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 2009.11.07

New Today -- 7 November 2009 Perspective Mass shooting at Fort Hood: collateral damage from Iraq and Afghanistan wars The mayhem at Fort Hood in Texas, which has left 13 individuals dead and 30 injured, is a byproduct of the brutal wars in the Middle East and Central Asia. It is a form of "collateral damage." News & Analysis US unemployment rate surges to highest level in 26 years The sharp increase in unemployment has been accompanied by corresponding decline in wages and growth in the exploitation of the working class. After troop deaths, British establishment rallies behind Afghan war Wall Street banks go to the front of the line for H1N1 shots Germany military welcomes new defence minister Opel workers in Germany protest threatened mass redundancies The Clearstream trial: a conflict in the French bourgeoisie France: The affairs the Clearstream trial aims to suppress Fiji expels Australian and New Zealand diplomats Unanswered questions over Australian offshore oil spill Student protests in Austria This Week in History: November 2-9 New Feature: This Week in History Commentary Twenty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall: The Christian Democrats celebrate Kohl, Bush and Gorbachev Book Review The "Hegel renaissance" and other questions: A comment on The Cambridge Companion to Hegel and Nineteenth-Century Philosophy History Twenty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall: Statement of the Bund Sozialistischer Arbeiter, October 18, 1989—Part 3, Overthrow the Stalinist bureaucracy! Build workers' councils in East Germany! Workers Struggles Australia: Qantas aircraft engineers vote for industrial action Fire Brigades Union capitulates to South Yorkshire management Britain: Communication Workers Union sabotages postal strike Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific Correspondence Letters from our readers

Yesterday on the WSWS - 2009.08.12

US corporations squeezing more output from workers and paying lower wages

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US Labor Department data released yesterday showed labor productivity up 6.4 percent in the second quarter, the largest gain since 2003. Over the same period, workers' compensation fell at an annual rate of 2.2 percent.

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German federal election SPD leader presents "Germany Plan"

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Massive abstention in Sri Lankan local elections

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Australian jobless statistics reveal deep cuts to hours

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New Zealand government redeploys elite SAS troops to Afghanistan

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Scottish Nationalist, Labour hypocrisy over Diageo job losses

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Science & Technology

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The Google Book Search copyright settlement and the future of information--Part 1

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