Archive: April 2001
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 April 2001
- American jazz great John Lewis dead at 80
- Papua New Guinea mutiny ends but basic demands remain
- Britain: New report finds over five million live in absolute poverty
- SEP member in Sri Lanka victimised and sacked
- The shredding of the US "safety net": most laid off workers denied unemployment benefits
3 April 2001
- Election in Vienna: Haider's anti-Semitic agitation backfires
- Britain's Conservative Party exposes its racist underbelly
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
- Milosevic's arrest dictated by the US
- Pakistani junta arrests hundreds in crackdown on opposition parties
- Spy plane standoff heightens US-China tensions
4 April 2001
- Australian-British mining merger will lead to a new round of cost-cutting
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A journey through Africa's civilisations
Wonders of the African World by Henry Louis Gates Jnr., published by Alfred A. Knopf, 2001, ISBN: 0375709487 - Comair pilots strike against low wages at US regional airlines
- Britain: Prime Minister Blair abandons plans for May elections
- Stock market fall: More than a business cycle downturn
6 April 2001
4 April 2001
5 April 2001
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A symptom of deep social tensions
Bomb blasts kill 108 in industrial city in China - Readers respond to "Ralph Nader's political olive branch to Bush"
- Strikes continue throughout Israel
- Workers struggles: Europe & Africa
- Tens of thousands of Australian students affected by school closure plan
- US Supreme Court narrows right to counsel in criminal cases
- Zimbabwe economy in free-fall
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The political dead end of Labour Zionism
Part 1—The origins and class character of political Zionism
6 April 2001
- Bush ends American Bar Association pre-screening of judicial nominees
- British government rushes through legislation postponing elections until June 7
- Transatlantic relations enter an ice age
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Documentary exposes workplace, environmental poisoning
PBS TV's "Trade Secrets: A Moyers Report" -
The political dead end of Labour Zionism
Part 2— The convergence of the Labour Zionists and Revisionist Zionism
7 April 2001
- Negotiations stepped up in US spy plane confrontation with China
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The cost of the war in Sri Lanka
Tens of thousands of jobs to go under IMF-World Bank restructuring plans - Italy: Berlusconi fans an atmosphere of intimidation
- US unemployment rate rises in March as businesses slash nearly 8,000 jobs a day
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
- Swiss Company accused of poisoning workers in South Africa
- New Australian police powers overturn presumption of innocence
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The political dead end of Labour Zionism
Part 3—The June 1967 &"Six Day War"—A turning point in the evolution of Israel
9 April 2001
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Torture in the Algerian war (1954-62)
The Algerian war 1954-62 - Australian dollar plunge an expression of global tendencies
- Letters to the WSWS
- On the US spy plane standoff with China
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Background to the 2000 US election
Florida's legacy of voter disenfranchisement -
The "crimes" of the generation of '68
How the student movement tried to expose the Nazi past of the German judiciary
10 April 2001
- Britain: Labour government outlines the next stage in its assault on the arts
- What's behind Canadian Prime Minister Chretien's business scandal?
- Deepa Mehta calls off production of her film Water
- Japan's latest economic package merely a 'band-aid'
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
- European report condemns British racism and xenophobia
- Another Detroit shopper killed in confrontation with security guard
11 April 2001
- Open clashes between NATO and Croat separatists in Bosnia-Hercegovina
- Marconi to cut 3,000 jobs worldwide
- Mitsubishi workers in Australian plants face uncertain future
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Gangs, soldiers and politicians
Bomb blasts claim 11 lives at Sri Lankan concert - Internal Revenue report: fewer rich Americans are paying taxes
- Zapatistas' march on Mexico City ends in accommodation with President Fox
12 April 2001
- Indonesian president authorises military crackdown in Aceh
- California energy crisis deepened by bankruptcy filing of utility company
- WSWS replies to letters on US-China confrontation
- Letters to the WSWS
- Global growth forecast revised down
- Workers Struggles: Europe and Africa
13 April 2001
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13 April 2001
- Khan Younis raid escalates Israel's war against the Palestinians
- Britain: Law Commission recommends striking out double jeopardy rule
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State of emergency declared
Three nights of rioting follow police shooting in Cincinnati - Sri Lankan government prepares for peace talks with the LTTE
14 April 2001
- South African football stampede kills 43
- Britain: judge halts high profile trial of Leeds footballers
- German-Russian summit in St. Petersburg: big expectations, little achieved
- Leadership battle in Japan provokes debate over economic policy
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
15 April 2001
16 April 2001
- The Maxwell report: a revealing picture of life in the City of London
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Ohio city under martial law, hundreds arrested
2,000 demonstrate against police violence in Cincinnati - Britain's Labour Party cuddle up to US right
17 April 2001
- Burundi civil war escalates
- Detroit school restructuring plan attacks workers and students
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
- Scotland: "Silicon Glen" hit as Motorola sheds 26,000 jobs worldwide
18 April 2001
- European Central Bank rate decision opens up a financial rift
- Pride in Germany—an absurd debate
- Australian government announces tougher laws against asylum seekers
- War danger grows in Middle East
- Japanese government issues economic downgrade
19 April 2001
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Australia:
State Labor government to make further inroads into workers compensation - Letters on the US-China conflict
- Workers Struggles: Europe and Africa
- Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh: the making of a mass murderer
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The Oklahoma City bombing: a somber warning to the working class
Republished from the May 8, 1995 issue of the International Workers Bulletin - African "slave ship" highlights spread of child slavery
- Yahoo's capitulation to right-wing pressure groups sets dangerous precedent
20 April 2001
- Commercialisation erodes academic freedom in Australian universities
- Union undermines the defence of sacked Australian academic
- Britain: New cybercrime police force threatens civil liberties
- Media-sponsored recount in Florida slants results to legitimize Bush election
- Correspondence on Bosnia-Herzegovina
- The Summit of the Americas and the development of a genuine opposition to global capital
- As Turkish economic crisis deepens, tens of thousands protest IMF and government policies
21 April 2001
- South African court case ends in climb down by drug corporations
- Wasted opportunities—Blow, directed by Ted Demme
- South Korean government faces backlash over police violence against Daewoo workers
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
- Nader speaks in Detroit: Green Party presidential candidate keeps silent on Bush
- Summit of the Americas: security operation turns Quebec City into an armed camp
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Freedom of speech under attack in Russia
The Kremlin assumes control over the NTV oppositional television station
23 April 2001
- New unemployment claims at five-year high as US companies slash thousands of jobs
- Arroyo bans film at insistence of Philippines Catholic hierarchy
- Hypocrisy over racism in run up to British general election
- Documentary on Scottsboro case distorts 1930s struggle against racism in US South
- Britain: Supermarket profits boom while food poverty increases
- Political tensions continue in Vanuatu after Sope government's removal
24 April 2001
- Reply to a letter on socialism and economic laws
- Germany's Chancellor Schröder attacks the unemployed
- Britain: Gap widens between incomes of rich and poor
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
- Mobil plans strike-breaking operation at Adelaide refinery
- Missionary plane shot down in Peru: collateral damage in US "drug war"
25 April 2001
- Letters on: "Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh: the making of a mass murderer"
- Sharon faces criticism after Israel's forced withdrawal from Gaza Strip
- Norway's far-right Progress Party splits
- Financial markets slam Australian government over its rejection of Shell takeover bid
- "Ulbricht's helpers": the role of Hitler's army generals in former East Germany
- US-European economic tensions increase
26 April 2001
- Another round of anti-government strikes and protests in Bangladesh
- Law-and-order crackdown in aftermath of Cincinnati riots
- Britain: Racism row continues in run up to general election
- Workers Struggles: Europe and Africa
11 April 2001
26 April 2001
- Australia refuses to relinquish control over Timor Sea oil and gas
- World Trade Organisation agreement aims at privatising public services
27 April 2001
- A dangerous deterioration in air safety in Australia
- Britain: Labour promises "baby bonds" to legitimise its attacks on welfare rights
- Letters from our readers
- Ethiopia: Students killed in brutal police attack
- Executions continue as US rejects worldwide moratorium on the death penalty
- Bush hints at war with China over Taiwan
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Growing hostility to the government and the LTTE
A first hand report from LTTE-controlled territory in Sri Lanka
28 April 2001
- Britain: Labour government steps up persecution of asylum seekers
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Angry young man going nowhere
Thomas Ostermeier's adaptation of Büchner's classic Danton's Death at the Berlin Schaubühne - IMF report points to global slowdown and potential disruption
- Koizumi's election: a turning point in Japanese politics
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
- Montenegro split down the middle on separation
- Motorola closure heads new wave of European mobile phone job losses
30 April 2001
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Confused and cold-hearted
The Goddess of 1967, directed by Clara Law - Job cutting continues in the slumping US market
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Mahathir reacts to growing criticism
Nine opposition leaders in Malaysia arrested in government crackdown -
The far-right Austrian Freedom Party under the magnifying glass
Hans-Hennig Scharsach/Kurt Kuch: Haider—Schatten ueber Europa("Haider—A shadow over Europe"), Kiepenheuer und Witsch 2000 - The Sunday Times "Rich List"-Britain's wealthiest 1,000
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