4 February 2013
Munich Security Conference endorses US call for expansion of neo-colonial wars
By Christoph Dreier, 4 February 2013
The tone was set by US Vice President Joseph Biden, who delivered a bellicose speech singling out as targets of US and NATO aggression nations ranging from Syria, Iran and Yemen to Somalia, Mali and the rest of North Africa.
Further cave-in by Obama on contraceptives
By Kate Randall, 4 February 2013
The Obama administration has caved in once again to religious critics on requirements that employers provide their employees with free access to contraceptives as part of their health insurance packages.
Record unemployment adds to Spain’s social crisis
By Michael Gardner and Paul Mitchell, 4 February 2013
Six million workers are now unemployed in Spain, a huge increase on the 1.7 million unemployed in 2007.
Germany: A new capitulation by the IG Metall union to Opel management
By Philipp Frisch, 4 February 2013
IG Metall union functionaries are betraying workers for the sake of their own advancement on Opel’s management board.
Murder charges dropped in Pakistani factory fire
By Sampath Perera, 4 February 2013
The dangerous working conditions in the Ali Enterprises garment factories are the norm across Pakistan and in neighbouring countries competing for export orders and foreign investment.
UK prime minister boasts of “busting open” state education
By Julie Hyland, 4 February 2013
The UK Conservative/Liberal government is pushing ahead with the privatisation of state education.
UK Conservatives and Lib Dems open for business
By Barry Mason, 4 February 2013
The UK’s coalition government is expanding its “strategic relations”, giving selected multinational companies direct access to ministers.
Detroit to close 51 parks
By Shannon Jones, 4 February 2013
The cuts to parks are just the latest in a series of attacks on jobs and basic services such as firefighting, street lighting and bus transportation.
Australian union ramps up nationalist campaign against guest workers
By Terry Cook, 4 February 2013
The CFMEU is making “foreign” workers the scapegoat for the massive job destruction that has taken place under the Labor government, with union support.
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Il y a quatre-vingt ans, Hitler prenait le pouvoir
Par Peter Schwarz, 4 février 2013
Léon Trotsky tira de la défaite désastreuse de la classe ouvrière allemande en 1933 des conclusions d’une grande portée
La bulle boursière
Par Andre Damon, 4 février 2013
Au cours de la cinquième année de marasme économique et dans le contexte du pire ralentissement mondial depuis 2008, les marchés boursiers mondiaux sont en train d’enregistrer leur plus rapide essor depuis la fin des années 1990.
Une manne financière pour les compagnies automobiles américaines
Par Jerry White, 4 février 2013
Les profits de plusieurs milliards de dollars annoncés par Chrysler et Ford sont en premier lieu le résultat d’une réduction des coûts du travail et de l’augmentation de l’exploitation des travailleurs de l’automobile.
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Il costo umano dell'austerità in Italia
Di Paul Bond, 4 febbraio 2013
La corsa alle elezioni politiche italiane del prossimo mese è dominata dalla discussione sulla messa in opera di ulteriori misure di austerità.
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Fuego casero mata a infante de nueve meses de edad
Por Dyne Brian y Porter Larry, 4 Febrero 2013
Fuego casero acaba con la vida de una bebé de nueve meses de edad bajo condiciones sociales deplorables.
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Optzeci de ani de la preluarea puterii de către Hitler
De Peter Schwarz, 4 februarie 2013
Cu optzeci de ani în urmă, pe 30 ianuarie 1933, președintele Paul von Hindenburg l-a numit pe liderul naziştilor, Adolf Hitler, drept cancelarul Germaniei. În următorii doisprezece ani, regimul lui Hitler a comis crime la care omenirea nu mai asistase niciodată până atunci.
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White House zeros in on Medicare
4 February 2013
Both President Obama and a top economic adviser said this week that the administration would propose significant cuts in Medicare.
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The way forward for the New York City school bus strikers
By Socialist Equality Party, 4 February 2013
The SEP is calling for the formation of rank-and-file committees made up of school bus workers as well as parents, teachers and other workers to defend the strikers and oppose the assault on public education.
“Bloomberg is the number one criminal”
Striking New York City school bus workers speak out
By our reporters, 4 February 2013
Over the weekend, World Socialist Web Site reporters spoke to striking bus workers throughout New York City.
Alabama school bus driver shot and killed while defending schoolchildren
By Fred Mazelis, 2 February 2013
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This Week in History: February 4-10
25 years ago: Forty-year sentence for striking coal miners
On February 4, 1988, four Kentucky miners, victims of one of the most blatant frame-ups ever orchestrated by the federal government against workers, were sentenced.
50 years ago: Ba’ath Party launches Iraq bloodbath with CIA backing
On February 8, 1963, the Iraqi wing of the pan-Arabist Ba’ath Party launched a coup that brought down the government of Prime Minister Abd al-Karim Qasim.
75 years ago: Italian Fascist government introduces anti-Semitic policies
On February 7, 1938, the Italian fascist regime of Benito Mussolini put in place a spate of new anti-Semitic laws.
100 years ago: Protests force resignation of Japanese prime minister
On February 4, 1913, the government of Prime Minister Katsura Tarō was censured by Japan’s Diet, its bicameral legislature, after mass protests broke out.
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By Peter Schwarz, 2 February 2013
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By Vilani Peiris and Sarath Kumara, 2 February 2013
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By Barry Grey, 2 February 2013
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By Andre Damon, 1 February 2013
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Sri Lankan SEP to mark 25th anniversary of Keerthi Balasuriya’s death
By the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka),
The memorial meeting to be held February 10 will discuss Keerthi Balasuriya’s political and theoretical contribution to the struggle for socialist internationalism and its significance for the working class today.
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By Arun Kumar and Kranti Kumara, 2 February 2013
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By Richard Duckworth, 1 February 2013
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