20 June 2009

Iran’s supreme leader sets stage for confrontation

By Peter Symonds, 20 June 2009

With an uncompromising speech at Friday’s prayers, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has set the stage for a potentially bloody confrontation with opposition leaders demanding a re-run of last week’s presidential election.

More than 1 billion people hungry worldwide in 2009

By Joe Kishore, 20 June 2009

Humanity will achieve the dubious distinction this year of having more than 1 billion members of its species living in hunger for the first time in history.

US Congress approves another $80 billion for Iraq, Afghanistan wars

By Patrick Martin, 20 June 2009

The latest supplemental appropriation bill to fund US military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan received final passage by the House of Representatives on Tuesday and by the Senate on Thursday.

“It’s going to be an absolute bloodbath”
Obama, Harper force bankruptcy on auto parts industry

By Tom Eley, 20 June 2009

The Obama Auto Task Force has followed the Canadian government’s decision to turn down assistance to the auto parts industry. The resulting collapse will result in tens of thousands of layoffs in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Ontario.

Sri Lankan Tamil detainees still held in terrible conditions

By Sarath Kumara, 20 June 2009

Despite legal challenges by detainees and expressions of concern by UN and international aid agencies about growing dangers of disease, the Sri Lankan government is continuing to hold nearly 300,000 Tamil civilians in over-crowded internment camps.

Britain: Young people bear brunt of rising unemployment

By Robert Stevens, 20 June 2009

Unemployment in Britain rose last month to the highest level since November 1996.

Canada: Cover-up of RCMP murder of immigrant worker unravels

By Jack Miller and Keith Jones, 20 June 2009

The British Columbia Supreme Court has ruled that a public inquiry into the police killing of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski has the legal authority to condemn the conduct of the four Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers implicated in his death by police taser.

Canada: RCMP tried to suppress video of fatal tasering of Dziekanski

By Jack Miller and Keith Jones, 20 June 2009

Had Vancouver International Airport authorities and the police had their way, the video recording that documents the police murder of Robert Dziekanski would never have become public knowledge.

California residents speak on the economic crisisCalifornia residents speak on the economic crisis

By Marc Wells, 20 June 2009

As the economic crisis in California grows, working people throughout the state are confronting increasingly dire conditions. Several recently spoke to the WSWS.

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Fraktionskampf in der herrschenden Elite des Iran wird schärfer

Von Peter Symonds, 20. Juni 2009

Im klerikalen Regime des Iran tobt weiterhin ein intensiver Fraktionskampf, während zehntausende Anhänger des unterlegenen Präsidentschaftskandidaten Mir Hussein Mussawi bereits den sechsten Tag hintereinander auf die Straße gehen und Neuwahlen fordern.

Krise im Iran:
Besancenots NPA im Fahrwasser von Sarkozys Außenpolitik

Von Peter Schwarz, 20. Juni 2009

Die Reaktion der NPA auf die Ereignisse im Iran zeigt, dass sie den oberen Mittelklassen, die das Rückgrat von Mussawis Protestbewegung bilden, weit näher steht als der Arbeiterklasse und den Armen, die Mussawi und seine reichen Hintermänner ebenso oder noch stärker verabscheuen als Ahmadinedschad.

Israel: Netanjahu lehnt Kompromiss mit Palästinensern ab

Von Jean Shaoul, 20. Juni 2009

Als Antwort auf Barack Obamas Rede in Kairo sagte Israels Premierminister Benjamin Netanjahu, seine Regierung sei an einer Übereinkunft mit den Palästinensern nicht interessiert.

New in French

La lutte de faction s’intensifie au sein de l’élite dirigeante iranienne

Par Peter Symonds, 20 juin 2009

Une lutte de faction tendue au sein du régime clérical de l’Iran s’est poursuivie alors que des dizaines de milliers de partisans du candidat à la présidence défait, Mir Hossein Mousavi, ont manifesté dans les rues de Téhéran pour une sixième journée consécutive, exigeant de nouvelles élections.

New in Spanish

La crisis económica mundial, el fracaso del capitalismo y la causa por el socialismo

20 Junio 2009

Tres conferencias regionales auspiciadas por el World Socialist Web Site (WSWS), el Partido Socialista por la Igualdad (PSI), y los Estudiantes Internacionales por la Igualdad Social (EIIS ) debatieron y adoptaron unánimemente la resolución que sigue más abajo.

New in Portuguese

Peru: grandes passeatas contra o governo García e o massacre na Amazônia

Por Luis Arce, 20 de junho de 2009

Uma onda de grandes passeatas e marchas varreu todo o Peru quinta-feira, dia 11, como repúdio popular ao recente massacre de índios amazônicos pelo governo.

Perspective

Britain: For a war crimes trial over Iraq invasion

20 June 2009

While Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced yet another inquiry into the Iraq war, what is called for is the convening of a war crimes tribunal against those who launched this unprovoked act of aggression.

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Science

DarwinMarx and Darwin: Two great revolutionary thinkers of the nineteenth century

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

By Chris Talbot, 20 June 2009

Marx and Engels immediately recognised the significance of Darwin’s theory when On the Origin of Species appeared 150 years ago, laying out a scientific conception of the process of historical evolution of the biological world.

Workers Struggles

Workers Struggles:
Asia, Australia and the Pacific

20 June 2009

The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.

Correspondence

Letters on Orson Welles

20 June 2009

A selection of recent letters sent to the World Socialist Web Site on Orson Welles, the blacklist, and Hollywood.

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