http://www.wsws.org/ The World Socialist Web Site features daily news and analysis written from a socialist perspective, and commentary on the arts, culture, history, and politics. It is published by the International Committee of the Fourth International. en http://www.wsws.org/index.shtml http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/gaza-j06.shtml The toll of Palestinians killed and wounded continues to rise rapidly as Israel intensifies its combined air and ground assault on the largely defenseless and starved Gaza Strip. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/pers-j06.shtml In an ominous move posing the threat of wider war, the US plans to create new supply lines to Afghanistan in preparation for a doubling of its occupation forces under the Obama administration. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/stim-j06.shtml US president-elect Barack Obama announced on Monday that he favors an economic “stimulus” plan of about $775 billion, a large proportion of which will consist in corporate tax cuts. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/fire-j06.shtml Up to 1,000 people were packed into the Santika nightclub in Bangkok on New Year’s Eve when a fire broke out. The building was a fire trap, which lacked adequate fire prevention and safety measures,... http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/rwan-j06.shtml The International Criminal Tribunal to investigate the genocide that took place in Rwanda in 1994 against the minority Tutsis has passed a sentence of life imprisonment against General Theoneste Bagas... http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/spys-j06.shtml New reports detail the activities of an FBI informant during the 2008 Republican National Convention and the police infiltration of activist groups in the Maryland area. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/benj-j06.shtml The Curious Case of Benjamin Button concerns itself with the fate of an individual who ages in reverse. Born a shriveled old man, Benjamin Button experiences the natural aging process backward. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/haig-j06.shtml ICFI supporter Adam Haig responds to Alex Steiner’s frustration over his principled Marxist critique of the Steiner-Brenner embrace of the reactionary critical theorist Herbert Marcuse of the Frankf... http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/lec2-j06.shtml The rise and fall of the 1925-1927 Second Chinese Revolution was one of the most significant political events of the twentieth century. One cannot understand modern Chinese history without examining i... http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/wkrs-j06.shtml The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/stra-j06.shtml The following letter was sent to the editor of the Strathclyde Telegraph student newspaper in Glasgow, Scotland. The Telegraph published a scurrilous attack on the SEP and Jerome White, its 2008 presi... http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/corr-j06.shtml A selection of letters on some recent WSWS film reviews.