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World Socialist Web Site Archive: January 2004
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on the World Socialist Web Site by date. To visit the archive
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31 January 2004
Democrats
cover up for Bush lies on Iraq WMD
BBC's
Gilligan resigns after condemning the Hutton Inquiry and Blair
government
New York Times calls for
exclusion of Kucinich and Sharpton from debates
Rising
death toll undermines the White House's rosy picture of Afghanistan
Catalan
coalition seeks greater independence from Spain
A
warning to California grocery workers: Trumka, AFL-CIO preparing
final act in betrayal
Workers
Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
30 January 2004
Hutton
Inquiry: British media warns of a whitewash too far
Britain:
More questions on Dr Kelly's death as a confidante rejects suicide
claim
US
military lawyer denounces Guantanamo Bay trials
Germany:
New education standards--perfecting the system of social selection
Institute
of Medicine calls for universal health care in US
Oregon
budget crisis leads to closure of three hospitals
Workers
Struggles: Europe, the Middle East & Africa
Letters
on "Hutton inquiry whitewashes Blair government over Iraq
war"
29 January 2004
Britain:
Hutton inquiry whitewashes Blair government over Iraq war
New
Hampshire vote shows widespread antiwar, anti-Bush sentiment
SEP
public meeting to commemorate the 16th anniversary of the death
of Keerthi Balasuriya
Blair's
45-minute WMD claim refuted by Iraqi group that supplied the intelligence
India
and Pakistan to pursue "composite dialogue"
Signs
of more political instability in Fiji
A
revealing saga: New Zealand Maori MP faces charges over misuse
of funds
28 January 2004
Chief
US inspector admits Iraq had no WMD stockpiles
Will
Vice President Cheney be indicted--and will the US media report
it?
Britain:
Blair's majority cut to five in vote on tuition fees
Paris
and Berlin consider military intervention in Iraq
Britain:
Asylum seekers protest persecution
Australia:
Camden Hospital nurse speaks out over inadequate healthcare
Academy
Award nominations: the globalization of mediocrity
Letters
from our readers
27 January 2004
Socialist
Equality Party announces US presidential campaign
Israel:
Sharon refuses to resign in face of corruption allegations
Michael
Moore enlists with General Clark: the pathetic--and predictable--logic
of protest politics
Turkey:
Inflation decreases but wages still lag behind
Australia:
State Labor government tries to find scapegoats for train disaster
Workers
Struggles: The Americas
26 January 2004
US
plans for a new Iraqi regime in disarray
Japan
stakes its claim to Iraqi oil and gas
Beef industry, federal regulators long ignored warnings - Mad cow discovery punctures myth of US "firewall"
against disease
British
Socialist Equality Party addresses students on Iraq war
Tall tales tell only part of the story - Big Fish,
directed by Tim Burton
24 January 2004
Democrats
bow to Bush on budget attacks
Call
to investigate Britain for Iraq war crimes
Britain:
Revelations on US spying compared to Pentagon Papers
Canada-US
agreement whitewashes Arar case
Australian
government seeks to cut off disabled pensioners
Workers
Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Of people at sea - House of Sand and Fog, directed
by Vadim Perelman
23 January 2004
Kodak axing up to 15,000
- Bush touts pittance for worker training as job cuts mount
Italy:
Court overturns Berlusconi's immunity law
Israel:
Workers' struggles intensify despite Histadrut betrayal
Britain:
Blair works to quash rebellion on university tuition fees
Australian
government stops doctors visiting Nauru detention camp
Workers
Struggles: Europe, Middle East and Africa
Tolkien's magic diminished Lord of the Rings: The
Return of the King, directed by Peter Jackson
Letters
from our readers
22 January 2004
Bush's
State of the Union: threats, lies and delusion
US
military chief calls for "staging post" base in Australia
Britain:
Troops died in Iraq as a result of equipment shortages
On
the British and US response to the Bam earthquake
Germany:
Perfecting the system of rejecting refugees
Tropical
cyclone devastates Pacific island of Niue
21 January 2004
Kerry,
Edwards lead in first contest of Democratic presidential campaign
A further attack on democratic rights - All US airline passengers to undergo government
background checks
Britain
prepares its own version of US Patriot Act
Explosion
threatens gas supplies to two Australian states
Former
SS member faces trial for war crimes in the Netherlands
Correspondence
on Zimbabwe
Letters
from our readers
20 January 2004
Bush
administration seeks UN aid as Iraqi political crisis mounts
US
forces kill 11 more civilians in Afghanistan
New signs of discontent in the military - "Stop-loss" orders prevent soldiers from
leaving US Army
Portuguese
president denies link to child abuse scandal
Questions
surround police shooting at Australian-operated Indonesian mine
New Zealand Herald covers
up reasons for sacking anti-Zionist cartoonist
Workers
Struggles: The Americas
19 January 2004
Bush
seeking Supreme Court precedents to dismantle democratic rights
"Friend
of court" applications denounce Guantanamo Bay detentions
as illegal
Pentagon
lies exposed over killing of reporters in Baghdad
Bush
promises the Moon (and Mars) but offers only rhetoric
Scientific triumph on Mars as Spirit lands and
explores surface
Alan
Bates (1934-2003)--a key figure in British drama
17 January 2004
Schwarzenegger
budget to slash health and education in California
Human
rights groups: US may be guilty of "collective punishment"
war crime in Iraq
Questions
raised about the South African AIDS initiative
US:
Protesters jeer Bush in Atlanta on King's birthday
Workers
Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Workers
Struggles: Europe, the Middle East and Africa
More of the big lie that "socialist realism"
emerged from Soviet revolutionary art - Dream factory communism:
the visual culture of the Stalin era--an exhibition at the
Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
16 January 2004
Washington Post defends
Bush, Iraq war against Paul O'Neill's exposures
Sudan
peace agreement paves way for increased oil production
Alleged "people smuggler" jailed in Egypt - Australian government continues cover-up of refugee
deaths
Armed "sky marshals" and fingerprinting foreign
passengers - Bush imposes security
crackdown on international travel
Britain:
Train drivers union leader threatens mass sackings and union busting
Letters
on the social crisis in the US
Letters on the movie Cold Mountain
15 January 2004
Protests
grow against US-led occupation of Iraq
The
New York Times whitewashes Bush's lies about Iraq
Spain:
Ex-Army official claims responsibility for killing leading Basque
separatist
Protracted
torture and abuse at UK "flagship" prison
US
consumer debt reaches record levels
Australia:
Victorian Labor government unveils blueprint to further attack
education
Politics and reality in fiction - Roscoe by
William Kennedy
14 January 2004
In the runup to the Iowa Democratic caucuses - The "Stop Dean" campaign and the divisions
in the American political establishment
Eyewitness
in Iran: Bam disaster threatens to ignite political powder keg
Sanctions
provoke deepening economic crisis in Burma
Britain:
Abortion rights under attack
Letters
on US occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan
13 January 2004
Former
cabinet member: Bush pushed war with Iraq long before 9/11
Iraq
troop rotation plan: Pentagon prepares for next war
Sri
Lankan government fails to investigate deaths of migrant workers
Change
of government following elections in North Cyprus
Workers
Struggles: The Americas
12 January 2004
IMF
delivers strong warning on growth of US debt
Presidential
hopeful Howard Dean speaks in Detroit: reformism without reforms
World
Health Report: Life expectancy falls in poorest countries
Georgian
election worsens Russian-US tensions
Pilger punctures "war on terror" lies - Breaking
the Silence, written and directed by John Pilger
10 January 2004
US
withdraws Iraq weapon-hunters as WMD lies crumble
US
job growth virtually zero in December
Piecemeal enactment of "Patriot II" - Bush administration expands police spying powers
Israel:
Sharon reiterates threat to annex West Bank territory
Workers
Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Letters
from our readers
9 January 2004
Mounting
attacks on US-led troops in Iraq
Exploitation and political cynicism - Bush unveils 'bracero' program for immigrant workers
Some
questions about the hunt for Al Qaeda in Spain
India:
Tamil Nadu government continues witchhunt of strikers
Workers
Struggles: Europe and Africa
A few ounces of self-indulgence - 21 Grams,
directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
8 January 2004
US-imposed "democracy" in Afghanistan - Loya
jirga rubber-stamps autocratic regime
Arkansas: Mentally ill inmate put to death - Medical
"treatment" prepares execution
Israel:
Brutal crackdown on anti-occupation activists
Deportations and the border regime - The deadly consequences of Germany's refugee policy
New
Zealand antiwar protester found guilty on flag-burning charge
Union
moves to strangle grocery workers' struggle in Southern California
7 January 2004
Blair
in Basra: Iraq a "test case" for other countries
Nearly
half of New York City's homeless are children
New
evidence of Indonesia's war of repression in Aceh
Britain:
Youth prison accused of abuses
30 years of testing in Polynesian colony - Victims of French A-bomb tests demand compensation
Spanish
magazine/web site engaged in theft of WSWS material
WSWS
letter to Spanish web site
Not quite a serious work - Cold Mountain, directed
by Anthony Minghella
Letters
on the "terrorism" alert and military mobilization in
US
6 January 2004
Washington
weighed military seizure of Arab oilfields in 1973
Iran earthquake death toll tops 30,000 - Poor planning,
shoddy construction contribute to catastrophe
The
Parmalat scandal: Europe's ten-billion euro black hole
Sri
Lankan general on high-profile trip to India
A
revealing episode: how Britain's radicals lined up behind Ken
Livingstone
Workers
Struggles: The Americas
5 January 2004
Washington
calls for end to political standoff in Sri Lanka
Guantanamo
Bay, habeas corpus and the Texan who would be king: Some legal
observations
Twenty-five
percent increase in poverty in Michigan
Britain:
Government steps up attacks on asylum seekers
Spain
and Morocco agree to rail tunnel under Gibraltar strait
3 January 2004
Black Hawk helicopters over Las Vegas, snipers in Times
Square
2004 begins with massive military mobilization in US cities
New York Times' Safire predicts
"major terror attack in the US" on eve of 2004 election
World
economy: No smooth path to growth in 2004
Zimbabwe
on the brink of collapse
Spain:
Household poverty increases
Workers
Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
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