6 September 2016
As Minneapolis nurses strike, unions join arms with Democratic officials in Labor Day events
By Patrick Martin, 6 September 2016
The trade unions used the Labor Day events to promote the campaign of Hillary Clinton, the consensus candidate of Wall Street, the military-intelligence apparatus and most of the political establishment.
Allina nurses strike reveals gulf between workers and union
By Ron Jorgenson, 6 September 2016
Nurses in Minneapolis are fighting against management demands that would cut their own health benefits and make it more difficult for them to provide quality health services.
Mobilize the entire working class in the Twin Cities
Defend the striking Allina nurses!
Obama cancels meeting with Philippine President Duterte
By Joseph Santolan, 6 September 2016
The real source of the tensions is Washington’s increasing displeasure over Duterte’s failure to play his assigned role in the US pivot to Asia.
Philippine president declares “state of lawlessness” after bomb blast
The rise of Duterte in the Philippines: A warning to the international working class
Australia: Opponents of war with China labelled “rats, flies, mosquitoes and sparrows”
By James Cogan, 6 September 2016
The language provides an ominous warning of the chauvinism and hysteria that is set to engulf Australian politics.
Fears of rising social opposition hung over G20 summit
By Nick Beams, 6 September 2016
At the conclusion of the summit, IMF managing director Christine Lagarde also addressed these issues warning that economic growth had been “too low for too long for too few.”
Brazilian military police attack mass protest against Temer
By Bill Van Auken, 6 September 2016
Sunday saw up to 100,000 people demonstrate in Sao Paulo in opposition to the right-wing government of Michel Temer.
The ouster of Brazil’s Workers Party government
Corbyn offers olive branch to right wing as purge of British Labour Party escalates
By Robert Stevens, 6 September 2016
By September 24, when Labour’s leader is elected, it is highly likely that well over 200,000 people will have been barred from voting for Jeremy Corbyn.
UK: Corbyn, Brexit and the so-called progressive alliance
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German states try to offload refugees on each other
By Elisabeth Zimmermann, 6 September 2016
North Rhine-Westphalia is demanding that thousands of refugees return to wherever in Germany they first applied for asylum.
After the destruction of the Detroit Public Schools
Michigan officials press to close “failing schools”
By Nancy Hanover, 6 September 2016
The reorganization of DPS has established the precedent that debt-ridden schools can be dissolved, reorganized and/or replaced with private entities.
California Assembly passes Secure Choice pension bill
By Zeke Alan and Marc Wells, 6 September 2016
The bill requires workers to contribute 3 percent of their paycheck into a retirement fund, while exempting employers from committing any additional funding.
Portugal’s response to forest fires undermined by austerity
By Alejandro López, 6 September 2016
In 2014, Portugal spent just €70 million on firefighting and €20 million in fire prevention, which pales in comparison to the country’s €2.1 billion military spending.
Canada’s Liberals launch inquiry into “missing and murdered indigenous women”
By Janet Browning and Roger Jordan, 6 September 2016
The inquiry is part of the Liberals’ native “reconciliation” agenda, which aims to “reconcile” the impoverished indigenous population to Canadian capitalism by cultivating a privileged First Nations elite.
Opposition plots regime change in Maldives
By Wasantha Rupasinghe, 6 September 2016
The US and its allies are hostile to President Yameen, not because of his record of human rights abuses, but his ties to China.
New in Russian
Речь Клинтон об «американской исключительности»: Двухпартийная политика милитаризма и войны
Патрик Мартин, 6 сентября 2016 г.
Речь кандидата в президенты от Демократической партии на съезде Американского легиона представляла собой атаку на Трампа справа, в рамках которой Клинтон пообещала быть более амбициозной и решительной в использовании американской военной мощи.
New in German
Die Amtsenthebung von Präsidentin Rousseff in Brasilien
Von Bill Van Auken, 6. September 2016
Der Sturz der PT-Regierung bedeutet das Ende einer politischen Epoche und zeigt besonders eindringlich, wie nötig eine neue revolutionäre Führung für die brasilianische Arbeiterklasse ist.
Landtagswahl in Mecklenburg Vorpommern
Die rechte Gefahr und die Notwendigkeit einer sozialistischen Partei
Von Ulrich Rippert (Spitzenkandidat der PSG zur Berliner Abgeordnetenhauswahl), 6. September 2016
Es ist die Wut auf die Politik der etablierten Parteien, einschließlich der Linken, und das Fehlen einer fortschrittlichen Alternative, die der AfD Auftrieb verleiht.
Wachsende internationale Spannungen beim G20-Gipfel
Von Nick Beams, 6. September 2016
Die „Überkapazität“ der Stahlproduktion war ein zentrales Wirtschaftsthema beim G20-Gipfel. Das ist ein sicheres Zeichen für die zunehmende Krise der kapitalistischen Weltwirtschaft, die durch niedriges Wachstum und ein sinkendes Handelsvolumen geprägt ist.
US-Präsidentschaftskandidaten der SEP sprechen an der Humboldt-Universität Berlin
Von unseren Korrespondenten, 6. September 2016
Am Freitag verfolgten dutzende Studierende und Arbeiter eine Live-Übertragung der US-Präsidentschaftskandidaten der Socialist Equality Party (SEP) an der Humboldt-Universität in Berlin.
Clinton und Trump: Die unpopulärsten Präsidentschaftskandidaten der US-Geschichte
Von Patrick Martin, 6. September 2016
Der Wahlkampf zwischen der militaristischen Clinton und dem faschistoiden Trump entfremdet Millionen Menschen vom offiziellen Zwei-Parteien-System
Verschärfte Sanktionen gegen Hartz-IV-Empfänger
Von Elisabeth Zimmermann, 6. September 2016
Hartz-IV-Empfänger müssen seit dem 1. August bereits erhaltene Leistungen bis zu drei Jahren rückwirkend zurückzahlen, wenn sie ihre Bedürftigkeit durch „sozialwidriges Verhalten“ selbst herbeigeführt haben.
Thilo Sarrazin preist Kürzungspolitik der Linken
Von Endrik Bastian, 6. September 2016
In einem Interview mit dem Handelsblatt preist der frühere Finanzsenator von Berlin seine Zusammenarbeit mit der Linkspartei im rot-roten Senat als „durchweg positiv“.
Indien: Dutzende Millionen streiken gegen rechte Wirtschaftspolitik
Von Deepal Jayasekera, 6. September 2016
Der Streik ist Ausdruck des wachsenden Widerstands in der indischen und internationalen Arbeiterklasse gegen die Regierungen und Konzerne, die Arbeitsplätze und Lebensbedingungen angreifen.
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Perspective
Obama and the US secret war in Laos
6 September 2016
Obama is the first US president since the Vietnam War to visit Laos, the scene of one of US imperialism’s bloodiest crimes, even as his administration is preparing new wars on a far greater scale.
SEP 2016 US Election Campaign
SEP US presidential candidates denounce war drive at Humboldt University meeting in Berlin
By our correspondents, 6 September 2016
Dozens of students and workers watched a live broadcast from Detroit of SEP presidential candidate Jerry White and vice presidential candidate Niles Niemuth.
SEP presidential candidate Jerry White speaks to workers at Detroit Labor Day event
By Shannon Jones, 6 September 2016
White attacked the alliance of the trade unions with the pro-war campaign of Hillary Clinton, and advanced an internationalist socialist political perspective for the working class.
Socialism and the 2016 elections
Socialist Equality Party campaign launches fall election meetings
5 September 2016
SEP West Virginia candidate Naomi Spencer speaks on heroin epidemic
By Naomi Spencer, 5 September 2016
More on the SEP 2016 US election campaign »
Commentary
As new school year begins
Teachers, students in US face battle to defend public education
By Evan Blake, 6 September 2016
Whether Trump or Clinton wins the election, they will escalate the attacks on public education and the growing movement of teachers, parents and students to defend this social right.
Rising global tensions surface at G20 summit
By Nick Beams, 5 September 2016
US and Japan attack plans for post-Brexit Britain
By Julie Hyland, 5 September 2016
New York Times launches McCarthyite witch-hunt against Julian Assange
Eighty years since the first Moscow Trial
Arts Review
Jason Bourne again
By Hiram Lee, 6 September 2016
The latest entry in the Bourne series of spy films finds the former CIA assassin taking on the agency in a “post-Snowden world.”
War Dogs: Cry havoc? Or what exactly?
By Kevin Martinez, 5 September 2016
Science
Warming of Earth proceeding at unprecedented pace
By Bryan Dyne, 3 September 2016
Socialist Equality Party (US)
Socialist Equality Party (US) 2016 Congress Resolutions
Perspectives and Tasks of the Socialist Equality Party
24 August 2016
The 2016 US elections
The most unpopular candidates in American history
By Patrick Martin, 5 September 2016
Green Party presidential candidate seeks to corral antiwar sentiment
By Jerry White, 5 September 2016
Trump outlines ten-point plan for mass deportations and martial law
Nothing revolutionary about Sanders’ “Our Revolution”
As Clinton escalates war threats, Sanders begins campaigning for Democratic nominee
By Patrick Martin, 3 September 2016
Clinton’s “American exceptionalism” speech: A bipartisan policy of militarism and war
By Patrick Martin, 2 September 2016
The 2016 elections and the crisis of American democracy
More on the 2016 US elections »
SEP (Germany) Election Campaign
PSG election campaign: Anger at the government’s new civil defence guidelines
By our correspondents, 31 August 2016
International Youth and Students for Social Equality
Join the IYSSE! Join the fight against war, inequality and the danger of dictatorship! Join the fight for socialism!
Statement of the International Youth and Students for Social Equality
27 August 2016
History
A further comment on Free State of Jones
The class essence of the Confederacy in the American Civil War
By Douglas Lyons, 30 August 2016
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