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World Socialist Web Site Archive: September 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 September 2005
The coming grand coalition in Germany: illegitimate and undemocratic
Lurid reports of rape, murder in Katrina's aftermath exposed as frauds
Hurricanes' destruction deepens US farm crisis
Pentagon dismisses new report on US military torture in Iraq
Jobless claims, an end to the housing bubble: storm signals for US economy
With Canberra's loyal support - US to resume Guantánamo trial of David Hicks
Chinese government crackdown exposes fraud of local elections
Lecture seven: Marxism, art and the Soviet debate over "proletarian culture"- Part 1
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
Rapper Kanye West on the cover of Time: Will rap music shed its "gangster" disguise?

29 September 2005
One-day general strike in India exposes need for socialist-internationalist strategy
Sri Lanka SEP presidential candidate to address Colombo election meeting
House Republican leader indicted in campaign finance conspiracy
Posada Carriles to stay in US: Washington shields CIA terrorist from prosecution
US and EU-3 make another provocative move against Iran
Court case hits attack on evolution in Pennsylvania
German election data highlight social divisions
Britain: de Menezes' parents demand police stand trial for murder
Former Australian Labor leader's recriminations expose deep political decay
Lecture six: Socialism in one country or permanent revolution - Part 3

28 September 2005
After September 24: What way forward in the struggle against war?
Germany: SPD and union parties prepare for grand coalition
What was the British SAS doing in Basra?
US military intensifies campaign of intimidation prior to Iraqi referendum
Sri Lankan military threatens antiwar filmmakers
Indian prime minister cements relations with Afghanistan's puppet regime
War protestors acquitted on federal conspiracy charges in New York
Lecture six: Socialism in one country or permanent revolution - Part 2
Toronto International Film Festival 2005--Part 2 - Valuable films from France
An interview with Alain Tasma, director of October 17, 1961

27 September 2005
In the wake of Katrina and Rita - Bush administration to expand military powers, attack social programs
FBI murders Puerto Rican independence figure
German election result causes consternation in the French political establishment
German court declares Iraq war violated international law
South Africa: factional warfare within ANC coalition
"Liberating the wealthy": the legacy of New Zealand Labour leader David Lange
California National Guard investigated for domestic spying
Australian government rams through Telstra privatisation
Lecture six: Socialism in one country or permanent revolution - Part 1
Workers Struggles: The Americas
Down in the hole - I am not scared, directed by Gabriele Salvatores
An exchange on the German Greens

26 September 2005
Massive Washington march demands end to war in Iraq
Tens of thousands march in London against Iraq occupation
Hurricane Rita causes widespread damage but few deaths
Iraq: a reactionary call for "war" on Shiites
Chinese leadership plans to honour ousted party "reformer"
Schwarzenegger announces 2006 run for governor
The special election and the crisis of the political establishment in California
Lecture five - World War I: The breakdown of capitalism - Part 5
US atrocities in Vietnam documented: Winter Soldier re-released three decades later - A documentary film by Winterfilm
Letters from our readers

24 September 2005
Hurricane Rita slams Texas and Louisiana, reflooding New Orleans
Katrina, the Iraq war and the struggle for socialism
Abandoning party posts after election - German Green leader clears way for collaboration with the right
Arrest of Bush official sheds light on corruption and cronyism
Australia: NSW by-elections another sign of political volatility
Britain: asylum detainee commits suicide
US airlines follow bankruptcy filings with mass layoffs
Lecture five - World War I: The breakdown of capitalism - Part 4
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
On the Hurricane Katrina disaster

23 September 2005
Katrina, the Iraq war and the struggle for socialism
Texas and Louisiana coast menaced by Hurricane Rita
Democrats cave on reactionary chief justice: Senate panel rubberstamps Roberts nomination
Blair and Murdoch defend Bush over Hurricane Katrina
SEP press conference: - Sri Lankan presidential candidate condemns Bush's contempt for hurricane victims
War protesters tried on federal conspiracy charges in New York
Canada: Parti Québécois thrown into unexpected leadership race
Lecture five - World War I: The breakdown of capitalism - Part 3
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
Toronto International Film Festival 2005--Part 1 - World cinema and the world's problems

22 September 2005
What next after the German election?
US Federal Reserve hikes interest rates - No post-Katrina letup in assault on wages
The Bush administration backtracks on North Korea
Canadian government defends intelligence extracted through torture
British government announces new attacks on civil liberties
General Motors slashes jobs in Australia
Lecture five - World War I: The breakdown of capitalism- Part 2
Letters on the SEP/WSWS Summer School

21 September 2005
International press pours scorn on German voters
Socialist Equality Party receives over 15,000 votes in German elections
New York City police attack Cindy Sheehan at antiwar rally
Hurricane Katrina: a public health and environmental disaster
British troops in pitched battle in Basra
Sri Lanka: the JHU-Rajapakse deal and the reactionary role of Buddhist supremacism
Mamdouh Habib, former Guantánamo Bay prisoner, speaks with the WSWS
Lecture five - World War I: The breakdown of capitalism - Part 1
Could we cover our ears to keep from screaming? - White Noise, a film by Vinta Nanda

20 September 2005
German election: a clear rejection of right-wing policies
New storm threat forces resumed evacuation from New Orleans
Afghanistan election: a mockery of democracy
TUC annual conference - The decline and decay of Britain's trade unions
New Zealand election stalemate exposes deep social divisions
"Bring Them Home Now Tour" stops in Pittsburgh - Families of fallen US soldiers: "We are on a mission--we don't want any more dead"
Lecture four: Marxism, history and the science of perspective - Part 6
Workers Struggles: The Americas
An honest look at the lives of Italian inmates- Quintosole, written and directed by Marcellino de Baggis

19 September 2005
Bush reassures American ruling class - Tax cuts to continue, social programs to be slashed in wake of Hurricane Katrina
Religion, science and Hurricane Katrina
Northwest and Delta executives to make millions from bankruptcies
SEP presidential candidate speaks on Sri Lankan radio
Mubarak wins Egypt's stage-managed presidential election
Northern Ireland: loyalist riots point to unresolved social and political tensions
Catholic Church steps up campaign to oust Spanish government
Lecture four: Marxism, history and the science of perspective - Part 5

17 September 2005
The New York Times and Bush's New Orleans speech
German elections: Vote Socialist Equality Party on September 18
British media backs Merkel in German elections, but fears instability
German government bans Kurdish paper and Palestinian association
Iraq's libraries: what recovery from "a national disaster beyond imagination"?
US: courts deny right to challenge Medicaid violations
Sri Lankan rail union shuts down protracted strike
Increasing tensions between Belarus and Poland
Lecture four: Marxism, history and the science of perspective - Part 4
Microsoft anti-phishing software raises Internet privacy concerns
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

16 September 2005
Bush's vision for New Orleans: a profiteer's paradise
Recovering New Orleans' dead subordinated to profit and politics
UN Human Development Report pleads for reform as poverty and misery deepen
Big business agenda dominates New Zealand election campaign
Indonesian air crash points to declining safety standards
Lecture four: Marxism, history and the science of perspective - Part 3
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
On the Hurricane Katrina disaster
Letters from our readers

15 September 2005
Delta and Northwest airlines declare bankruptcy
Profit system, not nature, main obstacle to rebuilding New Orleans
As death toll in New Orleans mounts: - What is the meaning of Bush's "responsibility?"
Britain: police chief insists "shoot-to-kill" policy remains in force
Koizumi's "landslide" win in Japan's election
Rapid increase in child poverty in Germany - The consequences of Hartz IV
Germany expands army presence in Afghanistan
Israeli soldiers reveal official "shoot to kill" policy towards Palestinian civilians
Lecture four: Marxism, history and the science of perspective - Part 2

14 September 2005
The exploitation of Hurricane Katrina: remaking New Orleans for the rich
Forty-five bodies recovered at New Orleans hospital
New Orleans and poverty: a damning admission from the New York Times
Hurricane Katrina evacuees in Michigan: "They ordered the evacuation, but there were no buses, nothing"
The lessons of the July 7 London bombings and the state murder of Jean Charles de Menezes
British MP Michael Meacher suggests Security Services are shielding July 7 bomb plotters
Danger of war at centre of Sri Lankan election campaign
Australian government to deport American antiwar activist
Lecture four: Marxism, history and the science of perspective - Part 1

13 September 2005
US media hails martial law general in New Orleans
Court upholds power of White House to jail citizens as "enemy combatants"
Studies link global warming with increased hurricane intensity
Socialist Equality Party (Germany) holds election rally - The most important cause of the disaster taking place in the US lies not in nature, but in politics and society
Germany: TV debate reveals electors have no real choice
Iraq: US military lays waste to Tal Afar
"Bring them home now" tour holds rally in Detroit
Lecture three: The origins of Bolshevism and What Is To Be Done? - Part 7
A scientific milestone: mapping of rice genome
Workers Struggles: The Americas

12 September 2005
Hurricane Katrina and the meaning of September 11
Bush suspends Davis-Bacon Act - Wage-cutting and profit-gouging in the midst of the Katrina disaster
Australian government unveils legal framework for police state
British SWP covers for union betrayal of Gate Gourmet workers
High oil prices undermine Indonesian government
Lecture three: The origins of Bolshevism and What Is To Be Done? - Part 6
More letters on Hurricane Katrina

10 September 2005
New Orleans: the specter of military dictatorship
Laura Bush takes umbrage: Racism and the Republican Party
Lively discussion at German Socialist Equality Party election meeting
Laurence Tribe's paean to Rehnquist: a liberal pays tribute to reaction
Israel: Gaza pullout paves way for further West Bank land grab
Tory leadership challenger Ken Clarke lambasts Blair on Iraq and democratic rights
EU states downplays risk as bird flu spreads toward Western Europe
World Bank President Wolfowitz pledges $9 billion in loans to India
EU states downplay risk as bird flu spreads toward Western Europe
German government to privatize air traffic control
Lecture three: The origins of Bolshevism and What Is To Be Done? - Part 5
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia & the Pacific

9 September 2005
The politics of the "blame game" - Bush rejects responsibility in Hurricane Katrina disaster
Socialist Equality Party stands in Sri Lankan presidential election
Bush administration snubs Cuban hurricane relief offer
British media fears political consequences of Hurricane Katrina
Report documents runaway American CEO pay and war profiteering
Britain: rally for sacked Gate Gourmet workers addressed by Socialist Equality Party
New York City police continue arrests of bicyclists
Lecture three: The origins of Bolshevism and What Is To Be Done? - Part 4
Over 1,000 demonstrate for New York University graduate student employees
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
"The Massacre" by 50 Cent sells 4 million copies: Why does social backwardness achieve such success?
Letters on the US hurricane disaster

8 September 2005
New Orleans becomes a war zone - A dress rehearsal for martial law?
Readers report on Katrina disaster
Is the US military preparing another massacre in Tal Afar?
Democratic-controlled Minneapolis City Council rejects resolution against Northwest Airlines union-busting
Relative of 9/11 victim: "The Bush administration is only concerned with empire, oil and corporate profits"
Turkey: corruption scandal erupts in Tek Gida-Is trade union bureaucracy
Lecture three: The origins of Bolshevism and What Is To Be Done? - Part 3
"The Massacre" by 50 Cent sells 4 million copies: Why does social backwardness achieve such success?
Democracy and the "rule of law:" An exchange on the British police murder of Jean Charles de Menezes

7 September 2005
As Katrina's toll emerges - US ruling elite rejects policy shift to confront disaster
After New Orleans disaster: human misery and the profit principle
Astrodome refugees report hellish conditions in New Orleans
Sri Lankan military heightens tensions in the North and East
German elections: Conservative opposition meets in Dortmund - A repulsive and reactionary spectacle
Paris: As authorities launch murder enquiry into Vincent-Auriol fire, thousands march in anger and solidarity
Border "crisis" targets immigrants - State of emergency declared in Arizona and New Mexico
The crisis of the Lula government: the end of an era in Brazil
Australia: state opposition leader resigns amid media furore
Lecture Three: The origins of Bolshevism and What Is To Be Done? - Part 2

6 September 2005
Hurricane Katrina disaster shows the failure of the profit system
Eyewitness to the New Orleans disaster: report from a WSWS reader
William Rehnquist (1924-2005): Key figure in Washington's rightward trajectory dies at 80
Telstra sale—a political minefield for the Australian government
Chinese government preparing for greater social unrest
Prison population in Britain reaches record levels
Lecture Three: The origins of Bolshevism and What Is To Be Done? - Part 1
Something's rotten... - The Constant Gardener, directed by Fernando Meirelles, screenplay by Jeffrey Caine, based on the novel by John le Carré
Letters on the US hurricane disaster

5 September 2005
As hurricane disaster mounts, Bush scapegoats state, local officials
Report from final days of “Camp Casey”: Soldier returned from Iraq: “The rich don’t fight wars in America”
Germany's Left Party adopts a reformist program
Letters and replies on the assassination of Sri Lankan foreign minister
Britain: "Fear on the Streets" art installation removed from Selfridges's window
Lecture two: Marxism versus revisionism on the eve of the twentieth century - Part 3
Research reveals link between tiny genetic structures and cancer
Staying the course in Iraq justified in television series - Over There, FX Cable Television Network

3 September 2005
New Orleans and Baghdad-two sides of the same policy
Bush postures while hurricane death toll skyrockets
Shock, disbelief and anger - Europe reacts to US hurricane disaster
An angry letter from New Orleans
Egypt: President Mubarak dominates fake election campaign
Racist attacks on Tamil newspaper in Sri Lanka
Lockout at the CBC-"Canada's public broadcaster"
Retired Scottish police official says Lockerbie evidence was planted
Lecture two: Marxism versus revisionism on the eve of the twentieth century - Part 2
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Letters on Hurricane Katrina

2 September 2005
Hurricane Katrina's aftermath: from natural disaster to national humiliation
Hurricane's victims left to die on New Orleans streets
Washington tries to evade political responsibility for Katrina's devastating impact
Close to 1,000 dead in Baghdad tragedy
Increased media coverage of PSG candidates in German federal elections
The PSG (Socialist Equality Party--Germany) election spot
One-third of Detroit's population lives below poverty line
Bush White House suppresses information, whistle blowing
US military sniper kills Reuters soundman in Baghdad
Lecture two: Marxism versus revisionism on the eve of the twentieth century - Part 1
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa

1 September 2005
Bush rules out significant federal aid to hurricane victims
Crackdown on looting - New Orleans police ordered to stop saving lives and start saving property
Letter from New Orleans: tragedy at stranded hospital
A million more Americans living in poverty
Studies link CEO compensation to fraud, mismanagement
Arroyo clings to Philippines presidency amid growing economic crisis
Australia: another Senate committee whitewash of government lies on Iraq
Paris: 48 African immigrants die in apartment block fires
Lecture one: The Russian Revolution and the unresolved historical problems of the 20th century - Part 4

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