World News
US Congress opens under Democratic control
By Patrick Martin, January 7, 2009
The 111th Congress opened Tuesday with the Democratic Party in firm control of both houses.
European diplomacy in Gaza crisis prepares trap for Palestinians
By Peter Schwarz, January 7, 2009
Unlike the United States, which has given its unconditional backing to Israel and opposed all cease-fire proposals following Israel's onslaught on the Gaza Strip, Europe has undertaken a series of dip...
Worldwide protest against Israeli violence in Gaza
By David Walsh, January 7, 2009
Widespread revulsion against the murderous Israeli assault on the Gazan population has sparked protest on every continent. Hundreds of demonstrations have taken place in cities large and small.
Sri Lanka: SEP and ISSE public meeting to launch provincial election campaign
January 7, 2009
The Socialist Equality Party (SEP), the Sri Lankan section of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI), is contesting two provincial council elections scheduled to be held on Feb...
General Motors cashes in on Australian car industry fund
By Terry Cook, January 7, 2009
The Labor government will give General Motors Holden $149 million from its $1.3 billion “Green Car Innovation Fund”. Despite the government’s grandiose claims, its auto industry assistance packa...
France: Sarkozy moves to control public television
By Olivier Laurent, January 7, 2009
President Nicolas Sarkozy’s plans to strengthen his control over French public television are being put into action.
Germany: Open questions in the stabbing of police chief in Bavaria
By Markus Salzmann, January 7, 2009
While it is well established that the German police and intelligence services have a significant number of agents in right-wing extremist groups, the perpetrator and his accomplices in the stabbing of...
Obama stimulus plan to include major corporate tax cuts
By Jerry White, January 6, 2009
US president-elect Barack Obama announced on Monday that he favors an economic “stimulus” plan of about $775 billion, a large proportion of which will consist in corporate tax cuts.
Israel spreads death and destruction as it advances into Gaza
By Barry Grey, January 6, 2009
The toll of Palestinians killed and wounded continues to rise rapidly as Israel intensifies its combined air and ground assault on the largely defenseless and starved Gaza Strip.
Adam Haig responds to Alex Steiner’s burst of outrage
January 6, 2009
ICFI supporter Adam Haig responds to Alex Steiner’s frustration over his principled Marxist critique of the Steiner-Brenner embrace of the reactionary critical theorist Herbert Marcuse of the Frankf...
US: New reports of police spying on activist groups
By Hiram Lee, January 6, 2009
New reports detail the activities of an FBI informant during the 2008 Republican National Convention and the police infiltration of activist groups in the Maryland area.
Rwanda: Perpetrators of genocide jailed
By Linda Slattery, January 6, 2009
The International Criminal Tribunal to investigate the genocide that took place in Rwanda in 1994 against the minority Tutsis has passed a sentence of life imprisonment against General Theoneste Bagas...
