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World Socialist Web Site Archive: May 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 May 2006
Mass rioting reveals depth of Afghan opposition to US occupation
Solomon Islands: Australia's neo-colonial "model" for East Timor?
SEP candidate responds on Iraq war stance of California Democrat Adam Schiff
Germany: Deportations increase as asylum applications plummet
Québec Solidaire: a new mechanism for tying workers to the Parti Québécois
Cindy Sheehan condemns Australian prime minister as an "illegal combatant"
Football World Cup 2006--a multibillion-euro business

30 May 2006
Why Australia wants "regime change" in East Timor
South Africa: Factional war intensifies between Mbeki and Zuma supporters in ANC
Sri Lankan government bans local film Aksharaya (Letter of Fire)
"No real cinema can be built within the framework imposed by those who banned my film" - Sri Lankan filmmaker Asoka Handagama speaks with the WSWS
Canada-US softwood lumber pact paves way for greater co-operation between Harper and Bush
Letters from our readers
Workers Struggles: The Americas

29 May 2006
The Enron verdicts: corruption and American capitalism
Earthquake kills more than 5,100 on Indonesian island of Java
US Marines to stand trial for massacre of Iraqi civilians in Haditha
Lopsided vote in US Senate to confirm NSA spy chief to head CIA - Most Democrats back General Hayden
Scottish Socialist Party leader jailed
Local election results in Sri Lanka reflect widespread fears of war

27 May 2006
Blair joins Bush to defend Iraq occupation and back preemptive action vs. Iran
US Senate passes Democratic-backed version of anti-immigrant legislation
Australian military occupation of East Timor proceeds "full steam ahead"
Canadian Prime Minister Harper attempts to muzzle the press
Montenegro: Independence vote completes dismemberment of Yugoslavia
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

26 May 2006
Constitutional crisis over FBI raid on US congressman
Germany: Christian Democrats and Greens form coalition government in Frankfurt
Australia: Inquiry into Beaconsfield mine tragedy already smells of cover up
Two more US coal miners killed in Kentucky and West Virginia
Fiji's election results in unstable coalition government
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
San Francisco International Film Festival 2006--Part 4 - Other European and Asian films

25 May 2006
Democrats ensure confirmation of NSA spy chief to head CIA
US military massacres 80 villagers in Afghanistan
Australian troops deployed to occupy East Timor
Sri Lankan government drafts new Patriotic Act in preparation for war
Caste-ism vs. 'Merit': - India's toilers should reject framework of reservation debate
Israel: Bush endorses Olmert's West Bank land grab
German cabinet agrees on military operation in the Congo
The crisis in Australia's Aboriginal communities - How right-wing ideologues stand reality on its head
Machinists union reaches tentative agreement with Northwest Airlines
The Da Vinci Code, novel and film, and 'countercultural' myth

24 May 2006
FBI stages unprecedented raid on congressman's office
Fractured new Iraqi regime: a prelude to deepening sectarian violence
Lack of oxygen supplies killed three in Kentucky mine disaster
Britain's "Euston Manifesto": Ex-liberals for imperialism and war
Germany: Election Alternative leaders purge regional executives and withdraw candidates
IMF cuts off credit to Bolivia
World's largest steelmaker in $33 billion takeover bid for the second largest
Letters from our readers

23 May 2006
George McGovern on class relations in America - Democrats' liberal icon justifies wage cuts for workers, bonuses for CEOs
Independent panel report on Hurricane Katrina - Cost-cutting and poor planning behind New Orleans levee failures
Supporters of SEP campaign meet in Michigan
European governments cover up illegal CIA abductions
New School University students protest commencement speech by John McCain
A turning point in the drift to war - Unanswered questions remain about the killing of Sri Lankan foreign minister
English council elections: "Fascist threat" exaggerated to channel support back behind Labour
Why Canada's Conservative government chose to celebrate Australia's John Howard
Australian government moves to abolish Aboriginal "land rights"
Workers Struggles: The Americas

22 May 2006
Slaughter in US coal industry continues - Five miners killed in Kentucky explosion
Britain: Blair pledges to override Human Rights Act
Putin's speech to the nation: Tensions increase between the US and Russia
Kosovo "final status" talks break up without agreement
Bush administration defends US military aid to Egypt
Official response to Aboriginal child sexual abuse in Australia: more law and order
San Francisco International Film Festival 2006--Part 3 - Political exposures and more ... or less

20 May 2006
US Senate declares English the "national language": a boost to chauvinism and racism
Guantánamo prisoners clash with guards after new rash of suicide attempts
Prodi government takes power in Italy: a right-wing regime with a left fig leaf
Witnesses, video document massacre in Haditha - US Marines killed Iraqi civilians "in cold blood"
Reports expose myth of upward social mobility in US
The Australian media and the Beaconsfield mine rescue
Cuts to NASA budget gut space research
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

19 May 2006
Senate hearing on CIA nominee: Democrats rubberstamp Bush police-state spying
SEP candidate Bill Van Auken to speak at NYC meeting Saturday
Slaughter and ethnic cleansing accelerates in Iraq
A turbulent week on global financial markets
Sri Lankan Central Bank attempts to cover up deepening economic contradictions
German secret service spies on journalists, employs Stasi methods
In the face of mounting popular opposition - Canada dramatically escalates its military intervention in Afghanistan
Britain: Vauxhall axes 900 car jobs
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
San Francisco International Film Festival 2006--Part 2 - Creditable works
A letter and reply on Britain's "New Labour" Party

18 May 2006
US: Pentagon prepares for "use of force" on Mexican border
Brazil: The social contradictions underlying the violent eruption in Sao Paulo
More than 200 dead in Lagos suburb
Pipeline explosion highlights legacy of imperialism in Nigeria
Massive bad debt highlights China's financial instability
US offers closer defence links with New Zealand- Interviews from Honiara
Solomon Islanders hostile to Australian "bullying"

17 May 2006
John Negroponte and the Latin Americanization of US politics
FBI tracking reporters' phone calls in CIA leak investigation
Escalating killing of civilians and army harassment in northern Sri Lanka
The Clearstream affair: French right wing in crisis
Britain's Compass group: Former Blair acolytes seek to rescue New Labour
Australia: More damning facts about fatal Beaconsfield gold mine incident
Germany: The murder of Hatun Sürücü and the debate over "honour killings"
A letter on John Edwards, the Democratic Party and American imperialism

16 May 2006
Bush's immigration speech--an appeal to militarism and reaction
US administration slams door on negotiations with Iran
German hospital physicians expand strike - Conservative-led states seek confrontation
France: Thousands march in Paris against immigration bill
Indian state election results: a distorted expression of popular opposition to neo-liberal reform
Gunboat diplomacy: Australian warships deploy to East Timor - As humanitarian crisis hits Palestinian territories
US and Israel continue drive to overthrow Hamas-led government
Workers Struggles: The Americas
A history lesson from Britain fails to shed much light
More letters on Stephen Colbert and the American media

15 May 2006
Socialist Equality Party to contest state elections in Illinois, Maine, Oregon and Washington
NSA phone spying program: a blueprint for mass repression
Britain: Sunday Times "Rich List" celebrates unprecedented wealth accumulation
New Zealand government reinforces Solomons intervention
The plight of widows in India - Water, written and directed by Deepa Mehta
The conflict between the desire for freedom and backward religious traditions - Deepa Mehta speaks with WSWS

13 May 2006
US media, Democrats deflect opposition to government spying on Americans
US Congress passes more tax cuts for the rich
Britain: More official lies and evasions on London bombings
Major naval battle: Sri Lanka plunges toward open civil war
NATO troops deploy to suppress growing resistance in Afghanistan
Tax change law 2007 German government fleeces low and average wage earners
Fiji: government and union assist Emperor Gold Mine to slash jobs
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
San Francisco International Film Festival 2006--Part 1 - Film and history

12 May 2006
Framework for a police state - US government phone spying targets all Americans
UN hearings probe Washington's systematic use of torture at home and abroad
Helicopter downing in Basra underscores hostility to British occupation
Israel: Labour Party backs Kadima's austerity budget
Poland: Right-wing extremists officially join government
India: Maharashtra cotton farmers face destitution
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
United 93: Everything but how and why it happened

11 May 2006
As Bush's popularity sinks to new lows--a boost from Hillary Clinton
Following his attack on satirist Stephen Colbert - Columnist Richard Cohen denounces his critics
Whirlpool layoffs latest in US corporate assault on jobs and wages
Australian Wheat Board inquiry underscores real motivations behind Iraq war
Democratic Congressman backs continuing military occupation of Iraq at California meeting
Indian government connives with BJP in Gujarat following anti-Muslim provocation
On-the-spot report from Honiara - Australian occupation creates a "time-bomb" in Solomon Islands
Another unexplained death of a Sri Lankan worker in Saudi Arabia
A barometer of the American cultural zeitgeist: the Whitney Biennial 2006

10 May 2006
Cheney's speech will deepen divisions in Europe over energy
Rupert Murdoch backs Hillary Clinton: by their friends you shall know them
Chinese leader's trip to Saudi Arabia and Africa highlights growing resource rivalry
Australian budget: a blatant appeal to the rich
West Virginia hearing continues cover-up of Sago Mine disaster
Relative of Sago miner, rescuer denounce whitewash
Fijian elections could ignite social and political tinderbox
Thousands of jobs axed at British car plants
Letters on Steven Colbert, the Bush administration, and the US media

9 May 2006
Britain: the political issues behind Labour's factional warfare
US Democrat Biden advocates the communal break-up of Iraq
Australia: Jubilation greets the rescue of trapped Beaconsfield miners
Asian growth rates rise but employment problems deepen
Strike threats as 100,000 remain jobless - Puerto Rico government-school shutdown enters second week
Germany: Union officials back Volkswagen boss
Workers Struggles: The Americas
Letters on "Hegel, Marx, Engels and the Origins of Marxism"
Mozart turns two hundred and fifty - Part 5: The Classical period: Mozart and Haydn
Some insights into American life as it is: Doctorow's Sweet Land Stories

8 May 2006
Sudden resignation of CIA Director Goss: Another tremor in Bush administration
Germany's Merkel sides with Bush against Iran
New Nepalese government seeks to defuse mass protest movement
West Bengal state elections: Left Front lurches further right
Sri Lanka: Two killed in attack on Tamil newspaper office
"Botched executions" findings expose grisly practice - US: Legal challenges to lethal injection as "cruel and unusual"
Belgium: Teenager's murder exploited for right-wing agenda
Mozart turns two hundred and fifty - Part 4: Mozart in Vienna
An uncensored look at America's young soldiers in Iraq - Gunner Palace, directed by Michael Tucker and Petra Epperlein
Letters from our readers

6 May 2006
Tony Blair reshuffles Cabinet after Labour's local election debacle
Sri Lanka: Behind talk of peace, threat of full-scale war looms
Spelling freedom as O-I-L - Cheney lectures Russia on "democracy"
Left prop for Prodi - Italy: Bertinotti voted speaker in the Italian parliament
New Solomon Islands PM tries to placate discontent with Australian occupation
Corporate America's best and brightest:- The "unwritten rules" of Raytheon's William Swanson
Germany: Election Alternative, the Socialist Alternative Group and Trotskyism
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Mozart turns two hundred and fifty - Part 3: The Italian and German classical styles

5 May 2006
The Moussaoui verdict deals blow to Bush administration's 9/11 coverup
US government continues to escalate domestic spying
Morales's nationalization in Bolivia: Who got stabbed?
Egypt: Mubarak extends repressive Emergency Law
Bush, US media respond to Stephen Colbert's comic assault: "We are not amused"
Germany: "Election Alternative" defends policies of Berlin state government
Canada: Conservative budget launches new assault on public and social services
Australia's low jobless rate cloaks growing hardship
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
Mozart turns two hundred and fifty - Part 2: Paris and London
Pramoedya Ananta Toer, novelist of the colonial oppressed, dead at 81

4 May 2006
The implications of the immigrant demonstrations for the class struggle in America
Sri Lankan SEP rejects government appeal and holds May Day meeting
Australian police harass former Guantánamo prisoner
Britain: Leading Labourites play the race card
Elderly people die alone and unnoticed in Australia
Duisburg-Essen University - Germany: Students protest implementation of tuition fees
Mozart turns two hundred and fifty - Part 1: The German Enlightenment and Amadeus

3 May 2006
Washington renews demand for cuts to Social Security, Medicare
Indian Stalinists take leading role in New Delhi's efforts to contain Nepal crisis
Tensions between Japan and South Korea heighten over island dispute
Police gun down demonstrators in East Timor
Medical emergency: Facilities and care in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
Hungarian elections: Victory for a "socialist" millionaire
How the French government treats older workers from the colonies
Hegel, Marx, Engels, and the Origins of Marxism - A review of Marx After Marxism: The Philosophy of Karl Marx by Tom Rockmore

2 May 2006
US: Millions of immigrant workers join May 1st "boycott"
Bush administration demands UN action against Iran
Three years since Bush's "Mission Accomplished": Torture, corruption, growing resistance in Iraq
US dollar fall raises questions on global stability
WSWS arts editor David Walsh discusses art and the present political situation
France: CGT union federation moves further to the right
Energy policies bringing Spain into conflict with European Commission
Hegel, Marx, Engels, and the Origins of Marxism - A review of Marx After Marxism: The Philosophy of Karl Marx by Tom Rockmore
Workers Struggles: The Americas
Life and work in a UK care home

1 May 2006
Socialist Equality Party rejects Sri Lankan government appeal to call off May Day rallies
As Big Oil posts record profits Washington warns no relief from soaring gas prices
Join the fight to place Socialist Equality Party on the ballot in Michigan
Over 100,000 march in New York against Iraq war
France backs Chad regime against coup attempt
Rent hikes to hit New York public housing tenants
Hospital blast in China kills at least 33
Volkswagen autos to implement drastic savings program
New fossils illuminate the evolution of land vertebrates from fish

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