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21 May 2016

US prepares troop deployment to Libya amid fight for oil fields

By Bill Van Auken, 21 May 2016

The Pentagon’s top general said troops could be sent “any day” once there was a formal request from the Western-backed regime in Tripoli.

While cause of Egypt Air crash remains unknown, terror scare mounts

By Thomas Gaist, 21 May 2016

The US and Europe are are seizing on the incident to justify an escalation of their military operations.

Retired British general predicts war with Russia, denounces Cameron government as “semi-pacifist”

By Harvey Thompson, 21 May 2016

Shirreff urges class war at home and public spending cuts to fund massive increases in military spending.

WSWS reporters visit landslide victims in Sri Lanka

By our correspondents, 21 May 2016

Survivors expressed no confidence in the government’s ability to solve the problem of landslides.

Clinton calls Trump “unqualified” to be commander-in-chief

By Patrick Martin, 21 May 2016

The Democratic frontrunner is appealing to Republican warhawks and neo-conservatives to support her against her likely Republican opponent.

US media steps up witch-hunt over claims of Sanders “violence” in Nevada

Democratic Party establishment witch-hunts Sanders’ supporters

More on the 2016 US elections »

Congressional Democrats call for end to Verizon strike

By Shannon Jones, 21 May 2016

President Obama, Congressional Democrats and the unions are intent on wrapping up the Verizon strike before it becomes the catalyst for a broader movement of the working class.

Verizon strikers denounce federal mediation, CWA news blackout

By Steve Light and Alan Whyte, 21 May 2016

As CWA prepares sellout, Verizon strikers discuss way forward on WSWS online call

More on the Verizon strike »

San Francisco police chief resigns after cops kill unarmed woman

By David Brown, 21 May 2016

Amid repeated killings and scandals, the city administration looks to make a cosmetic change to its police force.

New York police gun down mentally unstable man in midtown Manhattan

More on police violence in America »

Sports Authority to close all stores, lay off 16,000

By George Gallanis, 21 May 2016

The announcement by Sports Authority (SA) follows a wave of recent closures from other retail companies.

Thousands of oil workers evacuated as Alberta wildfire spreads

By Roger Jordan, 21 May 2016

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley presented a timeline for residents to return to Fort McMurray, but the flare-up of the fire again this week could push this back.

Canadian capitalism and the Fort McMurray wildfire

German Social Democratic Party in free-fall

By Ulrich Rippert, 21 May 2016

The SPD’s collapse in the polls is the product of the right-wing, anti-social and militarist policies the party has pursued for years.

Local campuses disaffiliate from British National Union of Students

By Thomas Scripps, 21 May 2016

The ahistorical, irrational and racialised policies of the pseudo-left have opened the way for an assault on the NUS from the right.

Australia: NSW government accelerates privatisation of prisons

By Robert Morgan, 21 May 2016

The state’s prison policy is part of a global process of higher imprisonment rates and commercial exploitation of public facilities.

New in Turkish

ABD ve müttefikleri Suriye savaşını tırmandırmakla tehdit ediyor

Bill Van Auken, 21 Mayıs 2016

Suudi ve Türk yönetimlerinin, ABD egemen çevreleri ve ordu-istihbarat aygıtı içindeki güçlü kesimlerin desteklediği bir politikayı açıkça savunuyor olduğuna kuşku yok.

1 Mayıs 2016: Uluslararası işçi sınıfı muazzam bir toplumsal güçtür

Joseph Kishore, 21 Mayıs 2016

Aşağıdaki konuşma, 1 Mayıs 2016’daki Uluslararası Çevrimiçi 1 Mayıs Toplantısı’nın kapanışında, Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi’nin (ABD) ulusal sekreteri Joseph Kishore tarafından yapıldı.

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Devant la montée des protestations en France, le parlement prolonge l'état d'urgence

Par Alex Lantier, 21 mai 2016

Contrairement aux affirmations officielles, l'état d'urgence ne vise pas le terrorisme islamiste mais une opposition croissante de la classe ouvrière à l'austérité sociale et à la violence policière et militaire.

Etats-Unis et OTAN affirment que le vol EgyptAir 804 a été attaqué et veulent réagir militairement

Par Thomas Gaist, 21 mai 2016

Hillary Clinton, la candidate démocrate à la présidentielle a demandé une intensification de la guerre en Irak et en Syrie en réponse à la destruction de l’avion de ligne à destination du Caire

Le gouvernement Syriza se sert de gaz lacrymogènes et de grenades assourdissantes contre les réfugiés

Par Christoph Vandreier, 21 mai 2016

La violence déployée contre des réfugiés sans défense et désespérés qui fuient la guerre montre on ne peut plus clairement le caractère de classe de l’actuel gouvernement grec.

L’«interception» d’un avion-espion montre à quel point les États-Unis cherchent la confrontation en mer de Chine méridionale

Par Mike Head, 21 mai 2016

Les allégations selon lesquelles des avions chinois ont intercepté «imprudemment» un avion de surveillance américain montrent que le Pentagone cherche un «élément déclencheur» de conflit avec la Chine.

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