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3 July 2009

US unemployment rate for June at 9.5 percent
Another 467,000 jobs lost

By Andre Damon, 3 July 2009

The US economy lost far more jobs in June than had been predicted, and the official unemployment rate hit its highest level since 1983, according to data released Thursday.

Sri Lanka: LTTE exile group announces “transnational government”

By Athiyan Silva and K. Ratnayake, 3 July 2009

In the aftermath of its military defeat in May, an exile faction of the separatist LTTE announced a grandiose plan to form “a provisional transnational government of Tamil Eelam”.

Chrysler plants reopen as assault on auto workers deepens

By Jerry White, 3 July 2009

Auto workers at seven of Chrysler’s twelve plants returned to work this week after a two-month shutdown following the company’s April 30 bankruptcy filing. Meanwhile, the government-directed assault on their jobs and living standards continues.

Germany: Joschka Fischer takes post as Nabucco pipeline adviser

By Ulrich Rippert, 3 July 2009

Former Green Party leader and German foreign minister Joschka Fischer has taken up a lucrative post with the Nabucco pipeline project.

The French radical “left” chases after social democracy

By Francis Dubois and Pierre Mabut, 3 July 2009

The reaction by the “far left”—the New Anti-capitalist Party and Lutte Ouvrière—and the Left Party to the debacle of social democracy in the June 7 European elections is a further move to the right, under the guise of “left unity.”

Britain: Public sector jobs set to be slashed

By Barry Mason, 3 July 2009

Large-scale job losses and cuts in services are planned throughout the UK public sector.

After recount and court suit
Democrat Al Franken wins Minnesota Senate seat

By Patrick Martin, 3 July 2009

A unanimous Minnesota Supreme Court decision Tuesday ended a protracted legal battle over the outcome of last November’s election and awarded the Senate seat from that state to Democrat Al Franken.

Australia: Man dies after being tasered by police

By Mathew Benn, 3 July 2009

On June 12 in the small town of Brandon in northern Queensland, 39-year-old Antonio Galeano was tasered up to 28 times by police and died in custody 10 minutes later.

New in German

Bernard Madoffs Mitverschwörer

Von Patrick Martin, 3. Juli 2009

Der Finanzier Madoff wurde zu 150 Jahren Gefängnis verurteilt. Er hätte sein Betrugssystem unmöglich zwanzig Jahre lang betreiben können, wenn ihm nicht zahlreiche Finanzhäuser und hochgestellte Persönlichkeiten der Wall Street den Rücken frei gehalten hätten.

Organisiert Basiskomitees gegen Betriebsstilllegungen und die Zugeständnisse der UAW

Von Erklärung der Socialist Equality Party (USA), 3. Juli 2009

Wenn die Chrysler-Arbeiter nach der zweiwöchigen Arbeitsruhe diese Woche wieder zurückkommen, werden sie sofort wieder mit den brutalen Maßnahmen konfrontiert sein, die die Obama-Regierung verlangt, um den bankrotten Autohersteller wieder profitabel zu machen.

Entstehungsgeschichte und Folgen des Massakers von 1989 auf dem Platz des Himmlischen Friedens

Von John Chan, 3. Juli 2009

Am 4. Juni vor zwanzig Jahren unterdrückte die stalinistische KP Chinas die Arbeiterklasse in Peking brutal mit militärischen Mitteln.

New in Russian

Мировой экономический кризис: Марксистский анализ. Часть 3

Ник Бимс, 3 июля 2009 г.

Ниже следует третья часть лекции, с которой Ник Бимс, национальный секретарь австралийской Партии Социалистического Равенства (Socialist Equality Party) и член международной редакционной коллегии Мирового Социалистического Веб Сайта , выступил в Мельбурне и Сиднее в ноябре и декабре 2008 года. Она была опубликована на английской странице МСВС 22 декабря 2008 г.

New in French

Le discours du président français
France : Sarkozy impose l'austérité sociale avec l'aide de la gauche bourgeoise

Par Antoine Lerougetel et Alex Lantier, 3 juillet 2009

Le président conservateur Nicolas Sarkozy a fait un discours devant une session extraordinaire du Congrès. Faisant de nombreuses références au « pacte social » de la France et des appels racistes contre les musulmans, il a appelé à un emprunt national et à de nouvelles attaques sur les acquis sociaux pour financer les effets de la crise économique mondiale.

Perspective

US states’ budget crises threaten social disaster

3 July 2009

The budget crises of state governments in the US constitute a major front in an attack on social programs throughout the country that is being coordinated by the Obama administration.

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Socialist Equality Party

SEP conference in Detroit
A new political perspective for the working class

The SEP is holding this critical conference in Detroit on July 25 to discuss a new political perspective for the working class to defend jobs and living standards.

Arts Review

Karl Malden : a serious actor

By David Walsh, 3 July 2009

Malden first made his name in the New York theater as part of a generally left-wing group of writers, directors and performers and later enjoyed a long career in Hollywood extending from the postwar years to the early 1970s.

Workers Struggles

Organize rank-and-file committees to stop plant closings and overturn UAW concessions!

Statement of the Socialist Equality Party, 30 June 2009

With Chrysler plants reopening after a two-month shutdown, workers will quickly come face-to-face with the brutal reality of the Obama administration’s plans to return the bankrupt automaker to profitability.