Archive: September 2000
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 September 2000
- Clinton's Nigeria visit seeks to strengthen US influence in Africa
- Federal Reserve conference spotlights financial instability
- Germany: Former left-wing radical Horst Mahler joins the neo-fascist NPD
- Indonesian parliament takes a step toward removing President Abdurrahman Wahid
- Listening to Brian Wilson
- Resignation of Algeria's prime minister reveals growing rift in ruling circles
- The US elections: Lieberman's holy war against the Bill of Rights
2 September 2000
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"The raw dream of Oedipus"
Seneca's Oedipus, directed by Barrie Kosky, Sydney Theatre Company - Extolling the politics of expediency: an interview with US Green Party leaders
- Row over gender-gap in Britain's exam results conceals more than it reveals
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On the eve of the Olympics
Sydney's airport baggage handling system "an international joke" - United Nations criticises UK on race relations
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
4 September 2000
- New York Times calls for exclusion of Green candidate Ralph Nader from presidential debates
- Police attack asylum seekers with water cannons and tear gas in Australian prison camp
- Some lessons from the history of the Iranian workers movement
- Splits in Sri Lankan government coalition deepen
- US National Institute of Health announces new guidelines for embryo stem cell research
5 September 2000
- Behind the US reaction to the Anwar conviction in Malaysia
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Enforcing its billion dollar media deals
International Olympic Committee threatens to "close down" Internet sites - Nominations for October 10 general election reveal decay of official politics in Sri Lanka
- Partial autonomy for Corsica splits French government
- Scientists find hints of ocean on Jupiter's moon
- The Firestone recall—corporations scramble to retain image amid further allegations
6 September 2000
- Alec Guinness (1914-2000)—an appreciation
- Britain proposes UN "peacekeeping" cover for great power military interventions
- Hundreds die in floods in southern India and Bangladesh
- Microsoft ordered to pay $1 million to US software firm
- PNG superannuation fund collapse robs workers of retirement benefits
- Progress Party overtakes Labour in Norwegian opinion polls
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
7 September 2000
- 10,000 books buried at Australian university
- Death in August—brutality and despair in Toronto
- Heavy sentences for racist murderers in Germany
- Letters on "The US elections: Lieberman's holy war on the Bill of Rights"
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Is Clinton preparing an "October surprise"?
New US provocations against Iraq - New Zealand police exonerated in the killing of young Maori
- Philadelphia teachers authorize strike action
- Rural protests in China put down by riot police
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Sixty years after the assassination of Trotsky
The contemporary significance of Leon Trotsky's life and work
Public meetings in Berlin and London - Workers Struggles: Europe, Africa & the Middle East
8 September 2000
- An abrupt turn in Sri Lanka's civil war once again reveals the fascist character of the JVP
- Britain's Conservative Party issues extreme right-wing manifesto
- Continuing racism in South Africa: White employer drags black worker to death
- Letters on "Listening to Brian Wilson"
- Michigan judge drops charges against security guard in choking death of Detroit man
- Renewed clashes between demonstrators and security forces in Iran
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Thousands set to turn out for protest against World Economic Forum summit in Melbourne
The key political issues in the struggle against global capitalism
9 September 2000
- A glimpse of US-Japan economic tensions
- Britain: Head teacher's conviction for assaulting 10-year-old pupil quashed on appeal
- Britain: Ritalin ban recommended for children under five years of age
- Buffalo, New York teachers defy anti-strike law
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"Housing a Growing City"
Report documents modern mass homelessness in New York City—Part 1 -
Over 300 dead and 1,000 injured
Sri Lankan government launches a major military offensive to boost its electoral prospects - Sydney reorganised to benefit Olympic Games corporate sponsors
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
11 September 2000
- British Paratroops kill at least 17 in Sierra Leone hostage shoot-out
- International pressure for intervention into West Timor after UN staff killed
- Letters on US election coverage
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"Housing a Growing City"
Report documents modern mass homelessness in New York City—Part 2 - The kidnapping of an actor puts the spotlight on India's bitter regional politics
12 September 2000
- A question on the economic reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union
- A sex scandal from the distant past threatens Japanese prime minister Mori
- Fuel protests escalate throughout Europe
- MP3.com face up to $250m penalty for music copyright infringements
- New York Museum of Modern Art strike ends
- Police targeted protesters at Republican National Convention for their political views
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
13 September 2000
- British government threatens to use emergency powers against fuel protesters
- Buffalo, New York teacher discusses issues in contract struggle
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The Adriatic: a "Sea of Tears"
Increasing death toll of refugees trying to reach Italian coast - Is xenophobia a legacy of Stalinist-ruled East Germany?
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A response to Millet
Jean-François Millet: Drawn into the Light An exhibit at the Frick Art and Historical Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - McKinsey report on Japan demands "open door" for international capital
- State government presses ahead with lucrative rail freight privatisation in Australia
14 September 2000
- Actual Innocence —case studies of DNA testing freeing the wrongfully convicted in the US
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"Hire-and fire," longer hours and more handouts
Big business sets out its agenda in Sri Lanka's elections - Canadian government to give free hand to its police forces
- Fuel deliveries begin in Britain but petrol protests spread throughout Europe
- Sydney Olympic Games to be viewed by 3.7 billion people
- Who are the People's Mujahedin of Iran?
- Workers Struggles: Europe and Africa
15 September 2000
- Australian parliament approves military call-out legislation
- Britain's Labour government and trade union leaders unite to crush fuel tax protest
- Detroit police kill again
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European Union lifts sanctions against Austria
A blank cheque for Jörg Haider -
As bomb blast kills 15 in Jakarta
Suharto fails to appear for corruption trial again -
The scapegoating of Wen Ho Lee
How a Los Alamos scientist was caught in a web of political intrigue and prosecutorial abuse - United Nations meets in crisis at Millennium Summit
- World Internet usage grows to 300 million
16 September 2000
- Democrats, Republicans unite against strike by Buffalo, New York teachers
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Sesenta Años Después del Asesinato de León Trotsky
El Significado Contemporáneo de la Vida y Obra de León Trotsky
Reuniones públicas en Berlín y Londres - State racism in Austria
- US Justice Department figures reveal racial bias in federal death sentences
- WSWS speaks with demonstrators outside the World Economic Forum in Melbourne
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
- World Economic Forum summit discussions: an expression of deep-going political shifts
18 September 2000
- Documents reveal that Australia urged Indonesia to invade East Timor in 1975
- Europe's fuel tax protests begin to recede
- Fuel tax protests hit Spain
- Los Angeles transit workers strike
- Tokyo governor uses earthquake drill to push rightwing, militarist agenda
- Why has the Sri Lankan government opposed plans to stop ballot rigging?
19 September 2000
- Auto workers threatened with job cuts at Ohio plant
- Fuel tax protests throughout Scandinavia
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"It is a lot easier to stay with the establishment, but this is not my way of life"
Japanese film director Shohei Imamura speaks to the World Socialist Web Site - US dollar surge brings currency market turmoil
- US officials threaten military action against Iraq
- Vatican beatifies anti-Semitic Pope
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
- Workers speak out against police killings at Detroit town meeting
20 September 2000
- Damaged British nuclear submarine in Gibraltar harbor
- Democrats Gore and Lieberman threaten state censorship of US entertainment industry
- Farewell, Brecht's Last Summer —a convincing portrayal of the playwright in his last days
- Fiji's High Court intervenes to prevent Speight's release
- Hormones in the environment: how the facts were covered up
- Oil prices rises could trigger cut in growth
- Police fatally shoot eleven-year old boy in California drug raid
- Right-wing politics dominate Danish Euro referendum
- Unions end Indian telecom strike, opening the door for privatisation
21 September 2000
- A letter on teaching "new math" in US schools
- Britain: government threatens anti-strike laws following fuel tax protests
- Conditions in Colombo's shanties highlight Sri Lanka's housing crisis
- Los Angeles transit strike continues
- Olympic Notebook
- Peru: the disintegration of the Fujimori regime
- Some thoughts on the Olympic torch relay
- Vladimir Montesinos: the rise and fall of "our man in Lima"
- Workers Struggles: Europe, the Middle East & Africa
22 September 2000
- Australian child care workers angered by cuts to conditions
- Britain: police to challenge verdict in killing of black detainee
- Image and reality in Sydney's Olympic opening ceremony
- Ohio auto workers denounce union for deal on temporary employees
- On Attention Deficit Disorder and Ritalin
- Privatisation of culture: the issues involved in the Film and Television Institute of India student strike
- Threat of civil war and French intervention in Côte d'Ivoire
23 September 2000
- An exchange on the Rosenberg case
- Appeals Court upholds guilty verdict in show trial against Iranian Jews
- Attempts to intimidate a WSWS correspondent in Sri Lanka
- Australian government launches police raids over leaked Timor documents
- Fuel tax protests continue in Spain—nothing settled in rest of Europe
- On Gore's threat to censor Hollywood
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Striking transit workers rally in Los Angeles
"Take from the bottom? Why not take from the top?' - The contradictory legacy of John Ruskin's artistic and social critique
- West steps up threats against Yugoslavia
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
25 September 2000
- Another Australian warship sails to the Solomon Islands
- Findings of study supporting US school vouchers criticized
- Indian film and television students protest over fee hikes and course structure
- Michigan GM workers sue United Auto Workers local for embezzling funds
- The Firestone tire recall: a case study in the contradiction between public need and private profit
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2000 Toronto International Film Festival - Part 1
Who makes up the artistic vanguard today?
26 September 2000
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Election statement of the Sri Lankan Socialist Equality Party
A socialist program to end the war and social inequality - Australian government under pressure to drop its attack on UN committees
- Call for an Anti-Hero: A review of Tabletop, a play by Rob Ackerman
- Danger of global crisis sparked G7 euro intervention
- Isaac Newton's papers up for sale
- Malaysian government puts "Islamic" arms raiders on trial for treason
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
27 September 2000
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"I appeal to all thinking people to stand up for Pura Handa Kaluwara"
A dialogue with Sri Lankan film director Prasanna Vithanage - CIA documents confirm: Chile's secret police chief worked for Washington
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The contemporary significance of Leon Trotsky's life and work
Meetings in Berlin and London draw appreciative audience - New survey shows widespread deprivation in Britain
- Papua New Guinea government seeks tight control over political parties
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Australia:
Telstra's rural split-off—a new vehicle for privatisation - Turkey today: cheap labor platform for transnational corporations
- Twenty years since the military coup in Turkey
28 September 2000
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2000 Toronto International Film Festival
An interview with David Gordon Green, director of George Washington - Australia: Investigation to be conducted into police violence against anti-WEF protesters
- Lieberman's support for government-backed religion: an attack on the letter and spirit of the Constitution
- Mexican immigrants beaten in New York suburb
- Performance enhancing drugs and the commodification of elite athletes
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The battle for control of state television
Russian President Putin tries to break Berezovsky's grip - US, Britain demand Milosevic resign after Yugoslav elections
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2000 Toronto International Film Festival—Part 2
Without flinching
Bye Bye Africa, written and directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
29 September 2000
- Britain: Labour Party conference pleases big business
- Economic instability dominates South East Asia
- Further revelations of corruption in New York City unions
- Letter on Trotsky anniversary meeting
- The New York Times and the case of Wen Ho Lee
- The New York Times continues to flog Whitewater
- The Socialist Equality Party in Sri Lanka replies to a supporter of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
- The business Olympics: Sydney's other games
- Workers Struggles: Europe and Africa
30 September 2000
- An exchange on the Danish Euro referendum
- Denmark: Referendum rejects euro heightening Europe's currency crisis
- Devastating floods leave millions homeless across Indochina
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Germany: Nearly 100 people killed by right-wing violence over last decade
SPD-Green coalition plays down scale of fascist attacks - US threats over Timor militias raise political tensions in Indonesia
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
30 October 2000
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