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World Socialist Web Site Archive: May 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.

May 2002

31 May 2002
A socialist strategy to oppose war on the Indian subcontinent
Bush administration lifts restriction on domestic spying by FBI
Australian prisoners in Guantanamo Bay send letters exposing their illegal detention
US Supreme Court reinstates death sentence against Tennessee man
Kenya hit by floods
Britain: right-wing union leaders maintain control by any means necessary
The painter Jacob Lawrence
Letters on the September 11 cover-up

30 May 2002
Texas executes man for crime committed at 17
Australia bullies "independent" East Timor over oil and gas
Eastern European workers to pay the cost of membership in European Union
European Union grants temporary stay to exiled Palestinian militants
Rights of British mesothelioma victims restored
San Francisco International Film Festival 2002--Part 3 - Pasolini and other questions
Some questions and answers on life under socialism

29 May 2002
September 11 cover-up crumbles: Who was covering for Moussaoui, and why?
Rightist death squads hail Colombia's new president
US duty on Canadian lumber comes into force
Train crash in Mozambique kills 200
Private operator of US public schools facing financial crisis
Workers Struggles: The Americas
On Marx and Lassalle, Engels and Carlyle: an exchange of letters

28 May 2002
Bush in Berlin: illusion and reality
The Bush administration embraces Malaysian autocrat
More questions about whom Australian troops are killing in Afghanistan
The Milosevic trial: Revealing testimony by Rugova on breakup of Yugoslavia
Britain's favoured candidate wins Sierra Leone elections
Dwindling job prospects and rising education costs face US college graduates
Widening rebellion by New Zealand teachers against government-union pay deal

27 May 2002
New evidence that US government suppressed September 11 warnings
Prisoners of war held in horrific conditions in Afghan jails
Asylum incident fuels anti-China rhetoric in Japan
British Columbia Liberals introduce omnibus anti-worker legislation
Britain: Teenager commits suicide in prison
San Francisco International Film Festival 2002--Part 2 - Four films

25 May 2002
Colombian vote sets stage for US military escalation
Thousands die each year in US because they lack health insurance
Texas to execute three for crimes committed as juveniles
Report details Israeli seizure of West Bank land
Australian government forced to delay "anti-terrorism" laws
Britain: Labour government whips up anti-immigrant sentiment
Workers' protests continue in northeast China
Hershey Chocolate workers strike in Pennsylvania
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

24 May 2002
Government by provocation: Bush administration escalates terror warnings
The war in Afghanistan, world politics and the perspective for socialism - Part 3
New York's ex-mayor Giuliani leaves a legacy of corruption and racism
India and Pakistan back off from war--temporarily
Michigan conference calls for defense of Arab, Asian immigrants
Britain: Potters Bar derailment highlights deterioration in rail safety
San Francisco International Film Festival 2002--Part 1 - Rewards, disappointments and surprises

23 May 2002
Tens of thousands march against Bush in Berlin
Israel: Sharon pushes through austerity budget
The war in Afghanistan, world politics and the perspective for socialism - Part 2
An uneasy cease fire in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan navy kills two fishermen
Pro-US military strongman elected president in Mali
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa

22 May 2002
Why is the New York Times defending Bush's September 11 cover-up?
The war in Afghanistan, world politics and the perspective for socialism
New arms treaty paves way for US military buildup
Heat and poverty kill over 700 people in India
Britain: Mother faces prison for failing to send daughters to school
Buenos Aires 4th International Festival of Independent Cinema--Part 4 - Discussions on the Argentine crisis
Letters to the WSWS
Letters on the social crisis in America

21 May 2002
Bush vows tighter blockade, Castro pushes for rapprochement with US
India and Pakistan move to the brink of war
German government clamps down on opposition prior to Bush visit
US under fire over steel and farm policies
Britain: Asbestos ruling opens way for compensation claims
German metalworkers strike brought to an end
Workers Struggles: The Americas

20 May 2002
A Tribute to Vadim Rogovin
Two more cases of coldblooded murder in Afghanistan
Irish elections: Ruling Fianna Fail vote increases, Sinn Fein win five seats
Australian maritime union accepts job losses
Buenos Aires 4th International Festival of Independent Cinema--Part 3 - Drama, ideas and life
Letters on Bush and September 11

18 May 2002
Cover-up and conspiracy: The Bush administration and September 11
Right-wing parties unseat social democrats in Dutch elections
What the Likud vote reveals about Israel's real intentions
East Timor's "independence": illusion and reality
Famine spreads across southern Africa
Australia: Howard government bans French movie Baise-moi
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Letters on "US attorney general invokes God in 'war on terrorism'"

17 May 2002
French President Chirac appoints new government with right-wing agenda
Socialist Equality Party public meeting in Britain - The political lessons of the French presidential elections
The unquiet death of Charles Horman - Chilean court reenacts stadium execution of American journalist
Chinese leaders seek allies against US encirclement
Number of US workers on jobless benefits hits 19-year high
May Department Stores lays off 1,800 in Pennsylvania and Oregon
Buenos Aires 4th International Festival of Independent Cinema--Part 2 - Films of Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien, and a number of documentaries

16 May 2002
Socialist Equality Party public meeting in Britain: - The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the dead-end of Zionism
The Crusader affair: A military-corporate oligarchy out of control
Australian budget targets social welfare to pay for war
Paris club decision keeps Indonesian economy temporarily afloat
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
On the labor party question in the US

15 May 2002
Carter comment exposes Bush administration's "big lie" against Cuba
Afghanistan's loya jirga: a cynical exercise in neo-colonialism
Anthrax attacks: FBI cover-up and New York Times whitewash
Execution assembly line continues to roll in US
US attorney general invokes God in "war on terrorism"
Australia: Maritime union promotes nationalism in CSL Yarra dispute
Buenos Aires 4th International Festival of Independent Cinema--Part 1 - Changed conditions and some of the same problems
Buenos Aires 4th International Festival of Independent Cinema - Steel and the Virgin Mary

14 May 2002
Defying growing state repression, 100,000 Israelis rally against war
Australia: SEP meetings discuss Afghanistan war and the perspective for socialism
SEP public meeting interviews: "The most coherent political analysis available"
Interview with a member of the Ligue Communiste Révolutionnaire of France, and comment by David Walsh
Coroner blames work stress for New Zealand bank worker's suicide
Workers Struggles: The Americas
Letters on the French elections

13 May 2002
Philippine bomb blasts provide excuse for expanded US military presence
Howard government backs US incarceration of second Australian in Camp X-Ray
Spanish government moves to ban Basque separatist party
Pensions benefits slashed for US workers - Companies channel retirement funds into the stock market
An exchange of letters on Marx and anti-Semitism

11 May 2002
The CIA attempts political assassination in Afghanistan
On eve of Carter's trip to Cuba - Bush administration split over anti-Castro blockade
Secession threatened in Madagascar
Recession and welfare reform increase hunger in US
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Letters to the WSWS

10 May 2002
With US backing, Israel prepares new military assault on Palestinians
Human Rights Watch report into Jenin accuses Israel of war crimes
An interview with Lutte Ouvrière leader Arlette Laguiller, and comment by Peter Schwarz
Burmese junta releases Suu Kyi amid fears of political unrest
Bush administration issues new threats - Is the US planning a war against Cuba?
Enron defrauded California out of billions during energy crisis
Complacent and emotionally remote - The Son's Room, directed by Nanni Moretti

9 May 2002
The Netherlands: social democrats eulogize murdered neo-fascist Pim Fortuyn
Why the low-key White House, media response to pipe-bomb terrorism?
New York Times op-ed piece: another "nothing to hide" apologia for Israeli war crimes
Musharaff gives go-ahead for US military operations in Pakistan
Australian government defends its brutal treatment of refugees
Workers Struggles: Europe, the Middle East and Africa
Woody Allen's latest - Hollywood Ending, written and directed by Woody Allen

8 May 2002
More evidence of warnings to Washington of September 11 attacks
US Congress backs Israeli assault on Palestinians - Resolutions highlight alliance of Zionism and Christian right
Ferry disaster in Bangladesh claims 300 lives
Report exposes role of government in communal violence in India
May Day in China: government glorifies the rich, workers protest inequality
The Milosevic trial: More questions raised over Racak
Letters to the WSWS

7 May 2002
France: Chirac appoints "free market" conservative as interim prime minister
US repudiates International Criminal Court
Nigerian plane crashes in city suburb
Pakistan's sham referendum endorses Musharraf as president
Victimised Australian professor reinstated but placed on "leave"
Pro-Palestinian student group suspended following University of California-Berkeley protest
Workers Struggles: The Americas

6 May 2002
Chirac wins French presidency with 82 percent of the vote - Gaullist president backed by Socialist Party, CP, Greens
Opportunism in practice: the response of French left groups to the presidential election
Police attack May Day protests in Australia
Deep cracks in India's ruling coalition revealed in debate over Gujarat violence
Letters on the school shooting in Erfurt, Germany

4 May 2002
The left and the French presidential election: An exchange of letters on the politics of Lutte Ouvrière
Sharp rise in US jobless rate
US growth figures don't square with business perceptions
Britain: local government elections reveal political disaffection and stagnation
Britain: Labour cooks the books on child poverty
INS pretext for political retaliation Palestinian activist arrested in New York City
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Letters to the WSWS

3 May 2002
French Socialist Party attempts to pick up the pieces
UN pronounces on Jenin: Forget about it
The AFL-CIO's role in the Venezuelan coup
Britain: Blair government lurches to the right in wake of French presidential elections
Factional conflict as Beijing prepares for major leadership change
Australian government hands over millions more dollars to Mitsubishi
An exchange of letters on the April 20 march in Washington
Letters on the crisis in France

2 May 2002
May Day in France: 1.5 million march against neo-fascist Le Pen - Socialist Party, unions campaign for Chirac
May Day marchers in Paris speak on the French elections
SEP public meetings in Melbourne and Sydney - The war in Afghanistan, world politics and the perspective for socialism
German Chancellor Schröder booed at May Day rally in Leipzig
Milosevic and Sharon: when is a war criminal not a war criminal?
US authorities arrest Islamic charity leader on perjury charges
provides military assistance to Nepal to crush Maoist guerrillas
Workers Struggles: Europe, the Middle East and Africa
An exchange on the politics of the April 20 anti-war protest in Washington

1 May 2002
Is the US torturing Abu Zubaida?
Director of congressional probe into September 11 terror attacks resigns
Socialist coalition prepares Hungary for entry into European Union following election
Britain: Cash for access scandal dogs Blair's Middle East envoy
Australian court ruling against Big Tobacco
McCabe v. British American Tobacco Australia Services Ltd: A protracted conspiracy exposed

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