Archive: 08/2003
2003-08-01
- Wolfowitz on Iraq: “Murky intelligence” suffices for pre-emptive wars
- Australia: Ticket inspectors on Victorian train leave youth for dead
- A review of music from the motion picture The Pianist
- Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
- Freddie Mac report: a further exposure of profit manipulations
- Letters from our readers
- Britain: Government attack on BBC threatens press freedom
2003-08-02
- Iraqi civilians gunned down in US military raids
- Quetta massacre: sectarian violence on the rise in Pakistan
- Britain’s media glorify convicted killer
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
- Bush press conference highlights government crisis
- One million deaths later: South African government continues to stall on AIDS treatment
- Afghanistan: Report documents violence and repression by US-backed warlords
2003-08-04
- Growth rate up but little evidence of extended US recovery
- La economía política del militarismo estadounidense
- Long-term unemployment on the rise in US
- France: Artists and entertainers strike continues
- Are American soldiers in Iraq dying due to depleted uranium?
- Letters from our readers
- Anti-welfare agenda behind moves to oust Aboriginal leaders
2003-08-05
- La economía política del militarismo estadounidense
- A major discovery of Aboriginal cave paintings in Australia
- Niger president challenges Blair government over uranium allegations
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
- Australian survey shows continuing destruction of full time jobs
- Citigroup, Morgan Chase fined for Enron deals: corruption at the heights of American finance
- Blair’s press conference and the crisis of political legitimacy
2003-08-06
- Untimely death of a Sri Lankan Trotskyist
- Washington talks provide cover for Israeli repression
- Iraq war lies and impeachment: Official Washington tiptoes round the “i” word
- Fassbinder’s Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
- Letters from our readers
- California budget imposes massive spending cuts
- British Airways: Unions collude with management to avert further wildcat strikes
2003-08-07
- Military families speak out against Iraq war at Pittsburgh rally
- Two perceptive Indian films
- A story, not the story of the Depression years
- Poland sends troops to Iraq
- West African military force enters Liberia
- Washington and Canberra seize on Jakarta bombing to further justify “war on terror”
- Britain: Asylum-seekers detained under prison-like conditions
2003-08-08
- Obituary: John Schlesinger, filmmaker, 1926-2003
- Workers Struggles: Europe, the Middle East & Africa
- US occupation forces attack Iraqi journalists
- Japanese parliament gives green light for troops to Iraq
- The Australian media and terrorism “expert” Dr Rohan Gunaratna
- Letters from our readers
- Germany: Fewer asylum-seekers and more deportations
2003-08-09
- Bush administration lengthens workday for US truck drivers
- Spain: Aznar rejects public inquiry into military plane crash
- Partido Socialista por la Igualdad (PSI) respalda campaña de John Christopher Burton en California
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
- Declaración de candidatura de John Christopher Burton
- The “Steak Knife” affair and Britain’s dirty war in Northern Ireland
- Pontiac, Michigan: Immigrant mother and five children perish in house fire
- Candidate’s statement of John Christopher Burton
2003-08-11
2003-08-12
- International governments hold back stem cell research
- Spanish troops in Iraq to wear Christian badge
- New round of police violence hits New York area
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
- Father of Australian Guantanamo prisoner speaks to WSWS
- Germany: All-party coalition agrees drastic reform of health system
- Socialist candidate John Christopher Burton placed on ballot in California recall election
2003-08-13
- US “school reform” throws students into the street
- Australia: State Labor government hands police unprecedented powers
- Israel: Apartheid-style law passed by Knesset
- Al Gore attacks Bush on Iraq War
- France: The anti-Muslim campaign and the phony debate on secularism
- European Union prepares its energy security
- Letters from our readers
2003-08-14
- Walkerton: Key truths submerged in journalist’s account of contaminated water tragedy
- Moves to restart Sri Lankan peace talks
- Spain: Aznar government faces crisis over Iraqi WMD
- Class, race and the social problems in Benton Harbor: interviews with city residents
- Bali verdict: a political show trial based on unconstitutional law
- Thousands die in European heat wave
- An American city: Benton Harbor and the social crisis in the United States
2003-08-15
- Behind the Solomons intervention: Australia stakes out its sphere of influence in the Pacific
- Iraq war: more revelations of lies over Niger uranium
- Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
- Massive power blackout hits millions in Canada and the US
- Britain: Food Agency plays Russian roulette with BSE/Mad Cow Disease
2003-08-16
- Ontario: Blackout highlights crisis in infrastructure
- Moroccan immigrants die trying to reach Spain
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia & the Pacific
- Britain: Hutton Inquiry hears damning evidence against government
- John Christopher Burton, socialist candidate for California governor, demands full investigation into eastern US blackout
- Lenient judgement for Cologne police
2003-08-18
- International clamour for revaluation of the Chinese yuan
- Verizon negotiations continue as unions reject strike
- US antiwar protesters face $10,000 fines for travel to Iraq
- US force enters Liberia as former president goes into exile
- California recall exposes political myths
- Australian central bank report points to credit bubble
2003-08-19
- Turkey: Reform limits some military powers
- Texas Republicans impose heavy fines on boycotting Democratic legislators
- John Christopher Burton, candidato socialista para gobernador de California, exige investigación completa del apagón en el este de Estados Unidos
- Bush grants permanent legal immunity to US corporations looting Iraqi oil
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
- Iraq: No letup in anti-US riots and guerrilla attacks
- Spain: ETA bombing campaign aids government offensive against democratic rights
- Iraq: Civil unrest hits British-controlled Basra
2003-08-20
- Luchas obreras en las Américas
- The US blackout and “homeland security”
- Ontario Tories unveil incendiary election platform
- Northern Ireland: Human rights redefined on sectarian lines
- The UN bombing: a product of the US occupation of Iraq
- Australian prime minister bullies the Pacific Islands Forum
- More questions over US military fatalities in Iraq
- Letters from our readers
- US: Impact of Northeast blackout continues to emerge
2003-08-21
- Revientan mitos acerca de la política de Estados Unidos con elecciones de California para sacar al gobernador de su cargo
- Britain: overcrowded prisons in chaos
- Ontario: State of emergency continues one week after blackout
- US military kills another journalist in Iraq
- The Iraq quagmire
- A weak satire sans politics
- Australian Council of Trades Unions Congress 2003: another demoralised affair
2003-08-22
- Workers Struggles: Europe, the Middle East and Africa
- Freeport murders hamper US plans for ties with the Indonesian military
- Australian military renews ties with Indonesia’s military thugs
- Showcomotion 2003: Children and young peoples’ film festival screens more than 100 films
- France: More than 10,000 dead in record heat wave
- Chancellor Schröder moves toward a German military mission in Iraq
- Letters from our readers
2003-08-23
- A letter from John Christopher Burton, socialist candidate in California, to “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno
- Australia: Media promotes Labor’s Mark Latham
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
- Showcomotion 2003: Children and young peoples’ film festival screens more than 100 films
- Israel assassinates Hamas leader
- Britain: Inquiry exposes lies on Iraq war
- A profile of Ohio-based FirstEnergy
- The North American blackout: deregulation, profit and the decay of the social infrastructure
2003-08-25
- General Motors: From auto manufacturer to financial institution
- Lockerbie: Libyan compensation offer clarifies nothing
- Carta de John Christopher Burton, candidato del socialista en California, a Jay Leno, anfitrión del programa de televisión, The Tonight Show
- Luchas obreras en las Américas
- Acquittals in cases of communal violence in India
- Al Gore critica la política de Bush en cuanto a la guerra contra Irak
- How “entertaining” is the American entertainment industry?
- California’s Governor Davis denounces “right-wing power grab”
2003-08-26
- Spinoza Reconsidered
- Alabama judge engineers Ten Commandments showdown
- Malaysia rounds up Acehnese refugees for deportation
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
- UK asylum policy faces criticism as Kurdish family is deported
- US occupation force in Iraq recruiting former Iraqi secret police
- Washington signals escalation of US intervention in Colombia
2003-08-27
- A mirage, not an oasis
- Australian officials take control in the Solomon Islands
- Hutton Inquiry: How Dr Kelly and the Foreign Affairs Committee were used by the government
- Bush Iraq policy in disarray
- Letters from our readers
- Republicans and Democrats unveil right-wing economic programs in California recall
- US menaces Al Jazeera over Iraq reportage
2003-08-28
- A filmmaker sides with the unemployed, but ...
- The UN, de Mello and the US occupation of Iraq
- The Hutton Inquiry: British spy chief’s testimony exposes lies on Iraq war
- Bush lied to NYC on post-9/11 pollution crisis
- Cuts in education funding will improve academic performance. Honest.
- Letters on the death of Dr. David Kelly and the Hutton Inquiry
2003-08-29
- Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
- Britain’s Hutton Inquiry: Still no account of how Dr. Kelly died
- Jailing of One Nation leaders sets anti-democratic precedent
- Bush cites “war on terror” to slash federal workers’ pay raises
- Egypt antiwar protesters face sedition trial
- Seven dead in Chicago warehouse killings
- US launches military offensive to crush growing Afghan opposition
2003-08-30
- Bush guts pollution controls on energy industry
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
- Iraq: Attack on UN spurs plans for international military force
- Australian prime minister embroiled in ethanol scandal
- Canada takes leading role in Afghan occupation
- Vote “no” on the California recall. Vote John Christopher Burton for governor, for a socialist solution to the crisis
- The Hutton Inquiry: Blair’s testimony deepens government crisis
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