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World Socialist Web Site Archive: February 2006

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 2006
Bush travels to South Asia in pursuit of key strategic "partnership" with India
WSWS International Editorial Board meeting- Nick Beams' report on the world economy in 2006--Part One
Ahead of Bush's visit, Chirac pushes French interests in India
Iraq occupation makes possible record profits for British private military contractor
The Australian Wheat Board scandal and the Iraq war
German Constitutional Court strikes down Aviation Security Act
A letter and reply on Spielberg's Munich
Workers Struggles: The Americas

27 February 2006
David North: Opening report to meeting of WSWS International Editorial Board
Philippine president imposes state of emergency after alleged coup attempt
Mexican government suspends search for trapped coal miners
Two dead, 100 injured in Los Angeles County jail riots
Britain: Special Branch detain documentary actors and former Guantánamo prisoners
Letters from our readers

25 February 2006
What the ports controversy says about Washington's "war on terror"
White House report on Katrina: no blame, no accountability for hurricane disaster
Sri Lankan peace talks stagger on to another round
Israel's confiscation of Palestinian revenues: a brazen violation of international law
German public workers strike - A discussion with Hamburg strikers: "It is much more serious than 14 years ago"
Bush administration shields corporations from safety rules, lawsuits
Ford Motor charged as accomplice in Argentina's "dirty war"
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

24 February 2006
Sectarian violence engulfs Iraq following mosque bombing
Lawrence Summers resigns as Harvard president
Financial Times columnist warns about social inequality in US
Australian parliament rubberstamps new military callout powers
A novel look at life's unfolding diversity - A review of The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution, by Richard Dawkins
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
Letters from our readers

23 February 2006
Human Rights First report documents deaths of Iraqis and Afghans in US custody
Pakistani protests over anti-Muslim cartoons threaten Musharraf's rule
Last-minute reprieve for California death row inmate
Millions facing drought and famine throughout Africa
Canada to greatly expand its military presence in the Arctic
Zionists witch-hunt Australia's leading cartoonist
Italian election campaign begins with anti-Berlusconi opposition backing austerity candidate

22 February 2006
Right-wing posturing from Congress on Arab firm's role at US ports
Mexico: miners trapped after explosion
Spain: 1981 coup leader accuses Socialist Party government of national betrayal
Indian government opens retail sector to foreign corporations
French government forced to recall ship laden with toxic waste
Australia: former minister fans anti-Muslim prejudice and racism
Sri Lankan housemaid tells of systematic abuse in Saudi Arabia
New television show explodes myths- "In Justice" dramatizes reality of US criminal justice system

21 February 2006
US media drops Abu Ghraib torture issue
Palestinian parliament sworn in as US and Israel step up destabilisation drive
Sri Lankan government makes provocative preparations for Geneva talks
Washington reluctantly concedes Préval is Haiti's president-elect
Bird flu sparks emergency measures in India, Europe, Africa
Anti-Muslim caricatures, anti-Islamic sentiments and press freedom - The controversy over a cartoon in the German Tagesspiegel
IMF measures wreak havoc on Iraqi people
2005: The Year for Africa--Results and Prospects
Racism, religious obscurantism and hypocrisy - Australian parliament's "vote of conscience" on RU486
Workers Struggles: The Americas
Letters on the anti-Muslim cartoons

20 February 2006
US Congress prepares legal sanction for spying program
Why the government spying is illegal: a reply to the US Department of Justice
Nearly 2,000 feared dead as huge mudslide hits Philippine village
Democrats force antiwar candidate out of Ohio Senate race
Assam: Police kill at least 10 during protest against Indian Army murder
Australian government responsible for "Bali Nine" death sentences
Germany: New attempt to impose radical tax reform
The Edukators (Your Days of Plenty Are Numbered) - The new German generation and its revolt - Directed by Hans Weingartner
Letters on recent films
Letters from our readers

18 February 2006
Bush administration seeks funds for regime change in Iran
Hurricane Katrina and the "war on terrorism"
Cheney "takes responsibility"--without accountability or consequences
US and Israel plot overthrow of Hamas-led Palestinian Authority
Indian Supreme Court imposes sweeping ban on public debate on toxic warship
Verdi trade union expands labour dispute
German public service strike grows into confrontation with the grand coalition
University of Illinois student newspaper publishes anti-Muslim cartoons - Students for Social Equality holding public meeting on controversy
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
A Good Woman, based on an Oscar Wilde play - A visit to the land of the hypocrites
Letters on the Cheney shooting incident

17 February 2006
The Abu Ghraib photos and the anti-Muslim "free speech" fraud
UN report denounces US torture and calls for closure of Guantánamo prison camp
Intrigues continue to stall new Iraqi government
Britain: Parliament approves police state measures in Terrorism Bill
US auto union pressures Delphi workers to accept concessions deal
Bankruptcy court approves Delphi executive bonuses
Pregnant immigrant miscarries after being abused by federal agents
Workers Struggles: Europe and Africa
"Progressive" Australian film critics denounce Spielberg's Munich

16 February 2006
Unresolved questions in the Cheney shooting incident
Australian TV airs more photos of US torture at Abu Ghraib
Anti-Muslim cartoons published in Australia
Warning of new Haiti intervention - US troop deployment sparks protests in Dominican Republic
Britain: Why did it take so long to bring Abu Hamza to trial?
Germany: Former Green Party leader advocates European military role in the Middle East
Farcical municipal elections intensify political instability in Nepal
Philippines: Fatal game-show stampede--an exploitation of social despair

15 February 2006
"Made in the USA" election crisis in Haiti
In their own words: the politics behind the anti-Muslim cartoons
Britain: Parliament agrees to compulsory ID cards
German army to deploy 2,000 troops for World Cup
Bush appointees censor scientists at government agencies
Large protests call for Thai prime minister's resignation
New attack on freedom of expression Australian police seize artwork from gallery
Darwin: An exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History
How governments, bankers, secret services, Masonic lodges, the Vatican and the Mafia impacted international politics in the 1970s and 1980s - I Banchieri Di Dio: Il Caso Calvi (God's Bankers: The Calvi Case), directed by Giuseppe Ferrara.
Letters on the anti-Muslim cartoons

14 February 2006
Congressional report condemns government response to Hurricane Katrina
Pentagon prepares for military strikes against Iran
Haiti: mass protests erupt over vote count
Cheney's hunting accident: a bizarre and sinister episode
US trade gap hits another record
Video shows British Army brutality in Iraq
Indian government launches rural employment guarantee - Band-aid for a social calamity
South Indian villagers speak about rural crisis, job guarantee
FBI stages violent raids in Puerto Rico
Egypt: Further revelations of gross negligence in ferry disaster
New version of Google Desktop threatens user privacy
Workers Struggles: The Americas

13 February 2006
Bush budget targets 141 programs for elimination or drastic cutbacks
Billionaire investor demands General Motors slash jobs, health care, pensions
Australia: A widening gap between CEO salaries and average wages
Berlin and Strasbourg protests oppose the EU-Bolkestein Directive
Eclectic and lifeless—My Life as a Fake
Letters from our readers

11 February 2006
US right responds to anti-Muslim cartoon controversy - New York Times columnist David Brooks proposes the 'good crusade'
Volkswagen to cut 20,000 jobs
Testimony at Senate hearing - Former FEMA head says White House had early knowledge of Katrina's devastation
Bush details "terror plot" to deflect NSA spying furor
The Bolkestein Directive - The struggle against European Union attacks requires a socialist perspective
Provocative abductions delay Sri Lankan ceasefire talks
Political issues raised by British National Party trial
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

10 February 2006
Bush condemns protests against anti-Muslim cartoons
Denmark and Jyllands-Posten: The background to a provocation
Afghanistan: anti-Muslim cartoons provide focus for hostility to US-led occupation
Trial of top Enron officials begins in Houston
France: Hundreds of thousands protest against the CPE
India's role in US-led gang-up against Iran inflames debate over Indo-US ties
Australia: New laws to disenfranchise voters and boost corporate donations
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
The New World's terrible paradox

9 February 2006
Pentagon spells out strategy for global military aggression
Germany: Biggest public service strike for 14 years
Australia: Labor attacks Howard from the right over "oil-for-food" scandal
Russian gas supplies resume, but relations with Georgia and Armenia remain tense
Child malnutrition in the Indian state of Maharashtra
An account of the attack on science in the US - The Republican War on Science by Chris Mooney
Letters from our readers

8 February 2006
Death toll mounts in worldwide protests against anti-Muslim cartoons
Munich Security Conference: Imperialists close ranks
Hypocrisy from Bush, Clinton at funeral of Coretta Scott King
Canada: Harper's Conservative cabinet--a roster of reaction
Ford job cuts will devastate working class communities
Saudi Arabia alerted Britain of terror attack prior to London bombings
German engineers kidnapped in Iraq
Indian union leaders cave in over airport privatisation
Woody Allen directs Match Point: No Dreiser

7 February 2006
Senate wiretapping hearing: Democrats bow to police state threat
Bush proposes $2.8 trillion budget to boost military spending and slash social programs
An American tragedy--the plight of the US war wounded
Egypt: Relatives of victims sack offices of ferry firm
Google's China censorship sets dangerous precedent
Scottish Socialist Party upholds interests of Scottish business
Uncollected garbage highlights infrastructure breakdown in Sri Lanka
Workers Struggles: The Americas
Peter Jackson's King Kong - A colossal triviality

6 February 2006
US bullies IAEA into reporting Iran to the UN Security Council
US Senate hearings set to cover up domestic spying
Survivors speak of horrific events leading to Egyptian ferry sinking
Fight vs. CPE requires independent political struggle by French workers
Cut-throat wheat war behind Australian "oil-for-food" scandal
Turkey: Court drops prosecution of writer Orhan Pamuk

4 February 2006
European media publish anti-Muslim cartoons: An ugly and calculated provocation
Heavy losses feared amongst 1,400 passengers of sunken Egyptian ferry
French Ligue Communiste Révolutionnaire turns further to the right
Another exposure of Australian government involvement in citizen's torture
Spain: Ban on Basque separatist party extended
The Super Bowl in Detroit: the manufacturing of a "national event"
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

3 February 2006
US budget slashes social spending to fund war and tax cuts for the rich
World Socialist Web Site Review: February-May 2006 issue now available
Two more West Virginia coal miners killed
Australia: Howard's ministerial reshuffle ignites Coalition tensions
With cabinet changes, India's UPA government tilts still closer to Washington
One hundredth British military death in Iraq
Indian airport workers strike against privatisation
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa

2 February 2006
Bush's State of the Union address ignores social crisis in America
At Bush's State of the Union: Cindy Sheehan arrested for wearing antiwar message
After the Hamas election win - Daniel Pipes denounces democracy for Muslims
US machinations in Iraq delay formation of government
Council of Europe report reveals European collusion with US torture flights
Illinois governor outlines continued assault on working class

1 February 2006
The State of the Union speech: Bush repeats litany of lies on Iraq war
The legacy of US Fed chairman Greenspan
Poland: More than 60 dead following roof collapse in Katowice
Indian PM threatened to resign to ensure success of Indo-US military exercise
France exports toxic waste in defiance of international law
Oregon Democrats, GOP join forces against independent candidates
US tax agency targets poor
On-the-spot report from a Sri Lankan fishing village
78th Academy Award nominations: realities begin to sink in

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