31 December 2012
US, France deploy troops to Central African Republic
By Patrick O’Connor, 31 December 2012
The intervention is part of a ratcheting up of imperialist military operations across Africa by Washington and its European allies.
Monti to lead coalition in Italian election
By Alex Lantier, 31 December 2012
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has announced plans to lead an electoral coalition based on a pro-austerity “Agenda Monti for Italy.”
UK High Court rejects inquiry into British role in Pakistan drone strikes
By Robert Stevens, 31 December 2012
The High Court in London has rejected a request for a judicial inquiry into the alleged role of the UK’s GCHQ spying operation in aiding drone strikes by the US in Pakistan.
Anti-Semitic outburst in the Hungarian parliament
By Markus Salzmann, 31 December 2012
The latest anti-Semitic outburst by the deputy chair of the far-right Jobbik party marks a further rightward turn in Hungarian politics.
Australian government rejects refugee protest letter
By Mike Head, 31 December 2012
At least 155 people, including about 30 children, are now detained on Manus Island, with many housed in tents and shipping containers.
Canada’s native peoples protest chronic poverty and government attacks
By Carl Bronski, 31 December 2012
A groundswell of protests has emerged against poverty and government measures aimed at opening up native people’s lands to capitalist resource-extraction.
Homelessness soars among US Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans
By Shannon Jones, 31 December 2012
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) estimates that 62,619 veterans are homeless on a given night.
Fear of food scarcity hits US capital, outlying suburbs
By Nick Barrickman, 31 December 2012
In the areas surrounding Washington DC, students qualifying for free or subsidized meals face a difficult period ahead.
Cyclone Evan causes serious damage in Fiji
By Terry Cook, 31 December 2012
High winds flattened homes, destroyed farms, ruined crops, uprooted trees and tore down vital infrastructure.
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تحت شرايط امتناع عمومي، اخوان المسلمين مدعي پيروزي در رفراندوم شد
24 دسامبر 2012 يوهانس اشترن
در روز يكشنبه دور دوم و پاياني راي گيري در رابطه با پيش نويس قانون اساسي مصر در 17 استان باقي مانده اين كشور، از جمله در سومين شهر بزرگ مصر الجيزه، در شهرهاي كانال سوئز بندر سعيد، سوئز و اسماعيليه، استان منوفيه در دلتاي نيل و مناطق روستايي به مانند بحيره، كفر الشيخ، دمياط، المنيا، بني سويف و الفيوم، صورت گرفت. اين حزب در وب سايت خود به شكلي نيشدار به "همه ی مصريان" براي "نتايج اوليه سراسري 64 درصدي ` اري ́" تبريك گفت و ادعا كرد كه "تنها 36 درصد ظاهراً به قانون اساسي `نه ` گفتند". اين بيانيه از " مردان غيور نيروهاي مسلح و پليس كه امنيت روند انتخابات را با موفقيت تامين كردند" تشكر كرد.
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Les conflits monétaires vont s’intensifier en 2013
Par Nick Beams, 31 décembre 2012
Les politiques monétaires des grandes banques centrales du monde menacent maintenant de reproduire, sous une autre forme, les conflits de la Grande Dépression.
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Războaiele monetare se vor intesifica în 2013
De Nick Beams, 31 decembrie 2012
Politicile monetare ale băncilor centrale ale marilor puteri riscă să repete, într-o formă diferită, conflictele de pe vremea Marii Depresii.
Siria se confruntă cu o catastrofă umanitară
De Bill Van Auken, 31 decembrie 2012
După doi ani de escaladare a războiului civil din Siria, populaţia se confruntă cu o catastrofă umanitară.
SUA reutilizează războiul împotriva terorismului în lupta pentru Africa
De Bill Van Auken, 29 decembrie 2012
Anunţul Pentagonului referitor la formarea unei noi brigăzi în Africa este un indiciu clar că imperialismul SUA escaladează intervenţiile sale pe continent.
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Behind the “fiscal cliff” debate
Obama spearheads social counterrevolution
31 December 2012
In an interview broadcast Sunday, Obama embraced cuts in entitlement spending and the imposition of “sacrifices” on working people and the poor.
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Commentary
China’s red aristocracy
By John Chan, 31 December 2012
Economic and political power in China is concentrated in the hands of a tiny super-rich elite associated with the Communist Party.
White House, Congress extend police-state FISA law
29 December 2012
The Scottish Socialist Party and the financial oligarchy
By Steve James, 29 December 2012
This Week in History: December 31-January 6
25 years ago: Soviet regime proposes Afghan pullout
Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze arrived in Kabul on January 4, 1988 to meet with Afghan President Mohammad Najibullah.
50 years ago: Battle of Ap Bac in Vietnam War
On January 2 and 3, 1963, the National Liberation Front, or Viet Cong, as the American media termed it, won its first significant battle over US and South Vietnamese forces.
75 years ago: President Franklin Roosevelt delivers his fifth State of the Union
In the days leading up to President Franklin Roosevelt’s fifth State of the Union address, which he delivered on January 3, 1938, the press spoke of his plans to criticize big business.
100 years ago: Major powers sign loan agreement with China
On January 1, 1913, the “six powers”—Britain, the United States, Germany, France, Russia and Japan—reached a preliminary agreement with China, to establish a loan of 25 million pounds.
Arts Review
Best films of 2012
By David Walsh and Joanne Laurier, 29 December 2012
The general state of the film world presents a sharper contradiction than ever, as underlined by a number of recently released films and the critics’ reactions to them.
Favorite music of 2012
By Matthew Brennan and Hiram Lee, 29 December 2012
World Socialist Web Site music writers pick their favorite pop and jazz releases of 2012.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower: Growing up in the early 1990s
By David Walsh, 28 December 2012
Socialist Equality Party
25 years since Keerthi Balasuriya’s death
South Asia’s foremost Marxist of the second half of the 20th century
Part two
By Wije Dias, 28 December 2012
The second part of a two-part series about the political struggle waged for proletarian internationalism by the Sri Lankan RCL’s founding general secretary.
The enduring significance of the life and work of Comrade Keerthi Balasuriya
18 December 2012
In Memory of Keerthi Balasuriya
By David North, 18 December 2012
Sri Lankan SEP marks 25th anniversary of Keerthi Balasuriya’s death
By our correspondent, 19 December 2012
The Bankstown Fire
Australian state government imposes fire station shut-downs
By Mark Church, 29 December 2012
Workers Struggles
Tentative agreement reached as union calls off plans for US port strike
By Ed Hightower, 29 December 2012
Obituary
Robert Bork (1927-2012): Reactionary jurist and opponent of equality
By Patrick Martin, 24 December 2012
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