http://www.workers.org/ en-us http://www.workers.org/wwstar.gif http://www.workers.org/ http://www.workers.org/2010/us/scott_brown_0211 The Democratic Party suffered a severe political setback in Massachusetts with the loss of the U.S. Senate seat, held by Ted Kennedy for almost 50 years, to Scott Brown. A stealth right-wing politician, Brown rode around the state in a pickup truck claiming to be an independent and “man of the people.” us Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:09:00 EST http://www.workers.org/2010/world/bangladesh_0211 More than 10,000 people gathered under a sea of red flags to open the First Convention of the Socialist Party of Bangladesh, and then held a militant mass march through Dhaka’s crowded streets. Hundreds of nationally elected delegates and many thousands of participants attended the Dec. 30-31 Convention of the SPB, which was formed in 1980. They presented a powerful challenge to the Western corporate media’s view of Bangladesh. world Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:54:00 EST http://www.workers.org/2010/world/mexican_electrical_workers_0211 Local labor union members and officers, along with members of the San Francisco Labor Council, the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement and community supporters, picketed and spoke outside the Mexican Consulate at noontime Jan. 29 in downtown San Francisco. world Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:42:00 EST http://www.workers.org/2010/world/haiti_0211 The 20 U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships, 63 helicopters, 204 joint operations vehicles and approximately 13,000 military personnel — 10,000 afloat and 3,000 ashore — occupying Haiti, were sanctioned by the U.N. as of Jan. 22. No request from Haiti was needed — the U.S. wanted to send troops and it did. The occupation and the U.N. approval have no legal basis. world Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:39:00 EST http://www.workers.org/2010/world/yemen_0211 Some 2,752 people were killed on Sept. 11, 2001, in the airplane attacks in the U.S. Their deaths have been marked and mourned. Today just the words “World Trade Center,” “9/11” and “al-Qaida” bring to mind attacks on civilians and fear of other such attacks. world Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:28:00 EST http://www.workers.org/2010/us/racist_insults_0211 South Carolina Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer recently made outrageously racist and anti-poor remarks at a town hall meeting of his Republican supporters. us Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:35:00 EST http://www.workers.org/2010/us/ford_0211 On Jan. 23 over 100 autoworkers met in Detroit for a conference sponsored by rank-and-file activist groups Soldiers of Solidarity, Autoworkers Caravan and Factory Rats Unite to take up a truly compelling question: Where do we go from here? us Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:33:00 EST http://www.workers.org/2010/us/reproductive_justice_0211 Anti-abortion zealot Scott Roeder was convicted in Wichita, Kan., on Jan. 29 of the cold-blooded murder of Dr. George R. Tiller, a fearless, caring physician who performed abortions for women in desperate circumstances, while enduring great personal risk and paying the ultimate sacrifice. us Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:30:00 EST http://www.workers.org/2010/us/google_0211 Since mid-January, hardly a day has gone by without some report in the big-business-controlled media about China and censorship of the Internet. Given the way the U.S. media report this, it is important to make it clear that China does not control the Internet. Control of the Internet lies completely in the hands of the U.S., or more precisely, the U.S. military-industrial complex. us Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:25:00 EST http://www.workers.org/2010/us/khamel_0211 A revolutionary Party utilizes all methods to try and win the hearts and minds of the working class and the oppressed, so that our class sisters and brothers become partisan fighters alongside us in the global class struggle against capitalist exploitation and imperialism. us Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:19:00 EST