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One week to Election Day in America: The real choice for workers
By Andre Damon, 30 October 2012
As the 2012 presidential election campaign heads toward its ignominious conclusion, the right-wing and anti-democratic character of the entire process is becoming ever more clear.
South Korean unions enforce new auto productivity benchmarks
By Ben McGrath, 30 October 2012
The union sell-out of the campaign by auto workers will create more onerous working conditions.
The rise of separatist agitation in Europe
By Chris Marsden, 30 October 2012
The growth of separatist movements throughout Europe is a retrograde development that cuts across the critical struggle to unite the working class in opposition to the social counterrevolution being carried out under the auspices of the European Union.
US third party debate presents no alternative for working class
By Eric London, 30 October 2012
Four candidates met in Chicago last Tuesday for what was billed as the first Third Party Presidential Debate.
Massive hurricane hits Northeastern US
By Fred Mazelis, 30 October 2012
Hurricane Sandy brought deadly winds, rain and storm surges to an area of 60 million people.
Poverty, hunger and inequality grow in Spain
By Alejandro López, 30 October 2012
The European recession has increased suffering among the Spanish people.
Lufthansa pushes ahead with job cuts
By Ernst Wolff, 30 October 2012
Lufthansa management has announced details of its plan to outsource and cut jobs.
Fighting erupts between Western-backed “rebels” and Syrian Kurds
By Bill Van Auken, 30 October 2012
Fierce fighting erupted between Western-backed insurgents and Kurds in Syria amid growing threats of a Turkish intervention.
Egyptian Revolutionary Socialists ally with Sawiris tycoon, ex-Mubarak officials
By Johannes Stern, 30 October 2012
The misnamed Revolutionary Socialists have established a de facto alliance with members of Egypt’s financial aristocracy and elements of the old Mubarak-regime.
Australian government pledges further pro-business industrial relations reform
By Terry Cook, 30 October 2012
Australian unions have endorsed Labor’s planned changes to industrial relations laws that undermine workplace protections.