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23 February 2016
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Coup threatened in Venezuela amidst deepening economic crisis
By Eric London, 15 February 2016
In the midst of skyrocketing inflation, food scarcity and economic stagnation, the opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable is maneuvering for the removal of Maduro.
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2 February 2016
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27 January 2016
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26 January 2016
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Supreme Court to rule on Obama immigration program
By Bill Van Auken, 20 January 2016
The court’s announcement came amid rising anger and fear over the roundup and deportation of Central American refugees.
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19 January 2016
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12 January 2016
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5 January 2016
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22 December 2015
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15 December 2015
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A reply to discussion on the Venezuelan elections
By Bill Van Auken, 14 December 2015
The burning question posed in Latin America is that of revolutionary leadership: the building of new parties based on the struggle for the political independence of the working class.
Workers Struggles: The Americas
8 December 2015
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1 December 2015
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17 November 2015
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11 November 2015
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3 November 2015
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27 October 2015
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20 October 2015
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6 October 2015
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Large demonstrations in Ecuador against Correa government
By our reporter, 15 August 2015
As thousands of workers and indigenous peasants descended on Quito, the Bolivarian government of Rafael Correa sent police to attack the demonstrators.
Economic slowdown in Peru ignites social tensions
By Cesar Uco, 1 August 2015
Two out of three Peruvians report being unable to live off of their salaries, while just 113 families monopolize 46 percent of the country’s wealth.
Chinese premier concludes four-country tour of South America
By Alexander Fangmann, 30 May 2015
The trip yielded a variety of trade and investment deals, along with infrastructure initiatives—all aimed at counteracting slowing domestic growth while expanding influence in the region.
Petrobras crisis intensifies as treasurer of Brazil’s Workers Party arrested
By Bill Van Auken, 17 April 2015
The response of the Rousseff government to the crisis has been to move even further to the right, while handing over key functions of her presidency to right-wing figures.
Puerto Rico: Regressive taxes levied on workers as island’s economy falters
By John Marion, 2 March 2015
Predatory financiers are creating tax havens in Puerto Rico and using the federal courts to protect their interests.
White House outlines policy for deepening intervention in Central America
By Matthew Brennan, 19 February 2015
The Obama administration’s rhetoric about democracy and immigration reform masks US imperialism’s real aims in the region.
Peru’s currency falls sharply amidst economic crisis
By Cesar Uco, 2 February 2015
The most significant cause of the deterioration of the Peruvian economy is the sharp drop in copper exports caused by a slowdown in global demand.
First round of US-Cuba talks end as restrictions eased
By Alexander Fangmann, 26 January 2015
While deep disagreements remain between the regimes in Havana and Washington, the movement towards the resumption of relations continues at great speed.
Cleveland police gave 12-year-old Tamir Rice no medical aid after shooting him
By Nick Barrickman, 10 January 2015
Police tackled and handcuffed the boy’s 14-year-old sister as she attempted to run to her brother’s side.
Workers Struggles: The Americas
9 December 2014
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25 November 2014
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4 November 2014
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Municipal elections a debacle for Peruvian “left”
By Armando Cruz, 21 October 2014
The right-wing candidate Luis Castañeda, a former two-term mayor of Lima, was swept back into office in the Peruvian capital.
Tens of thousands protest massacre of Mexican student teachers
By Rafael Azul, 10 October 2014
The killings have triggered a tidal wave of national anger that threatens the stability of the government of President Enrique Peña Nieto.
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23 September 2014
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19 August 2014
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13 August 2014
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29 July 2014
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15 July 2014
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10 June 2014
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3 June 2014
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20 May 2014
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13 May 2014
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6 May 2014
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Venezuela arrests 30 more military officers in coup plot
By Bill Van Auken, 17 April 2014
The report of the arrest came as the Maduro government continued its talks with the right-wing opposition.
Impact of fire in Valparaiso, Chile, fueled by poverty, inequality
By Rafael Azul, 17 April 2014
The conditions of life to which people have been reduced on the hills of Valparaiso were a key factor in producing a “perfect conflagration.”
Venezuela’s Maduro charges US with fomenting Ukraine-style coup
By Bill Van Auken, 10 April 2014
The indictment of Washington’s role in recent upheavals came as the government sought an accommodation with its right-wing opposition.
Artistic resistance to the US-backed juntas
Losing the Human Form: A seismic image of the 1980s in Latin America
By Armando Cruz, 10 April 2014
The exhibition, presented in Madrid in 2012 and recently in Lima, Peru, is a fascinating compilation of works from the 1980s that voiced opposition to the militarized regimes in Latin America.
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8 April 2014
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1 April 2014
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11 March 2014
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4 March 2014
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25 February 2014
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NSA spying poses “direct threat to journalism,” watchdog group warns
By Kate Randall, 14 February 2014
The Committee to Protect Journalists is warning that the spy agency’s dragnet of communications data threatens to make it “next to impossible for journalists to keep sources confidential.”
The Workers Inquiry into the bankruptcy of Detroit
By <em>World Socialist Web Site</em> Editorial Board, 14 February 2014
On Saturday, the Socialist Equality Party in the US is holding an Inquiry to reveal the social and political roots of the Detroit bankruptcy and provide workers with the information they need to fight back.
Clashes in Venezuela leave three dead
By Bill Van Auken, 14 February 2014
Clashes between demonstrators and security forces left at least three people dead in Venezuela amid sharpening social and economic tensions.
More than 100,000 gallons released in West Virginia coal slurry spill
By Clement Daly, 14 February 2014
More than 100,000 gallons of coal slurry—a toxic liquid mixture of cleaning chemicals and coal refuse—contaminated about six miles of a stream in Kanawha County.
Interview with director of homeless shelter in Long Beach
California’s homeless: Casualties of class warfare
By our correspondents, 14 February 2014
WSWS reporters recently visited a Long Beach, California homeless shelter.
Obama White House targeting American for drone murder
By Bill Van Auken, 11 February 2014
The aim of the AP report is to lend a veneer of "transparency" and legality to a conspiratorial and unconstitutional program of state murder.
Mass unemployment in America
By Andre Damon, 11 February 2014
Speaking Friday in advance of signing a bill slashing $8.7 billion from the food stamp program, President Obama hailed the dismal jobs report for January.
US Supreme Court justice declares mass internment inevitable
By Tom Carter, 11 February 2014
Referring to America’s mass internment of people of Japanese ancestry during the Second World War, current Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia declared, “You are kidding yourself if you think the same thing will not happen again.”
Two Brooklyn men freed after 21 years in prison for wrongful murder conviction
By Kate Randall, 11 February 2014
A record 87 exonerations were recorded in the United States in 2013.
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11 February 2014
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14 January 2014
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Secret minutes of Argentine military junta found
By César Uco, 23 November 2013
On November 1, Argentina’s defense minister, Agustin Rossi, announced the discovery of 1,500 documents including 280 sets of secret minutes of the brutal military dictatorship that ruled the country for six years.
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19 November 2013
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22 October 2013
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10 September 2013
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27 August 2013
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6 August 2013
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25 June 2013
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18 June 2013
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Snowden defends actions as Obama administration pushes for prosecution of whistleblower
By Thomas Gaist, 14 June 2013
FBI director Robert Mueller pledged to take “all necessary steps” to go after Snowden, as the former intelligence employee said from Hong Kong: “I am not here to hide from justice; I am here to reveal criminality.”
FEMA refuses disaster relief to West, Texas
By Matthew MacEgan, 14 June 2013
The federal government has refused to provide additional money to help rebuild the small Texas town of West, where a fertilizer plant explosion killed 15 people in April.
Deadly chemical plant explosion in Louisiana
By Matthew MacEgan, 14 June 2013
On Thursday an explosion and fire at a chemical plant in Geismar, Louisiana, killed at least one person and injured at least 73 others.
Philadelphia inspector involved in building collapse commits suicide
By Nick Barrickman, 14 June 2013
On Wednesday night the body of Philadelphia building inspector Ronald Wagenhoffer was found with a gunshot wound to the chest.
Who are Detroit’s creditors?
By Nancy Hanover, 14 June 2013
As Detroit’s emergency manager prepares to release his plan for reorganizing the poorest large city in America, the media is demanding that the population of Detroit pay.
What Edward Snowden has revealed
By Joseph Kishore, 11 June 2013
The World Socialist Web Site calls on workers around the world to come to the defense of Edward Snowden, who is the subject of a ferocious assault by the American state.
Obama administration initiates criminal prosecution of NSA whistleblower
By Thomas Gaist, 11 June 2013
Representatives of the US establishment demanded swift action to punish the man responsible for leaks detailing the government’s massive surveillance program.
Media silent on the state killing of Boston bombing witness
By Tom Carter, 11 June 2013
The ubiquitous silence from the political establishment and the media amounts to an acknowledgement that Todashev was terminated by the state.
Reject the USW sellout in South Milwaukee! For an independent struggle by the working class!
the Socialist Equality Party, 11 June 2013
The Socialist Equality Party is distributing the following statement to South Milwaukee Caterpillar workers urging them to reject the sellout deal being pushed by the United Steelworkers.
Philadelphia schools to lay off nearly 4,000 teachers
By Nick Barrickman, 11 June 2013
The “doomsday” budget passed last month will devastate the Philadelphia public school system.
SEP mayoral candidate speaks at two Detroit election forums
By Bryan Dyne, 11 June 2013
D’Artagnan Collier, the Socialist Equality Party’s candidate for Detroit Mayor, spoke at candidate forums Friday and Saturday, calling for a mass movement of the working class to oppose the financial manager.
SEC rules that Harrisburg misled investors
By Douglas Lyons, 11 June 2013
The Securities and Exchange Commission has sided with bondholders against the city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
California’s San Onofre nuclear plant to shut down permanently
By Richard Vargas, 11 June 2013
The plant has been inoperative for more than a year due to radioactive steam leakage.
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11 June 2013
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Nashville Symphony threatened by foreclosure
By Fred Mazelis, 11 June 2013
The Nashville Symphony Orchestra is the latest prominent US musical institution to face the threat of dissolution, as its biggest creditor, the Bank of America, has begun foreclosure proceedings.
Obama reshuffles national security staff
By Alex Lantier, 6 June 2013
Obama announced Wednesday that his national security advisor, Thomas Donilon, will be replaced by the current US ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice.
Bradley Manning’s supervisors testify in third day of court martial
By Naomi Spencer, 6 June 2013
The government is determined to connect Manning to Al Qaeda, arguing that because the WikiLeaks web site is publicly available to anyone, Manning must have intended to “aid the enemy.”
Worker dies from extreme heat at Georgia auto parts plant
By Kristina Betinis and Jerry White, 6 June 2013
Teresa Pickard, a 42-year-old Sewon auto parts worker, died May 29 after working on a weld line in the LaGrange plant.
Wall Street embraces Humala’s “left” government in Peru
By Armando Cruz, 6 June 2013
Measures carried out by Humala, who won the presidency in 2011 promising to battle “neo-liberalism,” have placed him to the right of his predecessors.
Hamtramck latest Michigan city declared in “financial emergency”
By Bryan Dyne, 6 June 2013
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder took the first step in installing an emergency manager for Hamtramck, the small enclave surrounded by Detroit.
Canada: Growing evidence Conservatives illegally suppressed vote in 2011 federal election
By Carl Bronski, 6 June 2013
A Federal Court judge has found that a nationwide voter suppression campaign was initiated from the Conservative Party’s central database during the 2011 federal election.
Unemployment, lack of education lead to higher US mortality rate
By Jake Dean, 6 June 2013
A new report finds that unemployment is one of the leading factors behind the growing gap in mortality rates between educated and non-educated white women in America.
US: Kansas legislature passes budget slashing education
By Matt Sloan, 6 June 2013
Among other measures, the budget will gouge the state’s universities, colleges, and community colleges of tens of millions of dollars.
US Supreme Court allows police to take DNA samples of arrestees
By Joseph Kishore, 4 June 2013
The US Supreme Court decision is a major attack on the Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures.
Bradley Manning’s court martial begins
By Naomi Spencer, 4 June 2013
After 1,100 days in prison, Army private Bradley Manning faced a military court martial Monday. Day one of the trial was characterized by government secrecy, vindictiveness, and lies.
School district of Philadelphia passes “doomsday” austerity budget
By Nick Barrickman, 4 June 2013
Under a plan approved May 30, Philadelphia schools will be deprived of many needed essentials, including learning programs, supplies and staff.
Connecticut legislature nears passage of austerity budget
By Dorian Griscom, 4 June 2013
Connecticut’s Democratic governor and state legislature are in the final stages of drafting a state budget that will cut nearly $2 billion in social spending over the next two years.
Patriot Coal bankruptcy approved, thousands of retirees to lose health care
By Clement Daly, 4 June 2013
Patriot Coal has been granted permission to tear up its collective bargaining agreements with the United Mine Workers and escape its obligations to provide health care to its retirees.
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