Archive: November 1998
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 November 1998
3 November 1998
- The serious artist and the Cold War
- At least 7,000 killed by Central American hurricane
- New Zealand government introduces drastic austerity measures
- On the agricultural crisis
- Spain builds steel wall to keep out immigrants
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A few days in Surabaya:
The rich and poor of Indonesia
4 November 1998
- Air safety dispute in Australia highlights growing dangers to passengers
- Doubts already surfacing on G7 plan for world financial crisis
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Canada:
Report documents staggering growth in social inequality - Riot police surround Anwar's trial in Malaysia
- Scientific controversies and a touch of mysticism
- US Election Notes:
- What is behind the alarming increase in Ritalin use among US children?
5 November 1998
- A letter on Ritalin use among US children
- Anger mounts over relief delays from Hurricane Mitch
- Australia: new union agreement facilitates job cuts in steel industry
- High Court ruling on Pinochet challenged in the House of Lords
- Mercenary scandal continues to plague Papua New Guinea government
- Meszaros and "Beyond Capital"
- Socialist Workers Party (US) denounces Pinochet arrest
- The BSE crisis - British officials fall out over the "Beef is Safe" campaign
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Obituary: Ted Hughes (1930-1998)
The passing of a 20th century poet -
Growing disaffection with the two-party system
US elections deal rebuff to Republicans and impeachment drive -
Castro and Chile
Why Fidel opposes Pinochet's arrest
6 November 1998
- ABC-TV workers locked out in US
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission report
ANC paves the way for a travesty of justice - Global corporate leaders to advise Hong Kong and China
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Not up to the task
Life is Beautiful (La vita è bella), directed by Roberto Benigni, screenplay by Benigni and Vincenzo Cerami - Relatives of Pinochet's victims speak to the World Socialist Web Site
- The human toll of legal aid cuts in Australia
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From environmental radical to imperialist politician
The new German foreign minister: the Greens' Joseph Fischer -
Violence and brutality in the prison system
Part 3 in a series of articles on Amnesty International report on human rights abuses in the US
7 November 1998
- In the US: Levi Strauss, Mitsubishi, USX announce big job cuts
- House of Lords hears case for Pinochet's extradition
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The resurgence of a killer disease
Millions die each year of malaria -
Charges brought against former Green Beret
More connections between US agents and embassy bombings - Some interesting films on US television, November 7-13
- The political issues raised by the Detroit Living Wage Ordinance
- US election notes:
- Workers struggles around the world
10 November 1998
- Australia: Labor governments push debate about naming juveniles facing criminal charges
- Malaysia: Anwar's trial backfires on Mahathir
- Reply to the discussion on form and content in music
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Quebec elections
Separatist PQ and federalist Liberals vie for big business's blessing - US moves towards air attack on Iraq
11 November 1998
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A pale reflection
Pleasantville, written and directed by Gary Ross - Australian union profits from job destruction
- Extradition of Pinochet could destabilise Chile, House of Lords warned
- Gas inquiry designed to obscure Victoria's disaster
- Israeli students mobilise against the ever-higher cost of education
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Labor government boosts police powers
Sydney shooting sparks witchhunt against youth -
Chiquita, Dole lay off 15,000 banana workers
Legacy of economic oppression exacerbates impact of Central American hurricane -
The US elections and the fall of Newt Gingrich
The political significance of the Republican debacle -
Wisconsin voucher system withstands legal challenge
US Supreme Court permits state subsidy to religious schools
12 November 1998
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Asylum-seekers treated like criminals
Part 4 in a series of articles on Amnesty International's report on human rights abuses in the US - Australian union to impose Telstra's cuts
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General secretary of the Association of the Relatives of the Arrested & Disappeared in Chile:
"The principle of justice and human rights has to be rescued" -
Surrounded by armed troops and police
Indonesian assembly discusses national elections - Markets up, but financial crisis far from over
- On US elections, Indonesia and Iraq
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The absence of a moral compass in contemporary China
Xiao Wu, a film by Jia Zhang Ke at the London Film Festival
13 November 1998
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US threatens sanctions against Europe and steel exporters
International trade tensions grow - Former US Ambassador to Chile tells Britain's Observer newspaper of American plots against Allende
- Jobs and safety sacrificed in global airline industry
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Pinochet's counsel argues that British law would protect Hitler
Appeal to House of Lords concludes - Reporter disciplined under pressure from Canadian Prime Minister's Office - Exposed Chretien government's role in suppression of APEC protests
- Some responses to the SEP's election campaign in Australia
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Todd Haynes' Velvet Goldmine, or, Some of the limits artists still accept
Velvet Goldmine, directed by Todd Haynes, written by Haynes and James Lyons
14 November 1998
- An exchange on Anwar's trial in Malaysia
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As House Judiciary Committee begins hearings on Clinton
Both parties in crisis over impeachment inquiry - British government proposes unprecedented state interference in family relations
- Growing danger from Cryptosporidium poisoning in water
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The real face of the Habibie regime
Indonesian security forces kill students in Jakarta clashes -
US threatens sanctions against Europe and steel exporters
International trade tensions grow -
Full-time jobs disappear in Australia
Jobless figures mask shift to part-time and casual work - Some interesting films on US television, November 14-20
- US: More job cuts, falling business and consumer confidence
- Workers struggles around the world: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
16 November 1998
17 November 1998
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75 years of the Turkish Republic
A balance sheet of Kemalism - A wave of sackings in New Zealand
- ABC-TV workers in US locked out for two weeks
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Making "gritty, working class comedy" by the numbers
Among Giants
A film by Sam Miller at the London Film Festival - An answer to Pinochet's defenders
- Mexican banking crisis paralyzes government
- Protests continue despite military crackdown in Indonesia
- Twelve year old awaiting murder trial as an adult - Nathaniel Abraham to receive psychological counseling after year's delay
- Workers Struggles Around the World: The Americas
18 November 1998
- Bitter conflicts erupt at APEC summit
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Pinochet's role in the disappearance of William Beausire
An interview with Juana Francisca Beausire - Anti-Mahathir protests greet APEC leaders in Malaysia
- Correspondence on WSWS coverage of Pinochet's arrest
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Stokely Carmichael dead at 57
From student rebel to apologist for the African bourgeoisie -
How do you explain this?
The Siege, directed by Edward Zwick, written by Lawrence Wright, Menno Meyjes and Zwick - Immigrant workers rounded up in Detroit INS raids
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In defiance of Essential Services Council and union "truce"
Quebec teachers to stage one-day strike - The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal - Political prisoner denied new trial after 16 years on death row
- Washington presses ahead with war plans against Iraq
19 November 1998
- An exchange of letters on affirmative action
- Australian Labor leaders knew of Timor massacre coverup
- On US war threats against Iraq
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On eve of impeachment hearing
Republicans mount cover-up for Starr -
The death penalty in the US: a rising toll of state executions
Part 5 in a series of articles on Amnesty International's report on human rights abuses in the US - UK job losses spread
- Workers struggles around the world: Europe, the Middle East and Africa
20 November 1998
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French court frees ex-MI5 whistle-blower
British extradition request refused -
Massacre in West Papua
A first-hand account - Savage spending cuts in Papua New Guinea budget
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Stories from the reservation
Smoke Signals: A film by Chris Eyre at the London Film Festival - Tea plantation workers face frame up in Sri Lanka
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The Sun's anti-gay attacks on the British Labour government
A temporary fall-out between friends - US: 90,000 job cuts in October
21 November 1998
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Double Happiness is a Warm Gun: Twenty paintings by Guo Jian
A biting critique of China in the 1990s -
1,600 children maimed every year in Australia
Child labour--a growth industry of the 1990s - Concern grows over genetically modified food
- Furor over food price increases rocks Indian government
- Some interesting films on US television, November 21-27
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On-the-spot report from Israel
Students strike enters fifth week - UN urges Britain to prosecute Pinochet
- Workers Struggles: Australia, Asia and Pacific
24 November 1998
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A review of recent east European cinema
Film festival in Cottbus, Germany—November 11-15 - The Mirror to play in New York City
- Pinochet's detention deepens Chilean political crisis
- Rail workers strike throughout Europe against deregulation
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The US impeachment hearing
Testimony exposes elements of a political conspiracy - The House Judiciary Committee: a portrait of the American political establishment
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The US impeachment hearing
What a socialist would have said - Workers struggles around the world: The Americas
25 November 1998
- Clinton threatens Japan with trade backlash
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Too often a parade of oddity
Buttoners, a film by Petr Zelenka at the London Film Festival - New York City municipal unions rigged contract vote
- Recent correspondence from WSWS readers
- Religious rioting leaves 14 dead in Jakarta
26 November 1998
- “Not to banalise, not to rewrite, but to keep the discussion going”: Radu Mihaileanu’s Train of Life
- House of Lords upholds Pinochet's extradition
- Political storm over Australian Labor's coverup of Dili massacre
- Quebec election notes
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"A gale of creative destruction"
What Anwar Ibrahim means by "reformasi" in Malaysia - Workers Struggles: Europe, Russia, the Middle East and Africa
27 November 1998
- Britain: Queen's speech announces plan to end voting rights for hereditary peers
- New York welfare policy claims an infant's life
- New Zealand Labour Party reassures big business
- Students arrested in Wisconsin: why the desperation among young people in the US?
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Book review
T. H. Huxley and the rise of modern science -
Vadim Rogovin and the significance of his historical work
Memorial meetings to be held in Berlin and London - Vietnam announces plan to export one million workers
28 November 1998
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Eye-witness account of West Papua massacre
"People were shot, bleeding and lying on the ground"
Part 1 - An unstable new coalition in Japan
- Export-ban on British beef to Europe lifted
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How can film art proceed?
Festen (Celebration), a film by Thomas Vinterberg, and the Dogme 95 event at the London Film Festival - Law Lords ruling on Pinochet reverberates around the world
- London Jubilee Line strike ends
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Quebec drug plan caused deaths
Bitter fruit of PQ "reform" - Some interesting films on US television, November 28-December 4
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Victim of Stalinism protests at threats
Professor Nathan Steinberger writes to the Student Union at Humboldt University, Berlin - Workers Struggles Around the World: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
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