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World Socialist Web Site Archive: February 2002

The archive below lists all articles that have been posted on the World Socialist Web Site by date. To visit the archive for other months, return to the Archive Monthly Index.

February 2002

28 February 2002
US troops join invasion of Colombian rebel zone
The Hague Tribunal: Milosevic charges NATO with war crimes - Part One
Greenspan predicts US "recovery" but sounds some warnings
US court sanctions further media monopolization
Australia's second largest airline collapses, again
Workers Struggles: Europe, the Middle East and Africa
The 52nd Berlin Film Festival - Part 2

27 February 2002
Sri Lankan government and LTTE sign a tentative ceasefire agreement
Conference of US right-wingers hears call to execute John Walker
European Union takes united action against Zimbabwe
Britain: Scandal over Mittal's donation to Labour reveals sharp divisions within establishment
Australian government refuses to transfer refugees from malaria-ridden camp
New York City mayor slashes public services
Letters on "Political reaction and intellectual charlatanry: US academics issue statement in support of war"

26 February 2002
The "fog of war" - How the US media covers up civilian deaths in Afghanistan
British shooting of civilians heightens tensions in Afghanistan
Funding for Airbus military transport sparks conflicts in Europe
Koizumi promises a plan as debt problems deepen
Australia: Labor trials "rent-a-cop" plan
British Columbia: Mass protest against gutting of public and social services
Workers Struggles: The Americas

25 February 2002
FBI knows anthrax mailer but won't make an arrest, US scientist charges
Sharon's war crimes in Lebanon: the record - Part Three
British government accedes to demands for new corporate killing offence
Australian government cost-cutting results in death of 10-year-old boy
Technology, the service industries and socialism

23 February 2002
The killing of Daniel Pearl
Bush announces new global warming plan: a Valentine's Day gift for energy corporations
Nepali regime steps up oppression of Maoists and civilians
Sharon's war crimes in Lebanon: the record - Part Two
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
52nd Berlin Film Festival - Still awaiting the long anticipated revival of German film
Letters and replies on Bush's State of the Union speech

22 February 2002
Enron VP tells Congress she feared for her life - But media remains silent on Baxter "suicide"
Hundreds dead in Egyptian rail disaster
Sharon's war crimes in Lebanon: the record
Tensions continue to wrack Fijian government
Detroit school employees march against layoffs
This year's Academy Awards nominations
Letters on "State of the Union speech: Bush declares war on the world"

21 February 2002
Bush doubletalk on Afghan POWs: US continues to flout Geneva Conventions
Enron fallout is spreading
Why the MDC opposition in Zimbabwe fell for a transparent sting operation
Britain: Fire at Yarl's Wood detention centre highlights plight of refugees
Sri Lankan SEP demands the release of two Tamil detainees
Workers Struggles: Europe
Two films mark thirtieth anniversary of Bloody Sunday

20 February 2002
Al Gore backs Bush's war plans
US militarism targets South American oil
Australian government drops threat to bar UN visit to detention centre
Lockerbie appeal raises new questions
Labor officials stave off strike - United Airlines, machinists union reach accord
Hollywood heart-strings need a transplant - John Q, directed by Nick Cassevetes, written by James Kearns
Two exchanges on the US economy

19 February 2002
Murder of an Afghan minister reveals a weak, divided government
What is behind the Olympics figure skating furor?
Howard's dirty tricks campaign committee - How the Australian election was subverted
US war plans panic Canada's elite
Workers Struggles: The Americas
Black Hawk Down: propaganda masquerading as entertainment

18 February 2002
Political reaction and intellectual charlatanry: US academics issue statement in support of war
Blair government refuses to protest false imprisonment of British nationals by Saudi Arabia
A letter from David North to the New York Times on the obituary of Dave Van Ronk
The New Zealand Greens and the war in Afghanistan
Africa and the perspective of international socialism

16 February 2002
Bush administration confirms plans for war against Iraq
The New York Times on the Milosevic trial: a triumph of cynicism
Blair's neocolonialist vision for Africa
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Letters on Dave Van Ronk

15 February 2002
European foreign ministers attack Bush's policy
Britain: Case against innocent Algerian sought by FBI collapses
Bush's "evil axis" speech destabilises the Korean peninsula
Australian government launches new attacks on free speech
France: the politics of presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Chevènement
Further 5,800 job cuts at British Airways provoke strike threat

14 February 2002
Afghan villagers killed and prisoners beaten in US military "mistake"
US layoffs continue to mount in new year
Britain: Scargill's cronies proclaim him honorary president for life of miners union
Share market fall deepens Japan's banking crisis
Dave Van Ronk, folk and blues artist, dead at 65
Workers Struggles: Europe, the Middle East and Africa

13 February 2002
Bush targets Middle Eastern immigrants in new police dragnet
G-7 meeting keeps silent on major problems
Germany: Christian Democrats nominate right-winger Stoiber to run for chancellor
At least 50 dead as floods inundate much of Jakarta
Britain: Postal workers vote for national pay strike
A woman in war - Charlotte Gray, directed by Gillian Armstrong
Letters on the Enron collapse

12 February 2002
India: Ayodhya campaign heightens the danger of communal conflict and war
Corporate Detroit demands more school cuts
Workers Struggles: The Americas
The promise of Iranian cinema - Close-up, directed by Abbas Kiarostami (1990)
The cause of capitalist crises
Letters on "Was the US government alerted to September 11 attack?"

11 February 2002
Canada's prime minister accuses opposition of assisting terrorists
Deaths in US capital highlight homelessness crisis
Human carnage continues in the Chinese coal industry
Privatisation drive in Yugoslavia could provoke a "social bomb"
Papua New Guinea government offers free education in election bid

9 February 2002
The political vendetta against John Walker Lindh continues
Protest by Israeli reservists opens new chapter in the struggle against Zionism
Sinhala chauvinist JVP makes significant gains in Sri Lankan election
New York City police crack down on World Economic Forum protests
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Ken Burns' Mark Twain: a not quite unflinching portrait

8 February 2002
Class war at home: the social dimensions of the new Bush budget
Australian detainee at Guantanamo Bay abandoned by Howard government
Interview on the Hicks case: "A blatant disregard for human rights"
Britain: opposition mounts to Labour's privatisation policies
Scotland report exposes child poverty
"Strange Fruit": the story of a song
Letters on Bush's State of the Union speech

7 February 2002
International Security Conference in Munich exposes growing NATO tensions
Media uses Pearl kidnapping to whitewash American society
Claims of US "recovery" look premature
A first-hand account - Life inside an Australian refugee detention centre
Workers Struggles: Europe, the Middle East and Africa
Letters on the kidnapping of Daniel Pearl
Letters on Israeli army reservists' protest

6 February 2002
Billions for war and repression: Bush budget for a garrison state
German authorities suspend right to demonstrate outside Munich Security Conference
Palestinian professor victimized in Florida
Sweden's Ericsson posts historic losses
Australian rural students face severe disadvantage
Surplus value and the rate of profit

5 February 2002
Defending the indefensible: more US lies on Afghan prisoners and Geneva Convention
Australian government unreservedly backs Bush's open-ended war
International concern over US support for Israeli war drive
Dismissal of Japanese foreign minister may spark political turmoil
General strike in Madagascar
Danish government toughens laws for foreigners
Workers Struggles: The Americas

4 February 2002
White House stonewalls Congressional probe into Enron links
India continues to stoke conflict with Pakistan
Malaysian government cracks down on immigrant workers
California's economic downturn: history repeats itself
Workers Struggles: Europe, the Middle East and Africa

2 February 2002
Relatives of September 11 victims expose human toll of US war in Afghanistan
Last-ditch deal ends Woomera refugee hunger strike in Australia
Anti-European agenda of the Freedom Party provokes government crisis in Austria
Revenue shortfalls lead to job losses and funding freezes in New Jersey
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

1 February 2002
Europe reacts nervously to Bush's State of the Union speech
Afghanistan: US forces carry out cold-blooded murder at Kandahar hospital
Enron fall-out threatens Britain's Labour government
Ammunition dump explodes in Lagos
Malaysian government uses "terrorist" smear to bolster its political fortunes
Letters on the US war in Afghanistan and the case of John Walker Lindh
Recent letters to the WSWS

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