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World Socialist Web Site Archive: November 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.

29 November 2003
Bush's PR stunt in Baghdad underscores US crisis
Britain: Blair's relations with Europe deteriorate after Bush's state visit
California Governor Schwarzenegger launches right-wing agenda
Sri Lankan government treads a fine line over the budget
Britain: Survey shows increase in social inequality
We're living in strange times" - Marking Time scriptwriter speaks with WSWS
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

28 November 2003
US moves to silence Iraq's most popular TV news channel
50 Years of the International Committee of the Fourth International - Public meeting of the Socialist Equality Party in Australia
Britain: Queen's speech outlines attack on students, immigrants and civil liberties
Makiko Tanaka returns to political prominence in Japan
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa

27 November 2003
The "war on terror" and American democracy--some ominous warnings
Afghanistan: escalating opposition to the US occupation
Britain: Media and government use Istanbul bombings to intimidate antiwar dissent
European Union to deport immigrants
New Zealand anti-terror legislation gives police sweeping new powers
Facts but no framework - Shattered Glass, directed by Billy Ray; Veronica Guerin, directed by Joel Schumacher
Letters from our readers

26 November 2003
Medicare bill marks major step in destruction of government health plan for US seniors - A windfall for drug companies, private health insurers
Bush, House Republicans rig vote to pass Medicare bill
The New York Times: a proposal for ethnic cleansing in Iraq
Police violence at Miami FTAA protest - Mayor says repression was a "model for homeland security"
Northern Ireland election: An attempt to rescue the Good Friday Agreement
Political crackdown in China as leadership prepares mass privatisations
On "State scapegoats parents, workers in New Jersey child welfare scandal"

25 November 2003
US occupation authority tramples on Iraqi workers' rights
Whither the US dollar?
France: Elf verdicts reveal state corruption at highest levels
Unemployment rate in Australia twice the official figure
Report exposes criminal connections of Lithuanian president
Spain: Relatives of military plane crash victims met with official indifference
Workers Struggles: The Americas

24 November 2003
Terrorism commission caves in to White House over 9/11 documents
International and corporate pressure for a political compromise in Sri Lanka
Indonesia: Trials underway into Suharto-era atrocities
Britain: Police chief apologises to family of man shot dead by officers
An exchange on "Friedman of the Times declares war on France"

22 November 2003
Reflections on the 40th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination
“Meet the people” --Bush and Blair style
Crowned by big business - Paul Martin to be Canada's new prime minister
New York police assault fundraiser for anarchist group
Uzbekistan: Britain's ambassador embarrasses Bush administration
Striking Los Angeles transit workers return to work without a contract
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Sylvia Plath is hardly present - Sylvia, directed by Christine Jeffs
Letters from our readers

21 November 2003
David North addresses Sri Lankan Trotskyists on the 50th anniversary of the ICFI
Britain: Massive turnout at demonstration against Bush and Iraq war
Terror blasts in Istanbul: atrocities aid Bush's "war on terror"
Massachusetts high court rules in favor of same-sex marriages
No agreement in Miami on FTAA
Free trade lite deal papers over US-Latin American conflict
Fissures deepen within Israeli political establishment
Federal appeals court upholds Bush abuse of 'material witness' statute
A green light for arbitrary arrests
Love and anti-refugee racism in rural Australia
Marking Time directed by Cherie Nolan, written by John Doyle

20 November 2003
Bush's London visit highlights mass opposition to US and British governments
Bush's London speech: A defense of aggression and lawlessness
An international socialist strategy to oppose militarism and war
Arson destroys Indiana Holocaust museum
Washington demands "triggers" for attack on Iran
India: Tamil Nadu government launches far-reaching attack on the press
Spain: Investigation into death at sea of 36 African migrants
More telecommunications jobs eliminated
US: 21,000 Verizon workers accept buyout

19 November 2003
An international socialist strategy to oppose militarism and war
The New York Times "sours" on Bush's new plan for Iraq
PR blitz to boost Iraq war fizzles - Jessica Lynch criticizes government-backed lies
Arizona sheriff introduces female chain gangs
Following recent local elections - Conservatives and Greens form coalition government in Upper Austria
Thousands of workers in South Korea strike against repressive labour laws
Election fraud induces political crisis in Georgia
Letters from our readers

18 November 2003
Bush's visit to London: Is a state provocation being prepared?
Japanese government holds power, but with reduced majority
The Maher Arar case: Washington's practice of torture by proxy
Canadian authorities complicit in Arar's illegal detention and torture
US: State scapegoats parents, workers in New Jersey child welfare scandal
Teenager's death highlights terrible toll in Australian workplaces
Los Angeles County and public employees union reach tentative contract
Workers Struggles: The Americas
Briefly noted Love Actually; Intolerable Cruelty; School of Rock; The Matrix Revolutions

17 November 2003
US media sanctions campaign of atrocities in Iraq
European Social Forum: French LCR seeks to channel popular opposition to official left parties
Sinhalese extremist thugs attack arts festival in Colombo
Provocateurs and criminals in the employ of the Brandenburg intelligence service
Why are retirement pensions under attack?
Australian government flouts international law to eject Kurdish refugees

15 November 2003
WSWS republishes extracts from The Heritage We Defend: A Contribution to the History of the Fourth International
By David North, Chairman of the WSWS International Editorial Board
The Split in the Fourth International
James P. Cannon's "Open Letter"
US 'turning point' in Iraq--deeper into the abyss
Mother of US soldier: "Bush killed my son"
No resolution to Sri Lankan political crisis
Israel: Histadrut suspends general strike against pension reform
Britain: New government attack on asylum seekers
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
The entanglement with life The Human Stain

14 November 2003
The crisis of American democracy: its social and political roots
War on terror methods for Miami anti-globalization protests
The political economy of the Sri Lankan "peace process" - Part 2
The political origins and outlook of Jemaah Islamiyah - Part 3
Germany: MP's anti-Semitic speech exposes ugly face of the CDU
Netherlands: Trade unions agree to two-year wage freeze The failure of the "Polder Model"
Protesting textile workers killed by Lesotho police
Workers Struggles: Europe and Africa
Can Hollywood be subversive?
Dirty Pretty Things, directed by Stephen Frears

13 November 2003
The Saudi bombing--who benefits from this atrocity?
The political economy of the Sri Lankan "peace process" - Part 1
Washington Post shrugs its shoulders over torture victim case
Heinrich Hannover defends WSWS against slanderous attack by Brandenburg intelligence service
The political origins and outlook of Jemaah Islamiyah
Part 2
Israel's crisis opens rift within Sharon government
A study in political cowardice:
Congress strips profiteering penalties from $87.5 billion Iraqi occupation bill
Liberia: US puts a bounty on Charles Taylor's head
Letters from families of US soldiers

12 November 2003
US high court to hear Guantanamo appeal
Gore issues warning over "Big Brother" regime in US
New evidence of official lies on Iraq's "nuclear program"
Britain: Blair's apologia for Iraq war on eve of Bush visit
Canada's social democrats court "progressive" Tories
The political origins and outlook of Jemaah Islamiyah Part 1
US: Gunpoint police raid at South Carolina school
A convenient vagueness
Elephant, directed and written by Gus Van Sant

11 November 2003
US unleashes renewed bombing raids on Iraqi towns
The political issues in the Sri Lankan constitutional crisis
Arguments of an authoritarian state: Brandenburg intelligence service slanders the WSWS
US extends its military influence in Eastern Europe
The Milosevic Trial: Last prime minister of Yugoslavia breaks 12-year silence
Swiss elections: End of political consensus?
Workers Struggles: The Americas
Quentin Tarantino's playful violence and high body count
Kill Bill: Volume 1, written and directed by Quentin Tarantino

10 November 2003
The political issues in the Sri Lankan constitutional crisis
US mutual fund industry hit by fraud scandal
Revelations about Australia's former immigration minister
Michigan: Borders workers strike in Ann Arbor
Letters on "The New York Times' Friedman libels the Iraqi resistance"

8 November 2003
Bush vows decades of war for "democracy" in the Middle East
US: Job cuts mount amid signs of upturn
Michigan: Two construction workers killed when crane hits electrical wire
Elite US army unit murdered hundreds of civilians - Ohio newspaper uncovers Vietnam war crimes
European poll identifies Israel and US as greatest threats to world peace
Australia: One Nation convictions quashed - Hanson verdict short-circuits political frame-up
Britain: Anti-terror legislation opens up broad attack on civil liberties
Los Angeles transit strikers vote down management's "final offer" - Union pushes for binding arbitration
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

7 November 2003
Confusion surrounds Sri Lanka's state of emergency
Washington rejected sweeping Iraqi concessions on eve of war
US: Democrats lose two more governorships in off-year elections
Colorado woman faces charges by military Interview with US soldier who refused to abandon children and return to Iraq
New York Times on the Reagan series controversy: in praise of cowardice
Northern Ireland: Adams offers to disband IRA as new elections are called
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
Letters from our readers

6 November 2003
Socialist Equality Party condemns Sri Lankan president's constitutional coup
In wake of helicopter attack--Washington prepares for mass killing in Iraq
Relatives of US soldiers killed in Iraq denounce Bush policy
Iraqi police to be trained in Jordan
German parliament expands army mandate in Afghanistan
Australian central bank lifts interest rate
Taiwan's president outlines pro-independence election strategy
Britain: Union sells out postal strike

5 November 2003
Sri Lanka plunges into constitutional crisis
US television network caves in to right wing over Reagan mini-series
Linda Tripp to collect bonanza from Pentagon: $595,000 payoff for Clinton tapes
Atlantic City, New Jersey: 4 workers killed, 21 injured in construction collapse
Zionists try to prevent Hanan Ashrawi receiving the Sydney Peace Prize
Spain: Popular Party accused of stealing Madrid election
New York City officials scapegoat captain in Staten Island ferry disaster
The probability of dissent - The Girl from the Coast by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Union moves to weaken California grocery workers' struggle

4 November 2003
The New York Times' Friedman libels the Iraqi resistance
Khodorkovsky's arrest and the defenders of billionaires' "democracy"
100,000 demonstrate in Berlin against Schröder's Agenda 2010
A political answer to social cuts and war
Australia: More sensational "terror cell" claims: but where is the evidence?
Pakistan intensifies military operations in Afghan border areas
A moving novel exploring the Rwanda tragedy - Review of Gil Courtemanche's A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali
Workers Struggles: The Americas

3 November 2003
Iraqi guerrillas shoot down US helicopter, killing 16 soldiers - Rumsfeld says more such "bad days" to come
Britain's Conservatives ditch their leader
A corporate-orchestrated merger - Canada's right-wing parties to unite
Closer Sri Lanka-India economic and defence ties
Pacific Islanders to be used as cheap labour - Australian government prepares to revive "blackbirding"
Clint Eastwood, the critics and the “heart of darkness” - Mystic River, directed by Clint Eastwood

1 November 2003
Brandenburg intelligence service slanders the WSWS: What really took place in Frankfurt-Oder?
Public meetings in Germany and Britain to mark 50th anniversary of the International Committee of the Fourth International
Duranty's Pulitzer and the hypocrisy of the New York Times
California wildfires raise social questions
Quebec Liberal government plans sweeping privatization
Sri Lankan opposition launches anti-government campaign
London: Royal Mail provokes unofficial postal strike
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Two films at the Montreal World Film Festival - Komrades, directed by Steve Kokker, and Babi Yar, directed by Jeff Kanew

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