Protest in eastern Sri Lanka to mark the "disappearance" of army detainees
A hartal—a full-day strike coupled with the closure of shops—took place on September 5 in the Batticaloa district in the east of Sri Lanka to mark the anniversary of the “disappearance” of 174 people...
View ArticleThird Greek ferry accident brings death total to at least 78
Within five days of the sinking of the Express Samina in the Aegean, resulting in at least 77 deaths, a third Greek ferry has been involved in a serious accident that cost the life of an elderly...
View ArticleConclusion to Microsoft anti-trust case delayed: Supreme Court decides...
Last week's decision by the US Supreme Court not to hear the anti-trust case against Microsoft before it has gone through the appeals court has been hailed as a victory for the software giant in its...
View ArticleWhy are these women escaping?
Jafar Panahi's latest film, The Circle, earns the Iranian filmmaker a place as one of the world's most courageous artists. As Panahi indicated in an interview with the WSWS, also posted today, the film...
View ArticleAustralian Labor and union leaders end fuel blockades
Labor Party and union leaders combined this week to end a three-day blockade launched on September 24 by truck drivers at the BP, Mobil and Caltex oil refineries in Melbourne. The intervention headed...
View ArticleAn interview with Jafar Panahi, director of The Circle
The film seems to have an angrier and bolder tone and subject matter than your previous works. Is this the result of the development of the situation in Iran, your own personal development or both?
View ArticleThe working class and the 2000 US elections
As it enters its final phase, the US presidential campaign has once again exposed the chasm that exists between the two parties of the political establishment and the broad mass of the American...
View ArticleSpain's fuel tax protests met with brutal repression
Rubber bullets, teargas and fire cranes were used last weekend, as the Spanish government mobilised large contingents of police against groups protesting at increased fuel costs. Scores of...
View ArticleNewcastle hospital closure will further undermine public health
The planned restructuring of the health system in the industrial city of Newcastle, north of Sydney, will result in the downgrading of services and treatment to patients in a system that is already...
View ArticleTalks collapse in US actors strike
Ten days of negotiations between advertising agencies and unions representing 135,000 commercial actors collapsed September 27 without reaching any agreement in the five-month strike. The failure of...
View ArticleThousands of jobs cut amid signs of US economic slowdown
The pace of downsizing by US companies has accelerated over the last several months amid growing signs of an economic slowdown. The outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas said last month...
View ArticleMillions of flood victims in India desperate for food, clean water and medicine
Food riots erupted last week in flood-affected areas of West Bengal as millions of people have been left homeless by the worst floods in 22 years. Many lack food, clean water, shelter and basic...
View ArticleBSE inquiry delivers report as scientists raise fresh concerns about "mad cow...
The inquiry into the BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) crisis set up by Labour shortly after coming to office in 1997 sent its final report back to the government yesterday. It covers the period...
View ArticleCounty workers on strike in Los Angeles
Los Angeles County workers have begun a series of partial one-day strikes this week to demand a 15.5 percent wage increase over three years and the rescinding of plans to impose co-payments on their...
View ArticleThe working class and the 2000 US elections
This is the second part of the statement of the SEP on the US elections. The first part was posted on October 3.
View ArticleA multi billion dollar transfusion to private health insurers in Australia
An eighteen-month long campaign by the Australian government has succeeded in pushing millions of people into private health insurance. The Howard government's “Lifetime Health Cover” rebate scheme,...
View ArticleIsraeli provocation against Palestinians ignites a social powder keg
Israeli security forces have killed at least 60 Palestinians (including 12 children) and injured more than 1,500 (including 350 children) in the Palestinian Authority-controlled West Bank and Gaza. An...
View ArticleSri Lankan government intensifies military offensive in the lead-up to...
With just over a week to go before the Sri Lankan general election, the ruling Peoples Alliance (PA) is seeking to outdo Sinhala extremist parties and groups by promising to pursue the country's...
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