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World Socialist Web Site Archive: August 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 August 2008
Obama's Denver speech: Populist demagogy in the service of militarism
McCain's VP pick: A sign of deepening crisis in the Republican Party
Three years since Hurricane Katrina
Unemployment and poverty on the rise in Berlin
Britain: Labour government proposes huge increase in state surveillance
Australia: Labor government accelerates right-wing offensive against public education
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Letters on the Democratic National Convention

29 August 2008
Democratic National Convention outlines policy of wider war
Repression in Denver highlights assault on democratic rights in US
Georgian crisis heightens US-Russian tensions over Ukraine
Military officers testify that US soldiers murdered Iraqi detainees
More details of immigration raid in Mississippi, US
Labour ministers quit Fiji's military regime
Australia: Damning evidence surfaces in Beaconsfield mine inquest
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
Tropic Thunder and Vicky Cristina Barcelona: The unfocused and the flat as a pancake

28 August 2008
US, Europe denounce Russian support for Georgian provinces' independence
At Democratic National Convention - Union bureaucrats attack their own members as "racist" for failing to back Obama
Police continue repressive tactics in Denver
Anwar's landslide win: a further blow to Malaysian government
Australian media attacks Germaine Greer over essay on Aboriginal violence
Finnish government outlines major tax cutting proposals
12 deaths in Canada linked to listeria outbreak in meat products
Letters from our readers

27 August 2008
Democratic Convention meets with Obama campaign in crisis
The Nation and the Obama campaign
Police repress protesters at Democratic National Convention
Pakistan's ruling coalition splits amid continuing political uncertainty
Census report shows rising poverty in US
Lawyers plead for wounded Pakistani woman facing "terror" trial in New York
350 immigrant workers arrested in raid on Mississippi factory
Britain: Security Service "facilitated" torture of Guantánamo detainee
Australia's "tax review": Rudd seeks to deliver corporate agenda
Casting about for the truth of 9/11: Don DeLillo's Falling Man

26 August 2008
Democrats convene in Denver amid police state security and a sea of corporate cash
US air strike massacres civilians in western Afghanistan
US continues to ratchet up tensions with Russia
Sri Lankan army advances into key LTTE areas
Scotland: Massive public health failings responsible for CDAD deaths at Vale of Leven hospital
Workers Struggles: The Americas
Control: The fate of Joy Division's Ian Curtis
A letter and reply on Mars landing

25 August 2008
Obama selects Biden to reassure the US ruling elite
Germany: Stunned silence following the war in Georgia
Pakistan's ruling coalition on brink of collapse
Bush administration widens domestic spy agency powers
Britain: SATs fiasco highlights Labour's failed education policies
Northern Territory intervention - The need for a socialist strategy - Part 7
Central Australian portraits by John Hulme
An exchange - Russia-Belarus talks signal renewed cooperation against US

23 August 2008
Military offensive displaces 300,000 in north-west Pakistan
Democrats and Obama prepare platform of war and reaction
Public pressure on Olympic hurdler Liu Xiang highlights rise of Chinese nationalism
Madrid plane crash: Pilot's union warned months before that cut-backs placing passengers at risk
France: Stalinist paper l'Humanité on verge of bankruptcy
New York state legislature passes draconian budget cuts
Propane worker cites cost-cutting as cause of massive Toronto explosion
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Letters from our readers

22 August 2008
Democrats and Obama prepare platform of war and reaction
Bush administration steps up war of words with Russia
How the American "free press" toed the government line on Georgia
After 10 soldiers are killed - French government, media scramble to contain opposition to Afghan deployment
Britain: Economy hit by inflation and threat of recession
Sri Lankan government intimidates voters in two provincial council elections
Australian Labor government presses neo-colonial agenda at Pacific Islands Forum
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa

21 August 2008
US exploits Georgia crisis to push through Polish missile deal
French troops killed in Afghanistan: another sign of an escalating war
US oil pipeline politics and the Russia-Georgia conflict
Real wages fall as record price hikes hit US workers
Beneath the Olympic glitter, massive police presence highlights China's social tensions
More claims that Western powers protected Radovan Karadzic
Sydney man faces "terrorist" trial for compiling book
Letters from our readers

20 August 2008
On eve of Democratic convention, Obama advances agenda of global militarism
NATO meeting in Brussels: US steps up pressure on Russia
UK declares its support for Washington's anti-Russian campaign over Georgia
Provincial election delay in Iraq heightens ethnic tensions in Kirkuk
Australia: Huge swing against Labor in Northern Territory election
Canadian media covers up the social roots of the Montreal riot
Turkish trade unions oversee sackings of tyre workers
Jerry Wexler, producer of Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles, dead at 91

19 August 2008
Washington steps up its anti-Russian rhetoric
Musharraf resigns as Pakistan's political crisis deepens
Obama, McCain vie for support of Christian right
Indian government resorts to armed repression in Kashmir, killing 21 and wounding hundreds
Canada to deport another Iraq war resister to the US
Goodyear to shut down its last tyre plant in Australia
Italy's phoney "Robin Hood" tax
Spain: Economy slumps as unemployment hits ten year high
Workers struggles: The Americas
Exchange of letters on "Belgium edges closer to split as rival factions fail to agree"

18 August 2008
The political realities of "democratic" Georgia
Germany: Divisions widen in the Social Democratic Party
Irish government prepares public spending cuts, lay-offs
Malaysia: Anwar contests by-election despite being charged
Australia: Labor government scapegoats air traffic controllers
US: Verizon contract cuts benefits and clears way for layoffs

16 August 2008
After Georgia conflict - Missile agreement with Poland intensifies danger of US-Russian clash
The New York Times covers for US role in Georgia crisis
Hundreds dead in fighting along Afghanistan-Pakistan border
Bank seizures of US homes reach record high
Zimbabwe: Stalemate over power-sharing deal
California budget compromise takes from the poor, gives to the rich
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Letters from our readers

15 August 2008
EU meeting on Georgia reveals tensions between European powers and US
US government survey: Most corporations pay no taxes
Gunman murders Arkansas Democratic Party chairman
Cambodian ruling party re-elected with increased majority
Britain: Policing of climate camp a major attack on democratic rights
Australian teachers' union conference: bureaucrats block fight against Labor
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
Tell No One: An undying love unproven

14 August 2008
In the guise of humanitarian aid - Bush dispatches US military forces to Georgia
Russia and China settle longstanding territorial disputes
Pakistani government moves to impeach President Musharraf
US: Retail sales fall as tax stimulus wears off
Rwanda: government report documents French role in 1994 genocide
Britain: National Health Service denies kidney cancer drugs to patients
Broad rejection of Verdi deal at Lufthansa

13 August 2008
As ceasefire takes hold - Imperialist hypocrisy over war in Georgia
Russia develops military forces, strategic alliances to counter US
After jailing, Detroit mayor faces strong pressure to resign
Inflation, manufacturing contraction and property bubble haunts Chinese government
Australia: Rudd government modifies immigration detention regime
Bush administration proposes major cut to endangered species protections
Workers Struggles: The Americas

12 August 2008
Bush escalates confrontation with Russia over Georgia
Russia responds to American anti-ballistic missile systems in Europe
Beijing Olympic Games opening ceremony blacks out most of twentieth century
AIDS conference reflects failure to tackle deepening catastrophe
Worsening youth homelessness in Australia
Mexico: Energy reform referendum reveals impotence of the PRD
Chicago 2008:The Lollapalooza and Pitchfork Music Festivals - Political and musical perspectives
A letter on "Court decision to electronically tag dementia sufferer"
Letters from our readers

11 August 2008
Military conflict between Russia and Georgia escalates
Guantánamo trial sentence stuns Bush administration
Military coup in Mauritania follows unrest over spiralling food prices
Sri Lanka: Colombo under security siege for South Asian summit
As inflation soars - Real income losses for Turkish workers
Australian higher education review points to further market restructuring

9 August 2008
US-Russian tensions in Caucasus erupt into war
In response to US demands: Pakistani military attacks Islamist forces
France: Constitutional reform strengthens presidency
Belgium edges closer to split as rival factions fail to agree
Mars Phoenix Lander provides conclusive proof of water ice on Mars
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Letters from our readers

8 August 2008
Beijing Olympics celebrate the capitalist market and nationalism
Texas executes Mexican and Honduran nationals - US Supreme Court rejects appeals despite international protests
US beef arrives in South Korea amid protests, lawsuits, and crackdowns
Turkey's economic indicators worsen
The origins of the subprime market
Germany: SPD leadership rallies behind former minister threatened with expulsion
Australian income and wealth study shows "a growing gulf"
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa

7 August 2008
Guantánamo detainee convicted in rigged military trial
South Africa: General strike against price rises
Australian Federal Court upholds Kafka-like powers to cancel passports and visas
South Asian leaders meet under shadow of intensifying tensions
The human cost of corporate downsizing: an interview with a Vancouver telecom worker
Britain: Court decision to electronically tag dementia sufferer
Letters from our readers

6 August 2008
US calls for tougher sanctions on Iran
Famine in East Africa: Catastrophe threatens as food prices rise
Italian government imposes national state of emergency
Oil giants report massive profits
Aid agencies issue warning on Afghanistan as US and Britain prepare to escalate military action
Turkish courts impose ban on YouTube
Northern Territory intervention - Aboriginal education: a portrait of government discrimination and neglect - Part 6
US: Oregon workers face major job losses as high-tech firms make cuts

5 August 2008
The making and marketing of Barack Obama: Image and identity in US politics
Dormitory collapse in Turkey kills 18
Germany: Outrage over Verdi's sellout at Lufthansa
Pressures mount over Arctic energy resources
Danish economic problems grow with bailout of regional bank
Australia: Labor governments demand tougher censorship laws
The 2008 New Zealand "Rich List": the super-wealthy profit from recession
Workers Struggles: The Americas

4 August 2008
Mounting questions over US anthrax probe and scientist's alleged suicide
Japan-South Korea tension heightens over disputed islets
Haltemprice & Howden by-election - Britain: Election official rejects complaint about missing SEP ballots
Perle returns to the scene of the crime - Former Bush administration official seeks cut of Iraqi oil deal
Britain: Ombudsman demands government fund for Equitable Life insurance and pension victims
Australian bank debt write-downs reveal deepening economic problems
Spain: Socialist government turns on immigrants as economy heads for recession
The politics of community service in the US

2 August 2008
Bush speech signals stepped-up troop withdrawals from Iraq
Anthrax scientist and suspect an apparent suicide
US unemployment rate rises to four-year high
Israeli Prime Minister Olmert resigns
Constitutional Court rules against ban on Turkey's ruling party
California: Schwarzenegger slashes wages and social programs, fires state workers
As European car market shrinks, Renault plans mass sackings
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

1 August 2008
US demands crackdown by Pakistani government along Afghanistan border
Government report shows sharp fall in US economic growth
Union restricts Lufthansa strike to isolated, limited walk-outs
Australia: The role of Howard and Ruddock in the witch-hunting of Mohamed Haneef
Letter from South Africa - Xenophobia: A direct result of failed ANC economic policies
French nuclear industry has repeated accidents
US telecommunications giant Verizon demands job and benefit cuts
Workers Struggles: Europe Middle East & Africa

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