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World Socialist Web Site Archive: April 2005

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 2005
Bush demands deep cuts in Social Security benefits
Christian fundamentalist bigotry reigns at US Air Force Academy
Britain: Blair forced to publish legal advice on Iraq war
Australian government poised to make sweeping industrial relations "reform"
New York bus workers end strike
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

29 April 2005
Iraqi cabinet announced under US pressure
Anti-Japanese protests and the reactionary nature of Chinese nationalism
Italy: a week-long government crisis in Rome
Britain: Islamic fundamentalist group threatens candidates and voters - Statement by the Socialist Equality Party (Britain)
Graduate students strike at Columbia and Yale universities
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa

28 April 2005
The Republican Party and the Christian right: sowing the seeds of an American fascist movement
The closure of MG Rover and the need for an international perspective--Part Three
German Interior Minister Schily tests out "zero tolerance" in Berlin
Inconclusive peace talks between Jakarta and Acehnese separatists
A spate of police killings in Sri Lanka
Letter from a US airline worker and a reply

27 April 2005
US rights group calls for criminal probe of Rumsfeld
Canada: Using corruption scandal as a smokescreen, Tories prepare neo-conservative assault
MG Rover and the need for an international perspective--Part Two
Mutual concern over US militarism brings China and India closer
Britain: university student debt reaches record levels
Australia: school principal denounces removal of teacher

26 April 2005
Bush administration hails Moussaoui guilty plea-continues 9/11 cover-up
The closure of MG Rover and the need for an international perspective--Part One
More evidence of US military's culture of torture in Iraq
Behind China-Japan tensions - Washington fuels Japanese militarism--Part Two
"Secularism" and hypocrisy: official France mourns pope and bans Muslim scarf
Nader solidarizes himself with extreme right in Terri Schiavo case
Workers Struggles: The Americas

25 April 2005
Behind China-Japan tensions - Washington fuels Japanese militarism--Part One
Bush administration terrorist list excludes right-wing groups
An exchange on the nationalism of the Scottish Socialist Party
New York protest against Bush's cuts in adult literacy funding
Jury throws out charges in first Australian "terrorist" trial
Letters from our readers

23 April 2005
Bush signs bankruptcy law: another cruel blow in a one-sided class war
Labour policies make London a haven for the super-rich
Germany: neo-Nazi killer acquitted on "self-defense" grounds
Germany: conflicts in the Foreign Ministry over past fascist links
Australian Reserve Bank reveals another Howard government lie
Growing social inequality in Israel
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
An uncensored look at America's young soldiers in Iraq - Gunner Palace, directed by Michael Tucker and Petra Epperlein

22 April 2005
Socialist Equality Party May Day meeting in Colombo
Pope Benedict XVI's political resume: theocracy and social reaction
Iraqi legislators denounce US assault on assembly member
Germany: facing defeat in state election, SPD chairman talks "left"
German government uses anti-terror laws to head off protests
Australian government bullies PNG over airport security incident
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa

21 April 2005
From "grand inquisitor" to pope: Benedict XVI to head crusade vs. secularism, democracy
Israeli military court clears officer in killing of British filmmaker
Britain: trial finds no evidence of "ricin plot" Another Iraq war lie exposed
Australia: Victorian government forces young teacher to quit
University of California service workers strike for a day
Eminem's new release, Encore: delusions, megalomania and social confusion

20 April 2005
Students for Social Equality public meeting at University of Maine - Two years since the invasion of Iraq: the war and the political crisis in America
Washington Post glorifies US military "ruthlessness" in Iraq
Longstanding Sri Lankan Trotskyist dies - Velupillai Sarawanaperumal (1948-2005)
State investigation clears Michael Schiavo of all abuse charges
Canada's Liberal government faces imminent defeat
Respect-Unity coalition in Britain: a marriage of Labourism and Islamism--Part two
Austria: behind the split in the Freedom Party
An interview with Louis Pizzitola, author of Hearst Over Hollywood
Letters from our readers

19 April 2005
Democrats back Negroponte nomination as new documents detail role in contra war
Ten years since the Oklahoma City bombing
France: Chirac TV appeal for "yes" vote fails to shift growing sentiment against European constitution
Australian media debates legalisation of torture
Main Basque nationalist party suffers losses in Spanish regional elections
Videos expose false arrests at 2004 Republican Convention protests in New York
Detroit borrows $1.2 billion from Wall Stree - US cities face crushing debt burden
Bangladeshi factory collapse kills more than 70 workers
Workers Struggles: The Americas

18 April 2005
World markets expecting further falls
Who is Iraq's new prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari?
Respect-Unity coalition in Britain: a marriage of Labourism and Islamism--Part one
Impeachment of Mexico City mayor sparks political crisis
British royal wedding: from fairy tale to fiasco
Britain: report alleges assaults on immigration detainees

16 April 2005
Advance Notice - May Day 2005 Public Meetings
US Marshals, local police stage nationwide mass arrests
Anti-abortion fanatic Eric Rudolph pleads guilty to terrorist bombings
Bush's meeting with Sharon confirms US support for West Bank land grab
Japan stokes tensions with China
French government orders police crackdown against high school protesters
India adopts WTO patent law with Left Front support
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

15 April 2005
Rumsfeld pushes for permanent US bases in Afghanistan
Senate panel debates Bolton nomination for UN ambassador post
Israel: government of provocateurs denounces settler provocation in Jerusalem
Violence in southern Thailand escalates
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
Letters from our readers

14 April 2005
Students for Social Equality public meeting in Los Angeles - Two years since the invasion of Iraq: the war and the political crisis in America
The orgy continues: American CEOs pocket billions more in pay and perks
No pension crisis for US corporate bosses
Wanted for jetliner bombing - Bush silent as top terrorist seeks US asylum
German Social Democrats launch state election campaign - SPD candidate: "I am not promising jobs"
Removal of Francoist symbols heightens class tensions in Spain
Hundreds die in severe flooding in western Pakistan
Disturbing new facts emerge on incarceration of Australian woman

13 April 2005
Rumsfeld's mission to Baghdad: keeping Saddam's secret police in power
Canberra's slavish support for US brings short-term pay-offs in Asia
Western powers dispute Mugabe's victory in Zimbabwe poll
Sri Lankan government plans to restructure oil and electricity corporations
A culture at the end of its rope, continued - Sin City, directed by Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino
Letters on the death of Pope John Paul II

12 April 2005
The British working class and the 2005 general election - Statement by the Socialist Equality Party (Britain)
Global financial system faces growing risks
India joins the scramble for oil
Indian government to merge state-run oil firms
Jakarta pours troops into Papua amid signs of intensified repression
Workers struggles: The Americas

11 April 2005
Cardinal disgraced in sex-abuse scandal plays prominent role in papal funeral rites
Baghdad protest demands an end to US occupation of Iraq
French high school students continue their struggle
Britain: opposition to Iraq war led to Labour vote-rigging in 2004 elections
New Zealand judge criticises violent police culture

9 April 2005
New York Times joins witch-hunt of Columbia University professors
Israeli human rights groups condemn Sharon government's Gaza policies
Attacks on Abu Ghraib highlight continuing Iraqi armed resistance
Washington sought to suppress UN report on progress of democracy in Middle East
Berlusconi suffers major defeat in Italian regional elections
German business to strengthen its involvement in India
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

8 April 2005
New puppet government takes shape in Iraq
The French left and the referendum on the European constitution
Britain: public service unions save Blair the embarrassment of a pre-election strike
Anti-Japanese protests erupt in China
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
Letters from our readers

7 April 2005
Right-wing US senators target federal judges
Germany: major churches, conservative opposition line up with US Christian right on Schiavo case
Indian Stalinists reaffirm support for Congress-led regime committed to neo-liberal policies
Still no truth after year-long inquiry into British Army trainee deaths
Sri Lankan chauvinists stir up tensions in tsunami-affected East
Letters on Terri Schiavo

6 April 2005
Pope John Paul II: a political obituary
The US media and the pope--an assault on the separation of church and state
British general election announced for May 5
Burma visit highlights India's "Look East" strategy
Nevada: Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository stalled - Government altered data on environmental dangers
Muted response by Canberra as Australian woman faces death penalty in Indonesia
Ghost town - Melinda and Melinda, written and directed by Woody Allen
Letters from our readers

5 April 2005
Oil-for-food scandal: Washington's preemptive strike on the UN
March jobs report shows US "recovery" offers no relief for workers
UK government launches new plan for Africa
Australia: huge police mobilisation against refugee protest
Workers Struggles: The Americas
Fox's 24: propaganda thinly disguised as television programming

4 April 2005
The case of Terri Schiavo and the crisis of politics and culture in the United States
French referendum on the European constitution: opinion polls point to defeat
Sri Lankan SEP holds meeting in tsunami-affected Matara
A cynical twist in Australia's mandatory refugee detention regime
Letters on the Terri Schiavo case

2 April 2005
WSWS/SEP public meeting in New York - The Terri Schiavo case and the crisis of politics and culture in the US
After Terri Schiavo's death: new threats against democratic and constitutional rights
Bush critics barred from "town hall" meetings on Social Security
Britain: row over spending cuts hits Conservative election bid
Political tensions rise in Spain
Indonesian inquiry unearths conspiracy to murder civil rights activist
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

1 April 2005
Jesse Jackson at the Schiavo hospice: Democrats makes common cause with Christian right
Bush-appointed intelligence commission whitewashes war based on lies
Quebec student strike widens
Fuel price rise in Indonesia triggers protests
UNICEF study shows child poverty increasing in advanced countries
Appeals for wage restraint as New Zealand companies record huge profits
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa

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