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World Socialist Web Site Archive: January 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 January 2007
Libby perjury trial puts spotlight on US Vice President Cheney
Violence escalates against students and teachers in Iraq
Japan's defence minister strikes an anti-US posture
Tens of thousands affected by Sri Lankan floods and landslides
Record losses for US automaker Ford
Wielgus collaborated with Stalinist secret service - Poland: Archbishop's resignation exposes crisis of Catholic Church
Letters from our readers

30 January 2007
Hundreds die as US military steps up operations in Iraq
Iraq's colonial occupier, the US, denounces "foreign meddling"
US Army officer faces court martial for refusing Iraq deployment order
Repression in Brazil: University students sentenced for protest against Lula government
Australian court upholds unbridled right to hire and fire
Britain: OECD rebukes Blair government for dropping Saudi bribery investigation
Workers Struggles: The Americas

29 January 2007
Troop surge paves way for wider war - Bush authorizes shoot-to-kill policy against Iranians in Iraq
The politics of the January 27 rally in Washington - Organizers channel antiwar protest behind Democrats
Students, veterans, workers denounce Iraq war at Saturday protests
Italian court considers trial against CIA agents in rendition case
Canada's Liberals make pro-war Ignatieff their second-in-command
Belgium Volkswagen workers resume strike
China's anti-satellite missile test points to developing space weapons race

27 January 2007
The struggle against war requires a break with the Democrats
The background to the murder of Turkish journalist Hrant Dink
Top Volkswagen executives on trial for corruption in Germany
Le Carré points to looting of Congo by mining corporations
Study finds substantial rise in cigarette nicotine content
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Freedom Writers: Truly no child left behind
A letter on popular opinion, the media, and Bush's plans for escalation in Iraq

26 January 2007
Global poll condemns Bush administration on Iraq war and global militarism
German chancellor assures Bush of "broad support"
In the face of mounting opposition, Australian government backs new Guantánamo courts
Britain's senior prosecutor: no such thing as a "war on terror"
West Bengal Left Front's pro-investor land grab results in deadly clashes
US: Threadbare "college affordability" bill passes in the House
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
Amusing, but no triumph--Almodóvar's Volver
Letters from our readers

25 January 2007
A warning from Senator Webb: Democrat cites danger of deepening "class lines" in America
Western powers accuse Iran and Syria of masterminding Lebanese general strike
European Union demands speedy formation of unity coalition in Serbia
After Stephen Colbert's performance in 2006: White House press corps learns its lesson
Sri Lankan military captures strategic eastern town from LTTE
Germany's former SPD-Green government blocked release of Guantánamo prisoner Murat Kurnaz
Mein Führer: The Truly Truest Truth About Adolf Hitler: Ignorance of the subject is not a good starting point

24 January 2007
Bush State of the Union speech highlights crisis of US ruling elite
Observations on Washington-style democracy
Iranian president faces mounting internal opposition
Musharraf's reform of Pakistan's rape law-a cynical manoeuvre
European Union announces new energy strategy
Brazil: The WTO and Lula's "struggle" for the G-20
1999 case of 13-year-old convicted on adult murder charges - Nathaniel Abraham released from state custody in Michigan
79th Academy Award nominations: a disparate group of films
The surface of a frantic, unusual adolescence: Running with Scissors

23 January 2007
On the eve of State of the Union speech - US political crisis mounts over Iraq war escalation
US occupation turns 3.7 million Iraqis into refugees
Somalia: African Union force agreed
The Trial of Tony Blair: What would it take to put the prime minister in the dock?
Germany: War, social cuts and the role of the Left Party-PDS
Workers Struggles: The Americas
Film, history and socialism--Part 2
Questions and answers at David Walsh's talk at York University in Toronto

22 January 2007
For an international mobilization of workers and youth against the war in Iraq
US auto union tells members to "expect sacrifices" in new contracts
Pentagon official witch-hunts Guantánamo detainees' lawyers
Prisoners continue hunger strike at Canada's Guantánamo
The Gates Foundation and the rise of "free market" philanthropy
Sri Lankan unions end pay campaign in the interests of "national security"
Film, history and socialism--Part 1

20 January 2007
The war in Iraq and American democracy
The coronation of Nicolas Sarkozy - French interior minister named Gaullist presidential candidate
Canada's social democrats lend support to the Conservative government in the name of the environment
Thai junta under fire over economic policies
Britain: New crime bill flouts presumption of innocence
Grand coalition government formed in Austria
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
To speak the truth without being afraid: My Name Is Rachel Corrie on stage in New York

19 January 2007
Bush administration gets secret court's sanction for illegal spying operation
Rice's Middle East tour: Arab regimes back US war drive in Iraq and Iran
Sri Lankan police drag out their inquiries into the murder of SEP supporter
Japan establishes first postwar defence ministry
Australia: Labor refashions industrial relations policy to suit big business
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa

18 January 2007
UN report: More than 34,000 Iraqi civilian deaths in 2006
Australian PM outlines indefinite military agenda in South Pacific
The significance of Venezuela's and Ecuador's nationalizations
Volkswagen workers in Belgium end their strike and occupation
China's defence report highlights growing dangers of war
Britain: Leaked report details plans to cut jobs and pay in National Health Service
Letters from our readers

17 January 2007
Two more barbaric state executions in Iraq
David North to address WSWS/SEP Sydney public meeting on Bush's Iraq escalation
Washington admits role in illegal war: US troops took part in invasion of Somalia
Civilian contractors in Iraq placed under US military law
Germany: How "Socialist Alternative" blocks the building of an independent socialist movement
James Brown, one of the greats of post-war American popular music

16 January 2007
White House propaganda campaign: Bush, Cheney smear opponents of US war in Iraq
Hillary Clinton: Congressional debate on Iraq is over means, not ends
Military, CIA prying into Americans' financial records
New Zealand PM quashes criticism of US military escalation in Iraq
Fiji's army commander unveils new military regime
Poll shows 82 percent of Germans feel politically disenfranchised
Workers Struggles: The Americas
WSWS arts editor David Walsh to speak at York University in Toronto

15 January 2007
Bush administration threatens Iraqi prime minister as Baghdad bloodbath is prepared
Bangladeshi president postpones election and imposes state of emergency
Final New York ballot count gives SEP Senate candidate more than 11,000 votes
Australian government cuts thousands of welfare recipients off benefits
Letters from our readers

13 January 2007
Iraq escalation heightens political crisis in Washington
Silent protesters harassed, ejected from US Senate hearings
Bush's Iraq "surge" met with despair in Britain
Mob attacks Sri Lankan antiwar rally
Report details spread of global AIDS epidemic
Kyoto's Clean Development Mechanism: global warming and its market fix
Crisis in Germany's Christian Social Union
Paris court defends racist provocateurs exploiting plight of homeless
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Cuarón's Children of Men: Despair and hope in the near future
Readers protest exclusion of WSWS reporter from DC conference

12 January 2007
US offensive in Baghdad begins surge of killing and repression
US forces carry out provocative raid on Iran's consulate in northern Iraq
Democratic Congressman reintroduces bill for military draft in US
European press reacts negatively to Bush proposals on Iraq
Australian prime minister welcomes US "surge" in Iraq
Canada: Cabinet shuffle points to spring elections
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
WSWS arts editor David Walsh to speak at York University in Toronto
An exchange on the presidential campaign of Dennis Kucinich

11 January 2007
In speech on Iraq escalation, Bush promises more bloodshed, wider war
Iraqi regime set to hand over oil reserves to US energy giants
German interior minister seeks to introduce martial law measures
Sri Lankan march to protest against Hussein's execution
Collateral damage--Texas child hangs himself after viewing Saddam Hussein lynching
Australian government to fund chaplains in public and private schools
Into the depths of Franco's Spain: Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) - A film by Guillermo del Toro

10 January 2007
In defiance of 2006 vote, Bush will escalate Iraq war
Air strikes on Somalia: A new stage in Washington's illegal "terror" war
US military asks deceased officers to re-enlist
On eve of London bombings: MPs told Britain faced no imminent threat
Russian oil pipeline interruption intensifies struggle for raw materials
Bush asserts expanded surveillance powers over US mail
Two bus bombs kill more than 20 in Sri Lanka
Australia: Murdoch media attacks 1976 Lebanese refugee intake

9 January 2007
Democrats criticize Iraq "surge", but won't cut war funds
Washington think tank bars WSWS reporter - An incident that says much about the US capital
The pathetic end of the French "anti-capitalist left"
Growing energy conflicts across Eurasia: - Gazprom wrests control of Sakhalin-2 gas project from Shell
Taiwan earthquake triggers a "digital tsunami" in Asia
Hundreds missing after Indonesian ferry sinks
As takeaway contract is imposed on workers - New York City's new transit boss gets $40,000 raise
Medical research and big business: The case of Sir Richard Doll
Workers Struggles: The Americas
Letters from our readers

8 January 2007
Israel has plans for nuclear attack on Iran
Observations on the opening of the 110th US Congress
German chancellor Merkel snuggles up to Bush
David Hicks enters his sixth year of detention at Guantánamo Bay
Newly released FBI files document widespread torture at Guantánamo
Britain: Employment tribunal rules Gate Gourmet strike illegal
Ousted Home Depot CEO hauls off $210 million severance package
The Good Shepherd: Robert De Niro's portrait of the CIA

6 January 2007
Bush purges Iraq command to prepare military escalation
To Volkswagen workers in Brussels - Vote against the sell-out organised by the unions and works councils!
Volkswagen workers in Brussels speak to the WSWS: the unions' role is "shameful"
Romania and Bulgaria join the European Union
Behind the New Year's Eve bombings in Thailand
Howard government unveils new "Australian values" citizenship test
Experts describe UK as world's "first onshore tax haven"
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
The Good German: the cost of playing fast and loose with big questions
Letters on the death of Gerald Ford

5 January 2007
Democrats take control of Congress with pledge to work with Bush
Brookings Institution preview of the Democratic Congress: Snapshot of an establishment in crisis
White House, US military respond to outrage over Hussein's execution
The Bush administration's committee for regime change in Iran
NDP rallies to the defence of Canadian imperialism
France indicts president of Rwanda
Sri Lankan military carries out another atrocity against civilians
Seven New Orleans police officers indicted for post-Katrina killings
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
Flags of Our Fathers: not what we might have expected

4 January 2007
As US prepares to escalate war in Iraq - Bush seeks bipartisan backing from Democratic Congress
Canada's antidemocratic "national security certificates" and the impotence of official liberalism
Hunger strike by detainees at "Canada's Guantanamo"
Social inequality on the increase in Germany and Europe
Thousands of African migrants drown trying to reach Europe
Libyan court confirms death sentence against medical workers
Former separatist wins governorship in Indonesian province of Aceh
Solomon Islands' government dismisses Australian police chief
Edouard Manet and France's ill-fated puppet
Letters on the execution of Saddam Hussein
Letter on cancellation of "My Name is Rachel Corrie" in Toronto

3 January 2007
Saddam Hussein execution: A sectarian lynching
Ford's funeral: the hollow pomp of a corrupt and crisis-ridden establishment
US death toll reaches 3,000 in Iraq, with no let-up in sight
Iraq: Violence against journalists at record high last year
Sellout at Brussels Volkswagen plant - Trade unions organize destruction of 3,200 jobs
Medicare premiums to rise significantly for 1.6 million in US
Japan's "education reform" to indoctrinate nationalism
Australia: A bleak outlook for jobs despite official figures
Union agrees to plant closure, concessions
US Goodyear strike ends
Workers Struggles: The Americas
New York Times celebrates mindless Hollywood fare

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