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World Socialist Web Site Archive: May 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.

31 May 2008
The political lessons of the American Axle strike
Thousands of Iraqis protest agreement for indefinite US occupation
Chinese earthquake victims face continuing hardship and new threats
US academic Norman Finkelstein denied entry to Israel
German Left Party holds its first congress
New York construction workers killed and injured in another high-rise accident
US: AFTRA capitulates to the studios and networks, the pressure is on SAG
French government prepares new cuts in unemployment compensation
Australia: Unions call off rallies against NSW electricity privatisation
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Letters from our readers

30 May 2008
Fallout from McClellan book: The Iraq war's "complicit enablers," then and now
Britain: Oppose deportation of Hicham Yezza
Britain: An interview with the manager of Hicham Yezza's defence campaign - "The Home Office acts like a faceless machine"
Tensions mount in the grand coalition - German Social Democrats put forward their own presidential candidate
Canada complicit in illegal detention and torture of Omar Khadr
End of Nepalese monarchy sets stage for new period of political instability
Dow Chemical announces massive price increase
Why have the findings of the Solomon Islands Commission of Inquiry into the 2006 riots not been released?
Australian photographer Bill Henson--scapegoat for a wider assault on democratic rights
SEP meeting in New York City - The world crisis and the 2008 elections: a socialist perspective
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
Phoenix spacecraft lands near Mars polar icecap
American filmmaker Sydney Pollack (1934-2008)

29 May 2008
Bush administration uses IAEA report to make new demands and threats to Iran
Ex-Bush spokesman: White House fed war propaganda to a "complicit" media
Sharp increase in mental illness among US troops during 2007
Turkey: Conflict escalates between government and judiciary
Low pay leads to poverty in British Army
Iran: Inflation, privatization lead intensify working class struggles
Military contractor Blackwater files suit to push through new California facility
Spiralling prices in Vietnam provoke fears of social unrest
1968: The general strike and student revolt in France
Part 2--The betrayal of the PCF and CGT
The genealogy of torture - Torture and Democracy by Darius Rejali
San Francisco International Film Festival 2008 - Part 4: Other stories, varying degrees of success

28 May 2008
The politics of provocation: Clinton, Obama and the American media
Army chief sworn in as Lebanon's new president
Sri Lankan journalists protest against abduction and torture of colleague
Large majority vote against deal following Berlin transport strike
Latin America: What are the real interests behind the creation of the Union of South American Nations?
The slaying of Mark Saunders: an escalation of Britain's "shoot to kill" policy
Australia: NSW teachers strike against attacks on jobs and conditions
1968: The general strike and the student revolt in France - Part 1--A revolutionary situation develops
Workers Struggles: The Americas
Letters from our readers

27 May 2008
US military attempts to reignite fighting with Mahdi Army
Burma aid conference: demands and ultimatums, but little money for the cyclone victims
Washington ratchets up pressure on Pakistan's new government
Belgium: Leterme government lurches from crisis to crisis
French media lay out the red carpet for Olivier Besancenot
France: Fishermen strike against rising energy prices
Australia: Escalating hostility among Victorian teachers to government-union deal
SEP meeting in New York City - The world crisis and the 2008 elections: a socialist perspective
True to form, the Goodmans provide a fig leaf for the Democrats in Standing Up to the Madness

26 May 2008
Israel and Syria announce negotiations amid ongoing US-Israeli threats to Iran
Chinese earthquake threatens wider economic dislocation
Criminal investigation of Halliburton's Nigerian operation widens - Evidence of corruption during Cheney's tenure
Aftermath of US slaughterhouse raid: fear and repression grip Iowa town
Australia: Labor government backs witch-hunting of photographer Bill Henson
Britain: House repossessions rising sharply
Iron Man: Just what sort of hero is this?

24 May 2008
US Secretary of State Rice defends torture at Google event
Britain: Conservative victory in Crewe and Nantwich as Labour disintegrates
Government wealth distribution report - Germany: The growing gulf between rich and poor
French workers' protests say 'No!' to pension reform
Russia, China denounce US missile shield at summit meeting
Texas towns sue Homeland Security over border wall plans
Australia: NSW Labor government presses ahead with electricity privatisation
Australia: Details of the proposed AEU-Victorian government sell-out teachers' agreement
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

23 May 2008
FBI files indict Bush, Cheney and Co. as war criminals
Chinese leaders respond to anger over shoddy buildings and lack of help
As Senate approves new war funding, US massacres Iraqi civilians
Berlusconi government incites racist pogroms
Detroit American Axle workers speak out against UAW betrayal
Actors and Hollywood studios, networks far apart in negotiations
Sydney hospital nurses impose work bans: not enough beds for the mentally ill
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
Letters from our readers

22 May 2008
FBI agents created "war crimes file" documenting US torture
More threats of international intervention amid continuing Burmese cyclone disaster
Obama gains majority of elected Democratic Party delegates
US Congress proposes allowing antitrust suits against OPEC
Reject UAW sellout at American Axle! Mobilize auto workers against attacks on jobs and wages!
On eve of vote at largest Detroit local - UAW pushes through sellout at smaller American Axle plants
Despite evidence of mental retardation, Mississippi executes inmate by lethal injection
NT intervention extended: Australian Labor budget punishes society's most disadvantaged
Canada: Report whitewashes federal police's intervention in 2006 elections
Credit crisis hits Iceland
The Visitor: "Human" or "political"?

21 May 2008
Iraq: Mass detentions in Mosul as troops move into Sadr City
Israeli press reports US pledge of war on Iran--is Bush preparing an October Surprise?
Rising death toll, popular anger in China quake
Violent attacks on immigrants in South Africa
US and Israel refuse to attend international conference on cluster bomb ban
Senate committee passes pro-business housing bill amidst foreclosure crisis
German parliamentary deputies award themselves hefty pay rise
Britain: University students face worsening conditions, rising debt
Australia: NSW teachers strike but union prepares to deliver staffing changes
ISSE meeting at University of New South Wales
Forty years since May-June 1968: The lessons for today
Letters on the American Axle strike

20 May 2008
Global survey reveals growing anger over social inequality
India: BJP seizes on Jaipur bombing to promote communalism and social reaction
US soldier in Iraq disciplined for using Koran as target practice
The New York Times and Washington's new prison in Afghanistan
Over 500 juveniles held by US in Iraq and Afghanistan
Australia: Haneef documents point to Howard cabinet's role in witch-hunt
France: LCR backs the CGT against undocumented workers
Britain: ISSE addresses students during week of debates at the University of Sussex
Australia: Demand mass meetings to reject Victorian teachers' union sell-out!
Workers Struggles: The Americas
Letters from our readers

19 May 2008
“Appeasement” clash gives foretaste of McCain-Obama contest
China's earthquake: the most destructive in modern history
CIA death squads killing with "impunity" in Afghanistan
Anger in Detroit over UAW sellout at American Axle
Serbia: Pro-Western president attempts to form a government
Sri Lankan government installs paramilitary leader as chief minister in the East
Deal for Newsday reflects concentration of ownership in US newspaper industry
Backroom deals by US service unions strip workers of rights - SEIU/UNITE HERE assume role of labor contractors
Further job cuts at German-based Siemens
But who, after all, was Victor Serge?

17 May 2008
Death toll hits 78,000 in Burma as pressure mounts for international intervention
Calling Pelosi's bluff, Republicans temporarily block war-funding bill
China quake rescue operations face rising toll, strained public services
Britain: Labour's "re-launch" stymied by worsening economic forecast
Berlin transport workers vote on contract - How should workers proceed?
France: One million strike in defence of education and social services
SEP/ISSE public meetings in Germany - 1968: The lessons for today
Major Greek unions strike to protest privatization
Australia: Peak union body calls off Qantas stoppages
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Berlin transport strike: Workers write to the WSWS about Verdi sell-out
Letters from our readers

16 May 2008
Bush backs Israel as Palestinians mark 60 years of exile and oppression
Israel's crisis and the historic contradictions of Zionism
US workers paying the price for Wall Street's debacle
Italy: Berlusconi's new government promotes xenophobia
Canada: CAW tries to stampede GM and Chrysler workers into making huge concessions
Empty rhetoric from Obama on American Axle strike
India's Stalinists mount innocuous protests as masses confront spiraling food prices
Chinese president visits Japan: Tensions remain beneath talk of warmer ties
Turkish youth hit hardest by unemployment
Australia: $50,000 for a kidney? Doctor's proposal highlights desperate health, social crisis
SEP/ISSE public meetings in Germany - 1968: The lessons for today
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
San Francisco International Film Festival 2008 - Part 3: Not genuinely "close to life"

15 May 2008
As death toll climbs, Chinese earthquake exposes deep social divide
Bush Middle East trip highlights crisis of US policy
Republicans lose Mississippi House seat despite anti-Obama campaign
Clinton wins West Virginia primary but Obama nears nomination
Judge cites conflict of interest in removing official from military commission - Five charges approved and one rejected in 9/11 show trials
Britain: How the Socialist Workers Party rooted for Livingstone and Labour
Colombian extraditions aimed at covering up Uribe's death squad ties
UAW president's radio comments underscore union-management gang-up against American Axle strikers
East Timor: Rice rations for internal refugees cut off
Turkish government pledges new attacks on workers
SEP/ISSE public meetings in Germany - 1968: The lessons for today
My Blueberry Nights: Not very much there, but was there ever?
Berlin transport workers' strike - The WSWS editorial board replies to a Verdi shop steward
Systematic discrimination faces Palestinian refugees in Lebanon

14 May 2008
Death toll, economic consequences mount from China earthquake
The tsunami in Sri Lanka: A case study in US humanitarian missions
Defend public education against Sarkozy's cuts! Unite workers and youth across Europe and internationally!
US: Nearly 400 immigrant workers arrested in slaughterhouse raid
Britain's rich get richer even as recession begins to bite
Australia: Rudd Labor's budget delivers for business and the wealthy
In midst of early contract talks
GM Canada announces closure of last Windsor plant
SEP/ISSE public meetings in Germany - 1968: The lessons for today
San Francisco International Film Festival 2008 - Part 2: Dramas about poverty and war

13 May 2008
Massive earthquake in China kills at least 10,000
Congressional Democrats plan three-stage charade to pass Iraq war funds
More than 20 killed as tornadoes strike the southern US
Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai agrees to second round of elections
US congressional probe charges - Utah mine officials lied to federal agency before Crandall Canyon disaster
Germany: From union boss to company executive--the case of Norbert Hansen
American Axle threatens additional plant closure - UAW president says union will accept massive concessions
Malaysia's ruling coalition rattled after election debacle
New Zealand student debt levels reach $10 billion mark
ISSE meeting in Delaware: The financial crisis and the threat of another Great Depression
SEP/ISSE public meetings in Germany - 1968: The lessons for today
Workers Struggles: The Americas

12 May 2008
Lebanon: Hezbollah makes show of strength against Siniora government
Iraq: Agreement struck to end fighting in Sadr City
Cyclone disaster worsens in Burma
Mary Tillman denounces cover-up of son's "friendly fire" killing in Afghanistan
US environmental regulatory official forced out after dispute with Dow Chemical
ISSE meeting in Delaware: The financial crisis and the threat of another Great Depression
SEP/ISSE public meetings in Germany - 1968: The lessons for today
Letters from our readers

10 May 2008
Tensions rise in Democratic contest as Obama nears nomination
Why the propaganda campaign for international intervention in Burma?
Russia and Georgia on the brink of armed conflict over Abkhazia
Germany: Verdi blocks postal strike
Britain: Welfare Reform Act to force sick and vulnerable into work
GM offers $200 million in bid to end American Axle strike
Unprecedented opposition to CAW's concession-filled deal with Ford Canada
Australia: Teachers' union moves to shut down industrial campaign
SEP meeting in New York City The world crisis and the 2008 elections: a socialist perspective
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
San Francisco International Film Festival 2008 - Part 1: Some interesting films from newer directors

9 May 2008
Lebanon on brink of civil war
House of Representatives passes Democratic home mortgage bill backed by the Fed and banking industry
Bush speech on Latin America--defense of a failed policy
Toronto Transit workers threatened with loss of right to strike
Sri Lanka: Election charade in eastern province
Mildred Loving, civil rights-era pioneer, dies at 68
US congressional hearings expose stonewalling on veteran suicide data
Qantas chief threatens "showdown" with workers over pay
SEP/ISSE public meetings in Germany - 1968: The lessons for today
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
Battle for Haditha: A remarkable film about the Iraq war

8 May 2008
Deep unease as Israel celebrates its 60th anniversary
Death toll in Burma rises, as major powers press to intervene
Amnesty International denounces war crimes by US-backed forces in Somalia
Guantánamo judge rules Omar Khadr, arrested at 15, can be tried as war criminal
Verdi agrees to sell-out in Berlin transport workers strike - Vote no on the deal!
Wage-cutting in the US auto parts industry: The background to the American Axle strike
Australia: NSW Labor MPs unanimously endorse premier's defiance of anti-privatisation vote
Major train crash causes anger in China
SEP meeting in New York City - The world crisis and the 2008 elections: a socialist perspective
The Price of Sugar: Horrifying conditions exposed--and a legal counterattack
Letters from our readers

7 May 2008
A new Asian disaster: Cyclone kills tens of thousands in Burma
Bush administration moves to exploit Burma cyclone disaster
Britain: Labour's electoral meltdown continues to worsen
Obama builds lead over Clinton after North Carolina, Indiana primaries
Georgia inmate put to death, ending seven-month halt to US executions
Fighting intensifies across Afghanistan
Mexico: Election dispute threatens breakup of PRD
US Navy resurrects Fourth Fleet to police Latin America
The EU strengthens "Fortress Europe" against migration due to climate change
Hungarian ruling coalition collapses

6 May 2008
Bush, Democrats seek to fund Iraq war into next administration
New York Times exposé on immigrant deaths in custody
Former German president urges no let-up in right-wing agenda
Undocumented workers occupy CGT union hall in Paris
SEP/ISSE holds May Day meeting in Colombo
Former prosecutor testifies that Guantánamo military commissions are show trials
Lawyer speaks to WSWS: "David Hicks was a pawn in a political process"
Australia: Unions use anti-privatisation rally as leverage for negotiations with Labor government
San Diego State University ISSE to show Tsar to Lenin
Workers Struggles: The Americas
Leatherheads: A failed comedy, and a talent at war with itself
Letters from our readers

5 May 2008
Hospital struck as US military tightens siege of Baghdad's Sadr City
Democratic candidates agree on expanded US military aggression in the Middle East
Democrats win Republican House seat in Louisiana special election
Turkey: May Day demonstration in Istanbul brutally suppressed
Journalist released from Guantánamo details abuse
France: Government, unions prepare large-scale pension cut
Montreal: Establishment calls for increased police powers after mini-riot
Australia: NSW Labor Premier prepares to privatise electricity despite party conference defeat
San Diego State University ISSE to show Tsar to Lenin

3 May 2008
US payrolls shrank by 20,000 jobs in April Net job loss in 2008 at 260,000
Another political show trial in Baghdad: Tariq Aziz charged with genocide
Former fascist elected mayor of Rome
UAW preparing agreement to slash American Axle workers' wages, close plants
Tens of thousands march against immigration raids in the US
London Olympics terror threat used to vastly increase surveillance powers
The California budget and the crisis of public education
May Day 2008: Capitalism, socialism and the working class
San Diego State University ISSE to show Tsar to Lenin
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Letters from our readers

2 May 2008
Five years after "mission accomplished," sharp rise in Iraqi and US casualties
US dockworkers' union holds eight-hour work stoppage to protest Iraq war
Agricultural corporations boast huge profits in midst of food crisis
WSWS interviews victimized North Carolina Freightliner workers
New French labour law attacks workers' rights
France: Undocumented immigrants strike wins support
Japan: By-election defeat points to growing crisis of Fukuda government
East Timor: Plot thickens as leader of alleged "coup" attempt surrenders
Health care strikes in Scandinavia
SEP meeting in US - May Day 2008: Capitalism, socialism and the working class
San Diego State University ISSE to show Tsar to Lenin
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa

1 May 2008
Obama repudiates Reverend Wright in bid for support from the political establishment
US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates as housing slump, recession deepen
A barrage of US threats against Iran
Pakistan's new coalition government close to breakup
France: CGT union betrays port workers' strike
France: Thousands of high school students protest cuts in education
Australia: Haneef "terrorism" inquiry to be conducted behind closed doors
Somalia: Scores dead as Ethiopian troops push further into Mogadishu
SEP meeting in US - May Day 2008: Capitalism, socialism and the working class
SEP/ISSE May Day meeting in Colombo
Letters from our readers

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