22 February 2012

Greek deal: More pain for workers, no end to Europe’s crisis

By Julie Hyland, 22 February 2012

The €130 billion-plus package of loans agreed by euro zone finance ministers will not protect Greece from bankruptcy.

Super PACs outspend Republican presidential candidates in January

By Kate Randall, 22 February 2012

Super PACs backing the four leading Republican contenders raised a combined $22.1 million in January, slightly more than the candidates’ own campaigns.

International tensions mount over Syria conflict

By Patrick Martin, 22 February 2012

The conference of “Friends of Syria” in Tunis on Friday is aimed at paving the way for imperialist military intervention.

Unions oversee closure of Sheppey steel mill in UK

By John Clayton and Mike Gardner, 22 February 2012

Four hundred workers employed by Thamesteel in Kent, England were made redundant and left unpaid when the company was taken into receivership at the end of January.

All party coalition supports Gauck as new German president

By Peter Schwarz, 22 February 2012

Five of the six parties represented in the German parliament have backed right-winger Joachim Gauck as their candidate for the post of president.

Darwin commemoration highlights US-Australia military ties

By Mike Head, 22 February 2012

The anniversary of the Japanese bombing of the Australian city of Darwin in February 1942 was elevated to the status of a national day of observance last weekend.

Thousands march in Peru against US-backed mining project

By Armando Cruz, 22 February 2012

On Friday, February 10, thousands of Peruvians participated in the “Gran Marcha Nacional por el Agua,” or “Grand March for Water,” in downtown Lima.

Reports expose desperate conditions of Illinois youth

By Marcus Day, 22 February 2012

One in five children in Illinois lives in poverty, while teenagers experience the lowest employment rates on record.

Economic crisis in Russia deepens

By Clara Weiss, 22 February 2012

In Russia in 2012, analysts expect economic decline and a further intensification of the capital exodus.

California’s draft budget attacks public school system

By Rafael Azul, 22 February 2012

California Governor Brown is using the budget to attack and dismantle public schools and community colleges.

New in Chinese

在2012年投票支持社会主义平等!
社平党美国总统候选人杰里 • 怀特的声明

2012年2月22日

美国社会主义平等党将在2012年参选,总统候选人为杰里 • 怀特 (Jerry White),副总统候选人是菲利斯 • 谢勒(Phyllis Scherrer)。52岁的怀特是世界社会主义网站的一位作家,曾是2008年社平党的总统候选人。48岁的谢勒是宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡一位学校老师。怀特这个声明概括了社平党竞选活动的基础。

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Le vote sur la Syrie à l’ONU considéré comme une étape vers l’intervention militaire 

Par Chris Marsden, 22 février 2012

Le soutien par les Nations unies de l’appel de la Ligue arabe à la démission du président syrien Bachar al-Assad rapproche un peu plus d’une intervention militaire.

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US-Präsident bejubelt Profite von General Motors
Obama – oberster Lohnkürzer der USA

Von Patrick Martin, 22. Februar 2012

Der amerikanische Präsident stellt sich als Retter der Autoindustrie dar und unter-schlägt dabei den Preis, den die amerikanischen Arbeiter dafür zahlen müssen.

Eurozone verhandelt über Rettungspaket für Griechenland, während der Widerstand zunimmt

Von Christoph Dreier und Alex Lantier, 22. Februar 2012

Die Finanzminister der Eurozone waren bei ihrem letzten Treffen bemüht, sich auf ein neues Rettungspaket für Griechenland zu einigen. Voraussetzung dafür sind höchst unpopuläre Sparmaßnahmen.

Verdi und Fraport-Geschäftsführung gegen Streikende: Eine gezielte Provokation

Von Helmut Arens, 22. Februar 2012

Seit vier Tagen streiken die Vorfeldlotsen am Frankfurter Flughafen. Sie sind dabei nicht nur mit dem Flughafenbetreiber Fraport konfrontiert, sondern auch mit der Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft Verdi.

Sächsische Justiz verfolgt Nazigegner

Von Martin Nowak und Johannes Stern, 22. Februar 2012

Die Maßnahmen gegen Antinazi-Demonstranten in Dresden sind so massiv und widersprechen derart offen elementaren demokratischen Grundsätzen, dass es schwer fällt, eine Trennlinie zwischen dem rechten Treiben der Neonazis, den sächsischen Behörden und der konservativen Landesregierung zu ziehen.

EU und IWF erhöhen Druck auf Ungarn

Von Markus Salzmann, 22. Februar 2012

Die EU-Kommission hat drei Vertragsverletzungsverfahren gegen Ungarn eingeleitet, um das Diktat der Finanzmärkte durchzusetzen.

Pakistans oberstes Gericht klagt Ministerpräsidenten an

Von Sampath Perera, 22. Februar 2012

Die Entscheidung des Obersten Gerichtshofs verschärft die politische Krise des Landes und schwächt die unpopuläre Gilani-Regierung weiter.

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Perspective

How the government enables Wall Street parasites to cash in on the crisis

22 February 2012

As the Obama administration concludes a settlement with five major banks, quashing state investigations into rampant fraud related to home foreclosures, speculation in the mortgage-backed securities that caused the 2008 meltdown is once again picking up.

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Socialist Equality Party (US) Election Campaign

Defend public education!
Statement by Phyllis Scherrer, Socialist Equality Party candidate for Vice President

22 February 2012

The candidates of both big business parties are attacking public schools—the Republicans openly repudiating the principle of universal education, Obama and the Democrats by promoting charter schools and anti-teacher measures like Race to the Top.

SEP supporters discuss election campaign with students in Ann Arbor, Michigan

By Janel Flechsig and Matthew Brennan, 21 February 2012

SEP candidatesVote Socialist Equality in 2012!
Statement by Jerry White, SEP candidate for US president

13 February 2012

Video: ‪Cooper Tire workers speak with SEP candidate‬

17 February 2012

Video: Jerry White visits Cooper Tire picket line

16 February 2012

Jerry White delivered a statement on February 15 in Findlay, Ohio. More than 1,000 workers at Cooper Tire have been locked out since November for opposing a concessions contract.

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Sri Lanka: Oppose the government’s price hikes!

By the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka), 22 February 2012

Workers and the rural masses in Sri Lanka confront a common struggle with their counterparts globally against the austerity agenda being imposed by governments around the world.

Sri Lankan SEP condemns government attack on the party’s rights

By our correspondents , 20 February 2012

SEP (UK) public meetings: For a general strike to bring down the Cameron government!

Arts Review

John Ford’s The Broken Heart: Impressive production of a rarely performed 17th-century classic

By Robert Fowler, 22 February 2012

The Broken Heart, by English playwright John Ford (1586-c. 1639), is currently playing Off Broadway at the Duke Theater on 42nd street in New York City, as part of Theater for a New Audience’s current season.

DescendantsAlexander Payne’s digestible The Descendants; Steven Soderbergh at an impasse with Haywire

By Joanne Laurier, 21 February 2012

The Descendants, set in Hawaii and starring George Clooney, deals with the ancestral connections of a family confronting a painful tragedy. Haywire is a political spy thriller that gives a pass to the intelligence community.

British Agent (1934): Early Hollywood looks at the Bolsheviks

By Tony Williams, 18 February 2012

Commentary

Drones come to the US

By Bill Van Auken, 21 February 2012

Obama hails record GM profits
The wage-cutter in chief

By Patrick Martin, 20 February 2012

Honduras’s prison inferno: A crime of capitalism

By Bill Van Auken, 18 February 2012

Workers in Germany and Europe must defend the Greek working class

By Ulrich Rippert, 18 February 2012

Workers Struggles

Germany: Verdi prepares to agree wage cut for public transport workers

By Franz Schobert and Carola Kleinert, 21 February 2012

PSA auto workers protest threat to close Aulnay, France plant

By our reporters, 21 February 2012

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25 years ago: Brazil debt moratorium rocks world finance

On February 20, 1987 Brazil's President José Sarney announced a moratorium on payment of the country's debt to the International Monetary Fund.


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50 years ago: John Glenn becomes first American to orbit Earth

On February 20, 1962 NASA astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth when his satellite, Friendship 7, passed three times around the earth.

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75 years ago: Sit-down strike wave spreads

Two weeks after the Flint, Michigan sit-down strikers forced General Motors to offer concessions and recognize their new union, workers across the US and in other countries occupied their workplaces.

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100 years ago: The Battle of Beirut

On February 24, 1912, Italy attacked the Ottoman port of Beirut as part of its bid to annex Ottoman territory in the Italo-Turkish war.

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Crisis in Detroit

Detroit to cut early morning bus services

By Naomi Spencer, 18 February 2012

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