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World Socialist Web Site Archive: February 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.

28 February 2004
US and France target Haiti's elected president for removal
Britain: Short's allegations of spying against UN confirm criminal character of Iraq war
Why Israel boycotted the International Court hearing on West Bank wall
Sri Lankan prime minister passively accepts his dismissal
Britain's Labour Party expels rail union
Workers Struggles: Australia, Asia and the Pacific

27 February 2004
US central bank chief calls for cuts in Social Security
British government abandons trial of whistleblower who said Iraq war was illegal
Spain: Dozens of casualties after police attack striking shipbuilding workers
Two fires kill scores of people in China
Australian sailors misled about anthrax vaccinations for Iraq war
US: Congress approves school voucher plan for nation's capital
Workers Struggles: Europe, the Middle East & Africa
Letters from our readers

26 February 2004
Why are the Democrats so incensed at Ralph Nader?
Does Haiti's "non-violent" opposition want a bloodbath in Port-au-Prince?
Top US scientists blast Bush administration
Australian Labor leader proposes retrospective laws to prosecute Guantanamo Bay detainees
Britain: Prison overcrowding reaches breaking point
Spanish government rejects Iraqi WMD inquiry
New Zealand: tensions erupt over "preferential" policies for Maori
54th Berlin Film Festival--Part 2 - The legacy of the 1960s: films by Fernando Solanas and Theo Angelopoulos

25 February 2004
Washington utilizes rightist terror to effect "regime change" in Haiti
The JVP reassures Sri Lankan business leaders
Iran: Elections show political bankruptcy of the "reformers"
Bush education secretary calls teachers union a "terrorist organization"
Australia: Hundreds mourn the death of TJ Hickey
Women workers face super-exploitation by global corporations
Grand jury exonerates New York cop who shot 19-year-old youth

24 February 2004
Israel boycotts International Court on West Bank barrier: Why the wall is being built
Bush installs right-wing judge without Senate confirmation
Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling indicted
California Democrats back austerity ballot measures
Russia: Behind the disappearance of presidential candidate Ivan Rybkin
Millions of Indian government employees to go on strike today
Workers Struggles: The Americas

23 February 2004
Ralph Nader to run as independent in US presidential race
Haiti: Washington gives greenlight to right-wing coup
Attack on Fallujah police highlights lack of US control in Iraq
Pentagon institutionalises indefinite detention without trial at Guantanamo Bay
Australia: Police victimisation stepped up following Redfern riot
Britain: Leaked report reveals plans to slash 80,000 civil service jobs

21 February 2004
The vetting of John Kerry
Berlin summit: Blair, Schröder, Chirac press for accelerated “reforms”
Dutch parliament votes to deport asylum seekers
French government attacks labour laws, working conditions
Hospitals oppose US government effort to obtain abortion patients' records
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

20 February 2004
Supreme Court Justice Scalia's hunting trip with Cheney: the political and constitutional issues
Kumaratunga tries to justify her anti-democratic actions
Northern Ireland: Discussions aimed at rescuing Good Friday Agreement
Australia: Government and media attack Aboriginal community after Redfern riot
Australian government introduces pro-business, regional-based immigration visas
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
54th Berlin Film Festival--Part 1 - Disentangling "dark and difficult" cinema
Letters from our readers

19 February 2004
The rise and fall of Howard Dean - An object lesson in Democratic Party politics
US: Republicans lose House seat in Kentucky special election
Socialist Equality Party condemns Sri Lankan president's dictatorial actions
Spain: Tens of thousands march against Iraq occupation
Britain: The Respect-Unity coalition and the politics of opportunism - Part Two
Netherlands: Arming the state in response to growing poverty and unemployment
Australian Labor returned in dreary Queensland election
Microsoft threat to discontinue Windows 98 and NT operating systems
Italian filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci: the fate of a member of the artistic "generation of 1968" - The Dreamers, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci

18 February 2004
Britain: The Respect-Unity coalition and the politics of opportunism - Part One
The 2004 US election: the case for a socialist alternative - A public conference sponsored by the World Socialist Web Site and the Socialist Equality Party
An exchange on Haiti: Jean-Bertrand Aristide and the dead end of "left" nationalist politics
France: National Assembly bans Muslim headscarves in schools
Analysts warn China on verge of economic crisis
Australia: Government-media witchhunt of train drivers falls flat
Creating the past in their own self-involved image - Girl with a Pearl Earring
Bush on "Meet the Press": a letter on the US media

17 February 2004
The 2004 US election: the case for a socialist alternative
A public conference sponsored by the World Socialist Web Site and the Socialist Equality Party
Australia: Riots in Sydney as police blamed for death of 17-year-old Aboriginal boy
The death of "TJ" Hickey--the social and economic circumstances
Iraq: A convenient letter from an Al Qaeda terrorist
One third of the world's urban population lives in a slum
Germany: Klaus Uwe Benneter--the new SPD general secretary
New York City Council opposes USA Patriot Act
Workers Struggles: The Americas

16 February 2004
Greenspan testimony points to deepening US fiscal crisis
South Africa's health minister says of AIDS sufferers: Let them eat garlic
Sudan: Khartoum escalates civil war offensive
Australian prime minister capitulates to new Labor leader on superannuation policy
Spain: Catalan nationalist sacked after meeting Basque separatists

14 February 2004
Bush budget freezes social spending to pay for military buildup
US: Over 100,000 job cuts announced in January
Sri Lankan opposition cynically exploits struggles of workers and farmers
Canada's Liberal government rocked by financial scandal
Protest planned over US killing of journalists in Iraq
US pressures Norway to extradite leading exiled Kurd
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Letters from our readers

13 February 2004
SEP candidate Bill Van Auken: "Iraq war's wounded-an American tragedy and national disgrace"
Britain aided US in spying on UN delegates
Australian Labor conference bows to Washington: No debate on Iraq
France: Despite conviction, former prime minister Juppé to keep posts
Oregon faces deep cuts in schools, health and safety
Anatomy of a fraudulent "grassroots" campaign: Citizens for a Sound Economy in Oregon
East Timor calls on Australia to stop exploiting disputed oil field

12 February 2004
Right wing-led rebellion convulses Haiti
Sri Lanka's constitutional coup thrusts JVP to political prominence
Germany: Schröder resigns as party chairman
US-Australia trade deal: Another step in the "Balkanisation" of the world market
US: Record number of long-term unemployed losing benefits
Federal authorities drop subpoenas to Iowa anti-war activists
Dutch leaders involved in NATO bombing of Yugoslavia testify at The Hague

11 February 2004
Guerilla war intensifies in Iraq despite Hussein's capture
US: Behind the AFL-CIO's call for a "a new labor code for Iraq"
Bush's Iraq commission and the "intelligence failure" fraud - Part Three
Sri Lanka's president remains silent after sacking the government
As Senate offices reopen, questions raised over White House actions in ricin attack
Britain: 19 Chinese workers drown working on slave labour gang
Italy: Investigators ignore role of banks and political leaders in Parmalat scandal
Australia: Police shooting highlights lack of mental health care
Letters on "Hypocrisy and right-wing politics fuel furor over Super Bowl episode"

10 February 2004
SEP presidential candidate on Bush's "Meet the Press" interview: "A spectacle of ignorance, cynicism and indifference"
Sri Lanka's president remains silent after sacking the government
A soldier's view of the Iraq war
UN summoned to salvage US plans for Iraq
Britain: home secretary proposes "pre-emptive" justice
California death row inmate granted stay of execution
Thousands march in Barcelona for legalisation of immigrant workers
A series of neo-reformist illusions - The Real World Economic Outlook 2003 - The Legacy of Globalization: Debt and Deflation
Workers Struggles: The Americas
New York: Oyster Bar workers in third month of strike

9 February 2004
Sri Lankan president dismisses government in constitutional coup
Bush's Iraq commission and the "intelligence failure" fraud - Part Two
G7 papers over growing problems
US blocks UN proposal to combat obesity
Correspondence on the failure of nationalism in Yugoslavia

7 February 2004
German Socialist Equality Party to stand in European elections
Bush's Iraq commission and the "intelligence failure" fraud - Part One
Britain: Blair caught out once again on WMD 45-minute claim
Japanese parliament ratifies troop deployment for Iraq
German foreign policy targets Africa
Bush plan for community colleges: training ground for low-wage jobs
Workers Struggles: Europe, the Middle East & Africa
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
An appreciation of Warren Zevon - Grammys give belated recognition to an enigmatic pop musician

6 February 2004
US Democratic primary votes reveal growing popular hostility to Bush
Haiti: Aristide regime shaken by mass protests
Asian bird flu threatens to trigger worldwide epidemic
19-year-old mourned in Brooklyn - Another fatal police shooting in New York
New Zealand government challenges court ruling over detained asylum seeker
Northern Ireland loyalists turn to race violence
Instability threatens Guinea after presidential election
An old man's anger: Absolute Friends, by John le Carré

5 February 2004
Butler inquiry into Iraq intelligence: Blair prepares another whitewash
Irbil suicide bombings aggravate tensions in northern Iraq
Mark Latham passes "acid test" - Behind the media boosting of Australian Labor's new leader
Hypocrisy and right-wing politics fuel furor over Super Bowl episode
Parents of Rachel Corrie speak at University of Michigan - Pro-Palestinian activist killed by Israeli bulldozer
Verdict due in German terror trial - Justice at the behest of the secret services
Israeli ambassador vandalizes artwork at Swedish museum

4 February 2004
Washington conceals US casualties in Iraq
US budget deficit to hit half a trillion dollars
Spanish magazine/web site apologizes for misuse of WSWS articles
Canada's Liberal government calls public inquiry into treatment of Maher Arar
A blatant attack on democratic rights: Protestors jailed over antiwar sign on Sydney Opera House
Germany: Government seals the fate of the welfare state
Sweden: Anna Lindh murder trial ends
Letters from our readers

3 February 2004
'Bush's WMD probe is a fraud,' says SEP presidential candidate
Hutton Inquiry: A black day for democracy in Britain
JVP-SLFP alliance heightens political tensions in Sri Lanka
France: Alain Juppé indicted on corruption charges President Chirac directly exposed
Australian lawyer condemns lack of legal rights in the Solomon Islands
Poisoning for profit: Book exposes US corporate cover-up of toxic pollution - Part 2
Workers Struggles: The Americas
Resistance is not always the whole picture: Hong Sung Dam's Dawn woodcuts and the Gwangju uprising

2 February 2004
US: Homeless die in frigid weather
Standoff continues over North Korea's nuclear programs
Britain: Liberal Democrats sack MP for "understanding" the roots of Palestinian terrorism
Poisoning for profit: Book exposes US corporate cover-up of toxic pollution - Part 1
No new insights - Japanese Story, directed by Sue Brooks, script by Alison Tilson

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