16 January 2016
Global stocks plunge amid fears of a new financial crisis
By Barry Grey, 16 January 2016
Friday’s selloff, with the EURO STOXX/50 index down 2.37 percent and all of the major US indexes lower by well over 2 percent, caps off the worst-ever yearly opening for Wall Street.
Wave of selling hits US markets
The New Year stock sell-off
Wal-Mart to close 269 stores worldwide
By Nick Barrickman, 16 January 2016
The big box retailer cited as causes for the closures competition with online retailers and the impact of marginal employee wage increases.
Republican debate: Deeper into the swamp of bigotry and militarism
By Patrick Martin, 16 January 2016
The seven candidates sought to whip up fears over terrorism to justify policies of militarism abroad and attacks on democratic rights at home.
Trump pushes racist attack on immigrants, Muslims
Obama, Trump and the working class
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Video shows another unarmed youth killed by Chicago police
By George Gallanis, 16 January 2016
The video, which has been concealed by the Chicago Police Department for three years, contradicts the official findings of the police.
Former city employee sues Albuquerque Police Department officials for obstructing public records requests
Pennsylvania constable shoots dead 12-year-old girl during home eviction
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India in talks to open ports, bases to US military
By Wasantha Rupasinghe, 16 January 2016
According to an unnamed Indian official, the only outstanding question is “what happens in the case of war?”
German chancellor announces massive expansion of military budget
By Johannes Stern, 16 January 2016
The ruling elite intends to make the working class pay for the return of an aggressive German foreign policy.
Police in Britain illegally arrest thousands of children
By Thomas Scripps, 16 January 2016
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act states that children under 18 in custody should be transferred to the care of the local authority.
Cuts lead to staffing crisis in UK education
By Tom Pearce, 16 January 2016
Schools are paying recruitment agencies ever greater sums for finders fees.
Cuts and closures intensify in Australian TAFE colleges
By Erika Zimmer, 16 January 2016
Young people seeking vocational training are facing skyrocketing tuition fees.
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Le chef du Pentagone présente son plan d’escalade de la guerre en Irak et en Syrie
Par Patrick Martin, 16 janvier 2016
Le secrétaire américain à la Défense Ashton Carter s’est adressé à plusieurs centaines de membres des commandos à Fort Campbell, Kentucky, avant leur déploiement dans la zone de guerre au Moyen-Orient
En Allemagne, le Parti de gauche rejoint la campagne anti-réfugiés
Par Dietmar Henning, 16 janvier 2016
La dirigeante du groupe parlementaire du Parti de gauche (Die Linke) Sahra Wagenknecht se joint à l’agitation d’extrême-droite contre les réfugiés et demande plus de pouvoirs pour la police.
Sur quelle base faut-il rejeter l’entente de principe dans le secteur public québécois?
Le Parti l’égalité socialiste (Canada), 16 janvier 2016
Les employés du secteur public sont confrontés à une lutte politique. En rejetant les termes inacceptables de l’accord de principe, c’est tout le programme de classe de l’élite dirigeante qu’ils remettraient en question.
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Perspective
Washington invokes hunger to promote war in Syria
16 January 2016
Allegations that Syrian government forces are deliberately starving besieged villagers have become the basis for yet another propaganda campaign for regime change.
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.
International Youth and Students for Social Equality
Fourth IYSSE election meeting at Berlin’s Humboldt University
The struggle against war and the lessons of history
By our correspondent, 16 January 2016
The IYSSE has launched its campaign for the student parliament at Humboldt University with lectures titled “No more war! Scholarship instead of war propaganda.”
Third election meeting of IYSSE at Humboldt University
Jörg Baberowski’s appeal for dictatorship and war
By our correspondents, 9 January 2016
Commentary
Charlie Hebdo joins racist campaign against refugees in Europe
By Alex Lantier, 16 January 2016
The French weekly magazine declared that Aylan Kurdi, a three-year-old refugee whose drowning death last year sparked worldwide outrage, would have grown up to be a “groper.”
The New York Times backs anti-refugee drive in Germany
German Left Party joins anti-refugee campaign
BAYAN’s phony opposition to the US basing deal in the Philippines
By Joseph Santolan, 16 January 2016
The Maoist-dominated BAYAN has called for the armed defense of the Philippines’ territorial claims in the South China Sea and has led repeated demonstrations outside the Chinese embassy.
Philippine Supreme Court declares US basing deal constitutional
Flint, Michigan: Portrait of an American city
By Andre Damon, 15 January 2016
New revelations expose federal cover-up in Flint, Michigan water crisis
More on the water crisis in Flint, Michigan »
Pentagon chief outlines plan for escalation of Iraq-Syria war
Poland placed under EU supervision amid escalating Polish-German tensions
Obama’s State of the Union address and the breakdown of American democracy
Amid state of emergency, French workers jailed for struggle to defend jobs
Arts Review
The Revenant: Are we all savages? (And Paolo Sorrentino’s Youth )
By Joanne Laurier, 16 January 2016
The Revenant is a sensationalized account of the life of American fur trapper Hugh Glass, who famously survived a mauling by a bear. Youth is a banal meditation on aging.
The 88th Academy Awards nominations
By David Walsh, 15 January 2016
Concussion: Highlighting the perils of American football
By Alan Gilman, 14 January 2016
Obituary
David Bowie (1947-2016)
By Hiram Lee, 16 January 2016
British rock icon David Bowie died January 10, just two days after his 69th birthday and the release of his final album Blackstar .
Workers Struggles
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
16 January 2016
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National union leader tries to corral protesting Detroit teachers
By Jerry White, 15 January 2015
The Detroit teachers’ fight to defend public education
Montreal: Labour board upholds draconian suspension of 2,000 city workers
By Laurent Lafrance, 15 January 2016
Autoworkers Struggles
US auto companies announce big payout to stockholders
By Shannon Jones, 15 January 2016
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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NHS Fightback
Junior doctors strike throughout England
By our reporters, 14 January 2016
UK: Oppose introduction of student nurse tuition fees and scrapping of bursaries
Science
New research reveals effects of the Agricultural Revolution on human evolution.
By Philip Guelpa, 15 January 2016
Book Review
Power Wars: Inside Obama’s Post-9/11 Presidency
Obama’s place in history: Permanent war and the breakdown of American democracy
Part two
By Eric London, 14 January 2016
Power Wars: Inside Obama’s Post-9/11 Presidency
Obama’s place in history: Permanent war and the breakdown of American democracy
Part one
This week in history: January 11-17
25 years ago: US begins carpet-bombing of Iraq
On January 17, 1991, one day after a UN-imposed deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait, “Operation Desert Storm,” an all-out air war against Iraqi forces began.
50 years ago: US B-52 crash drops four hydrogen bombs on Spain
On January 17, 1966, four hydrogen bombs fell on Spain without igniting, when a US Air Force B-52G bomber crashed above the fishing village of Palmores, on the country’s southeastern Mediterranean coast.
75 years ago: Defense strikes in Michigan, Ohio and Illinois
On January 13, 1941, in Saginaw, Michigan, hundreds of striking members of the United Auto Workers clashed with police and shut down production at an Eaton Manufacturing plant, which was being operated by scabs represented by the rival United Auto Workers-AFL.
100 years ago: Karl Liebknecht expelled from German SPD
On January 13, 1916, Karl Liebknecht, the well-known revolutionary leader and internationalist opponent of World War I, was expelled from the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) and its parliamentary group on the grounds of “continuous gross infractions of party discipline.”
The 2016 US Elections
Bernie Sanders poses as an opponent of Wall Street in New York speech
By Tom Hall, 6 January 2016
Socialist Alternative forms group to support Sanders campaign
Is Bernie Sanders a socialist?
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Socialist Equality Party
SEP (Sri Lanka) holds public meeting on 75th anniversary of Leon Trotsky’s assassination
By our correspondents, 30 December 2015
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
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.
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
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