Europe
After troop deaths, British establishment rallies behind Afghan war
By Robert Stevens, November 7, 2009
The killing of five British soldiers by an Afghan policeman on Tuesday has only served to highlight the British government’s determination to remain in Afghanistan.
Student protests in Austria
By Markus Salzmann and Johannes Stern, November 7, 2009
Students in Austria are engaging in strikes and protest actions with the central demand: “More money for education, not the banks and corporations.”
Twenty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall
Statement of the Bund Sozialistischer Arbeiter, October 18, 1989—Part 2
Overthrow the Stalinist bureaucracy! Build workers’ councils in East Germany!
November 6, 2009
This statement by the Central Committee of the Bund Sozialistischer Arbeiter, the predecessor of the Partei für Soziale Gleichheit (Socialist Equality Party of Germany), was issued on October 18, 198...
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
November 6, 2009
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute http://www.wsws.org/wsws/dd-formmailer/dd-formmailer.php to this regular feature.
The political-financial scandals in France
By Alex Lantier, November 6, 2009
With the indictment of ex-President Jacques Chirac, investigations of France’s political-financial scandals have developed into a full-blown governmental crisis.
Italian court convicts US agents in CIA rendition case
By Stefan Steinberg, November 6, 2009
In a landmark decision with global political repercussions, an Italian court has convicted in absentia 23 US agents for their role in the 2003 CIA kidnapping and
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.
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...
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...
Britain: Network Rail threatens mass sackings
By Paul Mitchell, November 3, 2009
According to rail unions, Network Rail has threatened to sack all its maintenance workers before re-employing a reduced number on more onerous terms and conditions.
Germany: Trial opens of former SS member Heinrich Boere
By Elisabeth Zimmermann, November 2, 2009
The trial has begun of former SS member Heinrich Boere. The 88-year-old is accused of having shot three civilians in occupied Holland as part of an SS murder squad 65 years ago.
