World Socialist Web Site

15 December 2012

School shooting in Connecticut leaves 27 dead, including 20 children

By Kate Randall, 15 December 2012

The massacre is the worst in the US since the 2007 rampage at Virginia Tech University, which left 33 dead. Less than five months ago a shooting rampage at a theater in Aurora, Colorado resulted in 12 deaths and 58 people wounded.

EU summit—years more of austerity and crisis

By Stefan Steinberg, 15 December 2012

A two-day summit of European heads of state and finance ministers ended on Friday with general agreement to extend and deepen the austerity measures.

Rice abandons bid for secretary of state nomination

By Bill Van Auken, 15 December 2012

Dropping the bid to name Susan Rice as secretary of state reflects the administration’s desire to avoid both a protracted debate on Benghazi and a partisan fight with the Republicans.

US military trial to censor testimony on CIA torture

By Naomi Spencer, 15 December 2012

While evidence obtained through torture may be introduced into the courtroom, no evidence of the torture itself is to be permitted.

Detroit area auto workers speak on passage of Michigan right-to-work law

By a WSWS reporting team, 15 December 2012

Reporting teams interviewed workers at two auto plants on the significance of the reactionary legislation passing in Michigan.

Air incident escalates Japan/China tensions over disputed islands

By Peter Symonds, 15 December 2012

Both countries have exploited the issue to stir up nationalism to divert attention from a worsening economic and social crisis at home.

South Korean “progressives” line-up behind the Democrats

By Ben McGrath, 15 December 2012

The parties connected with the Korean Co-federation of Trade Unions are promoting the fraud that the Democrat candidate in the South Korean presidential election represents “a lesser evil.”

Indian establishment mourns founder-leader of fascist Shiv Sena

By Nanda Wickremasinghe, 15 December 2012

The fawning send-off the Indian ruling class accorded Bal Thackeray, the founder-leader of the fascist Shiv Sena, following his death is a warning to the working class.

Junta forces Malian prime minister to resign

By Ernst Wolff, 15 December 2012

Mali’s Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra was arrested and forced to resign by the country’s military junta on Monday night.

UK local authorities plan more than a billion pounds in cuts

By Robert Stevens, 15 December 2012

Local authority councils throughout the UK are planning more than a billion pounds in further cuts to be imposed next year and years beyond.

Australian state government prepares to privatise railways

By Terry Cook, 15 December 2012

The privatisation of rail and other assets by state governments is being driven by the federal Labor government’s restructuring agenda.

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Les « Amis de la Syrie » exigent qu’Assad cède le pouvoir à l’opposition islamiste

Par Alex Lantier, 15 décembre 2012

Les représentants de 130 gouvernements, conduits par les Etats-Unis et les puissances européennes, ont officiellement reconnu l’opposition islamiste syrienne comme l’unique représentant du peuple syrien.

Québec : La condamnation d’un dirigeant de la grève étudiante prépare le terrain pour de plus vastes attaques sur les droits des étudiants

Par Keith Jones, 15 décembre 2012

Les travailleurs et tous ceux qui se préoccupent de la défense des droits démocratiques devraient dénoncer la condamnation pour outrage au tribunal du dirigeant étudiant québécois Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois.

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Washingtonul descoperă terorişti în Siria

De Bill Van Auken, 15 decembrie 2012

SUA denumeşte una dintre principalele miliţii din Siria drept o organizaţie teroristă. Prin aceasta a expus caracterul războiului din Siria, pe care ea înşişi îl sprijină.

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“Suriye’nin Dostları” toplantısı Esad’ın iktidarı İslamcı muhalefete devretmesini talep ediyor

Alex Lantier, 15 Aralık 2012

Washington ile onun Avrupalı ve Arap müttefikleri önderliğindeki 130 hükümetin temsilcileri, 12 Aralık’ta Fas’ın Marakeş kentinde düzenlenen “Suriye’nin Dostları” toplantısına katıldılar.

Michigan’ın çalışma hakkı yasası

Jerry White, 15 Aralık 2012

Michigan’ın Cumhuriyetçi valisi Rick Snyder, 11 Aralık Salı günü sözde “çalışma hakkı” yasasını imzaladı; böylece Michigan, ABD'de bu yasayı benimseyen 24. eyalet oldu. Yasa, bütün işçilerin sendika aidatı ödemesini istihdamın koşulu kılan iş sözleşmelerini yasaklıyor.

Michigan çalışma hakkı yasasını çıkardı

Andre Damon ve Jerry White, 15 Aralık 2012

Michigan’ın Cumhuriyetçi valisi Rick Snyder “çalışma hakkı” yasasını 11 Aralık Salı akşamı imzaladı. Birleşik Otomobil İşçileri sendikasının (UAW) 75 yıl önceki doğum yeri ve ülkede sendikalaşmanın en yoğun olduğu yerlerden biri olan Michigan, ABD’de bu işçi karşıtı yasayı benimseyen 24. eyalet oldu.

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Sie stehen über dem Gesetz

Von Barry Grey, 15. Dezember 2012

Wie die jüngste außergerichtliche Einigung in New York zeigt, stehen die Räuberbarone der Finanzindustrie über dem Gesetz.

Die WSWS benötigt Eure Unterstützung

Von Ulrich Rippert, 13. Dezember 2012

Um ihre Arbeit aufrecht erhalten und weiter ausbauen zu können, benötigt die WSWS dringend umfangreiche Spenden und vor allem regelmäßige Spender.

Schottland:
Radical Independence Conference verspricht, die Arbeiterklasse zu spalten

Von Steve James, 15. Dezember 2012

Die Radical Independence Conference, die Ende November in Glasgow stattfand, war weder radikal, noch ging es dabei um Unabhängigkeit.

Das amerikanische Establishment und die köngliche Schwangerschaft

Von David Walsh, 15. Dezember 2012

Die Bekanntmachung der Schwangerschaft von Kate Middleton, der Ehefrau des britischen Prinzen William und Herzogin von Cambridge, löste peinliche und schrilltönende Entzückensbekundungen der amerikanischen Medien sowie des Establishments schlechthin aus.

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