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World Socialist Web Site Archive: April 2007

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 April 2007
David North refutes falsifications of Trotsky's life at lectures in Scotland and Wales
PSG May 1 meeting to be held in Schöneberg city hall - Berlin Court rules against district office
US analyst derides ineffective US-created Iraqi military
SEP candidate speaks at election meeting on Scottish island of Arran
Sri Lanka: military intelligence involved in "terrorist conspiracy"
Andrew Young, bagman for US capitalism in Africa
Strikes against job cuts in Belgium, Spain, Russia - International resistance grows to auto industry downsizing

28 April 2007
French presidential elections Royal moves into the camp of Bayrou
SEP writes to Sri Lankan defence secretary demanding answers on disappearance of party member
Democratic presidential candidates debate where to wage war next
Massacre in Mogadishu--war crime made in the USA
Millionaire landowner to save the National Health Service? The bankrupt alliance of Scottish Voice and NHS First
Australian Labor leader's US trip: a nod from Murdoch and the Washington establishment
US economic growth slows as housing bubble deflates
US: FDA knew of food contamination for years
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

27 April 2007
Senate passes Iraq war spending bill, paving way to Bush veto
US moves to limit lawyers' access to Guantánamo inmates
Reports confirm Canada's complicity in Afghan state torture
Berlin district council meeting upholds ban on PSG meeting - Councillor admits decision politically motivated
US, Japan and India flex naval muscle in the Pacific
Sri Lanka: LTTE mounts second air attack as government forces intensify offensive
Top hedge-fund managers average $540 million in income
Workers Struggles: Europe
Obituary: Kurt Vonnegut, satirist and pessimist

26 April 2007
After first round of French election: the contest for the "centre"
UN warns of growing humanitarian crisis in occupied Iraq - Iraqi government withholds civilian death count
Pat Tillman's brother denounces the US military's "deliberate and calculated lies"
The bitter legacy of Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007)
PSG takes legal action against Berlin district office over meeting ban
Britain: Labour whips up anti-immigrant prejudice
Sri Lankan SEP to hold May Day meeting in Colombo
Toyota surpasses GM in global auto sales
British Lancet medical journal calls for defeat of Australian government
Regional powers provide a pittance in aid to tsunami victims in Solomon Islands
Letters from our readers

25 April 2007
Washington's Iraq funding "confrontation:" a dispute over tactics for continuing the war
Iraq: Nine US troops dead, 20 wounded in Baqubah
Iraqis oppose US plan to divide Baghdad into ghettos
Australia: - Final votes counted in New South Wales election campaign
Scottish Greens vie for coalition with a pledge to abandon protest politics
Who missed the deadline on the North Korean nuclear deal?
India's elite touts Tata's Corus Steel takeover as proof India a "global player"
The Situation: a drama of the Iraq war

24 April 2007
After strong growth, world economy at a "turning point"
Torture exposed in new US-Iraqi "security stations"
Haditha massacre report: US commanders see killing Iraqi civilians as "cost of doing business"
Call for Nigerian presidential election to be annulled after massive corruption
Sri Lankan defence secretary menaces newspaper editor
Welsh voters denounce main parties
Jack Thomas "control order" case - Australian government argues for mass detention power in "war on terror"
Austria: 100 days of the grand coalition government - Militarization and social redistribution of wealth continue
Climate change seen as "security threat" by UN Security Council, US military experts
Huge sewage pollution in Scotland linked to Thames Water's cost-cutting
Workers Struggles: The Americas
More letters on the tragedy at Virginia Tech

23 April 2007
French presidential election - Sarkozy and Royal to compete in second round
An attack on the World Socialist Web Site in the Boston Globe - US media hides behind the Virginia Tech tragedy
International conference highlights plight of Iraqi refugees
Britain: Socialist Equality Party distributes election statement
Berlin district office cancels meeting room for PSG meeting on May 1
Wen's visit fails to end Sino-Japanese tensions
Canada's Green leader backs the Liberals
Study details US junk food industry's targeting of youth through TV ads

21 April 2007
Gonzalez before the Senate Judiciary Committee: The Bush clique on life support
US steps up pressure on Iran's nuclear programs
In wake of Nandigram massacre - West Bengal's Stalinist chief minister invited to Washington
French presidential election - Bayrou poses as alternative to Sarkozy
Britain: Stop the War Coalition's humble appeal to Labour's "new Prime Minister"
Leading Democrats posture on abortion ruling
Sydney inquest produces new evidence - Australian governments covered up 1975 execution of "Balibo Five" newsmen
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia

20 April 2007
The malignant resentments that erupted into mass murder in Virginia
Anger erupts in Iraq over Baghdad bombings
Posada Carriles: terrorist who killed 73 in plane bombing walks free
The Scotsman newspaper misrepresents SEP campaign
Presidential election in France - The dismal world of Lutte Ouvrière and Arlette Laguiller
East Timor: Hunt for "rebel" military leader called off
Greetings to the ISSE/SEP Conference: Britain
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
Letters on the tragedy at Virginia Tech

19 April 2007
Bush, Democrats meet on war funding as violence soars in Iraq
US continues detention of five Iranian officials in Iraq
US Supreme Court rules in favor of abortion restrictions
French presidential election - Extreme right candidate Le Pen profits from the bankruptcy of the "left"
Australia dispatches more troops for phoney "war on terror" in Afghanistan
Four years since the looting of the National Museum - The plunder of Iraqi antiquities continues
Solidarity and the Scottish Socialist Party: Programmes for a capitalist Scotland
Oil company CEO nets $460 million in 2006
Balance sheet of the German trade unions - Wages for workers sink, salaries for managers skyrocket
Report to the ISSE conference: on the political situation in Sri Lanka and the disappearance of SEP member Nadarajah Wimaleswaran

18 April 2007
The Virginia Tech massacre--social roots of another American tragedy
Under pressure from below, Sadrist ministers withdraw from Iraqi cabinet
Further lurch to the right in French election campaign
India's Hindu-chauvinist BJP attempts to incite communal riots ahead of pivotal state election
ICFI holds Paris memorial meeting for Raveenthiranathan Senthil Ravee
Israel: One third of Holocaust survivors live in poverty
Germany: Green Party attacks peace marches
Labour plans to gut National Health Service in Wales
Court appeal scheduled for US political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal
Poland's new "lustration" law--a profound attack on democratic rights
Australia: bipartisan support for media instigator of Cronulla race riot
Reports to the ISSE/SEP Conference: Canada and Italy

17 April 2007
More than 30 dead at Virginia Tech - Worst shooting incident in US history
Military and money dominate opening of US 2008 presidential campaign
Will White House sacrifice Gonzales to save Rove?
Iraqi parliament bombing: a sign of deepening crisis
What are Britain's special-forces doing in northern Iraq?
Ukrainian political crisis deepens after Yushchenko dissolves parliament
Eight killed as oil rig support vessel capsizes off coast of Scotland
Trial of "enemy combatant" Jose Padilla begins
Military-backed regime in Bangladesh postpones elections for 18 months
Two American universities clamp down on student anti-sweatshop protests
Report to the ISSE/SEP Conference: On internationalism and the political situation in Australia
Workers Struggles: The Americas
Letters from our readers

16 April 2007
Scandal, political tensions spur demands for Wolfowitz's ouster at World Bank
War crimes investigation after Ethiopia shells civilians in Somali capital
Bush administration seeking to expand spying powers
Political tensions increase as Turkish presidential elections approach
Pakistan: Will Bhutto's PPP come to Musharraf's rescue?
Socialist Labour League of India to hold public meeting on Nandigram peasant massacre
Abduction of journalist exposes police-state tactics in Sri Lanka
Fiji: Public sector workers vote to strike despite military regime's threats
Report to the ISSE/SEP Conference: On the political situation in Europe
Atheism in the service of political reaction: A comment on author Sam Harris

14 April 2007
Civilian compensation claims: a glimpse into US crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan
As fatalities mount, Canada's Conservative government moves to extend Afghan intervention
Guantánamo Bay detainee railroaded into guilty plea - The issues of principle in the case of David Hicks
John Edwards' "Other America" - Democratic presidential hopeful moves into 28,200 square foot mansion
German media, politicians launch chauvinist campaign over a "Muslim takeover" of Germany
Scotland: Debate on independence sidelines Iraq war
SEP candidate in Wales demands the return of missing Tamil socialist
Detroit Chrysler worker speaks out on impact of mass layoffs - "This is a major change in our lives and we have no control over it"
Contributions to the ISSE/SEP Conference on student work
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
A number of new films: Offside; The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair; Bamako; Daratt (Dry Season); The Lives of Others

13 April 2007
Pentagon extends tours for US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan
John McCain at VMI: A blunt statement of US imperialism's stake in Iraq
French police arrest dozens of Sri Lankan Tamils - Raids target LTTE
After racial slur against women athletes - US talk show host Don Imus taken off the air
Uncertain East Timorese presidential election outcome foreshadows further instability
Scottish National Party--still Tartan Tories beneath the left veneer
Banking giant Citigroup to cut 17,000 jobs
US judge rejects demand to dismiss Padilla case on grounds of torture
Abe's denial of Japan's wartime sex slavery provokes tensions
ISSE/SEP Conference: Report on the work of the International Students for Social Equality
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa

12 April 2007
US raid on mosque leads to massacre in Baghdad
Sri Lankan SEP holds meeting to demand inquiry into member's disappearance
French presidential elections: Four in ten voters undecided
US steps up trade pressure on China
Scottish Socialist Party election manifesto--a nationalist diatribe
Britain: Anger at sailors selling stories forces government U-turn
Italy: Hostile reception in Rome for a leader of Communist Refoundation
Contributions to the ISSE/SEP conference: Bill Van Auken and Barry Grey
Letters from our readers

11 April 2007
Iranian diplomat accuses US of detention and torture
After mass protest in Iraq: US forces press attack on Sadrist movement
Hunger strike expanding despite repression at Guantánamo prison camp
US: Investigation exposes extensive corruption in student loan dealings
Brazil: Workers occupy factory where Lula once worked
Deported refugee commits suicide in Romania
Police killing of teacher provokes national strike in Argentina
Contributions to the ISSE/SEP conference: Jerome White and Helen Halyard
Workers Struggles: The Americas
An exchange on the Spanish Civil War: Socialism or a bourgeois republic?

10 April 2007
Senate Democrats pledge funding to continue Iraq war
Hundreds of thousands march in Iraq to demand end of US occupation
Sri Lankan authorities provide no answers over disappearance of SEP member
India: Five years after 2002 Gujarat pogrom - While the victims languish, the perpetrators go unpunished
Despite interference from US and other countries - Climate change report outlines dire impact of global warming
Tommy Sheridan's big hint that he will back the Scottish National Party
Freed British sailors allege torture by Iran: Why do the media ask no questions?
No free speech for "Voices in Conflict": - US: High school play about Iraq war cancelled
Bush administration backs Canberra's campaign against Solomon Islands' government
Contributions to the ISSE/SEP conference: David Walsh and Joanne Laurier

9 April 2007
More calls for attorney general to resign over firings of US attorneys
SEP election campaign: Welsh Labour denounces antiwar opposition - Local residents respond
Germany: Left Party and Election Alternative seal their merger
US government admits backing Zimbabwe's opposition
East Timor: Presidential election campaign held under ongoing Australian occupation
Contributions to ISSE/SEP conference: David North and Patrick Martin

7 April 2007
As US, British death toll rises: Pentagon orders 14,000 National Guard troops to Iraq
British marine admitted that captured patrol was spying on Iran
New Ford CEO received $39.1 million in 2006
Amnesty International report: conditions for Guantánamo prisoners worsening
Egypt: New constitution makes martial law permanent
Opening remarks to the conference - The political foundation for a movement against war
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
The Namesake: for the most part, a failure to "concentrate on the things that matter"

6 April 2007
Iran charges Washington with sponsoring terrorist attacks
David North to refute falsifications of Trotsky's life at lectures in Scotland and Wales
Resolution adopted by the ISSE/SEP Emergency Conference Against War on the disappearance of SEP member in Sri Lanka
France: Police attack defenders of immigrant school children
Canberra prepares rapprochement with Fijian military junta
North Korea nuclear talks break down over funds transfer
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
Exchange of letters with Iraq Body Count on Johns Hopkins study estimating 650,000 Iraqi war dead

5 April 2007
Iran's release of sailors: A humiliating episode for Britain
Record US presidential fund-raising: The best elections money can buy
Sri Lankan authorities continue to stall over disappearance of SEP member
Socialist Equality Party of Britain on the ballot for May 3 elections
Solomon Islands: tsunami causes humanitarian disaster
Germany: Arbeiterpresse Verlag presents its 2007 publishing programme at the Leipzig Book Fair
Allen Ginsberg's "Howl": Fifty years later and in its own time

4 April 2007
Behind Washington "showdown" on Iraq: Democrats to fully fund the war
Resolution adopted by the ISSE/SEP Emergency Conference Against War - End the occupation of Iraq! No to war against Iran! For an international socialist movement against war!
Standoff over detained British sailors occasions US threats against Iran
Whom is John McCain trying to fool?
US Supreme Court refuses to hear Guantánamo appeals
US demands bring Iraqi government to brink of collapse
Australian immigration detainees launch hunger strike

3 April 2007
Democratic cave-in on White House testimony in US attorney firings
2008 election campaign: Hillary Clinton claims lead in the "money primary"
Sri Lankan government jails former minister on trumped up charges
Bush skips baseball's opening day
Welsh Assembly elections: - SEP candidate discusses lessons of Burberry factory closure with workers
Australia: Union's refusal to defend jobs leaves Tristar workers in limbo
A damning report on attacks against free speech in Turkey
Workers struggles: The Americas
Letters from our readers

2 April 2007
International Students for Social Equality/Socialist Equality Party conference adopts socialist internationalist perspective to oppose war
Wide popular interest, deep political tensions dominate French presidential election
A wanton cover-up - No British soldiers found guilty in murder of Iraqi worker
Poverty rises in Britain as money poured into Iraq war
Shoddy structures led to workers' deaths during West Australian cyclone
Indigènes: The French army's exploited North African soldiers

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