10 October 2016
Russia warns US strikes against Syria may lead to war
By Alex Lantier, 10 October 2016
A US attack on Syrian government targets, which is being actively discussed by the White House, could trigger war between the world’s main nuclear-armed powers.
German government urges tougher action against Russia and Syria
By Johannes Stern, 10 October 2016
With the conflict between the US and Russia intensifying dramatically, the German government has hardened its attitude towards Moscow.
Kerry charges “war crimes” as US escalates tensions with Russia
Thousands protest Saudi bombing that killed and wounded over 700 in Yemen
By Bill Van Auken, 10 October 2016
The airstrike on a funeral hall in the capital of Sanaa is the worst in a long series of war crimes carried out with the backing of Washington.
Secret Clinton speeches and emails reveal systematic corruption
By Tom Carter, 10 October 2016
In private speeches to financial tycoons, Hillary Clinton bragged that she did all she could to make sure Wall Street continued to prosper.
Hundreds of preventable deaths caused by Hurricane Matthew in Haiti
By John Marion, 10 October 2016
Tens of thousands are without shelter and many areas still unable to communicate with the outside world nearly a week after the storm made landfall.
Hurricane Matthew kills 19 in southeastern US
By Shelley Connor, 10 October 2016
Hurricane Matthew wrought significant damage in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia before being downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone on Sunday.
More than 30 injuries in Long Island Rail Road collision
By Philip Guelpa, 10 October 2016
A collision between a commuter train and a work train on Long Island is only the latest in a series of rail accidents in the New York metropolitan area.
Opposition grows in Indo-Pakistan borderlands to India’s warmongering
By Wasantha Rupasinghe, 10 October 2016
Despite the bellicose propaganda campaign of the Indian government and media, there is widespread public opposition to a war between Pakistan and India.
Pakistani elite rattled by “strategic isolation” following Indian attack
US seals military basing deal with Australia
By Mike Head, 10 October 2016
The cost-sharing pact will mean billions of dollars being spent on upgrading facilities across Australia for the US military.
Australian Labor Party restates call for military challenge to China
France calls for its own “pivot to Asia” amid US war drive against China
By Kumaran Ira, 10 October 2016
French imperialism is laying out an aggressive military strategy in the Asia-Pacific as Washington intensifies its war drive against China.
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UK: Dalzell steelworks reopened by commodities trader Liberty House Group
By Stephen Alexander, 10 October 2016
The plant has been reopened with just 120 staff, little over half of its former workforce.
German Supreme Court rejects compensation for Kunduz bombing victims
By Verena Nees, 10 October 2016
The ruling on the Kunduz massacre strengthens the military and increases the likelihood that similar crimes will be committed in the future.
Fifteen years of the war in Afghanistan
Ethiopian government massacres ethnic minorities in Oromia region
By Thomas Gaist, 10 October 2016
Ethiopia’s government declared a state of emergency on Sunday, one week after security forces massacred as many as 600 civilians.
Toxic smog over South East Asia killed over 100,000 in 2015
By John Harris, 10 October 2016
The estimate, which is yet to be verified by an analysis of official mortality data, far exceeds the Indonesian government’s death toll.
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Kerry lance des accusations de « crimes de guerre », Washington fait monter les tensions avec la Russie
Par Bill Van Auken, 10 octobre 2016
Le secrétaire d’État américain accuse Moscou de « crimes de guerre », quand les « rebelles » affiliés à Al-Qaïda et soutenus par les États-Unis, semblent près de la défaite à Alep.
Un mois avant l’élection présidentielle aux États-Unis – ce qui nous attend
Par Patrick Martin, 10 octobre 2016
Le prochain président supervisera une crise mondiale grandissante du capitalisme, les attaques croissantes sur l’emploi, le niveau de vie et les services sociaux au pays, et l’escalade des conflits militaires au Moyen-Orient et contre la Russie et la Chine.
La crainte du « Brexit dur » cause la dégringolade de la livre britannique
Par Nick Beams, 10 octobre 2016
Le plongeon éclair subi vendredi par la monnaie britannique constitue une mise en garde que l’afflux de capitaux nécessaires pour le financement du déficit de la balance courante britannique pourrait se tarir.
New in German
Vier Wochen vor den US-Präsidentschaftswahlen
Von Patrick Martin, 10. Oktober 2016
Was der nächste US-Präsident für die Welt bedeutet, ist bereits heute klar: Die Verschärfung der weltweiten Krise, noch brutalere Angriffe auf Arbeitsplätze und Sozialleistungen, sowie die Eskalation der Kriege im Nahen Osten und auch gegen Russland und China.
US–russische Spannungen in Syrien:
Kerry wirft Russland „Kriegsverbrechen” vor
Von Bill Van Auken, 10. Oktober 2016
Weil den so genannten „Rebellen“ in Aleppo eine Niederlage droht, fordert der US-Außenminister eine Untersuchung gegen Russland wegen „Kriegsverbrechen“.
Polen: PiS-Regierung tritt Rückzug bei Anti-Abtreibungs-Gesetz an
Von Clara Weiss, 10. Oktober 2016
Angesichts enormer Opposition in der Bevölkerung gegen ein geplantes Abtreibungsverbot, sah sich die Regierungspartei Partei Recht und Gerechtigkeit (PiS) in Polen gezwungen, den Gesetzesentwurf zurückzuziehen.
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- Un mois avant l’élection présidentielle aux États-Unis – ce qui nous attend (10.10.2016)
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- Los impuestos de Trump: Corrupción y desigualdad capitalistas (08.10.2016)
- El debate Clinton Trump: Un espectáculo degradante (06.10.2016)
- El New York Times llama a Rusia un “Estado fuera de la ley” (05.10.2016)
- Muere Edward Albee, dramaturgo estadounidense: La forma de su oposición al status quo (03.10.2016)
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Por la unidad obrera en Estados Unidos y América Latina (29.09.2016) - Candidato presidencial del PSI Jerry White inicia su campaña de otoño con encuentro en Chicago (24.09.2016)
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- Miles de docentes protestan en Costa Rica mientras los sindicatos suprimen la lucha (14.09.2016)
- Los candidatos más impopulares en la historia estadounidense (10.09.2016)
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- Значительная аудитория интервью Дэвида Норта, автора книги Четверть века войны: Стремление США к глобальному доминированию, 1990-2016 (30.09.2016)
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Perspective
The Trump scandal and the US gutter election
10 October 2016
The generally degraded state of American politics entered a new low this weekend following the release of video showing Republican candidate Donald Trump boasting of his ability to use his position of wealth and celebrity to assault women.
November 5 Antiwar Conference
Socialism vs. Capitalism and War
The SEP and IYSSE schedule November 5 antiwar conference in Detroit
Register today at socialismvswar.com
Socialist Equality Party
Meeting in India discusses war and the fight for socialism
By our correspondent, 10 October 2016
The meeting in Chennai organised by Indian supporters of ICFI took place amid growing tensions between the US and Russia and China, as well as a dangerous confrontation between India and Pakistan.
Greetings to Chennai meeting from SEP (Sri Lanka) general secretary
By Wije Dias, 10 October 2016
Workers Struggles
Harvard dining hall workers continue strike
By Mike Ingram, 10 October 2016
Harvard University Dining Services workers are continuing their strike over health care and wages, the first since 1983.
“This is everyone’s fight”
After rejection of contract at Allina, Minnesota nurses call for expanded struggle
IYSSE
Oppose imperialist war against China and Russia
Join and Build the IYSSE at University of Melbourne!
By IYSSE (Australia), 10 October 2016
The IYSSE will hold its Inaugural General Meeting at University of Melbourne on October 13 at 1pm.
Book Review
Trotsky in New York, 1917: A Radical on the Eve of Revolution, by Kenneth D. Ackerman
By Linda Tenenbaum, 8 October 2016
Trotsky in New York, 1917 focuses on a remarkable period in the life of one of the greatest political figures in modern history.
Commentary
One month to the US presidential election—what lies ahead
By Patrick Martin, 8 October 2016
Bernie Sanders stumps for Clinton in Michigan
Germany: Common ground between Left Party leader Wagenknecht and the far-right AfD
SEP 2016 US Election Campaign
The class issues exposed by Hurricane Matthew
By Niles Niemuth—Socialist Equality Party candidate for US vice president, 8 October 2016
Poverty, combined with the lack of adequate infrastructure and planning, has resulted in the deaths of more than 800 in Haiti and at least 4 people in the US, while disrupting the lives of millions.
Socialism and the 2016 elections
Socialist Equality Party campaign launches fall election meetings
Socialist Equality Party (US) 2016 Congress Resolutions
Perspectives and Tasks of the Socialist Equality Party
Science
Nobel Prize in physics awarded for discoveries about condensed states of matter
By Bryan Dyne, 8 October 2016
The combination of the mathematics of topology and condensed matter physics is expected to lead directly to new types of materials and electronics.
Arts Review
Werner Herzog’s Lo and Behold: Reveries of The Connected World
Exploring the origins and impact of the Internet
By Kevin Reed, 8 October 2016
Toronto International Film Festival 2016—Part 5
Lady Macbeth, John Coltrane, Mali Blues and more: What makes a film festival interesting?
Toronto International Film Festival 2016
Ma’ Rosa from the Philippines: Small-time drug dealers set upon by the police
By Dylan Lubao, 5 October 2016
Online Interview with David North
Large audience for interview with David North, author of A Quarter Century of War: The US Drive for Global Hegemony, 1990-2016
By our reporter, 29 September 2016
Obituary
Shimon Peres (1923-2016)
By Patrick Martin, 1 October 2016
The state funeral for Shimon Peres, former Israeli president and prime minister, brought leaders from around the world to pay tribute, not so much to the individual as to the rapacious, land-grabbing, militaristic state he did so much to construct.
25 years since the death of Bill Brust
A remembrance of veteran Trotskyist Bill Brust, twenty-five years after his death
By Fred Mazelis, 15 September 2016
Today marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the death of veteran Trotskyist Bill Brust, whose political struggle as a revolutionary socialist spanned 53 years.
The Life and Times of Bill Brust
By David North, 15 September 2016
This speech, originally delivered by David North at a memorial meeting in Minneapolis in 1991, reviews the life and political legacy of Bill Brust.
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