5 April 2016
“Panama papers” tax evasion leak stokes political crises worldwide
By Andre Damon, 5 April 2016
Documents provided to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists tie hundreds of wealthy individuals and world leaders to offshore havens used in tax evasion and money laundering.
US, NATO preparing new air and ground attacks against Libya
By Thomas Gaist, 5 April 2016
Barely five years after destroying Libya as a functioning society, the imperialist powers are preparing a new bombing campaign and ground invasion.
War: The great unmentionable in the 2016 US elections
IMF report points to sources of increasing financial turbulence
By Nick Beams, 5 April 2016
The ever-closer integration of the global economy has led to increased financial instability and turbulence, and heightened “systemic risk.”
Syriza and European Union begin mass deportations from Greece
By Johannes Stern, 5 April 2016
The brutal actions against refugees and the militarisation of Europe are directly linked to the intensification of the attacks on the working class in Greece and throughout the continent.
Syriza government carries out mass deportation of refugees from Greece to Turkey
Podemos helps strengthen “Fortress Europe” against migrants in Spain
US navy prepares third provocation in South China Sea
By Peter Symonds, 5 April 2016
Amid large US-Philippine war games, the Pentagon is preparing a new “freedom of navigation” operation to challenge China’s maritime claims.
Japan’s security laws: Another milestone in the drive to world war
More on the South China Sea crisis »
Australian government crisis intensifies over austerity agenda
By Mike Head, 5 April 2016
Prime Minister Turnbull’s new slogan—“We must live within our means!”—signifies that working class people must be made to pay for the worsening economic situation.
Australian political crisis deepens with humiliating defeat of PM’s state taxing plan
Australian government in disarray over spending cuts
Why is the CIA putting bombs on Virginia school buses?
By Nick Barrickman, 5 April 2016
A substance found in a school bus was identified as C-4, which the CIA said had been used to conduct detection training exercises in a school bus yard.
Family seeks answers after homeless man dies in New Hampshire jail
By Kate Randall, 5 April 2016
Pendleton’s death is a tragic consequence of the criminalization of the poor and homeless in America that is repeated in courtrooms and prisons across the US.
Mexican Nissan workers in two-day strike
By Shannon Jones, 5 April 2016
The walkout by more than 5,000 workers brought production to a halt at the Nissan plant in the industrial City of the Valley of Cuernavaca.
Mexican government obstructs investigation into disappearance of the Ayotzinapa 43
US-backed Colombian peace treaty grants impunity for war crimes
By Neil Hardt, 5 April 2016
The agreement would transform the FARC into a legal political party and pave the way for intensified imperialist exploitation in Colombia.
Canadian spy agency regularly using new “disruption” powers
By Roger Jordan, 5 April 2016
Under Canada’s new Liberal government, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service is making regular use of its new power to “disrupt” purported threats to public security.
Last-minute efforts to form a government in Ireland before parliament resumes
By Dermot Quinn, 5 April 2016
Ireland has been without a government since the February 26 general election, which saw a repudiation of the right-wing policies of the Fine Gael/Labour coalition.
Indian Stalinists ally with regional DMDK party in Tamil Nadu elections
By V. Gnana, 5 April 2016
The alliance with a regionalist party closely tied to US imperialism confirms the Indian Stalinists’ role in abetting the US “pivot to Asia” against China.
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Syriza hükümeti sığınmacıları toplu halde Yunanistan’dan Türkiye’ye gönderiyor
Robert Stevens, 5 Nisan 2016
Syriza hükümeti Suriyeli sığınmacıların, toplama kamplarına kapatılmak üzere kitlesel olarak Türkiye’ye gönderilmesini kesinleştirirken, Yunanistan’daki protestolar hafta sonu boyunca sürdü.
Sonu gelmeyen kemer sıkmanın ekonomi politiği
Nick Beams, 5 Nisan 2016
Sonu gelmeyen kemer sıkmanın ekonomi politiği, hükümetler, merkez bankaları ve mali makamlar tarafından uygulanıyor olsa da, bizzat kapitalist ekonominin temellerinden kaynaklanıyor.
Çin Devlet Başkanı Xi’nin istifa etmesi çağrısını tutuklamalar izliyor
Peter Symonds, 5 Nisan 2016
Çin’in Ulusal Halk Kongresi (UHK) arifesinde, “Komünist Parti’nin sadık üyeleri” tarafından, Devlet Başkanı Xi Jinping’in “tüm Parti ve devlet önderliği makamlarından istifasını” isteyen bir açık mektup yayınlandı.
İrlanda Paskalya Ayaklanması’nın yüzüncü yılı – I. Bölüm
Jordan Shilton, 5 Nisan 2016
Britanya emperyalizminin asırlar süren acımasız baskısına karşı ayaklanma, 24 Nisan 1916 Pazartesi, Paskalya Bayramı’nda başlamış ve altı gün sürmüştü.
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Thomas Gaist, 5 Nisan 2016
Yemen’e yönelik 2015 yılı Mart ayında başlatılan ABD destekli savaş, ikinci yılına girerken, Yemen halkının yüzde sekseninden fazlası korkunç bir insanlık felaketiyle karşı karşıya.
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La classe ouvrière en France entre en lutte contre l’austérité
Par Alex Lantier, 5 avril 2016
La tentative de promouvoir l'hystérie antiterroriste afin d'étouffer l’opposition populaire échoue face à une radicalisation croissante des travailleurs et des jeunes.
Affrontements militaires entre l’Arménie et l’Azerbaïdjan au sujet du Haut-Karabakh
Par Kumaran Ira, 5 avril 2016
Le conflit menace de dégénérer en une guerre plus large entre la Russie, principal soutien de l'Arménie, et une Turquie alliée de l'Azerbaïdjan et ayant derrière elle l'ensemble de l'OTAN.
Les militaires français accusés de violences sexuelles en République centrafricaine
Par Francis Dubois, 5 avril 2016
Les dernières révélations de violence sexuelles visant la population centrafricaine démasquent les prétentions « humanitaires » de l'intervention française.
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Perspective
Greece’s Syriza: Full partner in historic crime against refugees
5 April 2016
The police-state measures and summary deportations employed by the Syriza government against refugees are of a piece with its relentless attacks on the Greek working class.
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
Featured Interview
Marxism and the pseudo-left: David North interviewed at Leipzig Book Fair
1 April 2016
Following a presentation of the new German edition of The Frankfurt School, Postmodernism and the Politics of the Pseudo-Left, North was interviewed by the newspaper Schattenblick on the theoretical and political issues addressed in his book.
Hundreds attend meetings in Leipzig, Germany on the danger of war and the politics of the pseudo-left
Commentary
The political agenda behind the racial politics of the New York Times’ Nicholas Krisof
By Niles Williamson, 5 April 2016
Amid mounting signs that interest in socialism is on the rise, Kristof is doing his best to promote racialist politics to divide the working class and block the development of class consciousness.
The working class in France mobilizes against austerity
By Alex Lantier, 4 April 2016
Democrats silent as one million lose food stamp benefits in the US
By Patrick Martin, 4 April 2016
The social crisis and the US elections
Spain’s Podemos prepares for coalition talks with Socialist Party, Citizens
By Paul Mitchell, 4 April 2016
UK Tata Steel operation at centre of escalating trade war
By Robert Stevens, 4 April 2016
Azerbaijan-Armenia fighting erupts over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region
By Kumaran Ira, 4 April 2016
Brazil’s Supreme Court intervenes in Petrobras scandal probe
By Bill Van Auken, 2 April 2016
Science
Study warns of potentially catastrophic impacts from Antarctic ice melt
By Daniel de Vries, 5 April 2016
New research estimates that unabated warming may double the rate of expected sea level rise to nearly 2 meters by century’s end.
Arts Review
UK documentary exposes Saudi role in global terror operations
By Jean Shaoul, 5 April 2016
The Saudi ruling family spent $70 billion exporting its particularly repressive form of Islamism through books, the media, Islamic welfare institutions and charities.
The New York Times on race and art
By Hiram Lee, 4 April 2016
An exhibition at the Field Museum in Chicago
The Greeks: Agamemnon to Alexander the Great
Workers Struggles
Court issues restraining order after New Mexico school bus drivers vote to strike
By D. Lencho, 5 April 2016
The drivers will be forced to continue working for 10 days, after which they face the possibility of a permanent restraining order.
Australia: State electricity workers vote for industrial action
By Terry Cook, 5 April 2016
Essential Energy wants to axe agreements covering hundreds of workers to begin sackings and further slash working conditions.
Workers Struggles: The Americas
5 April 2016
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
Chicago Teachers Union holds one-day “strike” to channel opposition behind Democrats
Chinese mineworkers arrested after protest on unpaid wages
Socialist Equality Party
SEP public meetings: For an active boycott of the Brexit referendum! For the United Socialist States of Europe!
4 April 2016
SEP meetings in the US: Socialism and the fight against war
16 March 2016
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
The Crisis in Detroit and Flint
Anger erupts at Flint public hearing
By James Brewer, 2 April 2016
Detroit Public Schools principals charged with taking kickbacks
By Marissa Ross, 2 April 2016
Newly-released email details complicity of Obama’s EPA in Flint poisoning
Why the New York Times is pushing racial politics in Flint
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2016 US elections
Clinton, Sanders clash intensifies in New York
By Patrick Martin, 2 April 2016
Conversations with Sanders supporters in Wisconsin, New York and Pennsylvania
Clinton primary contest losses intensify Democratic Party crisis
Republican Party crisis deepens as candidates renege on “loyalty” pledge
Clinton, media step up pressure for Sanders to withdraw
Fundraising for US presidential campaign surpasses $1 billion
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Hans-Dietrich Genscher: Trailblazer for German great power politics
By Peter Schwarz, 2 April 2016
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UK Junior doctors dispute at a crossroads
Statement by NHS Fightback
29 March 2016
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