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World Socialist Web Site Archive: January 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.

31 January 2006
With the help of the Democrats, Alito to be confirmed as US Supreme Court Justice
Hussein trial descends into a legal farce
China and India manoeuvre to secure energy supplies
Canadian mine rescue highlights failings of US mine safety
France: Students mobilise against destruction of working conditions for youth
US military recruiters target rural and depressed areas
Australian state government set to dredge Melbourne's bay despite opposition
Workers Struggles: The Americas
Letters from our readers

30 January 2006
US, EU threaten cut-off of funds to Palestinian Authority following Hamas victory
Sri Lankan government and LTTE agree to hold talks
Army court marshal conceals CIA involvement in death of former Iraqi general
Diabetes in the US: a social epidemic
Born into disadvantage--Australian children face growing inequality - Children of the Lucky Country? How Australian society has turned its back on children and why children matter
Punishment Park--1970s radical protest film released on DVD

28 January 2006
Bush defends NSA spying program at White House press conference
General Motors lost $8.6 billion in 2005
White House stonewalls official Hurricane Katrina inquiry
Spain: More military threats against Zapatero government
British scientist challenges pharmaceutical company over research paper
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia & the Pacific

27 January 2006
The Democrats and Alito’s Supreme Court confirmation
Bush mine safety official walks out of Senate hearing into Sago disaster
Thousands of Sri Lankan garment workers retrenched
George Galloway on “Celebrity Big Brother”
Lessons from the Great Flood of 1927
Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood and How it Changed America
by John M. Barry
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa

26 January 2006
What Al Gore’s speech reveals about the state of US politics
German government blocking inquiry into secret aid provided for Iraq invasion
France: Judge Bruguière—utilising anti-terrorism as a political instrument
History of bitter struggle by US miners
In the background of the Sago Mine disaster—part 2
US: New Medicare plan triggers health crisis for thousands
Australian corporate executives rake in millions
Protests against UN and French occupation of Ivory Coast
Letters from our readers

25 January 2006
Bush administration launches campaign of lies in defense of government spying
Canada’s new Conservative government will intensify assault on workers’ and democratic rights
History of bitter struggle by US miners
In the background of the West Virginia mine disasters -- part 1
Homeless suffer in Indian cold wave
Seven-year-old girl murdered in Brooklyn
Child abuse tragedy shines spotlight on social crisis
England and Wales lead Europe in imprisonment
Germany: Workers strike at AEG’s Nuremberg plant

24 January 2006
Ford to cut 30,000 jobs in North America
SEP public meeting on Canadian elections
Workers need a new political orientation
China’s growing trade with Africa indicative of Sino-Western energy conflicts
India: victims of Gujarat pogrom found in mass grave
Germany: Turhan Ersin wins case against dismissal at Opel
Northwest Airlines demands concessions, job cuts in bankruptcy court
Workers Struggles: The Americas

23 January 2006
New accident claims two more West Virginia coal minersBush administration report defends spying, unconstrained executive powers
Defying the political establishment and trade union leaders
New York City transit workers reject contract
Palestinian election reveals widespread hostility to Abbas
California Democrats rally behind Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger21

21 January 2006
The political issues behind the Iranian nuclear confrontation
French president Chirac threatens nuclear retaliation in the event of terrorist attacks
Canadian elections herald a dramatic intensification of class conflict
US government demands Google hand over Internet search data
Two missing in fire at West Virginia coal mine
Britain: Report into death of Jean Charles de Menezes handed to Crown Prosecution Service
Germany: Finance Minister Steinbrück's tirade against the welfare state
Bush administration uses Gulf Coast reconstruction to push for dismantling of public education
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Not so much fun for Dick and Jane - Fun with Dick and Jane, directed by Dean Parisot, screenplay by Judd Apatow and Nicholas Stoller

20 January 2006
More evidence of European collaboration with CIA torture flights and prisons
American freelance journalist kidnapped in Iraq
Who is Stephen Harper, the Conservative poised to be Canada's next prime minister?
A report from the scene of the Sago Mine disaster
Lack of decent-paying jobs drives workers into West Virginia mines
Indonesian police detain eight Papuans over Freeport murders
Australia: unsafe conditions cause another death on Sydney's construction sites
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
Letters from our readers

19 January 2006
Pakistan: anger mounts against Musharraf in wake of US air strike
Miller takes the Fifth
US general withholds testimony in Abu Ghraib abuse trial
Ariel Sharon: a political assessment-Part Two
How deep does the state penetration of Sinn Fein go? - Northern Ireland: the Donaldson affair and the threat to democratic rights
Thousands of Tamils flee from government-controlled areas in Sri Lanka
Community Colleges snubbed by Michigan Governor and state legislature
Dreiser's classic An American Tragedy is brought to the New York opera stage

18 January 2006
Bush administration domestic spying provokes lawsuits, calls for impeachment
Ariel Sharon: a political assessment--Part One
The Bloc Québécois: populism and nationalism in the service of the Québec bourgeoisie
European-wide dock workers strike against port deregulation
New date set for Haitian vote as crisis mounts
Sri Lankan authorities mount increasing attacks on media freedom
A year after the Hacienda Luisita massacre in the Philippines-no one charged
New citizenship tests - Germany: spying and discrimination against Muslims
University of Michigan evolutionary theme semester - Geneticist Svante Pääbo speaks on chimpanzee genome
Workers Struggles: The Americas
Letters from our readers

17 January 2006
Memorial service for Sago miners preaches fatalism and submission
US coal miners denounce deadly conditions- "The government is giving a green light to the coal operators to violate safety"
Michelle Bachelet elected president - Socialist-Christian Democratic coalition retains power in Chile
The class issues in the 2006 Canadian elections - SEP (Canada) to hold Toronto meeting
The Canadian elections and the phony gun-crime epidemic
In a new act of barbarism, California governor denies clemency--76-year-old dies by lethal injection
Beijing abolishes centuries-old agricultural tax
India: twelve protestors killed in police shooting
Classic African films released on DVD: Ousmane Sembène's Borom Sarret and Black Girl

16 January 2006
US bombing in northern Pakistan: an act of imperialist recklessness
Collaboration with CIA renditions highlights France's assault on democratic rights
US living standards in 2005 continued downward trend
Kashmir earthquake survivors abandoned to freezing winter
Spain: General calls for military intervention over Catalonia
Fiji remains tense after new coup threat
Back on "the main stage": Russian art at the Guggenheim Museum--part 2

14 January 2006
City residents denounce "Bring New Orleans Back" rebuilding plan - Remaking New Orleans for the wealthy
US ambassador to Sri Lanka threatens the LTTE
Canada's social-democrats hope to sustain Liberals in power after January elections
The Sago Mine disaster - Safety reports document deadly conditions at West Virginia mine
Australia: Labor leader recommends Iraq "exit strategy"
Germany: the closure of Nuremberg's AEG works and the role of the unions
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

13 January 2006
US, EU set to refer Iran to the UN Security Council
Wall Street grabs $21.5 billion in bonuses
German Chancellor Merkel in Washington
German media reports on collusion of German intelligence agents in Iraq war
Political victimisation of an Australian academic
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
Back on "the main stage": Russian art at the Guggenheim Museum--part 1
Letters on the West Virginia mine disaster

12 January 2006
For a socialist alternative in the 2006 US elections: Statement of the Socialist Equality Party
Senate Democrats prostrate as Alito confirmation hearings get under way
Death toll continues to rise in US coal mines - Kentucky miner crushed to death in roof collapse
Imperialist apologetics from Johann Hari - Independent journalist who attacked Harold Pinter turns on World Socialist Web Site
Australian terrorist trials face lengthy delays
Hundreds die in Indonesia as monsoonal rains cause landslides
Florida college professor and wife arrested as Cuban spies - Covering up for US-backed terror
Oppressive conditions in a Sri Lankan garment factory

11 January 2006
Republican Party crisis deepens: DeLay forced out of congressional leadership
Canadian party leaders' debate--populist posturing and lies
After the West Virginia mine disaster, the official whitewash begins
Britain: former top general calls for Blair's impeachment over Iraq war
British journalist seized by US troops while investigating corruption in Iraq
Relatives of recently killed Sri Lankan soldiers speak to WSWS
Germany: politicians urge army's deployment for World Cup
Australia: 1975 documents underscore right-wing character of Whitlam government
Lasse Hallström's direction of Casanova: more purposeful than usual
Casanova, directed by Lasse Hallström

10 January 2006
Israeli media rallies behind Sharon's Kadima party
Sri Lankan foreign minister discusses war, not peace, in Washington
US media sheds crocodile tears for West Virginia miners
Germany: Mannesmann corruption ruling unleashes new debate over "entrepreneurial culture"
Hong Kong "political reform" package rejected
Workers Struggles: The Americas

9 January 2006
Iraqi oil minister resigns amid protests and economic chaos
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police's "inexplicable" intervention into Canada's election campaign - A warning to the working class
Mine safety cuts hindered West Virginia rescue
Australia: Police use new powers to "lock down" rural housing estate
Britain: Blair government refuses public inquiry into biggest fire in Europe
Letters from our readers

7 January 2006
Bush meets the "wise men": A cynical charade to legitimize Iraq war
More revelations of illegal spying by US government
Sri Lankan security forces conduct massive sweep of Tamils in Colombo
18-year-old shot by Border Patrol - Killing fuels Mexican anger over US immigration policy
US: IBM to freeze pension plan in 2008
Germany: study draws devastating balance of the Hartz labour reforms
Workers Struggles: Asia and the Pacific
Letters on the West Virginia mine disaster

6 January 2006
Israel: Sharon's stroke plunges Israel into political turmoil
West Virginia towns mourn deaths of 12 coal miners
Another war crime: US air raid kills Iraqi family
Bush administration seeks dismissal of Guantánamo habeas corpus suits
Deposed deputy prime minister back on the Malaysian political stage
Australia: Child's death exposes impact of privatisation of refugee services
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa

5 January 2006
West Virginia mine tragedy: Families denounce company, state officials
Top Republican lobbyist turns state's evidence in Washington corruption scandal
European media report US plans to strike Iran
Sri Lanka on the road back to civil war
The gas conflict between Russia and Ukraine
Britain: police given unprecedented arrest and surveillance powers
Germany: ice rink collapse leaves at least 14 dead
Kerry Packer (1937-2005) - Why the endless eulogies for Australia's richest man?
Two recent films: Brokeback Mountain and Walk the Line

4 January 2006
Twelve of 13 miners found dead after false rescue report
Bolivia's "socialist" president-elect Morales guarantees private property
Amid danger of civil war, Sri Lankan president visits New Delhi
Tsunami survivors left to suffer on Andaman and Nicobar islands
Reports document growing social inequality in Australia
London Underground workers strike over new working patterns
US: low-fare Independence Air to shut down
The Wall Street Journal responds with venom to Spielberg's Munich
Letters from our readers

3 January 2006
The Bush administration and the Padilla case: White House caught in its own lies
West Virginia explosion traps 13 coal miners
Egyptian police kill at least 20 Sudanese protesters
Market commentators cheer China's revised economic figures
Sri Lankan fertiliser scheme in shambles due to lack of funds
Large vote against union-backed concessions at Ford
Germany: SPD-Green "reforms" spell bonanza for shareholders
Workers Struggles: The Americas

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