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Archive: May 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.

1 May 1998

• United Nations maintains sanctions
  Another vote to starve Iraq
• The Dutch model
  How the government, trade unions and employers are organising the redistribution of wealth in the Netherlands
• Das »niederländische Modell«
  Wie Regierung, Gewerkschaften und Unternehmer die Umverteilung hinter den Deichen organisieren
• Hospital workers express their opinions
  "I know many who are very dissatisfied"
• An interview with union representatives on the Polder Model
  "Most are satisfied"

2 May 1998

• A pioneer socialist and fighter for the international working class
  Memorial meeting to honor the life of Jean Brust
• A balance sheet of capitalist restoration in Russia
• Thousands of jobs axed in Australian coal mines
  Unions allow offensive to proceed

5 May 1998

• The case of Mary Bell
  Labour government whips up lynch-mob atmosphere
• Reader asks about employee ownership
• The first evidence of new Earth-like planets
• The Australian waterfront dispute
  Workers to pay bitter price for MUA's High Court 'victory'

6 May 1998

• The Blair government and the British working class
  A year of New Labour's "third way"
• New Labours »Dritter Weg« - Bilanz des ersten Jahres
• OECD forced to delay investment agreement
• The Blair government and the British working class
  A year of New Labour's "third way"
• British MI5 to gain access to encryption keys
• OECD forced to delay investment agreement

7 May 1998

• "There is almost 100 percent dissatisfaction with the union"
• A conversation with Dave Van Ronk
• The Australian waterfront conflict
  How Labor's privatisation handed docks to Patrick's
• Behind the Northwest Airlines dispute
  Soaring profits, stagnant pay fuel workers' anger in US airline industry
• Twelve-year-old faces murder charges in the US
  The system puts one of its victims on trial

8 May 1998

• A bonanza for speculators
• Der Aufsteiger
  Ein Portrait Gerhard Schröders von Wolfgang Weber
• Die Fusion von Chrysler und Daimler-Benz: Was bringt sie für Arbeiter?
• The merger between Chrysler and Daimler-Benz: what it means for workers
• US government monitor clears Hoffa to seek union presidency
  The shakeup in the Teamsters -- its significance for the working class
• The social climber
  A biographical sketch of German SPD leader Gerhard Schröder
• A bonanza for speculators
• The social climber
  A biographical sketch of German SPD leader Gerhard Schröder

9 May 1998

• Germany: state elections in Saxony-Anhalt
  Increased vote for the extreme right
• Layoffs hit Silicon Valley
• Six killed in Indonesia rioting
• Sozialdemokraten gewinnen Wahl in Holland
• Landtagswahlen in Sachsen-Anhalt
  Stimmengewinne für Ultrarechte
• The case of Nathaniel Abraham
  Trial delayed as state appeals ruling on murder confession
  American court tries twelve-year-old as an adult
• Social Democrats win Dutch election
• Some interesting films on US television, May 9-15

12 May 1998

• Labour's agenda for London
  "Competitiveness at home and abroad"
• Danish government ends strike
• Dänische Regierung beendet Streik
• Frayed wiring found on 737s
  Emergency order grounds jets
• Globalization and the International Working Class: A Marxist Assessment
  Statement of the International Committee of the Fourth International
• "Sluice Gates of the Mind" at Leeds Central Gallery
  Groundbreaking exhibit on British Surrealism
• Local elections in England reveal mass disaffection

13 May 1998

• Growing concern over the outlook for capitalism
• Australia
  2000 Olympics used to boost political police
• Toxic waste devastates marshlands in southern Spain

14 May 1998

• British Labour government accused of helping organise counter-coup in Sierra Leone
• Students massacred in Indonesia
• The Australian waterfront conflict: a political assessment
• Further cuts to hospitals, schools, childcare
  'Surplus' Budget in Australia deepens social assault
• As students prepare for national demonstrations - A letter to Indonesian students and teachers

15 May 1998

• Die internen Kämpfe in Washington und die Krise des alten Regierungssystems
• Britain:
  Labour government to use police against school children
• "The Herbal Bed"--a play by Peter Whelan
  In the shadow of Shakespeare
• Meeting discusses new book on Mad Cow Disease epidemic in Britain
• Australian opposition leader concerned about Indonesian instability
  The Labor Party and the Suharto junta

16 May 1998

• Australian media owners urge Suharto to stand aside
• Mounting regional tensions, domestic political crisis
  Behind India's nuclear bomb testing
• Permanent Revolution and the National Question Today
• Die Krise des Suharto-Regimes verschärft sich
  Politische Kardinalfragen für die indonesischen Massen
• Military repression in Indonesia
  Tanks mobilised against Jakarta protests
• Tens of thousands of children tried as adults in US
• As Suharto's crisis deepens
  Crucial political questions face the Indonesian masses
• Marcos cronies support Joseph Estrada - Business-backed populist leads in Philippine presidential race
• The bitter fruits of another union "victory"
  Paper mill closures threatened in Australia
• Some interesting films on US television May 16-22
• Workers struggles around the world
  Canadian gold miners strike

17 May 1998

• Permanent Revolution and the National Question Today

18 May 1998

• A reply by the World Socialist Web Site to the Open Letter of Appeal of 14 May 1998
  A letter to Indonesian students and teachers
  A reply by the World Socialist Web Site to the Open Letter of Appeal of 14 May 1998
• As students prepare for national demonstrations
  A letter to Indonesian students and teachers
  A reply by the World Socialist Web Site to the Open Letter of Appeal of 14 May 1998 [Also in Indonesian]
• Jawaban Untuk Surat Imbauan Terbuka
  Surat Untuk Para Pelajar dan Guru Indonesia
  Jawaban Untuk Surat Imbauan Terbuka

19 May 1998

• "China funds" charges against Clinton
  A new phase in Washington's political warfare
• G8 summit of disarray
• Indonesia and the 'second wave' of the Asian meltdown
• Suharto pledges to quit, but clings to power
  Military backs Indonesian dictator's call for 'orderly transition'
• US courts try children as adults
  The prosecution of Nathaniel Abraham and the lessons of the James Bulger case in Britain
• Der Große Lauschangriff--eine historische Zäsur
  Verfassungsänderung in Deutschland hebt grundlegende Bürgerrechte auf
• Australian navy in joint exercise with Indonesian military
• Dirt in the soul
  Green Fish, written and directed by Lee Chang-Dong
• Germany: - "The Great Bugging Operation"--a historical turning point
• Readers disagree with WSWS on atomic bomb testing in India
• The 1998 San Francisco International Film Festival

20 May 1998

• Future of Northern Ireland Agreement uncertain
• Education Action Zones:
  New moves to privatise education in Britain
• Opposition leader tries to call off Indonesian demonstrations
  Military mobilised for mass repression, amid secret negotiations
• During Suharto's coup in 1965-66
  US officials provided Indonesian military with death lists
• Which social classes support the struggle for democracy in Indonesia?
  The lessons of history
• TwentyFourSeven, a film written and directed by Shane Meadows
  A first effort, dangerously praised
• A revealing British documentary on post-apartheid South Africa
• Iranian director commends WSWS film review
• Reader points out historical distortion in "Titanic"
• Supreme Court upholds exclusion of third-party candidates

21 May 1998

• Large demonstrations demanded Suharto's fall
• Suharto resigns following large demonstrations
  Tanks and troops mobilised across Jakarta
• Suharto resigns in bid to preserve Indonesian regime
  Hand-picked successor installed by military
• How Washington builds its second line of defense
  US funding for opposition groups in Indonesia
• Welche Gesellschaftsklassen unterstützen den Kampf um Demokratie in Indonesien?
  Die Lehren aus der Geschichte
• Welche Gesellschaftsklassen unterstützen den Kampf um Demokratie in Indonesien?
  Die Lehren aus der Geschichte
• Italian government ignored geologists' warnings
  147 people killed in mudslides
• A season of worthwhile films
• An appreciation of Frank Sinatra
• Conflicts arise over water supply
• Hospital spurns dying youth
• Documentaries and semi-documentaries at the San Francisco film festival
  The camera never lies ...

22 May 1998

• Meeting honors the life of veteran Trotskyist Jean Brust
  "She was living proof of the genuine revolutionary traditions of our movement"
• Installation of Habibie marks new stage in crisis of Jakarta regime
• Kelas-kelas sosial yang manakah akan mendukung perjuangan untuk demokrasi di Indonesia?
  Pelajaran-pelajaran dari sejarah
• US Secretary of State showers praise on Suharto
• What the IMF expects of the next Indonesian government
• Who is B.J. Habibie?
• A union 'victory' takes shape
  Australian waterfront workers face heavy job cuts
• What bebop meant to jazz history

23 May 1998

• The shooting in Oregon
  Alienation, adolescence and violence
• Der Wahlskandal der Teamster-Gewerkschaft und seine Bedeutung für die Arbeiterklasse
• Frank Lovell, former leader of Socialist Workers Party, dead at 84
• Interviews on British-Irish deal
  Support for agreement mixed with reservations
• Workers struggles around the world
• An interview with Jonathan Stack, co-director of The Farm: Angola, USA
  "What is this society going to do with the surplus humanity?"
• Campaign pushes "yes" vote on British-Irish agreement
  A numbing barrage of official propaganda
• The Farm: Angola, USA, directed by Jonathan Stack and Elizabeth Garbus
  Life in prison
• Some interesting films on US television May 23-29
• Leader of the bourgeois opposition
  The elevation of Amien Rais
• The struggle for democracy in Indonesia
  What are the social and political tasks facing the masses?

26 May 1998

• A new type of breast cancer drug
• The Asian crisis and world capitalism
  A warning from Dr Greenspan
• Habibie's business empire
• Military dominates Habibie's cabinet
• Stalinism and the rise of the Hindu-chauvinist BJP
• Tensions mount between India and Pakistan
• Australian business and the Indonesian regime

27 May 1998

• Der Kampf für Demokratie in Indonesien
  Welche sozialen und politischen Aufgaben stellen sich den Massen?
• German Chancellor Kohl relays to Suharto his "great respect and approval"
• How the rich prospered from the Telstra sale
• Kohl zollt Suharto „großen Respekt und Zustimmung"
• A little of John Reed, after all
• A 'vintage year' for Australia's wealthy
• Reader responds to article on Oregon shootings

28 May 1998

• A promising breakthrough in cancer research
• Der Stalinismus und der Aufstieg der chauvinistischen Hindu-Partei BJP
• Die „Erfurter Erklärung" ruft zu einer Großdemonstration am 20. Juni auf:
  Ein Wahlverein für Schröder
• European-wide police raids in run-up to World Cup
• Habibie's selective prison releases
• Indonesia:
  Opposition council offers Habibie advice
• Pembebasan tahanan berdasarkan atas pemilihan Habibie
• Memories of Sylvia Plath
• The "Erfurt Declaration"--an electoral pact for Schröder

29 May 1998

• Records reveal germ warfare tests conducted in southern Britain
• South Korean workers demand halt to mass layoffs
• Film Review: My Son the Fanatic
  A moving and unconventional love story
  Written by Hanif Kureishi and directed by Udayan Prasad
• Fifty years since Israel's founding
• What makes the Communist Party of the Philippines Stalinist?
• Yet another police killing in Australia

30 May 1998

• California's ballot initative for English-only schools
  An attack on democratic rights
• Blood money: two exposés of Swiss collaboration with the Nazis
  Hitler's Silent Partners: Swiss Banks, Nazi Gold, and the Pursuit of Justice By Isabel Vincent, published by William Morrow & Co., Inc., New York, 1997 Nazi Gold: The Full Story of the Fifty-Year Swiss-Nazi Conspiracy to Steal Billions from Europe's Jews and Holocaust Survivors By Tom Bower, HarperCollins Publishers, 1997
• Pakistan explodes nuclear device
  Gathering war clouds in South Asia
• Cuts hit hospitals, homeless services
  New York mayor announces layoffs
• Protests re-emerge amid economic turmoil in Indonesia
  Opposition leaders try to shore up Habibie
• The ratification of the Northern Ireland Agreement
  What will it mean for the working class?
• ‘The supreme vice is shallowness’ – Oscar Wilde
  Wilde’s martyrdom in perspective
  Wilde, directed by Brian Gilbert, screenplay by Julian Mitchell
• Some interesting films on US television, May 30-June 5
• Workers Struggles Around the World

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