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31 March 2016

Forty thousand jobs threatened as Tata Steel announces end of UK operations

By Robert Stevens, 31 March 2016

Neither Labour leader Corbyn nor the trade union bureaucracy proposes any struggle by steel workers in defence of their jobs.

Corbyn’s six months as UK Labour leader: A record of capitulation and betrayal

Economic nationalism, war and the fight for international socialism

Following Machinists union betrayal
Boeing to slash 4,000-8,000 jobs

By Barry Grey, 31 March 2016

Both the IAM and the SPEEA reacted to the announcement of the job cuts with impotent appeals to the state legislature to bar the company from slashing jobs.

New study says entire regions of US will remain in slump until the 2020s

Republican Party crisis deepens as candidates renege on “loyalty” pledge

By Patrick Martin, 31 March 2016

None of the three remaining candidates for the Republican presidential nomination will commit to supporting the eventual nominee.

Clinton, media step up pressure for Sanders to withdraw

Clinton primary contest losses intensify Democratic Party crisis

More on the 2016 US Elections »

Australian prime minister lurches from one crisis to the next

By Peter Symonds, 31 March 2016

Just a week after his move to bring on an early “double dissolution” election, Malcolm Turnbull has announced a new tax plan that could sow the seeds for a fracturing of the Australian federation.

Australian Labor leader makes a cynical populist pitch

Politicians and media promote far-right Alternative for Germany

By Johannes Stern, 31 March 2016

The friendly overtures extend from the Left Party to the Christian Democrats.

German interior minister seeks to further restrict rights of immigrants

Hungary strengthens state security powers after Brussels attacks

By Markus Salzmann, 31 March 2016

The Hungarian government plans to expand surveillance of telephone and internet data.

European Court rubber-stamps police murder of Jean Charles de Menezes

By Chris Marsden, 31 March 2016

Judges ruled that the UK had not violated article two of the European Convention of Human Rights protecting the right to life.

After the Brussels attack, Podemos defends “war on terror”

By Alejandro López, 31 March 2016

Podemos General Secretary Pablo Iglesias is falling in line with false arguments that intelligence agencies failed to “connect the dots” to prevent the Brussels attacks.

The Belgium bombing: Why the dots are not connected

The terror bombings in Brussels

More on the Brussels terror attacks »

Costa Rica closes its borders to Cuban migrants

By Andrea Lobo, 31 March 2016

The tensions between Central American governments have exposed the fragility of three decades of supposed economic, political and social integration.

Immigrant farmworker sentenced to 25 years to life for leaving her newborn in California strawberry field

By Eden Ferrera, 31 March 2016

Nineteen-year-old Rosalba Moran, an undocumented immigrant and victim of rape, was charged with first-degree murder.

“What’s happening here is emblematic of what’s going on across the country”
Detroit newspaper workers protest contract takeaways

By Shannon Jones, 31 March 2016

Detroit Free Press and Detroit News journalists held a protest Wednesday over company concessions demands, including increases in health care costs and conversion of full-time to part-time work.

Nearly 750 dead in US house fires in 2016

By Steve Filips, 31 March 2016

A leading cause of the tragedies is unsafe alternative heating and lighting methods resulting from utility suspensions.

New layoffs in New Zealand meat processing

By John Braddock, 31 March 2016

A new round of restructuring within the New Zealand meat processing industry is underway.

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Des rapports des renseignements soulèvent davantage de questions sur l’origine des attentats de Bruxelles et Paris

Par Alex Lantier, 31 mars 2016

En même temps qu’elles essayaient de discréditer l’accusation qu’elles s’appuyaient sur des terroristes dans leur guerre en Syrie, les puissances de l’OTAN minimisaient les signes que l’EI était en train de développer un réseau terroriste en Europe.

Le gouvernement français cherche à gagner du temps pour imposer l’impopulaire loi travail

Par Kumaran Ira, 31 mars 2016

Le Parti socialiste et la bureaucratie syndicale espèrent que les vacances scolaires vont mettre fin aux manifestations et à l’opposition grandissante à la réactionnaire loi El Khomri

New in German

Warnungen vor einem neuen globalen Wettrüsten

Von Andre Damon, 31. März 2016

Während die Führer der Weltmächte diese Woche in Washington zum Gipfeltreffen über nukleare Sicherheit zusammenkommen, warnen führende Denkfabriken vor einem „neuen Rüstungswettlauf“.

Bundeswehr wirbt für Einsatz im Innern

Von Peter Schwarz, 31. März 2016

Der CDU-Politiker Rupert Scholz fordert auf der offiziellen Website der Bundewehr eine Änderung des Grundgesetzes, um den Einsatz der Bundeswehr im Innern zur Terrorabwehr zu ermöglichen.

Geheimdienstberichte werfen neue Fragen zu den Anschlägen von Paris und Brüssel auf

Von Alex Lantier, 31. März 2016

Die Nato-Mächte verharmlosten die Anzeichen für den Aufbau eines IS-Terrornetzwerkes in Europa, weil sie die Terroristen zum Sturz des Assad-Regimes eingesetzt haben.

Obamas Konzentration auf Lateinamerika

Von Bill Van Auken, 31. März 2016

Obamas hohle Menschenrechts-Phrasen können die wirklichen Ziele Washingtons in Lateinamerika nicht verbergen: neue und noch blutigere Verbrechen zugunsten der Profitinteressen der USA.

China:
Verhaftungen nach Rücktrittsforderung an Präsident Xi

Von Peter Symonds, 31. März 2016

In einem offenen Brief haben „loyale Parteimitglieder“ Präsident Xi zum Rücktritt sowie zur Aufgabe aller Ämter aufgefordert und ihm die Schuld an den „beispiellosen Problemen und Krisen“ in China gegeben.

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