11 December 2012
UAW provides Obama a platform for his austerity assault on workers
By Jerry White, 11 December 2012
President Obama gave a speech at a suburban Detroit auto factory Monday afternoon, enlisting the support of the United Auto Workers union for his attack on basic social programs.
Italian Prime Minister Monti resigns
By Peter Schwarz, 11 December 2012
Monti resigned for tactical reasons. He is attempting to secure a long-term and stable parliamentary majority for his increasingly unpopular austerity measures.
Croatian war criminals released after appeal by Western military chiefs
By Paul Mitchell, 11 December 2012
The International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia Appeals Court overturned the convictions of Croatian general Ante Gotovina and Assistant Interior Minister Mladen Markac.
Doha climate summit concludes without agreement on emission reductions
By Patrick O’Connor, 11 December 2012
The failure of the conference was anticipated by everyone involved and met with widespread indifference on the part of the international media.
Sri Lanka: Parliamentary panel backs impeachment of chief justice
By K. Ratnayake, 11 December 2012
The rift between the government and the judiciary reflects a hostility among sections of the capitalist elite to the concentration of power in the hands of President Rajapakse.
Irish budget deepens misery for working people
By Jordan Shilton, 11 December 2012
Ireland’s sixth austerity budget in less than five years will intensify the attacks on working people.
The extortionate operations of NML Capital
By Ernst Wolff, 11 December 2012
A New York court ordered Argentina to settle debts totalling $1.33 billion with hedge fund NML Capital by December 15.
WikiLeaks editor denounces mass internet surveillance and US attacks on democratic rights
By Richard Phillips, 11 December 2012
Julian Assange brushes aside provocative questions by CNN television journalist to promote new book on global internet surveillance and mass spying operations.
Obama inauguration to allow unlimited corporate donations
By Andre Damon, 11 December 2012
In a reversal of its 2009 policy, the Obama administration announced Friday that it will put no limits on corporate donations to finance its second inauguration.
Patriot Coal to end mountaintop removal mining in West Virginia
By Clement Daly, 11 December 2012
Patriot Coal has announced it will phase out its mountaintop removal coal mining operations as part of a $440 million settlement with environmental groups.
New in Persian
آتش اعتراضات بر عليه ديكتاتوري اسلامي در سراسر مصر شعله ور شد
8 دسامبر 2012 يوهانس اشترن
اعتراضات تودهاي عليه حكومت اسلام گرا اخوان المسلمين و چنگ اندازي محمد مرسي رئيس جمهور تحت حمايه آمريكا به قدرت مستبدانه، روز گذشته در سراسر مصر شعله ور شد.
راه حركت به جلو در مصر
26 نوامبر 2012 يوهانس اشترن
فرمان قانون اساسي توسط رئيس جمهور مصر، محمد مرسي، طبقهی كارگر را با سوالات اساسي در ارتباط با چشم انداز سياسي مواجه ميكند. طبق اين فرمان، مرسي تمام قدرت مقننه، قانون اساسي، مجريه و قضائي را در دست خود متمركز ميكند.
New in French
Le « mur fiscal » et le démantèlement de Medicare
Par Kate Randall, 11 décembre 2012
L’introduction d’un contrôle des ressources pour Medicare signifie que l'on transforme un programme de santé universel en un programme de pauvreté dont la première étape est de le priver de toute subvention pour aboutir finalement à son démantèlement.
New in Romanian
Alegerile din Japonia sunt prinse în naţionalism şi militarism
De Peter Symonds, 11 decembrie 2012
Campania pentru alegerile din 16 decembrie din Japonia a marcat virajul profund al întregii clase politice înspre naţionalism şi militarism.
New in German
Wahlen in Japan geprägt von Nationalismus und Militarismus
Von Peter Symonds, 11. Dezember 2012
Der Rechtsruck in der japanischen Politik muss der Arbeiterklasse eine Warnung vor den Gefahren sein, die durch den Zusammenbruch des Weltkapitalismus auf sie zukommen,
Italiens Premier Monti tritt zurück
Von Peter Schwarz, 11. Dezember 2012
Montis Rücktritt hat taktische Gründe. Er versucht so, für seine zunehmend unpopuläre Sparpolitik langfristig eine stabile parlamentarische Mehrheit zu schaffen.
Opel-Werk in Bochum wird stillgelegt
Von Dietmar Henning, 11. Dezember 2012
In einer nunmehr seit acht Jahren laufenden Auseinandersetzung haben Opel-Vorstand und Betriebsratschef Einenkel die Belegschaft zermürbt und per Salamitaktik dem endgültigen Aus entgegengeführt.
Pläne für Bankenunion scheitern an innereuropäischen Konflikten
Von Stefan Steinberg, 11. Dezember 2012
Am Dienstag scheiterten die Gespräche zwischen den EU-Finanzministern über die Gründung einer Bankenunion für die Eurozone
Immer mehr Beweise für geplante US-Intervention in Syrien
Von Chris Marsden, 11. Dezember 2012
Die unbewiesenen Anschuldigungen gegen Syrien, es plane den Einsatz von Chemiewaffen, sind ein durchsichtiger Vorwand für einen Angriffskrieg.
Russland beginnt mit dem Bau der Pipeline South Stream
Von Clara Weiss, 11. Dezember 2012
South Stream soll die Monopolstellung der Ukraine als Gastransitland untergraben und sicherstellen, dass die EU ihr Gas weiterhin zu einem großen Teil über Russland bezieht.
Perspective
The political economy of the Spanish bank bailout
11 December 2012
The initial measures are widely regarded as the prelude to a full-scale bailout of the Spanish state and the establishment of a financial dictatorship of the kind now in place in Greece.
Workers Struggles
For an independent political struggle by the working class
No to Michigan’s ‘right-to-work’ legislation
Statement of Socialist Equality Party, 10 December 2012
The Michigan right-to-work bill is a fundamental attack on the right of the working class to resist attacks on jobs, wages and living conditions.
Workers Struggles: The Americas
12 December 2012
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
Commentary
The “fiscal cliff” and the dismantling of Medicare
By Kate Randall, 10 December 2012
Mursi calls on military in Egypt crisis
By Patrick Martin, 10 December 2012
As American commanders target Afghan children
Karzai offers immunity for continued US occupation
By Bill Van Auken, 10 December 2012
Japanese election mired in nationalism and militarism
By Peter Symonds, 8 December 2012
The American establishment and the British royal pregnancy
By David Walsh, 7 December 2012
Arts Review
Jazz musician Dave Brubeck dies at 91
By Hiram Lee, 10 December 2012
A significant figure in postwar American culture, Brubeck's classic 1959 album Time Out sold a million copies, the first jazz album to hold that distinction.
Elliott Carter (1908-2012) and the crisis of contemporary music
By Fred Mazelis, 6 December 2012
American composer Elliott Carter reflected the trajectory of Western classical music in the past century.
Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln and the historical drama of the Civil War
By Tom Mackaman, 12 November 2012
Auto Workers Struggles
Defend auto workers victimised by Maruti Suzuki and Indian authorities
By the World Socialist Web Site, 6 December 2012
Behind the UAW’s “support” for the Maruti Suzuki workers
By Jerry White, 5 December 2012
More on the struggle in auto »
This Week in History: December 10-16
25 years ago: GM permanently shuts down first sit-down strike plant
The plant where the great Flint sit-down strike of 1936-37 began was permanently shut down on December 10, 1987.
50 years ago: Mariner 2 transmits from Venus
On December 14, 1962, the NASA probe Mariner 2 became the first spacecraft to transmit from another planet back to Earth.
75 years ago: Tensions exacerbated by Japanese sinking of USS Panay
The American river gunboat the USS Panay was sunk by Japanese bombers in China on the Yangtze river on December 12, 1937.
100 years ago: Peace talks on Balkan War commence in London
On December 16, 1912, peace talks on the ongoing Balkan War began in London, convened under the auspices of the major European powers.
Mehring Books
Now available from Mehring Books: Russian Revolutionary Posters by David King
29 November 2012
Mehring Books is proud to offer for sale a new book, Russian Revolutionary Posters: From Civil War to Socialist Realism, From Bolshevism to the End of Stalinism by David King (Tate Publishing).
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