Mariupol killings: US backs Ukrainian regime’s reign of terror
By Mike Head - WSWS
With the open support of Washington and its European allies, the regime installed by Washington and Berlin in last February’s fascist-led putsch is now extending its reign of terror against all popular resistance in Ukraine. That is the significance of the events in the major eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol yesterday.
After tanks, armoured personnel carriers and heavily armed troops were unleashed (...)
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Mariupol killings: US backs Ukrainian regime’s reign of terror
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Ukraine reinstates military draft as NATO threatens Russia
2 May 2014, by Robert ParisUkraine reinstates military draft as NATO threatens Russia
By Alex Lantier - WSWS
NATO officials escalated their military build-up against Russia yesterday, as the pro-Western puppet regime in Kiev reinstated conscription in order to boost its crackdown on spreading pro-Russian protests in eastern Ukraine.
The news came as the position of the far-right regime in Kiev weakened, with more cities and government buildings in east Ukraine held by protesters and militias opposed to it. (...) -
The US to sign major military pact with the Philippines
28 April 2014, by MaxThe US to sign major military pact with the Philippines
By Peter Symonds
A new 10-year agreement that will give US forces extensive access to Philippine military bases was announced yesterday ahead of US President Barack Obama’s arrival in Manila today. Senior US National Security Council (NSC) official Evan Medeiros described the Enhanced Defence Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) as “the most significant defence agreement that we have concluded with the Philippines for decades.”
The (...) -
One in five US children do not have enough to eat
27 April 2014One in five US children do not have enough to eat
By Andre Damon Feeding America, the US national network of food banks, released its annual report on local food insecurity Thursday, showing that there are dozens of counties throughout in the US where a third of children do not get enough to eat.
Fourteen million people, or 16 percent of the population, lived in food insecure households in 2012, the latest year for which figures are available. This is up from 11.1 percent in 2007. (...) -
Forty thousand workers strike at shoe manufacturer in southern China
20 avril 2014, par Robert ParisForty thousand workers strike at shoe manufacturer in southern China
By Joseph Santolan An estimated 40,000 workers at the Taiwanese-owned Yue Yuen Industrial Company in Dongguan City have been on strike since Monday. Located 30 kilometers east of Guangzhou in Guangdong province’s Pearl River Delta, Dongguan is a key manufacturing center in China.
Yue Yuen is the largest branded footwear manufacturer in the world and makes shoes for Nike, Adidas, Reebok, Converse and other major (...) -
EU and Ukrainian regime seek to discipline fascist Right Sector
6 April 2014, by MaxEU and Ukrainian regime seek to discipline fascist Right Sector
By Stefan Steinberg and Chris Marsden
The European Union and the unelected Western-backed regime in Ukraine are intensifying their efforts to bring the fascist Right Sector under state control in the run-up to presidential elections planned for May 25.
For the past week, Right Sector members have been besieging the Ukrainian parliament demanding the resignation of Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, whom they blame for the (...) -
Ukraine – Caught Between Russian And U.S. Imperialism
19 March 2014, by Robert ParisUkraine – Caught Between Russian And U.S. Imperialism
Ukraine has become the focus of the world’s attention. Three months of mass-protests centered around the Maidan square in Kiev has led to the removal of the Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych and the creation of a new government claiming to represent the interests of the people. The Russian government under Vladimir Putin has called this new government illegitimate and has sent troops into the Crimean peninsula, the Southeastern (...) -
How Stalin killed the bolshevik dirigeants because he had no faith in his own force and in the stability of the bureaucracy
17 March 2014, by Robert ParisHow Stalin killed the bolshevik dirigeants because he had no faith in his own force and in the stability of the bureaucracy
The Moscow “Confessions”
Behind te Moscow Trial
Socialism on Trial
The Case of the Trotskyite-Zinovievite Terrorist Centre
Court proceedings of the Moscow Trial of 1936
Court proceedings of the Moscow Trial of 1937
Court proceedings of the Moscow Trial of 1938
Letter of an old bolshvik
What are the Moscow Trials
The Case of Bukharin
The trial (...) -
The real face of the economic “recovery” - Mass layoffs hit North America, Europe and Japan
15 mars 2014, par Robert ParisThe real face of the economic “recovery”
Mass layoffs hit North America, Europe and Japan
By Kate Randall
A wave of layoff announcements over the past week has exposed the reality of the economic “recovery” touted by the Obama administration and governments worldwide. Deep-going job cuts are hitting the manufacturing, pharmaceutical, technology and retail sectors across North America, Europe and Japan.
Despite stagnant revenues, reflecting sluggish economic growth, companies are (...) -
US, European Union impose sanctions against Russia
10 mars 2014, par Robert ParisUS, European Union impose sanctions against Russia
By Alex Lantier - WSWS
Western powers ratcheted up sanctions against Russia Thursday, while the US mounts a major military buildup in Eastern Europe.
The immediate pretext for sanctions from both the US and Europe was the vote in the regional parliament of the Crimean Peninsula to prepare secession from Ukraine and association to Russia, subject to a popular referendum later this month. Russian-backed forces have taken over the (...)