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World Socialist Web Site Archive: June 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 June 2008
As war clouds gather: Democrats back covert US attacks on Iran
Fed minutes show extent of Bear Stearns crisis
Haltemprice and Howden by-election - Britain: Tony Benn defends his decision to back David Davis
Britain: SEP campaign in Cottingham and Beverley
France: How the unions broke an offensive of the working class
The need for socialist politics in the film and television industry - Screen Actors Guild negotiations continue in secret on eve of contract expiration
RAMSI immunity challenged after death of Solomon Islander in car accident
Australia's "Iguanagate": the politics of scandal

28 June 2008
The reactionary politics of the Supreme Court's "gun rights" decision
More signs of Israeli-US preparations for attacking Iran
North Korea makes initial nuclear disarmament gestures
Britain: SEP campaign in Haltemprice and Howden by-election - Chris Talbot explains why he is standing
European press leaks US military reports on nuclear weapons safety
German Social Democrats in free-fall - Right-wing seeks to topple party chairman
France: immigrant retention centre burnt down following death of inmate
Iceland's economic turmoil threatens instability throughout Scandinavia
Australia: Once again unions call off Qantas stoppages
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
You can't go home again: George Romero's Diary of the Dead

27 June 2008
US stocks plunge, job cuts spread
US Fed caught in global turbulence
Bush administration stacked Justice Department with right-wingers
Britain: Cameron and David Davis come out in support of strike breaking
US Supreme Court rejects "Millionaire's Amendment" to campaign finance law
800,000 take strike action in the Czech Republic
Australian call for "Asia-Pacific Community": A sign of growing tensions
As GM layoffs mount, more nationalist poison from Canadian auto workers union
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
Letters from our readers

26 June 2008
Washington's new alibi for a criminal war: the "surge has worked"
US/NATO crisis in Afghanistan generates greater pressure on Pakistan
Obama attacks US Supreme Court decision barring death penalty for child rape
Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai pulls out of election as Britain and US seek regime change
Britain: SEP candidate officially registered for Haltemprice and Howden by-election
French President Sarkozy visits Israel to broker regional realignment
EU parliament agrees to strengthening of Fortress Europe
Northern Territory intervention - "Unintended consequences" or deliberate destruction - Part 2
US scientist calls for prosecution of energy company CEOs for global warming disinformation
US: Workplace shooting leaves six dead in Henderson, Kentucky
Trumbo and the Hollywood blacklist

25 June 2008
McCain adviser suggests that Republican campaign would benefit from another 9/11 attack
Britain: Socialist Equality Party stands in by-election forced by David Davis - Vote Chris Talbot in Haltemprice and Howden
More than 700 feared dead in Philippine ferry disaster
Wall Street sheds jobs amid talk of bank failures
Demonstration in Warsaw to defend the right to strike
Teachers dispute in Victoria, Australia - Socialist Equality Party replies to Mary Bluett, AEU state president
US housing figures and other data: a picture of rapidly growing social misery
Australia: Protestors denounce Labor's Northern Territory intervention
Germany: students protest planned education cuts
Young@Heart: Not going gentle ...

24 June 2008
War threats against Iran overshadow US elections
South Korean government tries to stem protests against US beef imports
Report: Iraq social and refugee crisis is worsening
US: Bear Stearns hedge fund managers indicted
Einstein letter sold for record sum--Part 2
Growing instability in Sudan and Chad
German state of Hesse abolishes student fees
France: Low turnout for pension rights protest
Australian government releases National Employment Standards--a "win for employers"
Workers Struggles: The Americas
Social satirist George Carlin dead at 71
Letters from our readers

23 June 2008
Obama backs House Democrats' cave-in on Bush spying bill
Britain: SEP to stand in Haltemprice and Howden by-election
Random killing in Tokyo points to deepening social crisis in Japan
Flooding in US Midwest: A disaster created by capitalism
Einstein letter sold for record sum--Part 1
West Australian gas explosion cuts state's energy supplies and throws thousands out of work
Social crisis in Detroit--An investigative report - Part 3: Collapse of an American city
Swedish government adopts invasive wire-tapping measures

21 June 2008
US: Democratic Congress approves war funding, legalizes domestic spying
LTTE front group claims responsibility for Sri Lankan bombings
Northern Territory intervention: an on-the-spot report - Rudd Labor deepens Howard's assault on Aboriginal communities - Part 1
Britain: Labour refuses to answer Davis's by-election challenge
Tim Russert honored: A "state funeral" for services rendered Alex
India's government plots break with Left Front to implement Indo-US nuclear treaty
Social crisis in Detroit: An investigative report - Part 2: The impact of gas prices
Strike by Turkish tyre workers ends with real wage losses
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Letters from our readers

20 June 2008
Big oil cashes in on Iraq slaughter
More talk of war as Iran delays response to demand it end uranium enrichment
Israeli attack on Iran: "not a matter of if, but when"
Obama speaks in Detroit: rhetoric versus reality
Social crisis in Detroit: An investigative report - Part 1: The spiraling cost of food
Spain: The Popular Party begins to fracture
Britain: Shell tanker drivers' strike foreshadows summer of discontent
Bush calls for more handouts to energy companies
Australia: Why Victorian teachers should vote "no" to the AEU-Labor government agreement
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa

19 June 2008
Populism and plutocracy: Obama speaks to the Wall Street Journal
Zimbabwe: Mugabe government halts food aid
New York Times covers up for "confused" US military torturers
Philippines: Spiralling rice prices bring hunger to millions
Polish workers oppose government plan to restrict right to strike
Australia: Labor strikes deal with Liberals to push through NSW power privatisation
New York City spends $2 billion on stadiums while slashing public funds
Letter on Canadian prime minister's "apology" to Aboriginal peoples

18 June 2008
Detainee torture: further proof of US government criminality
McCain and Vietnam: Revising history to pave the way for new wars
Iraq: New offensive targets Sadrist movement in Amarah
US: Officials warn of more levee breaks as Midwest flooding spreads
Government price hikes and war cause devastating inflation in Sri Lanka
Britain: Scottish National Party steps up independence rhetoric
Fighting erupts over Eritrean armed incursion into Djibouti
Canada: CAW bureaucracy ends protest at GM headquarters
Report to United Nations indicts Britain for mistreating children
Letters on Tim Russert

17 June 2008
Afghan president threatens Pakistan: Warnings of a wider war
US: CEO pay sets new record as economy tanks
Britain: Brown assures Bush more troops for Afghanistan, no Iraq withdrawal
Rising prices hit Malaysia
Germany: A political balance sheet of the Berlin transport strike
Britain: Conservative MP forces by-election to challenge Labour's anti-terror legislation
France: Break with the trade union collaborators of Sarkozy! Build an independent socialist movement of the working class!
Australia: An eyewitness account of a Victorian teachers' union ratification meeting
Australia: Unions refuse to fight GM's latest plant closure
Workers Struggles: The Americas
Standard Operating Procedure: Images from a neo-colonial war
Letters from our readers

16 June 2008
European powers to continue with Lisbon Treaty despite Ireland "No" vote
Afghanistan: Mass prison break underscores crisis of US-backed regime
Tim Russert and the decay of the American media
France: unions collaborate with employers, government to deregulate working hours
Amidst mounting crisis, Pakistan's new government slashes food and fuel subsidies
Sri Lanka loses vote to retain seat on UN Human Rights Council
US: Prices and home foreclosures surge in May
Kids Count report - Living conditions worsen for US children
Two letters and a reply on the teachers' dispute in Victoria, Australia

14 June 2008
South Korean government besieged by demonstrations and strikes
Antonin Scalia and police-state rule
German government increases police spying powers
US: Heavy flood damage as rivers rise in upper Midwest
Kucinich, the Democrats and the impeachment of Bush
Indonesia quits OPEC after fuel price hikes
Another grim milestone of UK fatalities in Afghanistan
British resident could face death penalty in Guantánamo trial
Media Reform conference in Minneapolis: Criticism of the media, but a movement still in the orbit of the Democratic Party - Part two
India: Hindu supremacist BJP forms government in Karnataka
Six workers killed in construction of Las Vegas "CityCemetery"
Australia: NSW Labor government unveils performance pay regime for teachers
Canada: Thousands march against Oshawa plant closure
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
A concert in Atlanta: Behzad Ranjbaran's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
Letters from our readers
Australia: Growing dissatisfaction with Rudd Labor government

13 June 2008
US Supreme Court upholds habeas corpus for Guantánamo Bay prisoners
US continues to defend air strike on Pakistani military post
Obama campaign aide controversies underscore big business control of Democratic Party
Britain: Labour government pushes through bill on 42-day detention without trial
Media Reform conference in Minneapolis: Criticism of the media, but a movement still in the orbit of the Democratic Party - Part one
Two truck drivers killed as European and Asian fuel protests spread
US "confident" of Iraq bases agreement despite opposition
China drains "quake lake", but dangers remain
Sri Lankan government closes public schools to break up teachers' protest
The European Union's Return Directive strengthens "Fortress Europe" against immigrants
Switzerland: Defeat for right wing on immigation referendum
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
Indiana Jones and the search for entertainment

12 June 2008
US air strike on Pakistani military post kills 11 soldiers
South Korean government unravels in the face of mass political protests
Bush in Germany beats drum for war against Iran
House Democrats kill resolution to impeach Bush
Vote "No" in the Irish EU referendum
Australia: Growing dissatisfaction with Rudd Labor government
US: Texas resumes executions following nine-month pause
US: New bank losses shake financial markets
Northern California jury holds TASER International responsible for man's death
California court decision legalizing gay marriage touches off political uproar

11 June 2008
Fuel protests sweep across Europe
On "farewell tour" of Europe: Bush steps up threats against Iran
At AIPAC, Obama outlines policy shift to defend US, Israeli interests
India: Fuel price hikes deepen political crisis of Congress Party-led government
East Timor: Xanana Gusmao's coalition government in crisis
A socialist program for Sri Lankan teachers' wage struggle
Canada: GM seeks discussions with CAW to end Oshawa "blockade"
Financial speculation's latest victims: US community college students
Britain: Campus meeting discusses arrest of Rizwaan Sabir and Hicham Yezza
Australia: Unions move to negotiate as Qantas rules out improved pay offer for engineers
A letter and response on the California Teachers Association

10 June 2008
Washington ordered destruction of Guantánamo interrogation records
France: LCR signals willingness to ally with Socialist Party
German Social Democratic Party in crisis
The world food crisis and the capitalist market - Part Three
Bill Henson case dropped but Australia’s "moral guardians" demand harsher censorship laws
A socialist program for Sri Lankan teachers' wage struggle
Scottish university fees scrapped, but thousands of students to repay lump sum
Sri Lankan farmers reject president's boast of helping rural communities
Workers Struggles: The Americas
Letters from our readers

9 June 2008
Obama, Clinton and identity politics
United Nations conference offers derisory level of aid for millions hit by food prices
The world food crisis and the capitalist market - Part Two
Two more bombs kill 25 civilians in Sri Lanka
Angry German farmers rally in Berlin
Iraq war commander named head of Canada's military
Singapore security forum points to US-China tensions
Turkey's Constitutional Court re-imposes ban on Muslim headscarf at universities
US: FEMA trailers caused at least 17,000 illnesses among Katrina survivors

7 June 2008
US Air Force purge: Growing tensions within a militarized state
Senate report on Bush war lies: Another cover-up of war crimes
Largest US unemployment spike in 22 years
The world food crisis and the capitalist market - Part One
Bradford & Bingley: Britain's banking crisis worsens
CAW officials grandstand after GM plant closure announcement
South Africa: Anti-immigrant violence subsides but leaves humanitarian crisis
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
A reply to supporters of "humanitarian" intervention into Burma

6 June 2008
US rushes military show trial for alleged 9/11 conspirators
Washington demands permanent bases to repress Iraqis, launch new Middle East wars
Australia: Rudd rewrites history as he announces "withdrawal" from Iraq
Sri Lanka: Second bomb blast in Colombo in nine days
Police powers increased by new London mayor
German rail union in crisis
Chicago youth violence: An indictment of the US Democratic Party
Record numbers using food stamps in Ohio, Michigan
Canada: Business press advises auto union leaders on containing rank-and-file anger
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
Before the Rains: hazarding the deeper waters of colonialism

5 June 2008
Obama clinches Democratic presidential nomination
More US, Israeli threats against Iran
US Fed chairman signals shift to anti-inflation policy
Second Georgia death row inmate executed since US Supreme Court lethal-injection ruling
Canada: Firing of foreign minister fails to stanch reactionary furor over security breach
Turkish tyre workers strike Bridgestone, Goodyear and Pirelli
France: Sans papiers continue occupation of CGT union hall
Britain: Nineteen young suicides in South Wales
Hundreds of thousands displaced by severe Sri Lankan floods
Sex and the City: A joyless affair for the most part
Letters from our readers

4 June 2008
US: Republicans prepare to play terror card in 2008 election
Former German foreign minister warns of Israeli strike against Iran
General Motors to close four North American plants
Taiwan's new president makes immediate overtures to China
Britain: Labour prepares ground for privatisation of postal service
Australian Prime Minister Rudd glorifies Vietnam War
Britain: Demonstrators oppose deportation of refugee activist Amdani Juma
A turn toward history we need: Paris Commune at the Public Theater in New York
"Something in the Commune has an impact on culture as a whole" - An interview with J. Michael Friedman, co-writer of Paris Commune

3 June 2008
Human rights group charges: US continues "renditions" and operates a floating gulag
US offensive displaces thousands of civilians in Afghanistan
After 19,000 take buyouts, GM to announce further US job cuts
German dairy farmers strike against low milk prices and high energy costs
Britain: MPs concealing massive expenses claims
Growing condemnation of censorship of Australian artist Bill Henson
Australia: Victorian teachers' union opposes mass meetings to discuss industrial agreement
Workers Struggles: The Americas

2 June 2008
Fuel price protests spread across Europe
Decision on Michigan, Florida delegates - Democratic Party establishment lines up behind Obama
Britain: Demand the release of Hicham Yezza
Bomb blast in Sri Lanka targets rail commuters
Unions work to close down Scandinavian healthcare strikes
Australia: Victorian teachers' union convenes delegates' meetings to ram through industrial agreement
Behind the falsification of US economic data
Letters from our readers

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