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World Socialist Web Site Archive: August 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.

31 August 2007
New Orleans: a scene of devastation and blight - Hurricane Katrina two years on--Part 2
160 immigrant workers arrested in raid on Ohio poultry plant
The social toll of the US home mortgage crisis - Part 1
Prison officers strike in England and Wales in defiance of High Court injunction
German politicians deny responsibility for racist attack
Thai military junta suffers setback at national referendum
Bush administration attacks child health insurance program
New Zealand: Iraq charter flights underline Labour's "antiwar" hypocrisy
Marxism, History & Socialist Consciousness - Parts 11-13
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa

30 August 2007
White House wants $50 billion more for Iraq war
Join the International Students for Social Equality!
Bush visits New Orleans on Katrina anniversary: returning to the scene of the crime
Hurricane Katrina's aftermath: from natural disaster to national humiliation
World economy: Financial crisis exposes market myths
Founding conference of German Left Party in Hessen
Aged trade unionists, disgruntled Social Democrats and former Stalinists
Final act in cover-up of US atrocities - Military court acquits Abu Ghraib interrogations director of prisoner abuse
Another US provocation: Iranian officials arrested in Baghdad
US census report shows falling earnings, rise in uninsured
Britain: Brown rules out Iraq troop withdrawal as top general speaks of a "generation of conflict"
No End In Sight: An establishment view of what went wrong

29 August 2007
Bush threatens to militarily "confront" Iran
US military bombards targets inside Pakistan
Hurricane Katrina two years on - Part 1: New Orleans--A city in social and economic distress
US Congress receives warning of China's growing influence in South Pacific
Britain acquires thermobaric weapons for Afghanistan
Albanian government introduces flat tax
Letters on President Bush's history lesson
Marxism, History & Socialist Consciousness - Parts 8-10

28 August 2007
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resigns
Sri Lankan SEP letter to JVP demanding end to threats of violence
Ohio floods: another example of America's failing infrastructure
Bangladesh regime imposes curfew to suppress student protests
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner visits Baghdad
Over 60 die as forest fires sweep Greece
The firing of Ward Churchill: Attack on academic freedom in US escalates
Russia: The political significance of the strike at the auto plant in Togliatti
Scientists warn Spain could see mass spread of deserts
Workers Struggles: The Americas

27 August 2007
US occupation fuels ethnic cleansing and mass repression in Iraq
US intelligence report points to Iraqi government's removal
Three British soldiers killed by US friendly fire in Afghanistan
Australian troops carry out provocations against East Timor's Fretilin
California Republicans seek to rig 2008 presidential vote
Recent tax data shows widening gap between rich and poor in US
Berlin sociologist detained for three weeks - Science under the suspicion of terrorism
Marxism, History & Socialist Consciousness - Parts 4-7
Letters on Cindy Sheehan and the Nation

25 August 2007
US fears of British pullout from Basra raise transatlantic tensions to new pitch
British Army facing worsening situation in Afghanistan
Central Asian military exercises highlight rising great-power tensions
Right-wing parties dominate in run-up to Polish elections
Flooding displaces thousands in US Midwest
Increasing numbers of German children live in poverty
Solomon Islands government defeats no-confidence motion
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Arctic sea ice at record low due to global warming

24 August 2007
Washington continues propaganda barrage against Iran
President Bush's history lesson
World economy: Credit crunch fallout begins to spread
CIA 9/11 "accountability" report released: A whitewash that only raises more questions
Utah mine to be sealed, entombing missing miners
Hurricane Dean inflicts devastating blow to Caribbean agriculture, infrastructure
"Terrorism case" unravels further - Australian judge overturns government cancellation of Dr Haneef's visa
Marxism, History & Socialist Consciousness- Chapters 1-3
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
The Bourne Ultimatum--Action-packed, and it pays the price

23 August 2007
Amid calls from Clinton and Levin, US moves to oust Iraqi prime minister
14 US soldiers killed in Iraq helicopter crash
The Nation urges Cindy Sheehan not to run for Congress against Nancy Pelosi
Behind Mbeki's sacking of South Africa's deputy health minister
Right-wing mob attacks group of Indians in eastern Germany
Scottish National Party publishes policy document on independence
New Zealand government introduces secretive new immigration and security laws

22 August 2007
Foreclosures soar, layoffs mount in US mortgage industry crisis
New York Times calls for escalation of the "good war" in Afghanistan
US Attorney General Gonzales to wield new death penalty authority
Britain: Riot police attack Heathrow Airport protest
University education in Australia and the impact of "free market" reform
Workers, students speak out against closure of Los Angeles hospital
Spate of massive recalls highlights failure of the free market
US court hears suit against AT&T's collaboration with domestic spying program
Fiji: Union leaders end strike against military regime's austerity measures
Serious water shortage in Turkey

21 August 2007
Relatives of trapped Utah miners denounce mine owner, safety officials
Chinese miners feared dead in flooded coal mines
Leading Democratic presidential candidates disavow rapid Iraq withdrawal
As residents protest lack of aid - Peruvian president sends troops into earthquake-ravaged region
Australian government wages two-year vilification campaign to justify takeover of Mutitjulu
British SWP covers for sell-out of postal workers strike
Immigrant detainees dying in US custody
The widening gulf between official German politics and the electorate
No Sri Lankan legal aid for young maid facing death sentence in Saudi Arabia
Workers Struggles: The Americas

20 August 2007
Details emerge of vast scope of US domestic spying law
Credit crisis claims another bank
US Army suicides at 26-year high
A new race for the North Pole - Russia plants flag, Canada sends troops
Pitching for the right-wing Christian vote - Australia: Howard and Labor leader in censorship bidding war
Germany: "Human Rights in Times of Terror" by Rolf Gössner
Drummer Max Roach dies: Last of the bebop pioneers

18 August 2007
Fed moves to halt market meltdown
Hundreds dead in massive earthquake in Peru
Three rescuers killed at site of Utah mine disaster
New York Times on Iran: Neo-colonialism with a liberal twist
Brutal French government policy on undocumented immigrants leads to tragedy
Tensions mount between Georgia and Russia
New Somare government formed in PNG despite Australian interference
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Letters from our readers

17 August 2007
A travesty of justice: Jose Padilla found guilty
Wild gyrations on world markets
Hundreds killed in bombings targeting Iraqi minority group
Sri Lankan navy commander stonewalls inquiry into disappearance of SEP member
US federal officials cover up deadly conditions in Utah mine
New title now available - Mehring Books publishes "Marxism, History & Socialist Consciousness" by David North
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007): An appreciation and a lament
Letters on the Utah mine disaster

16 August 2007
Millions of toxic toys recalled: The nightmarish reality of global capitalism
New provocation against Tehran - Bush to brand Iranian force as "terrorist"
US military launches offensive against "Iranian-backed" militia in Iraq
Jurors begin deliberations in Jose Padilla trial
Indian prime minister calls Left Front's bluff over Indo-US nuclear accord
German Social Democrats and Greens seek increase in Afghanistan troop levels
Britain: Police use anti-terror powers against environmental protest
Australia: Labor joins Howard government in blocking Haneef inquiry

15 August 2007
Bush's war czar floats call for military draft
New York Times defends military escalation in Iraq
Workers at Utah mine disaster said owner put "profits before safety"
Britain: Guantánamo detainee details years of torture
The political way forward for the German train drivers' struggle
Sri Lankan police break up student protests over deteriorating university education
Judge orders release of New York City police spying files
Former Malaysian deputy PM challenges ruling party

14 August 2007
Afghanistan: mounting attacks on US/NATO troops
Bush political aide Karl Rove resigns
Solomon Islands government rebuts Canberra’s child sex allegations against attorney-general
French higher education law opens way for privatisation
Ireland's "Green" coalition: Environmentalists and Fianna Fail unite
Workers Struggles: The Americas
The new and unimproved Hairspray

13 August 2007
Worldwide market panic compels central banks to intervene
Four British soldiers killed in Basra
Italian government pushes through pension "reform" - Prodi completes what Berlusconi began
Australian High Court radically expands scope of military power - Judges sanction "control order" on Jack Thomas
Bangladeshi regime arrests former prime minister
Ethiopia accused of using white phosphorus bombs in US-backed occupation of Somalia
Turkey: Textile firms demand wage freeze, layoffs

11 August 2007
Iraqi government on brink of collapse following cabinet walkouts
France: Sarkozy government introduces law restricting right to strike
Four days after Utah mine collapse - Three miners killed in Indiana
India: Congress uses lethal violence against Andhra Pradesh land agitation
Fifty-five years after founding, Turkish union confederation a bureaucratic shell
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946): realism and reformism

10 August 2007
Credit fears spark stock market plunge
Britain: Injunction granted against environmental protest at Heathrow Airport
A regime made in Australia - Gusmao appointed East Timor's prime minister
Canadian military spies on liberal war-critic
Military administration imposed in eastern Sri Lanka
Britain: government site responsible for foot and mouth outbreak
Workers Struggles: Europe and Africa

9 August 2007
US generals insist on no troop withdrawal from Iraq
Sri Lanka: JVP student leader physically threatens ISSE campus team
Hope dwindling for trapped Utah miners
Britain: Inequality at 40-year high
BBC documentary - Britain rigged election before Nigerian independence
Letters from our readers

8 August 2007
The Utah mine disaster: A tragic consequence of government-industry collusion
Germany: train drivers vote by huge majority for strike action
Australian government rams bills through parliament to take over Aboriginal communities
Delphi's exit from Spain to be followed by other relocations
Fiji: Public sector workers strike against junta's austerity measures
Mark of Cain: Behind the British Army's "detainee abuse scandal"

7 August 2007
Red Cross confirms Bush administration, CIA used torture in interrogations
US: Six coal miners trapped underground in Utah
Geopolitical concerns behind United Nations intervention in Darfur
Iraq: Kurdish leader threatens civil war over Kirkuk
The collapse of London Underground's privatisation: Ken Livingstone to the rescue
Workers Struggles: The Americas
54th Sydney Film Festival—Part 7 - John Huston: a prolific filmmaker with some brilliant works

6 August 2007
Congress authorizes vast expansion of domestic spying
Another cover-up of the police killing of Jean Charles de Menezes
Washington discusses plans for covert action against Kurdish PKK in Iraq
Catholic Church to construct monument to clergy killed during Spanish Civil War
Australian government recruits high-profile public servant to sell unpopular IR laws
54th Sydney Film Festival-Part 6 - Turkish films: mostly serious but lacking lasting impact

4 August 2007
The Minnesota bridge collapse: One more indictment of the profit system
Japanese government suffers major defeat in upper house elections
Democrats back down on ending tax windfall for hedge-fund billionaires
Brazil: government intervenes against workers at occupied factories
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
The music of Richard Buckner
Letters from our readers

3 August 2007
Dozens missing, four confirmed dead in Minnesota bridge collapse
Sharp tensions between US military and Iraqi prime minister
Obama calls for US attack on Pakistan in warmongering address
More devastating floods hit China
German trade unions step up strike-breaking in train driver's dispute
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
Michelangelo Antonioni--a flawed legacy - Part 2

2 August 2007
Bursting of credit bubble underlies stock market turbulence
Rupert Murdoch takes over Wall Street Journal
Sri Lankan police stall on disappearance of SEP member
After an election marred by bitter conflic - Pratibha Patil becomes India's 13th president
Britain: Oxford residents tell of flood's impact
Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld claims no cover-up in Pat Tillman death
Michelangelo Antonioni--a flawed legacy - Part 1

1 August 2007
Adding fuel to the Mideast fire: US unveils huge arms package
Bush-Brown summit: Tensions but no policy shift by Britain
Germany: As private equity companies boom, social democrats advise the "locusts"
Australian government issues new "terrorist" smears against Haneef
Northwest pilot shortage highlights growing airlines crisis
The historical roots of the crisis of Amtrak - American passenger rail system plagued with endemic delays
Australia: State Labor premier and deputy head for greener pastures
Two novels about America's future: writers need a new perspective

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