21 November 2009
Obama leaves Asia empty-handed
By John Chan, 21 November 2009
South Korea, the final leg of Obama’s Asian trip, was no more successful that his other stops. Obama failed to make any advance toward a free-trade agreement between the two countries.
European Union selects president and foreign minister
By Stefan Steinberg, 21 November 2009
The nomination of political lightweights to the top posts in the European Union is primarily aimed at creating favourable conditions for European states, with France, Germany and Great Britain in the lead, to pursue their own nationalist agendas.
University protests continue in California
By Andrea Peters, 21 November 2009
Protests continued Friday at university campuses across California in opposition to a 32 percent hike in fees.
German government plans sweeping social attacks
By Peter Schwarz, 21 November 2009
The recent meeting at Schloss Merseburg between leading representatives of the parties in the German coalition government has set the stage for a redistribution of income and wealth from those at the bottom of society to those at the top.
Civil liberties attorney Lynne Stewart ordered to prison
By Peter Daniels, 21 November 2009
A three-judge panel of a US federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of civil liberties lawyer Lynne Stewart, convicted of assisting terrorism by transmitting the contents of a press statement by her client, cleric Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman.
New York City homeless population at an all-time high
By Sandy English and Ali Ismail, 21 November 2009
The number of homeless housed by the city is 11 percent more than last year and is the highest number of people seeking shelter on record, even before cold weather has started.
Interviews with homeless families in New York City
“There is no safe haven from the crisis”
By Sandy English and Ali Ismali, 21 November 2009
WSWS reporters went to an office run by New York City’s Department of Homeless Services in the Bronx.
New in German
Obamas Besuch in China
Von Barry Grey, 21. November 2009
Am Beginn seiner achttägigen Reise durch Asien erklärte sich Präsident Obama selbst zum "ersten pazifischen Präsidenten" und kündigte an, dass seine Reise den amerikanischen Führungsanspruch in der Region bekräftigen werde.
Obama verhindert Abkommen zum Klimaschutz
Von Stefan Steinberg, 21. November 2009
Am vergangenen Sonntag stimmte Obama auf dem APAC-Gipfel in Singapur einer Vereinbarung zu, die effective Beschlüsse gegen die Erderwärmung auf der Kopenhagener Klimakonferenz im Dezember praktisch blockiert.
Der australische Imperialismus, die Intervention in Osttimor im Jahr 1999 und die so genannte "Linke"
Von Patrick O’Connor, 21. November 2009
Im September war der zehnte Jahrestag der militärischen Intervention Australiens in Osttimor. Ebenfalls vor zehn Jahren organisierten bestimmte pseudo"linke" Gruppen Demonstrationen für den Einsatz des australischen Militärs. Sie erwiesen damit der Howard-Regierung und der herrschenden Elite Australiens einen wichtigen Dienst.
New in French
De tragédies à propagande pour la guerre
Par Bill Van Auken, 21 novembre 2009
Des deux côtés de l’Atlantique, les médias ont été recrutés dans une campagne cynique visant à transformer des tragédies causées par la guerre en Afghanistan en une justification pour l’escalade de cette guerre.
Perspective
Obama’s public education race to the bottom
21 November 2009
Recent days have seen an unlikely threesome promoting the Obama administration’s “Race to the Top” public schools initiative.
Commentary
Why are women being told to forgo cervical cancer screenings?
By Kate Randall, 21 November 2009
Only days after a government panel recommended cutting back screenings for breast cancer, another body has advised that women undergo less frequent screenings for cervical cancer, and begin them at a later age.
Cancer and class
19 November 2009
Monday’s recommendation by a US government panel that women under the age of 50 not undergo annual mammogram screenings should serve as a warning on the future of health care in America.
Royal Mail strike: Britain’s Socialist Party defends union capitulation
By Tony Robson, 21 November 2009
The Socialist Party has mounted a vociferous defence of the sellout of the national postal strike by the Communication Workers Union.
New fashions in Canadian politics: Guide for immigrants promotes the monarchy and the military
By Jack Miller, 21 November 2009
Canada’s new guide for prospective citizens no longer pretends that Canada is about social programs and saving the environment. Instead, it celebrates a land reigned over by a monarch and that possesses a tough, no-nonsense military.
Arts Review
A conversation with organizers of the Toronto film festival protest
The issues around the spotlight on Tel Aviv
By David Walsh, 21 November 2009
At the recent Toronto film festival, a number of film and video artists protested the event’s spotlight on Tel Aviv, accusing the festival of colluding with Israel’s “re-branding” effort. David Walsh spoke to some of the protest organizers.
An evaluation of Roman Polanski as an artist
By David Walsh, 20 November 2009
Filmmaker Roman Polanski remains in a Zurich jail cell, while his lawyers fight the efforts by US authorities to extradite him. The director has a half-century-long artistic career that needs to be assessed.
This Week in History: November 16-22
Stephanie Fae Beauclair, known to the world as "Baby Fae," dies on November 16, 1984, two weeks after an initially successful operation to replace her failing heart with that of a baboon.
Algeria's Tunisia-based rebel government on November 20, 1959 names five prisoners of France, including Mohammed Ben Bella, as envoys for peace discussions. French President Charles de Gaulle rejects the request.
With unemployment in the US at nearly 22 percent in 1934, the Roosevelt administration indicates its intention to expand major public works projects in order to provide jobs.
On November 18, 1909 the US administration of William Howard Taft sends war ships to the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua as it prepares to depose the regime of President José Santos Zelaya.
Workers Struggles
Workers Struggles:
Asia, Australia and the Pacific
21 November 2009
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
Correspondence
Letters from our readers
21 November 2009
A selection of recent letters sent to the World Socialist Web Site.
Videos and Images
Handful of jobs offered at Detroit jobs fair
Thousands line up for Swine Flu vaccine in Michigan
Ford workers speak on contract rejection
Ford workers speak out against concessions contract
50,000 line up for housing assistance in Detroit
ISSE members speak on education cuts at rally
Detroit residents speak on utility bills, social crisis
Michigan’s Oakland University faculty strike has student support
Detroit teachers denounce pay cuts
Detroit city workers oppose concessions, layoffs
Interviews at Los Angeles health care clinic
Workers continue Vestas occupation on Isle of Wight
A conversation with Windsor municipal workers
NYC workers speak against cuts in social services
Flint, Michigan and the bankruptcy of General Motors
GM workers on bankruptcy and plant closings
Michigan auto workers and families speak on plant closures
GM workers speak out on concessions contract
Protesting students and parents speak to the WSWS
Chrysler workers speak on concessions vote
UK Visteon workers speak on occupation
GM and Chrysler workers oppose more concessions
Chrysler workers oppose Obama auto plan
WSWS interviews G20 protesters in London
Pontiac residents speak on schools crisis
Workers interviewed at Detroit jobs fair
Ford workers: “Now the fight is with our own union.”
GM workers denounce concession demands 
Chrysler workers oppose pay cuts, concession demands
Over 100,000 demonstrate in London against Sri Lankan war
Funeral for Michigan man frozen following utility shut-off
Exposing Franco's mass graves
Bay City, Michigan residents speak on death from utility shut-off
WSWS interviews London protesters
London demonstrators protest Israeli assault on Gaza
Chrysler workers denounce pay cuts
The Writer and Revolution: A conversation with Trevor Griffiths
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- Obamas Besuch in China (21.11.2009)
- Obama verhindert Abkommen zum Klimaschutz (21.11.2009)
- Der australische Imperialismus, die Intervention in Osttimor im Jahr 1999 und die so genannte "Linke" (21.11.2009)
- Krebs und Klassengesellschaft (20.11.2009)
- Schwarz-Gelb nimmt Kurs auf sozialen Kahlschlag (20.11.2009)
- Der amerikanisch-chinesische Gipfel beleuchtet scharfe Gegensätze (19.11.2009)
- Großbritannien: Der Cambridge-Report (19.11.2009)
Eine vernichtende Widerlegung der Lügen Labours über den Zustand des Bildungswesens - PSG-Veranstaltung in Leipzig
Zwanzig Jahre seit dem Mauerfall (19.11.2009) - Schüler und Studenten protestieren in ganz Deutschland (18.11.2009)
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- De tragédies à propagande pour la guerre (21.11.2009)
- La chute du Mur de Berlin (20.11.2009)
- France : les affaires que le procès Clearstream tente de passer sous silence (19.11.2009)
- Le procès Clearstream : un conflit au sein de la bourgeoisie française (18.11.2009)
- Vingt ans depuis la chute du Mur de Berlin
Déclaration du Bund Sozialistischer Arbeiter, 18 octobre 1989 Troisième partie (18.11.2009) - Deuxième Conférence de l’université d’été 2007 du SEP (USA)
« Le socialisme dans un seul pays » et les débats sur l'économie soviétique des années 1920 — Deuxième partie (17.11.2009) - Deuxième conférence de l’université d’été 2007 du SEP (USA)
« Le socialisme dans un seul pays » et les débats sur l'économie soviétique des années 1920 — Première partie (16.11.2009) - Un sondage de la BBC révèle une désaffection généralisée à l’égard du capitalisme (14.11.2009)
- Vingt ans depuis la chute du Mur de Berlin
Déclaration du Bund Sozialistischer Arbeiter, 18 octobre 1989 – Deuxième partie (14.11.2009) - Vingt ans depuis la chute du Mur de Berlin
Déclaration du Bund Sozialistischer Arbeiter, 18 octobre 1989 – Première partie (13.11.2009)
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- Se le niega fianza a Roman Polanski mientras la prensa sigue con la histeria (09.10.2009)
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Establecer clubes del EIIS en las universidades y las escuelas o liceos (07.10.2009) - Lecciones para la clase trabajadora sesenta años después de la Revolución China (06.10.2009)
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- Seção pablista da Austrália prepara dissolução similar à da LCR (17.11.2009)
- Após trabalhadores derrotarem sindicato conciliador
Ford dos EUA relata US$ 1 bilhão em lucros no terceiro trimestre (11.11.2009) - Um ano desde a eleição de Barack Obama (10.11.2009)
- Taxa oficial de desemprego nos EUA atinge o maior nível em 26 anos (10.11.2009)
- A reforma financeira (burguesa) de Obama (05.11.2009)
- Carteiros britânicos realizam greve nacional (05.11.2009)
- Washington pressiona por acordo com golpistas em Honduras (03.11.2009)
- Irã faz concessão significativa para desarmar acordo nuclear (03.11.2009)
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- Pressão dos EUA cresce nas negociações com o Irã em Viena (20.10.2009)
- A Desvalorização do dólar e a classe trabalhadora (20.10.2009)
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- SEP (Almanya) yürütmekte olduğu seçim kampanyası için uluslararası destek çağrısı yapıyor (17.09.2009)
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David North tarafından verilmiş bir konferans - Dünya ekonomik krizi, kapitalizmin başarısızlığı ve sosyalizmin gerekliliği (13.06.2009)
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