Archive: 01/2004
2004-01-03
- Zimbabwe on the brink of collapse
- Spain: Household poverty increases
- Escándalo de drogas estremece al gobierno de Gutiérrez en Ecuador
- Conferencias celebran el 50 Aniversario de la fundación del Comité Internacional de la Cuarta Internacional
- New York Times’ Safire predicts “major terror attack in the US” on eve of 2004 election
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
- World economy: No smooth path to growth in 2004
- 2004 begins with massive military mobilization in US cities
2004-01-05
- Spain and Morocco agree to rail tunnel under Gibraltar strait
- Washington calls for end to political standoff in Sri Lanka
- Twenty-five percent increase in poverty in Michigan
- Guantanamo Bay, habeas corpus and the Texan who would be king: Some legal observations
- Britain: Government steps up attacks on asylum seekers
2004-01-06
- Sri Lankan general on high-profile trip to India
- Kissinger y la Argentina: como Estados Unidos apoya el terrorismo del estado
- The Parmalat scandal: Europe’s ten-billion euro black hole
- A revealing episode: How Britain’s radicals lined up behind Ken Livingstone
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
- Iran earthquake death toll tops 30,000
- Washington weighed military seizure of Arab oilfields in 1973
2004-01-07
- Revista/sitio española plagia gran cantidad de artículos del WSWS
- David Walsh escoge sus películas favoritas de 2003
- Carta a una revista española sobre el plagio del material del WSWS
- Britain: Youth prison accused of abuses
- Victims of French A-bomb tests demand compensation
- Spanish magazine/web site engaged in theft of WSWS material
- Nearly half of New York City’s homeless are children
- WSWS letter to Spanish web site
- Letters on the “terrorism” alert and military mobilization in US
- Not quite a serious work
- Blair in Basra: Iraq a “test case” for other countries
- New evidence of Indonesia’s war of repression in Aceh
2004-01-08
- New Zealand antiwar protester found guilty on flag-burning charge
- Israel: Brutal crackdown on anti-occupation activists
- Union moves to strangle grocery workers’ struggle in Southern California
- The deadly consequences of Germany’s refugee policy
- Arkansas: Mentally ill inmate put to death
- US-imposed “democracy” in Afghanistan
2004-01-09
- La expansión de la economía mundial no va a ser un jardín de rosas
- Some questions about the hunt for Al Qaeda in Spain
- India: Tamil Nadu government continues witchhunt of strikers
- Mounting attacks on US-led troops in Iraq
- Bush unveils “bracero” program for immigrant workers
- A few ounces of self-indulgence
- Workers Struggles: Europe and Africa
2004-01-10
2004-01-12
2004-01-13
2004-01-14
2004-01-15
- The New York Times whitewashes Bush’s lies about Iraq
- Victorian Labor government unveils blueprint to further attack education
- Spain: Ex-Army official claims responsibility for killing leading Basque separatist
- Protracted torture and abuse at UK “flagship” prison
- Politics and reality in fiction
- Protests grow against US-led occupation of Iraq
- US consumer debt reaches record levels
2004-01-16
- Washington Post defends Bush, Iraq war against Paul O’Neill’s exposures
- Sudan peace agreement paves way for increased oil production
- Bush imposes security crackdown on international travel
- Britain: Train drivers union leader threatens mass sackings and union busting
- Australian government continues cover-up of refugee deaths
- Letters on the social crisis in the US
- Letters on the movie Cold Mountain
2004-01-17
- More of the big lie that “socialist realism” emerged from Soviet revolutionary art
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
- Human rights groups: US may be guilty of “collective punishment” war crime in Iraq
- Workers Struggles: Europe, the Middle East and Africa
- Schwarzenegger budget to slash health and education in California
- US: Protesters jeer Bush in Atlanta on King’s birthday
- Questions raised about the South African AIDS initiative
2004-01-19
- Bush seeking Supreme Court precedents to dismantle democratic rights
- Scientific triumph on Mars as Spirit lands and explores surface
- Pentagon lies exposed over killing of reporters in Baghdad
- “Friend of court” applications denounce Guantanamo Bay detentions as illegal
- Bush promises the Moon (and Mars) but offers only rhetoric
- Alan Bates (1934-2003)—a key figure in British drama
2004-01-20
- Portuguese president denies link to child abuse scandal
- New Zealand Herald covers up reasons for sacking anti-Zionist cartoonist
- Questions surround police shooting at Australian-operated Indonesian mine
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
- Bush administration seeks UN aid as Iraqi political crisis mounts
- “Stop-loss” orders prevent soldiers from leaving US Army
- US forces kill 11 more civilians in Afghanistan
2004-01-21
- Fondo Monetario Internacional toca la alarma debido de la creciente deuda de Estados Unidos
- Bush presenta programa 'bracero' para trabajadores inmigrantes
- Britain prepares its own version of US Patriot Act
- Former SS member faces trial for war crimes in the Netherlands
- Correspondence on Zimbabwe
- Explosion threatens gas supplies to two Australian states
- Kerry, Edwards lead in first contest of Democratic presidential campaign
- Letters from our readers
- All US airline passengers to undergo government background checks
2004-01-22
- Tropical cyclone devastates Pacific island of Niue
- US military chief calls for “staging post” base in Australia
- Britain: Troops died in Iraq as a result of equipment shortages
- Germany: Perfecting the system of rejecting refugees
- Bush’s State of the Union: Threats, lies and delusion
- On the British and US response to the Bam earthquake
2004-01-23
- Tolkien’s magic diminished
- Australian government stops doctors visiting Nauru detention camp
- Workers Struggles: Europe, the Middle East and Africa
- Bush touts pittance for worker training as job cuts mount
- Italy: Court overturns Berlusconi’s immunity law
- Israel: Workers’ struggles intensify despite Histadrut betrayal
- Britain: Blair works to quash rebellion on university tuition fees
- Letters from our readers
2004-01-24
- Call to investigate Britain for Iraq war crimes
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
- Of people at sea
- Britain: Revelations on US spying compared to Pentagon Papers
- Australian government seeks to cut off disabled pensioners
- Democrats bow to Bush on budget attacks
- Canada-US agreement whitewashes Arar case
2004-01-26
2004-01-27
- Turkey: Inflation decreases but wages still lag behind
- Socialist Equality Party announces US presidential campaign
- Israel: Sharon refuses to resign in face of corruption allegations
- Australia: State Labor government tries to find scapegoats for train disaster
- Michael Moore enlists with General Clark: the pathetic—and predictable—logic of protest politics
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
2004-01-28
- Chief US inspector admits Iraq had no WMD stockpiles
- Australia: Camden Hospital nurse speaks out over inadequate healthcare
- Britain: Blair’s majority cut to five in vote on tuition fees
- Paris and Berlin consider military intervention in Iraq
- Letters from our readers
- Will Vice President Cheney be indicted—and will the US media report it?
- Britain: Asylum seekers protest persecution
- Academy Award nominations: the globalization of mediocrity
2004-01-29
- Blair’s 45-minute WMD claim refuted by Iraqi group that supplied the intelligence
- SEP public meeting to commemorate the 16th anniversary of the death of Keerthi Balasuriya
- A revealing saga: New Zealand Maori MP faces charges over misuse of funds
- India and Pakistan to pursue “composite dialogue”
- Britain: Hutton inquiry whitewashes Blair government over Iraq war
- Signs of more political instability in Fiji
- New Hampshire vote shows widespread antiwar, anti-Bush sentiment
2004-01-30
- Bush y el Estado de la Nación: amenazas, mentiras y engaños
- Oregon budget crisis leads to closure of three hospitals
- US military lawyer denounces Guantanamo Bay trials
- Workers Struggles: Europe, the Middle East & Africa
- Britain: More questions on Dr Kelly’s death as a confidante rejects suicide claim
- Institute of Medicine calls for universal health care in US
- Hutton Inquiry: British media warns of a whitewash too far
- Germany: New education standards—perfecting the system of social selection
- Letters on “Hutton inquiry whitewashes Blair government over Iraq war”
2004-01-31
- New York Times calls for exclusion of Kucinich and Sharpton from debates
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
- A warning to California grocery workers: Trumka, AFL-CIO preparing final act in betrayal
- BBC’s Gilligan resigns after condemning the Hutton Inquiry and Blair government
- Democrats cover up for Bush lies on Iraq WMD
- Catalan coalition seeks greater independence from Spain
- Rising death toll undermines the White House’s rosy picture of Afghanistan
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