12 December 2012
Mass protests against referendum on Egyptian constitution
By Chris Marsden, 12 December 2012
Over 100,000 people demonstrated in Cairo yesterday against a December 15 referendum on an Islamist constitution that enshrines the authority of the military.
Michigan enacts right-to-work law
By Andre Damon and Jerry White, 12 December 2012
The inability of the UAW and other unions to mount any serious opposition to the anti-worker law reflects the political bankruptcy of these organizations and the erosion of support among workers for them.
Michigan protesters denounce right-to-work law
By a WSWS reporting team, 12 December 2012
Several thousand workers marched on the state capitol building in Lansing, Michigan Tuesday to protest the right-to-work law signed by Republican Governor Rick Snyder.
GM-Opel plant in Germany to be shut down
By Dietmar Henning, 12 December 2012
GM-Opel has announced the closure of the plant in Bochum, Germany.
Chinese leadership tries to revamp its corrupt image
By John Chan, 12 December 2012
The campaign seeks to dampen widespread public hostility to the regime’s endemic corruption and prepare the ground for a pro-market offensive.
Australia: Young people list economic issues as top concern
By Oliver Campbell, 12 December 2012
A survey points to growing social distress as the global economic crisis impacts on Australia.
New York: Continuing misery in Rockaways in aftermath of Hurricane Sandy
By Phillip Guelpa, 12 December 2012
Conditions in the Rockaways section of New York in the wake of the storm reveal the social reality that is otherwise ignored.
Hearing on Bradley Manning’s pre-trial confinement concludes
By Naomi Spencer, 12 December 2012
The 24-year-old Army private has been imprisoned for 928 days without trial.
Stockton, California: Bankruptcy judge poised to rule against workers
By Kevin Kearney, 12 December 2012
Bond insurers have filed a petition to force the city of Stockton to abrogate its pension obligations before filing for bankruptcy.
Conviction of Quebec student strike leader sets stage for broader attack on students’ rights
By Keith Jones, 12 December 2012
Workers and all those concerned with the defence of democratic rights should condemn the contempt-of-court conviction of Quebec student leader Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois.
Outburst of loyalist violence in Northern Ireland
By Steve James, 12 December 2012
Rioting followed a decision by Belfast City Council to restrict the number of days on which Britain’s Union flag flies over Belfast City Hall.
New in Spanish
El significado histórico de la crisis mundial
Por Nick Beams, 12 Diciembre 2012
La reducción en el pronóstico económico de la organización de 34 miembros para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económico es la última en una serie de advertencias de una recesión global.
New in French
L’économie politique du renflouement bancaire espagnol
Par Nick Beams, 12 décembre 2012
Les mesures initiales sont considérées par beaucoup comme étant le prélude à un sauvetage à grande échelle de l’Etat espagnol et à la mise en place d’une dictature financière du type de celle existant actuellement en Grèce.
Obama et Al-Qaïda
Par Bill Van Auken, 12 décembre 2012
Avec les États-Unis menaçant d'intervenir en Syrie au prétexte de contrer des armes chimiques, l'alliance des plus sinistre entre Washington et Al-Qaïda apparaît de plus en plus clairement.
Les élections japonaises s'embourbent dans le nationalisme et le militarisme
Par Peter Symonds, 12 décembre 2012
Ce virage à droite de la politique japonaise constitue un avertissement sur les dangers auxquels est confrontée la classe ouvrière en conséquence de l'aggravation de l'effondrement du capitalisme mondial.
Résolution 7: Il faut bâtir le PES!
Parti de l'égalité socialiste (Australie), 12 décembre 2012
Voici la dernière de sept résolutions adoptées à l’unanimité lors du premier congrès national du Parti de l’égalité socialiste (Australie) qui s’est tenu du 6 au 9 avril 2012 à Sydney.
New in Turkish
Mısır'daki krizde, Mursi orduya başvuruyor
Patrick Martin, 12 Kasım 2012
Mısır Devlet Başkanı Muhammed Mursi, [2 Aralık] Pazar günü, subaylara "kamu düzenini korumak" amacıyla tutuklamalar yapma yetkisi tanıyan bir kararname yayınladı. Polisi tamamlamak üzere orduya başvurulması, Mısır'daki siyasi kriz derinleşirken perde arkasında gerçekleşen gerici hazırlıkların bir belirtisidir.
İşçi sınıfının bağımsız bir siyasi mücadelesi için
Snyder'in "çalışma hakkı" yasasına hayır
Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi'nin (ABD) açıklaması, 12 Kasım 2012
Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi, Vali Snyder ve Cumhuriyetçiler tarafından eyalet meclisinden alelacele geçirilmekte olan "çalışma hakkı" yasasına karşı çıkmaktadır. Bu yasanın, yanıltıcı adına karşılık, işçilerin iş ve diğer haklarını garanti altına almakla hiçbir ilişkisi yoktur. Tersine, bu yasa, işçilerin işyerlerini, yaşam standartlarını ve çalışma koşullarını ortaklaşa savunma araçlarını ellerinden almaktadır.
New in German
Ägypten:
Mursi wendet sich ans Militär
Von Patrick Martin, 12. Dezember 2012
Offiziere der Armee haben die Vollmacht bekommen Zivilisten festzunehmen, um die "öffentliche Ordnung" zu bewahren.
IG-Metall-Chef von NRW wird Vorstand bei ThyssenKrupp
Von Dietmar Henning, 12. Dezember 2012
Der nordrhein-westfälische IG-Metall-Chef Oliver Burkhard übernimmt das Amt des Arbeitsdirektors und wird doppelter Einkommensmillionär.
Georgien: Verschärfte Auseinandersetzungen nach Parlamentswahl
Von Clara Weiss, 12. Dezember 2012
Die neue georgische Regierung unter Bidsina Iwanischwili hat begonnen, hochrangige Mitarbeiter von Präsident Saakaschwili zu verhaften.
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.
Perspective
Washington discovers terrorists in Syria
12 December 2012
In branding one of the principal anti-Assad militias as a terrorist organization, Washington is exposing the character of the US-backed war in Syria.
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.
Arts Review
The Central Park Five: A story of injustice
By Joanne Laurier, 12 December 2012
Directed and produced by renowned documentarian Ken Burns, daughter Sarah Burns and her husband David McMahon, The Central Park Five chronicles an infamous case in 1989.
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
Commentary
The political economy of the Spanish bank bailout
By Nick Beams, 11 December 2012
UAW provides Obama a platform for his austerity assault on workers
By Jerry White, 11 December 2012
Obama inauguration to allow unlimited corporate donations
By Andre Damon, 11 December 2012
The “fiscal cliff” and the dismantling of Medicare
By Kate Randall, 10 December 2012
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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