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World Socialist Web Site Archive: February 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.

28 February 2007
Global markets slide after China sell-off
The Bush administration's new strategy of setting the Middle East aflame
France: Socialist Party attempts "left" re-packaging of Ségolène Royal
US Army to retry war resister officer
Long-delayed "terrorist" hearings to commence in Sydney
West Bengal Stalinists' pro-business policies leading to "civil war" - Prominent left-wing intellectuals warn
An exchange on The Pursuit of Happyness

27 February 2007
Congressional Democrats rule out Iraq war fund cutoff
Shutdown of Chrysler plant hits Newark, Delaware
Britain: London antiwar demonstration downplays threat of war against Iran
London: Demonstrators express grave concern over Iran
Nationalism and religion dominate platform at Scottish antiwar protest
NSW election campaign - SEP opposes exclusion of Noel Holt from Newcastle candidates' forum
Senior lawyers accuse Australian government of war crimes over Guantánamo
Fiji's military junta strong-arms its political opponents
Workers Struggles: The Americas
79th Academy Awards: very removed from life
Letters from our readers

26 February 2007
US war drums beat louder after Iran fails to meet UN deadline
Italy: Communist Refoundation gives Prodi a blank check for right-wing policies
Four Sri Lankan workers beheaded in Saudi Arabia
Guardian claims report clears London police chief of lying about De Menezes shooting
Fabricated charges dropped against East Timor's former prime minister
Anti-imperialism vs. anti-Americanism: an exchange of letters

24 February 2007
US Vice President Cheney menaces Iran with military aggression
What the New York Times doesn't say about the court ruling on habeas corpus
Who is David Sentelle?
Padilla suffered brain damage during captivity, experts say
The "scramble for Hollywood:" the Democratic Party and entertainment industry liberals
Train atrocity in India targets "peace process"
Egypt: Wildcat strikes and protests continue
Gun crime claims three young lives in London - Cameron pontificates, Blair shrugs
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Letters from our readers

23 February 2007
Italian prime minister resigns after losing foreign policy vote
Cheney's speech in Sydney: - An ominous silence on Iran from the US vice president
Massive security blanket for Cheney's Australian visit
Gaullist presidential candidate Sarkozy allies with Italy's post-fascists - "Show me your friends, and I will tell you who you are"
Seven die in Pennsylvania house fire
New South Wales state election - SEP candidate prevented from addressing forum on dental health
Australian government prepares to introduce de facto universal ID card
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa

22 February 2007
Blair announces partial troop withdrawal from Iraq
Rice's Middle East visit: Bullying and intimidation dressed up as diplomacy
What is behind Russia's delay of Iran's nuclear reactor?
Italy: 100,000 demonstrate against expansion of US base in Vicenza
Chrysler job cuts to hit Detroit area
Indian security forces murder Kashmiris in phony "encounters"
The Howard government, RAMSI, and the April 2006 Solomon Islands' riots--Part 2
Venus and The Pursuit of Happyness: two films with a little something to say

21 February 2007
US appeals court upholds denial of habeas corpus rights to Guantánamo detainees
BBC reports on US military plans to strike Iran
Cheney's trip to Japan and Australia: the preparation for new war crimes
Russian, Chinese, Indian foreign ministers meet on US war threats against Iran
The Howard government, RAMSI, and the April 2006 Solomon Islands' riots--Part 1
Germany: ISSE holds Berlin meeting on US war plans against Iran
ISSE exposes hypocrisy of Australian Labor politician at campus meeting
Letters from our readers

20 February 2007
US troops terrorize Baghdad in "Operation Law and Order"
Portrait of an "antiwar" Democrat: Former Feith aide makes radio reply to Bush
US "coerced" India over Iran - Former Bush appointee boasts
China's economic rise destabilises world capitalism - Part two
Jakarta's flood exposes government neglect and indifference
New Zealand government to introduce cheap labour scheme for Pacific Island workers
Workers Struggles: The Americas

19 February 2007
Join the International Students for Social Equality! Build an ISSE chapter at your college or high school!
New South Wales state election - Socialist Equality Party (Australia) public meetings
Italian judge indicts CIA agents for illegal kidnapping
China's economic rise destabilises world capitalism - Part one
France: Royal's campaign falters as Sarkozy consolidates support of big business
Demands grow for release of Australian Guantánamo prisoner, David Hicks
Kenny and Suburban Mayhem from Australia: two sides of the same coin

17 February 2007
After House vote on non-binding resolution: Democrats won't cut Iraq war funding
Is the Bush administration behind the bombings in Iran?
Britain's cash for honours scandal nears end game
EU conference in Dresden - German Interior Minister Schäuble advocates police state measures
The Bush administration prepares for war against Iran - Part two
UK government steps up assault on asylum-seekers
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Letters from our readers

16 February 2007
US-North Korean nuclear agreement: clearing the decks for Iran
WSWS arts editor David Walsh to speak at Virginia Commonwealth University
US and UK worst places in developed world to be a child
The Bush administration prepares for war against Iran - Part one
Canada's Afghan intervention—three probes launched into prisoner abuse
Canada transferring Afghan detainees to "self-confessed torturers" - An interview with Dr. Amir Attaran
Afghanistan under occupation: An assessment--Part three
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa

15 February 2007
Chrysler cuts 13,000 North American jobs
At White House press conference, Bush escalates war threats against Iran
US "diplomacy" on Iran: thuggery and threats of military aggression
The implications in Iraq of Bush's military "surge"
Is there a Bush pardon in Lewis Libby's future? - Cheney aide abruptly ends defense in perjury trial
The strange case of the Australian PM and the American Senator
Hu rejects accusations that China has colonial ambitions in Africa
Afghanistan under occupation: An assessment--Part two
Shakespearean gravitas in political satire: British actor Ian Richardson dead at 72

14 February 2007
Stop the US war drive against Iran!
The historic decline of the United States and the eruption of militarism--Part three
Afghanistan under occupation: An assessment--Part one
Obama's The Audacity of Hope: Portrait of a modern American political operative
US Securities and Exchange Commission moves to further limit liability for corporate fraud
NSW state election: SEP candidate speaks at Newtown forum
The short, sad, sordid life of Anna Nicole Smith

13 February 2007
Bush administration concocts a "dossier" for war against Iran
Russian President Putin lambastes US foreign policy
The historic decline of the United States and the eruption of militarism--Part two
US Senator Barack Obama and the war in Iraq
Police stops skyrocket in New York City
"That's interesting" - Dixie Chicks sweep Grammy Awards
Workers Struggles: The Americas
Letters from our readers

12 February 2007
Oppose the occupation of Iraq! No to war against Iran! - International Students for Social Equality and SEP to hold emergency conference against war
The Bush administration's economic war on Iran
The historic decline of the United States and the eruption of militarism--Part one
Australia: the socialist alternative in the New South Wales state election - Support the SEP campaign
German cabinet agrees to deploy Tornado fighter planes in Afghanistan
Hugo Chávez, Marx and the "Bolivarism" of the twenty-first century
"It's lonely out in space ": The desperate astronaut and the unreality of official American life
New York loses out in world financial markets
Egypt: Textile workers protest trade union collaboration with employers
Andrew Stern's Getting America Back on Track - More right-wing proposals from the American labor bureaucracy
Letters on film and socialism

10 February 2007
Blaming the Iraqis: A new cover-up for American militarism
Pentagon report admits fabricated intelligence used to justify Iraq war
Britain: Failure to suppress video of "friendly fire" killing of British soldier by US pilots
Australia: the socialist alternative in the New South Wales state election Support the SEP campaign
Russian President visits India to reinvigorate Indo-Russian alliance
Former SS officers sentenced for massacre in Marzabotto, Italy
Scientists conclude global warming is "unequivocal"
Lack of affordable housing has deadly consequences - Tornado strike kills 20 in Central Florida
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

9 February 2007
Iraq and Darfur: the politics of war crimes
Democrats back massive hike in military spending
US refuses to sign UN ban on renditions and secret detention
US Army court martial against war resister lieutenant ends in mistrial
Sri Lankan Independence Day: a celebration of war and militarism
Germany's Left Party holds student congress to promote reformist politics
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
God Grew Tired of Us: "The quality of mercy is not strained"

8 February 2007
Senate Republicans call Democrats' bluff on Iraq war resolution
US Federal Reserve chairman issues warning on social inequality
Iranian diplomat kidnapped in Baghdad: another US provocation?
US signs up Poland and Czech Republic for missile shield
Labor leader promises Australian corporations "a competitive business environment"
Netherlands: the grand coalition and the role of the Socialist Party
Anger over Detroit plan to close 51 schools
Letters on Zbigniew Brzezinki's testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

7 February 2007
Bush's budget priorities: war and the wealthy
Presidential candidates strike antiwar pose at Democratic National Committee meeting
Bush wants to make tax cuts for the rich permanent
Tensions mount between US and Europe over war threat against Iran
Bush administration stokes trade tensions with China
Sri Lankan journalists protest against attacks on media
Sinn Fein endorse Police Service of Northern Ireland and MI5 operations
Dreamgirls: Motown mythologized, obscured

6 February 2007
The Bush administration's campaign of lies and misinformation against Iran
Unanswered questions about the Karbala raid
Huge bomb blast in Baghdad inflames sectarian tensions
US presses African Union to send troops into Somalia
Ottawa's "apology" to Maher Arar - A fig-leaf for the assault on democratic rights
Germany: Guantanamo detainee Murat Kurnaz and the politics of the SPD
Workers Struggles: The Americas
Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima: Remarkable, in many ways

5 February 2007
Bush to propose record US war budget
Democrats' "Out of Iraq" caucus puts on a show for its radical friends
David North addresses public meeting in Sydney on political implications of Iraq war
Jimmy Carter's book on Israel and Palestine touches a raw Zionist nerve
Scientists report rampant political interference in climate research
Britain: SAS military forces unit to be permanently stationed in London
France: Nicolas Sarkozy goes to London
Safety improvements stall since Sago disaster - New year begins with more coal miners' deaths in US

3 February 2007
The Libby perjury trial and the Washington media establishment
Why is the US press silent on Brzezinski's warnings of war against Iran?
Big oil companies post record profits for 2006
Germany: Wide divisions among Christian Democrats
India's judiciary seeks to burnish its reputation with some belated guilty verdicts
Australia: Police officer faces charges for killing Aboriginal prisoner
Britain: Government seeks compromise with Church over same-sex adoption
Canadian actors on strike--but still working
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Two films based on novels: Notes on a Scandal and The Painted Veil

2 February 2007
A political bombshell from Zbigniew Brzezinski - Ex-national security adviser warns that Bush is seeking a pretext to attack Iran
Congressional Democrats embrace Republican resolution on Iraq
Iraq: Who did the US military massacre near Najaf?
Munich, Germany: Arrest warrants issued against 13 CIA agents
"Australian values" attack on rock concert organisers
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
Letters from our readers

1 February 2007
Stepped up US preparations for war against Iran
Steny Hoyer at the Brookings Institution - House majority leader lays out Democratic position on Iraq
Britain: Members of Blair's inner circle arrested in "cash for honours" inquiry
Desperate manoeuvres give Sri Lankan government a thin majority
Who runs Germany? - The intersection of politics and business interests
Deadly house fire in Petersburg, Virginia: the human cost of social inequality

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