World Socialist Web Site http://www.wsws.org/ The World Socialist Web Site features daily news and analysis written from a socialist perspective, and commentary on the arts, culture, history, and politics. It is published by the International Committee of the Fourth International. Lebanon on brink of civil war http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/leb-m09.shtml House of Representatives passes Democratic home mortgage bill backed by the Fed and banking industry http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/hous-m09.shtml Bush speech on Latin America--defense of a failed policy http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/bush-m09.shtml Toronto Transit workers threatened with loss of right to strike http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/toro-m09.shtml Sri Lanka: Election charade in eastern province http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/sri-09m.shtml Mildred Loving, civil rights-era pioneer, dies at 68 http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/lov-m09.shtml US congressional hearings expose stonewalling on veteran suicide data http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/vets-m09.shtml Qantas chief threatens "showdown" with workers over pay http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/qant-m09.shtml SEP/ISSE public meetings in Germany 1968: The lessons for today http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/germ-m09.shtml Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/wkrs-m09.shtml Battle for Haditha: A remarkable film about the Iraq war http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/hadi-m09.shtml http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/farsi.pdf Deep unease as Israel celebrates its 60th anniversary http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/isra-m08.shtml Death toll in Burma rises, as major powers press to intervene http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/bucy-m08.shtml Amnesty International denounces war crimes by US-backed forces in Somalia http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/soma-m08.shtml Guantánamo judge rules Omar Khadr, arrested at 15, can be tried as war criminal http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/omar-m08.shtml Verdi agrees to sell-out in Berlin transport workers strike Vote no on the deal! http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/verd-m08.shtml Wage-cutting in the US auto parts industry: The background to the American Axle strike http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/axle-m08.shtml Australia: NSW Labor MPs unanimously endorse premier's defiance of anti-privatisation vote http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/elec-m08.shtml Major train crash causes anger in China http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/chin-m08.shtml