Archive: October 2006
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 October 2006
- Australian charities boycott “welfare to work” measures
- Canberra’s dirty tricks ahead of Solomon Islands no-confidence vote
- Hewlett-Packard spying scandal sheds new light on US corporate “ethics”
- Quebec indépendantistes maintain Conservatives in office
- The National Intelligence Estimate—a phony debate between two pro-war parties
- The political lessons of the split in the Scottish Socialist Party—Part 1
- US: Millions of Medicare beneficiaries to be left without drug coverage
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“We need to create some artistic space”
Vimukthi Jayasundara, Sri Lankan filmmaker, speaks with WSWS
3 October 2006
- Canada: RCMP chief “accepts” Arar commission findings, the better to reject them
- Human rights groups condemn US law on military commissions
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Toronto International Film Festival 2006—Part 4
Our tumultuous times - SEP demands right to participate in debates for US Senate candidates in New York
- Sri Lankan war refugees live in appalling conditions in southern India
- Thailand’s military junta tightens its hold on power
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SEP public meeting in Wellington
The New Zealand Labour government and the “war on terror” - The political lessons of the split in the Scottish Socialist Party-Part 2
- WSWS holds public meeting in Wellington, New Zealand
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
4 October 2006
- Britain: Observer claims threats by Washington prompted Heathrow terror raids
- Campaign against Muslims in Germany generates Mozart opera controversy
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SEP public meeting in Wellington
Causes and consequences of the “war on terror”
Part 1 - China sends more troops to Lebanon
- The Foley affair: A snapshot of the depraved state of American politics
- The multi-billion dollar demise of hedge fund Amaranth
- Why Hillary Clinton voted for the anti-immigrant wall
5 October 2006
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SEP public meeting in Wellington
Causes and consequences of the “war on terror”
Part 2 - Despite talk of peace, Sri Lankan military continues offensive
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Michigan SEP candidate responds to gubernatorial debate
Granholm, De Vos trade right-wing nostrums: No choice for working people in Michigan governors’ race - History of an early American uprising
- Hungary: Rightist parties seek to topple government following election
- Letters from our readers
- Maher Arar’s ordeal, the Harper government and the assault on democratic rights
- Por qué Hillary Clinton votó a favor de muralla anti-inmigrantes
- Will a coup in Iraq follow the US elections?
6 October 2006
- Behind Georgia’s spy scandal: Growing conflicts between Russia and the US
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SEP public meeting in Wellington
Causes and consequences of the “war on terror”
Part 3 - Illinois SEP candidate Joe Parnarauskis addresses retired state workers at candidates’ debate
- Montreal bridge collapse: A case of criminal neglect
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California SEP candidate denounces anti-immigrant law
No US-Mexico border fence! Defend immigrants’ rights! Unite North American workers! - Sale of New York City housing complex highlights social polarization
- US casualties soar as military intensifies violence in Baghdad
- Washington threatens North Korea over announced nuclear test
- Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
7 October 2006
- Britain: Jack Straw’s anti-Muslim provocation
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As Washington focuses on Foley scandal
Condoleezza Rice evades charges over 9/11 - Italy: Prodi government submits austerity budget
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Toronto International Film Festival 2006—Part 5
John Lennon vs. his celebrators -
At “World Can’t Wait” protest
Michigan SEP candidate exposes Democrats’ complicity with Bush - More letters demanding Sri Lankan authorities investigate murder of SEP supporter
- Parents of soldier who refused deployment to Iraq speak in California
- The death of crocodile hunter Steve Irwin and the promotion of an Australian mythology
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
9 October 2006
- Australian attorney-general insists sleep deprivation is not torture
- Australian government demands hand-over of Solomon Islands’ attorney-general
- Home foreclosures soar in US
- Sri Lankan Supreme Court overrules appeals to international human rights body
- US Marine reports widespread prisoner abuse at Guantánamo
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Toronto International Film Festival 2006—Part 6
Where death threatens to be more real than life
10 October 2006
- Anti-Putin journalist murdered in Moscow
- Australian coroner: Police killed Aboriginal prisoner on Palm Island
- Austria: Massive losses for the governing People’s Party
- Bush administration leads chorus of denunciations against North Korea’s nuclear test
- France: Immigrant squatters pressured into accepting dispersal
- Toxic mud spill continues to inundate Indonesian villages
- UK opposes release of British detainees at Guantánamo
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
- Workers strike Goodyear tire plants in US and Canada
11 October 2006
- A patchwork, but no bigger picture
- Australian Wheat Board “oil for food” inquiry ends with threats of terrorism charges
- Canada and the supposed struggle for democracy in Afghanistan
- Germany: Insolvency of former Siemens division threatens 3,000 jobs
- Provocative US attack on Shiite militia in Iraq
- SEP candidate Joe Parnarauskis addresses University of Illinois forum
- Sri Lankan defence authorities impose unofficial censorship
12 October 2006
- Behind the UN debate on North Korea: growing Great Power rivalry
- House repossessions soar amid record debt levels in Australia
- Kashmir earthquake survivors face another freezing winter without adequate shelter
- New study says US war has killed 655,000 Iraqis
- Play on Lorca staged in Madrid in face of right-wing protests
- Report documents the disastrous plight of Canada’s welfare recipients
- Solomon Islands’ government survives no-confidence vote
- US lecture series by David North: “War, Social Inequality and the Crisis of American Democracy”
- White House aide resigns in influence-peddling scandal
13 October 2006
- Australian state government speeds up dismissal procedures for teachers
- Austria: Massive losses for the governing People’s Party
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Statement by New York SEP candidate Bill Van Auken
Hillary Clinton’s immigration policy and the death of Daniel Basilio - North Korean nuclear test poses dilemmas for China
- Spain: Government seeks European clampdown on Canary Islands boat people
- Sri Lankan military offensive on the Jaffna peninsula pushed back
- Why is the American press silent on the report of 655,000 Iraqi deaths?
- Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
14 October 2006
- Behind the Foley scandal: A bitter struggle within the US ruling elite
- Britain’s liberal media lines up behind government’s anti-Muslim offensive
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Statement by SEP Illinois state Senate candidate
Electricity rate increase: a calculated assault on working class living standards - Head of British Army calls for Iraq withdrawal
- Michigan SEP candidate calls for emergency action to halt home foreclosures
- Mounting social crisis in Kurdish Iraq
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Following Senate elections
SPD and Left Party-PDS seek to continue Berlin coalition - Solomon Islands PM condemns Australian “re-colonisation”
- Thailand’s military junta installs its cabinet
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
16 October 2006
- Australian government steps up threats against PNG, Solomon Islands
- Britain: Court finds ITN journalist Terry Lloyd murdered by US forces
- Call for Amnesty International to demand inquiry into murder of Sri Lankan SEP supporter
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“A nine-figure fortune won’t get you much mention these days”
Forbes publishes list of 400 richest Americans - Letters from our readers
- NATO warns Pakistan’s Musharraf to end covert support for Taliban
- US pushes through UN resolution against North Korea
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Why is the New York Times silent on massive Iraq death toll?
A question for Bill Keller
17 October 2006
- Escalating political murders in the Philippines
- Marbella construction scandal exposes endemic criminality of Spanish capitalism
- Mexico: Government ultimatum against striking teachers
- Michigan budget crisis looms over gubernatorial election
- NLRB ruling could deprive millions of US workers of bargaining rights
- The Iraq Study Group: a bipartisan conspiracy against the American and Iraqi people
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The US Supreme Court minority in Hamdan: executive rule in the “state of exception”
Part 1 - Workers Struggles: The Americas
18 October 2006
- A sign of crisis: two major Sri Lankan parties to form a grand coalition
- Abe’s visit to Beijing: a tentative rapprochement with China
- Anti-Islam campaign in France: the background to the Redeker affair
- Bush signs Military Commissions Act authorizing police-state tribunals, torture
- Citing torture, lawyers for Jose Padilla argue case should be dismissed
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Message to US troops by SEP candidate for US Senate from New York
For an immediate end to the Iraq occupation, bring the troops home now! - French National Assembly makes denial of the Armenian genocide a punishable offence
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Gillo Pontecorvo, Italian director of The Battle of Algiers, dead at 86
A 2004 interview with the WSWS - Junta militar assume o governo na Tailândia
- Lynne Stewart sentenced to 28 months in prison in New York City “terror” case
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The US Supreme Court minority in Hamdan: executive rule in the “state of exception”
Part 2
19 October 2006
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A fresh look at Mozart—Part 1
Helmut Perl’s The Case of Mozart: Testimony about a Misunderstood Genius - Alleged Toronto terror plot included two police agents
- Britain: legislation on equality for gays blocked
- Five years since Australia’s SIEV X tragedy: the official cover-up continues
- Military conflict escalates in Sri Lanka after two major LTTE attacks
- Putin and the murder of Anna Politkovskaya
- SEP campaign reaches students in New York
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The US Supreme Court minority in Hamdan: executive rule in the “state of exception”
Part 3 - US military and Iraqi deaths soar amidst preparations for major offensive
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Vote “No” on Michigan Ballot Proposition 2!
Unite working people across ethnic, racial lines to defend jobs and education!
20 October 2006
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Debate over mass poverty in Germany
A devastating indictment of the former SPD-Green government -
A fresh look at Mozart—Part 2
Helmut Perl’s The Case of Mozart: Testimony about a Misunderstood Genius - Blair joins the attack on Britain’s Muslims
- Letters from our readers
- NATO continues slaughter of civilians in Afghanistan
- SEP candidate in California speaks at public forums
- Turkey: A new military intervention in the making
- WSWS interviews: Sri Lankan soldiers oppose return to war
- Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East and Africa
21 October 2006
- A socialist program to end the war in Sri Lanka
- Australian police raid office of Solomon Islands PM
- Britain: Thames Water sell-off means higher prices and job losses
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In response to intensifying class antagonisms
India’s Congress Party revives discredited “Garibi Hatao” slogan - India’s prime minister pledges to accelerate neo-liberal ”reform”
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Bill Keller at the University of Michigan
New York Times editor touts role of establishment press in “war on terror” - SEP candidate for US Senate wins support at Buffalo New York forum for disabled
- Statement of German SEP: Fight against job and welfare cuts requires an international socialist perspective
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Vancouver International Film Festival 2006-Part 1
What we see and what we do not yet see - Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
23 October 2006
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Peter Norman 1942-2006
Australian athlete supported American civil rights struggle - Belgium: Losses for ruling coalition as far right make gains
- Demands for Iraq “course change” grow louder in Washington
- North Korean nuclear test opens up political divisions in South Korea
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Vancouver International Film Festival 2006—Part 2
Not everything, but certainly something - SEP candidate in Michigan addresses public forums
- Strike by US and Canadian Goodyear workers in third week
- The case of Curt Weldon: Republican congressman targeted after criticizing 9/11 cover-up
24 October 2006
- Australian Education Minister declares SIEV X history resource is “political propaganda”
- Brother of Pat Tillman denounces Iraq War and Bush administration
- Canberra presses its agenda at Pacific Islands Forum
- Germany: Mass demonstrations against social and welfare cuts
- Israel used chemical weapons in Lebanon and Gaza
- New York Times “military analysis” foreshadows US bloodbath in Baghdad
- SEP candidate for US Senate from New York interviewed on ABC TV in Rochester
- Sri Lanka’s state-owned television censors drama series
- Toxic waste dumping in Ivory Coast
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
25 October 2006
- Australian Labor leader spells out pro-business agenda
- Baghdad press conference outlines plans for intensified US war
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Former British home secretary admits calling for bombing of Al-Jazeera
UK government suppresses evidence that Bush did the same - Germany: Court ruling on Berlin budget deepens social divisions
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Hungary 1956: A revolution against Stalinism
Part one -
New York’s Clinton-Spencer debates—a reactionary charade
Two candidates for war and repression - Rice returns empty-handed from North East Asia
- The Ground Truth: the cruel fate of Iraq war veterans
26 October 2006
- Active-duty US troops voice opposition to the Iraq war
- Australian government gets its way at Pacific leaders’ summit
- Australian government revives book banning
- Declaração do SEP alemão: luta contra cortes de empregos e de benefícios exige perspectiva socialista internacional
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Hungary 1956: A revolution against Stalinism
Part two -
Illinois SEP candidate Joe Parnarauskis participates in debates
Socialist program reaches wide audience - New York Times calls for more troops in Iraq
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Enquanto uma nova grande ofensiva é preparada
Soldados norte-americanos e de civis iraquianos continuam morrendo - Spain: new capitulation by the Socialist Party to the Catholic Church
- Sri Lankan police forced to begin inquiry into murder of SEP supporter
27 October 2006
- Australia’s new sedition laws and the case of Brian Cooper
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Bush under fire at press conference
Deepening crisis of US occupation regime in Iraq - Freedom of speech under continuing attack in Turkey
- Germany: Siemens-BenQ and the role of the unions
- Grisly photos expose real nature of Germany’s “peace mission” in Afghanistan
- India’s policy on Special Economic Zones under fire
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Protests demand Canadian troops out of Afghanistan
The political issues in the fight against war -
Vancouver International Film Festival 2006—Part 3
The passive voice - Workers Struggles: Europe and Africa
28 October 2006
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Two parties of war and reaction
Hillary Clinton, Dick Cheney champion torture on eve of election - Hungary: The controversy over the heritage of the 1956 Revolution
- Letters from our readers
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Public meeting to be held in Paris
The lessons of the struggle against the First Job Contract - Revealing what?
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From anti-war to a party of war
Rifondazione Comunista mobilizes for Italy’s military intervention in Lebanon - Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
30 October 2006
- Australia: Management ignored danger warnings at Beaconsfield gold mine
- Michigan SEP candidate addresses high school, college students
- Protests demand immediate withdrawal of Canadian troops from Afghanistan
- Russia moves toward military conflict with Georgia
- Spanish protests demand affordable housing
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SEP candidate for US Senate addresses Buffalo meeting
“Our campaign offers the only alternative to the profit system”
31 October 2006
- Mass abstention in Bulgaria’s presidential election
- Mexican government launches bloody assault on Oaxaca protesters
- Mill closures devastate Canada’s forest industry
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Amidst reports of US coup preparations in Iraq
Prime Minister Maliki vents grievances against Washington - Sri Lankan peace talks collapse amid intensifying civil war
- Tense takeover battle for Spain’s Endesa energy company
- The bitter price of militarism: US casualties mount in Iraq and Afghanistan
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
5 September 2008
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