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Oppose the repression of Polish socialists!

The WSWS condemns the Polish government’s repressive acts against the socialist Władza Rad website and other authoritarian measures targeting left-wing opposition.

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Reddit forum blacklists WSWS

In a blatant act of political censorship, the moderators of the r/socialism forum on the popular link aggregating site Reddit have decided to “blacklist” the World Socialist Web Site for a period of one month.

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To defeat ruling class assault,

Indian workers need a socialist program

Tens of millions of workers across India will join a two-day general strike today and Thursday to protest against the Congress Party-led government’s social spending cuts and pro-investor “reforms.”

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Indian workers must adopt socialist strategy to oppose UPA-led big business offensive

Tens of millions of Indian workers will join a one-day countrywide general strike today, Tuesday, February 28, to protest soaring prices, the spread of contract-labor, privatization, and the appalling conditions under which 90 percent of the workers employed in the so-called informal sector toil.

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As Iraq war enters fourth year

For the immediate withdrawal of all US troops

The following leaflet is available in PDF format to download and distribute at demonstrations organized for Saturday, March 18, to protest the third anniversary of the US war on Iraq.

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The execution of Stanley Tookie Williams

The gruesome death watch set in motion by the refusal Monday of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to grant clemency culminated shortly after midnight in the state murder by lethal injection of Stanley Tookie Williams.

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Oppose the state of emergency in France!

The World Socialist Web Site opposes and denounces the imposition of a state of emergency in France by the Chirac-Villepin-Sarkozy government. The introduction of this anti-democratic measure, a green light to the CRS riot police and other repressive agencies to launch a full-scale assault on the youth, is a major attack on democratic rights and a threat to the entire French working class. It is not accidental that the use of the law was first publicly broached by Marine Le Pen, daughter and co-thinker of Jean Marie Le Pen, the leader of the neo-fascist National Front.

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US death toll hits 2,000—grim milestone in a criminal war

The number of US military personnel killed in the Iraq war passed 2,000 Tuesday with the Pentagon’s announcement of three more combat fatalities. This grim milestone is all the more tragic because the lives of these soldiers have been sacrificed in a war based upon lies.

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The fight against war: an open letter to students from the World Socialist Web Site

The following statement is being distributed at student antiwar protests planned for March 5 in the United States and internationally. The National Youth and Student Peace Coalition (NYSPC) has called the protests under the slogan “Books not Bombs” to protest the Bush administration’s war drive against Iraq and its attacks on education and democratic rights.

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