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World Socialist Web Site Archive: February 2003

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.

28 February 2003
Bush lays out his "vision" for the Middle East - US imperialism's rendezvous with disaster
Italian opponents of war block US military transports
Behind the "antiwar" stance of the Australian Greens
WSWS/SEP public meetings in Melbourne and Sydney: the political tasks facing the antiwar movement
A conversation with historian James M. McPherson - How the US Civil War became "a remorseless revolutionary struggle"
Police assault striking tea plantation workers in Sri Lanka
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
The opposite of what's needed - The Life of David Gale, directed by Alan Parker
Letters on US war against Iraq

27 February 2003
Britain: Blair ignores popular opposition in parliamentary brief for war
Australian legal experts declare an invasion of Iraq a war crime
"There is no debate... There is nothing" - Senator Byrd laments Democrats' silence on Iraq war
A victory for government by stealth: US congressional arm abandons suit against Cheney
An interview with French Socialist Party spokesman Karim Pakzad
Ebola outbreak in the Congo
National Express withdraws from Australian showpiece of privatised transport

26 February 2003
Bush hands UN an ultimatum on Iraq war
Japan's involvement in the Sri Lankan peace process
War crimes tribunal drops charges against Croatian general
Australian government backs imprisonment of Melbourne man in Pakistan
Britain: Labour government delays directors' liability as work deaths rise
US: Bethlehem Steel to terminate health and insurance benefits for 95,000 retirees

25 February 2003
The New York Times' brief for war against Iraq
Corruption and greed in the name of "civil rights" - Jesse Jackson and the Chicago dance club tragedy
Record US trade deficit highlights global imbalances
Why Germany's Christian Democrats support the war against Iraq
UK government's hypocritical stance over World Cup cricket match in Zimbabwe
Fiji's cyclone victims still lack food, shelter and clean water
Pennsylvania state police cleared in killing of 12-year-old
Workers Struggles: The Americas

24 February 2003
Rumsfeld pushes big lie on "human shields" in Iraq
Inadequate safety planning produces South Korean subway disaster
Student protest exposes rift in Chinese regime
France: Former prime minister Jospin resurfaces in the pages of Le Monde
Documentary exposes US aggression in Somalia, Sudan and Afghanistan - 21st Century Wars: Unseen wars by Sorius Samura for Britain's Channel 4
New findings on Stonehenge point to continent-wide socio-cultural network

22 February 2003
Public meetings in Britain on the tasks facing the antiwar movement
A monstrous attack on democratic rights - US government mounts conspiracy frame-up of Palestinian activists
Bush administration preparing new police state measures
US troops to be involved in combat operations in the southern Philippines
US telecom giants and the war in Iraq: It's not just about oil
Reports on February 14-16 antiwar demonstrations - Ohio * Colorado
Child starvation stalks Argentina's northern provinces
A comment on The Pianist
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

21 February 2003
World Socialist Web Site and Socialist Equality Party to sponsor public conference - Socialism and the Struggle Against Imperialism and War: the Strategy and Program of a New International Working Class Movement
Britain: The significance of Blair's response to the mass antiwar protest in London
French government party leaders solidarize themselves with American imperialism
Reports on February 14-16 antiwar demonstrations - Uruguay * Argentina * Sweden
New Zealand antiwar protestors condemn Bush and Blair
After capture of Pentagon contractors: - Wider US war threatened in Colombia
Bolivia: Military-provoked riots end in 33 deaths
As coca leaders, government talk: US boosts military aid to Bolivia
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa

20 February 2003
Russia and the war against Iraq
Bush administration accelerates US military buildup against Iraq
Reports on February 15-16 antiwar demonstrations - Brussels * Oregon * San Francisco
Australia: Protestors express deep disgust with US war plans
Murdoch's Sun dismisses million-strong London march as "nothing"
Sri Lankan police drag out hearings over LTTE's threats against SEP
Bush administration withholds evidence in case of Zacarias Moussaoui
Economic "Perfect Storm" threatens to wreck US public education - New York governor proposes $1.24 billion in school cuts

19 February 2003
EU summit agrees on war against Iraq as a "last resort"
Oil and the coming war against Iraq
Reports on February 15-16 antiwar demonstrations - New York City * Seattle * Wilmington, North Carolina * Texas * Bern, Switzerland
Discussions with Paris antiwar demonstrators
Desperately searching for allies: Washington fetes Australian prime minister
South Africa: ANC escalates privatisations and economic restructuring
Letters on global antiwar protests

18 February 2003
London: antiwar protesters denounce Blair's support for Bush
Tens of thousands march in South Africa against Iraq war
Washington prepares to tighten the economic noose around North Korea
Bush uses AIDS funding as an instrument of foreign policy
Former British Prime Minister Edward Heath gives evidence to Bloody Sunday tribunal
Persecution of homeless mother continues in Toronto
Air Canada demands massive concessions
Australia: Near disaster as runaway train crashes at major rail station
Workers Struggles: The Americas
A survivor of the Warsaw ghetto - Roman Polanski's The Pianist

17 February 2003
An event of world historical significance - Statement of the World Socialist Web Site Editorial Board
Mass demonstrations inaugurate international antiwar movement
USA
New York City
California
Chicago
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Canada
Toronto
Montreal
Europe
London
Glasgow
Dublin
Rome
Barcelona
Berlin
Paris
Amsterdam
Brussels
Vienna
Copenhagen
The Middle East
Tel Aviv
Asia-Pacific
Seoul
Wellington
Sydney
Melbourne
Perth

15 February 2003
WSWS to provide on-the-spot coverage of global anti-war rallies
Bush administration stung by second report of Iraq inspectors
Incident in Alexandria: Antiwar outpouring in the Pentagon's back yard
US right-wing media, politicians spit out anti-French venom
French Communist Party Chairman Hue loses his parliamentary seat
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch explains why he backs war vs. Iraq
"We are not animals, we are human beings" Record numbers swamp New York City's homeless shelters
Bush budget plan attacks public education - Last of five articles on Bush's 2004 budget proposal
Treatment of refugees exposes Australian government hypocrisy on Iraq war
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

14 February 2003
The US terror alert - Washington employs fear and panic as instruments of war
“Human shields” charge - Bush prepares alibi for slaughter in Iraq
Britain: Why are troops really deployed in London?
Powell's Al Qaeda-Baghdad link falls apart
Behind the posturing - Canada has decided to join in war on Iraq
Ankara lines up behind a war against Iraq
The Bush budget: subverting Medicare and Medicaid - Part four of five articles on Bush's 2004 budget proposal
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa

13 February 2003
Iraq war splits NATO
The tasks facing the anti-war movement - Statement of the World Socialist Web Site Editorial Board
US ambassador lambasts Australian Labor Party leader
Sri Lankan SEP replies to a right-wing supporter of the LTTE
Court sanctions expanded political surveillance by New York City police
Bush budget targets the poor - Part three of five articles on Bush's 2004 budget proposal
French public sector workers demonstrate against pension cuts
Wall Street Journal editor's brief for a "Pax Americana"

12 February 2003
The tasks facing the anti-war movement - Statement of the World Socialist Web Site Editorial Board
Afghan Massacre--Convoy of Death available on video - Film exposing Pentagon war crimes premieres in US
Welfare for the wealthy: the Bush tax plan - Part two of five articles on Bush's 2004 budget proposal
Social discontent escalates in China
UN and US back French intervention in Ivory Coast
Britain: Labour government moves to "market based higher education"
75th Academy Award nominations: as eclectic and confounding as ever

11 February 2003
The Bush budget: blueprint for a right-wing assault on the working class
Growing criticism of Bush budget deficit
Judge upholds New York police ban on anti-war march
South East Asia braces for political fallout from Iraq war
US congressman defends WWII internment of Japanese-Americans - Republican heads domestic security committee
France: strikes, protests mount against plant closings and pension cuts
Workers Struggles: The Americas

10 February 2003
Britain: Blair government caught out in plagiarism and lies over latest Iraq dossier
White House cancels poetry symposium in response to protest
Australian government commits to US-led war in face of growing opposition
Britain: Government and media conspire to whip-up anti-immigrant hysteria
A look at rural life in British Ceylon - Sudu Sevaneli, directed by Sunil Ariyarathne
Letters on "Powell's UN speech triggers countdown to war against Iraq"

8 February 2003
After Powell's UN speech - Media pundits in lockstep behind US war drive
Bush threatens military action against North Korea
Kurds know nothing of "terrorist poison factory" cited by Powell
Leading Democrats line up behind Bush on Iraq war
UN conceals Picasso's "Guernica" for Powell's presentation
Franco-British summit: Chirac signals Paris ready to back war vs. Iraq
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

7 February 2003
The LTTE calls for SEP members in northern Sri Lanka to be "wiped out"
German state elections: dramatic losses for Schröder's Social Democratic Party
TV documentary: US lied about Gulf War missile "hits"
Australia bullies East Timor over oil and gas
Strike wave continues in Kenya
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa

6 February 2003
Powell's UN speech triggers countdown to war against Iraq
Scandinavian governments divided over US-led war vs. Iraq
China prepares to fall into line with US war on Iraq
Texas executes British citizen despite international protests
Dickensian conditions in Canada - Homeless mother could be jailed for leaving baby at Toronto City Hall
Australia: Thousands of households cut off electricity

5 February 2003
Left apologists for US imperialism red-bait the anti-war movement
Homeless, poor freeze in US cold wave
Financial crisis staggers California - Governor outlines draconian budget cuts
IMF/World Bank policies pave way for continuing famine in Africa
Australia: Seven die in rail crash near Sydney
An insightful view into an artist's world - Francis Bacon Studio at Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin
Letters from our readers

4 February 2003
The Columbia tragedy: NASA, Congress, Bush ignored safety warnings
US military chief admits American troops already in Iraq
US economy stalls in fourth quarter
Israel: Sharon government builds fortified wall around West Bank
The Netherlands: Anti-immigrant List Pim Fortyn loses heavily in parliamentary elections
New Kashmiri administration fails to deliver "healing touch"
Workers Struggles: The Americas

3 February 2003
Blair blurts out the US agenda on North Korea
Britain's Guardian newspaper says US sanctions torture against terrorist suspects
US: Contractors shredded thousands of immigration documents
PNG unions call off all action against budget cuts
Letters on US war buildup against Iraq

1 February 2003
Bush's claims on Iraqi weapons-lies in pursuit of war
As Green Berets deploy in war zone - Colombian president seeks massive US intervention
India and Pakistan again escalate tensions
Ireland: Fianna Fail and SDLP float unity pact
European Rapid Reaction Force to deploy in Macedonia
Workers Struggles: Australia and the Pacific
In the classical realist tradition - Sisila Gini Gani, directed by Prasanna Vithanage, script Sanath Gunathilaka and music by Premasiri Kemadasa

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