Archive: June 2003
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.
2 June 2003
- Greek lawyers to sue Blair for war crimes
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The theory of “self-organization”
Interview with Luis Zamora of Argentina’s Autonomy and Freedom movement - SARS outbreak deepens economic decline in South East Asia
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In wake of US reprimand
Threat of military coup grows in Turkey -
Violent crackdown on protests marks G8 summit
Hundreds arrested at French-Swiss border - Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
3 June 2003
- Australia: Staff expose inhuman conditions at Woomera Detention Centre
- Bechtel advises subcontractors seeking Iraqi deals
- Bush administration steps up war on environment
- G8 summit: a widening gap between reality and rhetoric
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German interior ministers demand speedy deportations
Refugees from Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo targetted - Otro crimen de guerra de los Estados Unidos: el uso de municiones de uranio empobrecido en Irak
- Russian mathematician announces proof of celebrated Poincaré Conjecture
- US: CEO pay continued upward spiral in 2002
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
4 June 2003
- France: Strikes, mass demonstrations to oppose attacks on pensions
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G8 summit protesters denounce US occupation of Iraq
On-the-spot report from Thônex-Vallard - Hormone replacement therapy: Study reveals increased dementia risk
- Indonesia targets civilians in its military offensive in Aceh
- Photos indicate torture and sexual abuse by British troops in Iraq
- The case of Eric Rudolph: Right-wing terrorism and the Bush administration
- Two police killings underscore class tensions in New York City
- US prepares for military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay
- US-Europe tensions grow as Washington talks down the dollar
5 June 2003
- Australian prime minister an enthusiastic promoter of the WMD fraud
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Filmmaking and American social life
Blue Car, written and directed by Karen Moncrieff - More job losses at Swedish telecom giant Ericsson
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Tens of thousands march in Lima
Peruvian workers defy state of emergency - Strike at Sydney metal company enters 12th week
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A presidential visit to Auschwitz
The Holocaust and the Bush family fortune - US raid on Palestinian embassy in Baghdad: an act of political gangsterism
6 June 2003
- G8 summit gives go ahead for US offensive against Iran and North Korea
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Friedman: We did it “because we could”
New York Times covers up for lies on Iraq war - Newspaper ban exposes growing conflict in Tongan ruling circles
- Philippine military implicated in brutal murder of human rights activists
- WSWS/SEP meeting in Berlin: “The strength of the US government has been grossly exaggerated in Europe”
- Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
7 June 2003
- Australia: Why Mr Rivkin has gone to jail
- Britain: Blair defeats motion for inquiry into Iraqi WMDs
- G8 dismiss the African catastrophe
- Letters to the WSWS
- Split verdict in Detroit terror trial exposes government frame-up
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
9 June 2003
- Berlin meeting on Iraq war: “A turning point in international politics”
- Britain: Workers sacked by text message
- Heat wave kills more than 1,200 in south India
- Letters to the WSWS
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US attorney general defends civil liberties abuses
Ashcroft dismisses report on post-911 dragnet
10 June 2003
- Budget deadline looms for California
- El estupro de Irak
- Entrevista con Luis Zamora dirigente del movimiento Autonomía y Libertad de Argentina
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Release of Living History
Hillary Clinton “tell-all” book leaves “right-wing conspiracy” in the shadows - Martha Stewart: the indictment of an American icon
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Wage-cutting deal at New Castle Machining and Forge
Pay cut for auto workers means payoff for UAW - Spain’s governing Peoples Party loses support in close vote
- Toronto: New SARS outbreak provokes nurses’ protest
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
11 June 2003
- Australia: Higher education reform package advances “user-pays” agenda
- Britain: Protest by steelworkers highlights pensions crisis
- Bush administration ratchets up pressure on Ottawa
- Opposition to US Middle East “Road Map” escalates
- US: 13,000 Arab and Muslim men face deportation
- World economy sliding towards deflation and recession
12 June 2003
- Berlin population to pay for bank bailout
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Crisis over missing Iraqi WMDs
Britain: Blair, advisor boycott parliamentary inquiry - Danish government challenged over missing Iraqi WMDs
- Iraqi “bioweapons” trailers: another “smoking gun” goes up in smoke
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Two films about Latin America: distortion and reaction
Assassination Tango and The Dancer Upstairs -
US mortgage financier in derivatives trouble
What is going on at Freddie Mac?
13 June 2003
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Beyond the roots of American popular music
Examining the legacy of Alan Lomax - France: Millions join one-day strike against pension cuts
- Indonesian prosecutors attempt to link Muslim cleric to terror network
- Northern Ireland: “Dirty war” probe provokes conflicts
- Sean Penn’s Times statement: patriotism and the struggle against US militarism
- US launches major military offensive in “liberated” Iraq
- Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
14 June 2003
- Australian Labor mired in leadership turmoil
- BBC and Guardian cover up US role in Iraq looting
- England’s schools in funding crisis
- French protesters speak out on pension cuts
- The death of Jürgen Möllemann and the decay of German politics
- US suffers Latin American rebuke at OAS meeting
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
16 June 2003
- Argentina’s Kirchner: caught between the IMF and social unrest
- Australian government bans Sydney Film Festival movie
- Hundreds of jobs cut in Belfast
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Investigating the foundations of equality
God, Locke and Equality by Jeremy Waldron - Papua New Guinea liquidity crisis sees new calls for Australian intervention
17 June 2003
- Australian government resumes push for detention without trial
- European Union plans drastic restraints on right to asylum
- Failed coup attempt in Mauritania
- London public meeting of the World Socialist Web Site and Socialist Equality Party
- Tokyo aid conference fails to restart Sri Lankan peace process
- Unexploded cluster bombs blanket Iraqi cities
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
18 June 2003
- Arrest of Portugal’s elite in paedophile scandal
- Attac holds G8 counter-summit in Geneva
- Australia: Lack of monitoring highlights health dangers at Alcoa plants
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Thirty years down the road
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at Manchester, England - US marines sent to Liberia
- Washington’s war of terror in Iraq
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WSWS interviews local residents
“Kwinana is the cancer capital of Western Australia”
19 June 2003
- 50 years since the execution of the Rosenbergs
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Four German soldiers killed in Kabul attack
Victims of Social Democratic/Green government policies - One-third of US children born in 2000 at risk for diabetes
- Rioting in Michigan town exposes social tensions
- Sharon blows up the “Road Map”
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US authorities investigating but
Still no answers on Freddie Mac crisis - Why the LTTE has targetted SEP members in northern Sri Lanka
20 June 2003
- American troops shoot down two Iraqi protesters
- EU expansion worsens Portugal’s economic crisis
- England: Wedgwood cuts 1,000 jobs, as unemployment rises
- Massive police presence in Michigan town
- New reports on criminality at WorldCom
- Thousands protest against Iranian government
- US prepares military blockade against North Korea
- Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
21 June 2003
- Canada: State vendetta against anti-poverty activist to continue
- Communist Refoundation: Italian Stalinism’s new “experiment” with electoral opportunism
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Ten years since the Mack Avenue fire
Housing crisis deepens in Detroit - New Zealand military to join occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan
- Terrorism and the origins of Israel—Part 1
- Three hundred years of Petersburg—festival’s facades hide destitution
- Weapons of mass destruction in Iraq: Bush’s “big lie” and the crisis of American imperialism
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
23 June 2003
- Another day of action in France
- Letters to the WSWS
- Sydney Opera House architect wins major international award
- Terrorism and the origins of Israel—Part 2
- US appeals court approves secret roundup of immigrants
- US proconsul cancels municipal election in Iraq
24 June 2003
- Ben Jonson’s Volpone: black comedy from the dawn of the modern era
- California budget targets health care
- Indonesian military intensifies operations in Aceh
- Iraq and Al Qaeda: another lie unravels
- Software giant Oracle bids for right to destroy jobs
- Spain extends military presence in Iraq
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
25 June 2003
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In the aftermath of Iraq
Australian government prepares intervention in Solomon Islands -
Secret arrests and detentions
Bush invokes “enemy combatant” rule against defendants -
WSWS interview:
Father protests indefinite detention of son at Guantanamo Bay - German Green Party backs cuts in social programs
- Israel: Privatisation drive follows government’s austerity plan
- Jordan: Elections provide a fig leaf for unpopular regime
- US Supreme Court upholds affirmative action
- US: New coal dust standards mean increased black lung for miners
26 June 2003
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Austrian government imposes cuts in pensions
Right-wing regime ignores mass protests - Bush administration targets Iran for US aggression
- Chris Marsden addresses London meeting: “A turning point for class relations in Europe”
- Fijian Vice President faces trial on coup charges
- Letters to the WSWS
- Spain: Post-election horse-trading exposes rampant corruption
- WSWS/SEP London meeting: “The working class needs its own international strategy”
27 June 2003
- American military morale shaken by Iraq quagmire
- Australia: Opposition parties head off genuine probe into the government’s WMD lies
- Britain: Why Blair has delayed again on the euro
- Burmese junta refuses to release opposition leaders
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European Union sends troops to Congo
First independent EU military mission -
New York Times reporter Judith Miller accused of “hijacking” military unit in Iraq
More on the “newspaper of record” and WMD lies - Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
28 June 2003
- France: Court dismisses charges in tainted blood scandal
- Ireland: Ulster Unionist Party could split
- New formula to further cut financial aid for US college students
- Quebec: Liberal budget initiates new anti-working class offensive
- Rising popular anger behind attack on British troops in southern Iraq
- What is the US military doing on the Iraq-Syria border?
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
30 June 2003
- Bush packs US federal courts with right-wing ideologues
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El imperialismo en Iraq: lecciones del pasado
Primera Parte - Letters to the WSWS
- SARS reveals public health breakdown in Taiwan
- The politics of US Medicare “reform”: cynicism, cowardice and social reaction
- Washington presses India to send troops to Iraq
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