11 January 2016
US flies B-52 strategic bomber close to Korean border
By Peter Symonds, 11 January 2016
Washington has seized on the latest North Korean nuclear test to accelerate its military build-up in the region against China as part of the US “pivot to Asia.”
US, South Korea discuss deploying “strategic weapons”
German media and politicians demand increased state powers in response to Cologne assaults
By Dietmar Henning, 11 January 2016
Alleged sexual assaults by refugees in Cologne are being used as a pretense for pumping out racist agitation and cracking down on refugees.
The assaults in Cologne and the call for a strong state
The refugee tragedy and the European Union: The balance sheet for 2015
By Martin Kreickenbaum, 11 January 2016
The mistreatment of refugees fleeing to Europe has assumed proportions that would have been unthinkable twelve months ago.
German government party steps up its anti-refugee agitation
German government votes to expand military interventions in Mali and Iraq
By Gustav Kemper and Johannes Stern, 11 January 2016
A glance at the foreign ministry’s web site leaves no doubt about the economic interests being pursued by German imperialism.
No to German intervention in Syria!
“Our livelihood is at stake”
Teacher sickouts spread in Detroit
By Nancy Hanover and Debra Watson, 11 January 2016
Teachers expressing their opposition to continuous attacks on public education and increasing threats to privatize the Detroit school district.
State officials, Wall Street target Detroit schools for bankruptcy restructuring
Behind the Detroit Public School’s debt numbers
How banks, privatizers and politicians bankrupted the schools
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts victimizes veteran worker
By Kate Randall, 11 January 2016
John Powhida was fired after the museum refused his request for a four-day unpaid leave.
Walter Energy bankruptcy threatens thousands of workers and retirees
By Shelley Connor, 11 January 2016
The Birmingham, Alabama-based firm was one of five coal companies to file for bankruptcy in 2015, and one amongst more than three dozen to file for bankruptcy since 2012.
US jobs report: Employment numbers obscure deeper social crisis
Mentally ill man arraigned for shooting Philadelphia police officer
By Sandy English, 11 January 2016
Government authorities and the media have emphasized the fact that Edward Archer is Muslim and have attempted to tie him to the Islamic State.
Federal prosecutors claim two US Palestinians are linked to terrorism
UK military returns to Afghanistan
By Harvey Thompson, 11 January 2015
Prime Minister David Cameron is following the lead of President Obama, who last October reneged on his pledge to withdraw virtually all US troops from Afghanistan before the end of his administration.
Podemos considers forming government with Spanish social democrats
By James Lerner and Alejandro López, 11 January 2016
The purpose of such a government, like Syriza in Greece, would be to enforce more unpopular austerity measures on working people and the entire population.
Thirty-eight percent of Australia’s large companies paid no tax in 2013-14
By John Roberts, 11 January 2016
Tax office data reveals that the country’s major firms pay little or no company tax, while demanding an increased goods and services tax and the slashing of government spending.
Tamil National Alliance backs austerity, pro-investor policies in Sri Lanka
By K. Nesan, 11 January 2016
The Tamil nationalist organizations in Sri Lanka are escalating their support for austerity and the use of Sri Lankan workers as cheap labor for international capital.
New in French
Les agressions de Cologne et l'appel à un Etat fort
Par Dietmar Henning et Peter Schwarz, 11 janvier 2016
Les récents événements de Cologne ont beaucoup à voir avec la crise sociale dans les grandes villes allemandes et rien à voir du tout avec l'afflux de près d'un million de réfugiés au cours de l'année écoulée.
La chute des marchés se poursuit dans le monde
Par Nick Beams, 11 janvier 2016
L’impact des événements en Chine souligne l’aggravation de la situation pour les grandes sociétés occidentales.
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Obama rejects pleas to halt deportations
11 January 2016
The White House has rebuffed pleas to call a halt to the summary deportations of women and children fleeing violence in Central America.
Featured Commentary
On the threshold of the New Year
By Joseph Kishore and David North, 31 December 2015
It is characteristic of a period of crisis that more and more the essential nature of capitalism—a system of exploitation, inequality, war and repression—comes into alignment with the everyday experiences of broad masses of people.
Commentary
One year of Sri Lankan President Sirisena’s rule: Propaganda and reality
By Pani Wijesiriwardena, 11 January 2015
The government is both intensifying the offensive against the working class and tying the country to the war plans of the United States.
The lottery and social despair in America
By Andre Damon, 9 January 2016
Lead poisoning in Flint, Michigan
By James Brewer and Jerry White, 8 January 2016
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Obama seeks Silicon Valley aid to spy on social media
By Thomas Gaist, 9 January 2016
Global markets continue to fall
By Nick Beams, 9 January 2016
The New Year stock sell-off
Survey finds a majority of Americans unable to pay for major unexpected expenses
By Nick Barrickman, 9 January 2016
Florida carries out first US execution of 2016
By Kate Randall, 9 January 2016
Chicago police accused of threatening witnesses of Laquan Mcdonald shooting and falsifying accounts
By George Gallanis, 9 January 2016
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Canada: Liberals repackage Harper’s aggressive foreign policy
By Roger Jordan, 9 January 2016
NHS Fightback
Thousands of student nurses, midwives and junior doctors demonstrate in London
By Ajanta Silva, 11 January 2016
The Conservative government has announced plans to scrap bursaries and introduce student fees.
UK: Oppose introduction of student nurse tuition fees and scrapping of bursaries
International Youth and Students for Social Equality
Third election meeting of IYSSE at Humboldt University
Jörg Baberowski’s appeal for dictatorship and war
By our correspondents, 9 January 2016
Autoworkers Struggles
Worker killed in Ohio Honda plant
By David Brown, 8 January 2016
UAW local publishes blacklist of workers who opt out of dues payment
By Eric London, 5 January 2016
Walter Reuther and the rise and fall of the UAW
By Tom Mackaman, 23 December 2015
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Twenty five years of the World Wide Web
By Bryan Dyne, 8 January 2016
Arts Review
Carol and The Danish Girl: Real problems, but the danger of exclusivism
By Joanne Laurier, 8 January 2016
Racism and revenge: Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight
Obituary
Conductor and avant-garde composer Pierre Boulez (1925–2016)
By Alex Lantier, 7 January 2016
As a conductor who worked and recorded extensively with leading orchestras and opera companies, Boulez elicited powerful, precise, unpretentious and always tasteful performances, though they sometimes had a touch of coldness.
The 2016 US Elections
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SEP (Sri Lanka) holds public meeting on 75th anniversary of Leon Trotsky’s assassination
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By our correspondents, 23 December 2015
Workers and youth speak on Trotsky’s life and death
Mehring Books
Pamphlet on Syriza’s betrayal in Greece now available from Mehring Books
21 December 2015
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