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World Socialist Web Site Archive: April 2008
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 2008
As
gas prices and oil profits soar, Bush promotes giveaways to corporations
US
escalates siege in Baghdad's Sadr City
CAW
agrees to massive concessions with Ford Canada
US auto strike enters tenth week -
A political balance sheet of the battle at American Axle
Strike
wave continues in Romania
Another
Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan
New
Zealand appliance manufacturer closes plants in three countries
SEP meeting in US - May
Day 2008: Capitalism, socialism and the working class
SEP/ISSE
May Day meeting in Colombo
29 April 2008
Obama
vows to back Bush's war commander
US
Supreme Court upholds anti-democratic voter ID law
Anti-Karzai
attack in Kabul shakes US puppet government
Verdi union sabotages Berlin transport workers' strike
- Chronology of a sellout
Sri
Lankan army suffers a debacle as a northern offensive collapses
Sri
Lankan soldiers and families speak to the WSWS
Nearly 1000 unmarked graves discovered in Indian-occupied
Kashmir - Likely victims of Indian Security Forces
BBC
documentary reveals government reckless in drive for nuclear weapons
SEP meeting in US - May
Day 2008: Capitalism, socialism and the working class
SEP/ISSE
May Day meeting in Colombo
Workers
Struggles: The Americas
Letters
from our readers
28 April 2008
US
intelligence on Syrian reactor: justifying last year's crime to
prepare for new ones
Sarkozy
television interview seeks to reassure French corporate elite
Britain:
Scottish refinery workers strike
Toronto
Transit workers forced back to work by strike-breaking law
Germany:
The SPD's bogus minimum wage campaign
Spain's
"water wars": A scramble for essential resources
SEP meeting in US - May
Day 2008: Capitalism, socialism and the working class
SEP/ISSE
May Day meeting in Colombo
26 April 2008
The
Pennsylvania primary and the crisis of the Democratic Party
Siege
continues in Iraq as US escalates threats against Iran
Britain: Size of teachers' strike exceeds predictions
- Teachers voice their anger at government policy
The
Sean Bell verdict--assuring that New York City's police can kill
with impunity
British
government commits taxpayers to bailing out the banks
Hamburg:
first-ever state coalition between Greens and the CDU
French
school students maintain protests against Sarkozy's education
reforms
US:
E-mails suggest Veterans Administration cover-up of suicide rate
Australia:
Inflation soars and thousands more face losing their homes
SEP Meetings in US - May
Day 2008: Capitalism, Socialism and the Working Class
Workers
Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Letters
from our readers
25 April 2008
US-backed
crackdown in Basra paves way for opening up Iraq's oil and gas
How
the Pentagon manipulated the media to promote the Iraq war
The collapse of Rifondazione Comunista in Italy - The
price of opportunism
Detroit:
American Axle workers hold protest amidst heavy police presence
Maoists
emerge as largest parliamentary bloc in Nepal
France:
union reforms highlight Sarkozy-CGT alliance
Global
food crisis grips Latin America
French
immigration policy and the death of Baba Traoré
Detroit
schools to be "reconstituted," as calls for privatization
increase
Workers
Struggles: Europe & Africa
UK,
Birmingham City Council workers strike in "Single Status"
dispute
24 April 2008
Financial
speculators reap profits from global hunger
Hillary
Clinton threatens to "obliterate" Iran
Middle
Eastern regimes line up behind US military crackdown in Baghdad
and Basra
Appeal
to working class, not corporate shareholders, to back American
Axle strike
What
does the hunger strike by Belfast shop stewards say about the
trade unions?
Declining
US life expectancy: a consequence of widening inequality
Berlin
referendum directed against the Senate
Australia:
Latest "terror plot" claims unravel in court
Colombia's
President Uribe implicated in paramilitary death squad probe
US
student held in solitary confinement on terrorism charges
Detroit-area school districts vote to privatize support
staff - Angry response from students, parents
ISSE public meetings in Britain
- May-June 1968--The lessons 40 years on
Under the Same Moon: Something
lost en route
23 April 2008
Clinton
extends Democratic presidential contest with victory in Pennsylvania
primary
Britain's
teachers and civil servants to take one-day strike action
Paraguay:
election ends six decades of one-party rule
Israel
escalates offensive against Palestinians with Egypt's assistance
At
least 14 Haitian migrants drowned off the coast of the Bahamas
Australia:
Rudd Labor government suppresses documents on 1998 waterfront
dispute
ISSE public meetings in Britain
- May-June 1968--The lessons 40 years on
Body of War: a wounded veteran
and, disgracefully, a defense of the Democrats
22 April 2008
Rice,
US generals signal stepped-up bloodletting in Iraq
In run-up to Democratic Party primary - Western Pennsylvania workers speak on struggling
economy
Behind
the US stock market rally
US
Supreme Court denies 11 death penalty appeals, states prepare
to resume executions
British
government lied about 2007 Persian Gulf naval incident
Sri
Lanka: Acrimonious feuding inside JVP as party's support slides
Dark
clouds gather over Australian economy
ISSE public meetings in Britain
- May-June 1968--The lessons 40 years on
ISSE meeting at Victoria University of Wellington,
New Zealand - The global implications
of the US banking collapse
Workers
Struggles: The Americas
Letters
from our readers
21 April 2008
US
military tightens siege of Sadr City as cleric warns of war
The
pope's US visit: Media, White House, Congress embrace spokesman
for religious obscurantism
Australian
Labor government's "2020 summit": more political spin
to package right-wing agenda
Despite UAW wage-cut offers, no agreement yet in American
Axle strike - Anger simmers over strike rally cancellation
US:
Largest student lenders halt private, consolidation loan programs
Housing
slump hits Spain
Censorship
in Troy, New York: an interview with Iraqi-born artist Wafaa Bilal
19 April 2008
IMF
and OECD: Europe will be hit hard by US recession
As
losses mount, US banks cut thousands of jobs
German
SPD opens the door for rail privatisation
France: Strikes continue at Le Monde
Pakistan:
Textile workers’ protests convulse Multan
Australia:
Fears of job losses grow amid signs of slowing economy
Workers
Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Hugo
Claus 1929-2008: "Each day we should wake up foaming at the
mouth at the injustice of things"
Letters
from our readers
New in German
18 April 2008
Obama-Clinton
debate: A whiff of McCarthyism as media pushes Democratic campaign
to the right
After
election landslide, Nepalese Maoists reassure investors and major
powers
"Big
Boy" Canada demands changes in Afghan government
Second
mistrial in Liberty City "terror" case
UAW
sellout of American Axle strike imminent
Shades of 1929: the global implications of the US banking
collapse - Part 3
German
business leaders and politicians denounce pension increase
Workers
Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
Charlton
Heston and postwar American filmmaking
17 April 2008
In
midst of recession, multi-billion-dollar paydays for US hedge
fund managers
US
Supreme Court upholds lethal injection, opening way to resumed
executions
The
Obama "mistake": Breaking the taboo on discussing class
in America
Australian
prime minister's world trip: "a bright new image" for
US alliance
Cuban
"reforms" promote private property and social inequality
UAW
calls off rally, prepares sellout of American Axle strike
Shades of 1929: the global implications of the US banking
collapse - Part 2
Papua
New Guinea government signs $10 billion gas deal with US-Australian
consortium
Britain:
Science cuts threaten Jodrell Bank radio telescope
ISSE meeting at San Diego State University, California
- ive years since the invasion of Iraq: War, the economic crisis,
and the 2008 elections
ISSE meeting at RMIT in Melbourne
- Five years since the US-led invasion of Iraq
Letters
from our readers
16 April 2008
Collapse
of "left" parties enables Berlusconi to win Italian
election
Airline
giants Delta and Northwest agree to merger
US
and Iraqi military continue push into Sadr City
A
faltering economy hasn't slowed American CEOs' pursuit of wealth
Shades of 1929: the global implications of the US banking
collapse - Part 1
France: Le Monde journalists on strike
Kosovo:
The Hague acquits former PM Haradinaj of war crimes amid alleged
witness intimidation
Sixty-five
years since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
ISSE meetings in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois & San
Diego, California - Five years since
the invasion of Iraq: War, the economic crisis, and the 2008 elections
ISSE meeting at RMIT in Melbourne
- Five years since the US-led invasion of Iraq
15 April 2008
Amid
mounting food crisis, governments fear revolution of the hungry
Repression
in Tibet: the class issues
Recession
takes hold in US
Britain:
High Court rules government acted unlawfully in stopping BAe-Saudi
arms inquiry
Court
proceedings begin in Texas polygamy sect case
American
Axle, UAW continue negotiations over concessions contract
Service employees union organizes thug attack at Detroit
Labor Notes conference
Australian
Federal Police still pursuing Mohamed Haneef
ISSE meetings in Los Angeles and Urbana-Champaign - Five years since the invasion of Iraq: War, the
economic crisis, and the 2008 elections
ISSE public meetings in Britain
- May-June 1968--The lessons 40 years on
Workers
Struggles: The Americas
Letters
on art and culture
14 April 2008
US
media, Clinton assail Obama for "bitter" truth
Losses
mount in Chinese export industry
European
Court of Justice supports cheap wages and limits the right to
strike
French
government slashes public spending
Britain:
Law Lords reject mothers' appeal for Iraq war inquiry
Constitutional
amendments stoke tensions in Thai ruling circles
Letters
on the American Axle strike
12 April 2008
Top
Bush aides directed torture from the White House
IMF
cuts US growth forecast, warns of global slump
India:
Rising food prices threaten social calamity
Italian
elections: polls favour Berlusconi comeback
American
Airlines cancels hundreds more flights
Mark
Penn, Hillary Clinton and the corporate domination of the Democratic
Party
WSWS
writer Jerry White speaks on American Axle strike
French
high school students protest education cuts
Australia:
Families hit by rising bankruptcies and home repossessions
ISSE meeting in New York -
Five years since the invasion of Iraq: War, the economic crisis,
and the 2008 elections
Workers
Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Letters
on the Beijing Olympics protest
Adding Machine: Musical
version of a 1920s play reverberates in the 21st century
11 April 2008
Bush
orders Iraq escalation to continue
Zimbabwe:
Mugabe government responds to mass opposition with repression
Germany: Bavarian bank hit hard by financial crisis
- Population to pay for speculation
UAW
makes proposal in American Axle negotiations
Egypt:
Mass protests over price hikes
Anger
grows over rising prices in Sri Lanka
Australian
government moves to impose further hardship on low-paid
ISSE meeting in New York -
Five years since the invasion of Iraq: War, the economic crisis,
and the 2008 elections
Workers
Struggles: Europe & Africa
10 April 2008
Congressional
hearings set stage for wider war--inside and outside of Iraq
The
dubious politics behind the Beijing Olympics protests
US
airline chaos: thousands of flights canceled for inspections
Despite
spreading recession, US CEOs rake in huge pay raises
A
political balance sheet of the German train drivers strike
Senior
Sri Lankan minister killed in bomb blast
New
Zealand universities shed "non-core" courses
SEP/ISSE
meeting: Which way forward? The American Axle strike and the political
issues facing the working class
Meeting at Virginia Commonwealth University - Five years since the invasion of Iraq: War, the economic
crisis, and the 2008 elections
Rodchenko:
The impact of revolution and counterrevolution
Letters
from our readers
9 April 2008
General
Petraeus gives Senate a blueprint for an unending occupation of
Iraq
Iraq
war vet: We've heard enough from the generals and the politicians
Israeli
minister threatens "destruction of the Iranian nation"
Britain:
Mortgage drought as economy faces plunge into recession
As full negotiations resume
American Axle workers denounce UAW concessions offer
US
State Department renews contract with Blackwater mercenaries
California
teachers protest budget cuts
SEP/ISSE
meeting: Which way forward? The American Axle strike and the political
issues facing the working class
Meetings at Florida State University and Virginia Commonwealth
University
Five years since the invasion of Iraq: War, the economic crisis,
and the 2008 elections
Stop-Loss: A serious and
moving effort, but what about that three-letter word?
8 April 2008
On
eve of Petraeus testimony, US launches raids on Baghdad's Sadr
City
The
Clintons cash in: wealth and American politics
Rice
shortages heighten political crisis in the Philippines
As US auto strike enters seventh week - UAW president backs "real sacrifices" for
American Axle workers
Britain:
Tax credit system plunges families into debt
East
Timor: Former PM Alkatiri claims alleged assassination attempt
on Xanana Gusmao was faked
SEP/ISSE
meeting: Which way forward? The American Axle strike and the political
issues facing the working class
Meetings at Florida State University and Virginia Commonwealth
University - Five years since the invasion
of Iraq: War, the economic crisis, and the 2008 elections
Workers
Struggles: The Americas
Richard
Widmark (1914-2008)
7 April 2008
US
congressional hearings on Iraq foreshadow aggressive stance against
Iran
Forty
years on, some lessons from the life--and death--of Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr.
Ten die in western Pennsylvania house fire Gas had
been cut off since May 2005
Romanian
autoworkers strike against rock-bottom wages
On-the-spot report from central Australia - Conditions of Aboriginal people in Alice Springs and
the town camps
Hundreds
of homeless forcibly evicted from Southern California refuge
Australian
court quashes convictions of protesters for entering US spy base
SEP/ISSE
meeting: Which way forward? The American Axle strike and the political
issues facing the working class
An
interview: filmmaker Jules Dassin witch-hunting and Hollywood's
blacklists
Letters
on art and culture
5 April 2008
US
jobless figures: The specter of a new depression
Haiti:
Thousands protest over growing hunger
Election
standoff in Zimbabwe : The threat of imperialist intervention
US
Senate leaders agree on pro-industry housing bill
France:
Political fallout from troop deployment to Afghanistan
India:
While waving red-flags, the Stalinist CPM lurches further right
German
public sector pay dispute: Workers need a new political perspective
Sri
Lankan president nervously assesses military stalemate
Northern
Ireland: The significance of Paisley's resignation and Adams's
regret
New
pamphlet from Mehring Books in Australia
Workers
Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Letters
from our readers
4 April 2008
Bush
snubbed at NATO summit
2003
Justice Department memo justifies torture, presidential dictatorship
US
financial system faced collapse, bank regulators tell Senate hearing
on Bear Stearns bailout
United
Arab Emirates: Over 600 construction workers arrested after protest
Iraqi
prime minister pledges new offensives in Basra and Baghdad
Reject
UAW plans to sell out American Axle strike
American
Axle workers in Detroit determined to resist sellout
Goodyear
worker in Kansas dies after tasering by police
Police
break up picket line at Philippine port
Workers
Struggles: Europe & Africa
3 April 2008
An indictment of the profit system - High school drop-out rate in major US cities at nearly
50 percent
Congressional
Democrats defer to Fed Chairman Bernanke on Wall Street bailout
Independent
truckers stage protests in US
American
Axle strikers in Buffalo determined to resist wage cuts
Argentina:
Truce in three-week agricultural strike
Australian
Labor leaders plan "third wave" of free-market measures
With Big Three contracts set to expire - Canadian Auto Workers leaders court financiers
Netherlands:
Geert Wilders releases his anti-Islamic film
Australian
unions seek to accommodate on NSW power privatisation
Actor
Paul Scofield (January 21, 1922-March 19, 2008): “I’m
an actor because I’m good at it”
Jules
Dassin, victim of the anti-communist witch-hunt, dies at 96
Letters
from our readers
2 April 2008
US,
Germany clash over NATO expansion plan
Talks
on power handover continue after Zimbabwe elections
Turkey's
chief prosecutor seeks to ban the ruling AKP
US
food stamp use projected to swell to record levels
Elect rank-and-file committees to oppose UAW sell-out
- American Axle strike at the crossroads
Australia:
SBS television's bogus debate on Northern Territory intervention
Judge
temporarily halts Australian terrorist trial over mistreatment
of prisoners
Sri
Lankan local polls: a travesty of democracy
1 April 2008
US-backed
assault on Basra ends in humiliation for Maliki government
US
Treasury plan shields Wall Street speculators
Bush
housing secretary resigns amid mounting corruption charges
Britain:
Postal unions push through attack on pensions
Canada:
By stealth, Ottawa seeks to censor film and television production
Governor's
budget results in layoff notices for thousands of California teachers
South
Australian Labor government to slash payments to injured workers
SEP-ISSE public meetings in Melbourne and Sydney - Shades of 1929: the global implications of the US
banking collapse
Workers
struggles: The Americas
Letters
from our readers
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