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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.
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.
Sun, 09/05/2010 - 00:00
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
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.
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.
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.
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”.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Sun, 09/05/2010 - 00:00
A selection of letters sent to the World Socialist Web Site.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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