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Despite widespread social opposition, the European Commission has urged the Greek government to press ahead with its extensive program of spending and income cuts.

A 34-year-old former stockbroker from Chicago has demanded that GM workers work for half their wages in exchange for buying the Indianapolis stamping plant.

The Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper is seeking to silence criticism of its right-wing policy agenda by purging high-level critics within Canada’s public service.

A letter from an air traffic controller in Madrid, Spain on “Spanish government prepares to use military against air traffic controllers”

The mudslinging within the German Left Party has nothing to do with political principles or the interests of the working class.

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A selection of letters sent to the World Socialist Web Site.

Jasmine, the new album from pianist Keith Jarrett and bassist Charlie Haden, reunites the two artists who had not recorded together for three decades for a moving album of standards and love songs.

The socialist and internationalist program advanced by the SEP in the 2010 Australian federal election has won a strong response from significant layers of workers and young people throughout the country.

The hung parliament that emerged from Saturday’s election is a further expression of the deepening crisis of the parliamentary system both in Australia and internationally.

Negotiations have begun between the independent and Greens parliamentarians, and Labor Prime Minister Julia Gillard and opposition leader Tony Abbott, for the formation of a minority government.

The US Congress is preparing to appropriate $1.3 billion in the fiscal 2011 budget for the building of base facilities for US forces in Afghanistan, some of which will not be completed for years.

The US District Court for the District of Columbia granted a preliminary injunction Tuesday that temporarily halts federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research.

At the end of a campaign focussed on party leaders, with little discussion of issues affecting ordinary workers, many voters welcomed the opportunity to be interviewed for the World Socialist Web Site.

Tim O’Donnell’s death is a tragedy for his family and friends, for which the entire New Zealand political establishment is responsible. Both the National Party government and Labour Party opposition have supported the war.

The wages, conditions and livelihoods of airport workers in Britain are being systematically destroyed in a combined offensive by management and the trade unions.

A consumer watchdog group says that the number of people using costly “pay day loans” has quadrupled in the last four years in Britain.

The lockout of more than 220 workers at a uranium enrichment plant in Metropolis, Illinois has entered its ninth week. Honeywell International is seeking to offload health care costs onto workers, who are exposed on a daily basis to radioactive substances.

Recently released documents reveal the extent of Nazi involvement in the development of post-war German society.

This Week in History provides brief synopses of important historical events whose anniversaries fall this week.