25 March 2016
Fundraising for US presidential campaign surpasses $1 billion
By Joseph Kishore, 25 March 2016
A huge proportion of this money has come from 108 super-wealthy donors, who have contributed more than half of all donations to Super PACs and nearly a quarter of financing for the election as a whole.
Following terror attacks in Brussels
US presidential candidates call for stepped-up war and police measures
Trump and the Democratic Party
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Hundreds of US Marines provide combat support as Iraqi forces advance toward Mosul
By Thomas Gaist, 25 March 2016
Two weeks after secretly deploying to northern Iraq, US Marines are pounding Iraqi villages in support of an Iraqi government offensive overseen by US advisors.
Attacks on Marine firebase reveal secret US escalation in Iraq
Syrian war enters sixth year with graver dangers still ahead
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French students speak out against austerity and state of emergency
By Kumaran Ira and Anthony Torres, 25 March 2016
Students protesting the French labour reform expressed their opposition to the Socialist Party’s austerity measures, state of emergency and imperialist wars.
Corporate elites maintain pressure on Australian prime minister
By Nick Beams, 25 March 2016
The Australian economy’s “transition” from the China-induced mining boom has been described as an “internal devaluation,” involving major attacks on wages and social conditions.
University of California president proposes privatization of pension fund
By Kevin Martinez, 25 March 2016
The proposal is only the latest in the bipartisan attack on public-sector and private-sector pension plans throughout the United States.
University of California installs secret spyware system
Chinese government’s phony anti-poverty plan
By John Ward, 25 March 2016
The announcement at the National People’s Congress of a 43 percent increase in poverty alleviation funds is to deflect attention from growing social inequality.
Canada’s establishment “canonizes” former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford
By Carl Bronski, 25 March 2016
An arch-right winger, notorious for his ignorance and appeals to prejudice, Ford was used by the big business elite to push the city’s politics sharply to the right.
Indian analyst urges US to use secret diplomacy in harnessing Delhi to anti-China “pivot”
By K. Ratnayake, 25 March 2016
A prominent military-strategic analyst has criticised the very public manner in which the US is pressing for India to act as a “frontline state” in its war drive against China.
UK dockers strike suspended by Unite union
By Steve James, 25 March 2016
From the start, Unite made clear that it sought nothing more than good relations with Forth Ports to carry forward their shared interests.
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Etudiants et lycéens mobilisés contre la loi El Khomri
Par Kumaran Ira et Anthony Torres, 25 mars 2016
Les jeunes qui se sont exprimés auprès du WSWS ont décrit leur opposition aux mesures d'austérité du PS, ainsi qu'à l'état d'urgence et aux guerres.
New in Russian
Обращение Дэвида Норта к ПСР Шри-Ланки по поводу выхода на сингальском языке книги Русская революция и незавершенное XX столетие
Дэвид Норт, 24 марта 2016 г.
Публикация этого нового перевода книги Дэвина Норта Русская революция и незавершенное XX столетие внесет свой существенный вклад в воспитание рабочих и молодежи на Шри-Ланке.
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Obama en Cuba
Por Bill Van Auken, 24 marzo 2016
Tanto la servil prensa y el gobierno de Castro apoyan y auxilian la fachada de “derechos humanos” del presidente Obama.
New in Turkish
Brüksel’deki bombalı terör saldırıları
Alex Lantier, 24 Mart 2016
Bu gerici şiddet sarmalını durdurabilmenin yek yolu, onun temelindeki nedenin, -yani büyük emperyalist güçlerin Ortadoğu’ya egemen olma peşinde koşmasına dayanan savaş yöneliminin- üzerine gitmektir.
Obama Küba’da
Bill Van Auken, 24 Mart 2016
Obama’yı ve ona Küba’da eşlik eden güçlü CEO’lar ve iş dünyası lobicileri ordusunu yönlendiren şey, Amerikan militarizminin dünya çapında patlamasının temelini oluşturan pazarlar ve karlar uğruna şiddetli mücadeledir.
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Die Terroranschläge von Brüssel
Von Alex Lantier, 24. März 2016
Der schreckliche Angriff richtete sich gegen Unschuldige, die in keiner Weise für die imperialistischen Kriege im Nahen Osten verantwortlich sind.
Syriza-Regierung inhaftiert Flüchtlinge in Griechenland
Von Katerina Selin, 24. März 2016
Die griechische Syriza-Regierung setzt alle Hebel in Bewegung, um das Abkommen zwischen der Europäischen Union und der Türkei durchzusetzen.
Sahra Wagenknechts Plädoyer für Nationalismus und Marktwirtschaft
Von Peter Schwarz, 24. März 2016
Im Buch „Reichtum ohne Gier“ wirbt die Linken-Politikerin für einen starken Nationalstaat, der sich nach außen abschottet und sprachlich und ethnisch homogen ist.
Obamas Rede in Kuba:
Kapitalistische Offensive im demokratischen Gewand
Von Bill Van Auken, 24. März 2016
Während der amerikanische Präsident von „Menschenrechten“ sprach, erklärten seine Berater den US-Dollar und die Macht der Konzerne zu den wichtigsten Anliegen Washingtons.
Die USA forcieren die militärische Einkreisung Chinas
Von Peter Symonds, 24. März 2016
Angesichts des Stationierungsabkommen der USA mit den Philippinen warnt Peking davor, dass Washington Asien in einen neuen „Nahen Osten“ verwandelt.
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Perspective
The Belgium bombing: Why the dots are not connected
25 March 2016
The extent of state intelligence foreknowledge in the Brussels attack explodes the official narrative that intelligence agencies failed to “connect the dots.”
Socialism and the Fight Against War
Build an International Movement of the Working Class and Youth Against Imperialism!
Statement of the International Committee of the Fourth International, 18 February 2016
Socialist Equality Party
Hundreds attend meetings in Leipzig, Germany on the danger of war and the politics of the pseudo-left
By our correspondents, 22 March 2016
David North addresses Sri Lankan SEP launch of Sinhala edition of The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century
By David North, 22 March 2016
Commentary
Australia: Socialist Alternative and the US “pivot to Asia”
By Oscar Grenfell, 25 March 2016
Socialist Alternative’s response to the Defense White Paper is aimed at obscuring Australia’s central role in the US drive to war against China.
Corbyn’s six months as UK Labour leader: A record of capitulation and betrayal
By Robert Stevens, 24 March 2016
Belgian authorities had “precise intelligence warnings” of Brussels bombings
By Stéphane Hugues and Alex Lantier, 24 March 2016
The terror bombings in Brussels
Germany’s Left Party favours coalition with conservative CDU
Indonesia accuses China of encroaching on its territory
US government delays hearing in Apple iPhone encryption case
Northwestern University faculty oppose selection of US general to head global studies institute
Québec Solidaire welcomes suppression of anti-austerity struggle
Book Review
German Left Party leader’s plea for nationalism and the free market economy
By Peter Schwarz, 25 March 2016
In her book Wealth without Greed (Reichtum ohne Gier), the leading Left Party politician advocates a strong, protectionist, ethnically and linguistically homogeneous national state.
Arts Review
Atom Egoyan’s Remember: A Nazi criminal hunted…
By Joanne Laurier, 25 March 2016
Two Auschwitz concentration camp survivors plot to kill the SS guard who murdered their families in Atom Egoyan’s latest film, Remember, a psychological drama.
“We make the terror:” Season four of House of Cards
By Andre Damon, 24 March 2016
Book Review
Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See: All the history the novelist cannot see
Workers Struggles
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
25 March 2016
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
Seven-day nurses strike ends at Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles
By Marc Wells, 23 March 2016
India: Tata workers end strike after being isolated by the unions
By Arun Kumar, 23 March 2016
International Youth and Students for Social Equality
Socialism and the Fight Against War
IYSSE meetings in Australia and New Zealand—Build an International Movement of the Working Class and Youth Against Imperialism!
24 March 2016
SEP meetings in the US: Socialism and the fight against war
16 March 2016
The water crisis in Flint, Michigan
Michigan governor’s Flint “action plan”: A cover for criminality
By James Brewer, 23 March 2016
Chief proponent of Flint water supply switch hosts public meeting
The crimes behind the US lead water crisis
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Autoworkers Struggles
St. Louis autoworkers bar UAW vice president from their Facebook page
By Jerry White, 23 March 2016
UAW discussing lower pay rate at Lear in Detroit
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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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