World News
Solomon Islands: parliamentary report rubberstamps Australian-led RAMSI intervention force
By Patrick O’Connor, November 17, 2009
A report released by the Solomon Islands’ parliamentary Foreign Relations Committee last Thursday brushes aside many serious issues regarding the legal status of the immunity of RAMSI personnel from...
Washington’s crisis over Afghanistan deepens
By Bill Van Auken, November 17, 2009
The increasingly public dissension within the Obama administration over the proposed escalation in Afghanistan reflects the reality that US imperialism has no good options in the war that it launched ...
Wave of bombings hits Pakistan’s north west
By James Cogan, November 17, 2009
The Pakistani Taliban is carrying out an intense campaign of suicide bombings and assassinations in retaliation for the military offensive in the tribal agency of South Waziristan.
A record 49 million Americans faced hunger in 2008
By Barry Grey, November 17, 2009
A yearly survey on hunger released Monday by the United States Department of Agriculture reported that a record 49.1 million Americans in 17 million households lacked dependable access to adequate foo...
Sri Lankan SEP holds meeting on lessons of World War II
By our correspondents, November 17, 2009
The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) and International Students for Social Equality (ISSE) in Sri Lanka held a well-attended meeting in Colombo on November 10 to mark the 70th anniversary of World War I...
New Zealand university administration calls police on protestors
By Victoria University of Wellington ISSE, November 16, 2009
In a blatant attack on democratic rights, two former university students were arrested when they attempted to deliver a petition to the administration of Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) in New...
Britain: The Cambridge review
A damning refutation of Labour’s education lies
By Tania Kent, November 16, 2009
A recently published study, the “Cambridge Primary Review: Children, their World, their Education”, is a damning critique of the destructive impact of Labour’s policies on an entire generation o...
Obama seeks to boost US influence in Asia
By John Chan, November 16, 2009
On his first trip to Asia, US President Barack Obama has made clear that its main purpose is to reassure key allies and enhance American interests in the region against Washington’s main rivals, esp...
US House health care bill would slash Medicare services
By Kate Randall, November 16, 2009
Benefits provided under Medicare would be sharply reduced for some senior citizens under the health care plan recently passed by the US House of Representatives, according to a new government report r...
Thai-Cambodian tensions escalate over Thaksin appointment
By John Roberts, November 16, 2009
A diplomatic row between Bangkok and Phnom Penh over Cambodia’s appointment of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as economic advisor intensified last week.
Attendees complain of lack of real jobs at fair
November 14, 2009
Detroit area job seekers attending a jobs fair at downtown Cobo Hall spoke to World Socialist Web Site reporters about the lack of real positions offered by employers at the event.
Iraqi election law passed after protracted delay
By James Cogan, November 14, 2009
National elections in Iraq have been scheduled for January 18 following the passing of electoral legislation in the parliament last Sunday. Legislators were under intense pressure from Washington to e...
