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Support the socialist campaign for Michigan House of Representatives

Sun, 09/05/2010 - 00:00
This statement has been issued by D’Artagnan Collier, a member of the Socialist Equality Party who is running in the Detroit area for state representative in Michigan’s 9th District in Detroit.

US unemployment rose in August

Sun, 09/05/2010 - 00:00
Friday’s jobs report was consistent with other recent indicators of economic slump—a collapse in home sales, declining manufacturing activity, rising mortgage delinquency rates—that portend further increases in joblessness in the months ahead.

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

Sun, 09/05/2010 - 00:00
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.

Japan’s new political crisis

Sun, 09/05/2010 - 00:00
If Ichiro Ozawa wins the top job in the Democratic Party of Japan, he will become the country’s third prime minister in just over a year, reflecting deep-seated political instability fuelled by economic stagnation, a worsening social crisis and growing global antagonisms.

Food riots erupt in Mozambique

Sun, 09/05/2010 - 00:00
Protests continued in Maputo, Mozambique’s capital city, for a third day on Friday in response to increased bread prices and the general rise in the cost of living. At least 10 people are dead, and more than 400 have been wounded.

Spanish air traffic controllers’ union sabotages another struggle

Sun, 09/05/2010 - 00:00
The air traffic controllers’ union Unión Sindical de Controladores Aéreos (USCA) has overturned a 98 percent mandate for strike action, pushing through a deal supported by the employers and the government.

Alan Milburn, New Labour and the British coalition government

Sun, 09/05/2010 - 00:00
The announcement that Alan Milburn, a former member of Tony Blair's cabinet, will advise the Conservative-Liberal Democrat government as its “social mobility Tsar” provides an opportunity to review the role of various former “lefts” in the political genesis of “New Labour”.

US companies shift bigger share of health care costs onto workers

Sun, 09/05/2010 - 00:00
Amid a weakening economy and growing joblessness, employers shifted more health care costs onto workers in 2010, according to a new study.

German Greens to continue their coalition with the conservative CDU in Hamburg

Sun, 09/05/2010 - 00:00
The German Green Party has confirmed its coalition with the conservative Christian Democratic Union in the city state of Hamburg, thereby signaling its readiness to enter a coalition with the CDU at a federal level.

Lawsuit challenges Obama administration’s “targeted killing” of US citizens

Sun, 09/05/2010 - 00:00
A lawsuit filed by the ALCU and the Center for Constitutional Rights names figures in the Obama administration, including the president, for a policy of “targeted killing” of US citizens.

The Breakdown of Capitalism and the fight for Socialism in the United States

Sun, 09/05/2010 - 00:00
The following document was adopted by the First National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US), held August 11-15, 2010 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The document is being published in three parts

Letters from auto workers on Indianapolis struggle

Sun, 09/05/2010 - 00:00
These letters were sent to the WSWS in response to the ongoing struggle by workers in Indianapolis, Indiana to corporate and UAW-backed demands for a 50 percent wage cut.

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Letters from our readers

Sun, 09/05/2010 - 00:00
A selection of letters sent to the World Socialist Web Site.

2010 already deadliest year for US troops in Afghanistan

Sat, 09/04/2010 - 14:00
With another 26 soldiers killed since last Saturday, 2010 has already become the most deadly year for US troops since the US launched the Afghanistan war nearly nine years ago.

New economic slowdown hits New Zealand workers

Sat, 09/04/2010 - 14:00
Statistics released over the past month have revealed a slowing economy, with working people bearing the brunt both of job losses and the government’s austerity measures.

Labor edges closer to forming minority government

Sat, 09/04/2010 - 14:00
Independent MP, Andrew Wilkie, yesterday signed an agreement with Prime Minister Julia Gillard, giving his support to the establishment of a minority Labor government.

Oil rig explodes off the Louisiana coast

Sat, 09/04/2010 - 14:00
Another offshore oil rig exploded and caught fire Thursday morning off the shore of Louisiana, just more than four months since the April 20 blowout of BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig.

US bank profits back to pre-crisis heights

Sat, 09/04/2010 - 14:00
Profits reported by the 7,830 banks overseen by the FDIC totaled $21.6 billion for the three months to June, compared to a $4.4 billion loss in the second quarter of 2009.

US CEOs who laid off the most workers got the most pay

Sat, 09/04/2010 - 14:00
Chief executive officers responsible for the biggest mass layoffs of 2009 pulled in $12 million for the year on average, 42 percent higher than other CEOs at major companies and hundreds of times more than the average US worker.

Donate to the SEP 2010 Election Fund

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