Archive: May 2004
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.
20 April 2004
- Britain: Sacking of Mirror editor over Iraq abuse photos—a major attack on press freedom
- Colonel Gadhaffi’s long journey and the collapse of Arab nationalism—Part 2
- Letters on the murder of Nick Berg
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San Francisco International Film Festival 2004—Part 1
Outrage in the Middle East
1 May 2004
- Australian prime minister visits Baghdad amid US-led bloodbath
- Letters from our readers
- Right-wing US television group refuses to air names of war dead
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The war in Iraq and the 2004 elections
SEP speakers to address West Coast meetings - The consequences of eastward expansion of the European Union
- UK: Racial Equality chairman calls for compulsory teaching of “a core of Britishness”
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What the September 11 commission hearings revealed
Part four: A deliberate stand-down against airplane hijackings - Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
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Socialist Equality Party presidential candidate
“Bush and the Democrats are responsible for torture in Iraq”
3 May 2004
- British Columbia: State assault on hospital workers provokes mass walkouts
- France: May Day demonstrators protest attacks on social programs
- High school student grilled by US Secret Service over artwork
- Human rights violations in Chechnya and Ingushetia
- Private military companies in Iraq: profiting from colonialism
- Rwanda—10 years since the genocide
- Sri Lankan provincial election reveals widespread political disaffection
- US media alibis for torture in Iraq
4 May 2004
- Australia’s first “terrorist” charges: timed for Howard’s election campaign
- Dismantling California’s public services: Budget crises hit state, county and city governments
- España intenta calmar a Estados Unidos por Irak
- France: ruling parties in crisis as Chirac and Sarkozy spar
- Marines pull back from Fallujah: a debacle for American imperialism
- Poland: demonstrations on eve of EU entry
- Sri Lankan president’s call for peace talks fuels tensions in government ranks
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Washington weighs terror’s impact on presidential vote
A warning to the American people - Workers Struggles: The Americas
5 May 2004
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6th Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema—Part 1
A possible experiment: to feel something more deeply for the world - China “overheating” spells trouble for world economy
- Egypt reintroduces food vouchers as poverty worsens
- Thai military launches bloody anti-terrorist crackdown in Muslim south
- The Economist prescribes “regime change” for Venezuela
- US: Outsourcing threatens one in six jobs in Silicon Valley
- Washington fields mercenary army in Iraq
- Washington’s hypocrisy over Iraq torture
6 May 2004
- Bush on Arabic-language television: old lies and glaring contradictions
- Greece: Athens hit by bomb blasts
- India: BJP responds to unfavorable polls by highlighting its Hindu supremacism
- Marek Belka is new Polish head of government
- Scientists identify a gene that may block HIV
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After Likud “no” vote
Sharon vows to continue West Bank land grab - TJ Hickey and the plight of young Aboriginal Australians
- US faces ongoing Shiite uprising in southern Iraq
7 May 2004
- Behind the demands for Rumsfeld to resign: White House prepares a fallback position to continue Iraq atrocities
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Britain: Sharp rise in arson attacks on schools
Symptom of widespread youth poverty and alienation -
Corporate censorship in the US
Disney blocks release of Michael Moore documentary -
Buenos Aires 6th International Festival of Independent Cinema—Part 2
Documentary films: the French role in counter-insurgency, American radicalism in the 1970s and other matters -
Buenos Aires 6th International Festival of Independent Cinema
Interview with Sam Green, co-director of The Weather Underground -
Following closed door trial:
Karzai orders first state execution in Afghanistan - Private security company in Iraq suppressed labor struggles in US
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Indian election
The BJP’s “India Shining” campaign: myth and reality -
Thousands of Australian artists living in poverty
Don’t give up your day job by David Throsby & Virginia Hollister, Macquarie University
8 May 2004
- German SEP candidate in the European elections: “For full democratic and social rights for all refugees and immigrants”
- Letters from our readers
- Political standoff continues in Taiwan
- Soldiers report British torture of Iraqi civilians
- Spain pulls out Iraq troops ahead of schedule
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
- Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
10 May 2004
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This is a war ‘of terror’, not ‘on terror’
An interview on Australia’s “terrorist” arrests -
Des Warren: 1937—2004
The best of his generation - Fighting escalates in Iraq as US seeks to crush Shia rebellion
- Philippine election reveals widespread political alienation
- Rumsfeld testimony reveals: New photos will show “blatantly sadistic, cruel and inhuman” torture of Iraqi prisoners
11 May 2004
- A letter and reply on Kosovo
- Bush’s campaign visit to Ohio
- Georgian authorities wrest back control of Adjaria
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Germany: Two years since the Erfurt school shooting
Documentary details the tragic actions of Robert Steinhäuser - The rediscovered music of Erwin Schulhoff
- US forces attack in Baghdad, tensions build around Najaf
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
12 May 2004
- A desperate vote-buying budget in Australia
- Britain: Blair and Hoon plead ignorance of human rights abuses in Iraq
- British Columbia: Rank-and-file outrage at betrayal of hospital workers’ struggle
- Police strategy of “disruption”: New attack on civil liberties in Britain
- Sri Lankan police and army kill two plantation workers
- Sri Lankan police raid home of Tamil journalist
- US: Islamic webmaster on trial for “terror” conspiracy
- What the record shows: hypocrisy and lies over US torture of Iraqis
13 May 2004
- Australia-New Zealand colonial agenda dominates Pacific Islands Forum
- Australia: The Howard-Jones-Flint affair
- India: Stalinists to promote Congress power bid
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Buenos Aires 6th International Festival of Independent Cinema
Interview with Ana Poliak, director of Palapalos -
Buenos Aires 6th International Festival of Independent Cinema
Interview with Clark Lee Walker, director of Levelland - Iraq debacle creates crisis in Portugal
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Buenos Aires 6th International Festival of Independent Cinema—Part 3
Looking beyond one’s nose - US prison boom creates an Orwellian world
- Washington imposes punitive sanctions on Syria
14 May 2004
- Britain: Sunday Times details enormous gains for the super-rich
- France: Amiens meeting discusses SEP campaigns in Europe and US
- No to the European Union—Yes to the United Socialist States of Europe
- Political crisis in Nepal continues after prime minister resigns
- Red Cross report documents US torture of Iraqi prisoners
- The terrible and strange death of Nick Berg
- Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East and Africa
15 May 2004
- Blair pledges his continued loyalty to Bush on Iraq
- Declaración electoral del Partido Socialista por la Igualdad de Alemania: ¡Por los Estados Socialistas Unidos de Europa!
- Democrats agree to suppress photos of US torture in Iraq
- More evidence of Australian government’s failure to warn of Bali bombings
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Political earthquake in India
Hindu supremacist BJP falls from power -
Socialist Equality Party public meetings in Australia
The Iraq war and the international working class -
The politics of opportunism: the “radical left” in France
Part one: the LO-LCR electoral alliance - Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
17 May 2004
- Fighting intensifies around Shiite holy cities in Iraq
- Global recovery could be short lived
- Spain assumes leading role in Middle East diplomacy
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The politics of opportunism: the “radical left” in France
Part two: The LCR assembles the “anti-capitalist left” - United Nations Security Council ignores ethnic cleansing in Sudan’s Darfur region
18 May 2004
- Mitsubishi workers face layoffs and closures
- SEP election meetings in California
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The consequences of EU eastward expansion
Siemens of Germany shifts jobs and cuts wages -
As stock markets tumble
Sonia Gandhi prepares to become India’s prime minister - South Korean court overturns presidential impeachment
- US press accounts confirm: Rumsfeld, Bush approved Iraq torture policy
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
- World Bank chief admits United Nations development goals cannot be met
19 May 2004
- Australia: Public housing being “cannibalised”
- Colonel Gadhaffi’s long journey and the collapse of Arab nationalism—Part 1
- Continuing fears of a Chinese economic slowdown
- German foreign minister in Washington— cowardice personified
- Israel escalates war of terror in Gaza
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The politics of opportunism: the “radical left” in France
Part three: The Fifteenth World Congress of the Pabloite International - US occupation regime staggered by bomb blasts, uprisings
20 May 2004
- Attempts to restart Sri Lankan peace talks heighten political instability
- Bush’s legal propagandist defends the indefensible: torture in Afghanistan and Iraq
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Bush refuses to condemn deadly attack on unarmed youth
Israeli massacre of demonstrators in southern Gaza -
Sonia Gandhi declines India’s prime ministership
A craven capitulation to big business and the Hindu right
21 May 2004
- Australian government dismisses proof of torture in Iraq
- Father of Guantanamo Bay prisoner says son has been abused
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New US torture revelations
Former prisoners demand release of Guantanamo Bay videotapes -
La historia no miente
Los engaños y la hipocresía de Estados Unidos en cuanto a las torturas y humillaciones en Irak - US military strafes Iraqi wedding party, killing at least 40
- United Nations report highlights growing inequality in South Africa
- White House pushes ahead with plans for Iraqi puppet state
- Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
22 May 2004
- Canada’s Liberal government boosts military, courts Bush administration
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Ex-New York Mayor Giuliani booed at 9/11 hearing
Myth confronts reality - Georgia: Tensions increase between Abkhazia and Tbilisi
- Nader gets his meeting with Kerry
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The politics of opportunism: the “radical left” in France
Part four: the roots of Pabloism—a historical review - US seeks Pakistani military support for Afghan and Iraqi occupations
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
24 May 2004
- Australia: Unemployment rate driven down by the creation of low-paid jobs
- Britain: Father of Nick Berg supports march against Iraq occupation
- Iraqi city of Karbala left in ruins by US military
- Palestinian leader found guilty of murder after show trial
- US: SEP holds election meetings in Seattle and Portland
25 May 2004
- India’s new prime minister: a representative of corporate interests par excellence
- More “Washington whispers” about possible pre-election terrorist attack
- New Sri Lankan government immediately axes hundreds of jobs
- Spain: Socialist Party government attacks free speech
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The politics of opportunism: the “radical left” in France
Part five: the Pabloites and the Lula government - Workers Struggles: The Americas
26 May 2004
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Attac and German Trade Union Federation hold joint congress in Berlin
A “Perspectives Congress” without perspectives - Furore over torture in Iraq prompts new revelations of US abuse in Afghanistan
- Huge rise in prisoners serving life sentences in the US
- Pakistan and Zimbabwe: a tale of two autocrats
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The politics of opportunism: the “radical left” in France
Part six: the demoralised politics of Lutte Ouvrière - “People smuggler” trial raises new questions about Canberra’s role in refugee deaths
27 May 2004
- Australia: Critical lessons from the tramway sackings in Melbourne
- Bush’s prime-time speech highlights deepening crisis over Iraq
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San Francisco International Film Festival 2004—Part 2
For greater complexity, more uncovering - Letters from our readers
- More Pentagon lies about the bombing of an Iraqi wedding party
- The death of Portugal’s richest man: a lesson in how a revolution was betrayed
- Thieves fall out in Baghdad: behind the US raid on Ahmed Chalabi
28 May 2004
- Ashcroft, Mueller press conference: sowing panic to prepare a provocation
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German resident incarcerated in Guantanamo Bay for two-and-a-half years
The case of Murat Kurnaz -
Guantanamo prisoners “locked up in a world of shadows”
A discussion with the lawyer of Murat Kurnaz - New York City: Immigrant worker killed in construction collapse
- Spain: Zapatero continues Aznar’s anti-democratic measures in regions
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A blow to the Australian government’s lies:
Student charged with “terrorist” training released on bail - UN Security Council stalls vote on US Iraq resolution
29 May 2004
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A timeless portrait of the anti-colonial struggle in Algeria
The Battle of Algiers, directed by Gillo Pontecorvo - Canadian elections: campaign hype cannot mask popular disaffection
- New Indian ministry to continue right-wing policies
- Soldier beaten at Guantanamo in interrogation training
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
- Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
31 May 2004
- Does criticism lead to violence?-a comment on the Brandenburg intelligence service slander of the German SEP
- Japan’s political establishment rocked by pension scandal
- Letters from our readers
- Long-time CIA “asset” installed as interim Iraqi prime minister
4 June 2004
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