Editorials
A revealing look at Murdoch’s influence on British politics
By A review by Dave Hyland, May 25, 2012
Labour MP Tom Watson and Independent journalist Martin Hickman throw some light on the way in which politicians in the UK have bowed down before Rupert Murdoch’s wealth and power, as well detailing the incestuous relationship between his newspapers and a corrupt police force.
Harry Belafonte provides an historical insight into the civil rights movement’s decay
By Fred Mazelis, May 25, 2012
Belafonte’s memoir describes in some detail his last meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr. in March 1968, exactly a week before the civil rights leader was assassinated.
The JPMorgan fiasco and the case for nationalization
By Barry Grey, May 18, 2012
In just four trading days since JPMorgan Chase’s announcement of massive losses in derivatives trading, the estimated toll has risen from $2 billion to more than $3 billion.
Hydraulic fracturing and the case for socialist planning
Statement by Phyllis Scherrer, SEP candidate for US vice president
By Phyllis Scherrer, SEP candidate for US vice president, May 18, 2012
The Socialist Equality Party opposes the uncontrolled application of hydraulic fracturing by private corporations whose sole aim is the maximization of profits at any cost.
Obama, the UAW and the auto bailout
Statement by Jerry White, SEP candidate for US president
By Jerry White, SEP candidate for US president, May 17, 2012
In its campaign for his reelection, the UAW is portraying President Obama—who oversaw an historic attack on auto workers’ jobs and living standards—as a champion of the working class.
Obama campaign underscores dead end of American political system
Statement by Jerry White, SEP candidate for US president
By Jerry White, Socialist Equality Party candidate for US president, May 10, 2012
With his appearances at college campuses over the last few days, President Obama officially launched his reelection campaign. The carefully crafted media events, complete with vetted audiences of cheering college students, were an exercise in empty demagogy.
Washington’s human rights hypocrisy and the case of Chen Guangcheng
By Bill Van Auken, May 5, 2012
While media attention has focused on charges that the Obama administration bungled the case of Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, a more basic question is ignored: what gives Washington the right to sit in judgment on the question of human rights?
The attacks on Günter Grass—a balance sheet
By Peter Schwarz, May 5, 2012
There have been many acrimonious conflicts in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany but there is nothing to compare with the flood of abuse, slanders and insults unleashed in the media against the 84-year-old Günter Grass in recent weeks.
May Day 2012: Unite workers around the world against austerity and war
Statement by Jerry White, SEP candidate for US president
By Jerry White, SEP candidate for US president, May 1, 2012
The following May Day statement was issued by Jerry White, the Socialist Equality Party’s candidate for US president in the 2012 elections.
Behind the right-wing racial politics of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton
By Tom Eley, May 1, 2012
Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, who seized on the killing of Trayvon Martin to obscure the class divide in American society, have a sordid and right-wing political history.
CBS’s “60 Minutes” interviews Nora Volkow, head of the National Institute on Drug Abuse and great-granddaughter of Leon Trotsky
By Fred Mazelis, May 1, 2012
Dr. Nora Volkow appeared on the “60 Minutes” television program to discuss not only her work as the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), but also her family background as the great-granddaughter of Leon Trotsky.
Germany’s ISSE, SEP denounce attacks on meetings in defence of Günter Grass
April 28, 2012
The International Students for Social Equality has issued a statement to the German press denouncing the attacks on their meetings held in defence of Günter Grass
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