World News
California students protest massive fee hike
By Jack Cody and Josue Olmos, November 20, 2009
Students at the University of California, Los Angles and other California campuses protested massive fee hikes on Wedneday and Thursday. Police responded violently.
US prepares contingency plans to seize Pakistani nuclear triggers
By James Cogan, November 20, 2009
According to veteran journalist Seymour Hersh, US officials have pushed for an “understanding” that American forces can enter Pakistan to secure its nuclear arsenal in the event of a direct threat...
Australia: Defiant stand by Oceanic Viking refugees triggers political crisis
By Mike Head, November 20, 2009
The refusal by Sri Lankan Tamil refugees to disembark in Indonesia from an Australian Customs vessel, the Oceanic Viking, has triggered an extraordinary political crisis for the Australian Labor gover...
Karzai inaugurated amid state of siege in Kabul
By Bill Van Auken, November 20, 2009
Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai was inaugurated Thursday amid a state of siege in Kabul. Western officials who were present issued hypocritical demands that Karzai fight corruption.
Saudi Arabia bombards Yemeni rebels in policing role for US imperialism
By Brian Smith, November 20, 2009
Saudi Arabia is now openly bombing Huthi rebel positions on either side of its border with Yemen in support of the Yemeni government’s “Operation Scorched Earth.” Saudi Deputy Defence Minister P...
Canada complicit in torture of hundreds of Afghan detainees
By Keith Jones, November 20, 2009
“We detained, and handed over for severe torture, a lot of innocent people,” a Canadian diplomat has told a parliamentary committee on the Canadian Armed Forces’ Afghan mission.
Sweden: Further delays in Koenigsegg takeover of Saab
By Jordan Shilton, November 19, 2009
In spite of the decision of the European Investment Bank (EIB) on October 21 to grant Saab Automobile a €400 million loan, the deal to sell the GM unit to Koenigsegg Group remains in the balance.
Students and school pupils protest across Germany
By our correspondents, November 19, 2009
The European and international protest movement against deteriorating conditions in the education system reached a new high point on Tuesday, November 17, when almost 100,000 students, pupils, teacher...
Rising Indian influence in Afghanistan worries US and Pakistan
By Ajay Prakash, November 19, 2009
In a sign of the escalating conflicts across the region, the top US military commander in Afghanistan has warned that India’s growing influence in Afghanistan could “exacerbate regional tensions...
Top Sri Lankan general touted as presidential candidate
By K. Ratnayake, November 19, 2009
The emergence of Sarath Fonseka, Sri Lanka’s former Chief of Defence Staff, as a likely presidential candidate has highlighted the intense political crisis in Colombo following the end of the countr...
Romania: Presidential elections at a time of crisis
By Diana Toma and Markus Salzmann, November 19, 2009
The ongoing political crisis in Romania has reached a new high point just days before the presidential elections scheduled for November 22. What is taking place is a bitter struggle between rival cliq...
Myths and legends about World War II exposed at Australian SEP public meetings
By our correspondents, November 18, 2009
The Socialist Equality Party in Australia held public meetings in Sydney and Melbourne this month on “Seventy years since World War II: lessons and warnings”.
