las Vegas
A two-hour commercial for militarism and fear-mongering
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75 Years Since The Assassination Of Leon Trotsky
Security and the Fourth International, the Gelfand Case and the deposition of Mark Zborowski
An open letter from David North to Susan Weissman
10 November 2015
Seventy-five years since the assassination of Leon Trotsky
Meetings in Germany mark the 75th anniversary of the death of Leon Trotsky
This week in history: December 28-January 3
25 years ago: Chinese Communist Party Central Committee meeting exposes crisis
The six-day meeting of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party ended on December 30, 1990.
50 years ago: Transit strike in New York City
On January 1, 1966, all bus and subway service in New York City halted as 33,000 members of Transport Workers Union Local 100 walked off the job after rejecting the contract offer by the Transit Authority.
75 years ago: Voorhis Act takes effect in US
On January 1, 1941 the Voorhis Anti-Propaganda Act, passed by the US Congress in October 1940, went into effect.
100 years ago: Report shows American capitalism profiting from world war
Figures released by the US government on January 1, 1916 underscored that American capitalism was becoming the leading economic power in the world, under conditions in which the European powers were being decimated by the carnage of World War I.
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