Publication: World Socialist Web Site

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 reports
AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO

Η προδοσία της απεργίας των Ελλήνων δασκάλων

Μια σύσκεψη των τοπικών προέδρων του σωματείου δευτεροβάθμιας εκπαίδευσης στην Ελλάδα, ΟΛΜΕ, κατάφερε το τελειωτικό πισώπλατο χτύπημα την Πέμπτη, ματαιώνοντας σκόπιμα μια προγραμματισμένη σειρά απεργιών κατά τη διάρκεια των εθνικών προπανεπιστημιακών ... [Published World Socialist Web Site - May 21 2013]
Entities: AFL-CIO
First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 1 reports

Let the Fire Burn and The East : The MOVE bombing in 1985 and present-day anarchism

San Francisco International Film Festival 2013—Part twoLet the Fire Burn and The East: The MOVE bombing in 1985 and present-day anarchismThis is the second of several articles on the recent San Francisco International Film Festival, April 25-May 9. Part ... [Published World Socialist Web Site - 19 hours ago]
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Emergency Meeting: A workers program to answer the crisis in Detroit

Throw out the emergency manager! End the bankers’ dictatorship in Detroit!Replace the City Council with a Workers’ Council!Break with the Democrats and Republicans!Rebuild Detroit in the interests of the working class!Jobs, utilities, education, health ... [Published World Socialist Web Site - 19 hours ago]
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ATTAC Network
ATTAC Network

Beppe Grillo agitates against immigrants

On May 14, Beppe Grillo published a patently racist blog aimed at appealing to extreme right-wing tendencies.Under the title “Italy Kabobo,” Grillo exploited the tragic case of a 21-year-old black youth whose rampage with a pickaxe on May 11 in Milan ... [Published World Socialist Web Site - 20 hours ago]
First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports
Bank of England
Bank of England

Financial bubbles creating conditions for new crash

It is a sure sign of the systemic breakdown of the global capitalist system that the very measures put in place to try to prevent a crisis are creating the conditions for a financial meltdown beyond even the scale of 2008.For almost five years the world’s ... [Published World Socialist Web Site - May 21 2013]
First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Germany: Parliamentary inquiry into neo-Nazi murders concludes

The parliamentary committee of enquiry into the National Socialist Underground (NSU) terrorist gang has accused Germany’s security authorities of a “total failure”. At the same time, it excluded the possibility that government agencies covered up the ... [Published World Socialist Web Site - May 21 2013]
First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Devastating tornado kills at least 91 in Oklahoma City

On Monday afternoon a massive tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, a suburb of Oklahoma City, leaving behind a mile-wide swath of devastation. As of this writing, 91 people have been confirmed dead, including 20 children from an elementary school that was ... [Published World Socialist Web Site - May 21 2013]
First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Hedge funds eye Detroit for “hostile takeover”

Detroit’s $8.6 billion in junk bond debt is being eyed by hedge funds eager to play their part in the looting of the city, as debt restructuring negotiations between Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr and the city’s creditors loom. Detroit is the largest and ... [Published World Socialist Web Site - May 21 2013]
First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

US seeks defence agreement with Maldives

The US is pushing the Maldivian government to sign a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) to build military bases in the island country, which is in the middle of the Indian Ocean. It is another significant move by the Obama administration in its aggressive ... [Published World Socialist Web Site - May 21 2013]
First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Spain’s Popular Party faces wave of strikes and demonstrations

He made no mention of the role in suppressing opposition played by the trade unions or leaders of movements such as the indignados, who insist on a no-politics perspective.Nevertheless, a social explosion is brewing in Spain. There have been at least ... [Published World Socialist Web Site - May 21 2013]
First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Slovenian government adopts another austerity programme

Seven weeks after taking power, Slovenia’s centre-left governing coalition adopted a new austerity programme and presented it to the European Union commission. Through tax increases and the privatisation of companies, the government plans to cut the budget ... [Published World Socialist Web Site - May 21 2013]
First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Letters from our readers

On “Seattle: Hundreds condemn Metro Transit service cuts”Bravo. Good article. It really shows that public transport is used for the profit interests of the ruling elite, shrinking or growing according to its profit motives.These cuts are criminal and ... [Published World Socialist Web Site - May 21 2013]

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...Jerry Jordan, the president of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT), has appealed to lawmakers to find ways to address the shortfall. "How much more can they expect people to sacrifice?” asked Jordan, alluding to givebacks his workforce has already been forced to make. In 2011, the PFT with Jordan as acting president allowed the district to delay payments to teachers’ health care fund, as a means to address the city’s then $629 million deficit. Teachers in Philadelphia on average spend out of pocket between $300 and 1,000 yearly on classroom supplies for their students."
Philadelphia mayor threatens elimination of school programs, staff [Published World Socialist Web Site - May 14 2013]
“It comes down to an existential struggle,” said Salman Shaikh of the Brookings Doha center think-tank. "Those who oppose Assad really have to show that they mean it now.”"
Bombings rock Turkish-Syrian border [Published World Socialist Web Site - May 13 2013]

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Germany: Parliamentary inquiry into neo-Nazi mu... [Published World Socialist Web Site - May 21 2013]
Financial bubbles creating conditions for new c... [Published World Socialist Web Site - May 21 2013]
US seeks defence agreement with Maldives [Published World Socialist Web Site - May 21 2013]
Devastating tornado kills at least 91 in Oklaho... [Published World Socialist Web Site - May 21 2013]
Ontario elevator technicians continue strike ac... [Published World Socialist Web Site - May 20 2013]
Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist : A cl... [Published World Socialist Web Site - May 20 2013]
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Buffalo, New York, students and teachers face a... [Published World Socialist Web Site - May 20 2013]
UK: Rotherham Hospital spends £3 million on con... [Published World Socialist Web Site - May 20 2013]
Tens of thousands march in Rome against austerity [Published World Socialist Web Site - May 20 2013]
More Michigan schools on the brink of insolvency [Published World Socialist Web Site - May 20 2013]
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