Archive: February 2016
The archive below lists all articles that have been posted on the World Socialist Web Site by date. To visit the archive for other months, return to the Archive Monthly Index.
1 February 2016 (front page)
- Neo-Nazi mob assaults immigrants in Stockholm, Sweden
- On eve of first presidential contest: US two-party system in crisis
- US navy carries out provocative operation in South China Sea
- South Korea joins US-Japan intelligence link
- Divisions mount in German government over refugee policy
- German parliament backs new military intervention in Mali
- Human Rights Watch report documents attack on democratic rights in US and Europe
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“This is not a race issue—we need everyone to support this”
Detroit Public School students take a stand with teachers, spreading protests - Pennsylvania police shoot dead 12-year-old girl during home eviction
- Report reveals ongoing social crisis for Chicago’s youth and young adults
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Notes on the housing crisis
Number of empty luxury apartments in New York City continues to rise - US Congress quietly enables funding for Ukrainian neo-Nazi-led Azov Regiment
- World Bank documents growth of “ninis” in Latin America: Youth neither working nor in school
- China announcing 400,000 steelworker job cuts
- Thousands of jobs threatened in North Sea oil and gas industry
- Australian teenager arrested for documents “connected” to terrorism
- The World Socialist Web Site and the Flint water crisis
- This week in history: February 1-7
2 February 2016 (front page)
- Cruz wins Iowa Republican caucuses; Clinton and Sanders in near-tie
- More than 1 million in US face food stamps cutoff
- Geneva talks begin as US-backed war in Syria expands
- Austrian municipalities impose ban on refugees using swimming pools
- Doctor challenges Australian government over refugee conditions on Nauru
- Former British Prime Minister Blair joins call for a European army
- Netherlands to begin bombing Islamic State in Syria
- Pressure mounts on Australian government to challenge China in South China Sea
- Global manufacturing continues to fall
- Five immigrant workers die in Novi, Michigan house fire
- Father of girl killed by Pennsylvania cop charged with murder
- Records show “intentional destruction” of dashcams by Chicago cops
- Illinois prepares new attack on pensions as budget impasse enters eighth month
- Maldives government releases former president
- Report: Flint lead filters provide inadequate protection for residents
- On what program should workers oppose the sellout agreement in Quebec’s public sector?
- Uber cuts protested by New York City drivers
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
3 February 2016 (front page)
- Pentagon budget directed toward war with Russia and China
- US Environmental Protection Agency administrator appears in Flint, Michigan to “rebuild trust” over water crisis
- Detroit Public Schools emergency manager resigns
- What’s behind the Detroit Federation of Teachers’ lawsuit?
- Chicago teachers face mass layoffs after bargaining committee rejects CTU-backed deal
- West Coast US cities sue Monsanto over toxic chemicals
- Canada’s spy agencies illegally collected and shared personal information
- Working-class opposition to Socialist Party grows in Portugal
- French President Hollande visits India to boost military ties, investment
- Germany: Poorest half of population owns just 1 percent of wealth
- Many UK children go to school hungry
- Open leadership row at Vietnam’s ruling party congress
- The Sanders vote in Iowa
- The Pentagon’s CSIS report and Australia’s role in the escalating war drive against China
- Far-right German nationalist party calls for shooting refugees
- “Light lights in air”: Value, price, profit and Louis Zukofsky’s poetry
4 February 2016 (front page)
- As its hometown of Flint remains poisoned, GM makes record 2015 profit
- Pentagon budget: A blueprint for World War III
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“GM will do anything for profits and stockholders”
US autoworkers speak on record profits - GM skilled trades worker killed at Defiance, Ohio factory
- Political crisis over Flint poisoning intensifies as Congress holds hearing
- Wall Street donors account for 40 percent of super PAC funds in US election
- UK Prime Minister Cameron signals early referendum on EU membership
- Two workers killed as government seeks to crush Pakistan airline strike
- Syrian war negotiations collapse after two days
- German government steps up attacks on refugees
- Australian High Court sanctions indefinite offshore detention of refugees
- Spain’s King calls on Socialist Party to form a government
- German economics minister seeks to smooth relations with Poland
- WHO declares Zika virus a “public health emergency”
- New Zealand to host signing of Trans-Pacific Partnership
- US: Georgia executes oldest inmate on its death row
- Deaths in Bronx fires highlight homeless crisis
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Flint pre-screening of the documentary MisLEAD: America’s Secret Epidemic
Parents fighting lead poisoning denounce government inaction and lies - Michigan lead expert exposes misinformation and delays in Flint crisis
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Mobilize the working class to defend public education in Chicago!
Statement of the Socialist Equality Party - New Zealand’s first Labour Party leader was no socialist: A reply to the pseudo-left ISO
5 February 2016 (front page)
- Mass one-day strike hits Syriza’s austerity measures in Greece
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UN panel condemns detention of WikiLeaks founder
Stop the persecution of Julian Assange! - Illinois legislators continue assault on public higher education
- Oil price fall brings significant losses for big producers
- The Ezubao scam: A sign of deeper problems in China’s financial system
- Nazi war crime trial in Neubrandenburg threatens to collapse
- Massive fire in Detroit enclave sparks water crisis
- Albuquerque, New Mexico police murder case moves towards trial
- US Congressional memos highlight price-gouging strategies of drug companies
- Belgian rail unions cancel mandated strike action
- Irish pseudo-left form electoral pact
- Iran’s President Rouhani visits Italy, France as economic rivalries deepen
- India steps up pressure on Nepal
- Chicago teachers march to oppose budget and job cuts
- Residents speak out against Flint water disaster at Congressional hearing
- 45 Years: A nightmare on the brain of the living?
- Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
6 February 2016 (front page)
- UK and Swedish governments continue their persecution of Julian Assange
- Sanders and the left feint in capitalist politics
- Recession risk on the rise
- Threat of wider war looms as Saudi monarchy proposes Syria intervention
- Emails reveal Michigan governor’s staffer knew about Flint Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in March 2015
- Politicians, unions use the “carrot and stick” to try to derail Detroit Public Schools struggle
- Iowa Democratic Party rejects audit of caucus vote
- Pakistan airline workers defy government repression, continue strike
- Pro-refugee organisation comes under political attack in Germany
- Australia: Thousands protest High Court ruling upholding offshore refugee detention
- North Korea announces satellite launch
- Sri Lanka: Plantation unions suppress struggle for wage rise
- Crane collapses in Manhattan, killing one and injuring three
- More recalls of Takata exploding airbags
- Report: Low-income households are low priority in US budget
- Editor of Germany’s Die Zeit newspaper demands rearmament and war
- Left Party founder Jean-Luc Mélenchon covers for French government’s authoritarian policies
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At the Jewish Museum in New York City
“The Power of Pictures: Early Soviet Photography, Early Soviet Film”—an exhibition - Hundreds attend University of Michigan talk on Flint water crisis
- Junior doctors to take second strike in England
- Reject the Rail Maritime and Transport Union’s call to accept latest London Underground sell-out contract!
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
8 February 2016 (front page)
- Top US general confirms Pentagon plans for permanent combat role in Afghanistan
- Detroit and Chicago teachers fight to defend public education
- North Korean satellite launch heightens US-China tensions
- London donor conference pledges aid only to keep Syrian refugees out of Europe
- In New Hampshire debate: Republican frontrunner backs torture
- Hillary Clinton covers for Obama and Democrats in Flint water crisis
- Obama administration continues suppression of torture photos
- US Congress holds hearing on drug prices
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Job losses mount in US steel and aluminum industries
Arcelormittal announces $8 billion loss - Italian steel work faces closure or sell-off
- Support for Poroshenko regime collapses in Ukraine
- Portugal’s Socialist Party agrees to impose further austerity
- Australian public hospitals face growing funding crisis
- Australia: Sydney city council locks out community theatre group
- Unstable government in Vanuatu following snap election
- Slavoj Žižek: From pseudo-left to new right
- UK: Junior doctors demonstrate in run-up to Wednesday strike
- This week in history: February 8-14
9 February 2016 (front page)
- White House pushes ahead with plan to slash pensions for up to one million retirees
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“This is a dog and pony show”
Retirees speak on Teamster pension cuts - New York City public employee pension funds in danger of “operational failure”
- Italy hit by banking crisis
- New York Times vents recriminations over Syria debacle
- Human Rights Watch report exposes French state of emergency
- Citing influx of refugees, Hungary prepares authoritarian legislation
- Cities and towns across the US suffer lead poisoning rates worse than Flint
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“If the company gets away with this, they will do it with other workers”
Locked out Allegheny Technologies workers to lose jobless benefits - The Coen Brothers’ Hail Caesar!: The “Passion” of a film studio troubleshooter
- New Mexico: Relatives sue sheriff for the fatal pepper ball shooting of 88-year-old
- Sordid horse-trading over next Burmese president
- Unions preparing to shut down Pakistan airline workers strike
- Australia’s High Court backs indefinite offshore detention
- Bangladesh tea estate workers oppose government’s land seizures
- A new stage in the global economic breakdown
- The International Socialist Organization, Bernie Sanders and the Democratic Party
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
10 February 2016 (front page)
- Sanders wins New Hampshire Democratic primary
- Obama budget proposes increases in military, security spending
- Greek military to play main role in setting up refugee concentration camps
- Human Rights Watch underscores Australia’s abuses of refugees
- Fatal rail crash in Bavaria
- Japanese bond rate goes negative as bank shares tumble
- Canada to triple its Special Forces contingent in Iraq
- Haitian president ends term amid widening protests
- Earthquake in Taiwan leaves over 100 killed and missing
- Australian establishment condemns government’s retreat over increased consumption tax
- Trans-Pacific Partnership signed in New Zealand amid mass protests
- Hundreds more US coal miners laid off
- Pennsylvania Department of Corrections blocks thousands of inmates from receiving life-saving hepatitis-C drug
- The looting of US workers’ pensions
- The origins of the Oxford University “Rhodes Must Fall” campaign
11 February 2016 (front page)
- NATO to send thousands of troops to forward bases in the Baltics and Eastern Europe
- The political role of the Bernie Sanders campaign
- German Chancellor Merkel announces NATO intervention in Aegean Sea
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Amid mounting signs of slump and financial crisis
Fed seeks to reassure markets on rate increases - Tens of thousands of steel, energy, retail, government jobs cut in the UK
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“It’s not just a fight for teachers or students, it’s a fight for education”
Detroit Public Schools students launch protests to demand quality education - National teachers’ union leader seeks to smother Detroit protests
- E-mails show Michigan state officials knew of Legionnaires’ outbreak in Flint in early 2015
- Protest at University of Michigan on Flint crisis promotes racial politics
- Video: Retirees speak on Teamsters pension cuts in Detroit
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Who is Kenneth Feinberg?
Kenneth Feinberg and the victim compensation racket - Report points to growing epidemic of drug abuse in Pennsylvania
- Federal report criticizes lack of regulation and safety in West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion
- Australian shipbuilding workers sacked in takeover deal
- International investigations fuel Malaysian corruption scandal
- Torture, murder and Donald Trump
- Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace dramatized in a new television series
- The Guardian defends continued persecution of Julian Assange by UK and Sweden
12 February 2016 (front page)
- Stock market panic risks new financial crisis
- The US “Plan B” for Syria and the threat of world war
- GM and UAW donate $3 million to Flint: Criminals covering their tracks
- Supreme Court blocks Obama plan on climate change
- Flint inmates forced to use contaminated water
- Report: Berlin police delayed search for murdered refugee boy
- US prepares harsh new sanctions on North Korea
- Government to impose contract on junior doctors after second England-wide strike
- British junior doctors speak from the picket lines
- Canada’s media pushes for more military spending, bigger Mideast war role
- New wave of job cuts in Australia as global slump deepens
- International Viewpoint joins in racist anti-refugee agitation
- Astronomers detect gravitational waves predicted by Einstein
- Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
13 February 2016 (front page)
- Syrian war continues after Munich deal
- Australian government refuses to help children trapped in Syria
- In Democratic debate, Clinton presses Sanders on race, gender and support for Obama
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On-the-spot report from NH primary
New Hampshire students discuss Sanders and socialism - NATO sends a flotilla to repulse refugees in the Aegean Sea
- Parents express support for protesting Detroit teachers and students
- Former Los Angeles County sheriff pleads guilty in jail scandal
- Worker killed at Tonawanda Coke near Buffalo, NY
- New York police officer convicted of killing Akai Gurley
- United Steelworkers offers ArcelorMittal millions in concessions
- UK: Second undercover police officer exposed infiltrating Socialist Party
- Shankill revelations expose British state informants’ role in mass killings in Ireland
- The detection of gravitational waves: A scientific milestone
- Socialist Alternative defends Sanders’ support for imperialist war
- UAW President Dennis Williams denounces role of “outside groups” in 2015 auto contract negotiations
- Jia Zhangke’s Mountains May Depart: Three periods in modern China, a good deal of confusion
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
15 February 2016 (front page)
- Inequality, class and life expectancy in America
- Washington denounces Russia, backs escalation of Syria war
- Japanese PM pushes to remove constitutional constraints on military
- Republican debate in South Carolina: Lies, mudslinging and an important truth
- Detroit bankruptcy judge appointed to restructure public schools
- Obama urges Illinois legislature to adopt bipartisan plan for austerity
- Coup threatened in Venezuela amidst deepening economic crisis
- Regional tensions and falling oil prices deepen crisis of Saudi monarchy
- The German president’s imperialist mission in Africa
- Housing legislation to escalate “social cleansing” of UK cities
- Australian government-union conspiracy to sack “underperforming” teachers
- The legacy of Antonin Scalia
- What is behind Varoufakis’s “Democracy Movement to Rescue Europe?”
- This week in history: February 15-21
16 February 2016 (front page)
- Syria fighting escalates as ceasefire deadline approaches
- Civilian casualties in Afghanistan hit record in 2015
- Water quality official warned Flint, Michigan was not prepared for switch to Flint River
- Bernie Sanders campaigns at Eastern Michigan University
- Youth discuss war, inequality at Michigan rally for Sanders
- Closure of Balkan refugee route deepens rifts in the EU
- US military boosts anti-missile systems in South Korea
- In wake of VW scandal European Parliament relaxes emissions regulations
- Argentina’s president Macri attacks public employees and teachers
- ANC in crisis as President Zuma struggles to reassure big capital
- Is the Indian Stalinist CPM heading for a split?
- Rising school costs deepen class divide in New Zealand education
- The glorification of Antonin Scalia
- Woman at the Window: Oratorio remembers the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
- Popular Unity Candidacy votes ensure passage of Catalan austerity budget
17 February 2016 (front page)
- Turkey pushes for ground invasion of Syria
- US push on South China Sea falls short at ASEAN summit
- Egypt: Italian student tortured to death
- In Detroit visit, Sanders promotes the UAW and economic nationalism
- Texas carries out third execution of 2016
- Rife with scandal, Detroit’s state-run school district to fold as privatization schemes continue
- Lockout of steelworkers at ATI enters sixth month
- Economic problems mount in Japan and China
- European Union pushes for energy independence from Russia
- French National Assembly enshrines state of emergency in constitution
- Spain: More arrests and resignations in Popular Party corruption scandals
- Australian ministerial reshuffle underscores political impasse
- Europe at the breaking point
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A reply to Tamil nationalist slanders against the World Socialist Web Site
An Open Letter to TamilNet
18 February 2016 (front page)
- FBI wins court order forcing Apple to install backdoor in iPhone security systems
- US condemns Chinese missiles in the South China Sea
- Australian foreign minister echoes US demands against China
- Despite lead poisoning, Flint water rates highest in US
- Mechanics at United Continental reject sellout contract
- Armed US marshals arrest man over 30-year-old student loan debt
- Chicago officer sues estate of teenager he fatally shot
- Cuts lead to closure of youth centres across UK
- Popular Unity Candidacy votes ensure passage of Catalan austerity budget
- Indian government jails student leader on trumped up sedition charges
- Australia’s “Closing the Gap” fraud: Indigenous conditions worsen
- Obama lectures Russia on Syrian “quagmire”
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Socialism and the Fight Against War
Build an International Movement of the Working Class and Youth Against Imperialism! - Obama lectures Russia on Syrian “quagmire”
- The International Socialist Organization backs Mayor Emanuel’s attack on Chicago teachers
19 February 2016 (front page)
- Turkey escalates war threats after terror attacks
- Saudi Arabia pushes for alliance with Turkey and Egypt
- Western powers move closer to new military intervention in Libya
- Divisions erupt at EU summit over refugees, possible British exit
- Rhetoric escalates over Chinese missile installation in Paracel Islands
- OECD downgrades global growth forecast
- Obama to make March trip to Cuba
- Former Navy crewman executed in Georgia
- Air conditioner maker Carrier to close two Indiana plants, slash 2,100 jobs
- West Virginia passes “right-to-work” law
- Oxfam Report exposes reality of Spain’s “economic recovery”
- Real estate statistics point to precarious state of Chinese economy
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After tiny tax hike
Canada’s Globe and Mail demands Trudeau “stop whacking the 1 percent” - Health experts warn that Zika virus will infect millions worldwide
- Australian union escalates nationalist campaign over shipping layoffs
- White House steps up drive to outlaw encryption
- German Chancellor Merkel’s refugee policy and the growing danger of a war with Russia
- An interview with Professor Marc Edwards on the Flint water crisis
- John Patrick Shanley’s Prodigal Son: A working class youth at a Catholic high school in the 1960s
- Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
20 February 2016 (front page)
- US launches airstrikes against Libya
- Once again on Sanders and socialism
- Turkish threats against Kurds set stage for ground invasion of Syria
- Brexit referendum to go ahead after UK secures deal with European Union
- Antonin Scalia’s death during secret junket points to new ethical violations
- Jesse Jackson promotes Democratic Party at Flint rally
- Wal-Mart reports currency losses and falling sales, profits
- The Pope visits Mexico
- Labor Party steps up demands for Australia to “stand up” to China
- Syriza-led Greek government takes its place in US war drive alongside Israel
- European Steel unions demand trade war in Brussels
- Fiji orders second arms consignment from Russia
- Global volatility triggers concerns about Australian banks
- Canada’s Liberals debate aid for Bombardier as it slashes 7,000 jobs
- India: Over 200,000 Tamil Nadu government workers on indefinite strike
- Pakistan steps up privatization drive after unions suppress airline strike
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
22 February 2016 (front page)
- War and the 2016 US elections
- Right-wing “Remain” and “Leave” campaigns begin for UK referendum on EU membership
- More than 100 killed in ISIS suicide bombings in Syria
- Saudi Arabia cancels $3 billion grant for French military aid to Lebanon
- Trump, Clinton win US presidential nomination contests
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As official veneration of right-wing justice continues
Divisions emerge over appointment of Scalia’s successor to US Supreme Court - Mass shooting in Kalamazoo, Michigan leaves six dead
- Illinois inmates terrorized by prison guard unit
16 February 2016 (front page)
22 February 2016 (front page)
- German defence ministry spent billions on wars abroad
- SEP/IYSSE public meeting in Colombo to introduce Sinhala edition of The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century
- Mehring Books features classic biography of Rosa Luxemburg
- Hundreds demonstrate in Berlin against harsher asylum law
- Germany: Trial opens against SS guard at Auschwitz
- French labor law reform sets stage for historic attack on workers’ rights
- Portuguese government prepares second austerity package
- Arrium threatens to close Whyalla steelworks in South Australia
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Build the International Youth and Students for Social Equality!
A socialist program to fight war, austerity and dictatorship! - Sri Lankan Maoist party advocates “progressive Tamil nationalism”
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66th Berlin International Film Festival—Part 1:
Refugee crisis takes centre stage at the Berlinale - This week in history: February 22-28
23 February 2016 (front page)
- White House spearheads assault on cell phone encryption
- Nationalism and “Brexit”
- India: Mounting death toll as army deployed to end caste-based job agitation
- US blocked talks with North Korea before nuclear test
- German historian calls for harsher measures against refugees
- Germany’s Deutsche Bank in crisis
- French judiciary opens investigation into ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy
- Canada: NDP leader Mulcair “apologizes” for social democrats’ election debacle
- South Africa: Police open fire on Modimolle water protests
- Louisiana legislators plan deep cuts to education, health care
- California Coastal Commission head ousted
- At least 29 dead, thousands displaced after Cyclone Winston hits Fiji
- Australia: BlueScope Steel profits leap on back of union-imposed job cuts
- Australian health care rallies promote election of Labor and Greens
- Flint residents protest lead poisoning and political cover-up
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Solitary confinement and the brutality of the US prison system
“Angola 3” prisoner Albert Woodfox released after 45 years - “Secular stagnation” and the contradictions of capitalism
- The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The US Standard of Living Since the Civil War
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
24 February 2016 (front page)
- The assault on encryption and the drive to expand police state spying
- Under cover of truce with Russia, US prepares military escalation in Syria
- Obama, Pentagon outline latest plan to close Guantanamo, move prisoners to US
- Inaccurate metadata analysis used to kill thousands in US drone strikes
- Mounting US pressure on China over South China Sea
- Australian media use US admiral’s comments to push for confrontation with China
- New York City Council members award themselves a 32 percent pay raise
- California State University faculty headed into confrontation with Democrats
- Civil rights groups request federal investigation of San Diego police brutality
- Bolivians reject fourth term for Evo Morales in constitutional referendum
- UK schools privatisation programme continues despite failures
- Another mysterious death in the case of far-right NSU in Germany
- Germany: Racism in Saxony and political hypocrisy
- BAYAN mounts second bogus challenge to US basing deal
- Alternative approach to nuclear fusion energy at German lab takes important first step
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Who is Judge Steven Rhodes?
The political struggle facing Detroit teachers
25 February 2016 (front page)
- US government case against Apple would create broad precedent to override phone encryption
- Sticking point in Syria truce: Washington’s support for Al Qaeda
- New York police used military-grade cellphone surveillance equipment over 1,000 times
- Trump wins Republican presidential caucuses in Nevada
- India: Tata Nano auto workers strike over suspensions
- Downsizing begins as Fiat Chrysler seeks merger partner
- Flint death toll from Legionnaires’ disease worsened by state and federal inaction
- USW agrees to sellout deal to end ATI lockout
- Deadly storms across the southern United States
- South Korea whips up fears over North Korea’s nuclear program
- Polish government expands police state powers
- French unions seek to suppress opposition to Hollande’s labour reforms
- UK government proposes to set up Muslim-only jail
- Hundreds of Australian climate-change science jobs to be axed
- German news magazine Der Spiegel urges war against Russia
26 February 2016 (front page)
- Perplexity and divisions mark G-20 meeting
- US social crisis overshadows 2016 presidential election
- Former US bankruptcy judge to be new emergency manager of Detroit schools
- Michigan autoworker files challenge to UAW-Ford 2015 contract vote
- Austrian-led conference closes Balkan route for refugees and divides Europe
- US and the Philippines move rapidly to implement military deal
- Leading California Democrat sentenced to five years in prison for corruption
- Slowdown in Pennsylvania natural gas industry adds to state budget crisis
- Police call for boycott after Beyoncé endorses opposition to police brutality
- UK: Tottenham residents speak on plans to demolish Broadwater Farm estate
- Tens of thousands homeless in Fiji cyclone disaster
- Bernie Sanders and the “Scandinavian model”
- Canada’s pseudo-left silent on trade unions’ support for Liberal government
- Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
27 February 2016 (front page)
- US fires ICBMs amid war threats against Russia
- The Republican debate and the degradation of US politics
- Pentagon inflates “China threat” to justify massive build-up in Asia
- Apple counters government demands as White House expands NSA data sharing
- More mass shootings in the US
- Top advisors to Michigan governor urged switching water supply from polluted Flint River
- Strike at Chinese steel plant points to impact of global slump
- UK generals intervene to oppose Brexit
- University of Leipzig students speak out against right-wing professor
- Strike at 200 Further Education colleges in England
- Indian ruling elite in economic bind
- India: Unions call off Tamil Nadu government workers strike
- Anti-refugee xenophobia and the danger of war
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66th Berlin International Film Festival—Part 2:
A critique of Europe’s refugee policy: On the Berlinale’s Golden Bear for Fire at Sea - Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
29 February 2016 (front page)
- G-20 summit rules out coordinated stimulus
- Syria fighting continues into third day of US-Russian “truce”
- NATO operation in Aegean heightens threat of war with Russia
- Tens of thousands attend London protest against nuclear weapons
- Clinton sweeps South Carolina primary as turnout plunges
- Trump backed by fascists, quotes Mussolini
- Police refuse to release video showing shooting of Salt Lake City teenager
- Scalia’s final junket linked to aristocratic hunting society
- Los Angeles area teachers stage “sickouts” over pay
- Chicago State University threatens to lay off entire staff amidst state budget impasse
- Public split in French Socialist Party over state of emergency
- US uses “partnership dialogue” to strengthen ties with Sri Lanka
- For an active boycott of the Brexit referendum!
- Australian feminists deride public sympathy for family murder-suicide victims
- New technologies expand knowledge of early art in North America
- This week in history: February 29-March 6
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