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World Socialist Web Site Archive: May 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 May 2007
US Supreme Court curbs workers' ability to sue for pay discrimination
US Defense Secretary warns new naval officers on civilian control of military
The US holds talks with Iran in Baghdad
Asia-Europe summit in Hamburg - Germany: Huge police deployment in run-up to G8 summit
Gasoline prices and the "free market": Refiners profit after reducing capacity
Britain: Parliament votes to exempt itself from Freedom of Information legislation
Spain: Socialist Party government and unions sell out struggle against Delphi plant closure
Sri Lankan university workers protest against punitive measures
Two poor US efforts: Disturbia and Georgia Rule
Letters from our readers

30 May 2007
May death toll spikes as 10 US soldiers die on Memorial Day
Iraq war opponent Cindy Sheehan resigns from the Democratic Party
Bush decrees new sanctions against Sudan
The Cerberus-Chrysler deal: The case for public ownership of the auto industry
ISSE holds public meeting at Florida State University
Afghanistan: war crimes amnesty prepares further atrocities
More civilians killed by US/NATO forces as fighting intensifies in Afghanistan
Six months after entering the EU - Political crises deepen in Romania and Bulgaria
Workers Struggles: The Americas

29 May 2007
Tense siege continues at Lebanon's Nahr al-Bared refugee camp
Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr makes bid for greater role in US-occupied Iraq
US big business funnels hundreds of millions into presidential campaigns
ISSE meeting planned Wednesday at University of California, Los Angeles
LTTE overruns naval outpost on key Sri Lankan island
Germany: Verdi prepares sell-out of Telekom workers strike
Inquiry shows Canadian state was forewarned of Air India bombings
Possible habitable planet discovered: Extending the horizons of humanity

28 May 2007
France: Sarkozy prepares shock therapy
Israel targets Hamas's political leadership
Candidates file personal finance disclosure reports - The American presidency: Only millionaires need apply
Bush administration failing to achieve its "benchmarks" in Iraq
ISSE meeting planned Wednesday at University of California, Los Angeles
ISSE meeting to be held in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan court case exposes police investigation into missing SEP member
India: Art student targeted by Hindu right and Gujarat authorities
San Francisco International Film Festival 2007 - Part 5: Serious, but flawed

26 May 2007
The Nation magazine offers an alibi for Democrats' support of Iraq war
US steps up threats against Iran over nuclear programs
ISSE meeting to be held in Sri Lanka
Solidarity and the Scottish Socialist Party: What will follow from the collapse of the Scottish left?
Poverty, dilapidated housing behind rash of deadly fires in US cities
Michigan school districts impose job, wage and benefits cuts
US: FDA accused of negligence over diabetes drug
Montreal transit mechanics' union capitulates before threat of strikebreaking law
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

25 May 2007
US Congress ratifies Democratic cave-in on Iraq war funding
Bush authorises covert CIA operations to destabilise Iran
Bush administration endorses anti-Palestinian anti-Syrian offensive in Lebanon
Heiligendamm's "Green Zone" - Massive security preparations for upcoming G8 summit in Germany
France: Sarkozy selects Socialist Party's Bernard Kouchner as foreign minister
Russian mine disaster kills at least 38
Death threats against protesters in northern Sri Lanka
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
Letters from our readers

24 May 2007
Democratic Party completes its capitulation on Iraq
US officials guilty of "sociocide" in Iraq must be held accountable
Three German soldiers killed in Afghanistan - Grand coalition pushes ahead with military deployment
Gonzales aide stonewalls on White House role in firing of US attorneys
Fijian military junta targets bloggers
Australia: Behind the $33.49 million package for Macquarie Bank's chief executive
ISSE meeting planned at Florida State University
New York: another fatal shooting of an unarmed man sparks outrage
Britain: Funding crisis in higher education
Contract talks break down at Southern California supermarkets

23 May 2007
Democrats drop "withdrawal" deadlines as administration mulls post-surge Iraq
Britain's Guardian promotes Bush administration war propaganda against Iran
France: Sarkozy concentrates power in his own hands
Iraq: British troops battle Shiite militia in Basra
ISSE meeting planned at Florida State University
Irish election likely to be close
Quebec's parliament reopens: - Full speed ahead to the right, damn the public
Trains cross the Korean border for the first time in six decades
San Francisco International Film Festival 2007 - Part 4: Films on Africa--"The problem always comes back to poverty"

22 May 2007
American military deaths soar as US extends its "surge" in Iraq - "Second Fallujah" plan for Baghdad’s Sadr City
Lebanese army lays siege to Palestinian refugee camp
The US war and occupation of Iraq--the murder of a society--Part three
Following bloodbath in Karachi - US reaffirms support for Musharraf
Scotland: Minority SNP government seeks pro-business "consensus"
Germany: Deutsche Telekom strike enters second week - Strikers protest in Munich
Evo Morales and the fraud of "nationalization" in Bolivia
Mother three children perish in Detroit house fire
Detroit-area hospital shake-up fueled by drive for profit
Australian nursing home deaths reveal chronic under-funding
Workers Struggles: The Americas

21 May 2007
Former US President Jimmy Carter blasts Bush and Blair over Iraq
Israel stokes up Hamas-Fatah strife in Gaza, considers ground invasion
Senate immigration "compromise": Democrats join Bush in assault on democratic rights
The US war and occupation of Iraq--the murder of a society--Part two
After the Chrysler sale--Cerberus set to demand massive concessions
ISSE meeting planned at Florida State University
US envoy raises muted concerns about democratic rights in Sri Lanka
US military blocks soldiers' access to blogs, popular social sites
Australia: Police-state measures for APEC summit in Sydney

19 May 2007
The US war and occupation of Iraq--the murder of a society - Part one
Behind the World Bank's ouster of Paul Wolfowitz
After 94-1 "support the troops" vote in Senate - Congressional Democrats, Republicans begin talks with White House on war spending bill
European Union-Russia summit a diplomatic debacle
ISSE meetings to be held in Poland and Austria
Historical issues raised as ISSE members build for Warsaw meeting
US demands lead to border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan
Britain: The Guardian whitewash of Mr Blair
Demonstrations greet new French president
Britain: Charges dropped against police in de Menezes shooting
The Parti Québécois loses another leader: what's behind the crisis?
OxyContin manufacturer reaches $600 million plea deal over false marketing practices
A letter from Professor Geoffrey Swain and a reply by David North
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

18 May 2007
Bipartisan Senate plan would deepen exploitation of immigrant workers
Former Justice Department official's testimony raises question: - How extensive is police state spying in the US?
Britain: Brown crowned as Blair's successor after no contest
US government to set up new military command in Africa
Bush administration hosts meeting of Pacific Island governments
Sri Lankan police harass witnesses in case of murdered SEP supporter
Hundreds of sit-in strikes shake Egypt
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
San Francisco International Film Festival 2007 - Part 3: Smiling through the pain
Letters from our readers

17 May 2007
Former Justice Department official describes illegal actions by Bush administration in defense of domestic spying
The Cerberus takeover of Chrysler--what it means for auto workers
Prelude to deal with Bush on war-funding - More antiwar posturing from Senate Democrats
Support the Deutsche Telekom strikers! Build a mass movement against the German grand coalition!
Debate over Iran's nuclear programs heats up again
Jerry Falwell, founder of the right-wing Moral Majority, dead at 73
Britain: Two imprisoned for violating Official Secrets Act - Punished for exposing Bush and Blair's crimes in Iraq
China's "mad" stock market spiralling out of control
A response from Iraq Body Count

16 May 2007
A new business model emerges - Why the United Auto Workers supports Cerberus' take-over of Chrysler
US soldiers captured as "surge" provokes greater Iraqi resistance
After resignation of Gonzales deputy - Bush Justice Department cover-up unraveling
Behind Negroponte's trip to Latin America - Mounting crisis in Yankee imperialism's 'back yard'
Voters in India's most populous state spurn traditional parties
Sri Lankan Central Bank report covers up economic problems
Pizza for the homeless - US: Condemned man's last request denied by state, realized by public
Britain: Department of Health tries to suppress facts about Private Finance Initiative
Bremen: Massive opposition to the German government expressed in local election
Germany: Background to the debate over child care
San Francisco International Film Festival 2007 - Part 2: An artist's circle of hell

15 May 2007
A historic betrayal of auto workers - United Auto Workers capitulates to carve-up of Chrysler
Iran and US to hold limited talks in Baghdad
France: Sarkozy woos Socialist Party and trade unions
Germany: Deutsche Telekom workers begin strike against lower wages and longer hours
US: Opening statements delivered in Jose Padilla trial
Gas prices rise as oil companies take in record profits
Britain: SEP leader addresses students on the legacy of Trotskyism
Australian hospitals unable to cope with major emergency
Workers Struggles: The Americas
John Henry: From folk legend to Communist superhero

14 May 2007
Gunbattles in Karachi
Pakistani president seeks to drown mounting opposition in blood
"He was a revolutionary in the absolute best sense of the word." - 70th anniversary meeting honors the life and work of Vadim Zakharovich Rogovin
Sri Lankan magistrate directs police to investigate disappearance of SEP member
East Timor: Ramos-Horta wins presidential election
Brazil: Bush-Lula biofuel plans based on conditions worse than slavery
Germany: Essen meeting discusses establishing International Students for Social Equality - A movement against war must be a movement against capitalism
Emily Carr: Painter, writer ... symbol

12 May 2007
Cheney threatens Iran from US aircraft carrier in Persian Gulf
Italy's former Communist Party shifts further to the right
Scottish election fiasco casts doubt over new parliament
Canada's Supreme Court authorizes secret trials and arbitrary, indefinite detention
Top federal student loan official in US resigns amid controversy
Michigan Democrats prepare to slash social spending
Corporate raid on Australian airline collapses
Leon Trotsky and the post-Soviet school of historical falsification
- review of two Trotsky biographies by Geoffrey Swain and Ian Thatcher - Part 4: The relevance of Trotsky
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
San Francisco International Film Festival 2007 - Part 1: For honesty and urgency in filmmaking
A response to "Two New York City transit workers killed in less than a week" - Artist Marvin Franklin dead in accident

11 May 2007
Blair's legacy: Militarism abroad, social devastation at home
House Democrats pass new measure to fund US war in Iraq
US Vice President attempts to strongarm Iraqi political leaders
Afghanistan: 40 civilians killed in US strike
Harsh sentences handed out to anti-Sarkozy protesters in France
Under the pretext of the "struggle against terror"- German police conduct massive operation against G8 protesters
Police attack May Day protesters in Macau
After the storm: a New Jersey town struggles to recover
Leon Trotsky and the post-Soviet school of historical falsification - A review of two Trotsky biographies by Geoffrey Swain and Ian Thatcher - Part 3: The Method of Ian Thatcher
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa

10 May 2007
Top Justice Department aide to testify in probe of US attorney firings
US court drops all charges against Posada Carriles--terrorist killer set free
The New Jersey jihadists: another strange alleged terrorist plot
Beyond the hyperbole, what next for Northern Ireland?
Sri Lankan ruling party issues phony constitutional plan for ending war
Chinese government imposes nationwide military training for students
German Left Party honours the founding of the centrist Independent Social Democratic Party
Leon Trotsky and the post-Soviet school of historical falsification - A review of two Trotsky biographies by Geoffrey Swain and Ian Thatcher
Part 2: The study of Trotsky after the fall of the USSR
Letters from our readers

9 May 2007
Sarkozy's electoral victory and the bankruptcy of the French "left"
Iraq: clashes mount between US forces and Sadrist militia
Pentagon survey exposes deep demoralization of US occupation troops - Support for torture, routine abuse of Iraqi civilians
Iraqi infant mortality soars by 150 percent--a damning revelation of US war crimes
Australian budget: massive vote-buying accelerates "free market" agenda
British terror trial raises question of what MI5 knew about 2005 London bombings
India: Gujarat police murders covered up as terrorist "encounters"
East Timor: final round of presidential elections
Kansas tornado recovery hampered by dispatch of National Guard to Iraq
Leon Trotsky and the post-Soviet school of historical falsification - A review of two Trotsky biographies by Geoffrey Swain and Ian Thatcher - Part 1: Seventy years since Stalin's year of terror

8 May 2007
Iraq war "surge" claims lives of 12 more US soldiers
The French "far left" learns nothing from the presidential election
SEP holds May Day meeting in Colombo
Geo-politics and oil: Japanese leader visits the US and Middle East
New York electric company seeks 17 percent rate hike
Starting Wednesday, WSWS to publish lecture: "Leon Trotsky and the post-Soviet school of historical falsification"
Workers Struggles: The Americas
The Unknown Terrorist: A novel about the "war on terror"

7 May 2007
Nicolas Sarkozy wins French presidential election
International conference on Iraq: bitter antagonisms on display
The John Edwards campaign: A representative of the American ruling elite postures as a working class populist
Tamils arrested in Australia under Howard's draconian "anti-terrorism" laws
US: Circle of corruption widens in student loan investigation
German Interior Minister questions the presumption of innocence--with support from the SPD
Scores of Haitian refugees killed in shark-infested waters
SEP candidate replies to letter on housing crisis in Wales

5 May 2007
US massacres of civilians spark protests in Afghanistan
Report warns of civil war spreading to Kurdish north of Iraq
Britain's elections: a debacle for Labour and an indictment of nationalism - Statement by the Socialist Equality Party
First Republican presidential debate displays a party in deepening crisis
Judith Miller defends New York police repression of antiwar "terrorists"
US jobless rate increases - Falling employment, stagnant wages fuel US corporate profits
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Letters from our readers

4 May 2007
Class issues in the French presidential election
French presidential debate: Royal and Sarkozy spar over right-wing agendas
After Bush veto, Democrats prepare further retreat on war funding bill
Iraq's "stable" south descends into political chaos
Israel: Government on ropes after report condemns Olmert and Peretz over Lebanon war
Following political and legal campaign - PSG hosts successful May 1 lecture at Schöneberg city hall, Berlin
Britain: Daily Record follows the Scotsman in misrepresenting Socialist Equality Party
LTTE air raid on Sri Lankan capital
Corporate asset strippers vie for Chrysler
Workers Struggles: Europe and Africa

3 May 2007
Britain: Why you should vote Socialist Equality Party on May 3
Turkey: Constitutional Court stops presidential election
Bush officials defend proposal to expand domestic spying powers
Posada Carriles case - US government moves to gag terrorist on CIA ties
US: Los Angeles police violently disperse immigrant rights demonstration
Australia: Labor conference outlines pro-war agenda
Belated report of Australian soldier's suicide after serving in Afghanistan
Infant mortality rates rising in US - Southern states hardest hit
Two New York City transit workers killed in less a week

2 May 2007
Following Bush veto, Democrats prepare war-spending bill with no timeline
Pressure mounts on Iraqi government as Sunni bloc threatens to pull out
Hundreds of thousands march across US for immigrant rights
Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly elections: How to vote for the Socialist Equality Party
Renzi, Doolittle, and the "DC Madam" - Capitol Hill awash in corruption and criminality
Britain: Building society says housing beyond reach of majority
Australia: Unions embrace Labor's anti-working class industrial relations laws
Union pressures Air New Zealand workers to accept loss of jobs and conditions
The Bush administration slashes public services for rural America

1 May 2007
Ex-CIA director Tenet admits lies told on war
More than 100 US soldiers in Iraq killed in April
NATO troops launch new offensives in Afghanistan
Britain: Irish model for Scotland and Wales means widening gap between rich and poor
Further letters demanding investigation into disappearance of Sri Lankan SEP member
Australian Labor Party conference: a right-wing stampede for office
Canadian Auto Workers bureaucrats fete Ontario's Liberal Premier
Workers Struggles: The Americas
Letters from our readers

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