Perspectives
Police state bill passed to suppress Quebec student strike
By Keith Jones, May 21, 2012
As in Quebec, capitalist governments the world over are responding to mounting resistance to their class-war program with state repression, trampling on democratic rights and criminalizing working-class opposition.
A dangerous dispute in the South China Sea
By John Chan, May 19, 2012
What began as minor incident involving a warning by a Philippine ship to a Chinese fishing boat has escalated into a diplomatic row that risks military conflict.
Washington’s lethal intervention in Syria
By Bill Van Auken, May 18, 2012
While publicly insisting that it is only providing “non-lethal” aid to elements seeking the overthrow of the Assad regime in Syria, Washington is coordinating the shipment of arms into the country and working to expand the deadly conflict.
Greece and the global crisis of capitalism
By Chris Marsden, May 17, 2012
The crisis in Greece is an acute expression of a broader crisis of European and world capitalism.
The Obama campaign and “vampire” capitalists
By Patrick Martin, May 16, 2012
With staggering cynicism, the Obama campaign attacked Mitt Romney’s role at Bain Capital while raising funds from equally rapacious Wall Street sharks.
The JPMorgan debacle
By Andre Damon, Barry Grey, May 15, 2012
JPMorgan Chase’s $2 billion trading loss shows that nearly four years after the Wall Street crash of 2008, nothing has been done to rein in the speculative practices that led to the financial meltdown.
US intensifies confrontation with Iran
By Peter Symonds, May 14, 2012
If the Baghdad talks next week collapse, the danger of military conflict initiated by Israel or the US will rise dramatically.
Damascus terror bombing: Made in the USA
By Bill Van Auken, May 12, 2012
The devastating car bombs that slaughtered 55 people and left nearly 400 more wounded in Damascus Thursday mark a new stage in the criminal imperialist campaign for regime change in Syria.
Amid mass unemployment, corporate profits surge
By Andre Damon, May 11, 2012
The 500 biggest US corporations received a record-breaking $824 billion in profits last year, up 16 percent from 2010.
The political uses of the latest “terror plot”
By Bill Van Auken, May 10, 2012
The latest terror plot involving the CIA and a supposed Yemeni plot to bomb a passenger jet has been revealed, like so many of its domestic counterparts, as a product of the vast US intelligence apparatus itself.
Obama’s jobs program: A laundry list of corporate handouts
By Andre Damon, May 9, 2012
On Tuesday, US President Barack Obama made his first speech on economic policy since the official start of his reelection campaign, calling on Congress to enact a slew of corporate handouts in the name of “creating jobs.”
The European elections and the struggle against austerity
By Alex Lantier, May 8, 2012
The outcome of elections throughout Europe has demonstrated the deep popular opposition to austerity measures imposed by European and US finance capital.
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