World News
Australian Labor “left” bestows medal on General Petraeus
By Laura Tiernan, November 6, 2009
The photograph published in yesterday’s press of John Faulkner, the Defence Minister in the Australian Labor government, draping an honorary Order of Australia around the neck of General David Petra...
Julian Moti case: Enormous sums paid by Australian police to alleged victim’s family
By Patrick O’Connor, November 6, 2009
Hearings over the past two days have been dominated by two key issues—Australian complicity with lawyer Julian Moti’s allegedly unlawful removal from the Solomons in December 2007, and the stagger...
Britain: Labour government sacks chief drugs adviser
By Paul Mitchell, November 6, 2009
Home Secretary Alan Johnson has sacked the government’s chief drugs adviser Professor David Nutt for speaking out against official cannabis drugs policy.
The Opel-Magna fraud
A betrayal of GM employees in Europe
By Ulrich Rippert, November 5, 2009
The refusal of German and European trade unions to organise a common defense of jobs and wages has encouraged GM to impose restructuring measures in Europe along the lines of the American model.
ISSE meeting in Canada
70 years since the outbreak of World War II—Lessons and Warnings
November 5, 2009
As part of an international campaign, the International Students for Social Equality in Canada will hold a meeting in Montreal to examine the causes and consequences of World War II and to draw out th...
Unanswered questions in FBI killing of Detroit Mosque leader
By Tom Eley, November 5, 2009
The FBI has failed to provide a credible explanation for its killing of Luqman Ameen Abdullah, a black Detroit-area Muslim leader.
Virginia, New Jersey elections: A blow to Obama and the Democrats
By Bill Van Auken, November 5, 2009
The Democratic Party’s loss of governorships in Virginia and New Jersey in Tuesday’s off-year elections represented a blow to the Obama administration and the Democratic Party, while reflecting mo...
Sri Lankan government resettles Tamil detainees in prison-like conditions
By Subash Somachandran, November 5, 2009
Sri Lankan government claimed last month that it had started resettling thousands of Tamil civilians held in detention centres. In fact, these refugees have been sent to areas under military occupatio...
Britain: Reports state CIA “extraordinary rendition” flights landed in UK
By Robert Stevens, November 5, 2009
A US registered plane named in a 2007 European Parliament report into alleged Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) “extraordinary rendition” flights was observed to land at Birmingham Airport in Engl...
Sri Lankan public meeting: Lessons of the plantation workers’ struggle
November 5, 2009
The Socialist Equality Party and the Balmoral Action Committee will hold a joint meeting on November 15 at Agarapathana in Sri Lanka’s central hills district.
SEP/ISSE meeting in Colombo
Seventy years since World War II: lessons and warnings
November 5, 2009
The SEP and ISSE will hold a public meeting in Colombo on November 10 to mark the eruption of World War II and discuss its lessons.
German chancellor at US Congress
Merkel pledges support for Obama administration foreign policy
By Stefan Steinberg, November 5, 2009
The speech by the German chancellor to the US Congress on Tuesday stood out for the full and unqualified support she gave to the foreign policy of the Obama administration, marking a clear shift on th...
