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World Socialist Web Site Archive: January 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.

31 January 2003
Signs of growing opposition: - US launches large military operation in southern Afghanistan
Israel: Sharon's victory presages internal strife amidst escalating aggression
Toronto students protest visit by "Campus Watch" founder
Chinese capitalism: industrial powerhouse or sweatshop of the world?
Political disaffection spreads throughout the former Yugoslavia
Britain: Labour government threatens ban on UK firefighters strike
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa

30 January 2003
|Bush's State of the Union speech: the war fever of a ruling elite in crisis
US plans "shock and awe" blitzkrieg in Iraq
Australian prime minister assists US push for war
10,000 march and rally in Pittsburgh against Iraq war
Ivory Coast peace deal flounders
Canada's NDP opts for leader promising image makeover
France's Internal Security law and the cult of Interior Minister Sarkozy

29 January 2003
Blix report to the UN: diplomatic charade masks US imperialist war aims
Britain: SEP supporter addresses Bradford anti-war meeting
Britain: Police raid on mosque aimed at intimidating immigrants
Corporate bankruptcies exhaust US pension guaranty fund
The changing face of Canada
Australian fires: Canberra residents left to fend for themselves
Australian construction union moves to shut down Grocon dispute
Leaving the others behind - Antwone Fisher, directed by Denzel Washington

28 January 2003
New York Times offers "friendly advice" to abort the anti-war movement
Israeli elections highlight disaster facing Middle East
Davos summit: From the "new economy" to war and recession
US faces record budget deficits, new spending cuts
New Zealand policeman acquitted in private prosecution for murder
Unions set Air Canada flight attendants against each other
New York City transit workers narrowly approve pact
Workers Struggles: The Americas

27 January 2003
Brazil's Lula: From Porto Alegre to Davos
US establishes closer military ties with Nepal
Germany: Berlin public services face drastic cuts
Britain: Spending watchdog publishes damning report on PFI school projects
Letters on "Washington Post columnist Michael Kelly red-baits the Workers World Party"

25 January 2003
How to deal with America? The European dilemma
Casting about for a pretext for war Washington insists Iraq scientists submit to private interviews
US: anti-immigrant dragnet in advance of Super Bowl
Coal mine explosion kills three in West Virginia
US Senate upholds Bush aid to air polluters
Toronto police harass anti-poverty activists during trial
Britain: Refugees face destitution under new asylum law
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

24 January 2003
Washington Post columnist Michael Kelly red-baits the Workers World Party
War plans against Iraq aggravate conflict over Cyprus
FBI dispatched to Indonesia to deal with Freeport murders
Race to lead Canada's social democrats limps to finish
A pittance in international aid after cyclone devastates Fiji
Widespread industrial unrest in Kenya
Workers Struggles: Europe and Africa

23 January 2003
One-quarter of British army sent for war vs. Iraq
Commutation of death sentences in Illinois deals blow to capital punishment
Law and order in Illinois--frame-up, torture and legal murder
Two Chinese workers tried for subversion over protests
Washington escalates military buildup in Latin America
Firestorm wreaks havoc in Australia's capital city
Virginia Woolf cannot be held responsible - The Hours, directed by Stephen Daldry

22 January 2003
Australian government deploys military forces to the Persian Gulf
US military insists on right of "hot pursuit" inside Pakistan
US: New attacks on Medicare and Medicaid
Zimbabwe: Britain and South Africa in Mugabe retirement plot
French airline steward detained for nine months in US
Letters on the growing opposition to US war against Iraq

21 January 2003
Blueprint for a US colonial regime in Baghdad
New York Times discovers the opposition to war in Iraq
Britain: demonstrators speak out against war vs. Iraq
Trade deficit up, as US economy turns down
In runup to key state elections - German Green Party proposes drastic cuts in Frankfurt
Pay deal in the German public sector
Workers Struggles: The Americas

20 January 2003
Hundreds of thousands protest US war drive vs. Iraq - Demonstrations in Washington, San Francisco and cities worldwide
Washington demonstrators speak out against war on Iraq
Canada: Mass protests against war on Iraq
Venezuela "strike": the anatomy of a US-backed provocation
Britain: Pension proposals do nothing to resolve retirement income crisis
Questions on socialist organisation and planning

18 January 2003
Blair warns United Nations has no veto over US-led war vs. Iraq
US pilots face trial for Canadian "friendly fire" deaths in Afghanistan
Sri Lankan peace talks run into difficulties over LTTE disarmament
Mass jobs destruction at US retailer Kmart
Britain: Firefighters to resume nationwide strike
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

17 January 2003
The political issues in the struggle against war - Statement of the WSWS Editorial Board
Worsening problems for global economy
US blocks cheap drugs for undeveloped world
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
A life's labor's lost - About Schmidt, directed by Alexander Payne
Letters from our readers

16 January 2003
Pyongyang reacts to US threats by withdrawing from non-proliferation treaty
German government signals support for Iraq war
Britain: Train drivers refuse to move supplies for war vs. Iraq
Argentine military commander eulogizes ex-dictator
The Milosevic trial - Pro-western Bosnian Serb leader given exceptional treatment
Misanthropy and contemporary American filmmaking - Gangs of New York, directed by Martin Scorsese

15 January 2003
Striker killed on GE picket line in Kentucky
New York Times' Thomas Friedman: "No problem with a war for oil"
Canada intensifies support for US war on Iraq
Bush tax cut provides billions for the wealthy
California universities and public schools face massive budget cuts
Australian government launches "anti-terrorist" advertising campaign
Letters from our readers

14 January 2003
Britain: Foreign secretary admits oil central to war vs. Iraq
Thousands in Los Angeles protest war vs. Iraq
Federal appeals court upholds indefinite detention of US citizen
Witch-hunting trial of homeless advocates opens in Toronto
New DNA research points to origins of dogs
Workers Struggles: The Americas

13 January 2003
UN report details humanitarian disaster expected from war vs. Iraq
German Christian Democratic official gives interview to pro-Nazi newspaper
Australia: Telstra union imposes deal eroding conditions and jobs
Obituary: Joe Strummer of The Clash, dies aged 50

11 January 2003
US: 101,000 jobs lost in December
Britain: Conservative government considered "forcible resettlement" of Northern Ireland in 1972
European fishing industry in crisis
Health unions in Sri Lanka engage in futile internecine dispute
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Surrealist leader André Breton's archives up for auction

10 January 2003
Britain: Blair forecasts "dangerous problems" in 2003
LTTE makes further threats against SEP members in Sri Lanka
France: Government greets New Year with austerity measures
HIH inquiry seeks scapegoats for Australia's biggest bankruptcy
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
Letters on war threat against Iraq and the attack on civil liberties in the US

9 January 2003
Turkey prepares to line up behind US war vs. Iraq
Israel: Election Commission excludes Arab candidates from Knesset race
US: Racist campaign against Somali immigrants in Maine
Britain's prison population reaches record high
New Zealand row over government bonus for union members
The maladjusted and the all-too-easily adjusted - Catch Me If You Can, directed by Steven Spielberg; Adaptation, directed by Spike Jonze

8 January 2003
Bush's tax cut plan: The economics of the American plutocracy
No to war against Iraq - Editorial of Gleichheit, magazine of the Socialist Equality Party of Germany
New York police seek new spying powers
Britain: High Court decision attacks embryo-based medical science
Bangladesh government exploits bomb blasts to detain political opponents

7 January 2003
French government moves toward participation in Iraq war
France goes on the offensive in Ivory Coast
Australian intelligence inquiry into Bali warnings "a whitewash"
Austria: Greens bid for coalition with conservative ÖVP
Workers Struggles: The Americas

6 January 2003
On eve of US war against Iraq: the political challenge of 2003
Unions accept massive cutbacks at US Airways
Ontario Tories deny farm workers trade union rights
Britain: Labour government moves to dismantle public health care
An uneasy peace deal signed between Indonesian government and Aceh rebels

4 January 2003
US accelerates preparations for invasion of Iraq
Michigan rally marks one year since the arrest of Rabih Haddad
New Israeli budget underscores growing social inequality
Canberra displays callous indifference toward storm-ravaged Pacific islanders
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

3 January 2003
Moi's successor defeated in Kenyan election
New revelations about Guantanamo Bay prisoners
Legal sophistry to justify aggression - Germany's "Red-Green" government to participate in war against Iraq
New US pension rules to cut benefits for millions of retirees
Letters from our readers

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