10 February 2016
Sanders wins New Hampshire Democratic primary
By Patrick Martin, 10 February 2016
A candidate claiming to be socialist won the largest vote ever in the first US presidential primary.
In New Hampshire debate: Republican frontrunner backs torture
Sanders and the left feint in capitalist politics
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Obama budget proposes increases in military, security spending
By Patrick Martin, 10 February 2016
The budget’s proposed increases in domestic spending are empty election-year posturing, but the increases in military and security spending will almost certainly be enacted.
Japanese bond rate goes negative as bank shares tumble
By Nick Beams, 10 February 2016
All eyes in global financial markets will be on Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen as she delivers testimony to the US Congress Wednesday.
Greek military to play main role in setting up refugee concentration camps
By John Vassilopoulos, 10 February 2016
Whether enforcing the EU’s reactionary refugee agenda or implementing austerity, the Syriza-led government relies heavily on the police and army to force through its measures.
Mass one-day strike hits Syriza’s austerity measures in Greece
The end of liberal Europe
Human Rights Watch underscores Australia’s abuses of refugees
By Max Newman, 10 February 2016
The report documents Australia’s stripping of asylum seekers of basic democratic rights and the build-up of repressive police powers.
Australia’s High Court backs indefinite offshore detention
Canada to triple its Special Forces contingent in Iraq
By Roger Jordan, 10 February 2016
Washington was quick to praise the Trudeau government’s plans to expand Canada’s role in the Mideast war.
Geneva talks begin as US-backed war in Syria expands
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Fatal rail crash in Bavaria
By Marianne Arens, 10 February 2016
Ten people were killed in Bavaria Tuesday morning when two local trains collided on a single-track line. Ninety more people were injured.
Haitian president ends term amid widening protests
By John Marion, 10 February 2016
As the Organization of American States forces Haiti’s ruling parties into an electoral compromise, protests are being attacked by former soldiers.
Earthquake in Taiwan leaves over 100 killed and missing
By Ben McGrath, 10 February 2016
The lack of earthquake safety measures contributed to the collapse of an apartment complex and the subsequent deaths.
Australian establishment condemns government’s retreat over increased consumption tax
By James Cogan, 10 February 2016
Raising the GST is viewed in corporate circles as the most rapid means of shifting more of the tax burden onto the working class.
Trans-Pacific Partnership signed in New Zealand amid mass protests
By Tom Peters, 10 February 2016
The protest organisers do not speak for the working class but express the interests of less competitive sections of business that fear losing out to global rivals.
Hundreds more US coal miners laid off
By Naomi Spencer, 10 February 2016
Mine employment continues to hemorrhage across Appalachia and the Illinois coal basin.
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections blocks thousands of inmates from receiving life-saving hepatitis-C drug
By Douglas Lyons, 10 February 2016
The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) is purposely withholding the drug until the disease has progressed to advanced stages.
New in French
Une nouvelle étape dans l’effondrement de l'économie mondiale
Par Nick Beams, 10 février 2016
La crise financière grandissante en Chine, marquée par la fuite des capitaux et la montée des inquiétudes sur le niveau d'endettement, s’accompagne de doutes croissants quant à la stabilité du système bancaire mondial.
Un rapport de Human Rights Watch expose l'état d'urgence
Par Stéphane Hugues, 10 février 2016
Le rapport souligne le refus arbitraire et systématique de droits démocratiques fondamentaux par la police et le ciblage des personnes d'origine musulmane.
New in German
Ein neues Stadium des globalen Wirtschaftszusammenbruchs
Von Nick Beams, 10. Februar 2016
Kapitalflucht und wachsende Sorgen über die steigende Verschuldung kennzeichnen Chinas Finanzkrise. Begleitet wird das Szenario von wachsendem Zweifel an der Stabilität des weltweiten Bankensystems.
Merkel kündigt Nato-Einsatz in der Ägäis an
Von Ulrich Rippert, 10. Februar 2016
Bundeskanzlerin Merkel war am Montag erneut in Ankara. Dieses Mal stand die politische und militärische Zusammenarbeit gegen Russland im Mittelpunkt der Gespräche.
Schweres Bahnunglück in Oberbayern
Von Marianne Arens, 10. Februar 2016
In Bayern starben am Dienstagmorgen zehn Personen, als zwei Regionalzüge auf eingleisiger Strecke frontal kollidierten. Neunzig weitere wurden verletzt.
Bericht von Human Rights Watch:
Ein entlarvender Blick auf den Ausnahmezustand in Frankreich
Von Stéphane Hugues, 10. Februar 2016
Wie der HRW-Bericht zeigt, verletzt die französische Polizei systematisch die demokratischen Grundrechte. Die Ausnahmegesetze richten sich vor allem gegen Menschen muslimischer Abstammung.
Lehrer in Detroit und Chicago kämpfen für das öffentliche Bildungswesen
Von Jerry White, 10. Februar 2016
Aus dem Kampf zur Verteidigung des Rechtes auf Bildung ergeben sich politische Fragen, die für die ganze Arbeiterklasse von Bedeutung sind.
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Perspective
The looting of US workers’ pensions
10 February 2016
The assault on the pension benefits of retirees is an escalation of the decades-long drive to reduce American workers to the conditions of life that existed in the 19th century.
Commentary
The origins of the Oxford University “Rhodes Must Fall” campaign
By Joan Smith and G. T. Maqhubela, 10 February 2016
The Rhodes Must Fall campaign’s focus on the removal of a statue is bound up with a political agenda that utilizes racial rather than socialist politics to conceal the pro-capitalist orientation of its leading figures.
White House pushes ahead with plan to slash pensions for up to one million retirees
By Andre Damon, 9 February 2016
“This is a dog and pony show”
Retirees speak on Teamster pension cuts
New York City public employee pension funds in danger of “operational failure”
A new stage in the global economic breakdown
By Nick Beams, 9 February 2016
Italy hit by banking crisis
New York Times vents recriminations over Syria debacle
By Bill Van Auken, 9 February 2016
Human Rights Watch report exposes French state of emergency
Sordid horse-trading over next Burmese president
North Korean satellite launch heightens US-China tensions
Slavoj Žižek: From pseudo-left to new right
UN panel condemns detention of WikiLeaks founder
Stop the persecution of Julian Assange!
The 2016 US Elections
The International Socialist Organization, Bernie Sanders and the Democratic Party
By Tom Hall and Barry Grey, 9 February 2016
Sanders and socialism
Is Bernie Sanders a socialist?
Wall Street donors account for 40 percent of super PAC funds in US election
By Barry Grey, 4 February 2016
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The Crisis in Detroit and Flint
Detroit and Chicago teachers fight to defend public education
By Jerry White, 8 February 2016
Politicians, unions use the “carrot and stick” to try to derail Detroit Public Schools struggle
Cities and towns across the US suffer lead poisoning rates worse than Flint
By Carlos Delgado, 9 February 2016
Hundreds attend University of Michigan talk on Flint water crisis
Emergency meeting on the crisis in Detroit and Flint draws over one hundred workers and youth
More on the water crisis in Flint, Michigan »
Arts Review
The Coen Brothers’ Hail Caesar!: The “Passion” of a film studio troubleshooter
By Joanne Laurier, 9 February 2016
At the Jewish Museum in New York City
“The Power of Pictures: Early Soviet Photography, Early Soviet Film”—an exhibition
By C.W. Rogers, 6 February 2016
NHS Fightback
UK: Junior doctors demonstrate in run-up to Wednesday strike
By Thomas Scripps and Ajanta Silva, 8 February 2016
Workers Struggles
“If the company gets away with this, they will do it with other workers”
Locked out Allegheny Technologies workers to lose jobless benefits
By Evan Winters, 9 February 2016
Unions preparing to shut down Pakistan airline workers strike
By Sampath Perera, 9 February 2016
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Chicago teachers march to oppose budget and job cuts
By Jerry White, 5 February 2016
Illinois legislators continue assault on public higher education
By George Marlowe, 5 February 2016
Autoworkers Struggles
As its hometown of Flint remains poisoned, GM makes record 2015 profit
By Jerry White, 4 February 2016
“GM will do anything for profits and stockholders”
US autoworkers speak on record profits
GM skilled trades worker killed at Defiance, Ohio factory
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Mehring Books
Twenty-five years since the first Gulf War
Desert Slaughter: The Imperialist War Against Iraq—an enduring contribution to waging war on war
By Eric London, 21 January 2016
In 1991, the Workers League, forerunner of the SEP, published this valuable compendium of articles and statements providing a Marxist analysis of the imperialist war in Iraq and the breakdown of the postwar international order.
75 Years Since the Assassination Of Leon Trotsky
An open letter from David North to Susan Weissman
Security and the Fourth International, the Gelfand Case and the deposition of Mark Zborowski
10 November 2015
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