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14 March 2016

Republican frontrunner Trump steps up attacks on demonstrators

By Andre Damon, 14 March 2016

Donald Trump called on protestors to be “thrown into a jail,” and offered to pay the legal fees of a supporter who punched, then threatened to kill, a protestor.

Donald Trump rally in Chicago cancelled amidst mass protests

What political conclusions must be drawn from Trump’s Super Tuesday?

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Obama backs attack on encrypted communication

By Evan Blake, 14 March 2016

Speaking at the South by Southwest festival, Obama sought to minimize the far-reaching scope of the FBI’s demands that Apple create anti-encryption software.

Pentagon deploying drone aircraft within the US

The assault on encryption and the drive to expand police state spying

UK bill hands vast surveillance powers to police and intelligence agencies

By Barry Mason, 14 March 2016

ISPs will have to keep records of the browsing history of everyone who accesses the Internet for 12 months, with this data freely available to the police and the GCHQ.

China: Thousands of coal miners protest over unpaid wages

By Peter Symonds, 14 March 2016

The protests are a sign of the acute social tensions building up as the economy slows and the government prepares to axe millions of jobs.

Workers, students march against French labor law reform

By Alex Lantier, 14 March 2016

The brutal police crackdown in Lyon underscores that, under cover of the state of emergency, the Socialist Party aims to illegalize constitutionally protected protests.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn deletes criticisms of EU from his web site

By Robert Stevens, 14 March 2016

There is nothing that Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn once proclaimed as an issue of political principle that he will not jettison.

Die Zeit campaigns for military intervention in Libya

By Johannes Stern, 14 March 2016

In its latest lead article, Die Zeit calls for the West to intervene militarily in Libya under the guise of the fight against ISIS.

US-trained Chechen ISIS commander Abu Omar al-Shishani survives US assassination strike

By Thomas Gaist, 14 March 2016

The Georgian militant’s career exemplifies the close ties between US imperialism and its supposed enemies in the Islamic State.

As April 8 fiscal deadline approaches
Judge Rhodes threatens shutdown of Detroit Public Schools

By Nancy Hanover, 14 March 2016

As Wall Street demands action on the reorganization of Detroit Public Schools, Judge Steven Rhodes threatened that schools could “go dark.”

Detroit teacher: “Children are made into dollar signs”

By our reporters, 14 March 2016

Detroit teachers spoke to the World Socialist Web Site at the DFT emergency meeting on Thursday, March 10.

The conspiracy against the Chicago teachers

Boston Public Schools students walk out over proposed budget cuts

Detroit and Chicago teachers fight to defend public education

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Australian primary teachers resign in protest at standardised, assessment-based education

By Susan Allan and Linda Tenenbaum, 14 March 2016

The two teachers decided to go public, hoping to encourage other teachers to speak out about the escalating education crisis.

More on education issues in Australia and New Zealand »

California Faculty Association prepares to sell out CSU workers

By Evan Blake and Guillaume Garnier, 14 March 2016

With a limited strike looming, the CFA is rushing to push through another deal that will erode the living standards of 26,000 professors and other staff.

UAW sanctions mass layoffs by farm equipment giant John Deere

By George Gallanis, 14 March 2016

Since November, John Deere has laid off 445 workers with the full complicity of the United Auto Workers.

Australia: Despite deaths, no youth mental facility in Brisbane

By Declan O’Malley, 14 March 2016

The official inquiry is an attempt to cover up the refusal of successive state and federal governments to provide adequate mental health services.

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Sığınmacı krizi ve Avrupa’nın kutuplaşması

Peter Schwarz, 14 Mart 2016

Sığınmacıların savunusu, savaşa ve militarizme muhalefet ve kapitalizme karşı mücadele birbirinden ayrılamaz. Avrupa’nın milliyetçiliğe, barbarlığa ve savaşa dönüşünü, yalnızca uluslararası sosyalist bir programa dayalı bir işçi sınıfı hareketi önleyebilir.

ABD’li generaller Irak’ta ve Suriye’de daha fazla asker istiyor

Bill Van Auken, 14 Mart 2016

Pentagon’un yüksek rütbeli subaylarının talep ettiği “ek kapasite”, bu iki ülkeye neredeyse kesin olarak binlerce ek Amerikan askerinin gönderilmesinin önünü açacak.

Meksika’daki çelik işçileri grevde

Rafael Azul, 14 Mart 2016

Meksika Michoacán’da bulunan liman kenti Lázaro Cárdenas’taki ArcelorMittal çelik fabrikasındaki 3.500’den fazla işçi, dünyanın en büyük çelik üreticisine karşı greve gitti.

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La Banque centrale européenne réduit les taux et injecte plus d’argent sur les marchés financiers

Par Nick Beams, 12 mars 2016

Les dernières mesures de la BCE ne feront rien pour stimuler l’économie réelle, mais conduiront seulement à de nouvelles spéculations financières et augmenteront le danger d’une guerre monétaire.

La crise des réfugiés et la polarisation de l'Europe

Par Peter Schwarz, 12 mars 2016

Tandis qu’une bonne partie de la population regarde les conditions brutales faites aux réfugiés avec horreur et dégoût, le débat politique officiel lui, a été restreint à une bande étroite allant de la droite à l'extrême-droite.

Le ministre chinois des Finances demande des facilités pour licencier

Par Peter Symonds, 12 mars 2016

Alors que le gouvernement chinois se prepare à licencier des millions de travailleurs, le ministre des Finances Lou Jiwei s’est plaint que le système juridique rendait le licenciement des salariés trop dificile.

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