21 October 2009

As unemployment and poverty rise
Obama turns to the financial elite for campaign cash

By Bill Van Auken, 21 October 2009

Under conditions of deepening social misery throughout the US, President Barack Obama came to New York Tuesday to raise millions of dollars in campaign cash from America’s financial elite.

One in six Americans in poverty in 2008

By Tom Eley, 21 October 2009

A revised analysis of 2008 US census data shows that nearly 50 million Americans, 15.8 percent of the population, lived in poverty.

Reports of indiscriminate bombing in South Waziristan

By James Cogan, 21 October 2009

Civilians seeking to escape are being forced to walk out of the war zone under constant threat of attack.

France: New Anti-capitalist Party tries to channel worker discontent with the unions

By Anthony Torres and Alex Lantier, 21 October 2009

Inside the NPA, whose leadership refuses to make any criticism of the CGT union, the Prometheus Collective and Clear Tendency factions are trying to provide a cover for the party under conditions of widespread discontent of workers with the unions.

Roman Polanski refused bail by Swiss court

By Hiram Lee, 21 October 2009

The Federal Criminal Court of Switzerland has refused to release filmmaker Roman Polanski on bail.

Britain: Thousands of jobs threatened in higher and further education

By Robert Stevens, 21 October 2009

Thousands of job cuts are being implemented at higher and further education institutions throughout the UK.

Michigan governor slashes $54 million more from school funding

By Tom Eley, 21 October 2009

Michigan Governor Jennnifer Granholm on Monday vetoed another $54 million from public school funding, targeting school districts in metropolitan Detroit, and signed into law a statewide funding cut of $165 per student.

Australian government prosecutors suffer significant blow in Moti case

By Patrick O’Connor, 21 October 2009

Justice Mullins concluded that the police and prosecution’s failure to disclose all the relevant documents on time meant that defence’s cross examination of the prosecution’s witnesses could not proceed this week.

New in German

"Obamas Krieg": Ein Einblick in das US-Debakel in Afghanistan

Von Bill Van Auken, 21. Oktober 2009

In seinem ersten Dokumentarfilm dieser Spielzeit setzte sich das "Frontline"-Programm zum Ziel, die Krise zu untersuchen, in die die US-Intervention in Afghanistan geraten ist.

Aus für Quelle kostet 7.000 Arbeitsplätze

Von Peter Schwarz, 21. Oktober 2009

Die angebliche Rettung von Quelle durch die Bundesregierung diente nur dazu, die Stilllegung auf die Zeit nach der Bundestagswahl zu verschieben.

Perspective

British secret service chief justifies torture

21 October 2009

The head of Britain’s secret service, MI5, has publicly defended the use of torture to obtain evidence against alleged terrorists.

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Workers Struggles

Wayne AssemblyFord workers oppose UAW demand for concessions

By Jerry White, 21 October 2009

The concessions agreement reached last week between the United Auto Workers and Ford Motor Company has been met with widespread opposition from Ford’s 41,000 hourly workers, who are beginning to vote on the deal this week.

Britain: Postal workers face a political struggle against Labour government

Statement by the Socialist Equality Party, 20 October 2009

Postal workers confront a coordinated campaign to defeat their strike in defence of jobs and conditions, drawn up and executed by Royal Mail and the Labour government.

Science

New fossils provide insights into early human evolution

By William Moore, 20 October 2009

After 15 years of painstaking study, the journal Science has published a series of articles on the fossilized remains of Ardipithecus ramidus, which is interpreted to be an early form of hominin, the group including humans and all human ancestors back to the evolutionary split with the last common ancestor with chimpanzees.

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