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World Socialist Web Site Archive: December 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.

31 December 2005
One year after the Asian tsunami: an indictment of the profit system
New reports expose extensive illegal spying by US government
Canada: Liberal campaign side-swiped by insider-trading allegations
Greens vs. Lefts - Germany: a revealing debate on Sudan military deployment
Britain: National Health Service faces funding crisis
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

30 December 2005
Historical and political issues behind Iranian president's anti-Semitic campaign
India's tsunami victims abandoned
Eugene McCarthy, dead at 89, played pivotal role in 1968 political crisis
Israel mounts air attacks on Gaza and Lebanon
Pre-election terror and repression in Haiti
Indonesian court implicates intelligence agency in murder of human rights activist
Art as humanization - Munich, directed by Steven Spielberg
David Walsh picks his favorite films of 2005
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa

29 December 2005
US, UN dismiss claims of electoral fraud in Iraq
Tentative contract a setback for New York City transit workers
Sri Lankan SEP to commemorate anniversary of Keerthi Balasuriya's death
One year after the tsunami, Sri Lankan survivors still live in squalour
Maruthamunai: a tsunami-devastated village in Sri Lanka
New Orleans police gun down mentally ill man
Harold Pinter's artistic achievement
Letters from our readers

28 December 2005
Latin American mercenaries guarding Baghdad's Green Zone
California Democratic Party works to prop up Schwarzenegger administration
Liberal philistinism revisited: Richard Cohen on Syriana
British court rules Guantánamo detainee David Hicks entitled to UK citizenship
Germany: Court penalises Opel worker
Signs of social and economic crisis across Pacific Island states
Spain: Auto unions agree redundancies at SEAT
The futile pursuit of reformism - Bait and Switch by Barbara Ehrenreich

24 December 2005
New York City transit strike was quashed by the unions
New York City transit worker speaks: "They're churning up the next American revolution"
Bush employees "Big Lie" technique to defend illegal spying on Americans
International donor group for Sri Lanka issues menacing threat to LTTE
India's foreign policy struggle intensifies - Natwar Singh forced from cabinet
Worst hospital fire in China since 1949
Marx and democratic rights: Tony Evans, The Politics of Human Rights: A global perspective
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Global criminality - Syriana, written and directed by Stephen Gaghan

23 December 2005
The sudden end of the New York transit strike: A preliminary assessment
Christmas in New York
Billions in bonuses for Wall Street execs; mayor denounces "selfish" transit workers
Behind the media onslaught on the transit workers
Sydney's racial violence: a warning from Sri Lanka
US Senate passes budget bill slashing social programs
EU budget talks reveal mounting European conflicts
Quebec government adopts draconian law against half-million public sector workers
East Asian Summit plagued by tension and rivalry
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
Letters on the New York transit strike

22 December 2005
New York transit strikers confront escalating attacks
New York City transit workers defiant - "Bloomberg and his friends are the thugs, not us"
The class issues behind Australia's race riots
Time names super-rich trio as 2005 "Persons of the Year"
India: Dozens killed in second stampede at Chennai flood relief centre
Northern Ireland spy scandal: Questions Sinn Fein must answer
Letters on three months since Hurricane Katrina
Letters from our readers

21 December 2005
The New York transit strike: A new stage in the class struggle
New York transit workers set up picket lines: "Today's strike is for all working people"
With the White House defiant on illegal spying: Why no outcry for Bush's impeachment?
After the Iraq election: Washington steps in to shape the next government
Sri Lankan military fires on Jaffna university protest
Australia: Beach suburbs "locked down" in weekend police blitz
Court rules teaching of Intelligent Design unconstitutional in public schools
German Interior Minister Schäuble wants to lock up "dangerous people"
Britain: Facts and myths about Turner's plans for pensions--Part 2

20 December 2005
Bush uses lies, fear-mongering to defend war in Iraq, police state measures at home
Australia: Major companies continue layoffs as economy slows
Britain: Facts and myths about Turner's plans for pensions
Indian government steps into Nepalese political crisis
Germany: Sacked Opel worker appeals to Industrial Court
Workers Struggles: The Americas
"My film is not a national propaganda tool"- An interview with Tolga Ornëk, director of Gallipoli: The Front Line Experience

19 December 2005
Bush defends illegal spying on Americans: the specter of presidential dictatorship
New York City transit workers on brink of class confrontation
WTO talks keep trade round on life support
US House passes draconian anti-immigrant bill
France: New law requires teachers to present a "positive" account of French colonialism
“Life is good for the wealthy” - Germany: Social inequality is constantly growing
Australia: Unions isolate locked-out Boeing workers

17 December 2005
McCain-Bush "anti-torture" measure gives legal cover for continued abuse
Document proves European Union agreed to CIA rendition flights
The case of Khalid al-Masri - German government complicit in the criminal activities of the CIA
Sri Lanka: police raids against CWC leaders
After rejecting MTA's "final offer" - New York City transit union calls selective strikes
SIPTU trade union capitulates in Irish Ferries dispute
Australian government unveils military restructure and new callout powers
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Letters from our readers

16 December 2005
US ambassador "will remain the critical behind-the-scenes power," says New York Times - Iraqi election to rubber-stamp continued US occupation
The political issues confronting New York City transit workers
Canada: Martin wraps himself in the Maple Leaf after scolding from US envoy
Israel: Shimon Peres joins Sharon's new party
New Zealand: new Labour-led government under pressure for more market reform
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
Letters on the killing of Rigoberto Alpizar

15 December 2005
British newspaper alleges Israel is planning a military strike on Iran
Pentagon's domestic spying operations target opponents of Iraq war
Chinese police massacre protestors in Guangdong
Germany: Ex-Chancellor Schröder launches corporate career
Australian government tries to censor Indonesian film festival
Britain: President of the Royal Society makes outspoken defence of science
Slovenia: Protests against government reforms
Letters from our readers

14 December 2005
Iraq elections: a democratic façade for a US puppet state
Thousands protest outside San Quentin - Worldwide outrage over execution of Stanley Tookie Williams
In wake of racial violence in Sydney - Australian state government prepares savage attack on democratic rights
Three months after the Katrina disaster: New Orleans left for dead
Britain's law lords reject use of torture evidence
Le Parti Québécois chooses André Boisclair as its new leader--a further shift to the right
New Delhi presses ahead with plans for an Indian "Suez Canal"
An interview with Sigfrido Ranucci, director of The Hidden Massacre

13 December 2005
The execution of Stanley Tookie Williams
As Australian media covers up Howard's role - Racial violence continues in Sydney
Deal to renew USA Patriot Act extends police-state measures
Bush aides suppressed challenges to anti-democratic election plans
German Chancellor Merkel's state visit to Poland: you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours
Taiwan: ruling party suffers heavy losses in local elections
Workers' Struggles: The Americas

12 December 2005
Rigoberto Alpizar and Jean Charles de Menezes: Two victims of state "anti-terror" killings
Government and media provocations spark racist violence on Sydney beaches
WTO trade talks head for a stalemate
Explosions rip through British oil depot
Sri Lankan government announces a phoney "pro-poor" budget
New York City transit workers vote to authorize strike
Spain's largest trial targets Basque separatist ETA

10 December 2005
Saddam Hussein hearings: a show trial orchestrated in Washington
Eyewitnesses refute official story in fatal shooting of passenger at Miami airport
Australian treasurer steps up ideological offensive against welfare recipients
Strikebreaking threats as contract deadline nears - Transit dispute exposes New York City's class divide
Auto union's complaint: Delphi exec bonuses make it tough to sell wage cuts
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Letters from our readers

9 December 2005
European governments make their peace with Washington on abductions, torture
Harold Pinter's Nobel Prize speech: a brave artist speaks the truth about US imperialism
German Chancellor Merkel covers up for illegal CIA practices
Miami airplane shooting: Washington's 'war on terrorism' comes home
John McCain in Ann Arbor: a cowardly evasion on US war crimes
Left press in France all but ignores Sarkozy's Anti-Terrorist Bill
A day in the life of a Sri Lankan tea worker
Australia: Labor puts profits ahead of children's health at Port Pirie
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
Letter on the UAW from a former US auto worker

8 December 2005
Report outlines plans for corporate plunder of Iraqi oil
The Democratic Party and the struggle against the Iraq war - A reply to a reader
Palestinian activist Sami Al-Arian acquitted on charges in Florida
Australia: thousands attend funeral for Van Nguyen
US: Verizon to end defined-benefit pensions for 50,000 managers
Sri Lankan president installs unstable minority government
Britain: Former law lord says US "guilty of lawlessness on a truly grand scale"
The fate of hostage Susanne Osthoff and the role of the German government

7 December 2005
Bush, Rice defend US abductions, torture, secret prisons
Venezuelan vote boycott: Washington paves road to intervention
Mass protest in Hong Kong against new chief executive
Killing of Sri Lankan soldiers heightens tensions on Jaffna peninsula
Study finds hundreds of toxic chemicals in umbilical cords of newborns
A valuable and compelling antiwar film - Gallipoli: The Front Line Experience, written and directed by Tolga Örnek
Letters from our readers

6 December 2005
Rice defends illegal "renditions," threatens to reveal European collaboration in US crimes
Bush uses World AIDS Day to push Christian right agenda
Democrat denounces opposition to Iraq war - What is troubling Joe Lieberman?
Week one of Canada's federal election campaign--posturing, demagogy and reaction
Germany: Grand coalition leader Merkel sugar-coats program of social cuts
India takes a more direct hand in Sri Lankan affairs
India: floods kill hundreds in Tamil Nadu
Australia: James Hardie demands more concessions on asbestos compensation deal
Workers Struggles: The Americas

5 December 2005
Ten Marines killed in Fallujah blast: more carnage in a criminal war
France: Anti-terrorism legislation tramples on civil liberties
Document puts lie to oil executives' testimony - Did Big Oil participate in planning invasion of Iraq?
Britain's education white paper: A recipe for privatisation and social selection
Chinese mine disaster kills at least 164
Second disaster looming for millions of Kashmir earthquake victims
The rise of the religious right in Australia - God Under Howard by Marion Maddox

3 December 2005
US press echoes consensus in ruling elite to continue slaughter in Iraq
A grim US milestone: 1,000th execution since 1976
An act of barbarism - Nguyen Tuong Van executed in Singapore
Factional infighting in Sri Lankan opposition following electoral defeat
Ford to close five North American plants, cut 7,500 jobs
Profit-driven Medicare drug plan stirs confusion and anger
Germany: Protests against Samsung factory closure
Britain: Two charged under Secrets Act for leaking Bush threat to bomb Al Jazeera
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Film festivals in Cottbus and Neubrandenburg: Realism and nostalgia - Part 2--Feature films

2 December 2005
Kidnapping, detention, torture: US "renditions" scandal embroils whole of Europe
Made in the USA "free press" in Iraq - US military covertly pays to plant stories in Iraqi media
Merck announces 7,000 layoffs--continued attack on jobs and wages in US
New Sri Lankan president confronts same impasse as predecessor
Australian government insists on sedition clauses in new terrorism legislation
Italy's constitutional "reform": the gravedigger of post-war democracy
Repression in southern Thailand provokes recriminations against Thaksin government
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa

1 December 2005
Bush, Democrats back protracted war in Iraq
Socialist Equality Party public meeting - Australian anti-terror laws: framework of a police state
The Wall Street Journal and the case of Jose Padilla
Republican Congressman pleads guilty in bribe scheme
Chemical spill pollutes water supply in north-eastern China
Sri Lanka: LTTE Heroes Day speech reveals an organisation in crisis
Deutsche Telekom to slash 32 000 jobs
Probe exposes criminal methods in Republican right takeover of US Public TV
Staggering death rate for youth in Chicago juvenile justice system
Film festivals in Cottbus and Neubrandenburg - Realism and nostalgia
Part 1--Documentary films

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