25 June 2009

US drone strike kills 80 Pakistanis

By Tom Eley, 25 June 2009

A US drone on Tuesday fired missiles into a funeral gathering in the Pakistani region of South Waziristan, killing as many as 80 people and maiming dozens more.

Record bonuses at bailed-out US banks

By Andre Damon, 25 June 2009

Executives at Goldman Sachs were told last week that they could expect to receive their highest-ever bonuses this year.

Rejection of California budget sets stage for even larger spending cuts

By Kevin Martinez and Joe Kishore, 25 June 2009

The California legislature failed to pass an austerity budget on Wednesday that includes $11 billion in cuts, setting the stage for even more draconian measures.

US: State budget crises trigger layoffs, cuts in social programs

By Tom Eley, 25 June 2009

State governments are facing unprecedented budget shortfalls as the fiscal year draws near its June 30 close.

China’s exports plunge further

By John Chan, 25 June 2009

The world’s second largest exporter, China, registered a record fall in exports of 26.4 percent in May from a year earlier.

German Left Party leader promotes reformist politics

By Peter Schwarz, 25 June 2009

The main concern at the latest congress of the Left Party in Berlin was to arrive at a compromise resolution capable of satisfying the various currents inside the party.

UK Conservatives form new rightist bloc in European parliament

By Ann Talbot, 25 June 2009

The UK Conservative Party has broken from the European Peoples Party grouping in the European Parliament to form a new bloc with a number of right-wing anti-federalist parties.

Australia: Former treasurer Peter Costello quits parliament

By Patrick O’Connor, 25 June 2009

A “man of the boom”, Peter Costello has stepped aside just as a new social and political period has erupted, with the full impact of the world capitalist breakdown beginning to be felt in Australia.

Canada: Dziekanski inquiry derailed by new evidence of police wrongdoing

By Carl Bronski, 25 June 2009

The public inquiry into the tasering to death of Robert Dziekanski by four members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police was abruptly suspended last Friday after new evidence of police wrongdoing came to light.

New Zealand budget imposes austerity measures as recession deepens

By Tom Peters, 25 June 2009

New Zealand’s National-led government is implementing austerity measures designed to placate big business and impose the burden of the economic crisis on the working class.

New in Persian

برای قدرت گیری کارگران و ایرانی سوسیالیستی

پیتر سیموندز
۱۷ ژوئن ۲۰۰۹

بحران سیاسی در حال گسترش در ایران مسائل بنیادینی را برای طبقه ی کارگر مطرح می کند. نتیجه ی انتخابات ریاست جمهوری در جمعه ی هفته ی گذشته شکاف عمیقی را در رژیم مذهبی کشور میان هواداران محمود احمدی نژاد و هواداران رقیب اصلی او میرحسین موسوی بر ملا کرده است.

New in German

Die Aufgaben der iranischen Arbeiterklasse

Von Peter Symonds, 25. Juni 2009

In der Krise rücken die kleinbürgerlichen linken Tendenzen in Europa und den Vereinigten Staaten an die Seite ihrer jeweiligen Regierung und unterstützen deren Feldzug im Iran für einen Sieg des Mussawi-Lagers.

Bundestag beschließt Einstieg in die Internet-Zensur

Von Andreas Kunstmann, 25. Juni 2009

Mit der Verabschiedung des Zugangserschwerungsgesetzes hat der Bundestag die gesetzliche Voraussetzung für den Aufbau einer Technik und Infrastruktur geschaffen, die den Staat befähigt, missliebige Inhalte oder unerwünschte Meinungen im Internet zu zensieren.

New in Russian

За социалистическую, а не “цветную” революцию в Иране

Питер Саймондс, 25 июня 2009 г.

Протесты, прошедшие в Тегеране на прошлых выходных, наглядно продемонстрировали ограниченный характер социальной базы политических оппонентов, выступающих против доминирующей фракции иранского клерикального режима. Оппозиционное движение не только не смогло привлечь на свою сторону широкие массы трудящихся, но и заметно ослабело.

New in French

La tâche de la classe ouvrière iranienne

Par Peter Symonds, 25 juin 2009

Après les élections présidentielles en Iran, une fissure profonde est apparue au sein de l’élite dirigeante. Ni Mir Hossein Moussavi, ni Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ne représente les intérêts de la classe ouvrière. Tous deux défendent l’actuel Etat théocratique et ont une longue histoire de répression sanglante contre la population laborieuse.

Besancenot et le NPA soutiennent la politique de Sarkozy sur les élections en Iran

Par Peter Schwarz, 25 juin 2009

La réaction du Nouveau Parti anticapitaliste (NPA) aux derniers événements survenus en Iran expose l'opportunisme de ce parti au grand jour.

New in Spanish

Obama en El Cairo Una nueva cara para el imperialismo

Por Patrick Martin, 25 Junio 2009

El discurso pronunciado por el Presidente estadounidense Barack Obama, ayer, en El Cairo, estuvo plagado de contradicciones.

12 millones de niños en Estados Unidos se enfrentan al hambre y a la inseguridad alimentaria

Por Naomi Spencer, 25 Junio 2009

Según un informe de la organización en defensa de un banco de alimentos Feeding America [Alimentar América], más de 12 millones de niños están amenazados con el riesgo de una alimentación no adecuada y de hambre en Estados Unidos.

Perspective

International issues in the Iranian crisis

25 June 2009

President Obama’s declaration, in his June 23 press conference, that he was “appalled and outraged” by the Iranian government’s reaction to protests over Iran’s presidential election results represents an escalation of US pressure on the clerical regime in Tehran.

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Socialist Equality Party

Election meeting in Southwest Detroit
Stop the shutdown of Detroit! A socialist response to the economic crisis

25 June 2009

The Socialist Equality Party candidate for Detroit mayor, D’Artagnan Collier, will speak at an election meeting on Wednesday, July 1, on the socialist response to the economic crisis.

Workers Struggles

Striking Toronto city workers: management is “after everything”

By a WSWS reporting team, 25 June 2009

Twenty-four thousand City of Toronto inside and outside workers are resisting a concerted drive on the part of the economic and political elite of Canada’s wealthiest city to impose major contract concessions.

Municipal workers resist concession demands in Windsor, Ontario

By Jerry White, 25 June 2009

Eighteen hundred city workers in Windsor, Ontario, have entered their 11th week on strike.

Britain: Nationwide strike continues in defence of sacked refinery workers

By Robert Stevens, 25 June 2009

Sacked contract workers employed at the Lindsey Oil Refinery (LOR) in Lincolnshire, England, continued their strike action and protests this week.

Britain: Barnsley College lecturers protest threat of redundancies

By our reporters, 25 June 2009

The local branch University and College Union in Barnsley called a demonstration June 20 to oppose the threat by management to make 53 lecturers redundant.

Arts review

An interview with He Jianjun, director of River PeopleRiver People

San Francisco International Film Festival 2009
An interview with He Jianjun, director of River People

By David Walsh, 25 June 2009

He Jianjun’s River People from China is a serious and honest work about young fishermen on the Yellow River. The film depicts a harsh, almost entirely joyless existence. The WSWS conducted an e-mail interview with He.

Correspondence

Letters from our readers

25 June 2009

A selection of recent letters sent to the World Socialist Web Site.

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