WSWS - News 2009.11.24

New Today -- 24 November 2009 Perspective Once again: Obama and the jobs crisis The Obama administration has flatly rejected appeals for the federal government to take any direct action to create jobs and alleviate the mounting toll of unemployment in the United States. News & Analysis Four more US soldiers killed in Afghanistan Four US soldiers died in Afghanistan on Monday, as Obama's "war council" finalizes its plans to substantially increase the number of soldiers participating in the occupation. Deepening economic crisis in Eastern Europe Australian Labor's refugee detention regime triggers Christmas Island riot Britain: Oppose the closure of Abbeydale Grange! Defend public education for all! Parents, pupils speak out over Abbeydale Grange closure Video: Demonstration against closure of Abbeydale Grange School Hundreds of students rally against budget cuts in Detroit Double-digit unemployment fuels growing social crisis in Oregon International Students for Social Equality For a working class movement to defend higher education! Commentary Australia: The second anniversary of the Rudd Labor government: appearance and reality Arts Review Where the Wild Things Are: a thoughtful, sensitive look at childhood Workers Struggles New Zealand bus drivers reject union-backed pay deal Correspondence Letters from our readers

WSWS - News 2009.11.23

New Today -- 23 November 2009 Perspective EU appointments reflect growth of national conflicts in Europe There is only one conclusion that can be drawn from the appointments to the two new top posts in the European Union: In future, national interests will set the tone in Europe. News & Analysis Civil war spreads across north west Pakistan Islamists and tribal militants now consider themselves in a fight to the death with the pro-US government of President Zardari. US Senate votes to open debate on cost-cutting health care plan Unemployment rises in 29 US states Britain: Brown and Miliband seek in vain to regain support for Afghan war British government rejects inquiry into new allegations of Iraq abuses Chinese mine explosion kills more than 100 Notice to readers WSWS Mobile Version This Week in History: November 23-29 This week in history: November 23-29 Socialist Equality Party Sri Lanka: SEP/Balmoral Action Committee hold plantation workers meeting Workers Struggles Egypt hit by wave of strikes and protests Australia: Engineers place bans, defying Qantas intimidation Arts Review A conversation with organizers of the Toronto film festival protest: The issues around the spotlight on Tel Aviv Commentary Why are women being told to forgo cervical cancer screenings? Royal Mail strike: Britain's Socialist Party defends union capitulation Obama's China trip New fashions in Canadian politics: Guide for immigrants promotes the monarchy and the military

WSWS - News 2009.11.20

New Today -- 20 November 2009 Perspective Obama's China trip At the beginning of his eight-day tour of Asia, President Obama declared himself the "first Pacific president" and announced that his trip would reassert American leadership in the region. News & Analysis Karzai inaugurated amid state of siege in Kabul Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai was inaugurated Thursday amid a state of siege in Kabul. Western officials who were present issued hypocritical demands that Karzai fight corruption. Obama warns of new sanctions against Iran US home foreclosures at record high as jobs crisis deepens US prepares contingency plans to seize Pakistani nuclear triggers Saudi Arabia bombards Yemeni rebels in policing role for US imperialism Canada complicit in torture of hundreds of Afghan detainees Australia: Defiant stand by Oceanic Viking refugees triggers political crisis Germany: Union agrees to wage cuts and store closures at Karstadt California students protest massive fee hike Michigan job seekers speak to WSWS Arts Review Aesthetic choices: Aleksandr Sokurov's The Sun An evaluation of Roman Polanski as an artist Socialist Equality Party Public meeting in Leipzig, Germany Twenty years since the fall of the wall--from Stalinism to capitalism Workers Struggles Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa . .

WSWS - News 2009.11.16

New Today -- 17 November 2009 Perspective Once again: The New York Times and Obama’s attack on health care The New York Times has stepped up its campaign in support of the Obama administration's drive to overhaul the US health care system, providing arguments in defense of rationing and a class-based system of medical care. News & Analysis A record 49 million Americans faced hunger in 2008 A yearly survey on hunger released Monday by the United States Department of Agriculture reported that a record 49.1 million Americans in 17 million households lacked dependable access to adequate food in 2008. Washington's crisis over Afghanistan deepens Wave of bombings hits Pakistan's north west Sharp rise in birth defects in Iraqi city destroyed by US military Credit ratings agency gives verdict on British economy Courtroom murderer sentenced to lifelong imprisonment in Germany Solomon Islands: parliamentary report rubberstamps Australian-led RAMSI intervention force This Week in History: November 16-22 This Week in History: November 16-22 ISSE For an independent working class movement to defend education Socialist Equality Party Sri Lankan SEP holds meeting on lessons of World War II Science Moon experiment shows presence of water Workers Struggles Illinois teaching and research assistants strike Workers Struggles: The Americas Correspondence Letters on Robert Service's Trotsky

WSWS - News 2009.11.14

New Today -- 14 November 2009 Perspective Opel, General Motors and German-American relations Twenty years after the end of the Cold War, US-German relations are increasingly dominated by economic and political conflicts, as underscored by the disputes surrounding the auto maker Opel. News & Analysis After years of detention and torture Ten Guantanamo prisoners to face US trial US Attorney General Eric Holder announced Friday that ten of the prisoners now held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp would be transferred to US locations and placed on trial on terrorism charges. As vaccination shortage continues, US swine flu deaths mount Foreclosures rise, consumer sentiment falls in US Germany: Chancellor Merkel follows the lead of employers and the FDP Iraqi election law passed after protracted delay India: Union calls off militant Rico strike Detroit job fair draws thousands Video: Attendees complain of lack of real jobs at fair Commentary Britain: Socialist Workers Party colludes in postal strike sellout Workers Struggles Sri Lanka: "Independent" public sector unions kowtow to Rajapakse Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific Correspondence Letters from our readers

WSWS - News 2009.11.13

New Today -- 13 November 2009 Perspective US, British media transform tragedies into war propaganda On both sides of the Atlantic, the media has been enlisted in a cynical campaign to transform tragedies that are the product of the war in Afghanistan into justifications for the war's escalation. News & Analysis US-China tensions overshadow Obama's trip to Asia US President Barack Obama arrives today in Tokyo at the start of his first trip to Asia. While he will also stop off in South Korea and the APEC summit in Singapore, the central focus of the tour is China and the underlying economic and strategic rivalry between Beijing and Washington. Abbas threatens resignation and collapse of the Palestinian Authority Former US diplomat Peter Galbraith grabs hundreds of millions in Iraqi oil money Obama announces fraudulent "jobs" summit Almost 200 million children undernourished in poor countries Australia-Sri Lanka deal for joint crackdown on Tamil asylum seekers Trial by media in Australian terrorism case Book Review In The Service of Historical Falsification--A Review of Robert Service's Trotsky: A Biography Socialist Equality Party Public Meeting in New York City: Historians in the service of the Big Lie: An examination of Robert Service's new biography of Leon Trotsky Public Meeting in London: Historians in the service of the Big Lie An examination of Robert Service's new biography of Leon Trotsky Commentary Australian Pabloites prepare NPA-style dissolution The fall of the Berlin Wall Workers Struggles Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa Correspondence Veterans Day 2009: a letter This Week in History: November 9-15 This Week in History: November 9-15