Archive: June 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.
2 June 2008
- Australia: Victorian teachers’ union convenes delegates’ meetings to ram through industrial agreement
- Behind the falsification of US economic data
- Bomb blast in Sri Lanka targets rail commuters
- Britain: Demand the release of Hicham Yezza
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Decision on Michigan, Florida delegates
Democratic Party establishment lines up behind Obama - Fuel price protests spread across Europe
- Letters from our readers
- Unions work to close down Scandinavian healthcare strikes
3 June 2008
- After 19,000 take buyouts, GM to announce further US job cuts
- Australia: Victorian teachers’ union opposes mass meetings to discuss industrial agreement
- Britain: MPs concealing massive expenses claims
- German dairy farmers strike against low milk prices and high energy costs
- Growing condemnation of censorship of Australian artist Bill Henson
- Human rights group charges: US continues “renditions” and operates a floating gulag
- US offensive displaces thousands of civilians in Afghanistan
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
4 June 2008
- A turn toward history we need: Paris Commune at the Public Theater in New York
- Australian Prime Minister Rudd glorifies Vietnam War
- Britain: Demonstrators oppose deportation of refugee activist Amdani Juma
- Britain: Labour prepares ground for privatisation of postal service
- Former German foreign minister warns of Israeli strike against Iran
- General Motors to close four North American plants
- Taiwan’s new president makes immediate overtures to China
- US: Republicans prepare to play terror card in 2008 election
- “Las guerras del agua” de España: una pelea por recursos esenciales
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“Something in the Commune has an impact on culture as a whole”
An interview with J. Michael Friedman, co-writer of Paris Commune
5 June 2008
- Britain: Nineteen young suicides in South Wales
- Canada: Firing of foreign minister fails to stanch reactionary furor over security breach
- France: Sans papiers continue occupation of CGT union hall
- Hundreds of thousands displaced by severe Sri Lankan floods
- Letters from our readers
- More US, Israeli threats against Iran
- Obama clinches Democratic presidential nomination
- Second Georgia death row inmate executed since US Supreme Court lethal-injection ruling
- Sex and the City: A joyless affair for the most part
- Turkish tyre workers strike Bridgestone, Goodyear and Pirelli
- US Fed chairman signals shift to anti-inflation policy
6 June 2008
- Australia: Rudd rewrites history as he announces “withdrawal” from Iraq
- Before the Rains: Hazarding the deeper waters of colonialism
- Canada: Business press advises auto union leaders on containing rank-and-file anger
- Chicago youth violence: An indictment of the US Democratic Party
- German rail union in crisis
- Police powers increased by new London mayor
- Record numbers using food stamps in Ohio, Michigan
- Sri Lanka: Second bomb blast in Colombo in nine days
- US rushes military show trial for alleged 9/11 conspirators
- Washington demands permanent bases to repress Iraqis, launch new Middle East wars
- Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
7 June 2008
- A reply to supporters of “humanitarian” intervention into Burma
- Bradford & Bingley: Britain’s banking crisis worsens
- CAW officials grandstand after GM plant closure announcement
- Largest US unemployment spike in 22 years
- Senate report on Bush war lies: Another cover-up of war crimes
- South Africa: Anti-immigrant violence subsides but leaves humanitarian crisis
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The world food crisis and the capitalist market
Part One - US Air Force purge: Growing tensions within a militarized state
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
9 June 2008
- Angry German farmers rally in Berlin
- Iraq war commander named head of Canada’s military
- Obama, Clinton and identity politics
- Singapore security forum points to US-China tensions
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The world food crisis and the capitalist market
Part Two - Turkey’s Constitutional Court re-imposes ban on Muslim headscarf at universities
- Two more bombs kill 25 civilians in Sri Lanka
- US: FEMA trailers caused at least 17,000 illnesses among Katrina survivors
- United Nations conference offers derisory level of aid for millions hit by food prices
10 June 2008
- A socialist program for Sri Lankan teachers’ wage struggle
- Bill Henson case dropped but Australia’s “moral guardians” demand harsher censorship laws
- France: LCR signals willingness to ally with Socialist Party
- German Social Democratic Party in crisis
- Letters from our readers
- Scottish university fees scrapped, but thousands of students to repay lump sum
- Sri Lankan farmers reject president’s boast of helping rural communities
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The world food crisis and the capitalist market
Part Three - Washington ordered destruction of Guantánamo interrogation records
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
11 June 2008
- A letter and response on the California Teachers Association
- At AIPAC, Obama outlines policy shift to defend US, Israeli interests
- Australia: Unions move to negotiate as Qantas rules out improved pay offer for engineers
- Britain: Campus meeting discusses arrest of Rizwaan Sabir and Hicham Yezza
- Canada: GM seeks discussions with CAW to end Oshawa “blockade”
- East Timor: Xanana Gusmao’s coalition government in crisis
- Financial speculation’s latest victims: US community college students
- Fuel protests sweep across Europe
- India: Fuel price hikes deepen political crisis of Congress Party-led government
- On “farewell tour” of Europe: Bush steps up threats against Iran
12 June 2008
- Australia: Growing dissatisfaction with Rudd Labor government
- Bush in Germany beats drum for war against Iran
- California court decision legalizing gay marriage touches off political uproar
- House Democrats kill resolution to impeach Bush
- Northern California jury holds TASER International responsible for man’s death
- South Korean government unravels in the face of mass political protests
- US air strike on Pakistani military post kills 11 soldiers
- US: New bank losses shake financial markets
- US: Texas resumes executions following nine-month pause
- Vote “No” in the Irish EU referendum
13 June 2008
- Britain: Labour government pushes through bill on 42-day detention without trial
- China drains “quake lake”, but dangers remain
- Indiana Jones and the search for entertainment
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Media Reform conference in Minneapolis: Criticism of the media, but a movement still in the orbit of the Democratic Party
Part one - Obama campaign aide controversies underscore big business control of Democratic Party
- Sri Lankan government closes public schools to break up teachers’ protest
- Switzerland: Defeat for right wing on immigation referendum
- The European Union’s Return Directive strengthens “Fortress Europe” against immigrants
- Two truck drivers killed as European and Asian fuel protests spread
- US Supreme Court upholds habeas corpus for Guantánamo Bay prisoners
- US continues to defend air strike on Pakistani military post
- US “confident” of Iraq bases agreement despite opposition
- Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
14 June 2008
- A concert in Atlanta: Behzad Ranjbaran’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
- Another grim milestone of UK fatalities in Afghanistan
- Antonin Scalia and police-state rule
- Australia: NSW Labor government unveils performance pay regime for teachers
- British resident could face death penalty in Guantánamo trial
- Canada: Thousands march against Oshawa plant closure
- German government increases police spying powers
- India: Hindu supremacist BJP forms government in Karnataka
- Indonesia quits OPEC after fuel price hikes
- Kucinich, the Democrats and the impeachment of Bush
- Letters from our readers
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Media Reform conference in Minneapolis: Criticism of the media, but a movement still in the orbit of the Democratic Party
Part two - Six workers killed in construction of Las Vegas “CityCemetery”
- South Korean government besieged by demonstrations and strikes
- US: Heavy flood damage as rivers rise in upper Midwest
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
15 June 2008
- Social crisis in Detroit: "A half-million meals a year"
- Social crisis in Detroit: "I'm 67, and it's impossible"
- Social crisis in Detroit: "I've got to use a bicycle to get around"
- Social crisis in Detroit: "Some weeks we have less meals"
- Social crisis in Detroit: "We don't take that Sunday drive"
16 June 2008
- Afghanistan: Mass prison break underscores crisis of US-backed regime
- Amidst mounting crisis, Pakistan’s new government slashes food and fuel subsidies
- European powers to continue with Lisbon Treaty despite Ireland “No” vote
- France: Unions collaborate with employers, government to deregulate working hours
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Kids Count report
Living conditions worsen for US children - Sri Lanka loses vote to retain seat on UN Human Rights Council
- Tim Russert and the decay of the American media
- Two letters and a reply on the teachers’ dispute in Victoria, Australia
- US: Prices and home foreclosures surge in May
17 June 2008
- Afghan president threatens Pakistan: Warnings of a wider war
- Australia: An eyewitness account of a Victorian teachers’ union ratification meeting
- Australia: Unions refuse to fight GM’s latest plant closure
- Britain: Brown assures Bush more troops for Afghanistan, no Iraq withdrawal
- Britain: Conservative MP forces by-election to challenge Labour’s anti-terror legislation
- France: Break with the trade union collaborators of Sarkozy! Build an independent socialist movement of the working class!
- Germany: A political balance sheet of the Berlin transport strike
- Letters from our readers
- Rising prices hit Malaysia
- Standard Operating Procedure: Images from a neo-colonial war
- US: CEO pay sets new record as economy tanks
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
18 June 2008
- Britain: Scottish National Party steps up independence rhetoric
- Canada: CAW bureaucracy ends protest at GM headquarters
- Detainee torture: Further proof of US government criminality
- Fighting erupts over Eritrean armed incursion into Djibouti
- Government price hikes and war cause devastating inflation in Sri Lanka
- Iraq: New offensive targets Sadrist movement in Amarah
- Letters on Tim Russert
- McCain and Vietnam: Revising history to pave the way for new wars
- Report to United Nations indicts Britain for mistreating children
- Social crisis in Detroit: Food banks struggle to meet need
- US: Officials warn of more levee breaks as Midwest flooding spreads
19 June 2008
- Aboriginal people denounce Northern Territory intervention
- Australia: Labor strikes deal with Liberals to push through NSW power privatisation
- Letter on Canadian prime minister’s “apology” to Aboriginal peoples
- New York City spends $2 billion on stadiums while slashing public funds
- New York Times covers up for “confused” US military torturers
- Philippines: Spiralling rice prices bring hunger to millions
- Polish workers oppose government plan to restrict right to strike
- Populism and plutocracy: Obama speaks to the Wall Street Journal
- Zimbabwe: Mugabe government halts food aid
20 June 2008
- Australia: Why Victorian teachers should vote “no” to the AEU-Labor government agreement
- Big oil cashes in on Iraq slaughter
- Britain: Shell tanker drivers’ strike foreshadows summer of discontent
- Bush calls for more handouts to energy companies
- Israeli attack on Iran: “not a matter of if, but when”
- More talk of war as Iran delays response to demand it end uranium enrichment
- Obama speaks in Detroit: rhetoric versus reality
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Social crisis in Detroit: An investigative report
Part 1: The spiraling cost of food - Spain: The Popular Party begins to fracture
- Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
21 June 2008
- Britain: Labour refuses to answer Davis’s by-election challenge
- India’s government plots break with Left Front to implement Indo-US nuclear treaty
- LTTE front group claims responsibility for Sri Lankan bombings
- Letters from our readers
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Northern Territory intervention: an on-the-spot report
Rudd Labor deepens Howard’s assault on Aboriginal communities
Part 1 -
Social crisis in Detroit: An investigative report
Part 2: The impact of gas prices - Strike by Turkish tyre workers ends with real wage losses
- Tim Russert honored: A “state funeral” for services rendered
- US: Democratic Congress approves war funding, legalizes domestic spying
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
23 June 2008
- Britain: SEP to stand in Haltemprice and Howden by-election
- Einstein letter sold for record sum—Part 1
- Flooding in US Midwest: A disaster created by capitalism
- Obama backs House Democrats’ cave-in on Bush spying bill
- Random killing in Tokyo points to deepening social crisis in Japan
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Social crisis in Detroit—An investigative report
Part 3: Collapse of an American city - Swedish government adopts invasive wire-tapping measures
- West Australian gas explosion cuts state’s energy supplies and throws thousands out of work
24 June 2008
- Australian government releases National Employment Standards—a “win for employers”
- Einstein letter sold for record sum—Part 2
- France: Low turnout for pension rights protest
- German state of Hesse abolishes student fees
- Growing instability in Sudan and Chad
- Letters from our readers
- Northern Territory intervention: Comments from an Aboriginal town camp
- Report: Iraq social and refugee crisis is worsening
- Social satirist George Carlin dead at 71
- South Korean government tries to stem protests against US beef imports
- US: Bear Stearns hedge fund managers indicted
- War threats against Iran overshadow US elections
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
25 June 2008
- Australia: Protestors denounce Labor’s Northern Territory intervention
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Britain: Socialist Equality Party stands in by-election forced by David Davis
Vote Chris Talbot in Haltemprice and Howden - Demonstration in Warsaw to defend the right to strike
- Germany: Students protest planned education cuts
- McCain adviser suggests that Republican campaign would benefit from another 9/11 attack
- More than 700 feared dead in Philippine ferry disaster
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Teachers dispute in Victoria, Australia
Socialist Equality Party replies to Mary Bluett, AEU state president - US housing figures and other data: A picture of rapidly growing social misery
- Wall Street sheds jobs amid talk of bank failures
- Young@Heart: Not going gentle ...
- Northern Territory intervention: Life for Aborigines in Tenant Creek
26 June 2008
- Britain: SEP candidate officially registered for Haltemprice and Howden by-election
- Darwin resident explains impact of Northern Territory intervention
- EU parliament agrees to strengthening of Fortress Europe
- French President Sarkozy visits Israel to broker regional realignment
- Obama attacks US Supreme Court decision barring death penalty for child rape
- Trumbo and the Hollywood blacklist
- US scientist calls for prosecution of energy company CEOs for global warming disinformation
- US/NATO crisis in Afghanistan generates greater pressure on Pakistan
- US: Workplace shooting leaves six dead in Henderson, Kentucky
- Washington’s new alibi for a criminal war: the “surge has worked”
- Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai pulls out of election as Britain and US seek regime change
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Northern Territory intervention
“Unintended consequences” or deliberate destruction?
Part 2
27 June 2008
- 800,000 take strike action in the Czech Republic
- As GM layoffs mount, more nationalist poison from Canadian auto workers union
- Australian call for “Asia-Pacific Community”: A sign of growing tensions
- Britain: Cameron and David Davis come out in support of strike breaking
- Bush administration stacked Justice Department with right-wingers
- Letters from our readers
- US Fed caught in global turbulence
- US Supreme Court rejects “Millionaire’s Amendment” to campaign finance law
- US stocks plunge, job cuts spread
- Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
28 June 2008
- Australia: Once again unions call off Qantas stoppages
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Britain: SEP campaign in Haltemprice and Howden by-election
Chris Talbot explains why he is standing - European press leaks US military reports on nuclear weapons safety
- France: Immigrant retention centre burnt down following death of inmate
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German Social Democrats in free-fall
Right-wing seeks to topple party chairman - Iceland’s economic turmoil threatens instability throughout Scandinavia
- More signs of Israeli-US preparations for attacking Iran
- North Korea makes initial nuclear disarmament gestures
- The reactionary politics of the Supreme Court’s “gun rights” decision
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
- You can’t go home again: George Romero’s Diary of the Dead
30 June 2008
- As war clouds gather: Democrats back covert US attacks on Iran
- Australia’s “Iguanagate”: the politics of scandal
- Britain: SEP campaign in Cottingham and Beverley
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Haltemprice and Howden by-election
Britain: Tony Benn defends his decision to back David Davis - Fed minutes show extent of Bear Stearns crisis
- France: How the unions broke an offensive of the working class
- RAMSI immunity challenged after death of Solomon Islander in car accident
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The need for socialist politics in the film and television industry
Screen Actors Guild negotiations continue in secret on eve of contract expiration
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