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19 May 2016

French government backs neo-fascist protest against opposition to labor law

By Alex Lantier, 19 May 2016

Wednesday’s protest, organised by a police union close to the neo-fascist National Front, was aimed at intimidating broad popular opposition to the Socialist Party's labor reform.

French government escalates repression of protests against labor law

NATO rearmament in Eastern Europe increases danger of world war

By Johannes Stern, 19 May 2016

In the run-up to its July summit in Warsaw, NATO is building up its capabilities in Eastern Europe, heightening the danger of a nuclear conflict with Russia.

NATO-Russia war tensions laid bare at Washington summit

German government steps up military intervention in Africa

By our reporter, 19 May 2016

Separate missions in Mali and the Horn of Africa are aimed at strengthening Germany’s economic and strategic interests in Africa by military means.

US forces in combat in Somalia as AFRICOM plans for war across continent

Queen’s Speech 2016: UK Conservatives continue agenda of austerity and repression

By Robert Stevens, 19 May 2016

The government’s legislative programme for the next year includes new powers for the state under the guise of tackling “extremism” and the abolition of the Human Rights Act.

Many dead or missing after landslides in Sri Lanka

By Oscar Grenfell, 19 May 2016

Successive governments have done nothing to mitigate the death and destruction caused by annual monsoonal rains.

CWA, Verizon impose blackout on contract talks

By Shannon Jones, 19 May 2016

The federal mediator overseeing contract talks, Allison Beck, is a tried and tested representative of the corporate establishment.

The political struggle facing Verizon workers

CWA agrees to federal mediator, prepares sellout of Verizon strike

More on the Verizon strike »

New evidence reveals state of Michigan helped to push Flint into pipeline deal

By James Brookfield, 19 May 2016

A “sweetheart” state environmental order was issued to ensure that bond attorneys for the new pipeline would face no financial obstacles to Flint’s signing on to the project.

Who’s who in the Flint water crisis: Part three

More on the water crisis in Flint, Michigan »

Venezuela’s right appeals to military amid mounting tensions

By Bill Van Auken, 19 May 2016

While participation in the right wing’s protests has been scant, unrest is spreading in working class areas.

Maduro government imposes state of emergency in Venezuela

Teachers in widespread walkouts in Mexico

By Don Knowland, 19 May 2016

The strike is in opposition to a 2013 law that established gave new powers to the government to monitor, test and fire teachers en masse.

More on the defense of public education »

Panama Papers: Further revelations about New Zealand’s role as a tax haven

By Tom Peters and Sam Price, 19 May 2016

Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca promoted New Zealand to its wealthy clients, including some allegedly involved in illegal activity and one who assisted in the looting of Iraq.

Australia: Fairfax Media imposes forced redundancies

By Terry Cook, 19 May 2016

Amid threatened government legal action against its workers for striking, one of the country’s largest media corporations last week began sacking editorial staff across two states.

New in Russian

Дэвид Кинг 1943–2016: Революционный социалист, художник и защитник исторической правды

Дэвид Норт, 18 мая 2016 г.

Дэвид Кинг, посвятивший свой художественный талант спасению исторической правды об Октябрьской революции 1917 года и последовавших затем событиях от нагромождений лжи, созданных сталинистскими преступлениями и фальсификациями, внезапно умер в Лондоне 11 мая этого года.

New in Turkish

1 Mayıs 2016: Savaş ve 2016 ABD seçimleri

Jerry White, 19 Mayıs 2016

Aşağıdaki konuşma, 1 Mayıs 2016’da düzenlenen Uluslararası Çevrimiçi 1 Mayıs Toplantısı’nda, SEP’in (ABD) başkan adayı Jerry White tarafından yapıldı.

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Le PS soutient des manifestations néo-fascistes contre les opposants à la loi travail

Par Alex Lantier, 19 mai 2016

Les manifestations, organisées par un syndicat de police proche du Front national, avaient pour but de casser l'opposition majoritaire à la loi travail du PS.

Défiant la répression policière, les manifestations se poursuivent contre la loi Travail en France

Par Stéphane Hugues, 19 mai 2016

En aval d’une grève des chemins de fer mercredi, des conducteurs de camions se sont joints aux jeunes pour protester contre la réactionnaire loi du Travail imposée par le gouvernement PS.

Les États-Unis et leurs alliés menacent d'intensifier la guerre en Syrie

Par Bill Van Auken, 19 mai 2016

L’absence de date pour la reprise des pourparlers indique que le conflit qui menace une guerre élargie impliquant les États-Unis et la Russie va se continuer.

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