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World Socialist Web Site Archive: April 2004

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.

30 April 2004
US: Mass opposition grows to Iraq war
US war crimes - Torture of Iraqi prisoners exposed
Ahmed Chalabi and the "liberation" of Iraq
Australia pushes ahead with grab for Timor oil and gas
Britain: Blair pledges anti-immigrant clampdown
Baby, adoptive parents dead - The social roots of a Detroit tragedy
Canada: State assault on public sector workers - Strikes illegalized, wages and jobs slashed
Workers Struggles: Europe, the Middle East & Africa

29 April 2004
US war crimes in Fallujah - Stop the slaughter in Iraq
Beijing shuts the door on democratic reform in Hong Kong
Britain: Government threatens to change law to enable continued detention without trial
Britain: Union leader warns of "nightmare prospect" for education under Labour government
Forty years since the Frankfurt Auschwitz trial - Part 3--Juridical cover-up of Nazi crimes
New York City: Columbia graduate students go on strike

28 April 2004
Support the Socialist Equality Party in the 2004 US elections
Washington unleashes bloodbath in Iraq
Massive march on Washington for women's rights
Bush administration claims police-state powers in Guantánamo arguments before US Supreme Court
Britain: Former diplomats blast Blair's support for US Middle East policy
Australian government faces new charges of manipulating intelligence
Australian defence adviser sacked for refusing to write WMD lies
Forty years since the Frankfurt Auschwitz trial - Part 2--The accused: Henchmen acting under orders

27 April 2004
The struggle against war and the 2004 US elections
What the September 11 commission hearings revealed - Part three: The CIA and Al Qaeda
SEP holds meeting in Colombo against US occupation of Iraq
Spain attempts to appease the US on Iraq
Forty years since the Frankfurt Auschwitz trial - Part one--a belated inquiry
Tropical storms and heavy flooding devastate Fiji
New York Mayor Bloomberg reaches concessions deal with city's biggest union
Workers Struggles: The Americas

26 April 2004
What the September 11 commission hearings revealed - Part two: Ignoring the warnings--the FBI and Justice Department
Northern Ireland: Reports detail Britain's collusion with loyalist murder squads
Nauru deal cements Australia's Pacific incarceration policy
Slovakia takes up membership in the European Union with extreme right-wing president
Letters from our readers

24 April 2004
Pentagon censors images of US soldiers' coffins returning from Iraq
Cyprus: referendum on the Annan Plan
New Sri Lankan parliament descends into chaos
Britain: Blunkett to legislate for "thought crimes" and guilt by association
Danish whistleblower charged after accusing prime minister of exaggerating Iraqi WMD
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Britain: Bob Copper, foremost traditional singer dies

23 April 2004
US officer threatens to turn Fallujah into "a killing field"
India's elections: the decline and decay of the Congress Party
Fearing new 9/11 scandal - Bush forced to cover World Trade Center health claims
California guts workers' compensation system
Divisions within ruling elite drive impeachment of Lithuanian president
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa

22 April 2004
Iraq crisis spurs call for US military draft
What the September 11 commission hearings revealed - Part One
Blair and Bush plan further crimes in the Middle East - Statement by the Socialist Equality Party (Britain)
Occupation imposes Washington-style democracy - 18,000 Iraqis illegally held in jails and prison camps
Indian general election begins - Polls indicate race tightening
Proceed carefully with interest rate rise, IMF warns
Angry response to international pressure to keep Indonesian cleric in jail
Britain: Documentary shows police laughing as man dies in station
Concessions imposed on Minnesota transit workers

21 April 2004
Why did Bush give Israel a green light to assassinate Hamas leader Rantisi?
The Negroponte nomination: a warning to the people of Iraq
The Columbine High School massacre: American Pastoral ... American Berserk
Testing of New York guardsmen: first confirmed cases of Iraq war depleted uranium exposure
US: opposition erupts over rule to expense stock options
Suharto's cronies make significant gains in Indonesia's elections
Australia: NSW government axes jobs to fund decaying rail system

20 April 2004
Spain: New prime minister says troops to be withdrawn from Iraq
Washington to use UN to select puppet regime in Iraq
The political questions raised by Justice Scalia's attack on the media
The social consequences of European Union expansion
Senate committee finds four million Australians living in poverty
Workers Struggles: The Americas
Letters from our readers

19 April 2004
Kerry on "Meet the Press:" Democratic candidate reiterates support for Iraq war
SEP to hold public lecture in Colombo: - Stop the war on the Iraqi people! Withdraw US troops from Iraq!
India's election commission demands BJP explain its role in Lucknow tragedy
Britain: Antiwar protesters call for withdraw of troops from Iraq
Britain: Labour Party membership plummets
Government indifference to dengue outbreak in Indonesia

17 April 2004
German SEP gains official ballot status for European elections
South Korean voters reject rightwing establishment parties
Letters and a reply on "Professor Chomsky comes in from the cold"
ANC wins South African elections in low voter turnout
US tax agency gives big business a free ride--corporate audits drop
The Parmalat scandal and globalization: impact on the Italian economy
Sweden: Anna Lindh's killer given life sentence
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

16 April 2004
Bush backs Sharon's West Bank land grab
Britain: Ruling elite discuss Iraq strategy
Japanese government shaken by Iraq hostage crisis
Rifts open up in new Sri Lankan government
Turkey: Victory for the AKP in local elections masks social tensions
Threat of civil war hangs over Georgia - Part Two
Workers Struggles: Europe, the Middle East and Africa

15 April 2004
Bush's press conference: evasions, lies and a promise of more bloodletting
US military prepares assault on Najaf and Fallujah
Egypt's President Mubarak comes to the aid of Bush
SEP campaign wins support in Cincinnati, Ohio
Threat of civil war hangs over Georgia
Australia: Public schools to be reduced to a residual safety net
The historical record of Pabloite opportunism - An exchange with a supporter of the French LCR

14 April 2004
Socialist Equality Party US presidential candidate: "A vote for Kerry is a vote for war"
Reject Blair's colonial adventure--Withdraw British troops from Iraq now!
Students for Social Equality hold rally and meeting at University of Michigan
Chemical giant DuPont announces 3,500 job cuts
Quebec government tries to remake its image for the better to pursue class war assault
Standoff over deployment of Australian police to Papua New Guinea
Marxism and the political economy of Paul Sweezy - Part 7: The socialist revolution
Letters from our readers

13 April 2004
US press justifies slaughter in Iraq
Thousands dead and wounded - US military seeks to crush Iraqi uprising
Sri Lanka: LTTE launches offensive to suppress dissident eastern faction
After the Madrid bombings - Moves toward European-wide police-state methods
Europe and US approve all-African military force
Marxism and the political economy of Paul Sweezy - Part 6: Writing off the working class
Workers Struggles: The Americas

12 April 2004
CIA briefing memo exposes Bush lies on 9/11
The inevitable logic of US repression in Iraq
Greetings from David North to Australian SEP: “A devastating blow to the myth of American invincibility”
An attempt to portray the Afghanistan disaster as a success
Portland, Oregon: second police killing in 10 months
Marxism and the political economy of Paul Sweezy - Part 5: "The tendency of the surplus to rise"

10 April 2004
SEP presidential candidate: "Pull all US troops out of Iraq now"
Support the Iraqi resistance. Australian troops out of Iraq.
Rural backlash in Sri Lankan elections
UFCW forces through concessions contract at Gelson's markets in California
University of Michigan lecturers stage one-day walkout
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

9 April 2004
The Democrats and "Bush's war"
Rice testifies before 9/11 commission: more cover-up and lies
An exchange of letters with the Sri Lankan military
Canada: Deepening poverty and economic insecurity for working families
Bush signs "Unborn Victims of Violence Act": legislation targets abortion rights
Marxism and the political economy of Paul Sweezy - Part 4: Monopoly Capital

8 April 2004
Defend the Iraqi masses
Stop the war against the Iraqi people! US troops out of Iraq! - Rally at University of Michigan, April 12
Volunteers needed for petition drive - SEP launches campaign to put Van Auken and Lawrence on the ballot in the US
The dead end of nationalism - Turkey: Successor organization of the PKK curries favour with US
Marxism and the political economy of Paul Sweezy - Part 3: The breakdown theory
Nationality, ethnicity and culture: the Guardian hosts the racist ideas of David Goodhart - Part three
An exchange of letters on the French headscarf ban

7 April 2004
Stop the war on the Iraqi people
Sri Lanka: Mahinda Rajapakse to head a minority government
Pulitzer Prize awarded to report on US atrocities in Vietnam
Australian government uses Madrid bombings to justify further police-state powers
Australian universities increase fees despite student protests
Marxism and the political economy of Paul Sweezy - Part 2: The Theory of Capitalist Development
Nationality, ethnicity and culture: the Guardian hosts the racist ideas of David Goodhart - Part two
The politics of electrical power - Power Play: The Fight to Control the World's Electricity by Sharon Beder

6 April 2004
Operation Iraqi Bloodbath: US prepares reprisals against uprising
Bush, Rice and the 9/11 commission: Behind the conflict within the US ruling elite
Former FBI translator says Rice lied about government knowledge of terrorist threats - What did Bush and Rice know of the September 11 plot?
Marxism and the political economy of Paul Sweezy Part 1: Early influences
Nationality, ethnicity and culture: Guardian hosts the racist ideas of David Goodhart
Newfoundland public sector strike enters sixth day
Workers Struggles: The Americas

5 April 2004
Shiite uprising erupts against US occupation of Iraq
Sri Lankan election produces a hung parliament and further political instability
Professor Chomsky comes in from the cold
European-wide protests against social cuts and mass unemployment - Half a million demonstrate in Germany
Why US troops are occupying Haiti
Britain: Corporate CEO pay rises again
Australia's national wage case: no solution for the working poor

3 April 2004
The real lessons of Fallujah
Sri Lanka: Tensions escalate in eastern province following murder of Tamil candidate
On eve of "Day of Action Against Social Cuts" - Attac lines up with German unions to back government plan for welfare cuts
US jobless rate climbs to 5.7 percent in March
Detroit schools to cut 3,200 jobs
Britain: SWP/RESPECT "lefts" oppose union disaffiliation from Labour Party
Australia: Voters register opposition to major parties in local elections
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

2 April 2004
Sri Lankan elections foreshadow a deepening political crisis
SEP US presidential candidate on Kerry's jobs plan: "A hoax on the unemployed and giveaway for the rich"
Spain: Zapatero choses a business-friendly cabinet
Chinese regime amends constitution to protect private ownership
The diplomacy of imperialism: Iraq and US foreign policy - Part nine: American policy after the Iran-Iraq war
Workers Struggles: Europe and Africa

1 April 2004
Iraqi hatred for US occupation erupts in Fallujah
Pay soars for Wall Street CEOs
Banker's speech points to global problems
New Sinhala extremist party fields Buddhist monks in Sri Lankan elections
On eve of Poland's entry into the EU - Polish prime minister resigns amid mass opposition to social devastation
Norwegian festival withdraws Berlusconi documentary after meeting with Italian officials
Letters from our readers

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